There's Fire Where You Are Going

Episode 11

The motif of memory plays a part in this weeks episode. Many characters struggle with it and its presence or absence effects the lives of others.

        We open on kids playing catch near what looks like a trailer park.The camera follows back and forth with the ball.Its a simple ,calm before the storm moment.The kids are playing together.The youngest is not excluded or teased.A rare happy family moment in the world of Twin Peaks.One that is about to be colored red.

         From out of the nearby woods crawls Miriam.Bloody and hurt.Richard Horne may be a bastard but hes not a terribly effective murderer. What did he do to her eye? Will she be the next patch wearing resident of Twin Peaks

             This seasons dangerous characters have a pattern of damaging or destroying the left eye.The left eye of 3-D glasses is commonly red.When worn, the images on the screen in red are filtered out,leaving only the blue to be communicated to the brain.Conversely, the right eye would then only see the red images. The color red is a constant throughout Twin Peaks. Richard works for the drug peddler Red.The Red Room of the Lodge.Red shoes worn by many. Cherry red pie.

             Elsewhere in the trailer park, Becky is on the phone receiving some distressing news. At first it is unclear what , but it quickly makes Becky upset.She grabs a gun from underneath her couch.Calls her Mother for help as she needs to borrow a car.

It becomes apparent that Becky is upset with something that Steven has done." I hate him ,I hate him." It is interesting to note that in the previous episode Becky was shown cowering before Stevens rage.A scene that invoked the memory of the marriage of Leo and Shelly.Why is she angry now, and not before? If Becky can get this angry and has a weapon and is ready to defend herself, why would she cower beneath the blankets if she has this within her?Was it the unhinged unpredictable nature of a withdrawing Steven that frightened her? or was that the first time Steven argued back and this caught the normally bully in the relationship,Becky, off guard?

           Does this scene take place hours after the one we witnessed in their trailer in the last episode? (will need to go back and compare her outfits)

          Shelly responds quickly to Becky’s call of distress,telling Norma she has to leave..Has this happened before?Or has Shelly been anticipating this call for some time?

          Norma is STILL doing paperwork.Almost every time we have seen her in the show she is sitting down at a table doing paperwork.It is the life of small business owner.She has to do this, there is no one else.Her husband Hank is dead.We are not aware of the current status of her and Big Eds relationship.She has no partner in her life or in the business.Her parents are deceased.(according to the Secret History of Twin Peaks.) Annie is ??  Who know how Annie is.Norma is alone.Her Coworkers are her family now.

          Becky is crazed.So much so that as she drives away on the car she even endangers her Mothers life. Focused on her rage towards Steven, Becky doesn’t even acknowledge when she throws her Mother from the hood of the car in her reckless driving.She's seeing red and nothing else.

         And what is up with Shelly jumping onto the car in the first place? Yes. she knows all to well the rage towards ones husband and how far down that can send a person into  that rabbit hole.But this is a bit extreme.Love the shoe flip when she fell to the ground.

         Carl Rodd shows up and offers help to the fallen Shelly. Can I say, how in the few brief moments we have experienced with him in this series, I have grown to love the character of Carl Rodd. There is something about him, a kindness, that just makes his character glow. I would wager that Carl is an empath.He is someone people instantly respond to as a friend who can be talked to about troubles.

       "Becky and Steven are fighting again" So it had happened to this degree before. Carl's "oh God" reply indicated that this is something serious that even he has witnessed first hand.

Speaking of troubles, he and others have known there is "trouble in that trailer" So the Becky Steven relationship has been on edge for some time.Though, unlike with Leo, this time Becky may be the beast.

         I love Carl’s version of Uber with his Willy Wonka Whistle that calls forth his transportation.

"Why don't you call Bobby?" Yes,why DOESN'T she? They had a close relationship, and both understand the kind of trouble a couple like Becky and Steven could be going through having been through it themselves. He's a cop, he could help stop whatever is coming. This is the first indication that the two are still on speaking terms. But how good of terms still remains to be seen or heard, as Shelly doesn't jump at the opportunity.She actually doesn’t even respond to this perfectly reasonable suggestion from Norma.

