Subject: Laura turned out to be stronger than Cooper From: kck@g.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Karl Kluge) Date: 1991-06-13, 16:45 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks While I haven't had a chance to rewatch the Black Lodge sequence yet, here's my interpretation of what went wrong and how Bob got Cooper. Laura had figured out one crucial law of the Twin Peaks universe -- that the worst thing Bob/the Black Lodge could do to her without her consent was to destroy her physical body, and that the alternative of surrendering to Bob had a much higher cost -- the loss of her soul. If I remember correctly, this was even made explicit in Leland's death scene where he talked about Bob and Laura. Cooper forgot this when offered the choice between saving Annie's life and giving up his soul.