Subject: Re: Comments ... From: raveling@isi.edu (Paul Raveling) Date: 1990-05-18, 09:45 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks In article <21284@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, kelley@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Kelley McDonald) writes: > > I really think that Leland killed his own daughter. At this moment I think you're right, but haven't made sense of one key factor. That last scene with Leland hyperventilating in the trees was pretty graphic, despite never showing an image of him. Here's a possible scenario: --Leland really DOES adore Laura in a way that would be "wholesome" if not carried to an extreme degree. --Leland found out about at least some of the various shit Laura was involved in. On the night of the murder he followed her into the woods to either check his suspicions or "watch over her". --He saw what was going on among Jacques, Leo, Laura, and Ronette, at least to some extent. Instead of a normal reaction, his psychotic reaction was "If I can't have her noone can". In this sense he'd be like the guy who set his son afire in real life. --For some reason Jacques and Leo left the cabin for awhile, reason to be determined. Leland came in, cut Ronette loose, and killed Laura by beating her with the Myna bird. That's why Waldo was in ill health. --Leo and/or Jacques return, find Laura. Leo wraps her corpse in his characteristic style and disposes of it. The problem I have is that Leland was composed the next day until word came that Laura was dead. If he killed her because he was out of control, the only way to explain this composure would seem to be that it was such a traumatic night for him that he blocked it out of his memory. So there's my theory... 6 days and counting until it gets shot down. ---------------- Paul Raveling Raveling@isi.edu