Subject: Something to think about
From: rlr@toccata.rutgers.edu (Rich Rosen)
Date: 1990-05-23, 23:07
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Leland showed up (why?) at the police station and Harry told him only that a
suspect was in custody for involvement in the murder of his daughter.  His
words (though I don't recall them exactly) were quite nonspecific; Leland asked
a lot of questions but Harry refused to get into detail, saying just that the
person was at the hospital.

So, on this information alone, how did Leland know who the suspect was and
which room he was in?  Whatever ruse he concocted (setting off the fire alarm?)
seemed to chase everyone away. (Even any police guarding the room?--whether
there had been guards there or not, obviously there weren't any at the time
Leland walked into the room.)

The point?  Leland would seem to have had NO way, from the information given to
him by Truman, of knowing who the suspect was or where he was being kept.  And
yet he found Jacques and proceeded to smother him.  For all he knew the suspect
they had in custody was Jacoby (he might have known who Jacoby was, since he
*was* treating his daughter), but it could have been ANYONE in the hospital.
(Unless there was a special "police ward", but there certainly weren't any
police guarding it when he showed up, were there?)

So if Leland knew himself who the suspect was, this means he knew Jacques
directly, and he knew him to be involved with Laura in some way that might lead
him to get arrested for involvement in Laura's murder.  How?  My speculation is
that this lends credence to the idea that Leland somehow got involved with or
witnessed Laura's sexual antics with Leo and Jacques, perhaps by being the one
who answered the Flesh World ad (it WAS Laura's idea to place this ad---what
WAS her motivation there?), or perhaps simply by following her.  Whatever the
case, I am inferring that Leland could only have known that Jacques was the man
in custody if he had prior knowledge about Jacques.  Where he got this
knowledge sounds mighty relevant to me.  Furthermore, if the theory that
Leland actually was the one who ultimately killed Laura (or that he was
involved in some other manner) is borne out, it makes his motive for smothering
Jacques a little different:  perhaps he is killing Jacques to keep him quiet?

(I haven't had time to review the tape, so I may have missed something glaring
in whatever Harry said to Leland.  I'm sure you'll all let me know if I
did... :-)
--
"When you told your secret name, I burst in flame and burned..."
Rich Rosenrlr@toccata.rutgers.edu