Subject: Why Hank Shot Leo
From: George.Harris@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account)
Date: 1990-09-17, 17:30
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

I believe Hank shot Leo to cover his tracks.  You
remember Leo telling Josie that "Hank's gonna pay Leo a little
house call"?  Well, Leo is the one that set the fire in the
mill.  This was @ the behest of Hank, who communicated Ben
Horne's orders, --strike that- it was @ the request of Ben 
Horne.  Well, Leo left Shelley in the mill.  However, 
unbeknownst to Leo, it is intrinsic to Hank, Ben & Josie's
plot that Catherine go to the Mill & hopefully be killed
in the fire.  That way, along with the double set of books 
that will then be planted in Catherine's desk, it will 
appear that Catherine was killed while attempting to set
a firebomb in the mill to frame Josie for arson in an insurance
fraud scheme.  Since it will appear that *Catherine* was 
actually behind the arson (& was "accidentally' killed in
the attempt), Josie will be exonerated, collect the in-
surance on the mill, (supposedly) collect the million $

from the insurance policy on Catherine's life, & sell 
the land the mill was on to BH for GhostWood, or possibly
enter into a partnership with him.

*However*, Leo is the link from the arson to the rest.
in the event that his handiwork is witnessed, it is best that
he be "out of the way" lest in an atempt to get the authorities
to look more favorably on him,he spill the beans as to who put
him up to this (Hank, Ben).  As we see, Shelley *did* witness
the arson, & if she survives, she would be able to finger Leo.
If Leo is dead, however, he can't implicate the rest of them.
The apparent culprit, Catherine, has met a seemingly appropriate
end, & our diabolical threesome (Hank, Ben & Josie) can collect
their ill-gotten gains & go about their evil deeds.

A monkeyy has been wrenched in the works, as Josie might
say.  Catherine, with the help of the conscientious Mr. Neff, has
discovered their plot, & they won't get the life insurance money.
Leo might not be dead.  Catherine might not be dead.  Shelley
might tell the police that Catherine *didn't* set the fire, an
seemed to be innocent.  wait & see, but I predict that H, B & J
will be unsuccessful, & the Icelanders will be left with no partners.

"I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV"Ge|ge


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