Season 1, Episode 01: Traces to Nowhere — April 12–18, 1990

Okay, now, I missed the premiere movie, so all I have to go on is the 
flashback in the second episode.  But: did we, in fact, see Laura give
James Hurley half of the necklace?  I know we saw her snapping it in two
while talking to him, but did we ever see her actually *give* it to him?

Maybe a picky point, but with this show . . .

Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen any info on HOW Laura died.
What was in the coroner's report? Or did I take too long in
making some popcorn?

bob schulman
bob@jupiter.com

In article <1990Apr18.022638.2166@uokmax.uucp> gejohann@uokmax.uucp (Gene Edward Johannsen) writes:
> >Upon rewatching the second episode of Twin Peaks I have a couple of comments
> >to make...
> >
> >4) At the end of the episode when the psychiatrist was listening  to the tape,
> >   Laura contrasted James with the Doctor (James was "Sweet, but stupid" while
> >   the Doctor was not Sweet or Stupid, I'm not sure which she meant)  She
> >   also mentioned getting lost in the woods, and then the tape cut off.
> >   Obviously these two were involved.

"James is sweet but he's so dumb. I should have met you a long time ago,
Dr. Jacoby, because right now I can take just so much sweet. I just
know I'm gonna get lost in those woods again tonight, I just know it.
Remember me telling you about that Mystery Man? Well..."

I assumed from this that Dr. Jacoby is helping Laura act out some of
her not-so-sweet fantasies, one of which involves meeting the Mystery
Man in the woods.


-- Dave Mack

...the nasal sting was there...even without referring to my VCR....
...mjs...

tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) writes:

> >I'm surprised no one has pointed out yet that Lynch didn't direct the
> >second episode.  He directed the pilot (which, by the way, I don't
> >think was a pilot -- from the structuring of the commercial breaks,
> >which the network ignored, it seems to have been intended as the first
> >few episodes.)  The Lynch visual touches and his light touch with music
> >were clearly missing; no strange shots of traffic lights or ceiling
> >fans to contribute in an indefinable but powerful way to the ambience.

I have to agree. I had talked this up to my wife so much that she was
sick of it (she missed the pilot). I thought the first real episode was
very good TV. The pilot was magical. My wife now thinks Twin Peaks is 
"Yeah, pretty good". Had she seen Lynch's little touches she'd be a fanatic
too.

I thought the scene where Johnny was dressed like an Indian chief pounding
his head into the dollhouse followed by his mother's refusal to see him was
one of the most disturbing scenes I've ever seen on TV and the first I've
ever seen that reminded me of "Eraserhead" in any move.

Whew! sorry for the run-on sentence. We live in wonderful times - new Letterman
shows every week and Twin Peaks too!

In article <1667@engage.enet.dec.com> rosch@cpdw.enet.dec.com (Ray Rosch) writes:
> >I have a real bad time remembering the names of all of the roles.  Is 
> >there some kind soul out there who'll post a role-cast list?
> >

For those who missed it, he following was posted earlier . . . by "kind soul"
Jon Conrad.


From: conrad@sun.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Subject: Cast List

I posted this in the tv file, so I thought it only fair to include it
here too.  Given the kind of show this is, revisions could be necessary
at any moment.  In particular, we don't know Mike's last name, the
major's first name, or either of the deputies' last names (I MAY also
have the actors who play them reversed, but I don't think so).  And
maybe a minor character I chose to omit, like the mayor or principal or
a doctor, will turn out to be absolutely pivotal.  Who can predict?

Jon

                       TWIN PEAKS

FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper             Kyle MacLachlan
Sheriff Harry S. Truman                   Michael Ontkean
                          -----
Jocelyn ("Josie") Packard, from Hong Kong;
  inherited Packard Sawmill from husband Andrew;
  semi-secretly seeing Sheriff Truman           Joan Chen
Catherine Martell, Andrew's sister;
  secretly involved with Benjamin Horne      Piper Laurie
Pete Martell, Catherine's husband;
  he found Laura's body                        Jack Nance

Benjamin Horne, real-estate developer;
  owns the Great Northern Hotel            Richard Beymer
Sylvia Horne, his wife                         Jan D'Arcy
Audrey Horne, their spoiled daughter        Sherilyn Fenn
Johnny Horne, their retarded son         Robert Davenport
Jerry Horne, Benjamin's brother       David Patrick Kelly

Leland Palmer, associate of Benj. Horne          Ray Wise
Sarah Palmer, his wife                    Grace Zabriskie
Laura Palmer, their daughter;
  mysteriously murdered                        Sheryl Lee

