Subject: Re: The plaid jacket (was: What'sHappening?)
From: jblum@linus.umd.edu (Hi ho -- Kermit the Frog here...)
Date: 1992-06-29, 11:41
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1992Jun29.092352.1@cubldr.colorado.edu> crago_l@cubldr.colorado.edu writes:

> >The net effect is to make him look sort of sleazy. Now, unless I'm mistaken
> >in episode 2 it was said of Laura Palmer "she was the homecoming queen, dated
> >the captain of the football team..." (I think Truman said it to Coop). Well,
> >was that referring to Bobby??  Certainly weird, if so, because his whole
> >characterization -- appearance, costume, mannerisms, etc. -- was that of an
> >outsider, virtually a loser.  

Yes, Bobby was the football hero of Twin Peaks.  That's the reason for the
whole subterfuge with the football filled with cocaine in episode #1002 --
when Leo says "Go out for a pass, Bobby".  He just also happened to be a
punk loser too, because he could get away with anything.