Subject: Re: Who shot Cooper?
From: csu@alembic.acs.com (Dave Mack)
Date: 1990-10-04, 21:22
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1990Oct4.203008.15992@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair) writes:
> >
> >  Q: Why was the person who shot Cooper wearing a mask?
> >
> >  A: Because he or she did not want to be identified by Cooper.

Or by the senile waiter.

> >  Q: But wasn't Cooper supposed to be dead?
> >
> >  A: No.  The idea was to incapacitate him.  The assailant knew
> >     Cooper was wearing a bulletproof vest.  If it hadn't been for
> >     the tick, he wouldn't have been seriously wounded.

Drivel. Shooting an FBI agent in the bulletproof vest with the expectation
that he won't be seriously hurt sounds like a real good way to get a
.357 slug in the head. FBI agents are known to react violently when
you pump three slugs into them. You have to watch yourself around
people like that.

-- Dave Mack