Subject: Re: TP: 10/3 episode review
From: alternat@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Ann Hodgins)
Date: 1990-11-05, 08:47
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1990Nov5.162626.25145@watserv1.waterloo.edu> broehl@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl) writes:
> >In article <8520@darkstar.ucsc.edu> horny@ucscl.ucsc.edu (Michael Kaye) writes:
> >
>> >>I think that horse is Laura's dead horse Troy, the one that Ben gave her.
>> >>Troy was kept at the broken circle stables.  "Broken circle" is also the
>> >>name associated with Mike Gerard's shoes
 
According to the diary the horse came as a gift on her 12th birthday
from the Broken Circle Ranch - ostensibly from Lelland but actually from
Ben.  Why did ben give an expensive gift to his employee's child?  Possibly
Laura is really Ben's daughter and not Lelland's. Possibly Ben is just a
swell guy despite all evidence to the contrary. Perhaps Ben molested
the child Laura and this horse was his guilt offering. Perhaps Ben was aware
that Lelland was molesting Laura and this was his way of trying to help
her.
 
At any rate, near the end of her diary, Laura wrote that she released
her horse to the wild in an emotional moment. Later she regretted  
having sent Troy out into the wilds alone. Still later, she wrote that Troy was
found with a broken leg and shot. According to her diary this occurred prior
to her murder.  Is this a ghost horse?
> >
> >And, according to net discussions, the broken circle is a sign of evil.

That is one theory but it doesn't seem to apply.  Surely a pet pony for
a little girl is a good thing?  And surely the full circle at the bottom
of the shoes is not a good thing since the shoes are somehow linked to
drug pushing.
 
Ann Hodgins