Subject: Re: Conjectures and Questions
From: msmiller@gonzoville.Eng.Sun.COM (Mark Miller)
Date: 1990-05-24, 08:49
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: msmiller@Sun.COM (Mark Miller)

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

No. I think the clothing was a ruse to get everyone thinking Leland went
after Cooper next. A few problems with this. One is motive, which he ain't
got one of. Another is that the attack on Jacoby and Renault were both
physical assaults instead of using firearms. I think Leland pounded Jacoby,
mainly because of the way that attacker moved which was real awkward. But
I don't think Leland then went after Cooper. This is probably a whole new
plot line.

|>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.

The one who shot Cooper could be the 3rd person. I'm still not convinced
we know who killed Laura. All we have is circumstantial evidence which
only supports some rather kinky sessions up in the cabin with Leo and
Jacques. Frankly, I felt ripped off. With all the other things they left
hanging, it would at least have been nice to get closure on the murder.
Now Leo and Jacques are dead, which is cute in that Cooper has no way to
get any information to close this thing if they are to be the killers.
Cooper will have to start all over - once he picks the lead out of his vest.
Which I also thought was pretty tacky. They'd done so well up to the last
episode in avoiding the standard soap-opera devices. Then they blow it.

|>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.

Well, there were only two people in the hostpital, Jacques and Jacoby.
Leland already dealt with Jacoby and Jacques was shot, so it was a pretty
easy guess. I wouldn't be surprised to see a little incest creep into
the story. Leland is one sick puppy and probably took all kinds of subtle
abuse from Ben & Jerry.

|>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).

Quite possible. Keep in mind that in the 1st episode Leland and his wife
seemed to already know that something bad had happened to Laura. If they
really thought she was such a sweet-little-darlin'-angel, they probably
wouldn't have expected her to be dead the way they did. My hunch is that
somehow they found out about at least part of what she was into.

|>Finally, a question:  Something important doesn't yet add up in the
|>relationship between Ben, Catherine, and Josie.

Well, Andrew is gone which gives Josie the mill. Now if they axe Catherine
in the mill fire, Josie gets the mill insurance money PLUS $1M on 
Catherine's insurance. Then she can sell the land to Horne for a reasonable
price (pre-arranged to get his help carrying out the scheme) and they
all get what they want. Horne gets the land cheap and Josie is an instant
multi-millionaire. Josie wouldn't get into something like this unless
there was something in it for her: $1M plus Catherine 6 ft under sounds
like something which would get her interested up. The wild cards now are
(1) Catherine is on to them, and (2) Hank ain't as half as dumb as Josie
thought. With Hank on the scene, they can get rid of Leo's character. Leo
was just your basic thug, but Hank is really evil in that he is in control.

Well, now we have to wait all summer. I feel really cheated.

-MSM
                                                                
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