Subject: Re: Laura and her father.
From: MXL4@psuvm.psu.edu
Date: 1990-08-29, 10:32
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Potential spoilers for first-time viewers...









Given that nothing is certain in TP, I still think the voice of experience
here is again of some use. Being a father of a teen of the female glands gives
one a rather different perspective. Let's look at what we do know....

       1. Leland knows big daddy Horne fairly well, professionally and -
          probably - socially. He may well have some idea about the links
          between Horne and OEJ's and the perfume counter girls.

       2. Leland is/was probably very close to his daughter and - despite what
          most teens think - knows his daughter better than than others do.

       3. He knows that she was working at the perfume counter, knew what that
          probably meant, knew he should do SOMETHING, but either did not or
          failed to get Laura to quit.

Given that I feel guilty when my kid gets a bruise in phys ed - like I could
really have done anything about it - I can easily see old Leland doing a swan
dive off of the old 10 meter into an empty mental abyss.

The potential for lunacy runs deep among fathers of females. Don't believe me?
Ask the daughters about their dads' behavior towards new boy friends (or
slovenly, sexual perverts, as we see 'em.) Even if we normally are...

                           Mostly THE BEAR