But, enough of that. Off to breakfast, for a damn fine cup of coffee and a highly sexually tense conversation between Agent Cooper and the lovely, freshly squeezed Ms. Audrey Horne. There's a grin between the two, but as the conversation continues, you may note Cooper's grin fades as he figures out the fact that Audrey is, ohhhhh, 17? Or maybe his palms are just itching.
Down at the station, we have Doughnut Feast No. 2, which Agent Cooper unfortunately does not partake in; but that's ok, he'll have quite a few slices of cherry pie later at Norma's restaurant. Hey, plan, drinking game. I'm sure you can figure out the theme. Shot for every doughnut, every slice of pie, every damn fine cup of coffee black as midnight on a moonless night, two shots for a fish in the percolater. With this show, the possibilities are endless.
Onto the investigation. We learn a number of things about Laura. She tutored both Audrey's 27 year-old mentally-challenged brother, and Josie Packard for English. (Josie's English evidently isn't so good, but I assume that's either an act for the character, or she's just a bad actor. Or, hey! Both, probably.) Laura also organized a Meals-On-Wheels operation, based out of Norma's restaurant. As you can tell, quite a busy lady. Busier still, she sexed up at least 3 guys within 12 hours before her death. I doubt James or Bobby were included.
An interesting plot development comes up. First, we notice even more how much of a scary guy Leo is. He demands Shelly clean his boots and wash his laundry, and goddamnit, she better do that laundry NOW. And amongst this laundry is...... a bloodied shirt! A whole lot of blood. Shelly is a smidge freaked out. Really, only a smidge. That's the kind of guy Leo, presumably, is. She quickly and smartly hides the shirt in a chest of drawers-
Wait. Hold on. Let me show you something:
The outdoor washing machine, a staple for every healthy household!Later, when Leo goes to check on his laundry, he notices that the shirt is not included, which just shows that if you want to destroy evidence, you just can't rely on the wife you regularly abuse. And I thought they were in love. The man is not quite bright enough to search the dresser right next to him, soooo when Shelly returns from work later that night, he beats her with a sock of soap. That's the way to do it. Go get her, Leo!
Meanwhile, back in the station, James broods around a bit, but eventually tells Cooper and Truman that he was indeed seeing Laura, that she didn't want anyone to know about the relationship, that she was hooked on cocaine and was scared of some unknown thing that had happened a couple days before she was killed, and that he had indeed seen her the night she died. Under Donna's idiotic influence, however, he won't tell them that the other half of the necklace is his. Oh well, can't win 'em all. Still, James is kept in jail, and we have another weird Bobby, Mike, and James encounter. Ohhh, those guys.
To Bobby and Mike, who are still hanging out in a cozy little cell at the Twin Peaks police headquarters. We learn what that 10 thousand in Laura's box was all about. Bobby owes money to Leo, for a currently unknown reason. Ten thousand dollars to be exact, but Laura had to go ahead and get herself killed before she could fork it over. Bobby and Mike are obviously screwed, because, in case you haven't figured out, Leo isn't the most mild-tempered guy. They're rather pleased to be held in prison so Leo can't touch them, but Cooper lets the boys out shortly, and threatens to come on after them if they so much as touch a precious hair on James' little head. James is also under the protection of The Bookhouse Boys, so that guy's set.
Now it is revealed that Ed is James' uncle, employer, and closest thing to guardian, since James' mother is perpetually "out of town." Ed had some difficulty last night at The Roadhouse, and now has a bandage on his head. He's foggy on the details, but he's pretty sure his drink was drugged. The bartender? Jacques Renault. We don't meet Mr. Renault quite yet, though.
On to things that disgust us, we have to sit through a scene of Ben Horne licking Catherine Martell's toes and plotting burning down Josie Packard's mill. They don't like Josie. They like the land. That's really all I'm going to say about that.
Donna talks to Laura's absolutely psychotic mother, and the mother sees something. The first something. Let's see this something that she sees:
WHO IS THAT! The mother freaks out, and this time I don't blame her one bit. This guy. This guy. I can't even, I can't even. No one else sees this guy, so the screaming goes unexplained.In the hospital we see a character I quite like: Hawk. He's a Native American. He's pretty cool. Hawk questions Ronnette's parents, and they inform him that Ronnette worked at Horne's Department Store. That's right, Ben also owns a department store. Hawk then sees a curious sight: A one-armed man walks into a restricted section in the hospital, and then vanishes. What could this mean?
Parent/Child Relationship Time! 1. Donna and her parents are tight. Ok, moving on. 2. Audrey and her father, Mr. Ben Horne, are not too tight. Proof: Ben says to Audrey, "Laura died two days ago. I lost you years ago." Ouch. 3. Bobby and his father, neither tight or not tight. Bobby's father, Mr. Uniform, is.. how shall I put this.. awesome. He calls Bobby Robert. He respects Robert's rebellious side. He speaks eloquently about how much he respects it. He slaps a cigarette out of Robert's mouth and continues his monologue with barely if at all changing his tone. He is amazing. He's understated and one of my favorites. Robert needs to respect that guy.
Two more points before I'm through.
LOG LADY!
She speaks. Or rather, one day.. her log will have something to say about Laura Palmer. Cooper could find out, but he has too much pride to ask it himself. And Log Lady walks away in a huff. Oh, do you know who the Log Lady is? She is a strange woman with red glasses. She carries a log, which she strokes, and speaks to it. And it speaks to her. The Log sees all. The Log knows all. Listen to The Log.
Dr. Jacoby. His relationship with Laura must have been interesting. The final scene of this episode shows Dr. Jacoby, in his usual strange attire, listening to a tape Laura made for him. Laura has made many tapes for Jacoby, or at least this final tape implies as much. Jacoby listens to Laura talk about a "mystery man" on his headphones while he opens up a coconut container containing James' half of the heart necklace. And he cries. It is moving. There's something there. What could be on the tape? What could Laura be saying about being lost in the woods, and her mystery man? Tune in next week, and maybe all will be revealed. ... Or not.
Oh yeah, James and Donna had dinner at Donna's house with Donna's parents. Apart from James wearing an out of character get-up, it wasn't interesting.
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