Subject: Re: Creamed Corn (& unanswered questions)
From: jblum@umd5.umd.edu (Jon Blum)
Date: 1991-08-14, 12:15
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Aug14.153031.9459@risky.ecs.umass.edu> giovin@risky.ecs.umass.edu (Rocky J Giovinazzo) writes:
> >I also think that the Tremond's were very much related to Harold.
> >Laura's diary says that she delivered to the boy & grandmother (he used
> >to pull coins out from behind Laura's ear) so Donna's encounter wasn't 
> >isolated.  It does seem strange, however, that Laura was delivering food
> >that spirits had *ordered* from the Double-R.

The kid (Pierre) is definitely one of Them, imho, but I'm not sure about old
Mrs. Tremond.  If there's any kind of simple explanation, it's probably that
the YOUNG Mrs. Tremond was the illusion, sent by the Lodges to protect the
secret of the old Mrs. Tremond, who is probably connected to the Lodges in
much the way the Log Lady is.  Simple, huh?

> >1.  What did Maddy see in her dream that was "so weird" and what was
> >that pattern in the rug the next day?  My guess is that part of her weird dream
> >might have been the same as Laura's since they once were practically able to 
> >share thoughts.  Possibly, her dream also included something about that
> >rug pattern that included Maddy seeing her own death in that room-- i.e.
> >the pattern was her own blood stain.

Definitely a premonition of her bloodstain.  The dream was probably an
encounter with BOB...

> >2.  What the heck does the Palmer ceiling fan signify?  There were a
> >couple different shots of it shown repeatedly. Was it nothing special or
> >did have something to do with a golden circle? 

Ditto for the Traffic Light.

> >3.  When Maddy died, why did Bobby have that goofy look on his face?

I think it was simple disbelief that Donna and James were back together.
Showing once again that Bobby Briggs has an uncanny ability to miss the
big picture.

> >4.  Why did the OAM say that BOB had been near Ben/Jerry?

I guess just because Ben and Leland spent so much time together.  And the
fact that Ben did start out as a pretty evil dude, prone to the sins of
the flesh...  that's the mark of BOB.

> >6.  This one is really just an observation:  After Maddy dies, Coop's face
> >is shown and then faded to the red curtains of the Roadhouse.  In the 
> >credits, a mixed shot of Dale and the red curtains is shown-- sort of
> >a foreshadowing or coincidence?

Just a startling image that you're supposed to wonder about.  Put that in the
Laura-in-the-coffee-cup file.

A couple more to wonder about -- I just re-watched the pilot, and there were
a few lines in James' description to Donna about his last night with Laura
that leave a lot to wonder about...

A) Who was that guy who Bobby told Laura he killed?  It couldn't have been the
one from the diary (since she saw that one, and anyway I don't trust that
diary anyway), so who was it?

B) One line of James' that makes you wonder in light of subsequent episodes.
"I looked into her eyes... and THEY WERE CLEAR... then suddenly it was like
she was Laura again..."

Hmm?

Jon Blum