Subject: BOB in the home
From: Jon.Webb@CS.CMU.EDU
Date: 1990-11-23, 05:53
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

I think BOB grows on people.  I believe that he initially took over
Leland, as a young boy, in an event associated with fire, as suggested
here by several people.  I think that he has also assumed some kind of
control of Sarah, which accounts for her odd behavior the night of
Maddy's murder (and the morning after, her recovery), her awareness that
something had happened to Laura, etc.  I don't think either Leland or
Sarah are aware that BOB exists at all -- Leland's reversion to a
happy-go-lucky guy in the last episode is just like Sarah's asking
Leland about the country club.  Sarah and Leland live their somewhat
silly lives, and BOB takes them over when he wants to.

Laura was being taken over by BOB, just like Leland and Sarah, but she
fought him, and was killed as a result of her resistance.  She was
different from Leland and Sarah in that she was aware that BOB was
there.  Maddy was the next target, and she was killed because she
decided to leave.

I think that what set BOB off (killing Teresa Banks last year) was
Laura's resistance to him.  He's degenerating now and making his murders
more obvious as a result of the same thing.

So, Laura will ultimately triumph over BOB because her resistance to him
will lead to his capture and death.

-- J