Twin Peaks - In Dreams and Other Things

I have been watching some early first season of Twin Peaks, trying to encircle random thoughts that I want to entertain for the blog as opposed to trying to outright review a show that defies the standard format of write-up. The entanglements that involve every character in Twin Peaks as it concerns Laura Palmer and the One-Eyed Jacks that supplies drugs across the border into town are of certain importance as are the potential for arson (and malfeasance) towards the lumber company that exists on land Benjamin Horne (Richard Hymer) badly wants. Horne’s secret affair with Catherine Martell (Piper Laurie) features almost exclusive discussion on the lumber company’s demise and Josie’s (Joan Chen) framing for it with the motive being the insurance. But affairs are commonplace and normal in Twin Peaks. Norma (Peggy Lipton) and Big Ed (Everett McGill) contend with spouses that really cripple their yearning to be with each other. Norma is facing a parole hearing that could very well see the release of her suspect husband, Hank (Chris Mulkey) after serving time for manslaughter. Ed’s unstable wife, with the eyepatch and domineering, demanding attention-seeking personality, hugs him tight and wants to kissy-kissy with his lips tight and clinched. Both Norma and Ed so badly want to be together and share long looks in the RR diner (she owns), that even Agent Cooper simply comes out and asks about it. Being told that “something has always resided in the woods, a dark presence” by Sheriff Truman (Michael Ontkean), Cooper is seemingly being included into the Twin Peaks fold, introduced to a special club that has Ed, Deputy Hawk (Michael Horse), and Truman. He can be privy to their drugs problem and the trust he’s incurred with them is obvious. When Agent Albert Rosenfield (Miguel Ferrer) arrives with this lousy attitude that devalues the local law enforcement and doctors of Twin Peaks resulting in a near fight with Dr. Will Hayward (Warren Frost) and getting punched in the face by Sheriff Truman, Cooper’s confrontation with him over such rudeness and disregard further earns respect by those in the town. Jacques Renault is fingered as the drug supplier, narrowly escaping, as Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) also barely flees the eyes of the law, connected also to the supply and demand (and use). Leo (Eric DaRe) meeting with Horne, getting rid of Jacques’ brother, Bernie, before he could do any snitching, also revealing himself closely tied to the drugs involvement in Twin Peaks. Albert, while not exactly ingratiating himself with the township’s finest, does provide some evidence that includes Laura’s “nose candy” habit, bird activity on her body, and a piece of plastic inside her. Besides the dream that includes a one-armed man and an associate named Bob that Cooper envisions, these details are extra pieces of the puzzle. Cooper tells Truman he truly believes that if he can “decode” the dream and follow the evidence, Laura’s killer could be found. The tattoo of “Fire, Walk with Me” and Cooper’s assurance to Truman and Hawk that he truly believes the vision will unveil Laura's killer ("arms turned back" eventually has an answer to it which involves twine forensically linked to how Laura was bound) are plot manifestations certain to persuade viewers to remain attentively tied to the show in its infancy.

There's a sort of evil out there. Something very, very strange in these old woods. Call it what you want. A darkness, a presence. It takes many forms but... its been out there for as long as anyone can remember and we've always been here to fight it.

In the grand design women were drawn from a different set of blueprints

Ben Horne: And do we know if the late Bernard gave you up?

Leo Johnson: I told him that if he ever did, I'd kill him.

Ben Horne: Well, did he?

Leo Johnson: No, but he shouldn't have trusted me. Like I said, Bernie wasn't too bright.