Character Relationship Map: The Pack

Characters

• Jerry (played by Joe Don Baker) — protagonist

  The protagonist who moves to Seal Island with his family. He warns residents about the feral dog pack, investigates attacks, and organizes the survivors' defense. He drives his vehicle to rescue allie...

• Millie (played by Hope Alexander-Willis) — supporting

  Jerry's new wife who arrives on Seal Island with her family. She witnesses the feral dogs attacking livestock and is later attacked by the pack leader herself. She seeks refuge in a car, is rescued by...

• Hardiman (played by Richard B. Shull) — supporting

  A neighbor of Jerry who is alerted to the feral dog threat. He helps spread the warning to other islanders, joins Jerry and Dodge in searching for missing persons, and assists in the final confrontati...

• Marge (played by Bibi Besch) — supporting

  Dodge's wife who moves to the island with her family. After her husband's death, she is ordered by Jerry to evacuate with the other survivors to the docks, where she waits out the attack alongside Mil...

• Walker (played by Ned Wertimer) — supporting

  An islander warned by Jerry and Hardiman about the pack. He attempts to signal a passing motorboat with a shotgun but is ambushed by the dogs at the docks and knocked into the water. He is rescued by...

• Tommy (played by Paul Willson) — supporting

  Dodge's young son who moves to the island. During a walk, he is chased by the feral pack and trapped at a cliff edge. Unable to escape, he jumps into the ocean and dies from the fall.

• Lois (played by Sherry E. DeBoer) — supporting

  A cook traveling with Dodge's family. She accompanies Tommy on a walk, gets separated, and hides in an abandoned barn. She is discovered by the pack while sleeping and is mauled and eaten by the dogs.

• Dodge (played by Richard O'Brien) — supporting

  A newcomer to the island who moves with his wife, son, and a cook. His son Tommy is killed by the pack, prompting him to desperately pursue the dogs in a jeep. He is brutally attacked and killed by th...

• McMinnimee (played by Delos V. Smith Jr.) — supporting

  An elderly hermit living alone with his German Shepherd, Zsa Zsa. He is warned about the feral pack, but the dogs attack his property, killing Zsa Zsa and eventually breaking into his cabin to maul an...

Key Relationships

• Dodge → Lois (Social Partners)
• Jerry → McMinnimee (Social Neighbors)
• Jerry → Dodge (Alliance Neighbors & Allies)
• Jerry → Marge (Alliance Neighbors & Allies)
• Jerry → Walker (Alliance Neighbors & Allies)
• Jerry → Hardiman (Alliance Neighbors & Allies)
• Walker → Marge (Family Spouses)
• Dodge → Tommy (Family Father & Son)
• Jerry → Tommy (Family Father & Son)
• Jerry → Millie (Family Spouses)

Story Analysis

A family and island residents must unite to survive a coordinated attack by a pack of feral dogs.

Plot Progression

1. Arrival and First Attacks
2. Escalating Carnage
3. Siege and Desperation
4. Final Stand and Fire