Character Relationship Map: Rock, Paper, Scissors

Characters

• Peter Harris (played by Luke Macfarlane) — supporting

  Peter is the central figure, living under treatment and supervision while struggling to separate memories and visions from reality. He denies that the brother he once blamed for his crimes existed, ye...

• Dr. Evelyn Bauer (played by Tatum O'Neal) — supporting

  Dr. Evelyn Bauer is Peter’s therapist and the person who told him that his brother is not real. She supervises his treatment and later comes to his home looking for him. When a woman there claims to b...

• Uncle Charles (played by John Dugan) — minor

  Uncle Charles is part of Peter’s childhood memories. Peter recalls his apparent affection alongside frightening experiences, and associates him with a room he was forbidden to enter. These memories sh...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Peter Harris → Uncle Charles (Family Nephew And Uncle) — Peter's childhood memories of his uncle combine apparent affection with fear and secrecy.

  Peter recalls his childhood and Uncle Charles, whose apparent affection is entangled with frightening memories. Peter also remembers that Charles forb...

• Peter Harris → Dr. Evelyn Bauer (Professional Therapist And Patient) — Evelyn treats and supervises Peter as he struggles to distinguish memories from reality.

  Peter lives under treatment and supervision, and Dr. Evelyn Bauer has told him that his brother is not real. She later arrives looking for her patient...

Story Analysis

Peter's uncertain memories and a confrontation over Angela bring his claims about identity and responsibility under pressure.

Plot Progression

1. The Captive and the Missing Brother — A young woman is held captive and forced into a game controlled by her captor. Police intervene, but investigators find no evidence of the brother blamed for the crimes.
2. Treatment and Uncertain Memories — Peter lives under supervision and tries to separate memories from visions. His log and recollections of Uncle Charles deepen uncertainty about his past.
3. The Story Peter Tells — A writer questions Peter about his victims and his claim that someone else made him act. Peter denies his brother existed, though his own recollections challenge that denial.
4. A Neighbor's Investigation — A woman calling herself Monica Barfield gains access to Peter's home and asks about his past, therapy, and Uncle Charles's forbidden room. Peter remains guarded as unsettling memories emerge.
5. The Game Reversed — Peter admits Angela was special to him, and the woman reveals Angela was her sister. She confronts him and challenges him to the game he used to control his victims, before Evelyn arrives and question...