Wrapped In Plastic: A Twin Peaks Rewatch - Part 9

Laura Palmer’s killer has been apprehended. So what happens next?

S02E10 AKA Dispute Between Brothers
In Which:- A wake is held and Cooper’s departure from Twin Peaks is interrupted...

- There’s a rare moment of the character’s just taking a beat and spending time en masse during Leland’s wake (including a return appearance fro Doc Jacoby and a rare sighting of Mrs Hayward).
- In what’s becoming a disturbing theme in the series, we have another very old man in a relationship with a very young woman. Not a great theme, this one.
- Following a very touching goodbye between Coop and Truman, he (of course) is prevented from leaving by the arrival of IA agents investigating his trip to One Eyed Jacks.
- Some more foreshadowing going on - Coop reveals more of his past with Windom Earle to Audrey and The White Lodge is mentioned for the first time (which feels like it has come into the series quite late).
- Overall, though, the momentum is being held by what feel like mostly sub plots at the moment (Nadine at school, Audrey and Bobby, hints at Leo not being completely brain dead) until the end when the weirdness comes back in as Major Briggs disappears.

First Appearance:- Mayor Milford’s brother, Dougie
The Owls:- A owl is heard by both Major Briggs and Coop prior to the Major’s disappearance
Cliffhanger:- During Coop and Major Briggs camping trip,a white light appears around the Major while Coop is away. The Major is gone and Coop stares not the white light as it fades...


S02E11 AKA Masked Ball
In Which:- Sadly, the James subplot kicks in…

- I think I’ve made it pretty clear by now that James is my least favourite character and a rewatch has not altered this opinion. I don’t think I was alone in that as this was the point that viewers started to leave. The first three minutes of the episode are just shots of James driving around on his bike. It’s a long three minutes…
- We get a vocal cameo from David Lynch as Gordon Cole over the phone which is pretty much representative of his involvement during much of this back half of the second season…
- I’d forgotten that David Duchovny was in the series as trans character Denise Bryson. There’s a slight moment of “it’s a man in a dress” humour creeping in which is swiftly swept aside in favour of acceptance (relatively refreshing for an early 90s series).
- The Black Lodge is mentioned for the first time along with some more details about the Lodges and their significance in Twin Peaks.
- We’re still largely being driven by subplots at the moment - Josie’s history with Mr Eckhardt and Catherine's brother Andrew is coming to the fore; Ben is going slightly off the rails after losing his deal and being arrested for murder - it would all be enjoyable enough if we had less time spent on bloody James...


First Appearances:- Denise Bryson; Andrew Packard; Windom Earle (voice only)
Cliffhanger:- The supposedly dead brother of Catherine and husband of Josie, Andrew Packard, is in fact alive and well; a fact which Catherine has known all along…