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I created a new thread so we can openly discuss the new season and not have to continually use spoiler tags.
Now, to comment on @"addiesin"'s thoughts from the spoilery post here.
I've seen this theory floated around elsewhere, though I find it hard to understand why Audrey would be hunting for Cooper. She had a schoolgirl crush on him in the original series, but by the end she was sort of with John Wheeler even though he left to deal with a partners murder. Why would she be hunting for Cooper all this time? Why would she be delving into the supernatural? She doesn't seem the type to go that route. Unless... maybe someone got to her, someone like Annie who'd been in the Black Lodge? Maybe she convinced Audrey of its existence. But then why talk to Audrey? The two never really spoke. If it is Audrey I want a reasonable explanation of why she's been looking for him with a mysterious glass box.
I haven't re-watched episode 3 or 4 yet. Is the casino run by or does it have a Native American connection? And what could possibly be missing from the Cooper files that would direct Hawk to find Cooper at a Las Vegas casino?
I didn't connect the disembodied head with the headless corpse. Interesting theory. If the story takes place in the present, however, how did Mr. C keep his body so "fresh" for lack of a better word? If Briggs was killed a few weeks after the events of season 2 then I'd expect a corpse to be in worse shape after 25 years. Unless my theory of multiple time periods. But then again, if that time period happened in the past it certainly doesn't look like the early 90's, so that doesn't necessarily work.
Speaking the suspects wife, remember Mr. C says to her right before killing her? "You follow human nature perfectly." So was this another Black Lodge inhabitant or something else?
This is one of the more confusing aspects of dopplegangers and Bob. We saw the doppleganger leave the Black Lodge but then saw Bob's reflection in the bathroom mirror at the end of season 2, so I always assumed Bob and the dopplegangers were ultimately the same. A melding of the doppleganger and Bob would certainly make a more potent adversary.
The decoy is what I think too, and the One Armed Man pretty much said it as well. Bob created Dougie as sort of a firewall for himself to prevent being pulled back into the Black Lodge. He was supposed to go back when the Good Dale returned to the real world, but Dougie went in his place.
Time period, not time line. I don't think we're in an alternate universe. I think we're in different time periods.
I would love to see Bowie make an appearance, even if it was just VO on a phone. There was a five month period between when they started shooting and his death, so it wouldn't surprise me if Lynch worked with him a day or two.
I would say unlikely. I've seen a lot of people didn't like it and a lot that do. I'm in the camp that liked it. For as dark as this season has been thus far it was sort of nice to have a break from it with something quirky.
This is my assumption too. Remember The Little Man From Another Place said of the red draped area "This is the waiting room." As you suggest it's a place that connects the White and Black Lodges.
And on a rewatch this also might allude to what happened to Laura in the Waiting Room. She pulled her face off and she was pure white energy/light. She tried to help Cooper and was pulled up and away. It looked painful, but maybe it was anger, like she didn't want to go yet? She goes up to the White Lodge while Cooper descends through space into the Black Lodge.
It was definitely the same actress, but I didn't even think that the creature who killed the couple on the couch was Mother. Makes sense though, and strengthens my thought that we're watching the show unfold in a non-linear fashion.
Now, to comment on @"addiesin"'s thoughts from the spoilery post here.
The Glass Box:
I think this is owned and operated by Audrey Horne, currently a wheelchair-bound anonymousmillionaire/billionaire.
I've seen this theory floated around elsewhere, though I find it hard to understand why Audrey would be hunting for Cooper. She had a schoolgirl crush on him in the original series, but by the end she was sort of with John Wheeler even though he left to deal with a partners murder. Why would she be hunting for Cooper all this time? Why would she be delving into the supernatural? She doesn't seem the type to go that route. Unless... maybe someone got to her, someone like Annie who'd been in the Black Lodge? Maybe she convinced Audrey of its existence. But then why talk to Audrey? The two never really spoke. If it is Audrey I want a reasonable explanation of why she's been looking for him with a mysterious glass box.
What is Missing:
Cooper's soul. Hawk will find him in the casino, which has something to do with Hawk's heritage.
I haven't re-watched episode 3 or 4 yet. Is the casino run by or does it have a Native American connection? And what could possibly be missing from the Cooper files that would direct Hawk to find Cooper at a Las Vegas casino?
The Murder:
I think the headless corpse is Garland Briggs, and the clue is not subtle. His disembodied head literally floats past Cooper and says Blue Rose, the term used for supernatural cases, like the murder. I think Mr. C is the killer, as evidenced by his shooting the suspect's wife through the eye, this matches the wound on the corpseless head.
