No Knock,No Doorbell

All Praises to the Lynch! Hallelujah 
Episode 16

                Only one more week to the end. I am not ready for this show to go.What Mark Frost and David Lynch have created with this show is pure art.I know it has to end or it would easily degrade into disappointment. Much like parts of season two of the original run.Eventually, these artists would lose control of the brush.

Would someone please manufacture a fourth season of this show?

We begin on a dark road.

             Driving with Daddy. Richard and the Bad Dale ease on down the road. Destination unknown.Nothing plays on the radio.They move in silence.

             I am in love with the opening soundtrack piece. Is this another one of David Lynch’s extreme slowing down of a familiar song that has been so prevalent throughout this season? I hope this piece is on the soundtrack to be released next month.

Long dirt back road in the middle of nowhere.

Silence

             Are they at one of the coordinates already? 3 People have given him coordinates to this place.Two of them matched.Who are the three? Ray?Jeffries?.....Diane?

Who do we know that have seen a coordinates in question? Hastings secretary.Ruth(he could have gotten them from her dead body if he killed her).Ray.Albert.Gordon.Tammy.Diane.

            A large rock sits atop a hill in an empty field.

          
           From out of the dark comes a running Jerry.How long has he been running?And did his “not” foot take him in this direction?Are we still near Twin Peaks?Have these two been driving all night to get here or are we onto the next day?

           He attempts to see what has most likely been the first people he has come across since getting lost in the woods by using his (bad ,bad!) binoculars.....backwards.

          “Dear God.” Has he lost his mind?Is he just realizing how fried he is?Did he mix his stuff with Sparkle?

Bad Binoculars ..bad bad bad

He watches as the Bad Dale sends Richard running up that hill to make a deal with the Black Lodge gods to the magic spot.As Richard steps on the exact locations ....he is suddenly electrocuted alive by unseen forces.They sizzlean his horrible self till he simply explodes into nothing. The last remnants of his sparking head bouncing down the rock as he becomes nothing.

         So what does this say about the two people who gave him the same coordinates.Who were they and did they know that this would be the end result?Were they trying to send the Bad Dale to his death?

Need a little ...OOOOOH Shock Treatment!

Or was one given with intent to help the Bad Dale ,but the person providing did not know the outcome?

The Bad Dale says "Goodbye,my Son". Is this just a farewell phrase? or does this finally confirm he really is the Richards father,an act that had to be the result of rape of a comatose Audrey.

Catch you with my death bag....is that bag ...smiling?

The Bad Dale sends a text before departing ":-)All" . Its 2:05 am

I think of the poem Mike said about his old pal :He is BOB,eager for fun,he wears a smile.......everybody run."

Las Vegas

Hutch and Chantal pull up and prepare to go to work.

         They are outside the Jones'. The Las Vegas FBI pull up and ring and knock on the door.No Answer. The Good Dale and Janey-E must be at the hospital.They leave Wilson to stake out the house.

            At the hospital,The Good Dale is in a coma.Vital signs are strong.The Mitchum brothers arrive with flowers...and finger sandwiches.The Mitchum brothers have brought food,because who wants to eat hospital food.They also ask to borrow Janey-Es house key as they wish to stock the house up with food as well.

             Two things come to mind. 1) Once again, the presence of the Good Dale seems to bring out the best behavior in others. 2) These will be yet another interruption for Hutch and Chantal.Could all this activity scare them off? Or might they decide to take on one of these folks for a little torture time to get them to say where their target is hiding? And are we sure their target is "Dougie" not Janey-E?

Buckhorn

                Gordon stands in their situation room.The beep that we heard on the Good Dales heart meter can be heard beeping in the background of this scene as well. Gordon is listening to something.Has he just been given a piece of information an is pondering the outcome?

Back in Las Vegas

                Sonny Jim has to use the little boys room.While they leave the room,Bushnell receives a call from Phil at the Lucky 7 insurance office. The FBI have just been there looking for "Dougie" and are now on their way to the hospital.

              Outside the Jones' now sits Hutch and Chantal in their van and down the street, the FBI in their SUV.Forces are coming together.For what could be an epic shootout.

                  Then moments later,up pull the Mitchum Brothers with their "circus parade " of supplies. Hutch asks if one of those men is "Dougie" .An agitated Chantal says do any of them look like our boss?" So it would appear that "Dougie" is indeed the target.

                 Chantal is on her last bag of Cheetos.And not dealing with it well.

                 Up pulls a Polish man in a car ,emblazoned with Zawaski Accounting ,right in front of their van. He tells them they are in front of his driveway and Hutch and Chantal tell him to fuck off.  He tells them "he move car" and gets back in his own vehicle which he then slams into their van and begins to push them out of the way. Burning rubber.

                 After a minute of this,Chantal moves to the front seat, pulls out her gun and shoots the driver. Appearing to hit him in the arm.He gets out of his car and moves to the back of the vehicle and opens the trunk.He pulls out his own gun and shoots her in the arm as well. Chantal slams into the mans car and pulls away.But as she does, he unloads his gun into the van. Hitting Chantal and Hutch several times.He then reloads and unloads another clip into the van,killing Hutch.

The FBI watch all this ,not interfering, gobsmacked as the bullet ridden van rolls on by slowly.

What the fuck kind of neighborhood is this?

                 The Mitchum Brothers come out of the Jones,guns in hand "What the fuck kind of neighborhood is this?" Apparently a stressful one.

                As the van rolls to a stop, the FBI step out of their vehicle and tell the accountant to drop his gun and put his hands up.

                 That takes care of the Chantal/Hutch assassination threat. Now no one is out to end "Douglas Jones" .Janey-E and Sonny Jim are safe. The Luck of the Cooper .

Hospital

            The strange humming noise from the Great Northern can suddenly be heard.It draws Bushnell’s attention as he searches for its source and steps out of the "Dougies" room.

Mike appears,standing in the Red Room .

DALE COOPER SITS UP IN HIS BED !!!!!

He pulls the tubes out of his mouth. Mike says "You are awake"

DALE COOPER SPEAKS....

let me repeat that ......

DALE COOPER SPEAKS !!!

"100 percent" he replies

                   Mike:(and every one of us watching in unison) says : Finally

Mike tells Dale Cooper that "The Other One" did not come back and is still out there. He present Cooper with the Owl Cave ring

                  Cooper then ask,insistently" Do you have the seed?"

Mike presents the seed,a golden sphere, but does not hand over. Cooper pulls some hairs out from the back of his head and says " I need you to make another one.". Will this be a replacement "Dougie" for when he leaves LasVegas?Does Cooper know he is not coming back....at all, after this and wants something to exist to care for Janey-e and Sonny Jim?

Mike"I understand"

Mike fades away.

