Subject: Re: Where's Bob?
From: Jon.Webb@CS.CMU.EDU
Date: 1990-12-05, 09:07
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks,rec.arts.tv

I think the final scene depicts the spirit of Bob after leaving Leland. 
It travels through the forest, then enters the light (maybe the same
light as Leland, maybe another) and is reborn as an owl.  The image of
the owl seemed threatening, suggesting that it is Bob, not some good
spirit.

This illustrates how difficult it is for Bob to change hosts -- he can
do so only on the death of his host -- and also the association of the
spirits around Twin Peaks with owls.  I think that Bob is only one among
several of the owl spirits.  When he was inhabiting Leland, he was never
an owl; he can only become an owl by entering the light.

It is probably pretty hard for him to find a new human host, too. 
Certainly it involves an explicit invitation from the new host, and
probably some ritual.  I think that we won't see Bob taking over anyone
soon; an immediate resumption of the murders would be pretty boring. 
Likely, Twin Peaks will get cancelled before Bob shows up again.  But we
might see the effects of other owl/spirits around Twin Peaks before long.

Leo starting to move again is threatening enough without Bob.  Plus, his
recovery has been predicted several times already.

-- J