Subject: Donna's New Personality and Related Matters From: news@bbn.com (News system owner ID) Date: 1990-10-05, 11:31 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks Reply-to: ingria@BBN.COM One thing that I haven't seen in the discussion of Donna's changed personality was a (then) cryptic scene in Episode 1 from last season. Donna comes to visit Sarah Palmer. They sit on a couch, Donna stage right, Sarah stage left. They talk about missing Laura until Sarah winds up saying ``I miss her so much'' over and over. At this point, she looks at Donna and sees Laura's face superimposed over Donna's. She cries ``Laura'', grasps one of Donna's hands in one of hers, and places her other arm around Donna. At this point, she sees the first vision of Killer Bob, the same one that Cooper will see near the beginning of his dream. As far as I can tell, this vision of Killer Bob (but not necessarily Cooper's second vision of him, when Bob speaks) is in Laura's bedroom. Killer Bob is crouching at the foot of Laura's bed, and the point of view is that of someone positioned on or next to the bed. (Why do I say Laura's bed(room)? The part of the bedframe that Bob is crouching behind seems to be the same as that we can see, somewhat murkily, when Hawk is gathering up items from Laura's bedroom, as Leland watches. Also, there's a dark frame, either a closet door or a window, at the foot of Laura's bed that is positioned in the same place in the vision of Killer Bob). So, Sarah sees Donna's face change into Laura's, clasps Donna's hand, and then has a vision, which seems to be from Laura's point of view. ``Submitted for your consideration.'' There were other clues, pointed out here by others, that Donna's motivation was not as clear-cut as might first appear. In fact, I think that Cooper's statement that James would have given them the necklace, but that someone or something scared him off, is meant to remind us of theses incidents, since Donna is this ``someone''. It is Donna who wants James to get rid of the necklace. Remember that she first ask James to give her the necklace (as she later asks Maddy to give her Laura's glasses?) and that it is James who comes up with the idea of burying it, since he is afraid that the necklace will incriminate her. When Donna and James discover that the necklace is missing, James wants to go to the police, and it is Donna who talks him out of it, first using the argument that only they love Laura, not the police, and then, in effect, seducing him. And, of course, there's the much commented on agreement with Audrey, where everything discovered stays between them. At any rate, I don't think that Donna's new personality is completely out of the blue, although the indications that all is not right with her have gone, rather abruptly, from subtle to blatant. A little more on Sarah's vision of Killer Bob. When Sarah grasps Donna's hand, and during her vision, there is a rumbling sound, very similar to the sound that accompanies Maddy's vision. The major difference between them, as far as I can tell, is that the crackling sound (of fire? splintering trees? a forest fire?) is present only during Maddy's vision. Finally, on the question of whether Sarah and Maddy are in the same place when they have their respective visions. When Maddy has her vision, she is sitting stage left and Sarah is sitting stage right, so Maddy is in the same relative position. However, the question is complicated by the fact that the room's furnishings are somewhat different in the two scenes. Both Donna and Sarah, and Sarah and Maddy, are seated in front of the screen, which seems to indicate that they are in the same place. However, Donna and Sarah are seated on a couch, with a table between them and the screen, while Sarah and Maddy are seated on two chairs, with nothing between them and the screen. There are also other differences between the two scenes. Did the sets from the first season get torn down and need to be rebuilt? This would also explain the missing VCR in Leo's house. -30- Bob P.S. When will people stop taking my name in vain? I'm a mild-mannered person, who never has any violent thoughts. Il faut que le bourreau fout sa victime; cela est indispensable.