           Janey-E and Sonny Jim return to the room, surprised to see "Dougie" sitting upright. Cooper hugs Sonny Jim and tells Janey-E to get a doctor.Things start moving at a quicker pace, reflecting the alertness of Cooper

           The Doctor arrives and after a quick appraisal of Coopers vitals agrees that he can leave immediately. Cooper instructs Janey-E to get the car and pull it out front. As she does , both she and Sonny comment on how "Dougie” is sure talking a lot"

           Once they have left and he is dressed, Cooper asks for for the gun that Bushnell keeps under his arm.Cooper is really woke 100%. His powers of observation are working in full force. He ask for Bushnell to call the Mitchum Brothers. They quickly get on the line and Cooper tells the Brothers that he is bringing Janey-E and Sonny to the casino and that he is in need of a plane ride to Spokane Washington.

           The Twin Peaks theme kicks in......COOPER IS RETURNING TO TWIN PEAKS!!! (let the tears of happiness flow.This moment is so beautiful)

                   Cooper hands Bushnell a message for Gordon Cole who he anticipates calling the hospital.What might the note say? "Off to Twin Peaks.Back in 25" ? "I'm at the Sheriff's Station"?
              Being Cooper, he shakes Bushnell hand and says" You're a fine man, I will not soon forget your kindness and decency" This is such a Dale Cooper thing for him to say.

                  As he walks out the hospital room door, Bushnell calls out "What about the FBI?"

"I AM THE FBI"Cooper replies.

          

            If Cooper had given the thumbs up, I think I might have been reduced to a blubbering mess.This moment was perfect.Epic.The music, the return,the energy of the story moving forward.

           Cooper comes out of the hospital gets in the drivers seat ,much to the surprise of both Janey-E and Sonny Jim.They have not seen “Dougie” move talk ,let alone drive like this in some time now.As Cooper takes the wheel and heads to the casino, the FBI pulls up.

                Diane sits in the hotel bar. She receives a text and checks her phone.The message she sees is from the Bad Dale. It hits her like a punch.

                She was not expecting this? This signal that he is still alive? Or is it something else?Could this have been a trigger.A signal to her subconscious that awakes a sleeper agent.

               Shuddering, she says to herself "Oh, Coop. I remember." and enters in a sequence of numbers 48551420117163956

" I hope this works" Hits send .

               Might this be Diane, as a fourth person, sending the Bad Dale the correct coordinates? We never saw her send the Bad Dale a set of coordinates before,nor heard Albert say he caught her sending the information.Granted we are not shown every second of their lives and it just needed to be established that Diane was sending communications to someone. It was never clearly established that she was sending the responses TO the Bad Dale.Just that she was being sent the communications that the Bad Dale had been shown sending. They could have been forwarded to her via someone else.Though,what we learn next seems to indicate hard that Diane has been working with the Bad Dale for some time.

                  

               She steadies herself and with a determined ,but slow pace,makes to the elevator

               We see that Diane is armed.

               The slowed down American woman last heard when we first saw The Bad Dale enter into the story plays on the soundtrack.

"I know my worth and who I am

Mister, if your hard up,

I can spare a few grand"

Hell will freeze over

and Ill be damned

Before I take orders

From any ol' man

Do I look like......

An American Woman

                  Diane stops in front of one of the hotel room doors at the end of a hall.

From inside ,before she knocks , Gordon says "Come in Diane"

"You asked me about the night that Cooper came to visit me" She says.

                 I NEVER thought we would hear about this event. I was sure it would have remained one of those unresolved mysteries.Throughout her story, every movement towards her purse has an air of dread that she will pull that gun out and use it on her self or someone else.She begins:

“3,maybe 4 years after I had stopped hearing from Cooper.

I was still working at the Bureau

One night, no knock ,no doorbell he just walked in

I was standing in my living room

(exhales soflty,remembering)

Oh, I was so happy to see him

I held him so close

and we sat on my sofa

started talking

I just wanted to hear everything

about where he'd been and what he'd been doing

(she exhales sharply and puts her hands up to her neck)

HE only wanted to know about what had been going on at the Bureau

It felt like he was grilling me

But, I told myself he was just excited to hear about bureau news

And then he leaned in

....he leaned in to kiss me

It only happened once before,

But as soon as his lips touched mine, something went wrong

And I felt afraid

And he saw the fear in me

HE smiled

And his face ..(she makes a hand movement to indicate there was a change.We know what she saw in that moment.Few can see him.The Gifted...and the Damned)

...and that’s when it started

HE RAPED ME.

 Afterward , he took me somewhere ...somewhere like an old gas station

(Diane looks at the text message again, it appears to spark another memory,like before)

I'm in the sheriffs station

I sent him those coordinates

I’m in the sheriff's station because I'm not me...I'm not me ....

(It sounded a bit to me like she was actually saying “I’m not A me” as in I’m not a person.I’m not real.)

*sobbing and in some internal struggle* Diane reaches into her purse and goes for the gun.

Anticipating this, Albert has already gone for his.As Diane pulls out the gun as if to shoot Gordon, she is shot by both Albert and Tammy.

                      But then suddenly in a rush ,Diane’s body thrusts forward as it disappears,expelled from the room and reality.We hear her scream in the distance.

WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?

                Diane is not Diane.She was manufactured?! But this manufactured version still recalls who she used to be? in this moment? Was that what struck her-the memories.Like when BOB left Leland.All at once.She recalls who she is,what she is,and what she must do.Did the Bad Dale lace her manufactured memories with the order to kill so that when she remembered what she was she couldn’t deny what she was made to do?Did that text from the Bad Dale wake the sleeper agent in Diane and send her on the order to kill Gordon?Or any of the FBI close to catching up with the Bad Dale? We know that the Lodge residents like BOB can make individuals forget things.Especially if they had been inside them.

               How does she hope to help Cooper by sending those numbers, the correct coordinates?Does she think by sending the Bad Dale to this moment could be what brings him to an end?Since so many people know the Bad Dale is heading in that direction.

She's in a sheriffs station? Could this mean, that the real Diane is inside Naido?is Naido?......D..I...A...N...O.....and Naido was her name-O?

              Could this possibly mean Diane is the infamous Judy?The Bad Dale HAS met her.

Or could Naido be ALL of the missing women of Twin Peaks.Parts Judy,Diane,...Laura?

If "Diane" senses that she is in a sheriffs station, does this mean that manufactured versions can sense where their counterparts are in the world? Or is there something else at hand, the Woodsmen/Lodge residents use the convenience store....is there a white lodge equivalent that is a sheriffs station. We already have a Fireman who could put out black flame.Why not a Sheriffs station full of spirits that restore order?

How many more in this town have been manufactured?

Gordon is nonplussed.Tammy makes a pronouncement-That was a real tulpa

Diane is shown sitting in the red room.Mike declares:Someone manufactured you.

Diane says: I know.......Fuck you

               She then is un-manufactured. A golden seed emerges from the hole that appears in her head. She vibrates with energy and black smoke, then dissolves.There is a spark of electricity and then nothing is left but white smoke and the seed on the seat of the chair.

Just like the manufactured Dougie before.

                    I am suddenly reminded of something from last episode."My Log is turning GOLD" Could this be a reference to the manufacturing seed we have seem several times? Was the Log manufactured for the Log Lady?

I KNEW DIANE WOULD NOT BETRAY COOPER.

