Character Relationship Map: Code Name: The Cleaner

Characters

• Diane (played by Nicollette Sheridan) — protagonist

  Presents herself as Jake's wife and takes him to a luxurious mansion. She attempts to extract information about a hidden computer chip from him while he suffers from amnesia. She collaborates with DAR...

• Gina (played by Lucy Liu) — supporting

  A restaurant waitress who assists Jake after he leaves the mansion. She reveals she is actually a federal agent working to uncover corruption within the FBI. She helps Jake locate and retrieve the sto...

• Shaw (played by Callum Keith Rennie) — supporting

  A corrupt FBI agent who attempts to capture Jake and Gina at the airport. He uses sodium pentothal on Jake and falsely implicates Gina as a rogue agent. He is ultimately subdued by Jake and Gina durin...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Diane → Gina (Conflict Adversary) — Their objectives conflict over control of the hidden chip and the person who knows its location.

  Diane attempts to obtain information about the chip, while Gina helps recover it and escapes with the amnesiac man after his interrogation.

• Gina → Shaw (Conflict Enemy) — Gina actively opposes Shaw and attempts to expose his misconduct.

  Shaw captures Gina at the airport, later implicates her as a rogue agent, and Gina refuses to surrender while seeking evidence against him.

• Diane → Shaw (Alliance Operational Ally) — Diane and Shaw pursue the same objective of recovering the X-1 chip.

  Diane questions the amnesiac man about the hidden chip after Shaw injects him with Sodium Pentothal, indicating aligned efforts to recover it.

Story Analysis

An amnesiac man uncovers a conspiracy around a stolen computer chip while discovering that his ordinary janitor identity is real.

Plot Progression

1. The Missing Identity — An amnesiac man wakes beside a dead body with money and is taken away by Diane. Her claimed marriage and suspicious mansion create immediate uncertainty about his identity and the hidden chip.
2. The Janitor Revelation — Diane seeks information about the chip while a doctor prepares a truth serum. After escaping, the amnesiac man meets Gina, who identifies him as a DART janitor rather than a secret agent.
3. Agents In Pursuit — Gina provides shelter and helps connect the amnesiac's military memories to the chip mystery. An airport ambush leads to capture, drugged interrogation, and a dangerous escape.
4. The Rat's Mouth — Gina reveals her federal identity and rejects the accusation that she is a rogue agent. A video game clue decodes Boca Raton and points to the chip's hiding place.
5. Truth And Escape — The chip is found, FBI agents attack, and the amnesiac recovers the memory of refusing a corrupt deal. After the attackers are subdued, he accepts his janitorial identity and chooses video game develo...