The Company You Keep (2013) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Jim Grant is wanted for his involvement in a 1980 bank robbery in Michigan while he was a member of the Weather Underground. During the robbery, a security guard was killed. He has been evading capture for over three decades, living under an alias as a defense attorney in Albany, New York.

• weather underground
• bank robbery
• murder
• fbi wanted
• jim grant

Nick Sloan was another former member of the Weather Underground who died. Jim Grant adopted Nick Sloan's identity after 1979, using a falsified death certificate to create a new legal persona. This allowed him to live openly as a defense attorney while hiding his true identity from law enforcement.

• nick sloan
• alias
• identity
• weather underground
• fake identity

Rebecca is the adopted daughter of retired officer Henry Osborne. She is actually Jim and Mimi Lurie's biological daughter, born during Jim's time in the Weather Underground. Jim and Mimi gave her up for adoption, and she grew up unaware of her true parentage until Ben Shepard discovers the truth.

• rebecca osborne
• mimi lurie
• daughter
• adoption
• weather underground

When Ben arrived at Mimi's cabin with information about Jim's past, Jim chose to draw the FBI's attention toward himself and away from Mimi. He did this to protect Mimi, who was preparing to flee to Canada. Jim accepted capture so that Mimi could escape, demonstrating his continued commitment to protecting his former comrades.

• sacrifice
• capture
• mimi lurie
• protect
• fbi

After Jim was captured trying to draw the FBI away from her, Mimi changed her mind and returned to the United States to confess her crimes related to the 1980 bank robbery. Her act of bravery was motivated by guilt and a desire to help exonerate Jim, knowing that her testimony could prove he wasn't at the scene of the murder.

• mimi lurie
• confession
• bank robbery
• exonerate
• testimony

Ben chooses to withhold information about Henry Osborne's connection to the case to protect Rebecca from the traumatic revelation that her adoptive father was involved in the investigation of her biological father's crimes. He decides her emotional well-being is more important than breaking the story.

• ben shepard
• rebecca
• protection
• identity
• henry osborne

Ben discovered Jim's true identity through his investigation. A private investigator revealed that Jim did not have a Social Security number before 1979, and Ben found a death certificate under the name Nick Sloan. This led to the revelation that Jim had been living under a stolen identity for decades.

• ben shepard
• investigation
• identity
• nick sloan
• social security

When Ben's investigation intensified, Jim panicked and took his 11-year-old daughter Isabel on what he called a 'little trip' northward. This was an attempt to evade the FBI while he figured out his next move. He also used the trip as cover to travel to Milwaukee and California to find Mimi.

• isabel
• trip
• escape
• manhunt
• daughter

Mimi had been living in hiding in Canada for decades, involved in marijuana smuggling along the California coast. She was reluctant to resurface because doing so would expose her own past crimes. It was only after Jim's sacrifice and Ben's persuasion that she decided to return and confess.

• mimi lurie
• alibi
• testimony
• hiding
• canada

Billy Cusimano is an aging hippie who operates an organic grocery store and is an old friend of Sharon Solarz. When Jim refused to take on Sharon's case, Billy became disheartened and agreed to speak with Ben during an interview, sharing information about the Weather Underground connections that helped Ben's investigation progress.

• billy cusimano
• interview
• weather underground
• sharon solarz

The Weather Underground was a radical left-wing militant organization active in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. Former members, including Jim Grant, Sharon Solarz, and Mimi Lurie, had participated in violent acts including bank robberies to fund their revolutionary cause. The group fragmented after a series of bombings that killed some members.

• weather underground
• radical
• militant
• sds
• 1970s

After escaping the Weather Underground and adopting a new identity, Jim built a new life as a defense attorney in Albany, New York. This profession allowed him to live a respectable public life while using his legal knowledge to help others, and it provided cover for his true identity as a former fugitive.

• defense attorney
• albany
• new identity
• career
• law