                 This Diane was manufactured to do bad.But this raises the question.Where is Diane?Is she locked in a hotel room at the Dutchman? Did the Woodsmen kill her in the manufacturing process?If what we have seen earlier in this episode, the original does not have to be destroyed to manufacture a copy.Cooper is alive, and was able to request a duplicate with just a lock of his hair(presumably with the roots intact) Her manufactured self says "I am at the Sheriffs station" Is this a reference to Naido? Could Naido be the key to the return of all those that have been lost?

Las Vegas.

                At the casino, Cooper pulls Janey-E and Sonny Jim aside to explain what he has to do.Even the Mitchum brothers comment on the assurance with which "Dougie" now speaks.

Cooper says : I have to go away for awhile. But I wanted to tell you how much Ive enjoyed spending time with both of you.You've made my heart so full."

              They indeed have.Coopers heart and self is back inside him. And it is thanks to their love and compassion and caring for him in his troubled state of mind.

               Cooper continues " We're a family.Dougie,(he stops himself,they dont know what has happened and don’t need to be troubled with this version of reality) I mean ..I ....will be back

But Janey-E suddenly realizes " You're not Dougie?"

Sonny Jim begins to cry" You not my Dad?...You are my Dad "

Cooper stops him" I AM your ,Dad, and I love you both."

              

                  There is pain in Coopers eyes as he says this.I don't think he likes lying to these two,even in this moment.That he understands the pain and confusion that he is causing this young boy and he can't do anything about it.

He embraces them both

                            Cooper tells them he has to go ...."You'll see me soon.I'll walk through that red door and I will be home for good."

Cooper gets up and walks away.

Janey-E chases after him,turning him around. softly pleading" Don't Go"

Cooper tells her " I have to go"

She looks into his eyes. Who is this magic man?

She kisses him

"Whoever you are. Thank you." she says.

                  I am glad that both Sonny Jim and Janey-E are alive.From the beginning I feared that something bad would happen to one, or both.That this pain would have been the act to have woken Cooper. That by being so close to The Good Dale, who was being hunted by many ,they would have been collateral damage.

                  But despite the endless possibilities for pain,they saw nothing but pleasure.Good luck abounded in this short time that the Good Dale was in their presence.And though ,Cooper is now leaving them for an uncertain future, they are not completely lost. If Mike comes through, a version of Cooper/Dougie WILL walk through that red door and return home. While this may very well be the last time we see them, their story is not over.

                  In the limo, Cooper is enjoying a cup of coffee.Cooper tells him his story,all 25 years of it. The Mitchum brothers tell Cooper that ,though he needs to get to a sheriffs station in Twin Peaks, they would not be welcome in such a place.

                  Cooper,stating observations as only Cooper can, tells them that he has himself seen that they both have hearts of gold. Seeing the best in people ,as always.

Roadhouse

             Edward Lewis Severson is tonight’s musical guest.It’s actually Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder on acoustic guitar singing a song titled "Out of Sand" Indeed. with only one two hour episode left to go.We are all out of time.(oh,wait, that’s an REM album)

And finally, Audrey and her "husband" Charlie enter the Roadhouse.

               She's looking around the bar in all directions.For Billy.

They both take a seat at the bar.He orders two martin's and proposes a toast

"To us”

She counters with "To Billy"

From the stage the MC announces :Ladies and Gentlemen.....Audrey's Dance"

             In an instant....the entire patrons of the bar vacate the dance floor and step to the sides.

A moment passes....and then "Audrey's Dance" by Angelo Badalamenti begins

            Audrey closes her eyes , slips into a trance and slides onto the dance floor .She begins to dance as we seen her do many times before.

My thoughts in this moment: "I only want to one time see you laughing ....I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain

She dances alone in the middle of the floor while the bar watches.Sways behind her.

Suddenly ,this strange moment of peace in her head is shattered by someone shouting from off screen at another across the bar. A husband has caught his wife cheating.A fight breaks out.

Audrey runs to Charlie and pleads to him.."Get me out of here"

There is a cut to Audrey.In a white room.Staring into her reflection in a mirror.Like us, she too is surprised by this and reacts,echoing the audiences response :"What?"

Cut to black.

Next week is the final part of this epic show.

So many mysteries remain.

The Coordinates?

           

                Why does the Bad Dale want the correct ones?What or who does he hope to find at that point?Mother of Abomination?Judy?Naido?

Who were the three to provide him with these numbers?

                 Ray, we saw give him a slip of paper with the coordinates on them.Its likely these were the ones that led to Richards shocking moment. Ray could have tampered with them, but I imagine that who ever is working to stop the Bad Dale would have provided coordinates that lead to the shocking end.

                Phillip Jeffries? These too, were likely to have sent the Bad Dale to the bad spot.

But who was the third?

                   Diane? we never saw her send the coordinates before,nor heard Albert inform Gordon that she had done so.She sends her set of numbers to the Bad Dale immediately AFTER the “Surprise,I’m alive” message.Did she do this because she knows she is being monitored?That Albert will catch them and communicate them to Gordon.And in this moment she suddenly remembers everything about who or what she really is and she wants to make sure the FBI gets to the right place to stop the Bad Dale because she wont exist much longer? If she is just now sending the Bad Dale the correct coordinates than might she have sent wrong the ones before?Intentionally, or accidentally? Then that could make her and Phillip who gave the Bad Dale the same coordinates.Both being individuals who posses Lodge knowledge, they would be likely to have access to this information over someone like Ray who is just a hired trucker thug. Rays numbers came from Hastings secretary.But we do not know where the secretary obtained them. Albert,Gordon and Diane get their numbers from Ruth’s arm.

                 Phillip has access to Lodge knowledge and could know of all entry and energy points, but his overall motivation is unknown.It is still unclear if he was the one the Bad Dale spoke with earlier in the show. That Phillip,made have been Gerard.BOBs former partner in crime.Phillip is a former FBI agent who went missing in his pursuit of Lodge knowledge.He is now kept safely hidden away and/or potentially working with the Woodsmen.He has possibly evolved into some Lodge world object of power.What purpose would he have to help or hinder the Bad Dales quest if he, himself ,has joined forces with these same dark spirits that have assisted the Bad Dale in his activities over the last 25 years? The Bad Dale has been breaking the laws of Lodge land for years, wouldn't Philip be concerned that one day the Bad Dale would come to end him?And therefore wish to remove him as a threat.

              Who could be the third? And in what combination were the providers of the bad vs good coordinates?

The Frog Moth?

           Who was the little girl it crawled into? This seed of evil birthed a monstrosity that then invaded a little girl.Have we seen this little girl as an adult anywhere in the history of the series? She was not given a name in the credits .Something that has been done to hide reveals in later episodes.Will we learn more of her fate and what that creature inside her did to or made her do?

Who is Judy?

           And ....Why does the Bad Dale seek her after all this time?Could there be a possibility that Judy is......Major Garland Briggs?.......Judy...Judy Garland...Garland Briggs....Judy is a code name? Lynch is known for having a special place in his art for The Wizard of Oz. What a better way to hide who is the person behind the code name than to choose a name that reverses the gender. Jeffries spoke of Judy, maybe Phillip saw Briggs “hibernating” on the other side after he found the owl cave ring and saw the convenience store meeting?

