Pete Martell Quotes and Sound Clips

Peter Martell is a character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. Pete (played by Jack Nance), born on June 28, 1943, is a lumberjack who married his boss' sister Catherine. What started as a "summer's indiscretion", developed into a marriage on the rocks, a marriage that from Pete's perspective never should have happened. "Catherine is plain hell to live with", Pete once admits during the course of the show. Catherine is ruthless, stubborn and determined and doesn't make anything easy for her husband (whom she feels is a useless, soft old fool). However, it is also made clear that Catherine was far richer than he, so he has at least a financial consolation. Pete also seems to harbor some genuine, nostalgic affection for his wife, which he expresses to Sheriff Truman when he thinks Catherine has died. He is a keen angler. While Catherine plots to get back his late brother's business, the Packard mill, from his widow Josie Packard whom she...