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The number of people known to have seen Bob is rising but he remains as mysterious as ever... although Albert remains sceptical as most of the sightings were in visions... almost as sceptical as he is about Cooper's talk of the giant who gave her clues. At One Eyed Jacks things are going badly for Audrey; she has been captured by Blackie and injected with heroin; Blackie intends to force her father to pay a ransom but things get complicated when Jean, the third Renault brother, turns up; he wants her dead; along with Agent Cooper who he holds responsible for his brothers' deaths.

This episode advances the plot nicely and even has an arrest... not for the murder of Laura Palmer though. We don't see much of what is happening to Audrey but what we do see is enough to let us know that she is in real danger; not resolving her situation this episode kept the tension high. Among the tense moments there were some laughs; Albert continues to be entertaining in his own abrasive way but when he told Sheriff Truman that he loved him it was laugh out loud funny! Also when Nadine wakes up and shocks Big Ed when she breaks the restraints she was held in; sits up and acts as though she is still eighteen it was pretty funny; I'm interested to see how that develops. The episode finished well with Donna finding a copy of Laura's diary at the house of one of the Meals on Wheels customers; why it was there and what Laura's relationship with him was remains a mystery though.

The mystery advances a LOT in this episode. It starts intensely enough to let us know it's going to be serious. Ronette's thrashes and screams are chilling. Twin Peaks knows how to be disturbing alright. There's also the further narrowing down of who exactly Bob is (although there's still a long way to go). If you want to make a villain menacing I'd advise not to call him Bob, but even if initially he seemed goofy this episode succeeds in making him the looking threat he deserves to be. Leland's report of seeing him as a child, as well as his mysterious words "do you want to play with fire little boy?" bring up lots of questions, most of all: if Leland saw him as a child, does he not age? The fact that he has never appeared in any records implies he lives outside the mortal world. And the fact that he has appeared in various different people's visions suggests he has some sort of psychic powers. Maybe he's not even a physical being but more of an entity that lives in people's minds.

There's also the character development, including the introduction of quirky new characters. Harold Smith, revealing himself as Laura's mystery man, looks surprisingly sweet and innocent. The most interesting thing about him is what he implies in Laura's character. She enjoyed the thought of leading a double life, one being a normal, happy person who was loved by pretty much everyone. The other, a secret life embracing darkness and perversion.

Speaking of Laura. James, Donna and Maddy are going through their own problems because of her in one of my favourite character arcs. James is finding himself attracted to Maddy because of her resemblance to Laura which is bad enough for him and Donna, but Maddy feels she is expected to live up to what Laura was like when she *isn't* Laura; she's a person with her own emotions. It leads to one of the most powerful speeches in this series. Meanwhile, as Donna lays flowers at Laura's grave, she says something that rings true: that Laura's problems keep hanging around, stopping people from being able to move on with their lives. But I'm glad her problems are hanging around, otherwise we wouldn't have this wonderful story!

This episode did quite a lot in terms of advancing the plot and linking previous separate pieces of information together. The cops have a link to BOB now, as well as Leland being arrested and the whole plot surrounding Audrey. A couple of new characters were introduced, one of whom is a self-centred Englishman who I'll assume won't have that big a role on the show. The other was Harold Smith who may actually have a fairly large role considering Donna might use him as a rebound. Although having discovered Laura's diary there, it's equally possible that this fairly strange guy may just strangle her. The troubled relationship between Donna and James provided one of the show's funniest moments as Donna catches James and Madeleine just breaking away from a kiss. The abrupt change from the emotional music to the dramatic music was honestly Emmy worthy. That being said, this show is funny for the most part, but when it wants to be dark, it can be reallllllly dark, as was seen at the beginning with Ronette. I'm also very interested in how the one armed man is gonna fit into this. Good episode

High 7

Im pretty convinced by the episode and love how they made it. We see Audrey have big problems and heard also that they are going to trap Cooper. Leland got arrested for the murder of Renault. Donna see the dairy of Laura Palmer in the house of the neighbour. Leland give precious informations about the giant man. And we learned that maybe Laura have a relationship with her neighbour.

Its pretty intriguing and give some nice surprises, revelations and mysteries arround Laura Palmer and Jacques Renault and their death. This episode give also that vibe of dreams and reality mixed and i still enjoyed that vibe. I dont know how Cooper will help Audrey. Need to see more.