Who is Linda?

           Two Birds ,one stone. Richard was killed while standing on a stone.Could this relate to Linda’s arrival?Or could it have meant all along that two little birds were born from one stone, one Bad Dale? The rape of Audrey....and the rape of Diane.

            Could this be another child of the Bad Dale? Could it be a child from the rape of Diane by the Bad Dale? Diane most likely left the FBI after this incident.Diane could have carried the child to term and given it up for adoption, not wanting to live with the result of her rape.Not wanting to have to face this hard memory of Cooper every day after. Its unlikely that this is the case,though, as right after the rape ,the Bad Dale took Diane to the convenience store to be manufactured by the Woodsmen.So who is Linda?An as yet unknown lady who could be a new version of Laura?This time as a red head? A manufactured version?

Where is Diane?

           If the one we have been with has been a manufactured version of her , one that is made to serve the Bad Dale, where is the original? Is she still alive? Locked in the lodge?In a room in the Dutchman?Inside someone? In Naido? She says she is in a sheriffs station. Is she inside something in the sheriffs station?(Like Josie in the doorknob). Could these strange Lodge spirits have placed her inside Agent Coopers old tape recorder ,which may be now sitting in a evidence locker in Twin Peaks?

Where is Laura?

             Laura is the one.Where is she in all this? For a character that was so central to so much of the original series (despite being a corpse) and the driving force behind the events of the movie Fire Walk With Me, she hasn’t been a huge part of this story.Her diary pages were found, but they only seemed to be of use to confirm the existence of Two Coopers.There was nothing new inside them that was a surprise to the faithful viewer. The golden orb spirit full of Laura is shown being sent down to earth after the birth of the abominations, but so far has not been shown again. Was it simply sent down to battle BOB in the version of the story we have already witnessed in FWWM and her Secret Diary?

            A moth frog in the ointment of this thought is that Leland was possessed by BOB during the time Laura was born till her death.So BOB could have been the father of Laura. He could have been in control of Leland at the moment of conception.Is this why her naturally golden spirit was also prone to do bad things? to hurt others who loved her?That she was, despite her being sent to destroy him, part BOB?

             Leland's Doppelganger asked for Cooper to "Find Laura".Where has she gone?Shes dead , yet she lives?Has she been manufactured into a new version?Linda? Is she inside her Mother,protecting her from men who try to do Sarah harm? Or was that the Mother of Abomination inside Sarah?

           

 I've said it many times before.......       

Still holding out hope that the end of the show will be Cooper actively choosing to return to the Red Room .After all it did to him . In aid of finding Laura.Showing Laura her missing Angel.Freeing her tortured soul.Ending the series like the ending of Fire Walk With Me.

               With one last stop at the Roadhouse where Julee Cruise sings "Falling"

What happened to Sarah?

           HOW did she end up with that darkness inside her?Sure, she has had a tragic story.And her pain must be exquisite Garmonbozia to enjoy. But did this become her fate?

Where is Audrey?!!

           It would appear that she is in a hospital.We glimpse her in closeup.Yet it appears that she is wearing a hospital gown.And in this final moment she has woken up in the hospital.

Finally seeing herself? Or is this just another one of her episodes.How often could this happen?How long does she stay inside this dream?

            It is of note that this episode has several moments of individuals waking from their fantasy or dream. Cooper, of course.Janey-E from her Dougie dream life.Audrey from.......

...but waking up from where? A coma? Unlikely,that she has been in a coma all this time.How could she have shown Richard the photo of Cooper. Perhaps waking from her mental break?

              Could she have woken up in the moment during the Bad Dales rape of her in the hospital.The one that resulted in the conception of Richard Horne?This would have shattered her already bruised mind.The result of the bank explosion would have done a lot of damage to her mental stability already .Add to that ,waking up during the most violent betrayal from the man she loved and admired and she has most likely escaped into a fantasy from time to time to ignore the anguish and pain.

Interesting to observe that this fantasy even has some slices of reality interwoven into the dream.She lived inside a dream.How often was she inside?

              Who raised Richard if Audrey had been in the hospital all this time? Benjamin Horne probably didn’t have too much of a hand in raising Richard.HE even said , the boy never had a father.Benjamin was not even that good of a father to Audrey. Audrey’s mother would have had her hands full with Johnny. Could Audrey have tried to raise the boy, but with Richards own mental issues, did this drive her into the hospital?

How’s Annie?

            Wheres Annie? Is Annie?She has not been removed completely from the story. Her name is mentioned only briefly by Hawk in connection with Cooper and the Lodge.But that is it. No account of her whereabouts.No questions from others who were not aware of the situation. Even Norma doesn’t directly speak of her sister. When questioned about her previously indicating that she didn’t have any family to Walter .She replies that she does. Could Annie be in the same place as Audrey?

The Secret History of Twin Peaks:

             There has still been no concrete hint as to why details in the book fail to match known facts from the series.While there were obvious errors of time ,place ,and people. Will there be a reveal in the last episode? Will we see the crime scene where it is found?Will it tie into the manufacturing of people in this town? Manufactured memories?

             There is a second book due to be released months after the final episode. If the show doesn’t provide an answer, perhaps this tome will.

Let's Rock !

          Episode 12. I still am amazed this is even a thing.That I am watching this unfold.And anxiety sets in as each passing episode gets us closer to the end. I’m not ready for it to be over.For there to be no more. While I know that it is not in Lynch’s nature to give closure ,I hope the ending has certain satisfying conclusions. I fear that Dale Cooper will not return.The show is called The Return, and it does seem to indicate that Coopers return is part of the series overall theme and eventual resolution.I just hope they don’t pull the rug out from under us and keep him locked in his current state.If/WHEN he does return, I do anticipate he will not be the Dale Cooper we once knew.He will be scarred,but still Cooper in his core. The Return could also refer to the return of Laura Palmer , in some fashion.(I’m thinking as a red head this time).Though, very little in the series so far has circled around Laura.

So Episode 12, Let’s Rock!

       Angelo Badalamenti's music enters and the pure joy of this shows existence emerges once more.

Now it's dark.Nighttime in Buckhorn.The hotel front glows with green and reds and yellows

        Gordon,Albert, and Tammy are sitting around the table, the conversation is lively. Wine is flowing.Gordon is scanning for listening devices. This is a strange act from a strange man. Why would they think that his private room of a hotel in Buckhorn North Dakota would be laced with listening devices? 

           Considering the conversation that follows his concern is understandable.Secrets shared.

Amusing to me that a man so obsessed with listening for listening devices has at many times shown that his personal amplifier doesn’t always seem to work properly. While many of his malapropisms play for humor. I often wonder if he is having a laugh himself.Or playing the role of the cheese to catch the whispering rat.

          The trio shares a toast to the bureau.A moment that is supposed to show their team spirit. All the while I am trying to read the titles of the books on the bookshelf behind their heads. Its a weakness.Show me a picture of ones bookshelf and I want to discover what titles and surprises are waiting.

