Subject: Re: Second Season Failings
From: jtk@sequent.com
Date: 1991-07-23, 17:28
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Jul23.222208.25533@risky.ecs.umass.edu> giovin@medr4.ecs.umass.edu (Rocky J Giovinazzo) writes:
> >In article <1991Jul23.190824.359@exurchn1.ericsson.se> exuhag@exurchn1.ericsson.se (James Hague) writes:
>> >>In article <1991Jul22.132847.5910@bellcore.bellcore.com> kevink@fugitive.soac.bellcore.com (Kevin Klinge) writes:
>>> >>>In article <9100@umd5.umd.edu>, jblum@umd5.umd.edu (Jon Blum) writes:
> >
> >WE didn't fit in either?  I thought WE was very well worked
> >into the show.  My only complaint is that Cooper's brain suddenly
> >turned to mush about half way through when he was suddenly unable to 
> >keep up with WE.  (i.e. the genius agent didn't examine the bonsai and
> >didn't figure out the planetary signs on the map for a couple of days).
> >Nothing personal, but I think you need to re-evaluate your
> >comments.
> >
>> >>Enough for now.  I agree that the show "ended" when Leland died, but I
>> >>think things were on the decline before that.  I felt that Bob was
>> >>shown too much at the beginning of season number two--it ruined the
>> >>suspense when you knew exactly where he was.  I also thought that
>> >>people were being killed off too often and too easily.  Tons of TV
>> >>shows and movies are filled with death, so much so that it becomes
>> >>expected.  But Lynch succeeded in making Laura Palmer's death seem
>> >>shocking and horrible, quite an achievement.  This was all undone in
>> >>the second season...
> >I have to say that I was completely enveloped by the black/white
> >lodge plot-- maybe it would have been better to bring this plot into the
> >show closer to Leland's death.  
> >
> >Rocky Giovinazzo

Sorry, I have to agree with the previous poster.  WE was a totally
annoying and obnoxious character.  I don't believe he fit in with the
show either.  Maybe it wouldn't have been so tiresome if Coop hadn't
been written so stupidly at that point....I just found WE to be a
typical poorly written villain (of the Saturday morning cartoon sort).
His virtual omnipotence (listening in thru the bonsai to all the "key"
conversations, prowling around in dumb disguises, while Coop went
"Duhhh" and let people get killed off like flies....) almost made me
want to shut off the TV a few times.  Or at least edit out his scenes
from the videotape later....

I guess, really, it was a case of bad writing.  When we saw that
vagrant tied up/killed pointing to the chess board in the Sheriff's
office--that gave me chills.  Too bad the writers decided to go to
WE's point-of-view.  It's difficult to maintain suspense when you do
that!

I agree about the excess of killings in the second season.  It really
cheapened the original idea--that a murder is a tremendous and
terrible event that effects the entire community....

Anyway, just my $.02!

Jane Valencia
jtk@sequent.com