Subject: Re: sheriff finding out about laura
From: duga@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Brady Duga)
Date: 1990-08-16, 06:34
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: duga@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu.UUCP (Brady Duga)

In article <90227.194138R2Y@psuvm.psu.edu> R2Y@psuvm.psu.edu (Robin) writes:
> >Has anyone else noticed that when Pete calls up the sheriff after finding Laura
> >'s body he says something like "she's dead".  Unless Lynch cuts Pete's telling
> >that he found Laura Palmer (which seems awfully important to mention here) the
> >sheriff already knows who is going to be dead.  Is this stretching it too far?
> >Robin Y.

This has been mentioned before, I believe (or at least something similar).
Pete couldn't tell HST that Laura was dead, because he didn't know who the girl
was. Remember, she was face down wrapped in plastic and her identity wasn't
revealed until after Truman turns her over. It is possible that Pete knows or
suspects who the victim is, since he says "she's dead", which sounds to me
like he is talking about someone in particular. But he also appears to be 
surprised when he finds out who "she" is. Personally, I don't think he knew
who was dead until HST turns the body over, but that's just a feeling ...

--Brady