Twin Peaks: May The Giant Be With You

March 10th, 2008

Season 2, Episode 1

Synopsis

Cooper has been shot, and lies nearly unconscious on the floor of his hotel room. An elderly bellhop brings him some warm milk, and is frustratingly oblivious to Cooper’s situation. Near death, Cooper is visited by an otherworldly Giant, who predicts three things: A smiling bag, the owls are not what they seem, and without chemicals, he points.

At One Eyed Jacks, Ben is eager to meet the “new girl” unaware that she’s his daughter, Audrey. In a bedroom, she dons a mask and plays hard to get. Ben eventually leaves.

Cooper is found by the deputies and is taken to the hospital. Luckily, he had a bullet proof vest on. Lucy brings him up to date: Leo is shot, Jacques strangled, the mill burned, Shelly and Pete have smoke inhalation, Catherine and Josie are missing, and Nadine is in a coma. All this happened the night before. Cooper says it’s time to search Leo’s house.

Maddie tells Sarah her scary dream concerning the carpet. Leland appears, singing a song about lambs eating ivy. His hair has turned completely white. Maddie sees a disturbing pattern form on the carpet — she screams and recoils in horror.

At Leo’s house, Cooper determines Leo was trying to kill someone, but was shot from outside by someone else. Hawk finds a copy of Flesh world and some clothes reeking of gasoline. The latter connects him with the mill burning. Albert drives up, scaring Andy who walks into a plank of wood, beneath which are a new pair of boots and a bag of cocaine.

Maddie meets Donna at the RR Diner and gives her Laura’s dark glasses. Norma gives Donna a note which says “Look into the Meals on Wheels.”

Andy learns that Leo was in a jail the night of Teresa Banks’ murder — and therefore couldn’t have killed Teresa. Cooper believes the same person killed Laura, so suddenly Leo is no longer a prime suspect.

The one armed man drops by the station to sell Cooper some shoes. Finding Cooper busy, he leaves.

In a questioning room, James tells Harry he doesn’t know how the cocaine got in his gas tank. He says Laura talked about playing with fire and “BOB.” Cooper asks James for the other half of Laura’s necklace.

Donna flirts with James in his jail cell, smoking a cigarette while wearing Laura’s sunglasses. Her behavior seems altered by the shades.

Cooper tells Lucy and Andy to sort through a box of Flesh World magazines, looking for Teresa Banks in the sleazy ads.

Doc Hayward questions Dr. Jacoby in his hospital bed, who has just emerged from sedation. Cooper asks how he got the half of Laura’s necklace. Jacoby admits that he followed James and Donna into the woods and dug up the necklace after they buried it. He theorizes that Laura allowed herself to be killed. He adds that just last night, when Jacques was murdered, he smelled an odor like scorched engine oil.

Cooper and Harry talk to Ed, distraught over Nadine’s attempted suicide. He says he married Nadine because Norma chose Hank.

Down a hall of the hospital, Cooper sees a body bag hanging in a curved shape. He mutters about a smiling bag.

At the RR Diner, Bobby’s father, Major Briggs, describes a vision where he had a good relationship with his son. Bobby sees Hank in the diner, and suddenly remembers Hank shooting Leo the night before.

At the station, Cooper summarizes where they are with the case:

• On the night of Laura’s murder: Laura got a phone call from Leo.
• Laura met James, then went into the woods to meet with Jacques, Leo and Ronnette.
• Jacques, Leo, Laura, and Ronnette hiked to the secret cabin in the woods. The log lady heard them.
• The girls had sex with Leo and Jacuqes.
• Waldo the bird attacked Laura.
• Leo hit Jacques in the head with a whiskey bottle.
• The third man was outside the window.
• The third man took the girls to a train car to kill Laura in particular. Ronnette escaped.
• The blood in the note saying “Fire Walk With Me” is that of the mystery man. Scraps of faded paper were sent to Washington for testing.
• Laura, Jacques, and Waldo are dead, and Leo and Ronnette are in comas. The third man is still at large and who they need to find.

Harry takes Pete home. Josie left a note saying she went to Seattle for business. An unidentified man calls, asking for Josie.

Ben and Jerry walk through the Great Northern, discussing some snack. They find Hank waiting for them in Ben’s office. He tells Ben and Jerry that Leo is in a coma and Catherine is missing. Ben is confident that the mill burning will be blamed on Catherine and Leo. Meanwhile, Blackie tells Audrey that she did a bad job and the “owner” was disappointed in her performance.

The Palmers are having dinner at the Haywards. Harriet reads a strange poem about Laura Palmer, and Donna’s sister plays the piano. Leland starts singing “Get Happy,” but starts singing too fast, and passes out.

That night, Cooper lies in his bed, talking to Diane. Audrey is locked in a room at One Eyed Jacks, and prays that Cooper will save her. A note explaining her whereabouts lies under Cooper’s bed, forgotten.

The Giant returns. The smiling bag was found, and Jacoby was the man without chemicals. The Giant tells Cooper that someone saw the third man, and that he has forgotten something. There is a flash of light that goes into Cooper.

The hall of the hospital is empty. Ronnette Pulaski (who was in a coma all of season one) drifts into consciousness. She sees the rail car and BOB running toward her. Visions flash of BOB killing Laura, and a note saying “Fire walk with me.”

Thoughts

Now that Leo is eliminated as a suspect, Laura’s killer is still at large. It’s a bit frustrating to start out season two not any closer to closing the case.

Three characters are literally out of the picture: Leo (the prime suspect through all of season one), Josie, and Catherine. Norma is still in a coma.

Two of the giant’s predictions — the smiling bag and without chemicals, he points (Jacoby) are understood by Cooper. The third one — “the owls are not what they seem” is yet to be understood.

Clues

• Leo was in jail the night Teresa Banks was murdered. Since Cooper is certain the same person killed Laura Palmer, Leo is suddenly eliminated as a suspect.
• The third “mystery man” becomes the focus.
• Jacoby mentions a smell like scorched engine oil the night Jacques was murdered in the hospital.
• The Giant tells Cooper that someone saw the third man, and that Cooper forgot something.
• There are some scraps of paper found near the rail car that have been sent to Washington for further testing.
• Josie and Catherine are missing.
• The one armed man is looking for Cooper.

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