Subject: Re: SPOILERS in NYT TV guide (for 12/8 episode - BE CAREFUL).
From: jsl@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John Lundberg)
Date: 1990-12-02, 15:58
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

> >In article <7632@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> hjohar@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (hardeep) writes:
> >Spoilers in the NYT TV guide for the 12/8 episode. These are real
> >spoiler spoilers so be warned and read on only if you're sure.
> >
> >
> >According to the episode description "Cooper says goodbye to Truman. The
> >town people hold a wake for Leland. And Hank takes eric hunting in Canada".
> >
> >What does this mean? Cooper cannot just get up and go away because that's
> >sure to kill Twin Peaks.  

Speculation:  Truman leaves Twin Peaks to look for Josie.  Cooper
takes a leave of absence from the Bureau to serve as acting sheriff.
There has to be some device introduced to allow Cooper to remain in
Twin Peaks although I suppose whatever it is that Josie was
involved in might be within the FBI's purview.

Comment: As I think about what we've seen of Twin Peaks so far (and
the death of Leland and the liberation of BOB marks an obvious 
point of change in the show) it seems to me that its most compelling
imagery and characters are those that are most realistic.  As I recall,
the pilot episode from last season had only one supernatural event
(Sarah Palmer's vision of the gloved hand) and for me that show 
represents the high point of the series.  The murder of Maddy, 
as startling and disturbing as anything I've ever seen on
TV, was compelling because it was realistic.   The introduction of
supernatural elements as facts and not just as possibilities seems to
rob the whole enterprise of a great deal of its vitality and 
power; they're false to the ambiguity that drives the spirit 
of Twin Peaks.  They provide a neat resolution of certain plot
lines, but don't do much else.  At least for me.