Louise Hobbs

**Louise Hobbs** is a recurring character in the Netflix miniseries Godless. She is the daughter of one of the Buffalo Soldiers, John Randall.

## Physical Appearance

Louise is a pretty, young woman with dark skin and long, black, curly hair. She is mostly seen wearing a long dress and long-sleeved work shirt.

## Biography

Living in the town of Blackdom, established by freed slaves, Louise is the daughter of John Randall and June Hobbs. She is seen as a skilled violinist and vocalist, being able to simultaneously play and sing with her family. Her skills were presumably the pretext for Whitey to seek her for violin lessons, although how they first met was never shown.

She and her brother Elias are the sole surviving members of Blackdom after Frank Griffin's Gang murders its inhabitants when en route to La Belle. She is seen fighting alongside the women of La Belle after being rescued by Whitey, and survives the battle between La Belle and Frank Griffin's Gang. Her last appearance is during the funeral held for Whitey.

## Season 1

### Wisdom of the Horse

Louise is first seen appearing from the house of John Randall, confirming that Whitey did have a purpose for visiting Blackdom despite her father's suspicions. She is elated to see Whitey bring an heirloom violin, and brings him indoors. Under watch from her family, she patiently gives Whitey lessons for his beginner violin skills. After Whitey departs for the evening, she accompanies a family member's guitar-playing with her violin and singing, impressing a smitten Whitey who was looking on unbeknownst to her.

### Fathers & Sons

Whitey accompanies Louise to draw water from a lake with her blind mule Samson. She openly flirts with Whitey, assuming his intentions while Whitey lightly denies them. They share a kiss, and push each other into the river when she demands to give Whitey a bath. They are interrupted, however, by John Randall catching them playing in the river. He coldly sends Whitey away, while threatening that if he ever sees Whitey returning, it won't be Whitey that he'll be laying a hand on as a veiled threat to Louise. As Whitey begins to leave Blackdom, he hears the shrieks of Louise as she is dragged out of her house to be flogged by her father for being around Whitey. An angry Whitey takes aim with his rifle at John Randall while he flogs Louise, but is stopped by the arrival of a passing Roy Goode.

### Homecoming

Louise is seen having dinner with her family as her father debates openly about what to do about Whitey's request to help defend La Belle from the incoming attack from Frank Griffin and his gang. They are interrupted by a knock at the door, who turns out to be Frank Griffin himself and the Devlin Twins asking for hospitality without revealing their identity. Frank and a Devlin twin hold her hands when saying grace before eating, and Louise is not seen again until after the shootouts occur and she escapes with her brother from an underground tunnel. They are quickly discovered by one of the gang members on horseback and chased, but Louise runs into Whitey, who holds her while shooting dead the gang member. He then escapes with her and her brother during the chaos back to La Belle.

She and Whitey arrive at La Belle the next morning, telling Mary Agnes what happened at Blackdom and that they tried their best to prevent their tracks from leading Frank and his gang to La Belle. Mary Agnes instructs that she hide with her brother with the townsfolk who cannot fight, but Louise demands to stay and fight, and promises to make sure all the gang members are dead before the end of the day. This prompts Mary Agnes to approve Whitey's love for Louise. During the battle with Frank Griffin's Gang, Louise is seen mostly shooting with a rifle from a second floor bedroom window. In the aftermath, she exits the hotel unhurt, and walks over to the fallen body of Whitey. She gives him a kiss on the forehead, and covers him back up with the jacket Bill McNue laid over him. She is last seen attending Whitey's funeral with the townsfolk of La Belle.

## Relationships

### Whitey Winn

Although how they first met is never shown, Louise seemed to be familiar and comfortable enough to invite Whitey to her house for violin lessons. The two are often flirtatious with each other, using more caution around her father John Randall, but more openly when left alone. They were able to share a kiss by the river when out once, but was cut short when Louise's father catches them playing in the water after Louise orders Whitey to disrobe to bathe him. Despite her father forbidding Whitey from seeing her again, the two reunite when Whitey rescues her during the murder of Blackdom residents. Their last time spent together was riding back to La Belle and arriving to help fight Frank Griffin's Gang. Louise only discovers Whitey's body in the aftermath of the battle.

### John Randall

Louise's relationship with her father was strained due to him forbidding Whitey from seeing her, and punishing her physically by flogging her for having pushed the boundaries when he caught her at the river with Whitey. However, she did not protest or display hostility to her father even up until his murder by Frank Griffin's Gang.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Wisdom of the Horse

* Fathers & Sons

* Homecoming