Subject: Nadine (Re: Conjectures and Questions (Twin Peaks))
From: boyajian@ruby.dec.com (Cisco's Buddy)
Date: 1990-05-24, 23:01
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks,rec.arts.tv

In article <1990May24.174906.18924@alembic.acs.com>, csu@alembic.acs.com (Dave Mack) writes...

}}} In article <0aKyOly00WBLI0voUc@andrew.cmu.edu> bl0r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Barton Lipman) writes:
}}} 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.

} Nadine's character has been converted from the curtain-hanging monster
} who keeps Ed from his true love to a frightened little girl who can't
} win for losing.

} While Ed may have a dilemma, the writers don't. Ed can't be one of the
} "good guys" and still go after Norma.

I agree. I've grown to *like* the character of Nadine, though mostly out
of sympathy for her. I also think that Ed's character grew by leaps and
bounds when his affections drifted back to Nadine. Before that, he was
simply another "cheating" character, and the only thing that made him a
good guy was that he helped the police out on occasions. I think Ed feels
an obligation to take care of Nadine, but I also think he realizes that
he still does love her. He and Norma could've kept up their illicit
relationship (though with Hank around that would be very dangerous), but
Ed decided they should cool it for a while because of Nadine.

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