I didn't connect the disembodied head with the headless corpse. Interesting theory. If the story takes place in the present, however, how did Mr. C keep his body so "fresh" for lack of a better word? If Briggs was killed a few weeks after the events of season 2 then I'd expect a corpse to be in worse shape after 25 years. Unless my theory of multiple time periods. But then again, if that time period happened in the past it certainly doesn't look like the early 90's, so that doesn't necessarily work.
Speaking the suspects wife, remember Mr. C says to her right before killing her? "You follow human nature perfectly." So was this another Black Lodge inhabitant or something else?
Bob and Cooper:
Traditional Bob has been missing for practical reasons, Frank Silva died so he couldn't return. Many theorized we'd see him return with a new face. But it's confusing; he possesses people and also people have doppelgangers. So who is Mr. C? I think Bob combined himself with Cooper's doppleganger and after 25 years he is too attached to the physical body, separating will kill Bob. He is both Bob AND the doppleganger.
This is one of the more confusing aspects of dopplegangers and Bob. We saw the doppleganger leave the Black Lodge but then saw Bob's reflection in the bathroom mirror at the end of season 2, so I always assumed Bob and the dopplegangers were ultimately the same. A melding of the doppleganger and Bob would certainly make a more potent adversary.
Dougie:
A decoy made by Bob in case Cooper figured out how to escape? Or a hard drive containing Cooper's soul in a convenient gold marble package?
The decoy is what I think too, and the One Armed Man pretty much said it as well. Bob created Dougie as sort of a firewall for himself to prevent being pulled back into the Black Lodge. He was supposed to go back when the Good Dale returned to the real world, but Dougie went in his place.
Q2, I like the alternate timeline idea, as the Secret History of Twin Peaks book written by Mark Frost apparently had a lot of discrepancies with the show and with real life history, and Mark Frost said "all will be revealed in time" and basically that the inconsistencies were intentional. Maybe this timeline never had Cooper and had Dougie instead?
Time period, not time line. I don't think we're in an alternate universe. I think we're in different time periods.
Jeffries:
I know David Lynch approached David Bowie in January 2015 and was one of the first to find out about the illness that took his life. David Bowie is not listed in the cast. But wouldn't it be amazing if they managed to sneak in a few short scenes for Bowie's final surprise performance? They keep mentioning his character, I feel like it is going somewhere. And that would be the ultimate payoff.
I would love to see Bowie make an appearance, even if it was just VO on a phone. There was a five month period between when they started shooting and his death, so it wouldn't surprise me if Lynch worked with him a day or two.
Michael Cera's cameo:
WTF, Lynch? That was a four minute scene of one character talking, and it was more confusing than literally anything else so far. However, I have seen the theory that Lucy's son talking like a buffoon indicates that the real father was Dick Tremaine, and I'm inclined to agree. I've also seen the theory that Lucy, and to a lesser extent, Andy, is stuck in time because their baby actually died as an infant and the character we see was hired by the sheriff to give them closure. I think it's a fun theory but unlikely.
I would say unlikely. I've seen a lot of people didn't like it and a lot that do. I'm in the camp that liked it. For as dark as this season has been thus far it was sort of nice to have a break from it with something quirky.
Non-existent:
Where was Cooper when he left the Red Room? I think that outer space place is the full on Black Lodge proper. The Red Room connects the Black Lodge and the White Lodge, as evidenced by the floor pattern. The Non Existent Room is a neat comparison point for the Red Room.
This is my assumption too. Remember The Little Man From Another Place said of the red draped area "This is the waiting room." As you suggest it's a place that connects the White and Black Lodges.
And on a rewatch this also might allude to what happened to Laura in the Waiting Room. She pulled her face off and she was pure white energy/light. She tried to help Cooper and was pulled up and away. It looked painful, but maybe it was anger, like she didn't want to go yet? She goes up to the White Lodge while Cooper descends through space into the Black Lodge.
I think even though the actress there is the same one who played Ronette Pulaski, that she is actually "the magician [who] longs to see" from the FWWM poem. The glass box demon was "mother" and was definitely chasing/following real Cooper. What all of that means is anyone's guess.
It was definitely the same actress, but I didn't even think that the creature who killed the couple on the couch was Mother. Makes sense though, and strengthens my thought that we're watching the show unfold in a non-linear fashion.