Biography
Bessie Potter is the sister of main character Joey Potter. Ten years Joey's senior, Bessie was introduced in the pilot episode of the show. Bessie has taken care of her sister for the past few years, since their mother, Lilian, died of cancer in 1996, and their father, Mike, was imprisoned for trafficking marijuana. In the first two seasons, Bessie runs the family restaurant, 'The Ice House', and later the family bed and breakfast business that was a dream of their mother's. The family frequently struggles with money.
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