Subject: Re: Cooper's in Trouble/Speculation on Next Week
From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
Date: 1990-11-14, 13:39
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Jon.Webb@CS.CMU.EDU writes:

> >Cooper really is in over his head, as his boss suggested.  I think this
> >is one of the meanings of his expression in the last scene in episode 14.
 [[ list of gaffes deleted ]]

While I agree that Cooper arrested Ben in the mistaken thought that he
killed Laura, he did *not* arrest him for murder.  We don't see the
booking, but I'd assume he was arrested because he refused to co-operate
in a murder investigation ("I'm going out for a sandwitch.") and gave
false statements about same (did not reveal his personal and 'professional'
relationship with Laura).

In deep yes, over his head, no.
-- "When your neighbour loses his job, it's a slowdown; when you lose your own job, it's a recession; when an economist loses his job it's a depression." -- "Six Ways To Define A Recession", The Economist, Nov. 3 1990.