Subject: Predictions are useless
From: jacobw@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jacob S Weinstein)
Date: 1991-04-21, 14:18
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Now, I'm as big a fan of alt.tv.tp as the next guy, but I think
I'm beginning to agree that all our interpretations, predictions, and
speculations are just a tad useless. Look at it this way: if you think
back to the first season, and the beginning of this one, you'll realize that nobody had a snowball's chance in hell of figuring out WKLP. Really. The only clue I can think of that we were given is that the only time BOB appeared outside of
Coop's visions was in the Palmer household. Can anyone think of any
other bits of evidence? (I should note that I missed two or three
episodes after WKLP was revealed to us, so they may have explained some
things I missed.)
Frankly, when I found out that BOB was in Leland, I was
just a tad pissed, precisely because it seemed so random; he could just
as well have possessed any of the characters. Now, though, I'm beginning
to see that Twin Peaks' inexplicable nature is precisely why I liked it
so much. The 4/18 episode was so much better than the previous ones
simply because it WAS inexplicable; I suspect we'll never get an
explanation as to why, say, the red curtains were reflected in the
puddle at the end, and I think we're better off that way.
I don't know if this is true for everybody else, but for me, the
images that linger in my memory from the first season, and the beginning
of this one, are the ones that were never explained. Remember the fish
in the coffee pot? Remember that fat kid break dancing in the hall of TP
high in the very first episode? Remember the creamed corn kid? None of
these were ever explained. None of these ever _should_ be explained. 
Of course, I'm not saying that I want everything to remain a
mystery. I would have been annoyed if we didn't find out WKLP. I do
think the two main plots -- WE v. Coop and the Black lodge V. The White
Lodge -- will be wrapped up, at least in some fashion. I just don't
think we'll ever see some sort of Grand Unified Theory from Lynch/Frost.
At least, I hope we never do.
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