          Albert has something to tell Tammy.

"In 1970 the United States Air Force shut down Project Blue Book.Their 20 year investigation into UFOs.They concluded that no credible evidence existed and therefore they posed no threat to national security.In other words,a massive cover-up.

Cheers !

“A few years later the military and FBI formed a top secret task force to explore the troubling abstractions raised by cases Blue Book failed to resolve.We called it the Blue Rose after a phrase uttered by a woman in one of these cases just before she died."

        This last revelation is most intriguing. I hope that there will be some more exploration into this in the pending follow up book to the Secret History of Twin Peaks due out in October : Twin Peaks the Final Dossier.

“Which suggested these answers could not be reached except by an alternate path we've been traveling ever since. Gordon suggested an agent by the name of Phillip Jeffries to head he squad.”

“He soon recruited three others:myself(Albert),Chet Desmond and Dale Cooper. “

“Perhaps you haven’t failed to notice that I'm the only one of that group who hasn't disappeared without explanation. Which has led to a certain reluctance on Gordons' part to bring new blood into the fold....until tonight."

           Tammy is offered the job and accepts. Albert then tells her "I'll brief you in detail in the morning".....how brief could the details be about THIS?!!?

Two things come to mind filled with questions. 

1) Tammy Preston as a choice for this role. 2) Timeline

1) While I am not a detractor for the character of Agent Tammy Preston. ( I was an admirer of Chrysta Bell's music years before her becoming a part of this series). The characters presentation is a little troubling. Our first exposure to her is via the previously mentioned Secret History of Twin Peaks.In that book she is directed by Gordon Cole to review a collection of documents that were found locked in a box at a crime scene. These documents closely relate to the town of Twin Peaks and its residents. How the touch of this town reached far and wide and back again.

         Her characters contribution consists of notes to the side of the documents ,providing verification and validations. But oddly, her observations are not very deep in discovery or revelation.She even misses what are some blatant timeline errors.(Though, this fact remains to be 100% discounted as there have been hints as to many hands in the pie,alternate timelines,time travel,and a revelation in the series that will shed light on the reason for what are now seen as errors)

            There is very little to give one a sense of a unique perspective or the person behind the words.Nothing that gives the reader a AHA moment as to why Tammy would be the one chosen to take on this task. This to an extent is understandable, she is reviewing the documents for the FBI, and would need to maintain a respectable level of professionalism.Personal dialect or politics would have to be restrained.

            Having Agent Preston chosen to join the Blue Rose team gives some explanation for her being chosen to review the important found document. It should be noted that the document has not been discovered in the series thus far.(There is a box that is seen in one of Ruth Davenport’s apartment rooms, under a desk ,that looks a bit like the box the Secret History is shown to be secured within-nothing is as of yet confirmed.)

           Will it be found at the important coordinates?Hidden in a paranormal rabbit hole in the woods?

The timelines of Agent Preston's exploration of the document places it after the events of the series. The series has some thinking it takes place in the year 2014 (25 years after the original Twin Peaks series) with Agent Preston’s assignment concerning the book happening in 2016. In the book, Preston doesn’t give sense that she has a deep awareness of Jeffries,Desmond or Cooper,other than their disappearances. So either she is restrictively tight lipped about the individuals or doesn’t play a major role in the rest of the unfolding series story as a witness. She has seen the Bad Dale and been seen reviewing and comparing files on Agent Cooper. Will she ever meet the Good Dale?

          The Tammy character has not been given much to do within this series. Most of her actions have involved her standing,cutting a unique form.Observing.Speaking very little. Her only major moment was her interview with William Hastings. Granted, that was a fantastic scene to be involved in.Her purpose in that moment was to ask questions.As a viewer ,we haven't been given any personal look inside the Agent. Who is she behind the badge? Where is the scene that shows us she is a agent of substance?Unique observational skills? There was a brief moment where she investigated the fingerprints on record for Agent Cooper and the newly obtained ones from the Bad Dale.Where we saw her putting together pieces. But even that was minor in execution.

2) Timeline. When did Jeffries ask Agent Cooper and or Chet Desmond to join the fold? In Fire Walk With Me,two years after Phillip Jeffries disappearance, Agent Cooper meets him for the first time in an FBI office in Philadelphia.Gordon to Coop" Meet the long lost Phillip Jeffries, you might remember him from the academy" Was Cooper headhunted during his training? .If this is their first meeting,and then subsequent disappearance of Agent Jeffries, how could Cooper be asked by him to join the task force?

       Maybe its not a recruitment in the traditional sense . Perhaps it is by coming into contact with a case that falls under the criteria of a Blue Rose experience that constitutes being recruited into investigating the Blue Rose.....Because once you've witnessed this weirdness you will be changed forever,see things from a different perspective.Open to the possibilities

            Cooper meeting Jeffries in FWWM ,and Jeffries subsequent sudden disappearance could be what they are referencing as the moment when Dale was invited into the mix.And not a direct invitation. They couldn’t simply say to coop, now you just go on back to work and forget about what you just saw here. OK?

             If you witnessed something such as the sudden and inexplicable appearance and disappearance of a fellow FBI agent, how could you report that?Who in the agency could you talk about with this and not be seen as a rambling fool? Speaking of the experience would undermine the trust of your fellow agents in your ability to do your job,to not be seen as a nutcase.Even though what you have seen/experienced is real.

             Was Chet Desmond retroactively "chosen" by his sudden disappearance( not unlike the sudden disappearance of Phillip)? Desmond was aware of Gordon’s Blue Rose cases by the code pinned to the Lil’s red dress.Maybe he was aware of the code but not the specifics.Or ,perhaps, Desmond had experienced something prior to Theresa Banks and was welcomed into the group.Maybe he assisted in the search for the missing Phillip Jeffries prior to investigating the murder of Theresa Banks and was privy to some weird information.

           Agent Tammy being present to Hastings sudden terminal headache and Gordon's almost crossing over to the other side,Major Briggs mysterious ageless body,the reappearance of a changed Agent Cooper are all inexplicable things to have witnessed. The Blue Rose cases need some young blood as all the old crew are either disappearing or worse.

          Enter Diane. Slinking through a red curtain. This moment makes no attempt to disguise the fact that we are to think of the Red Room in the Lodge. Diane's mysterious , yet unexplained behavior has us as viewers questioning her loyalties.

              So when Albert and Gordon speak of her awareness of Blue Rose cases with Agent Cooper, its a little questionable as to why they would deputize her and ask for her assistance since her behavior has been suspicious with the mysterious texts. Could this be a legal way for them to spy on Diane's personal communications without a warrant?

             It does give a legitimate reason for her characters continued presence.( I’m glad she has turned out to be more than just a one moment revelation-I would love a series involving her)

Keep your enemies close.