         Another moment that just makes Carl Rodd sing: He hops to the CB and gets a direct line to the Sheriffs station. I'm beginning to think that Carl is an original Bookhouse Boy.

I find this direct line to Maggie, and their familiarity,intriguing.Just who is this Carl Rodd? A Saint?Interesting that despite all the modern technology the station still uses CB’s for the public to communicate their concerns.

         Shelly gets patched into Bobby and informs him that Becky has a gun and is off to she doesn’t know where. But Becky knows.

         Becky has arrived to an apartment building looking for Steven. Banging on the door she alarms the neighbor who informs her that no one is in there. Whether Becky believes this or not is not clear, but she steps back and fires multiple head level shot bullets into the door. Elsewhere in the apartment complex we are shown Steven and .....is that..it is! Gersten Hayward! Last seen playing piano in season two at the Hayward Supper Club. Another Hayward girl gone wild.Maybe Donna wasn’t the only child Benjamin Horne fathered.

    

    At the police station, Maggie is inundated with call after call.

             "What’s your location?… Someone’s on the way" This is a common theme in this series - location...and someone is on there way to said location.Or in the case of individuals like the Good Dale ..where are you inside all that fog? Someone is on there way.( as he ,hopefully, but slowly returns.As well ,events are conspiring to draw people closer to his location that could speed up his return)

Are all these calls from the shooting at the apartment? or could there be events happening all over town?

           Next it is off to Buckhorn. Gordon and the gang are pulling up to the location where Hastings claims to have seen Major Briggs. The vehicles pull up to a fenced in are that surrounds a run down house ,several shipping containers and not much else.

Hastings tells Tammy that it was about 15-20 feet within the fence but he doesn’t recall what happened after that.

          Diane says"This is far as I go" With her suspicious behavior of late that feels like a loaded statement .Does she know what is about to happen and wants to steer clear of the danger? Or does she just want to hang back and have a few smokes.

          Someone, a woodsman? appears between the structures.....and then disappears. Hasting appears to see this man.He exhales sharply but doesn't cry out as if in danger,especially considering what happens next to him.Does his failing memory recall something is wrong but cant place what?

          Albert and Gordon see as well. "I see it" ....it? Not him? Are they aware of woodsmen as a concept?

"Think theres one in there?" One what? entry point? Have they seen others before? Or come across hoax after hoax.

          The sound of static electricity crackles and ominous music is in the air as

Gordon approaches the distance.Hastings watches and gets more concerned.The memory may be returning.

          Gordan starts to fade in and out of focus as Albert watches. Gordon stares up and watches as the sky begins to swirl into a vortex. Sucking in leaves off trees.Faster and faster it spins as we move forward into the center.Lightning flashes along the edges.

     

  To outsiders , it looks as if Gordon is standing there in the middle of the yard with his hands raised high to the calm sky. 

         A darkness emerges from the center of the vortex as we push forward. Revealing three Woodsmen with white eyes standing near the top of a set of stairs of a darkly painted room.Along the wall there is a white stain that resembles a nuclear explosion. Woodsmen cave painting? The image lasts for only a moment, but close inspection reveals another secret. Behind the Woodsmen one can make out a similar floral pattern that closely recalls the wallpaper seen in the photo given to Laura Palmer in Fire Walk With Me by Mrs Tremond. The same photo Laura entered in her dream.The same dream where she saw Annie. And was shown the Owl Cave Ring.

    

               The Woodsmen appear as if they are....descending ...the stairs.Ready to drink full?

Gordon moves forward and starts to fade in and out of existence.Moments before Gordon disappears to the other side, Albert grabs him and pulls him back.

             I think we just saw what Chet Desmond must have witnessed when he disappeared at the Fat Trout Trailer Park in Fire Walk With Me after finding the Owl Cave ring.Might Chet have had a boxing match with these woodsmen, with them fading in and out of time and place as he threw each punch, till they tired of toying with him and took hold of his head .

Hastings is no longer watching Gordon.He stares forward shivering in fear.Is he remembering more?

Albert notices something to the right. A body in the weeds

Ruth Davenports body

            How long has it been outside here? its only been a few days since her head was found.It’s body positioning recalls a painting by Marcel Duchamp -Etant donnes .An artist who amusingly in relation to this series also made an art piece called “In advance of a broken arm” that gave great significance to of all things, a shovel.

