Subject: Re: More impressions!
From: boyajian@ruby.dec.com (Cisco's Buddy)
Date: 1990-12-05, 20:34
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Lots of agreement with Tom here.

In article <16095@bfmny0.BFM.COM>, tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes...

} I felt disappointed at the breakneck, so-the-butler-knew-all-along kind
} of 'wrapup' shoveled at us.

That was my feeling, too. I liked the resolution they gave us, but I have
to agree with some of the other comments herein that the pacing sucked.

} But let's give Ray Wise a standing O for his work these two seasons!
} He had a tough job and turned in one of the more memorable sustained
} performances in years.

Yes!  I've seen him in this film and that film, but he never made much of
an impression. Here he did an amazing job.

} The moment that really made me smile: Major Briggs arriving on cue with
} the Room Service Waiter.

Yes again!  It gave a feeling that everything going on was a Cosmic Play
being orchestrated by a Cosmic Director. Keyed right into the elements
of fatalism that seemed to be present.

} I love the character of the Major and I get a tremendous kick out of
} the strength Don Davis brings to him. On some level the Log Lady doesn't
} make much sense, but the Major is perfect at all levels.

The thing *I* like about him is his unshaking matter-of-fact attitude
towards the mysteries of life. The downside is that he's a person without
imagination, but the trade-off is that he accepts things as they are,
keeps an open mind, and refuses to be judgmental. As a career military
man, he's the type who believes that his role in life is to follow orders
without question, and he apparently sees his part in these proceedings
as just orders from a "higher authority".

} If that spoiler about Cooper and Truman saying goodbye is true, and if
} we sensibly assume MacLachlan outlasts Ontkean, then I'm not too shocked.
} Truman's importance in TWIN PEAKS has seldom been much more than symbolic
} from the word go; lately he has dwindled to near invisibility. Guess
} they've been writing him out gracefully. It's kind of a shame; I'll
} miss his face. He was wasted as a foil for Cooper's stoic Aquarianisms;
} I hope he gets lots of good work now.

I think you're reading too much into this. It's obvious from previous
tv guide entries that Lynch/Frost is providing subtlely humorous synopses
to the press. Recall how misleading it was a few weeks ago when they said
"James and Donna miss Maddie's leaving Twin Peaks".  Even the coming
attractions at the end of each episode are deceptive!

In fact, TV GUIDE's entry says that Cooper is ready to depart TP when a
fellow agent (played by Peggy Lipton's MOD SQUAD partner Clarence
Williams) arrives with some information for him.

} Who shot Cooper? Does Cooper care? Do we just dump that one on Leland
} for grins, or is there someone else with a motive?

I'll be very disappointed if they pin it on Leland -- that would be the
equivalent of sweeping the problem under the rug. Since Leland said
nothing in his dying moments about remembering that he shot Cooper, we
should assume that he never did it (despite the fact that he was *my*
prime suspect). The same goes for Jacoby's assault.

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