Subject: Re: More Circumstantial Evidence that Leland did it (10/6) From: chrisl@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Chris Lang) Date: 1990-10-06, 22:57 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks In article <1990Oct7.053052.15285@athena.mit.edu> jen@athena.mit.edu (Jennifer Hawthorne) writes: > >Spoilers for 10/6, stop if you haven't see it yet: > > > >This goes back to the Leland-as-sexual-abuser-of-Laura theory. It is > >known that people who are abused as children very often become child > >abusers in turn. So, my theory is that the "real" BOB was the person > >that Leland knew when he was a boy, and that "BOB" molested Leland > >when Leland was young, possibly repeatedly. As a result, Leland > >developed a split personality, and the "bad" half of Leland has taken > >on the personality of BOB, the person responsible for the trauma. > > Leland as BOB acts out his childhood trauma at the hands of the "real > >BOB" on his own daughter and eventually kills her. This certainly seems to be what comes to mind after the last episode. The only trouble is that even if Leland has a split personality, it doesn't explain why everyone who sees BOB sees the same physical being... this would seem to suggest that BOB is still around, and not only as a second personality of Leland's. But I agree that things definitely point to Leland even more strongly than before. One can't rule anything out, though, particularly now that the supernatural/alien connection has been established. On that subject, I don't have any problems with the introduction of the sci-fi/mystical element, although I think that the Major's 'message' seemed to possess just a little bit of desperation, as if Lynch/Frost realized that they were taking far too long to develop this theme for the average (non-fanatic) viewer. It seems very un-Lynchlike to have the Major come right out and plop down this rather major (no pun intended) plot twist in Cooper's (and our) lap. On the other hand, the Major isn't the type of character to do things in a roundabout fashion. What does surprise me is that he said nothing to Cooper until the Log Lady tells him to. First of all, why would he keep the information from Cooper for almost two whole days? I would think that alien communications with a specific recipient would warrant faster action than that. And if the Major *did* have a good reason to not act on the information, why would the Log Lady change his mind? I suppose receiving messages from aliens would tend to make one more receptive of such advice, though. :-) Finally, does anyone else think that the Ben/Jerry/Jose/mill plot is anywhere near developed enough to sustain the show after the murderer is identified? It seems to drag on without gaining any strength as a viable story line. And now it looks like the mystery of Cooper's former partner is going to be introduced as yet another subplot. (I think it's a bit too late in the Laura Palmer case for Lynch to be introducing an entire new character with a significant role, and I don't see how Cooper's old partner would have much to do with the Hornes' business dealings, which means there'll be another story line.) -Chris -- Chris Lang | Univ. of Michigan Engineering | chrisl@eecs.umich.edu 635 Hidden Valley Dr., Apt. 218, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 +1 313 663 5126 WORK: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 900 Victors Way, Suite 226, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 +1 313 995 0300