         Diane, ever the suspicious behavior.Blows smoke out slowly,deliberately. We are shown the same woodsman appearing and disappearing in frame.However, this frame is shown in reverse from the actual location.We are led to believe this is Diane’s sight-line.Does she see things backwards? Or was this a flipping of the frame for aesthetic choice? 

            The same creeping Woodsman is shown coming around from behind a house outside the fence and approaching the car where Hastings is locked in the back seat . A music cue hits in time to a potential reaction from Diane.Does she see the Woodsman? Or does she just sense the presence?She doesn’t say anything ,despite seeing it approach the car and her visual alarm in the moment. Does the vision not register completely, fading in and out, like something floating in ones eye? Her attention turns back to Albert and Gordon who we see from the back talking about the body.Is she watching them closely to see if they see what is about to happen? Or does she think she is seeing things since the image didn't hold.

          The body lays in a interesting position. Who left it here? Did the Woodsmen toss it out from the other side?Who killed Ruth in the first place? How did her body get here  and her head in her apartment? And how did Major Briggs body get to Ruths as well? Why display one body in a room under a blanket and leave the other out naked in the yard?
         Was this other side where Major Briggs was hiding? Seems unlikely that he could survive among the Woodsmen.Perhaps the entryway opens to different doors depending on the time and place . At this point in time, Gordon was entering a different time than when Hastings and Ruth first crossed over.
       Ruth had the coordinates on her left arm.The same arm that lays outstretched flat as if someone spread it out to properly read the numbers. Her other arm points skyward.Why is she naked as well? Other than to make the identification of the coordinates more easily apparent than having to pull up a sleeve.Major Briggs' body was found naked as well. What are these Woodsmen doing that requires the body to be naked? Stealing the clothes? or something more awful?

         The Woodsman drinks full and Hastings head descends.Blood splatters.Help is called to the location 2240 Sycamore. A particular tree of note to this world.

        "There’s no backup for this " is Diane’s cold response.And to be fair, she is right.There’s no coming back up from ones head descending.Nor is there really anyone you can call to help in a situation such as all this otherwordlyness.(Ghostbusters notwithstanding) What the hell has Diane been through or seen that her reaction to this sudden and mysterious violence is essentially a shoulder shrug?

        His remains are found similar to the bodies in the penthouse murders. Connecting the dots from the Woodsmen to the New York, to the Bad Dale. Interesting that the Penthouse victims were not killed by Woodsmen but by what look like the Mother figure from the nuclear experiment. It seemed to slice away at their heads, the Woodsmen appear to crush.

        Did the Woodsmen know Gordon was coming?There was at least one waiting outside of the entryway and three more inside.

       Was their target Hastings?Diane’s text response to the message was that Hastings was going to take them to the place.Did the person Diane texted, alert/warn/pass the message on to Woodsmen? Who alerted them? Fell a victim. Why would they need to sneak up and away? They fade into and out of vision.
        Why target Hastings? What threat could he have really been? We've seen him fall apart easily.He wasn't the one to have found the location in the first place, that was Ruth. Is it because he came looking? And the Woodsmen want to prevent others curiosity being raised by Hastings work? Is it because Hastings was willing to help Major Briggs who was working to stop the Bad Dale.What do the Woodsmen want?They made no effort to kill any of the witnesses to Hastings death.

Gordon :"He's Dead".

        It's now nighttime at the Double R Diner. And the Briggs family is gathered around the table. The conversation is lively.

        This is one of those Twin Peaks moments we have been waiting for since the beginning.

Becky,Shelly and Bobby are seated together in a booth under the watchful eye of Norma.They are there to talk to about Becky’s troubles.

        Becky is torn, she wants out of the marriage, but she still thinks she can change him.She needs a clue.Bobby and Shelly want to buy her a vowel. IEEEEEEE!! You can hear them screaming in their heads. This is not Steven going through something. The only reason he hasn’t been arrested yet is Bobby hoped he would change for Becky.

