Subject: Re: Finale comments (spoilers)
From: jspencer@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jeffrey Spencer)
Date: 1991-06-11, 13:32
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

czahrt@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Brian Morrison) writes:

> >Cooper faced his confrontation with the Black Lodge with imperfect 
> >courage.  He forgot to face evil and fear with love.  His previous comments
> >to Agent Roger Hardy (the FBI agent played by Clarence Williams III) that
> >he is looking 'beyond the board...looking at the world with love' exemplified
> >this philosophy.  But in the true test, Cooper failed.  

> >He did not save Windom Earle from BOB.  (Gathering thoughts here...)
> >Cooper loved Annie, and she was the focus of his love, but in order to 
> >truly love, to look at the world with love, you must ALSO love your enemies.
> >In failing to save Windom, Cooper could not save himself...hence...being
> >possesed by BOB.

I agree with this, and I think that the solution should be obvious.
The only person we've seen on the show capable of the complete love
needed solve the problem of the Black Lodge is Albert.

Didn't someone post a comment along the lines that Albert was going
to be in the movie (if such a beast occurs?)

  -Jeff Spencer

P.S.  Now that I have graduated, they are kicking me out.  It's been
      fun, y'all.