Subject: Re: What about Andy? (plus bonus comments)
From: bgingric@Intrepid.ECE.UKans.EDU (Barry Gingrich)
Date: 1990-05-25, 10:53
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <2275@mondo.omni.com> bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) writes:
> >Whoops, what I meant was, "maybe he shot Cooper after getting pissed off
> >at Lucy", NOT "maybe he saved Truman after getting pissed off at Lucy."

Then riddle me this:

How could Andy shoot Cooper when Andy's on the other end of the telephone?   
(Without a major contrivance such as a tape or something.  And, since there
were *two* people on the phone and only one (that we saw) outside the door,
we can assume that Andy didn't have a portable phone, either.)

Nope.  I'd say Andy's got about the best alibi.  He does get to play the
hero again, though, by hearing the shots (they weren't that muffled) and
high-tailin' the ambulance out there.

Talking about Andy...who else saw the "Andy has to use his gun to save Harry"
bit coming from a mile away?  I figured as much when I saw the preview
last week...they had Andy framed with his gun *far* too prominently.  Honestly,
I found that part a little hokey, almost formulaic.  In fact, the whole
episode felt like a Hill Street Blues episode (Oh...like *that's* a surprise).
Very well done, but not up to the standard Lynch set with the ones he directed. 
Frost did have some really spooky moments, tho, such as when Jacques is 
describing the bite in the poker chip.  I also think he integrated the music
well.  Maybe, as Joe Bob would say, there was just too much plot gettin' in
the way of the story.
-- "Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames" - Barry gingrich%tisl@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu OR bgingric@Intrepid.ECE.UKans.EDU