You know, the only time in my life that I felt truly free, Kevin, was when I picked up that piece of glass and I stuck it in my neck. You were holding me in your arms and I looked up into your eyes and you were so afraid. But I wasn’t. Because it was finally over. That’s freedom. ("A Most Powerful Adversary")
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Patti Levin was the sarcastic and nihilistic leader of the Guilty Remnant's Mapleton chapter, where her no-nonsense attitude helped her orchestrate the group’s increasingly strange behavior. After her death, she haunted Kevin Garvey in the form of a spirit, tormenting him in the living world but aiding and guiding him in the Other Place.
At some point, Patti met and fell in love with Neil. The two were married, but he quickly turned out to be an abusive partner, both verbally and physically, constantly beating, insulting, or just plain ignoring his wife. Patti made it onto the game show Jeopardy!, where she planned to earn $50,000 to use to leave Neil. By the end, she won $65,300, but stayed with him anyway, even after learning he cheated on her. ("International Assassin")
After Neil choked to death on his dinner, a traumatized Patti began to fear of a great disaster coming, various times over the course of several months. At some point, she moved to Mapleton, New York, where she eventually, she became the patient of psychiatrist Laurie Garvey. Laurie tried to help her see that the great disasters she was feeling were nothing more than her trauma from Neil's abuse, to no avail. ("The Garveys At Their Best")
The Departure and the Remnant[]
On October 13, 2011, Patti arrived at a session with Laurie, once again feeling as though a great disaster was closing in on them, this one bigger than any she'd felt before. Laurie simply wrote it off as another one of Patti's irrational fears relating to nothing, but the next day, across the globe, two percent of the human population vanished into thin air without a trace in an event later known as the Sudden Departure. In shock and fear, Patti began aimlessly grasping for some sort of explanation to hold onto, something to grasp with the world now in shambles. She soon took a vow of silence, donned herself in white, and forswore all her luxuries to become a member of the Guilty Remnant, a nihilistic cult dedicated to convincing the world that nothing matters, and that living as they do now is pointless. ("The Garveys At Their Best")
Patti rose through the ranks of the Remnant, until finally becoming the director of its Mapleton Chapter. Her shy demeanor and meekness now replaced with an no-nonsense attitude, endless sarcasm, and aggressive morals, she transformed the Mapleton Chapter into a large and effective group determined to do anything to make their message heard, even if it meant tormenting families or killing their own. ("Pilot")
Some time after becoming director, Patti discovered that Laurie was feeling just as lost as she had been, having lost her unborn child in the Departure. ("The Garveys At Their Best") In an effort to help Laurie as Laurie had tried to help her, Patti indoctrinated Laurie into the Remnant and worked closely with her in many cases. ("Gladys")
Capture and murder[]
Patti is kidnapped by Kevin Garvey during one of his blackouts. She reveals her knowledge of his infidelity, and tells him that not only did she tell Laurie many things, but Laurie told her many things. She also admits to the murder of Gladys. When he comes to his senses and attempts to release her, she commits suicide by slitting her throat. She now haunts Kevin's psyche, promising to help him if he just acknowledges her existence.
Patti's role in the original novel is much smaller than in the HBO series. She only appears in a few scenes, and is inconsequential to the overall plot. She never meets Kevin, and is never shown to have died at all, let alone twice.
