Subject: 12/1 - SPOILERS AHOY!
From: halcyon!hikaru@sumax.seattleu.edu (Richard Barrett)
Date: 1990-12-05, 17:51
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

   Myself, I thought that this was one of the best episodes we've seen 
this season. Hunter's "straightforward" (at least compared to Lynch's) 
style was an interesting change of pace. 
   I also thought it was a nice change to see Albert act like a human 
being for a change, and there was certainly an explanation for it - he 
wanted this problem solved as soon as possible, and he realized that his 
generally smartass attitude wasn't going to help a heck of a lot... 
   The first time I watched it, I thought Ray Wise's acting was great up 
until the point when BOB left him - after that it just seemed to be way 
overacted. Upon watching it a second time, it did seem to be a lot more 
realistic. It appeared to be genuine remorse and agony - just like BOB 
had said it would be. 
   I have yet to understand what all the confusion is about where BOB is 
- he told us where he was goin, remember? "Soon, I will pull that ripcord 
- and then it'll be time to shove off to Buffalo!" (oops, not goin, 
GOING- sorry) As for that last scene of the owl, I interpreted it as BOB 
rushing off to meet with his owl host.
   Is it just me, or does BOB look different from episode to episode? The 
first time we see him, he just looks like a normal, long haired blonde 
guy wearing a headband. The next time, His hair is a bit shorter, he's 
wearing different clothes, he has no headband, and his face looks like 
it's a different shape. When we see him in Ronette's vision, he's wearing 
the jean jacket and black turtleneck in one part, the denim vest w/o 
shirt in another part. His hair isn't as short, or as scraggly. Next, he 
looks more like he does no]G+ow, except he is wes wearing the jacket and 
turtleneck, and his hair is a bit longer. And then after that, we always 
see him with scraggly blond (no, it is NOT grey) long hair, needs a shave 
and a bath, and is wearing the jean jacket and black turtleneck. I could 
swear that the actor playing him in the first season is different than 
the actor playing him in second season. I know they're the same guy 
(Frank Silva) but still... 
   Myself, I liked the post-mortem at the end. Everybody appears to be in 
some amount of shock from the previous evening's events, and they are 
still turning what happened over in their minds. Such a scene makes 
perfect sense to me... 
   Complaints: Cooper still has no f???in' idea what "The owls are not 
what they seem" means, so why does get his ring back? 
   
   Oh, BTW, BOB obviously knew he made a mistake (about the bus station 
and Maddy) , which is why he looked so pissed off when we saw him. Either 
that, or he has very weak teeth and couldn't chew the gum very well. :>
   Memorable quotes: "Throughout the course of this investigation, I have 
used beurau (sp) guidelines, straight detective work, Tibetan method." 
   "Did you kill Laura Palmer?" "OOOH! OOO OOOH! OOOOH! OOOH! That's a 
yes." "Did you kill Madeleine Ferguson?" "What do you think?" "I'm asking 
you." "What do you think?" "That's the question." "Well, gee, gee whiz, I 
guess I maybe kinda sorta might've did, I have this thing for knives - 
JUST LIKE THAT TIME IN PITTSBURGH, HUH COOPER?" 
   Did anybody catch Leland saying "May we have this dance?" to Donna?
   On Mrs. Tremond and Pierre: You got me. Laura saw them as well, and 
she appeared to have some familiarity with Pierre in the diary, so I 
dunno...

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