        Bobby is offering to help pay for the door but Becky has to pay him back.This indicates to me that Bobby may not be Becky’s father.But a Stepfather.Or it could be Bobby trying to teach his "daughter" some responsibility. He doesn't leap to help her out of this situation and based on the ladies reactions hasn't been one to offer money before.

Shelly says" Carl says things are not right in that trailer".....this gets a reaction. Carl must be known as someone who sees things. Or maybe Becky is annoyed that Carl has been eavesdropping.Knows too much and could tell Shelly about Becky’s secrets.Is she thinking :What else has Carl said to Shelly about that trailer?

        Bobby asks if Stevens ever hit Becky,She says no or denies it."HE'S not like that." Maybe SHE is.

        They understand she is an adult married woman , but they don’t want to lose her.Norma ,who has been watching,seconds this sentiment with a nod and a smile. Suddenly Becky recalls what she did to her Mom. Could she really have completely blanked on that memory till now?

Tears are shed.Hugs are shared .....and then...

WHAT THE HELL SHELLY? 

        Red shows up outside and you suddenly drop your daughter and run to the door to meet him because he asks? When seconds ago you were in tears and telling your daughter she would be staying with you tonight ,deep in the middle of an emotional moment?

Guess Bobby and Shelly are separated but able to come together when their "daughter" needs them.

Shelly barely steps outside before she kisses Red.inside Becky and Bobby watch,stunned.What...the....?

AWWWWWWWWKWARD

        Bobby is a little brought down by this moment (he probably still cares for Shelly) .And this family togetherness is something he likely misses. Becky is kind of WTF MOM?

        Shelly is seeing Red ( of a different sort) So Shelly and Red have apparently hooked up and plan to do so again.That didnt take long. She continues the pattern of being into the bad boy,whose heavily into selling drugs. This wont end well. Might this be why she and Bobby broke up?Bobby got his life into order,changed his troubled ways and Shelly lost interest.No more danger.

       Shelly has a type.They're dressed the same, both have full heads of graying hair.Both even are connected to guns and shooting.Bobby as part of his job, Red with his repeated finger gesture.Bobby used to sell drugs, now Red is a towns new designer drug runner.

       A testament to Major Briggs faith in his son turning out good, Bobby shows himself to be the most responsible caring adult we've ever seen him being while Shelley immediately runs away and into the arms of the crazy, kung-fu-King and I loving-"magician"

Shelly is barely back to the table when gunshots ring out into the Double R

         I love that Norma has a quick response to this - turn off the lights so they cant see their intended target.How often does this happen in Twin Peaks nowadays that she has a immediate response?

         Bobby goes into police mode and runs outside.Turns out the shots were the result of a kid who picked up and pulled the trigger from an unsecured gun in the back seat of the family car. The asshole dad who is the gun owner acts like its no big deal. The wife, not so much. Bobby takes notice of the son and then the dad.Stares back and forth.They both share a similar body posture and attitude. For a character like Bobby whose relationship with his Father has become very significant over the years,the implication of a fathers influence and learned bad behavior stands out.Was this David Lynch's and Mark Frost's gun control message? The lack of reaction from the young boy is rather disturbing. It's as if he doesn’t care that he almost killed someone.That he could have even killed his own Mother if the gun had been aimed at her.He acts like its wrong for people to be upset, shooting a gun is his right ,his daddy told him so

          As if the scene wasn’t filled with enough tension. A disgruntled driver who has rear ended the shooters van is laying on the car horn aggressively.The woman is in a rage herself. Honking the horn despite the fact that she witnessed the shooting and can clearly see what is going on. But it doesn’t matter to her, she only cares about her needs. Getting home to dinner.Self absorbed without a care for other peoples troubles. Even tough she admits to seeing what happened , she clearly could care less.ME ME ME! what I WANT WANT WANT.No thought at ALL to others....I can see it, I don’t care!

        There is a "girl" in the passenger seat. The woman says she is sick. Moments later the child sits up and begins emitting a stream of dark liquid from her mouth.Moving as if possessed.Could she have also swallowed a Fricket,one of those frog moths? The girl continues to vomit just as the Mother verbally continues to do so towards Bobby.