            But is she an enemy? Diane asks whats in it for me?Fair question.Money and maybe the satisfaction of learning what happened to your friend cooper. And there it is ....friend....This appears to strike a chord with Diane. She snuffs her cigarette out and takes on a serious,determined expression. And with an almost Bookhouse Boys nose to finger salute she says

 "Let's Rock" 

             It should be noted that the musical cue that emerges at this exact moment was also heard when Agent Cooper came upon the missing Chet Desmond’s car with the same words "Lets Rock" scrawled upon them in what appears to be lipstick.A lodge time traveling Dianes lipstick? stranger things have happened on this show.

             The phrase is also first attributed to the Little Man From Another Place as his first words spoken to Agent Cooper.

            But is finding out what happened to Coop really the motivation? Or does she hope for some type of revenge?Against whom?Cooper?Bad Dale?Gordon and Albert and the FBI? Who is she texting? Does she want something that she has learned about in her exposure to Blue Rose cases?Out of all of the threads that have been woven into this shows fabric, I hope the mystery of her motivation is revealed before this is over.Either within the series or in the Final Dossier. I hope she has been working for good. But I fear that like all things Twin Peaks, there is darkness within.

           Deputizing her places her closer to the danger.This may not turn out well for her in the end.

          Aaaaaaaaand now it's time for Little House on the Jerry.As he is out of the woods(well,the literal woods at least). The question remains, where is he? And is he close to Jack Rabbits palace?Who will he come across first? The Bookhouse Boys? Richard hiding out in the middle of nowhere? I hope this trek in the woods wasn’t an aimless pot heads excursion.

          Off to the market and it's shopping with Sarah Palmer. Let's see now, we need vodka,check,.....vodka,check.....and ...*sigh*, they only have three bottles.Must not have had time to restock from my visit yesterday.

         Sarah Palmer,looking exhausted, moving towards us slowly,Smiles as she sees her old friend vodka in the shelf.With the two bottles of tomato juice already in her cart it could be surmised that she will be making Bloody Marys tonight.A RED drink. 

            At the check out,she asks for a carton of Salem’s cigarettes.It's of interest that a specific brand name is mentioned on the show.Product placement is generally not called out by real names and most directors cut around the specific mention of a brand.Often it is only in relation to a character that the brand name gets spoken. Think Blue Velvet’s Heineken vs Pabst Blue Ribbon scene.

            The name Salem does invoke the idea of witches and trial by fire.We know that Sarah Palmer has gifts,as evidenced by her visions and that she can be a spoken through.

It should be noted that the only items Sarah purchases are three bottles of vodka,two bottles of tomato juice and a box of cigarettes. $133.70.Liquid diet?

           On the wall behind the register hangs two flavors of jerky. Beef and Turkey The brand,Albatross.English Literature students will recognize that an Albatross is sometimes used metaphorically to mean a psychological burden that feels like a curse.Something that Sarah is far to familiar with herself.

           The turkey flavor is new and this seems to concern Sarah.She drifts in and then suddenly out of her thoughts.Since she is taken by this turkey, lets take a moment to think about what this could mean:

          In the movie Fire Walk With Me , Laura Palmer confesses to James in a private moment "I'm gone. Long gone. Like a turkey in the corn." Creamed corn, perhaps? Laura's in garmonbozia(pain and suffering) 

             We have also seen a turkey next to representation of corn on Hawks ancient map. Corn that is also next to the black fire.Death

In reference to Hawks heritage, which has been said to be important to whats going on in Twin Peaks,the turkey has a place in the Native American totems:

http://native-american-totems.com/a...

http://www.spiritanimal.info/turkey...

             The turkey totem is also connected to the idea of "having enough" and being satisfied with what you have to the point of giving to others in need. It's anti-materialism echoed in the nightly broadcasts of Dr. Amp.

            "Are they smoked?" Sarah asks of the new jerky.An image that evokes fire.They are.(Maybe she doesnt like turkey alternatives: Don't expect a turkey dog here!) Her initial questions and statements are not really that out of the ordinary: I dont remember seing those beef jerky there before.What type is it?is it smoked? It's the jittery manner in which she asks it that makes it appear to bear more meaning than it probably should.

           However, a familiar musical cue begins to grow in volume. We have heard it before in Fire Walk With Me.Closely connected to the Lodge.One scene I recall it being under is the appearance of Phillip Jeffries.

          She seems to be having a mild vision. Or maybe just an cognitive episode from all her years of suffering from the immense loss. Is this Sarah's healthy mind trying hard to remain in control over the broken parts? Is she talking to someone that is not there? Is there? Is she recalling a conversation from before?

"Were you here when they first came?

Your room seems different.

And men are coming.

I am trying to tell you...

That you have to watch out.

Things can happen!

Something happened to me.

Hmm? Something happened to me!

I don't feel good. I don't feel good!

Sarah. Sarah, stop doing this. Stop doing this, stop doing this.

Ok. Leave this place.

Find the car key. Find the car key.

Get the car key. Get the car—get the goddamn car key!

   

           Sarah runs out the door. Interesting that the young cashiers don't treat her episode as something to laugh at. They actually show concern.And the young boy knows where she lives and offers to deliver Sarah’s abandoned purchase to her home. Sarah's sad story is probably a town legend and everyone knows about her.

        Who was Sarah talking to or about?Is someone speaking to her by speaking through her? are we hearing the visitors words but not Sarah’s side of the conversation with the visitor in her head?

Watching Grace Zabriskie perform this breakdown of Sarah is a fantastic treat.We know of the pain Sarah must feel in every moment.Depression and loneliness can drive a person mad and she conveys this explicitly.

          Elsewhere at the NEW Fat Trout Trailer park. Carl comes out of his trailer to speak with a passing elderly man walking with a cane.The moment that follows make me love Carl Rodd as a character even more than before. If anything bad happens to this man with the big heart before the series ends I will be greatly saddened and displeased with Frost/Lynch for doing that to such kindness.I honestly got a little teared up during this scene.

This man Carl IS an empath.

          

         Before him is a man,Kriskol, who ,despite his cane, has spent time raking up leaves and mowing lawns in the trailer park without being payed for the work.A man who wants to work,be useful.He has even helped install a gas tank for another resident, without pay. But is selling his own blood.... for food.

         Carl will have none of that. he gives the man 50 bucks for the work AND tells him don’t pay next months rent. We know this man is military in the way he says "Yes,Sir" over and over to Carl's questions. This feels like a Frost/Lynch statement on how our veterans have to live after they serve our country.

        This man wants to stay useful.Busy.Work.Be helpful to others. Despite his physical situation.And ask nothing for it even though he clearly needs the financial assistance to even afford to eat.

           In Las Vegas we find The Good Coop and Sonny Jim out the backyard playing ball.....well, not really, as the scene lasts only long enough for Sonny Jim to push The Good Dale out to the yard and then toss the ball to him once.The ball hits the Good Dale right in the left shoulder and he doesn’t react in the slightest. I'm sure many watching hoped the ball would smack the Good Dale in the knoggin and he would wake up as Cooper. Or at least instinctively raise the glove to catch the ball and then toss it ...only to miss Sonny Jim by far , but accidentally shatter a bottle in the distance.

See Part 1 here : http://mypartyofone.blogspot.com/2017/08/lets-rock-part-1.html

          Hawk pulls up to THE PALMER HOUSE !! While appropriately enough Angelo Badalamenti's LAURA PALMER THEME! plays.AHHHHH EMOTIONS!!!

