So Realization Time or in English, Realisation Time (heh pedant I am).
Penultimate episode here we go.
Cooper is very gentle with Audrey and seems to be choosing his words very carefully. My impression is that he is attracted to Audrey and perhaps realises he has flirted with her. He is doing what is best for both of them, she is far too vulnerable to be making clear decisions. I think this is more of an issue than her age although that also contributes.
It seems Audrey did this a quick decision and as I said last week as this come just after she was crying watching Leyland dance it seemed a little out of place. I think it is something she wanted to do but didn't know what to do once Cooper arrived.
Anyway it's handled well and they both come out of the scene better for it and probably a little closer.
The Doc and Truman are interrogating Waldo, but he ain't squealing, he ain't no snitch. Cooper leaves his little dictaphone to catch what Waldo might say (is that legal, do birds have rights?) I wonder if he will send the tape to Diane.
The team are off to One-Eye Jacks to see Jacques Renault (find it weird to type that not in relation to Formula 1).
Leo's alive! (read that in a Brian Blessed Vultan voice please) and he's watching one of the T-Birds, oh no it's Bobby.
Seeing that it was only a flesh wound, how is it that Leo didn't proceed to beat Shelly half to death? Still glad he didn't, but it seemed out of character. Could it be he who suddenly didn't have the guts after she was pushed to not have the guts not to?
That seems like the best explanation. I've thought from the beginning that Leo was a bit miscast as they try to portray him in every scene as this menacing bully but I never bought it with the performance. I guess even if Shelley didn't wound him badly she would still have the gun and he probably just got out of there as fast as possible.
Bobby makes an odd comment that he is also going to deal with James, I assume he still blames him for Laura's death. His look at the end of the scene makes me continue to be suspicious of his motives with Shelley.
Who is Lucy chatting to on the police radio? It seems very convenient to reveal Waldo's informant status, but the only person I can imagine her telling is Andy but she is pissed at him.
Donna and Madeline are wearing their best jumpers while they listen to the hidden tapes. I think my sister used to have the same tape/radio.
Audrey is turning out just how I would expect on the perfume counter, insulting customers and not being very helpful. I found her tactic to get rid of the guy in the back room very strange and he was painfully clear to be a non speaking extra, probably would have been better not to have him there.
Audrey also uses the very strange tactic in secret observation of lighting up a cigarette. Surely they would wonder where that smoke smell was coming from.
It turns out her boss is in on the recruitment process for One Eyes, I did wonder if he was. As what does the heart rating system means?
Audrey very cleverly gets the number for Black Rose from the other recruit. She has some brains this girl.
What was the purpose Truman's visit to the diner, clearly he didn't come there for coffee. I didn't really like his treatment of Hank. Yes we know he is still up to no good but Truman doesn't. Proclaiming that he is on parole in front of passing diners seems a little unfair. It reminded me of Rambo, in the small town treatment of the outsider, except I guess Truman knows Hank.
Have I missed the backstory of Nadine? How did she lose her eye? Is that why she is lamenting the things she was going to do? What was she saying about lawyers?
I would love to see more of the Bookhouse boys hitting the town, I think Ed is really warming to Cooper but then who wouldn't he so damn earnest and likable. How did Audrey's message not reach Cooper. Surely he had to go to his room to change so why didn't they pass it on? The Great Northern is getting a few points off it's review at this rate.
So Benjamin has tried to change the life insurance to make Josie the beneficiary. The lawyer brings it to Catherine knowing something is up. Catherine now knows Ben has screwed her and not in the way she knew he had, well you get the idea.
I'm glad Josie has turned out to be smarter than she first appeared. She has played the simple but nice damsel very well. She is playing the 2 power figures against each other.
Leo meanwhile takes out Waldo, ruining the donut stacks.
Oh, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Oh, my god. they killed Kenny Waldo. You bastards! Why, why, why did that have to happen? And the show's tagline shouldn't be "Who killed Laura Palmer?" but "Why did Waldo have to die?" instead. OK, you know I'm joking, but I don't like it when they show the sensless death of animals, especially considering that it's quite obvious why the death of a young woman is shocking, but many people take the death of an animal casually.
Interesting. I often see the opposite both in media and in real life. The death of an animal is the shocking thing with the close by death of a human being glossed over. Maybe that's a more recent thing as it did seem odd their lack of any grief over the poor birds fate.
Now if I only knew if they were saying “If one of those bottles should happen to fall,” or the preferred version, “You take one down and pass it around.”
Are they not 2 separate songs. 10 green bottles being the one with if should accidentally fall etc and 99 bottles of beer being the take on down pass it round song?
Audrey is back in sultry mode with a very nice dress. I remember hearing about the trick with the cherry stalk and girls at my school trying to do it. She doesn't look particularly sexy doing it looking like she is about to spit it out but the implication of the skill is, well hot.
Of course Cooper, Agent Cooper is great at blackjack.
I've warmed a bit to Dr Jacoby especially with his sat there on his rocking chair with a little cocktail. I think they did a good job with the fake Laura thing. I think they had the actress wear a wig over her own hair rather than dyeing it so it looked a little off.
Really finally, I'm not sure what Bobby put in James's motorcycle tank, but I think it was drugs and he intends to call the police with an anonymous tip to get him arrested.
Yeah I'm not sure what he did either.
Still a lot of questions. The show still seems to be pushing us towards Leo as the prime suspect which naturally makes me suspicious of him not being the guy.
My other choice Jerry hasn't had much development to be a good choice and Ben seems to have too much going on for him to be involved.
Jacques has evidence against him but he is such an outsider that if he or his dead brother turn out to be the only people involved I would find it a little disappointing.
At this rate I am hoping we don't find out the killer this season as barring a stellar last episode I don't think any would be satisfying.
Some movement of the plot but a so-so episode overall
6 out of 10 rating for the good people at Great Northern Hotel, the rooms are clean and the coffee is great but messages go undelivered.
