Subject: Re: Leland/BOB Wants To Get Caught
From: v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Michelle L Zafron)
Date: 1990-11-20, 14:18
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu

In article <1990Nov18.185248.2793@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>, scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) writes...
> > 
> >It really looks like Leland/BOB want's to get caught.  He's spread out
> >so much stuff it's amazing.

I think you're correct.  

> >First, he tells Donna and James that he took Maddy to the bus
> >station.  Given the body is found about 24 hours after the murder, it
> >should be possible to prove that Maddy was dead by the time he'd made
> >that statement.

Well he has to tell them something.  But my question is didn't Maddy have a 
car of her own?  As far as the time of death goes--well that could be 
problematic.  Determining the time of death from the corpse is a pretty general 
thing.  If Maddy was killed in the early morning hours, Leland could be safe in
telling them that.

> >Second, he goes out of his way to draw attention to himself on the
> >road.  When spotting Cooper and Truman, he almost literally asks Cooper
> >to take a look in the golf bag.  When Cooper is distracted, he appears
> >to be disappointed!

I think Leland/BOB is getting a kick from the danger of having Cooper that close
to the corpse.  When Cooper walked away he didn't get the fulfillment he 
desired.

> >Fourth, he isn't exactly subtle about his reaction to Ben Horne being
> >booked.  After about 30 seconds of concealment, he's back to the Home
> >of Happy Feet.

> >Leland/BOB *wants* to be caught.  But why?

I don't know if any of this holds in the real world or not but in 
mystery/detective novels the guilty party usually goes out of his/her way to 
show their cleverness in dealing with tricky parts of concealing their crimes.
Have you ever read "The Black Cat"?  In the story we have a narrator who has two
personalities.  The first one is a really nice guy who loves animals.  The 
second which seems to be brought on by alcoholic rage in going to kill the cat 
inadvertantly buries an ax in his wife's brain.  He then goes through a series
of elaborate preparations to hide the body.  When the police come around 
wondering what has happened to Mrs. narrator, he goes out of his way to the wall
his wife is now residing in.  He lingers there, draws their attention to it, and
ends up exposing himself.  

Leland/BOB has(ve) been a very clever boy(s) so far.  No one (except we on the 
net ;-)) has suspected him(them).  Leland/BOB gets a thrill out of dancing close
to the precipice.  It's the same kind of thrill you get with a private joke 
about someone who's in the room with you.  Instead of lying low, Leland/BOB is
going out of his(their) way.  Maybe it will all lead up to the scene where 
Leland/BOB triumphantly reveals how he(they) did it all.

--Michelle