Leo Johnson
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Leo Johnson is a fictional character on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks, portrayed by Eric Da Re. He is a long-distance truck driver, and is married to Shelly Johnson.
Leo is one of the major suspects in the murder of Laura Palmer. He is not a good guy (nor does he feel the need to pretend to be), and according to the town sheriff, he's free only because they haven't found sufficient evidence for any of his crimes. He is a drug-runner, and has had sexual relations with Laura. He is also linked with Jacques Renault, who he smuggles over the border.
Leo beats up his wife Shelly over the quality of her housework and his (accurate) suspicions of her infidelity, going so far as to whip her with a bar of soap in a sock. He also reads Fleshworld magazine and advertises for sexual link-ups through it.
Leo commits arson at the Packard Saw Mill, trapping Shelly in it in revenge for her affair with Bobby Briggs, but Shelly is freed by Catherine Packard Martell and survives. To cover for the fire, Ben Horne hires Hank Jennings to shoot Leo. By coincidence, Leo is attacking Bobby at the time (with an axe), so Bobby witnesses Hank shooting Leo.
Leo subsequently enters a vegetative state, and is confined a wheelchair. He appears to be brain damaged, but eventually returns to consciousness by unknown means and attacks Shelly.
Towards the end of the second season, he becomes Windom Earle's slave, and is controlled by an electrified collar. He releases Major Garland Briggs from captivity, apparently finding some degree of redemption in his desire to save Shelley from Earle. Earle responds by confining Leo in a contraption which will release deadly spiders on his body as soon as he unclenches his jaw, and this is the last that is seen of Leo Johnson.
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