Subject: The Allergic Reaction to 11/17
From: icsu8297@ming.cs.montana.edu (Wilbanks)
Date: 1990-11-26, 16:53
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Okay, I'm not an expert on anything, but I have been studying screen-writing
and I suspect that there are two reasons that folks have been having an 
allergic reaction to episode 11/17.
first: It came after a better show. (Like that Sure commercial -- "Never follow
a better comic, and never let 'em see you sweat") The show was spent primarily
on character development. Filler, to those who were used to the breakneck pace
of the previous three shows. The Jerry scenes were awesome. Pete, Truman,
Ben, and of course Leland all showed new sides to their personalities. But
the Cooper/Audrey scene was underdeveloped.
second: The 11/17 episode was completely unique in one, aggravating way:
The audience became one-up on Cooper. We as the audience now know more than
Cooper does. It is infuriating to have to wait for Cooper to catch up to us.

Now, the rest of the series will be equally as aggravating if all Cooper
does is arrest Leland. In most cases where the audience knows the killer
before the detective does, the killer usually dies. This leads me to
believe that Leland will die this season, and only then will we know if
BOB jumps from host to host. Thank you for reading my blather.

"We're here for you Bobby"