Subject: Quantum physics, etc. From: pitchon@paradyne.com (Howard Pitchon) Date: 1992-09-16, 05:52 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks The following statements do not necessarily reflect those of the poster or the company the posting is from; and only definitely represent the thoughts and feelings of Summer Storm. Re: Time theory; good vs. bad; dads & daughters; baby laxative There's been a lot of speculation about the rings, and about time going backwards/forwards. How about this: On Quantum Leap, they explain time thus: imagine your life is a string. Your birth is one end; your death is the other. Now put the two ends together. (A ring of sorts.) Now take the string, and bunch it up. Different points in the string will touch each other; you can leap from point to point when this happens. So, maybe the rings symbolize that you are now able to jump from point to point within your own lifetime. This would help to explain why the lodge doesn't always seem to go backwards. Good/bad stuff: In TP the series, people/entities seem to go through some major(not Briggs) change to get from good to bad or vice versa. Leo gets shot-goes from being an all around SOB to helping the Major escape from Windom. Nadine tries to commit suicide, and goes from being a mean crazy person to a funny teenage crazy person, gets bonked on the head, and goes back to mean (her journey is obviously far from over). Audrey falls in love w/Coop, and goes from being a self absorbed little trouble maker to being her dad's "Bobby Kennedy." Ben faces ruination, has a breakdown, and end's up trying to learn to be good (though at first he's only trying to stop Catherine.) In My Life, My Tapes, Windom disappears, we never really know what he goes through, and he comes back decidedly evil. It seems that the more traumatic the journey, the further from where you start is where you end up. In reference to the Log Lady, perhaps she is still going through her "journey" from one place to the other. This would explain why she seems so bizarre to everyone, and why she seems neutral. Dads & their daughters: Isabella Rosellini (sp?) was supposed to play the part of Josie Packard, but backed out. She and Lynch split. Her father was a director. So, did Lynch make daddy the bad guy in reference to what was going on in his life at the time? Not my theory, it got brought up in conversation. Baby Laxative: Used to "step on" cocaine/methadrine/etc. to decrease its purity and increase yield. Not always a ripoff as pure cocaine can be lethal to the casual user. However, finding that everything you bought is laxative would not only constitute a rip off, but would probably make you want to "run" and get even! Someone mentioned that Coop did not find a letter under Ronette's finger nail in the pilot. Correct. But, he did find a letter later in the series, when BOB got past the guard at the door, put the letter under her nail, and "tainted" her IV w/halaperadol (sp?). -----Summer Storm