Subject: Didn't they read the script?
From: rdonahue@spdcc.COM (Bob Donahue)
Date: 1991-06-12, 12:01
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

I hafta admit I was very dissapointed in the finale.

The symbols for Jupiter and Saturn are very well known.
But, some points that irritated me (and some that I thought were great/scary/
intriguing/awesome/etc.)

1) "Love and Fear" - so I have to assume that no one is interested
in the White Lodge?  Certainly the Major knows how to get there.  And
why were these people int he BLACK And not the WHITE lodge?  1) the Giant,
2) Senor Droolcup.  Personally I expected something more weird and elaborate
from the Black Lodge.  The cave drawing was much more interesting than B/W tile
and red drapes (silent ones too --- maybe that's where Ed stashed Nadine's
silent drape runners! :-)  IF the Giant is a resident of the Black Lodge,
then why help Coop as he has?  Why warn him about Annie?  IMHO this was
bad characterization - maybe they should have shot for 2 1/2 hours and
done it more cohesively.

2) Isn't there a temporal continuity problem?  Ben gets killed
the night of or the early morning after the Miss Twin Peakls contest.
His wife is a witness to this.  Yet Audrey is chaining herself to the mast
in defense of the Pine Weasel the morning after, supposedly ignorant of her 
father's fate.  (This I didn't like since I like the character of Ben and
ALSO wanted to know what scared him int he episode previous!  But I have
to admit iot took me by complete surprise!)

3) Jupiter and Saturn conjunction - as we already have established,
that only happens every 19.9 years, and it ain't happening for some time yet.
On the other hand if they had used Jupiter and Mars, it would have
been VERY interesting and something that would happen every two years.
"I'll see you in 25 years" may have been a reference to that giving an
additionally wrong period.

4) Bob in Dale -  Whaaaah!  I felt so DOWN after that.  Great,
but semi-predicatble ending.  More on this to follow.  Good mix of
predictable and unpredictable stuff though.

5) Pete dead?  Audrey dead? - Audrey first.  In the spirit
of "keeping up with the PAlmers", the Horne's have started a filial
life-taking ritual.  Pete?  He was one of the nicer guys on the cast,
though I could never figure out how he could handle Catherine's dealing,
and helping out the Bookhouse boys at the same time.  While he was supposed
to come off as clueless, he consistently showed that he was on top of things,
esp. with Josie.  So, what's the deal? I can only think that should some later
revitalization of TP come about that both Jack Nance and Ms. Fenn
want their contracts open.  Too bad as I liked both characters!

6) No James returning?  Good!  < 30 seconds of Bobby Briggs?  Good!

7) Leo:  Poor Leo.

8) As another poster pointed out - why is Norma not worrying about
Annie?  How IS Annie?  (couldn't resist).  Grumble.

9) Lucy/Dick/Andy - predictable, and rightly so.

10) The Log Lady - where did she go?  The scene with Squiggy
was alittle weird.  How would WE know to pose as her?  At first I was
expecting that she was something from one of the LOdge's, climbing
ont he scaffolding and looking out of place.  WE was my next immediate
guess.

11) What was the whole thing about Bob poking out of the
entrace some episodes ago?  Random image?  We already knew he 
was afoot as he appeard to Coop so recently.

12) What is the thing about the oil?  Just to freak Ronette out?

13) I can understand Catherine being smart enough to suspect
a trap on Thomas' part, and even baiting Andrew enough to go for it.
But why let Pete die like that?  (See #5).

14) Doesn't Truman DO anything anymore?  While waiting for Dale
at least 5 people may have died, er, no 6.  There was the lady at the
bank, but she might already have been dead.

15) Laura Palmer - gets the Fay Wray award for 1991.  Aside.
Why was Maddy in the Black Lodge?  She wasn't evil (see above).  And
if we're trotting out the tournament of dead people society, why not
bring in Mr. Solitary Soul too?

16) Toad!  My favorite Twin PEaker was in the finale.  Cool.
Can someone e-mail me the info about him (the character) from the TP-external
sources?

17) If Major Briggs has time to go to the Diner w/ Mrs. Briggs
the night after the ruckus at the Miss Twin PEaks thing, would you were you
he (isn't English great for pronouns?) be there or trying to help Truman/Coop?
Granted he hasn't seen her in a while....

18) Josie was listed in the top credits, maybe they have
been doing this all season, but why was the wood/woods/spirit thing
ever really brought out? GHOSTwood was a pretty obvious hint.

19) 12 Sycmore trees that look like they have been planted
yesterday and are only2 years old.  It looks like the sort of site
that EVERYONE would go to to party.  Funny how no one ever noticed
the red curtains before... :-)  (But they're silent... I KNEW Bob was
in Nadine!)

20) Windom Earle was SO bad, SO spooky.  He goes into the BL,
and poof - nothing. grumble grumble grumble.  SOME showdown. :-(
I would have preferred 1/2 of the LMFAP and the musical interlude
and SOME climax within a climax regarding this!  I really feel cheated.

Except for these misses, and even with them it still stood
out over 90% of prme-time TV.  Like Star Trek II --- there are enough
loose ends that can be picked up on and are screaming for such (at the end
of ST:TWOF how many people REALLY thought that Spock was dead forever?).

PREDICTIONS/WRAP_UP

1) Maj. Briggs has to get Coop/Annie/etc. to the White Lodge,
despite the fact that all the "players" don't seem to come from there,
except Mike (the OAM).  Who knows what Truman will do.

2) Depending on "real-world" circumstances, I suspect we will
or won't see Ben, Pete, and/or Audrey again.  (HOw's that for pinning
something down!)

3) I can't see Dale doing much of his job in his current state.
First of all he has to have a big headache.

Look for a movie, or another TV movie in the Fall.  This ain't over,
not by a long shot.


Sorry for the typing mistakes...  SLOw modem.

Bob D.