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Josie Packard
Today... All work here will stop. The mill will shut down.
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Jocelyn "Josie" Packard is a character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. Played by Joan Chen, she is a classic "femme fatale" character. She is from Hong Kong, and is ethnic Chinese. Throughout the first season, Josie seems innocent, an easy mark and potential victim for her more savvy and cunning sister in law, Catherine, and Catherine's lover, Ben Horne. It is only later that we learn that Josie is not at all what she seems, as she is a classic "femme fatale" character whose innocence masks a manipulative and cold-blooded side. Josie meets Andrew Packard, owner of the Packard Mill, in Hong Kong and accompanies him to Twin Peaks as his wife. After Andrew's death in a boating accident, Josie inherits the mill, which is run by Catherine. Her sister-in-law resents Josie for taking over the mill and suspects that Josie was responsible for Andrew's demise. Catherine's husband, Pete Martell, a former woodcutter, is good friends with Josie, seeing...

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