          The Palmer yard is unkempt.The grass is indeed greener on the other as the neighors lawns are lush and bright green while the Palmer yard is brown and ragged.

             We catch glimpse of the symbolic ceiling fan through an upstairs window.Are we looking through what was Laura's bedroom window out into the hallway?Who is under the fan now?The ceiling fan was often connected to BOB’s acts of darkness inside this house.The fan appears to be spinning on a high speed, but looks to me like they may under-cranked while filming the fan in motion giving it the unnatural energetic speed.

              Hawk is checking in on Sarah.I wondered if he might be here to mentioned the found diary pages. To share them with Sarah and see if she has any information to offer after all these years.Or might he have decided that would be unnecessarily cruel.

Sarah is cranky.But interesting, she is well aware of her episode at the grocery store.So we know she is present in these moments , or at least aware afterwards.

            We hear bottles rustling in the background. Is this the bag boy from the grocery store knocking something over? I'm sure that there are bottles all over hte place in her kitchen.Does Sarah have him tied up and he is struggling? With the implication of the fan and Sarahs "something happened to me" statement from earlier, might there be darkness inside Sarah? Shes been open to visions and channeling the Lodge before.

             "It's a goddamn bad story ,isnt it Hawk." Sarah angerly blurts out. Is she reading Hawks mind in this moment? Or does she know what the people of this town say about her? Is she commenting on her life. Almost mockingly .Tsk tsk Isnt that poor woman sad?

               Hawk to Sarah " if you need help...help of ANY kind . Call..I mean it" Any kind? spiritual,perhaps?

               With this and the Carl Rod scene we have to examples of good people offering to help those in need. And the response from both. The surprised vet takes it.Sarah,essentially refuses it ,slamming the door in Hawks face with a sarcastic "Thanks Hawk".

              She is probably thinking where has this HELP been all theses years when Ive been alone after my husband murdered my only daughter and then died? The townsfolk most likely tossed her aside and even avoided her altogether afterwards.

              Next we in the hallway at the Twin Peaks hospital. We've moved down this hallway before in the past.Miriam has made it to the hospital. But did her heart just stop? The machine starts rapid beeping. And we can not see the green dot move along the heart monitor line anymore.She needs help

Diane is in the bar of her hotel,having a drink, of course. She receives a text. "Las Vegas?" Her response,"they havent asked yet"

             What does she know about Las Vegas? Could this mean she is aware of the existence of "Dougie"?I would find it unlikely that she knows of The Good Dale has escape from the Lodge. Are she and,potentially,Phillip Jeffries(who once again is mentioned in the series by name) working to keep the Good Dale a secret because if the FBI know where he is,then trouble could learn too? Why is there the expectation that they would ask DIANE about Las Vegas? Granted, she doesn’t type "they haven’t asked ME yet" so it may be in reference to asking the right questions among each other about the connections to Las Vegas.Has no one tried to do a marriage license search for the combined names of Dougie and Janey-E that were found on the ring inside Major Briggs body? That’s a unique enough of a name that there are unlikely to be many hits.

              Up at the Great Northern Ben Horne is visited by Sheriff Frank Truman. The key for Agent Coopers old room is on the desk in front of him. However,Truman is not here about the key.But rather to inform Ben about his grandson running over the little boy.

              Truman also informs Horne about Miriam. She is a lonely nursery school teacher with NO insurance and desperately needs an operation. Another comment on taking care of others in need. Ben agrees immediately to cover the costs.

              Richard has been trouble for a long time."That boy has never been right" Sheriff Harry Truman had run in with him multiple times.Each one more worse than before.

"For Harry" (darn it, whose chopping onions in here? )

            

             Frank Truman is given the key from Old Coopers room. He remarks of the coincidence that this key should arrive so close to a time when they have opened an old case involving Agent Cooper.

This little piece of information gets Horne’s attention. He was involved in some troubling things back during that time 25 years ago.While the statute of limitations has most likely run out on most of the crimes.And many of his co-conspirators are long dead or have gone into seclusion, the revelation to the town would still be ruinous.

             Ben Horne makes good on his promise to assist with Miriam’s medical needs immediately and with compassion.Yet, he struggles to recall her last name.Amusing,apparently the prop department suffered the same lapse as they mislabeled the envelope sent by Miriam to the police station, the one Chad stole, with the wrong last name.This piece of information was confirmed online.I still like to believe that Miriam mailed her letter directly to her friend Harry Truman and not to the police station after they didn’t help her. Meaning that Chad stole the wrong letter and will be in trouble if his actions are ever discovered.

           We learn that Richard never had a father!??! Who IS the father? 

            Ben recalls a memory of HIS father. Who bought him a second hand Schwinn and painted it Green ,two tone green. Lime green and deep forest.Fixed it up and Ben rode it everywhere.It feels as in this moment Ben is thinking of how important a Father can be to the outcome in a persons life.And how Richards lack of this influence has resulted in where he is today.

             Interesting to note that he never once reflects on something similar he did or had done for Audrey

            Also of interest, Sheriff Truman went to Benjamin to inform him of Richard's crimes.Why would the Sheriff go to the Grandfather and not the Mother? Especially since Ben says the boy never had a father.Is the mother Audrey?Where is she?Is she in a place that can be reached? Would she have the finances to assist? Ben has money to take care of Miriam, and Audrey doesnt have her own money.

            Oh ,Gordon..You sly dog.He has a guest in his room. Shes very Isabella Rossillini. Speaks french.(that’s the type of girl that makes you want to learn french) Flirts immensely with Gordon as she takes her slow time gathering up her things when asked to leave.In the hallway outside the door, hangs a painting of a waterfall.

             Albert has interrupted their private moment .Gordon talks of her and one can not help but think of Lil from Fire Walk With Me and Gordon’s love of Code." Shes here visiting the friend of her mother ,whose daughter has gone missing."

Gordon attempts a joke involving turnips.

Albert stands stone faced through it all.

          

             Albert has intercepted the last text from Diane."What do we know that we haven’t asked her about?" The last time she saw Cooper?

Where's the beef?

Chantel and Hutch are discussing if they have time to torture.Shes hungry for Wendys.Hutch offers alternatives. Shes really hungry .Snacking on cheetos.

The warden pulls up...two hits. Next stop Wendys

Dr Amp does the Vamp.And works himself into a rage.Shovel the shit for sale.NADINE SPEAKS!

 But then there’s ....Audrey....lovely Audrey.....if life were tawdry and ....oops wrong show.

              After much anticipation there stands Audrey.I had half expected for her to be seen in a wheelchair,a result from the explosion at the bank all those years before. My not so secret hope for this new series before it began was to have Audrey pulling into town as an FBI agent. Her entrance twining Agent Coopers from the original pilot of the series. We see Audrey talking to someone on a speaker phone as she passes the Twin Peaks sign.She pulls up to the Great Northern.A close up on her shoes as she begins to slowly step out of her vehicle.She then is assisted into a wheelchair by a doorman and enters the hotel. Audrey would be returning home for her Fathers funeral who had died under mysterious circumstances.And in her time at home she becomes aware of the Bad Dales crimes and dark influence on the town.And eventually finds herself investigating the man from her past who inspired her to be the person she has become today

           But that’s not the Audrey we are greeted with. In fact,this is not the Audrey we met 25 years ago. This Audrey is Angry.Cold.Hateful.

