Subject: Twin Peaks, Hitchiker's Guide, and 11/17 show
From: hadis@pilot.njin.net (Benjamin Hadis)
Date: 1990-11-18, 14:21
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Last night's episode (11/17) was pretty interesting. Gerrard
(One-Armed  Man) said that Bob had been close to Ben Horne, but he did
not say that Bob is Horne. I wonder why Gerrard (or Mike, rather)
started acting the way in which he did in last week's episode when
Horne walked into the room. Because Leland Palmer is Horne's lawyer? I don't
think so. Also, aside from what Laura wrote about Horne in her diary
and the way that Mike acted around Horne in last week's episode, there
is no real evidence that Horne killed Laura (unless I've forgotten
something, which is very possible). If Sheriff Truman arrested Horne
mainly because of Mike's actions, then he would have to now let Horne go
since Mike says that Bob isn't Horne.
Agent Cooper seems to suspect that something is wrong with
Leland, and that Bob isn't Horne, but it doesn't seem as if he's
realized consciously that Bob is Leland (subconsciously may be a different
matter, however). What could Bob/Leland have been thinking when he
practically showed Cooper Maddy's corpse? Any thoughts on this?
I'm new to this Twin Peaks net, so I've only gotten around to
reading a few of the messages, but some that I read dealt with
references to the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Doug Adams on Twin Peaks. 
First I'd like to say to all D. Adams fans: Hello! Glad to see that
there are other Adams fans watching T.P. (By the way, is there a Doug
Adams fan net? I may have overlooked it, but if there isn't one
somebody should start one.) In one message somebody wrote that the
Bang Bang Bar (also known as the Roadhouse, I think) may actually be a
reference to the Big Bang Burger Bar mentioned in The Restaurant at
The End of The Universe. I am rather skeptical of this, but as most
people will agree, with Twin Peaks anything is possible. Wouldn't it
be great if the T.P. creators are D. Adams fans?
Besides these possible references to Hitchiker's Guide, there
are many references to certain works of literature. For instance, in
the penultimate episode of last season N. Hawthorne's THE SCARLET
LETTER was mentioned. There are certain ideas in that novel which bear
a striking resemblence to ideas in this show. For instance, the
Puritan belief that a great evil inhabits the woods is similar to what
Truman said in one of last season's episodes.

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