Season 2, Episode 11

Synopsis

Major Briggs’ wife says Major Briggs has disappeared before, as part of his military duties, the nature of which remains classified.

Andy and Hank says Dougie has once again, gotten engaged to the much younger Lana Budding. Gordon Cole calls to say he supports Cooper in regards to his suspension from the FBI and charges of murder and drug trafficking. Agent Dennis Bryson is coming to Twin Peaks to investigate the drugs angle. Cooper claims innocence.

Nadine, now enrolled in high school, asks Donna if she’s still going out with Mike. Nadine is interested in him.

James, driving away from Twin Peaks on his motorcycle, pulls into a bar called Wallie’s Hideout and orders a beer. There, he meets Evelin Marsh, who if he can repair her car before her husband gets home. Later, as James starts work on the car, Evelyn offers him a place to stay.

Richard Tremaine brings a young boy, Little Nicky, to the sheriff’s office, trying to demonstrate to Lucy that he could be a good parent. She isn’t there, so he invites Andy to lunch instead.

Cooper asks Hawk about the “White Lodge.” Hawk says the Indians believe spirits that rule man and nature live there. There is also a “Black Lodge” that every spirit must pass through on the way to perfection. There, you will meet your shadow-self, and if you enter with imperfect courage, your soul will be annihilated.

Dennis Bryson arrives, dressed in woman’s clothing, and wants to be called Denise.

As Mike works out in the school gym, Nadine tries to impress him by lifting 600 pounds. Impressed, the coach invites her to join the wrestling team.

Josie tells Harry that she used to work for Thomas Eckhart, a man in Hong Kong who he helped her when she was young and poor, until she married Andrew Packard. Eckart wants Josie back and may be responsible for Andrew’s death. Josie is reluctant to divulge more.

Hank and Eddie return to the RR diner, where Norma is skeptical that they did go hunting as they claim. Norma tells Eddie that he should return to Seattle and join her mother, Vivian. Norma serves Andy, Richard Tremaine, and Nicky a snack. Nicky blows whipped cream on Richard and spins a stool, tossing Andy to the ground.

Ben Horne watches an old movie of his father breaking ground on the Great Northern. Hank stops by. Ben is angry that Catherine didn’t die in the mill fire, for being arrested for Laura’s murder, and Leland dying. He even complains about the furniture in his office. Hank tells Ben that One Eyed Jack’s has been taken over by Jean Renault, and he works for Jean.

Cooper receives a letter from Windham Earle containing a chess move on it and a cassette tape, saying “the king must die.”

At the wedding ceremony, Dougie marries Lana and glares at his brother, Dwayne, as if taunting him. Dwayne objects, claiming Lana is a gold digger. Harry drags Dwayne outside so the ceremony can continue.

At the reception, Denise tells Cooper he found cocaine residue in Cooper’s car, and needs to find some evidence that this is a frame job. He also explains the cross-dressing – it started while working undercover as a transvestite.

Begging for mercy, Josie tells Catherine that Andrew was killed by Thomas Eckhart. Catherine still thinks Josie had something to do with it, and can only stay if she becomes the house maid. If she disobeys, she’ll be handed over to Eckhart.

Later, unbeknown to everyone but Catherine, Andrew Packard emerges from a back room – he is still alive. He and his sister Catherine are setting up a trap for Thomas.

Thoughts

• Denise is played by David Duchovny in drag. It’s said the paranormal show The X-Files owes part of its existence to the strangeness of Twin Peaks.
• Everything Josie tells Harry could easily be a lie.
• Andrew Packard was presumed dead up until this point.
• This episode marks the beginning of several subplots I now don’t care for – the relationship between Nadine and Mike, the “hot” Lana and her magnetic personality, and Ben Horne’s side trip into madness. In retrospect, all three prove a big waste of time.

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