Laura Palmer's Theme on Piano

What a strange video! The cat is really cute, though. Do those hands look familiar?

second half of season two

Warning: this post contains spoilers for episodes 210-212.

Just when I realized that there are no kids in Twin Peaks, Little Nicky is introduced. He's got a case worker, two dead parents, a self-centered role model of an "uncle," and is now suspected for having homicidal supernatural powers? Goodness, Lynch, your childhood must've been a hard one.

Just when I realized that there were no black people in Twin Peaks, Roger Hardy is introduced. He's gruff and stern and suspends Coop from the FBI. I don't know what to make of this, except the obvious? The American Indian and black characters just seem bit stunted, undeveloped, two-dimensional. If only I could know if Lynch did this intentionally or subconsciously.

Just when I realized that everyone is straight in Twin Peaks, they introduce Denise. Denise might be straight, still, it's hard to tell. It's hard to tell because Lynch obviously didn't get the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation. For the late 80's, I suppose David Duchovny does a moderately okay job of depicting a transvestite. Perhaps I'm a harsh critic for this arena, but I was tisk-tisking Dale when he told Denise that he assumes she no longer is attracted to men. I loved her bizarre comeback! "Even though I wear a dress, I still put my panties on one leg at a time." So odd.

Just when I started to doubt my diagnosis of Audrey with histrionic personality disorder because she seemed to be learning her lesson, she goes and tempts Bobby Briggs! Goodness, that girl always is way smarter than the rest.

And just when I felt relieved to verify Laura's killer, I began to feel the intensity of my interest in the show wane just a bit. The episodes feel different now. All sorts of other bizarre supernatural things are going on, and there's still the problem of BOB floating around the universe, but I'm less tense. I'm laughing more and holding my breath less. I can definitely tell the series is about to end. I'm disappointed that viewers had given up at this point, and that the producers were planning for its exit. I would've been one of those fans to hold on for seven seasons.

I am quite curious to find out if the series ends with a tidy knot, or if it leaves me with a bunch of questions and a furrowed brow. I'm betting on the latter.

second favorite Twin Peaks quote

James in episode 209: "It doesn't matter if we're happy when the whole world goes to hell."

The Good Old Days

I am now on episode 207 of Twin Peaks. One thing I was enjoying in the show is that they don't use computers or cell phones. Laura keeps a written diary, and now there is the hint of a second, secret diary. When the book is shown, it is soft, like a paperback composition book. The police can't call the sheriff's office from their cars (maybe they don't have radios?) - instead they have to drive really fast to get there and deliver their messages.

In episode 206, though, this lack of technology was broken when a guy whipped out what appeared to be a cell phone of the 1990s. Or maybe it was a type of radio phone. When I saw it, the phone shocked me because I had just minutes before been loving the fact that not even Lucy uses a computer to store information. Instead, she uses pencils and paper.

Also, in good old David Lynch fashion, there's always the hope for pure love. James (who is so adorable) was telling Maddy about how this love he has for Donna is like a pure white light, and he's afraid that light won't always be on. Teenagers!

Full of Secrets

Today I came across a book about Twin Peaks. I can't wait to read it cover to cover. We can all read it here!

On another note: For a psychopathology course assignment, I've chosen to create a diagnostic assessment of Audrey. So far, I'm going with histrionic personality disorder.

Laura Palmer's killer

I am more and more suspicious that Donna is Laura Palmer's killer. I've wondered if she wanted James all to herself and/or for other jealousy reasons. Donna definitely has a mysterious side to her that comes out every once in a while (when she visited James in jail, when she delivered the Meals on Wheels, and when she freaked out during the strange song in the living room with James and Maddie, for instance.)

I am definitely creeped out by the grey-haired older man who appears in visions, but I'm not sure he's Laura's killer exactly.

If you have seen the entire series, PLEASE DO NOT REVEAL WHO IS THE ACTUAL KILLER, OR IF DONNA IS OR IS NOT!

If you are watching Twin Peaks now, who do you suspect?

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Who are your favorite Twin Peaks characters?

I'm very intrigued by the duo of James and Donna, Laura's "best friends." Duality is curious to me in this series - many things comes in pairs, everyone leads a double life. Any thoughts about that?

Lucy the receptionist gets me every time with her conversation skills. I'm a sucker for the comic relief.

The log lady still has me riveted but I'm leaning toward "number 10 eccentric" rather than "delusional."

I'm heading into episode 6.

Discuss!

pastries

I'm only halfway through the second episode, but there seems to be a pastry theme in Twin Peaks. Lots of donuts around. And pie - cherry pie and huckleberry pie. There's a scene in episode one where they have a hard time chewing donuts. And the opening scene in episode two shows two characters passionately struggling to chew a baguette. What's with the white bread and the near choking?

hang out with the log lady

In 2004, it was Janet Jackson.
In 2007, it was Prince.
This year, I think we're switching media. Hugo and I seem to be approaching our next duo cult obsession: Twin Peaks episodes, in order.
Feel free to join us: link. However, you can't watch the hour-and-a-half long pilot on cbs.com, and it's really worth starting there. You can Netflix it, though. Do it - the pilot is really informative and great and creepy and bizarre and will make you think about the log lady for days to come.
Log lady.