Subject: Re: Comments/questions on Episode 8
From: huebner@aerospace.aero.org (Robert E. Huebner)
Date: 1990-10-02, 12:37
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: huebner@sunpoison.UUCP (Robert E. Huebner)

In article <jgp.654853622@rutabaga> jgp@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Pellmann) writes:
> >
> >Many thoughts/comments/questions on the new episode:
[gobs and gobs of stuff deleted]
> >- As pointed out here last week by David Tuttle, we have a serious continuity
> >  error with the AB negative blood type of the third man.  Cooper says it is
> >  neither Laura's, Ronette's, Leo's, nor Jacques', yet in episode 5 when they
> >  are searching Jacques' apartment, Cooper surmises and Doc Hayward confirms
> >  that Jacques' blood type is AB negative.  Could this be the one thing Cooper
> >  forgot (according to the Giant)?  I don't think so.

Although I agree it was probably a serious continuity error, there is an
out.  Blood can be typed on more variables than the simple A, B, +, -, etc.
I forget the exact number, but there are enough sub-types to make blood a
fairly unique indicator.  Maybe when Cooper said the blood didn't match
Jacque's, he was basing it on the sub-types as well.  (Probably not planned
that way, but it helps me sleep at night).

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