Subject: Re: Did Leland Know Laura Was Dead?
From: cbullin@e40-008-7.MIT.EDU (Carrie L Bullington)
Date: 1990-11-27, 12:37
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <47760@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
> >In article <11733@milton.u.washington.edu>, jespah@milton.u.washington.edu (Kathleen Hunt) writes...
>> >>From: cewallace@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Chris Wallace)
> >
>> >>*By the way, on a Leland/BOB note, could someone who has the ORIGINAL 2-hour
>> >>*series pilot on tape answer a question for me?  Now I may be completely
>> >>*wrong about this, but I seem to recall that when Leland was told about
>> >>*Laura, all Harry (Hawk?) said was something like, "Leland, it's about Laura..."
>> >>*and immediately Leland breaks down, saying, "My daughter...she's dead!"
> >
>> >>*It's just that I don't remember anyone telling him that she was dead!  I mean,

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> >it was pretty obvious that something awful had happened to Laura.  Would a 
> >parent immediately jump to the conclusion that their child was dead, though?  
> >

Sometimes when people are about to receive the news that a loved
one has died, they just *KNOW* what the news is.  For example,
the brother of a friend of mine was killed in a car accident a
few years ago.  When the phone rang, he *KNEW* it was bad news --
similarly, there have been many, many dramatic depictions of
delivery of death news, and often the family can tell even before
anything is said.  I might add, however, IMHO, this scene from 
the TP pilto was classic in its depiction of horror, shock, 
and grief. 


Carrie "please don't make me leave" Bullington