Subject: Laura and J-Crew
From: webster@furs.rutgers.edu (John Clayton Webster)
Date: 1990-09-09, 21:52
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

I recently viewed twin peaks in a marathon manner (9 hours (?)) so I
am more than a little vague on which episode has occurred so far,
so...

* POSSIBLE *  SPOLIERS TO FOLLOW


When Special Agent Dale Cooper (FBI, mind you) exhibits his highly
accurate stone-throwing art it tells us a great deal.  (Pardon me for
possible errors in memory as I haven't verified this in reviewing.)

We know that Laura was going to Meet "J" on the night of her death.
Cooper's stone-toss is much more than just a nice plot device to
review what the hell is going on, if you look at it in the right
manner. The question asked of the toss is (I believe) "Who was with
Laura on the night of her death?"  The bottle falls down for Dr.
Jacoby. The bottle is shattered for Leo Johnson.  Leo didn't kill
Laura. That would be too simple to believe.  The blood on his shirt
wasn't Laura's as we were expected to believe.  This is too much
suspicion on Leo for him to have actually committed the murder.  Since
we are already dealing with this in the context of a tv mystery
(stone-toss and all), this is good enough to scratch out Leo.

If Leo didn't do it who did?  By the stone-toss, we can logically
presume the murderer's name doesn't start with a "J".  Their name
would have been on the board and would have registered higher as
"Being with Laura on the night of her death."


Sound logic?

So whatcha think; Her own father, or her best friend?  There are
subtle hints and interpretations of Cooper comments that point to
both. 



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You see any blood?? I didn't see any blood.  Bulletproof balls man.
He has serious slack.

webster@furs.rutgers.edu