Luke is the grandson of a wealthy farmer and the central figure in the story. After a car accident leaves him unable to walk without canes or crutches, he falls in love with Laurette, marries and divorces her, then secretly reunites with her. Unable to find work and increasingly depressed, he shoots her and is imprisoned for murder.
Josie/Wife's husband is in an irreversible coma when the experimental procedure creates a cloned child from his genetic material. He unexpectedly awakens and returns to his family, but the baby reacts violently to him. Believing they cannot coexist, Leo/Husband takes the child to Wickstrom Woods, and years later resents Eddie/Handyman-Son's presence in the home.
Michael Hayden has 13 screen credits in a career dating back to 1990. Signature works include Charming Billy, In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy, Patient 001. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
