Character Relationship Map: Lucky

Characters

• Lucy St. Martin (played by Ari Graynor) — protagonist

  Lucy is a young office worker who exposes her affair with a colleague, loses her job, and then pursues Ben after learning about his lottery fortune. She marries him and helps rebury his victims, balan...

• Pauline Keller (played by Ann-Margret) — supporting

  Pauline is Ben's mother, who summons him home under the false impression of an emergency after learning that his lottery ticket has won millions. She welcomes Lucy into the family and supports their r...

• 8 year old Lucy (played by Lena Noel Krussel) — minor

  Eight-year-old Lucy appears in Ben's childhood flashback as the girl he loves. When young Ben expresses his feelings, she does not reciprocate and runs away. This moment explains the emotional history...

• Man (played by Cullen Chollett) — minor
• 8 year old Ben (played by Bennett Wright) — minor

  Eight-year-old Ben appears in a flashback during Lucy's car ride with him. As a child, he tells Lucy that he loves her, but she does not return his feelings and runs away. The memory establishes Ben's...

• Woman (played by Jill Peterson) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Lucy St. Martin → Man (Romantic Former Affair) — The affair ends when the colleague breaks it off; his later murder becomes part of Ben's crimes and Lucy's growing entanglement.

  Lucy has an affair with a colleague, and he arranges a lunchtime meeting to call it off. Later, Ben reveals that he murdered Lucy's office fling.

• Lucy St. Martin → Pauline Keller (Family Daughter-in-Law And Mother-in-Law) — Pauline initially supports Lucy and Ben's relationship, but their bond becomes strained when Lucy seeks Pauline's help escaping Ben.

  Pauline is Ben's mother and welcomes Lucy into the family. Later, Lucy asks Pauline to acknowledge her suspicions about Ben and to run away with her,...

• 8 year old Ben → 8 year old Lucy (Romantic Unrequited Childhood Love) — Ben's early affection is rejected by Lucy, establishing an emotional history that contrasts with their later adult relationship.

  In a flashback, eight-year-old Ben tells eight-year-old Lucy that he loves her, but she does not return his feelings and runs away.

Story Dynamics

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

• Lucy St. Martin → Woman (Unknown Complicit In Concealing Her Death) — Lucy becomes implicated in concealing the woman's death after choosing not to report it.

  After Ben kills the maid during the honeymoon, Lucy returns, suppresses her fear, and leaves with him rather than reporting the murder.

Story Analysis

A lottery windfall draws Lucy into a marriage shaped by greed, concealed violence, and an increasingly compromised sense of love and loyalty.

Plot Progression

1. A Ticket and a Sudden Fortune — A woman leaves her ID at a gas station, while Lucy loses her job after exposing her affair. A ride with Ben leads into the revelation that his lottery ticket has won millions.
2. Courtship and Hidden Violence — Lucy pursues Ben, and they marry after growing closer. Their honeymoon reveals financial trouble and a murder that Lucy chooses not to report.
3. The Cost of Complicity — As reports of murders mount, Lucy finds bodies and reburies them at the couple's new home. Her suspicions and deteriorating state strain her relationship with Pauline and intensify her conflict over m...
4. The Check and the Confession — Lucy decides to leave but returns when the lottery check arrives. Ben reveals another murder, and a detective's investigation brings the couple's crimes to a climax.
5. A Prisoner and a Visitor — Lucy shoots the detective and is imprisoned. At their anniversary visit, she expresses anger but still asks Ben to continue visiting her.