         Then,the driver finally takes notice of the little girl and screams

          What is going on in this town?Mothers are abandoning their distraught daughters to go make out with a man she barely knows.Fathers stand by unfazed while their child almost kills several strangers.Children vomit while their self absorbed mothers rage on about being delayed because of someone else troubles. Bobby watches these family tableau's of horror in disbelief.

Bobby is joined by a fellow police officer Jesse who heard the shots from over at Big Eds Gas Farm.Does this mean that Big Ed will be appearing soon?Are the Bookhouse Boys coming back together?

        

It must be later at Sheriffs station

           Hawk and Truman are looking up the location of Jack Rabbits Palace on the map.Truman using modern google map technology. Hawk with a native rabbit skin map of the Blue pine mountain area(revered sacred sight). And they tried to tell us its not about the bunnies

               On Hawks map we are shown images of owls in trees.Black fire(the reverse of the light of real fire), diseased corn,(with a turkey nearby-"long gone,like a turkey in the corn"),unnatural.Death.

The filled in owl image can be seen hovering over the mountains and when asked about it,Hawk says "You don’t ever want to know about that". So he knows what the symbol represents.

             Of interesting note, Michael Horse who plays Hawk, painted that map himself.

            The Log Lady calls Hawk and asks "Hawk can you hear me? You found something didn’t you? What did you find?" But Hawk does not share. "I cant tell you that"

            Margaret:"My log is afraid of Fire ,there’s fire where you are going"

             Hawk is about to go on a walk where there is no roads.But apparently Fire.

            Will we see an entrance to the other side when they get to Jack Rabbits Palace?

I'm still struck with an image of the gang being surrounded by burning woods from a forest fire, giving them no other choice but to go inside.

           Deputy Jesse interrupts and wants to show Truman his new car.The simple pleasures of life in Twin Peaks go on despite the days traumas.

            We return to Buckhorn and Gordon and the gang sit silently around the table. The conversation is not lively.Gordon has the shakes in his hand, much like we have seen resident of Twin Peaks have done before when Lodge events are transpiring.Considering what he has witnessed, his could be nerves.Or lack of coffee.

               Diane sits on a high chair.She sits above them,observing, which is fitting as she thinks they are beneath her. FUCK YOU

              Albert and Gordon share a few words.Almost as if in code. Cat on a hot tin roof?Lay out a saucer of some warm milk and see if she jumps at the

              Were supposed to get some coffee ,but I don’t think that’s a good idea..(Gordon has second thoughts about testing Diane?)

He relents and ,Gordon gives a very terse, "YES"

            "The picture you took of Ruth?"....now this moment plays like a typical Gordon hearing trouble, even Albert shoots Diane a look that indicates....this again, "sigh" but I think something more is going on here after last episode.

They have laid a trap and....

                Curiosity killed the cat on the hot tin roof.Albert catches Diane reading the arm.Mouthing the numbers as if trying to memorize them.

4855142117463456

            Last two numbers are smudged....I think Albert may have manipulate the photo just in case their concerns for Diane are true....maybe even the entire coordinates ,just in case. But definitely the last numbers

          The "coordinates" point close to Twin Peaks, why wouldn't this be commented on?The connection would be to much of a coincidence to not note. Not simply say a small town in the north...

I'm reminded of Donnie Darko with bunny references, numbers on arms. time travel.

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Dirty men in a room." Why are you staring at us Gordon?

          So..here we have another one of those scenes in a David Lynch film where something extraordinary has happened but nobody really talks about it. Seriously? Five witnesses to the weirdness from different perspectives.Are they in shock? A mans head caves in while he sits in the back of a policeman’s car,but nobody saw it happen,and this doesn’t warrant more talk?The officer in the front seat while it occurs has no explanation for how it happened?Several claim to have seen a figure like the woodsman around the area and or leaving the car. Gordon claims to have seen them on the other side.

           Have their memories been effected by the closeness of the Lodge? Diane recalls seeing one of them leaving the car, when we clearly saw her witness it approaching. Recalling seeing things backwards? Like that reversed image we saw from her point of view of the woodsman creeping?

Is there a danger of Diane? What is up with her? I like not knowing ,but if they introduced her character only to make her working with evil. I will be sorely disappointed.