Bobby Briggs ("Bopper"), involved with Laura
  Palmer (& secretly Shelly)                Dana Ashbrook
Elizabeth Briggs, his mother            Charlotte Stewart
Major Briggs, Bobby's father                    Don Davis
Mike ("Snake"), Bobby's friend           Gary Hershberger

Norma Jennings, owner of the Double R Diner;
  husband Hank is in prison                  Peggy Lipton

Shelly Johnson, a waitress at the diner     Madchen Amick
Leo Johnson, her trucker husband               Eric Da Re

James Hurley, a biker, secretly involved
  with Laura; now in love with Donna       James Marshall
Ed Hurley, James's uncle, owner of Big Ed's
  Gas Farm; in love with Norma             Everett McGill
Nadine Hurley, Ed's wife                      Wendy Robie

Dr. Will Hayward ("Doc")                     Warren Frost
Eileen Hayward, his wife,
  confined to a wheelchair              Mary Jo Deschanel
Donna Hayward, their daughter,
  in love with James                     Lara Flynn Boyle
Harriet Hayward, Donna's
  younger sister                       Jessica Wallenfels

Dr. Lawrence Jacoby, psychiatrist            Russ Tamblyn

Andy, the sheriff's deputy who cries           Harry Goaz
Hawk, the other deputy                      Michael Horse
Lucy Morgan, the sheriff's receptionist  Kimmie Robertson

Ronnette Pulaski, intended 3rd victim    Phoebe Augustine
Janek Pulaski, her father          Rick Tutor / Alan Ogle
Maria (?) Pulaski, his wife              Michele Milatoni

The Log Lady                            Catherine Coulson
The One-Armed Man                              Al Strobel
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mposner@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Eli Posner) writes:
> >The way truman acted upon getting that phone call was pretty wierd. Instead
> >of asking 'who died' he asks 'where'. Why does he tell his secratary not to
> >tell anyone? It seems that he and Packard were expecting this.

I wrote that off to Lynch weirdness.  That's the most frustrating thing.
There's virtually no difference between suspicious behavior and "Mood".

> >2) How about some connection between the letter R and the RR diner?

On second thought, I take it back.  You're paranoid :-)

> >3) When Bobby was released from jail, why did he tell mike that cooper
> >mentioned something about a biker? There's no way that he also noticed the
> >headlights in the video.

Nonetheless, that was the implication.  It also conveyed that Bobby is
no dummy.

Wayne();

Melissa Williams responded:
> >
> >I wrote:
>> >> A few thoughts:
>> >> 7)  The fact that the second girl got out alive is significant.  For some
>> >> reason, the murderer(s) didn't want, need, or have the time to kill her.  
>> >> Why?
> >
> >Are we sure that Laura was killed in the boxcar?  Why would the killer go
> >to such great lengths to wrap Laura's body in the plastic and take it to
> >the lake and yet leave Ronette still alive?  Remember, Ronette was mumbling
> >something like, "don't go in there . . .", which indicates to me that she was
> >there before Laura was.
> >
> >Is it possible the Laura left the boxcar alive, maybe not too well off though,
> >and then murdered by someone else?

The police dogs followed Ronette's trail back to the boxcar.  Laura's half
of the heart was there.  I haven't heard any definitive proof that Laura
was there.  I can't remember if the police have gotten the forensics back
on the boxcar yet.  Somehow, though, that heart got there.  If Laura
didn't bring it there, I'm curious who did.

With regards to the heart, Laura's half was on a gold chain.  James' half
was on a leather thong.  The police said they wanted to know who had the
other half.  It was Donna who assumed that they thought the murder had
it.  She may have had an ulterior motive, but I doubt it.

BTW, where did all this talk of Satanic cults come from?  I don't remember
any details pointing in this direction.  The same goes for the idea that
Truman did it.  This isn't an episode of "Murder, She Wrote", so in the
end after we have dug through all of the red herrings, I expect the murder
to be more simple than people expected.  After a crying policeman and 
a sorrow filled school, I'm hopping for a solution that is just as 
realistic.

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In article <2195@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> castillo@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Brian Anderson) writes:
> >In article <1990Apr18.022638.2166@uokmax.uucp> gejohann@uokmax.uucp (Gene Edward Johannsen) writes:
> >
>> >>Has a TV series ever been analyzed in this much depth before?
> >
> >Only one other I can think of:
> >
> >The Prisoner

I guess ya'll haven't seen the endless verbiage displayed in the Star
Trek newsgroup  --  they get far more (and ridiculous) discussion out
of far less complex plotlines.  Note that this is not necessarily a
good thing.

Chris



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