Homecoming

## Episode Chronology

**Homecoming** is the 7th and final episode in the series.

## Synopsis

While the residents of La Belle prepare for Frank’s onslaught, Whitey seeks help from an unexpected ally. Roy and Frank come to an understanding.

## Plot

The women of La Belle read various newspapers in the morning, and upon coming across Grigg's article about La Belle, learn about the danger they are facing. They bring Logan and Whitey to Alice's ranch to confront Alice about harboring Roy, but learn that Roy has left for good and that Truckee ran away. While discussing the impending vengeance of Frank Griffin's gang, Logan promises to protect the citizens of La Belle. However, in reality, Logan heads back to La Belle and steals the pack of horses Alice had brought to town and leaves with his men. Without a means to escape, Mary Agnes gathers the citizens of La Belle and declares they have no choice but to fight. Meanwhile, Gatz discusses with Frank his concerns about the citizens of Blackdom and their proximity to La Belle, and reminds Frank that they were run out of Texas twelve years ago by similar black soldiers of the army.

That evening, Whitey returns from a visit to Blackdom to discuss further preparations with Mary Agnes, with the citizens of Blackdom undecided about helping out La Belle. Having limited arms and places to hide, they decide to make their stand at the "iron and brick" hotel where they cannot be burnt out by Griffin's gang. Roy decides to visit a graveyard and retrieve a hidden cache of weapons and supplies, deciding to turn back after having flashbacks about Frank's paranoia and rage about being betrayed. He surprises Logan and his men camping in the evening after tracking the horses they stole, and together with a returning Bill, incapacitates Logan and his men as vengeance for their theft and makes them swear to return the horses. Frank and his gang also finally reach Blackdom, intending to persuade the citizens to stay out of La Belle's affairs. But after a shortened dinner where both John Randall's family and Frank surmise each other's identity, a shootout occurs, resulting in the death of the citizens of Blackdom except for Louise and her brother, who were rescued by Whitey during the chaos of the shootout.

The next morning, Roy and Bill discuss Roy's reasons for returning, Mary Agnes prepares arms and strategic locations for the women of La Belle, and Alice witnesses Griffin's gang piling up the bodies of the citizens of Blackdom they murdered the night before during her search for Truckee. Both Whitey and Alice return to La Belle respectively to report on what happened in Blackdom and prepare for battle.

Frank and his entire gang arrive at a seemingly deserted La Belle looking for Roy. Whitey is killed by Dyer Howe's throwing knife immediately as he stepped out to confront the gang. Eventually, the gang converges on the hotel and sees the women hiding. As one of the Devlin twins greets the women, Mary Agnes shoots the Devlin twin dead, provoking the start of a shootout as the rest of the women throw open their windows and start firing. The women of La Belle initially have the upper hand from their hotel vantage point, but Griffin's gang starts turning the tides when the surviving Devlin twin and Alonzo Bunker charge inside the hotel on horseback, breaching their defenses. After a dramatic battle, the two are eventually shot and fall to their deaths.

The battle reaches a standstill, with both sides reloading. In the carnage and smoke of Griffin's gang setting the town on fire, Bill and Roy arrive and flank the surviving gang members and restart the shootout to push the odds in La Belle's favor. Eventually, Griffin's entire gang is eradicated, and the rest of the population of La Belle come out of hiding. Roy, however, realizes Frank is not among the dead, and ride off looking for him. Frank, having escaped to the nearby forest, comes upon a crying Truckee, who is sitting next to his injured and dying horse. Frank comforts Truckee, and offers Truckee his pistol to put the horse out of its misery. When Truckee puts down his horse, the gunshot alerts Roy to their location. Roy then descends upon Frank and Truckee, and Frank allows Truckee to leave per Roy's orders. Frank tells Roy "There's a nice flat spot down here," indicating to him to follow for one final duel. Roy seemingly wins on the draw, having shot Frank in the chest. Frank desperately claims again that this is not the death he has foreseen, but Roy approaches and tells Frank that he has "seen wrong" before shooting him in the head. Truckee then runs over and discovers that Roy suffered a shot in the stomach from the duel, and Roy jokingly tells Truckee to not let Iyovi "light him on fire again" like when she treated him when they first met, before collapsing.

Some time later, the residents of La Belle hold a funeral for Whitey. Bill stumbles for words as they lay Whitey to rest, but is surprised at the sudden arrival of the long-awaited preacher, who finishes sending off Whitey. A recovered Roy then bids farewell to Alice and her family, and rides for California. On the way out, he crosses Bill, who tells Roy that they've told Grigg to publish a story that Roy and Frank killed each other in the shootout. Alice eventually discovers a satchel full of cash that Roy left for her buried by a fence post, with a letter inside that simply reads "Thank you." Roy is then shown riding through the countryside through the seasons, and the series ends with Roy riding up to a view of the Pacific Ocean, staring at it in awe.

## Cast

### Starring

* Jack O'Connell as Roy Goode
* Michelle Dockery as Alice Fletcher
* Scoot McNairy as Bill McNue
* Merritt Wever as Mary Agnes McNue
* Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Whitey Winn
* Tantoo Cardinal as Iyovi
* Jeff Daniels as Frank Griffin

### Guest Starring

* Tess Frazer as Callie Dunne
* Samantha Soule as Charlotte Temple
* Audrey Moore as Sarah Doyle
* Kayli Carter as Sadie Rose
* Samuel Marty as Truckee Fletcher
* Russell G. Jones as Hiram
* Randy Oglesby as Asa Leopold
* Courtney Cunningham as Mae
* Michael Earl Reid as Barney Mutz
* John Lawlor as Elmer Knowland
* Emily Green as Biscuit Woman
* Jeremy Bobb as A.T. Grigg
* Travis Hammer as John Doe
* Adam David Thompson as Gatz Brown
* Erik LaRay Harvey as Elias Hobbs
* Elisa Perry as June Hobbs
* Joe Pingue as Alonzo Bunker
* Keith Jardine as Dyer Howe
* Justin Welborn as Floyd Wilson
* Rio Alexander as Bud Ledbetter
* Griffin Kane as Young Roy Goode
* Rob Morgan as John Randall
* Mathew Greer as Grandfather Damon
* Jessica Sula as Louise Hobbs
* Russell Dennis Lewis as Daryl Devlin
* Matthew Dennis Lewis as Donnie Devlin
* Brian Lee Franklin as Amos Green
* Luke Robertson as Bill Chick
* Duane Howard as Shoshone Brave
* Barbie Robertson as Julie Ann
* Christiane Seidel as Martha Bischoff
* Rachel Singer as Betsy
* Sophia Silver as Saloon Sophia
* Julian Grey as William McNue
* Marie Wagenman as Trudy McNue
* Nathan Darrow as Webster
* Chris Blysma as Pastor Moore

## Quotes

"Now you're crying out of both eyes." -Mary Agnes McNue to A.T. Grigg

"I ain't blind yet!" -Bill McNue

Frank Griffin: "No. No, I...no, I've seen my death. This ain't it."

Roy Goode: "You seen wrong."

"'Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch. A fearful thing to love, to hope, to dream, to be. To be, and, oh, to lose. A thing for fools, this. And a holy thing. A holy thing...to love. For your life has lived in me. Your laugh once lifted me. Your word was gift to me. To remember this brings painful joy. 'Tis a human thing, love. A holy thing...to love what death has touched." -Pastor Moore