From: goldberg@iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg)
Subject: Re: Thoughts UPdate (FAQ?)
Originator: goldberg@vincent1.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:58:07 GMT

In <BuLD22.1rI@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca> melunney@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Mike Lunney) writes:

>goldberg@iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) writes:
>> I think Catherine put the fish in the percolator as a prank for Pete/Josie.
>Is this based on something that happened in TP:FWWM the movie?
>Or the original script?
Just guessing here.

>> I thought The white horse meant someone drugged, not death.  I since have
>> been set straight, referring to a Lynch interview, that it is a pooka,
>> signifying death.
>Then how come Mrs. Palmer saw the horse the night BEFORE Laura was killed.
>Remember the next morning, Laura tells Leland to "stay away from me".
Personally, I thought it meant drugged, but I am only passing this
information forward.

>> What happens if BOB does manage to spell out his entire name under
>> fingernails?  (He is spelling ROBERT, his proper name... per the
>> Euro-flick).  Does the placing of the "T" under Theresa Banks' fingernail
>> signify the END of a cycle and the "R" under Laura's fingernail signify a
>> new cycle beginning?
>The order was T under Teresa's
>              R under Laura's
>              B under Ronette's (second episode of the second season?)
>              O under Maddy's (seventh or eighth episode?)
>I'm pretty sure that the B came before the O, so there doesn't seem
>to be a pattern in the ordering of the letters.  If it was T-R-O-B,
>then you could say R-O-B-E-R-(T-R-O-B)-E-R-T-....
>can use the ordering of the letters t
Even if the order is wrong, the question remains.  What happens when
BOB uses up all the letters?  Is his cycle of killing complete?

>   
>> posessed.  He was a veterinarian and had some sort of run in with the OWL,
>> Mike's familiar.  Now Bob the vet and BOB are one and the same.  If this is
>> the case, it is because the vet (Bob) had no ring to protect him from BOB.
>Not sure I agree about BOB being Bob Lydecker, the vet.
>I thought Cooper and Truman showed the police sketch of BOB to the 
>vet's assistant, who said it was NOT Dr. Lydecker.
Agreed, there seems to be a problem with this theory.

>> Time runs backwards in the lodge (futures past).  Cooper's gunshot wound
>> reappears and Annie ends up in bed with Laura "before" she enters the
>> lodge. Cooper helps Laura in the lodge after she dies.
>I like this theory.  It may also explain why Agent Chester Desmond was
>NOT in the lodge after disappearing.  Instead he would have shown up
>BEFORE disappearing.  Maybe in the next prequel, he could appear in 
>Philip Jeffries' dreams?  
Remember he shows up on the other monitor also.  The one next to where
Jefferies appears.

>I'm not convinced that (bad) Annie did survive.  Truman might have lied to
>Cooper, considering the state Coop was in.  The reason I thought this
>was to add to the irony of Coop/BOB saying "How's Annie?" over and over
>at the end of the series.  I do think that (good) Annie is still alive
>and well in the lodge.  BTW, I think that the white lodge and the black
>lodge are one and the same, with the lodge's tiled floors representing
>light and dark, good and evil, etc.
I disagree with your Annie theory, agree with your same lodge theory.


>> reinforced by the fact that Laura told Cooper she would see him again in 25
>> years, indicating the length of the time loop.
>So if Coop aged 25 years during his backwards stay at the lodge, why
>not Laura?  The Laura that whispered the name of her killer in Coop's ear.
because Laura isn't coming back out of the lodge and Cooper is?

>> Remember that the old lady said to Donna, "I didn't order creamed corn,
>> take it away".  A reference to the fact that she did not partake in the
>Not the exact quote, maybe more like "I ordered no creamed corn.  Do you see
>creamed corn?", but her eyes and facial expression did sort of imply
>that she didn't like the substance.
agreed.
>   
>> Jefferies (Bowie) was definitely in "Time phase" (something to do with the
>> time loop).  He witnessed a meeting of the "aliens" but escaped before he
>> could be imprisoned in wood.  This seems to relate to the "thread" that is
>> ((Wood is the aliens method of containment/imprisonment.))
>Maybe you should explain this a bit more.  My guess would be that Jurgen
>Prochnow played the log lady's husband, and he is a witness who did stay
>too long.  Maybe if we visited this room now, then Josie would be there too?
I don't have enough to go on, but I think your on the right track.

>  
>> Dead Dog Farm had a formica table, where cocaine was cut.  The meeting
>> included Hank, Jean Renault, The Canadian Mounty, and Norma's Mom's new 
>> husband (I forget his name).  The "aliens" had a formica table where they
>Ernie "Perfesser" Niles          
>> their obedience, but this could be true as well. * THE kink in this theory
>> and most others (including the time loop theory) is WHY was Mike there when
>> Bob gave the garbonzia to LMFAP? Was he watching LMFAP partake and wishing
>> he could help?  Or was he waiting for his portion?  (Even at the start of
>> the time loop theory, Mike already had only one arm)
>I think Lynch left showed Mike there as a new twist, so it's not a kink.
>Why would he do this?  To make things more interesting, and give TP fans
>something to think about.  He knows they'll eventually solve the problem
>for him anyway.

>I have a friend who never orders veal in a restaurant, but will eat it
>if served it.  Maybe Mike is like this when it comes to garmonbozia?
> 
>Thanks for your theories.  Very interesting.
your welcome,t hanks for the reply
>Mike
>melunney@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca 
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