Katherine Samuel (played by Blythe Danner) is a protagonist in Homage.
Ranch owner and Lucy's mother who hires Archie as a farmhand. She attempts to mend her estranged relationship with Lucy and manage Archie's unwanted advances. After Archie invades Lucy's privacy and threatens her with a gun, Katherine orders him to leave. She witnesses Archie shooting Lucy dead and later returns to teaching to cope with the tragedy. Archie Landrum (played by Frank Whaley) is a protagonist in Homage.
Farmhand applicant hired by Katherine who becomes obsessively fixated on Lucy. He writes her a screenplay, invades her privacy by reading her diary and glimpsing her in the bathroom, and threatens her with a firearm. After being fired, he chases and shoots Lucy dead. Jailed, he plots an insanity defense until he is killed by Deputy Gilbert. Lucy Samuel (played by Sheryl Lee) appears in Homage.
Katherine's daughter and a TV star. Initially estranged from her mother, she reconciles with her. She rebuffs Archie's advances and feels violated when he invades her privacy. Despite a romantic history with Deputy Gilbert and a brief drunken encounter with Archie, she is tragically shot and killed by Archie. Gilbert Tellez (played by Danny Nucci) appears in Homage.
Local deputy with a romantic history with Lucy. Concerned that Archie will successfully claim insanity to avoid prison, Gilbert shoots Archie dead in his cell to stage a self-defense jailbreak scenario. Joseph Smith (played by Bruce Davison) appears in Homage.
Archie's lawyer who understands the truth behind Archie's death. He deduces that Deputy Gilbert killed Archie to prevent an insanity acquittal, despite the official cover-up.
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Characters
Katherine Samuel
(played by Blythe Danner) — protagonist
Ranch owner and Lucy's mother who hires Archie as a farmhand. She attempts to mend her estranged relationship with Lucy and manage Archie's unwanted advances. After Archie invades Lucy's privacy and t...
Archie Landrum
(played by Frank Whaley) — protagonist
Farmhand applicant hired by Katherine who becomes obsessively fixated on Lucy. He writes her a screenplay, invades her privacy by reading her diary and glimpsing her in the bathroom, and threatens her...
Lucy Samuel
(played by Sheryl Lee) — supporting
Katherine's daughter and a TV star. Initially estranged from her mother, she reconciles with her. She rebuffs Archie's advances and feels violated when he invades her privacy. Despite a romantic histo...
Gilbert Tellez
(played by Danny Nucci) — supporting
Local deputy with a romantic history with Lucy. Concerned that Archie will successfully claim insanity to avoid prison, Gilbert shoots Archie dead in his cell to stage a self-defense jailbreak scenari...
Joseph Smith
(played by Bruce Davison) — supporting
Archie's lawyer who understands the truth behind Archie's death. He deduces that Deputy Gilbert killed Archie to prevent an insanity acquittal, despite the official cover-up.
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Joseph Smith → Archie Landrum
(Professional Defense Lawyer)
While Archie is in jail, he plots his legal strategy with his lawyer, Smith.
Gilbert Tellez → Archie Landrum
(Power Jailer And Prisoner)
Gilbert is the deputy concerned about Archie escaping an insanity conviction, and he later opens Archie's cell before shooting him.
Katherine Samuel → Archie Landrum
(Professional Employer And Farmhand)
Katherine hires Archie for the farmhand position at the ranch and later orders him to leave.
Archie Landrum → Lucy Samuel
(Romantic Obsessive Pursuer)
Archie writes Lucy a screenplay, attempts to interest her in him, fantasizes about her after reading her diary, and demands that she give herself to h...
Lucy Samuel → Gilbert Tellez
(Romantic Former Lovers)
The plot states that Deputy Gilbert and Lucy have a romantic history, and they dance together when she returns to the local honky-tonk.
Katherine Samuel → Lucy Samuel
(Family Mother And Daughter)
Katherine is identified as Lucy's mother. Their relationship is initially estranged, but they reconcile before Archie interferes.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Joseph Smith → Gilbert Tellez
(Narrative Truth Discoverer)
After Archie's death, Smith remarks that he knows what happened and understands that Gilbert killed Archie despite the official cover story.
Story Analysis
A mother's family tragedy unfolds as an obsessive farmhand's fixation escalates into murder and a concealed act of vigilante justice.
