Twin Peaks: Demons

July 9th, 2008

Season 2, Episode 6

Synopsis

James runs into Harold’s house, and frees both Donna and Maddie. In the scuffle, Harold reclaims Laura’s secret diary. After the traumatic experience, Donna and James are back on good terms. Later, Donna tells Harry about Harold’s secret diary.

Lying on a bed, Audrey emerges from her near drug overdose, and is happy to see Cooper. Harry identifies Blackie’s killer as Jean Renault, Jacques Renault’s older brother. Cooper returns the ransom money to Ben. He’s happy to have his money back, but feigns concern about his daughter.

Bobby and Shelly are disappointed with the amount first insurance check — after the medical bills are paid. Meanwhile, Leo mumbles, possibly emerging from his vegetative state.

Cooper’s supervisor Gordon Cole shows up. He has an annoying habit of yelling as he’s hard of hearing. He says torn paper found from the rail car murder scene are from a diary (presumably, the one coveted by Harold). Mr. Gerard the one armed man is brought in for questioning.

Ben visits Audrey to voice his worry. Audrey is wary — surely because she was being held at her father’s own brothel.

Jonathan tells Josie that she must return to Hong Kong or Harry will die. Maddie tells James that he belongs with Donna, not her.

Josie meets with Ben. She has a contract (ownership of the Packard Mill) with Pete’s signature and asks Ben for her share of the money. Ben tries to blackmail her with incriminating information he has collected. Josie counters she has her own dossier of evidence about him. Reluctantly, Ben gives her the $5 million check from Mr. Tojimura, in exchange for the contract.

Bobby and Shelly party with Leo. As Bobby and Shelly make out on the kitchen table, Leo’s head moves slightly.

Cole warns Cooper that he may be getting in over his head. He gives Cooper a letter containing a chess move, from Windham Earle, an old partner and adversary.

Ben tells Leland that although they took payment from the Icelanders for the Ghostwood project, they may have a better offer from Mr. Tojimura. Leland says they can easily stall for time.

Harry comes buy Josie’s house to see her hastily leaving town with Jonathan. Harry is duly surprised. She says she sold the mill and is going home to Hong Kong.

Over dinner, Mr. Tojimura asks Ben why the deal hasn’t gone through yet. Annoyed, Ben tries to stop Leland from singing.

The authorities question Gerard, the one armed man. As his drugs wear off, he’ll “point” to Laura’s killer (as advised by the Giant). Gerard is taken over by an outside force. He says his name is MIKE, an inhabiting spirit. BOB is another spirit, like a parasite that feeds. BOB needs a human host and feeds on fear. MIKE says he used to be a partner with BOB but then saw God and stopped. He cut off his arm and now hunts for BOB to stop him. MIKE says BOB’s location as the Great Northern hotel.

Thoughts

• I find it amusing that although Ben is the owner of One Eyed Jack’s, he doesn’t have a clue as to what’s going on up there. For example, his own daughter was held prisoner there, for several days.
• Gordon Cole (David Lynch) shows up and adds a needed dose of eccentricity to the show. Loved the part where he takes Cooper into another room for privacy, and everyone outside can hear what he’s saying.
• We return to the cheesy romance from the beginning of the show in Maddie and James’ conversation on the lake.
• Although Leo is a vegetable, this episode has some horrifying hints that he may suddenly spring out of his chair and take revenge on Bobby and Shelly.
• Chill-inducing moment: the whole ending bit with Gerard babbling about MIKE and BOB — yikes.

Clues:

• The scraps of paper found at the rail car where Laura was murdered are pages from Laura’s secret Diary, that Harold has.
• Josie is forced to return to Hong Kong and in the process hands the mill over to Ben.
• MIKE suggests the crazy man everyone has been seeing is BOB, and BOB is an inhabiting spirit that has taken residence in the person who is Laura’s killer.
• MIKE says the location of BOB is the Great Northern hotel, indicating Laura’s killer to be Leland or Ben.

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