Subject: Conjectures and Questions
From: bl0r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Barton Lipman)
Date: 1990-05-24, 06:50
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Perhaps I'm wrong, but a few things seem obvious after the
"cliffhanger" last night:

1.  Agent Cooper is alive.  It's not obvious which cheap trick will be
used to justify this -- probably a bullet proof vest.  Reasoning:  The
show is a goner without him.

2.  Jacques is probably dead.  Reasoning:  Why keep him around?  He was
always a minor character.  This way, they don't have anyone to tell them
more information.  Also, it seems too silly to have him live after
the monitor seems to indicate he's dead.

3.  Catherine, Shelly, and Pete are probably still alive.  Reasoning:  They're
too much fun to kill off.  (What a line Catherine had last night: "I can't
understand you -- you have a thing in your mouth"!!)

4.  Nadine could well be dead.  Reasoning:  She wasn't that interesting
a character to begin with.  With her out of the way, the interaction
between Ed, Hank, and Norma becomes more interesting.

5.  Leo ought to be dead.  Reasoning:  It just looks pretty stupid to
have Leo survive a second shooting, this time by a professional like
Hank.  How low will these guys stoop?  Besides, Hank has surpassed him
for creepiness.  Also, there's too much evidence tying him to Laura's
death now.  If Leo lives, Cooper will lock him up permanently and ask
him lots of questions.  Too easy a source of information.

Conjectures:

1.  The man who beat up Jacoby is the same man who shot Cooper.  At
least, the clothing looked the same.  Also, he's the only one who's
movements we know so little about.

2.  The man who beat up Jacoby and shot Cooper is the mysterious "third
man" the log lady spoke of.  He's probably the "real" Bob of the visions
and Laura's murderer.

3.  Leland knew Laura worked at One-Eyed Jack's.  He allowed her to
continue to do so, thus the guilt he now bears.  This would also explain
how he knew that Jacques was the guy he was looking for in the
hospital.  I doubt Leland had sex with Laura, though you never
know.

4.  A wild shot:  When Ben finds Audrey at One-Eyed Jack's, he reveals
that the same thing happened to Leland (i.e., he found Laura there in
a similar way).

Finally, a question:  Something important doesn't yet add up in the
relationship between Ben, Catherine, and Josie.  For a long time, we
all assumed that Ben was plotting with Catherine and that the purpose
of the plot was to acquire the land Josie owns.  Now we know that Ben
is also plotting with Josie to doublecross Catherine.  But now the
motive is not clear -- if all Ben wants is the land, why does he
need to conspire with Josie in some elaborate plot to get it?
If she's willing to do all this, why wouldn't she just sell it
to him?  There must be something more to it.  But what?  It's
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natural to suspect that it might be tied up in Andrew's death and
the mysterious bargain between Josie and Hank, but that doesn't
clarify a hell of a lot.

Ideas?

Bart