We look back at the Twin Peaks finale for clues about what the third season could contain.
Twin Peaksaired its (then) final episode over 25 years ago.
The filmTwin Peaks: Fire Walk With Meprovided a few tantalizing clues but no concrete answers.
Could the mysteries presented in this episode contain the building blocks of season three?
Well, lets put on the coffee pot and grab some donuts folks.
Were going back to an episode of television that was both wonderful and strange.
It should be noted this article is spoiler free when it comes to the new series.
This article doesnt take any of the casting announcements into consideration.
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Hows Annie?
Its the easiest one to start with it, the final words of the show.
What happened to Annie in the Black Lodge?
In the film, we see that Annie is able to communicate with Laura in the past.
Perhaps this connection to the Black Lodge will help the other characters in their attempt to save Cooper.
Could she be Coopers only link to the outside world?
Was Cooper Possessed By BOB?
If so, has Cooper been possessed all this time and has anyone noticed?
Perhaps Cooper will be the new killer.
Who would suspect the FBI agent who solved the Laura Palmer case?
Theres another interpretation of this final scene that could make for an intriguing plot.
Cooper wasnt possessed but he was split in two.
With these two Coopers, we could get a literal manifestation of the dualism inTwin Peaks.
How we all have light and dark sides.
Public and private lives.
Good and bad in our souls.
The Good Dale might not be able to survive on his own without his darker side.
As Hawk mentioned in the series, one needs perfect courage to survive the Black Lodge.
What about the other beings that reside there, including the Giant?
He had been helpful to Cooper in the past so why is he in this place of evil?
Is the Black Lodge all evil?
Will the Good Dales presence change it?
What about the White Lodge, the place of good?
My money would be on Deputy Hawk for that one.
He seemed to know the most about it.
Theres also the matter of how the Log Ladys husband got the oil that opened the gateway.
Was it just scorched engine oil or something more?
Perhaps residue from the Black Lodge?
ThatsTwin Peaksfor you, a cup of coffee holds a world of possibilities.
The Relationships
Lest you forget,Twin Peaksisnt totally supernatural.
Its many soap opera-inspired plotlines will need resolutions as well.
What will Lucy and Andys baby be like?
The prospect of those two being parents does not bode well.
With her memory back, did that put Ed and Normas relationship on ice?
Does Ed really continue to stay with Nadine for over twenty-five years out of guilt?
Could he still be pining after Nadine?
Leo, who was left trapped with a nest of tarantulas about to fall on him.
I dont think Leo would die from a few spiders, so does he seek out Shelly?
With 25 years passing, their confrontation surely will have happened long before start of the new season.
What if Leo was able to learn the same secrets about the Black Lodge as Earle did?
Not bad, not great, just kinda there.
He certainly wont be able to live up to all those promises he made her throughout the series.
In this mission he could lend support to saving Cooper from the Black Lodge.
What Happened After The Explosion?
Audrey could have been far enough away from the blast to survive, but how badly injured was she?
If she recovers, will she continue to be engaged in her activist work?
Sarah Palmers Connection To The Black Lodge
Im in the Black Lodge with Dale Cooper.
What could this unknown message coming through Sarah mean?
Who was speaking through her, if it was another being at all?
Why was she delivering the message to Major Briggs?
The being smiles and says, I did not kill anybody.
Theres something more to this Leland.
The series never provided a satisfying answer over who was really in control of Lelands actions.
Was it one hundred percent BOB and Leland was just a vessel?
Or did BOB just amplify the feelings and desires Leland already had?
If its the former, the I did not kill anybody could simply be Leland asserting his innocence.
If it is, why would he smile at the Bad Dale?
What does that mean?
Is Earles body now just an empty husk left in the Lodge?
It didnt reappear when the Bad Dale and Annie escaped.
Ill See You Again In 25 Years
What did Laura mean by that?
Did she mean the Old Dale glimpsed in Coopers dream in the first season?
Was it a message to the Bad Dale in Cooper?
Was it an otherworldly fourth wall breaking statement to the audience?
Why would the Laura in the Lodge even mention a set time?
Theres one possible explanation.
In 25 years a climatic event will occur, one which could lead to the end of the world.
Where the hell is this theory coming from?
Well, at the start of the episode Cooper mentions to Truman,
You and I have an appointment.
At the end of the world.
If she were now a being out of time, she would know when the world could possibly end.
Laura and Cooper have seemingly been linked for a long time, asFire Walk With Mefinally proved.
His prediction about the end of the world could have been influenced by that connection.
Also, look at Coopers first scene in this episode.
He accurately predicts the Log Lady would arrive in one minute.
He has some sense of the future.
The events of season three could all be leading up to that moment he sensed and Laura confirmed.
The end of the world in twenty-five years.
But perhaps, like the owls, these mysteries and questions are not what they seem.
Big thanks toIn Twin Peaksfor their screencap archive of this episode.