Subject: Re: 4/18 and beyond (RS) (SPOILERS)
From: barb@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Barb Miller)
Date: 1991-04-21, 07:17
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: barb@zurich.ai.mit.edu

In article <41834@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jbuck@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Joe Buck) writes:

   Yes, and I don't believe that the White Lodge would interfere in this way
   to save a single life.  Life and death (even murder) are, from their
   elevated view, part of the natural cycle.  There is some reason why this
   is more important, some bigger disaster that must be prevented.

Although the giant is less articulate now, one thing about this
appearance is that he actually seems to be bringing his message IN
TIME for Cooper to do something about it.  The first appearance was
after the murder of Laura Palmer, and the giant could only help Cooper
find clues.  The appearance at the Roadhouse during Maddie's murder
struck me as a sad acknowledgement of Cooper's inability to find the
murderer before he could kill again.  It would have been next to
impossible for Cooper to understand the giant's meaning, and get to
the Palmer house in time to save Maddie.  This time, it is a warning,
and if Cooper can catch his meaning in time (the writers will have to
help him here, since the readers of the net might not have agreed on
the meaning, even by June 10 :-)), he may actually be able to use the
knowledge to forestall disaster.  This seems as though the giant is
actually increasing his power (perhaps as Cooper's psychic connection
to the giant has grown, its usefulness to him is increasing).

Barb Miller