Subject: Re: Probably Faq's
From: sjohnson@texas.vlsi.sgi.com (Scott Johnson)
Date: 1992-02-06, 22:41
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In <17613@castle.ed.ac.uk> marks@castle.ed.ac.uk (Mark Steyn) writes:

> >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?

Diane is his secretary in the FBI.  If you remember she occasionally
sends him stuff (i.e. the earplugs that are the tasteless gumdrop in
Coop's dream).  So we must assume that he regularly sends the tapes in
to her for her use.

> >2) The Black/White lodge - Are these two separate places?  Current
> >postings seem to suggest that they may be one and the same.  Also any
> >info on the lodges would be appreciated.  Info in the series was
> >somewhat abstract (but then so was the series!)

who knows.  maybe we'll find out one of these days in a movie.  lots 
of speculations abound.

> >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?)

see above.

> >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?)

i think both he and the writers got impatient.

> >5) How does Coop fit into the TP movie?  He only appeared in TP after
> >Laura was killed didn't he?

the phrase "last seven days of laura's life" has been overused.  i believe
a correct assumption is "the events leading up to laura's death."  since
thera banks' death is closely tied to laura's, it will be covered in the
movie as well.  and since Coop and the FBI investigated her death, they
will be in the movie as well.  it would be an inconsistency error if
any of the FBI showed up in the town of Twin Peaks in the movie,
since Cooper is shown entering the town a for the first time couple of
days after her death.  it didn't take him long to get there, so he must
have been close by, or the urgency of the case was heavy.

> >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->

we may just find out, according to TVGuide.

> >7) Ummm... There is no number 7, sorry.

> >Also, before I go, a request - Would anybody out there care to mail me a
> >list of the cast and the characters they played?

> >Thanks in advance,
> >  Mark

> >-- 
> >? Dreams are the fantasies which children cherish ? Mark Steyn :        
> >? Nightmares are the realities adults create      ? marks@castle.ed.ac.uk
> >? There are no Unicorns anymore.                  ? mpjs@dcs.ed.ac.uk

sj"Your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight" - m