Bonnie MacFarlane

"I understand that a city dweller, such as yourself, has to have some exotic secrets so us 'country folk' are impressed."

- Bonnie MacFarlane to John Marston

 is a major character and a primary ally of John Marston in Red Dead Redemption.

Bonnie is a 27 year old woman; she works at the MacFarlane's Ranch located in the Hennigan's Stead region of the New Austin territory. She is the daughter of Drew MacFarlane. The identity of her mother is never mentioned.

Red Dead Redemption
Bonnie rescues John after being wounded in the initial confrontation with Bill Williamson at Fort Mercer. She pays a doctor $15 to heal Marston's wounds and provides lodging in return for assistance with ranch duties on the MacFarlane's Ranch. John does several missions at the ranch, such as herding cattle and breaking horses. After finding out that John is at the ranch, Bill Williamson's boys set the ranch's barn on fire, and John risks his life to rescue the horses out of the burning barn. Bonnie is later taken hostage by members of Bill Williamson's gang, who threaten her life unless Marston and the Marshall release Norman Deek from the Armadillo jail in Hanging Bonnie MacFarlane. After traveling to the ghost town of Tumbleweed and attempting to hand the man over, it is revealed to be an ambush. The gang attempts to hang a brutally beaten Bonnie, but she is saved by John at the last second. She then rides back to Armadillo with the Marshal.

After John kills Dutch Van Der Linde and recovers his family, John returns to MacFarlane's Ranch and visits Bonnie to purchase cattle. Shortly after, Bonnie calls upon John by telegraph to bring the ranch some corn to make up for corn lost to pests at their ranch. After John and Abigail Marston leave the ranch, she gazes longingly after the couple, shuffling her feet as she watches the wagon leave. She then turns to Amos as he walks into the general store, and then follows him in, marking her last appearance in the main storyline. It is suggested by Abigail that Bonnie had developed feelings for John as they ride back to Beecher's Hope. The way in which she stared at the two as they left also greatly indicates this.

Epilogue
Bonnie's fate is uncertain. In 1914, Jack Marston is still welcome at the MacFarlane's Ranch, and is able to make use of the cabin his father once recovered in. Bonnie is not present, although the ranch operates just as it did in 1911.

In 1914, NPCs can be heard discussing that she found a husband.

Mission Appearances

 * Exodus in America
 * New Friends, Old Problems
 * Obstacles in Our Path (Boss)
 * This is Armadillo, USA (Boss)
 * Women and Cattle (Boss)
 * Wild Horses, Tamed Passions (Boss)
 * A Tempest Looms (Boss)
 * The Burning (Boss)
 * Hanging of Bonnie MacFarlane
 * The Outlaw's Return
 * Old Friends, New Problems

Quotes
"If you think I'm going to lower myself by making a joke about being 'all tied up' - you've got another thing comin'."

- Bonnie

"Change is only good when it makes things better."

- Bonnie

"With your trigger itch and my feminine intuition, we should make quite a team."

- Bonnie

"Ugh, call me Bonnie, you fool!"

- Bonnie

"You do so love to talk in riddles, Mr. Marston."

- Bonnie

"Do my eyes decieve me? A devil walks among us."

- Bonnie

Trivia

 * Bonnie's brothers' graves can be found at Coot's Chapel. See MacFarlane Brothers for more information.
 * Bonnie hints some sort of love or passion for John Marston. Amos can be heard saying "Don't tell anyone I said this, but, Miss MacFarlane is sweet on that Marston fella." Abigail supports this by telling John that Bonnie "...blushed redder than a shepherd's sunset when she saw you."
 * Bonnie is a spitting image of Red Dead Revolver's Annie Stoakes (Bloody Annie), she even owns a ranch just like Annie.
 * Bonnie's age is discussed in the first issue of the Blackwater Ledger after the mission to free Bonnie from the hanging noose. The article, found in the lower left hand corner, suggests her kidnapping was a crime of passion perpetuated by the Bill Williamson gang but the writer goes on to say "Miss MacFarlane is a spinster of 29 years, so this appears implausible." However, in the mission This is Armadillo, USA, she says that she is 27. The newspaper was a misprint as the guide says she is 27 as well.
 * Bonnie MacFarlane is named after the aunt of former Rockstar San Diego designer Rob Hanson. He renamed the ranch he designed "McFarling's ranch," and named the rancher's daughter Bobbie McFarling just before he resigned. Obviously, the names have been changed slightly, but the inspiration is clear.
 * Bonnie is seen in the opening scene in Exodus in America on the train from Blackwater to Armadillo. It might have been possible that Bonnie was visiting her brother in a (sophisticated city) but she does not appear in the Ferry.
 * Bonnie appears on the back of the map provided with the game.
 * In the opening cut-scene where Bonnie is seated at the back of the train a man comes along and takes her seat, which she then goes to sit at the front.
 * Abigail Marston is suspicious about Bonnie having an affair with John.