            If she saw something, why didn’t she say something in the moment?Like"HEY! FBI !There is a weirdo near the car." Did she lie and say she saw him getting out of the car...when she actually saw him approaching the car and admitting so would call attention to the fact that she didn’t warn anyone? Or can she not recall clearly?

           Her inaction at first sight could have assisted with Hastings death.Why be afraid to say you saw something after all that she had witnessed already?

            If she might have said something,it could have alerted the others whose presence might have chased the woodsman away.

            Though, the woodsmen could get to Hastings wherever,since we saw them in the police station in an adjacent cell and walking the halls.

            If she actively chose to not speak up, this definitely assisted with Hastings sad end.And implies that she is up to no good.

           What is Diane doing? Who is she working for if she is up to evil tricks? what does she really know?Personally, I will be very unhappy that after all this time a character that was built up in our mind as important and close to Cooper would turn out to be a criminal.Actively making choices that ends in the death of others. Careless and callous.Her introduction was powerful. Her fall from our grace would feel pointless

            Why bring her into the show only for her to be this horrible person? I'm not expecting perfect but this just seems like a middle finger to viewers.

               That may be the point. We built her up in our mind based for no reason other than our own desires.FUCK US, she doesn’t have to fit our personal preferences.

           Diane is a civilian who breaks the rules.Though she is invited to be part of the group , she goes out of her way to separate herself. With assorted Fuck yous and smoking where not allowed

Her emotionless reaction to Hastings sudden and violent death is troubling and, yet,intriguing.What has she seen that makes this commonplace to her? How can she not even have a reaction of revulsion, let alone fear?

           This is as far as I’m going.....does she know whats waiting on the other side?

I half expect her to shoot Albert before this is all over

           Speaking of him, I am struck with an image of Albert walking into the Twin Peaks police station to find Andy and Lucy .Andy : IT’s ALBERT! Sheriff Truman ..Its ALBERT!ROSENFIELD!

Chad makes a disparaging comment to Andy and or about Lucy and Albert steps in his face and gives one of his fantastic speeches ,something about respecting kindness in an unkind world

Gordon: apologies in advance for Albert

          In Las Vegas,Cooper wants his coffee and Phil uses it to lead the horse to coffee and the Boss.The Good Dale has exposed a ring of organized crime and police corruption.Hes revealed the Mitchums had a honest claim and will be receiving their 30 million payout.On top of that, the insurance company took out a policy on the Mitchums policy, so they get paid back and then some.

This was another fine example of how the Good Dales good luck of the Lodge seems to keep working in his favor for him and those around.

              Meanwhile, the Mitchums have sent a car for "Dougie" with intentions of killing him for the troubles they think he has caused.They are unaware that they will receive the money owed them thanks to "Dougie" good work. Bradley Mitchum cant seem to shake a dream he had about Douglas Jones , a dream that he cant remember. As the two brothers get closer to the Good Dale, the memory of the dream starts to return piece by piece. Weighted with importance that if each sign in the dream comes true, Dougie must live.

            As the Good Dale is taken to the car he sees MIKE,the one armed man at the adjacent Syzmons coffee shop, beckoning.

             If MIKE can provide assistance or guidance to the Good Dale, why isn’t he doing something more that would speed up Coopers return? What is MIKE’s goal?

MIKE needs him alive. So he helped the Good Dale pick up the item that would save his life.I had a SE7EN moment when I saw the Good Dale with a large box in his hands while standing in the middle of the desert. .WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!?!?!

              This item, for some reason, one of the Mitchum brothers had seen " Dougie" holding in a dream.Did the Lodge influence the dream in effort to assist with keeping the Good Dale alive?

Sure enough, it was as I expected,in the box was a pie.And not just any pie, a cherry pie.

               While frisking "Dougie" for a possible weapon. They find their 30 million dollar check.The dream is fulfilled, the hit is off.They love this guy....so do we.Despite wanting Cooper to return, we love the Dougie life.
                The Mitchum Brothers are becoming this seasons Horne brothers. 

                 Later, at a restaurant with the Mitchum brothers,the upbeat song being played on the piano goes melancholy and the Good Dale seems to recall something. The music sounds a little like the the music from when Agent Cooper shared his first dance and kiss with Annie in season two as she decided her fate by choosing to enter the Miss Twin Peaks contest.Mixed with just a little bit of "Sycamore Trees"  ,the last song Cooper heard in the final episode of the second season.

