Deadly Premonition has a big cast of characters and because of that we unfortunately only learn a lot about a fraction of them when you stick only to the main story. Due to this I highly suggest that players replay the game and spend the time to explore Greenvale and get to know the rest of the inhabitants and appreciate the amount of detail Swery and his team put into making the town.

Sure you can get to know many of the characters via their Side Missions but I’ve found that the most interesting information comes from just observing characters through out their day and talking to them and their loved ones through out the investigation.

While working on my deep dive Let’s Play I ended up learning quite a bit of “new” information about the residents of Greenvale I haven’t seen discussed before and I thought it might be fun to highlight some interesting tidbits I’ve come across!

Okay…first up let’s take a look at the Raincoat Killer’s second victim Becky Ames.

If you are like a majority of players you might not have have spoken to Becky until she appeared in the red room at the beginning of Chapter 08 and learned that she was Anna’s friend.

Upon visiting Becky in the real world you learn that she’s extremely paranoid and has no love for law enforcement and refuses to tell York much of anything. Given that it’s later revealed that George is a serial killer and that Becky witnessed him kill Anna and display her body in the Greenvale Forest Park it’s no surprise why she didn’t trust law enforcement and feared leaving her home.

But what was she like before Anna’s murder? She doesn’t really open up to York much during the game but if you put in the time to investigate you can actually learn a bit more about her backstory and her relationships!

Becky appears to live in that large mansion by the lake all on her own. I know the first few times I played the game I just kinda assumed her parents were dead given their absence through out the game and how wistful Diane seemed to be while discussing her father during her own Side Mission.

Well it turns out this isn’t the case at all! If you speak with Quint on a clear day while he’s having lunch with his father in Chapter 13 you learn that the Mr. and Mrs. Ames are just out of the country during the investigation:

Sadly this little tidbit is never repeated anywhere else in the game so if a player decides to head to the hotel to write York’s report after the heart to heart cutscene with George in the Galaxy of Terror, like most do from the playthroughs I’ve watched through the years, they will never learn this piece of information.

The same can be said about Becky’s relationship with Diane. While she was alive Diane says several times in Chapter 11 in the Muses Gallery that that she didn’t have much of a relationship with her sister as they didn’t get along:

She didn’t appear to be too upset over Becky’s death either and at times used her grief as an excuse to flirt with York.

But thanks to another conversation in Chapter 13 with Quint on a clear night after Diane’s own demise we learn that all of that might have been an act just like York suspected:

Quint seemed to be under the impression that the sisters were close as Becky talked about her sister quite a bit.



This might explain why Becky reached out to Diane and sent her George’s locket that Anna was holding. According to Becky’s letter she wanted to use it as a way to put George away for killing Anna but felt trapped in her home in fear that George would kill her as soon as she left so Becky sent the locket to her sister via the Twins. If the Ames sisters relationship was as cold as Diane portrayed to York why would Becky bother contacting her? Why not just share her secret with Quint who was her fiancee? I think it’s pretty clear that Becky trusted her sister and had faith Diane would help her and, unlike Quint, would also somehow be protected from George’s wrath:



…and on another note why would Becky even borrow Diane’s shoes and apologize for breaking the heel if their relationship was that hostile?

But one of the real questions left unanswered when players only focus on the main quest is what kind of person Becky really was. Was she as moody and pessimistic as she appeared to York during the investigation? Well thanks to an optional conversation with Quint we find out yet again that this isn’t the case at all!

If you talk with Quint when it’s raining in Chapter 16 in Swery65 he reveals how different Becky was before Anna’s death. It’s so such a shame Becky didn’t reach out to York while she was alive due to her fear of the police:

So yeah those are some of the Becky related tidbits learned through optional conversations that I thought were really interesting. I learned a lot about other characters as well and hope to post more about them soon!