           The Audrey we met before was a troublemaker,who often got herself into trouble despite even her best intentions.She started as a spoiled brat that was showing a maturity and change towards the end of the second season.Becoming more of a responsible well meaning adult with plans and thoughts for others best interest and not just her own.Now she is more Catherine Martell ,bitter and married for influence and money,not love and taking lovers outside the marriage.

            I am not really surprised by this current revelation. Audrey was never naturally good. She was naturally manipulative .Without Agent Coopers influence in her life, she could have just as easily fallen back into old behaviors. Perhaps, Coopers disappearance had this effect on her. Yet another older man she admired who left her suddenly and did not return(John Justice Wheeler )From the moment she appears on screen she is screaming at her husband Charlie.All the while openly talking about the man she's in a relationship with outside of their "marriage".

             From their discussion, it seems Charlie and Audrey's relationship is one of convenience and that's about it.Neither even really puts any pretense to pretend otherwise.That said, they are still tied together by law.Could this be the "contract" Charlie peaks of, or is he referencing some other deal between the two that resulted in her hand in marriage.

             How did she end up in this marriage of contract to this man? Audrey has always had Daddy issues and she sought the comfort of older men on several occasions.So her "marriage" to this older man does not come at a surprise.

What may very well have happened to her could be a list of things that brought us to the figure in black that stands before us.

1)Could the bank explosion have changed Audrey,damaged her.Physically AND mentally?

2) Could she have become addicted to the pain medication needed to get her through the healing process of being in such an explosion?

3) Could the pain she was going through caused her to have a relapse of sorts and she started using heroin like the time when Renault and Blackie used on her? This addiction costing her everything.Forcing her into a contract with this husband with who she is now wedded?

4)Could Audrey turning her back on her Father and trying to expose his wrong doings to the town of Twin Peaks have forced his hand to cut her off and out of his life? The Secret History of Twin Peaks indicates that she intended to shine a light on her fathers crimes.

5)Might she have entered into a contract with this man to get Richard out of some major trouble?

More pertinent -WHY DOESN’T SHE MOVE?? Audrey doesn't take a single step during this entire heated exchange. Despite the rage in her voice and angry demands she never moves ONCE!?!? 

              Can she walk? Will we discover in one of the last five episodes that she physically can not walk? She apparently cant drive herself to the Roadhouse because she needs her "husband" to go with her. Does she not know how to drive?What the hell has she been doing these last 25 years that she never learned to drive?

              She does make a comment about her husbands having a crystal ball.He tells her he doesn’t have one,when in fact he actually has one on his desk in front of her.

We learn a few things about Audrey’s current situation in their conversation:

1)BILLY is Audrey's lover, he's been missing for two days.

2)TINA may be the last person to have seen him, but Audrey can't stand her.

3)CHARLIE can phone Tina, but she won't talk if HER HUSBAND is around. Charlie doesn't want to bother Tina, but he also doesn't want to go to the Roadhouse.

4)He's also leary because Audrey got this information from CHUCK.

5)Audrey thinks Chuck is certifiable but is willing to trust his story. 6)Charlie doesn't trust Chuck because he took Billy's truck a week ago. Billy reported it and the cops found it later that afternoon.

7)Audrey is Charlie's lawfully wedded wife and he's been good to her, but he won't sign HER PAPERS until his lawyer looks at them.

8)Audrey suggests maybe she should have PAUL come by to give him a visit. 9)Charlie's given up on his contractual rights according to Audrey, she will renege on their contract.

OK, got all that?

Who the fuck are all these people that we are now hearing about for the first time so late in the game ?

1)Billy, who Audrey’s fucking , had a missing truck. We met a "Farmer" in an earlier episode whose truck was stolen by Richard.But according to the story we are hearing it was taken by a CHUCK (could Richard be a alias for Richard,Richard IS certifiable, but than how does this make Richard a Horne if Audrey doesn’t refer to him as her son in any way.Could he be Jerry’s kid)Could this be the same person that Deputy Andy spoke with and made plans to meet near Sparkwood & 21? The one who never showed and was extremely antsy to get Andy away from him.The same one whose door was shown left open with ominous music playing on the soundtrack? Billy’s has been missing for two days.Audrey had a dream where he was bleeding.

2)Tina ?Married to Chuck?or Paul? If Paul is Tinas’ husband, and Tina is cheating with Charlie.Might explain Audrey’s threat of having Paul come visit Charlie.

3)Billy saw Chuck, steal his truck.If we assume that this is the same truck that we saw Richard driving how did Richard get it from Chuck and who returned it?Billy called the sheriff to report the stolen truck but then the truck was found that afternoon.Did the police return it and then question Billy about the hit and run and his trucks possible involvement?Could we be talking about a different truck than before?And this is just another example of the twining of stories in Twin Peaks that work as red herrings?

        Charlie relents and calls Tina. What she tells him is UNBELIEVABLE but we don't hear any specific details except that Tina found something and some other slight hints, and Charlie doesn't appear to be sharing with Audrey. This upsets her.

"You're not going to tell me what she said?!!" Audrey screams for herself and the audience.

You can just hear Lynch and Frost,laughing and saying..."that a big NOPE" 

             Diane, up late and closing down the bar.Shes dressed differently than when we previously saw her in the bar.There ,she was wearing the red outfit from when she was deputized.Now she is wearing a green top.Different day?

            Diane enters the coordinates from Rita's arm,speaking "Co ...Or...Di...Nates plus two". She appears to be using a mnemonic device.Most likely a holdover from her time working in the Bureau.

The location comes up Twin Peaks on her phone.As she zooms on on the map, the sound of the man vacuuming in the background begins to become a electronic hum. Diane looks worried.Even frightened.

            If the last two digits were unreadable, would the coordinates she enters be correct? Or could the image we were shown be the closest they would take her since she failed to have the correct last two numbers. Since they have suspicions of Diane already, could Albert have altered the photo that Diane saw to catch her in a trap?

            Night at the Roadhouse as another episode comes to an end. Chromatics play an instrumental version of a song called "Saturday"

            Another pair of ladies drinking (Natalie/Abbie).People cheating on people(Angela/Clark/Mary). People off their meds.A mother who dies in a dramatic fashion. A friend(Trick),almost killed on the road. Out when he shouldn’t be(house arrest?) Who are all these people? Why are we hearing these names with only so few episodes to go? why are we spending time with characters that have just been introduced when there are only 5 episodes left and a whole lot of other stories to be advanced? Are these characters significant to any of the existing storylines?What could these scenes represent? Life as it has gone on in Twin Peaks?Setting up Season four?Are these scenes at the Roadhouse this third seasons version of Invitation to Love?