               The gambling junkie approaches the Good Dales table.She has turned her life around and is so happy to see Mr Jackpots who saved her life.Shes had a total makeover.Looks healthy.Even has her son back in her life.All thanks to the good luck of Mr Jackpots.Do you know how lucky you are to know him?

          I am enjoying these payoff to scenes from many episodes ago.What could have been simply a silly scene and character played for laughs & mockery is turned into a sweet moment of recovery and thankfulness.

             In the background ,Candy is clueless.....what the hell is her problem?She seems to be having memory problems.Not unlike the Good Dale. She may have a condition to a certain degree like "Dougies", but in the framework of this limited series,I am having trouble appreciating her reason for being a part of the show. Every moment spent watching her stare off into space is another moment stolen from our Peakers or Cooper.Ive grown tired of this space cadet.If there was a little more context to her changing behavior I might not be so disagreeable to watching it. After all, I have no trouble watching a spaced out Cooper .But at least with him, I am in hope that underneath it all he is fighting and struggling to return.

                A character like Candie is clever and fun in an ongoing series, but when time is limited I just don’t want to spend time with this fool.

              All this time spent with empty headed Candie worries me that she will be more to the story than I would hope. That they are building her up and giving her issues that could somehow translate into a story element.Is she on the Sparkle?

Ok, so where are we? Episode 11, 7 more to go.

  And still no Audrey.

            I am a little surprised that she wasn’t made a larger focal point in the town.The character was a break out role and a significant element to the series in the original run till LFBoyle created a situation.Im a little surprised that Frost/Lynch didn’t try to rectify that in this go around. But then, Fenn may have burned a bridge or two over the years so shes only going to be in probably two episodes at this point.For what purpose ? Will we see her approach a returned Cooper in the Great Northern Hotel dining room?Visiting her father coincidentally on the same day that Cooper returns to the town and is having breakfast in the hotel.

             NO Bad Dale in this episode. He's on the road to nowhere, or somewhere.

"Dougie" is in good standing with the Mitchums but now Anthony still is a threat on Duncan's orders to kill Mr Jones.And the Bad Dale may send Chantal and Hutch to kill "Dougie Jones",among others.

Cooper is no more closer to returning to his self. There are still triggers.More familiar ones to the original series. The "Damn Good Pie" trigger was fantastic to watch. Kyle MacLachlans acting in that moment is superb subtlety . The facial expression,tone of voice.Its a perfect Cooper moment. Its the closest yet we have to seeing the real Cooper emerge.

              But these constant triggers still go nowhere. They never lead to another thought.The Good Dale never adds something to the trigger....finishes a sentence.Anything that lets us know he really is in there and fighting to return.No word spoken that is not a parrot of another person.

Will Cooper ever return and if so ever return to Twin Peaks?

              As Cooper hopefully gets closer and closer to "waking up," or returning to Twin Peaks, the closer this season gets to the atmosphere and tone of the original seasons. The seemingly scattered subplots, aside from the few that are discrete, are threading into the main plot/mystery in the same way as they did in the original. This episode seemed to be a confirmation (though the town is obviously filled with much more evil and horror at the moment) something is amiss and that something is related to Cooper. I think Cooper will be back with 3 or 4 episodes remaining because they're going to need him to defeat or "battle" what Hawk wouldn't reveal.

             What if the Cooper returns at the VERY end of the series, mirroring, no pun intended , Coopers head crushing end to season 2? after the Bad Dale is defeated by the Bookhouse Boys.

Jerry was a Bookhouse Boy. And he is currently lost in the woods.Will he be present near Jack Rabbits Palace to help? Could Cooper return as an honorary Bookhouse Boy to complete the circle?

            I am still holding out hope that the final show ends with Cooper returning to inside the Lodge one last time to free Laura.To "Find Laura" and free her from the clutches of the Lodge where she has been tortured and trapped for the last 25 years. Finally showing her the Angel, after all this time. Ending on a visual that is like how Fire Walk With Me ended. Cut to the Roadhouse where Julee Cruise is seen singing "Falling".