Subject: Re: Probably Faq's
From: saseph@hal.unx.sas.com (Ed Hughes)
Date: 1992-02-06, 14:04
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <17613@castle.ed.ac.uk>, marks@castle.ed.ac.uk (Mark Steyn) writes:
> >It's been a while since I've seen Twin-Peaks, but now that I've
> >discovered this new group I have one or two questions.
> >These have probably been discusses a dozen time already but, hey, I'm
> >new!
> >
> >Here goes :-
> >1) Diane - Who (or what) is Diane.  My own personal theory is that Diane
> >was created by Coop (May I call him that?) to make talking into his
> >Dictaphone easier - kinds of fits his personality, huh?
> >
She's a real person (character, that is).  In the Coop autobio., he describes meeting her.
Had the series lasted longer, she was to be played by Carol Lynley (sp?).

> >3) Are the giant and the old man one and the same?  Events in the show
> >strongly suggest this and if so is the giant one of the Bob type spirits
> >(a good one) currently in possession of the old man? (Does the old man
> >even exist?)
> >
In the waiting room, the Giant changes into the old waiter, and then
says "One and the same."  That's as clear as it gets.

> >4) Why did Windom Earl suddenly abandon his game of chess?  I thought
> >that this was a damn fine (sorry!) story line and was sorry to see it
> >fade away.  I would have like to have seen it integrated into the Lodge
> >plot, but one seemed to have usurped the other.
> >(Not really a question was it?)
> >
The chess game was just a ruse, it seems.  When it's served its
purpose, Earle (literally) sweeps it aside.

> >5) How does Coop fit into the TP movie?  He only appeared in TP after
> >Laura was killed didn't he?
> >
Coop investigated the Teresa Banks murder--he mentioned this in
the series.

> >6) What happened to Donna between the 1st and 2nd series.  Did she under
> >go a personality transplant or were there more sinister goings on =8->
> >
I guess Lara Flynn Boyle decided her character wasn't interesting enough.

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