Twin Peaks: Wounds And Scars

September 26th, 2008

Season 2, Episode 17

Synopsis

Harry gets loaded on whiskey at the Bookhouse Boys hideout, distraught at Josie’s death. At the RR diner, Norma introduces Annie Blackburn (Heather Graham), Norma’s sister, to Shelly. Annie will work at the diner.

Hawk and Cooper notice Josie’s body is lighter after death. It’s implied something happened to her soul.

Leo and Windham Earle look in the paper to see the latest chess move from Cooper. Windham recognizes it as an attempt to stalemate the game. Meanwhile, Audrey prepares for a fashion show to raise awareness of the endangered pine weasel.

Cooper tells Harry that Josie killed Jonathan and was a hardened criminal. Harry orders him to leave.

As Catherine looks over architectural plans, Eckhart’s assistant, a woman named Jones, stops by. She wants to take Eckhart’s body back to Hong Kong, and gives a mysterious black box to Catherine.

Windham Earle, once again in disguise, delivers a gift to Donna, saying he’s an old friend of her father, Doc Hayward.

Pete and Cooper ponder the next chess move. Pete sadly tells Cooper that no matter what move they make, six pieces will die. The Log Lady and Briggs come to see cooper (they did once before) they say the three triangles means something.

Donna shows the gift to her father. He says he the “old friend” died in a rafting accident. The gift contains the knight chess piece and another chess move.

Later, Donna sees Ben whisper something to her mother. Norma shows Shelly an ad for the upcoming Miss Twin Peaks contest. Windham Earle sits at the counter in a biker disguise. Cooper takes a seat and is immediately taken by Annie. Cooper notices a scar on her wrist.

Harry has thrown a tantrum and trashed the book house in a drunken rage. Cooper tries to talk him down. Harry screams that he could have taken Josie to safety, and she shouldn’t have died.

Mike and Nadine, in disguises, check into the Great Northern, for a night of romance.

The fashion show is underway, and Ben tells the crowd the Ghostwood project must be stopped to save the endangered pine ferret. A live pine weasel bites Richard Tremaine, acting as host, on the nose. As everyone screams and runs, Audrey falls into John’s arms and they kiss.

Jones sneaks into Harry’s bedroom and climbs into bed with Harry.

Thoughts

The show begins a slow ascent to decency with the introduction of Annie Blackburn who acts as a long-overdue love interest for Agent Cooper. Also coming to a head are Windham Earle’s nefarious plans for the Miss Twin Peaks contest. And with Cooper increasingly occupied, it seems the writers wanted to give Audrey something else to do, and so she will find some semblance of a romance in John. From here on out, every episode is a “must see” as we build to possibly the most bizarre series finale in television history.

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