Character Relationship Map: Chained

Characters

• Bob (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) — protagonist

  Bob is a taxi driver who abducts Sarah Fittler and her young son, kills Sarah, and keeps the boy captive for nine years. A serial killer shaped by severe childhood abuse, he forces Older Rabbit to per...

• Sarah Fittler (played by Julia Ormond) — supporting

  Sarah Fittler is the mother of Rabbit and the first victim shown in the story. While returning from a cinema with her son, she accepts a taxi ride driven by Bob, who abducts them. Bob kills Sarah afte...

• Angie (played by Conor Leslie) — supporting

  Angie is a young woman selected from a yearbook as Bob's next victim. Bob abducts her and leaves her with Rabbit, ordering him to kill her. Rabbit stabs her in a non-lethal place and secretly gives he...

• Son (played by Benjamin DeWalt) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Sarah Fittler → Son (Family Mother) — Sarah Fittler is Son's mother and is abducted alongside him.

  Sarah Fittler takes a taxi home from a cinema with her nine-year-old son.

• Bob → Son (Power Captor) — Bob exercises prolonged physical control over Son.

  Bob imprisons Son, chains him to a wall after an escape attempt, and keeps him captive for nine years.

Story Dynamics

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

• Son → Angie (Conflict Reluctant Captor) — Son participates in Angie's captivity while covertly limiting the harm.

  Son initially stabs Angie under Bob's pressure but uses his anatomy knowledge to avoid a lethal wound.

• Bob → Angie (Conflict Abductor) — Bob makes Angie the target of his coercive killing ritual.

  After Son selects Angie from a yearbook, Bob abducts her and confines her in a room.

• Bob → Sarah Fittler (Conflict Abductor) — Bob initiates the family's captivity and later kills Sarah Fittler.

  Bob abducts Sarah Fittler and her son after picking them up in his taxi.

Story Analysis

A child survives captivity and resists being transformed into the killer who destroyed his family.

Plot Progression

1. The Taxi Becomes a Trap — Sarah Fittler and Son begin a routine taxi ride, but Bob abducts them and takes them to his house. Bob kills Sarah Fittler and confines Son.
2. Nine Years Behind Walls — Son survives years of captivity, performing housework, burying victims, and preserving Bob's newspaper clippings. Bob gradually replaces chains with psychological control.
3. The Test of Violence — Bob forces Son to choose Angie and orders him to kill her. Son appears to comply but uses anatomy knowledge to keep Angie alive.
4. The Captive Fights Back — Bob detects Son's resistance during a city hunt and returns to kill Angie. Angie wounds Bob, allowing Son to intervene.
5. Freedom With a Dark Echo — Son kills and buries Bob, then returns to the house. The closing sounds suggest that Bob's routines and legacy still haunt Son's life.