Twin Peaks: Coma

April 12th, 2008

Season 2, Episode 2

Twin Peaks: Coma

Synopsis

Ronette - who was in a coma for all of season 1 - is about to emerge, and Cooper plans to ask her about BOB. While having coffee at the Great Northern, Albert mentions that Windham Earl - an coworker who went insane - recently escaped from prison.

Donna makes her first Meals on Wheels delivery to an old woman and her grandson. The woman complains about the creamed corn, which vanishes and reappears in the boy’s hands. She says the neighbor knew Laura. Donna knocks on the neighbor’s door, but there is no answer.

Cooper and Harry show Ronette a sketch of BOB. She freaks out and goes into convulsions.

Jerry and Ben discuss burning the Packard mill ledgers, one of which is real and the other fake. Unable to choose, they decide to roast marshmallows.

At the RR, the Log Lady tells major Briggs to “deliver the message.” He understands.

Andy confronts Lucy about the pregnancy, saying he is sterile, so how can she be pregnant? Lucy doesn’t answer.

Hank comes to see Cooper and Harry for a weekly parole check. He signs a paper with a big “x” and laughs. After he leaves, Harry tells Cooper that Hank used to be a Bookhouse Boy.

The Icelanders heard about the mill fire, and Ben and Jerry fear the land deal will fall apart. Leland recognizes BOB’s face on a wanted poster lying on Ben’s reading table. At his grandfather’s summer house, BOB lived next door. Leland runs off to inform the authorities.

At One Eyed Jacks, Audrey sees Emery, a manager at Horne’s department store, tied up with nail polish on his toes with a woman in a cowboy outfit running a vacuum. In a compromising position, Audrey asks him about Laura Palmer. He says Ben owns One Eyed Jacks and recruited Laura and Ronnette.

Doc Hayward tells Shelly that the bullet has crippled Leo and turned him into a vegetable. Shelly cries. Later, Shelly and Bobby decide to take care of Leo so they can collect his disability checks.

Major Briggs visits Cooper at the Great Northern. He says part of his job is monitoring space radio waves - usually just sheets of static. But during Cooper’s shooting, a message appeared: “the owls are not what they seem.” The Giant told Cooper this phrase the night of his shooting.

James plays the guitar while Donna and Maddie sing backup. Donna looks at James lovingly, but James looks at Maddie instead. Donna runs away.

Maddie sits on the carpet alone. She sees BOB approach from the other side of the room, with a maniacal grin. He clambers over the couch and charges at her. She screams. Donna and James come over to comfort her. BOB is gone.

That night Cooper dreams of the Giant who says “owls are not what they seem”. An owl image is superimposed over BOB’s face, hiding behind Laura’s bed.

The phone rings, waking Cooper. It’s Audrey. But before she can reveal her whereabouts, Blackie hangs up the line. Audrey is trapped at One Eyed Jacks.

Thoughts

We get the first mention of Windham Earle, who becomes Cooper’s nemesis later in the season.

Clues:

Ronette recognizes BOB from the train car.
Leland recognizes BOB from his childhood, as his grandfather’s neighbor.
Major Briggs saw the message “Owls are not what they seem” and “Cooper” during military surveillance of space radio waves.
Maddie has a vision of BOB attacking her in the Palmer’s living room.
Donna meets an odd old woman and her grandson who say their neighbor was Laura’s friend.

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Previous Episode: May The Giant Be With You

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