Subject: Spirit Mike vs. Philip Michael Gerard From: jespah@milton.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt) Date: 1990-11-04, 19:06 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks First, for those who accidentally got my test spoiler, sorry! It was not my fault! I was sending it to a test group but my mailer screwed up. Second -- I am really so pleased to find that "Dream Mike", or should I say, "Spirit Mike" really is a different entity than the "real" P.M. Gerard. It has always bugged me that the OAM acted so normal, after our expectations of him were built up by that amazing dream. I now realize, also, that we SAW Spirit Mike just a few episodes ago -- you can tell because he speaks in a lower voice than the PMG. It was when PMG was in the bathroom, flipped out, flushed the toilet, dropped his drug (!), and then strode out of the stall, saying in that husky voice "I know you're near, Bob," or whatever. That was Spirit Mike talking. Also, about the OAM not recognizing the BOB picture the first time round, I think it may have been a continuity error, but I'll try to justify it anyway: P.M. Gerard doesn't know BOB and wouldn't recognize the picture. It's Spirit Mike who knows BOB. The first time, for whatever reason, Spirit Mike was buried too deeply within PMG for PMG to have any reaction to the picture; maybe PMG had just taken his medicine. The second time, Spirit Mike was just under the surface; Spirit Mike saw the picture through PMG's eyes, and immediately tried to take control of PMG. From PMG's point of view, what happened was he looked at the picture, which he didn't recognize, and then out of the blue he felt a Spirit Mike attack coming on. I am unclear on exactly what happened 40 years ago. My friends got the impression that BOB was not merely a familiar but a PART of Spirit Mike, housed in the left arm (Spirit Mike's left arm or PMG's left arm? Is that always the same thing? Has Spirit Mike always inhabited PMG, or at least for the past 40 years?) Was Spirit Mike once a human? Was BOB once a human? Maddie is gifted Sarah is gifted Laura was gifted and damned Leland is damned Cooper is gifted Ronette is damned Remember when Cooper was describing his dream, he said "BOB vowed to kill again. Mike couldn't stand the killing, so he shot BOB" or something along those lines. You think the OAM is going to go to the Great Northern and shoot Leland? (Or Ben, or whoever your fave is?) I agree with the person who said the "vik-yoo-na" hair might be from the vet, Bob Lydecker. Does anyone remember when exactly Bob entered the hospital? When Cooper et al. first confronted PMG, PMG said Bob (Lydecker) was assaulted outside a bar, or something like that, "a few days ago" and has been in the hospital since. My question is, what day was "a few days ago"? Could it have been after Laura died? That is, could Bob Lydecker have been involved in Laura's death? I nearly had a heart attack when Leo was sitting there mumbling as Shelly & Bob sprawled on the table right in front of him! Aaaagh! Wow, what happened in Pittsburgh? Two of the giant's predictions have come true!! Next week I bet Cooper figures out exactly what "the owls are not what they seem" means, and the White Horse will return Cooper's ring. Jespah