Subject: Re: TP 6/10 **SPOILERS FOREVER**
From: es2j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward John Sabol)
Date: 1991-06-11, 09:54
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Excerpts From netnews.alt.tv.twin-peaks: 11-Jun-91 TP 6/10 **SPOILERS
FOREVER** Jason Snell@sdcc13.ucsd. (2036) 
> >* Doppelgangers. Coop's dark side escapes. As did Leland's (that's why the
> >other Leland is in the lodge, and "didn't kill anyone")... Laura's light side
> >escaped, leaving her dark side in the lodge. Sound somewhat right?

We've known for some time that in order to reach the White Lodge, one must
first travel through the Black Lodge, and in the process meet and overcome
one's doppelganger. Coop is about 75% of the way there. Now, all he has to
do is overcome his evil side, and he'll be in. I personally was kind of
disappointed by Coop's actions in the Black Lodge. In order to defeat the
evil, he needed to have overcome his fear and fought back with love, not just
for Annie, but for life, the world, his friends, and his enemies. Remember,
"Fear is the mindkiller." Instead, all Coop does is run back and forth between
the two rooms. And he didn't overcome his fear. Of course, I would be afraid
too if I had a doppelganger of Laura Palmer screeching at you. Yow! I don't
think that the evil Laura or Leland or LMFAP were real. Remember, LMFAP
said, "When you see me again, it will not be me." There seemed to be four
entities in the Black Lodge with Coop. They are: Windom, Annie, BOB, and
Coop's doppelganger. My theory is that the evil LMFAP was actually BOB (he
walked and sounded similarly), Carolyne was probably Windom, evil Laura was
probably Windom (using frame advance on a vcr, one can see Windom's face
in between flashes of the strobe light when the evil Laura is coming at Coop),
and Leland was probably BOB too. Illusion *is* one of evil's major weapons.

> >* Repeated dialogue. The entire scene in the RR Diner, with the german
> >  girl we haven't seen since the pilot movie, repeating the same damned
> >  thing ("couldn't jumpstart the old man?" etc...) Weird. And we see
> >  Mrs. Horne again, too...

Right after the penultimate episode, I posted a list of things that I would
like to see and not like to see. Most of them did come true. I was hoping to
see Sarah Palmer, Laura, Maddy, the Giant, and LMFAP. My biggest disappointment
in the show was that there was no Albert. Of course, there wasn't any logical
reason for him to be in the episode, I was hoping he'd show up anyway, perhaps
he'd feel compelled to be there from a dream or something. Thankfully,
preliminary reports pertaining to _Twin Peaks: The Motion Picture_ indicate
that Albert will be back. I thought it was a nice touch bringing back Ronette
Pulaski, too.

> >* Ben Horne. Dead? Giving his last twitches before his soul leaves his
> >  body? Why the BOB music as Hayward kills him? And then Hayward's at
> >  the hotel?

I don't think Ben can possibly be dead. If he was, Hayward would be in jail
not taking care of Coop at his bedside. I didn't realize there was any BOB
music, but I'll take your word for it. Perhaps part of the reason why people
feel it was out of character for the good doctor is that he was possessed by
BOB when he did it, or maybe it was some kind of psychic backlash of bad vibes
coming from the showdown in the Black Lodge. My prediction is that since Ben
has tried to be good and it just didn't work out, he'll go back to being bad.
I hope I'm wrong. I like Ben as a good guy.

> >* Briggs is the guy. He's the one who is told by the Log Lady that "Coop
> >  Is With Me at the Black Lodge"... he's got to be the one to save him.

That wasn't the Log Lady that was Sarah Palmer. The big question is who was
she possessed with. BOB? LMFAP? There seemed to be a tone of maliciousness
in the voice, but that could just be me. Briggs is the coolest. I really wish
he had been more involved. He definitely has to be in the movie. After all,
they are "waiting for him" in the Black Lodge.

> >* I'm hoping that Audrey, Andrew, and Pete ARE dead. 
> >  Just because it wouldn't be a rip-off that way.

Well, Andrew has to be dead. How could he not be? Pete was standing behind
Andrew so there is a chance that he could be alive. Audrey was on the other
side of the rather large (surrounded by steel) vault. I'd bet that she is
still alive.

> >* Whoever got that final scene right with BOB in the mirror, well done.

The impact of the scene was ruined for me BECAUSE I had read the early
prediction of the ending. Damn it, I wish I had skipped that message...
I still liked the ending though.

> >The gum we like will one day come back in style. Until that day...

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