Wrapped In Plastic: A Twin Peaks Rewatch - Part 5

We’re getting to the point where a reluctance on the writers’ part to solve Laura’s murder is definitely creeping in...

S02E02 AKA Coma
In Which:- Meals On Wheels becomes important and foreshadowing for later in the season kicks off...

- We get a couple of mentions of Coop’s former partner Windom Earle who has escaped the psychiatric hospital he was in. A bit of set up for later on…
- The opening scene in which Coop lectures an unimpressed Albert about the history of Tibet while a barbershop quartet sings in the background is just par for the course now.
- Ronnette comes out of her coma and freaks out at the sketch of BOB while Leland claims to remember him from his childhood.
- Prior to Ronnette asking up, there’s a nice bit of comedy business with Coop and Truman as they try to adjust the stools next to the bed to the right height.
- Cringe time - James, Maddy and Donna singing a dreary song. Eurgh, pass. In other music news, there’s another one of those odd moments with the characters listening to the incidental music.

First Appearance:- Mrs Tremond and her creepy grandson with their creamed corn which will come back again for the prequel film and Season 3….
The Owls:- Major Briggs, at the Log Lady’s insistence, delivers a message received apparently from deep space for Cooper about the owls not being what they seem.
Cliffhanger:- Audrey phones Cooper from One Eyed Jack’s only for Blacky to disconnect the phone and reveals she knows Audrey’s true identity...

S02E03 AKA The Man Behind The Glass
In Which:- Audrey’s situation worsens, Nadine wakes up from her coma and Dr Jacoby’s hypnosis interview leads to an arrest…

- It feels like progress is being made with BOB even though it isn’t - Leland tells Truman and Coop about remembering him (BOB used to flick matches - “do you want to play with fire, little boy?”) while Mr Gerard, the one-armed man, has an extreme reaction to BOB’s sketch.
- Laura’s true diary comes into play here in the care of shut-in Harold Smith (who has some very creepy interactions with Donna). This is also a tie-in moment as David Lynch’s daughter, Jennifer Lynch, wrote The Secret Diary Of Laura Palmer, published in the gap between season one and two. I’ll cover off the various tie-in books in a separate post.
- Dr Jacoby’s very young, very pretty and silently smiling Hawaiian wife makes him seem super creepy in 2020.

Iconic Peaks Moments:- Albert’s speech about choosing the path of non-violence and being driven by love.
Lynchian Weirdoes:- Nadine is now convinced she’s a teenager and possessed of adrenaline-boosetd super strength. As you are when you come out of a coma….
First Appearance:- Harold Smith, holder of Laura’s real diary; Dick Tremayne, the old school comedy fop from Horne’s Department Store; Jean Renault, the third of the Renault brothers
Cliffhanger:- Cooper and Truman arrest Leland for Jacques Renault's murder. At Harold Smith’s apartment, Donna spots Laura’s secret diary...