Subject: Re: Rambling and Incoherent Thoughts on the Finale (spoiler?)
From: tom@kether.webo.dg.com (Tom Sullivan)
Date: 1991-06-14, 21:05
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

>>>>> >>>>> On 14 Jun 91 13:54:26 GMT, swk004@muvms3.bitnet (Connie Leinen, swk004@muvms3.bitnet, Marshall U) said:

Connie> Wild ramblings and incoherent thoughts about the finale and series
Connie> in general...not particulary a theory...but:

Connie> perhaps the disappearance of the Venus statue is a visual symbol
Connie> that Coop has stopped acting with a love motivation and is now
Connie> acting out of fear (I haven't reviewed the tape to see if this
Connie> holds water).

I was considering the disappearace as well...  I had wondered if
perhaps the statue actually WAS (or symbolized some attribute of)
Annie and/or Dale's connection to her.  It left the scene after the
Dopplegangers started (better check this again though).  The statue
was also in the waiting room when Dale first entered.  I like your
theory as well!

Connie> I think the oil will get one into the lodges even when the planets
Connie> aren't aligned or perhaps the oil gets Bob out of the lodge.

Nice theory, why not?

Connie> Josie wasn't there because she's in the doorknob.  The log lady's
Connie> husband wasn't there because he's in the log.  Why some go to 
Connie> wood and some go to the lodge is a question I can't even begin
Connie> to theorize. 

Why is the log lady's husband in the log?  I agree on Josie (for sure! whew!)

Connie> The seemingly strange behavior of the residents is accounted for
Connie> by the flip flop of time (IMHO).  I think everytime Coop crossed
Connie> a hall, time in TP wavered or flipped or reversed or something.
Connie> The order the letters were placed under fingernails would seem
Connie> to backup the random time theory.

Connie> Based on random time, I'm kind of hoping that Pete and Audrey weren't
Connie> in the bank when it exploded.  I think the glasses belong to the 
Connie> old man.  However, this isn't logical even with a random time 
Connie> theory (why would the box be open), so chalk this one up to 
Connie> wishful thinking.  Random time theory could also account
Connie> for the unbelievable youth of the sycamore trees.

Connie> My really stupid theory on how the Douglas Firs got changed
Connie> to sycamores in the finale:  DL's son came home from Sunday
Connie> school singing the song about Zaccheus up in the sycamore
Connie> tree.  For those unfamiliar with this Bible story, Zaccheus
Connie>  was a man of small stature and some historians believe the 
Connie> actual translation (not the King James Bible translation) 
Connie> indicates Zaccheus was a dwarf or a
Connie> midget.  Jesus was passing through
Connie> town and Zaccheus couldn't see him because of his small
Connie> stature so he climbed a sycamore tree.  He was then 
Connie> noticed by Jesus and saved from eternal damnation after
Connie> making a number of promises regarding the changing of 
Connie> his evil ways.  Somehow I think ol' David would have

No Kidding!  Zaccheus was a tax collector.  Evil occupation!!

Connie> gotten a charge out of this story.

Connie> In the dream sequence, we saw the shadow on the curtain.  Just as
Connie> coop only sees the giant and the little man, I think the major only
Connie> sees the hooded figure and someone else.  Perhaps the shadow on the
Connie> curtain somehow portends Hawk's help and the Major's rescue of Coop.

Connie> I think the voice from Sarah Palmer is the voice of one of the
Connie> entities that only the major sees.

Connie> When Leland was possessed by Bob, he still had enough of himself
Connie> left to leave the letter clues and to tell about recognizing
Connie> that face.  Coop will also leave clues, hopefully not as obscure.

Arg!  What a thought!!  Probably true, though....Bob WOULD want to
advertise....but maybe all that was to explicitly lure Cooper!

Connie> Sorry, this is so long...but TP withdrawal seems to be happening
Connie> already.

Connie> Connie