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"The Owls Are Not What They Seem" A Twin Peaks Rewatch with the Theory in Mind: Episode 3 "Rest in Pain"
The theory: Twin Peaks is the dream of William "Billy" Hastings, a serial killer. The result of his mother's abuse, at the hands of her father, Billy was abused by her in turn, keeping the cycle going. Playing with fire, as abused/neglected/antisocial children are prone to, he accidentally burned down the motel where he lived with his mother and grandfather/father, killing them. He was sent to live with his grandmother/great-grandmother, until she died too. Billy then went to live with his strict, born again uncle. In high school, Billy became obsessed with a schoolmate, the American Girl. He murdered her, the first in a string of victims, all similar in the way that they reminded him of his mother. To deal with his past and what he'd become, he constructed the world of Twin Peaks, allowing him to also "protect" and honor his mother, the woman he both loved and feared. Inside of the dream, Billy's family was represented by both the Hornes and the Lodge Spirits, while Billy's main avatar was our hero Dale Cooper. Inside of his dream, Billy sought to project his tragedy and sins onto his victim's family instead, which worked for a while. However, if the OG is a representation of how Billy got away with murder, the Return is how he was eventually discovered by the mother of his first victim, an act precipitated by his involvement with Betty, his final victim.
A longer essay on the theory: https://armsholdair.dreamwidth.org/7192.html
WARNING: A knowledge of the whole Twin Peaks series is needed for this, fittingly from A to Z and Z back to A.
- The Log talks about sadness. William "Billy" Hastings' life was one of deep sadness, a sadness he sought to escape by forcing the pain onto others. One day the sadness will end for him, but it will only come when, like Laura Palmer, he is dead. There were two endings though, for Laura, whom, as much as she is an avatar for his victim, is filtered through Billy's eyes and so becomes another avatar for himself, and that leads us to a truth about how Billy's story and sadness will end. The Laura whom would rather die than harm others, is deserving of her angel and peace. The Laura whom has become Carrie, and is connected to a dead man in her living room and possibly the death of her mother, returns home only to be greeted by darkness and nothing. Having decided to murder innocent women, we believe it is this latter which will end Billy's sadness.
- We begin the episode featuring Laura's funeral, with Audrey loiteting in the Great Northern hallways, waiting to greet Cooper. She wears Red, the color of her shoes, and once again the predominant color of the Red Room.
- Audrey appears to be standing in front of a totem pole. The jury was undecided for us if it was meant to be partially of an owl or not, but it deserved mentioning.
- Standing in front of a fireplace, with a fire burning inside, Audrey greets Cooper.
- She refers to him as a Colonel and he corrects her. Possibly a completely silly observation, but Colonel and the word kernel are pronounced similarly. Creamed corn, of course, will play an important role within the story, being garmonbozia (pain and sorrow) to the Lodge spirits and their main source of sustenance. Dopple Coop and Dougie Jones will be seen vomiting the substance up, mixed with oil. The Grandson (whom we theorize is a younger version of Hastings) also will hold creamed corn in his bare hands, in the food's first major appearance, an image that suggests he is the substance, or a primary vessel for it.
- Cooper essentially tricks Audrey into writing her name to check it with the note he received about One-Eyed Jacks. He is also incredibly flirtatious with her, the sexual chemistry between the two palpable, though supposedly "forbidden".
- Audrey states she understood Laura better than most. This makes perfect sense within the gaze of this theory: Billy has projected a lot of her (his mother's personality and past) onto Laura.
- Audrey is the one whom essentially has to spell out what One-Eyed Jacks is to the older Dale. An allusion to the reality that Billy's mother was the one to educate him about such things?
- Audrey mentions her father's department store, directly after Cooper's dream of BOB and MIKE having lived above a convenience store, and before he'll inform Harry and Lucy about that aspect of his dream.
- Dale comments that Audrey's handwriting betrays that she has a romantic nature and a heart that yearns. He warns her to be careful. Part of Cooper's role within Billy's dream is to be the perfect hero, one whom protects/rescues/shields his mother, because a part of him was very much in love with her. Dale's words reflect this aspect, which we shall link to the White Lodge aspect of Billy's dream.
- Audrey thanks Dale Cooper for talking to her. We are left with the impression that many people don't, furthering the girl's overall atmosphere of isolation and being unseen, a state abusers willingly create for their victim. We also sense that she might see in Cooper the older male figure she desires her father would be: kind, courteous, a good listener and sexually appropriate.
- Dale Cooper orders breakfast, once again showcasing his large appetite that mimics Ben and Jerry's, as well as BOB and MIKE's.
- Cooper states that his dream is a code. Break the code and solve the crime. That really makes no sense whatsoever for an actual crime that the law would investigate, where only real life clues matter. It does makes more sense if it's all a dream by the killer himself, to forget that he committed the crime at all, but where a part craves to remember.
- Cooper explains the dream, including items from the European Ending, suggesting this was included, but edited. So we might have to include that in this discussion sometime.
- Dreams are described by Cooper as "Acetylcholine neurons fire high-voltage impulses into the forebrain, These impulses become pictures, the pictures become dreams," thus equating them with electricity, which plays a huge role in Twin Peaks. Appearances by electricity might, infact, be linked to the actual dream then, and how and why characters seem to travel by electrical charges. It also may help to explain the lights going out at the very end of Part 18.
- Cooper can't remember whom Laura whispered had killed her. This is still ridiculous. How could he remember everything so well except that one bit, unless it was something he wanted to forget? Surely, if he had seen the guilty party, it would have even jogged his memory, like when you're going to say something, forget it and then see it later on in the day, and go "Oh, that's what I was going to say!". When he saw Leland jump on the casket, you think that might have triggered things.
- Ben Horne is staring longingly at Laura's corpse. Since she will be stated in the series as being like Audrey, his own daughter, this is odd.
- Will Hayward almost becomes violent with Albert, linking to his other outburst of violence in the OG finale. Seeing as though Billy has extremely violent tendencies he hides, this makes sense.
- Albert seems to realize that Ben Horne's social skills are an act, stating, "Mr. Horne, I realize that your position in this fair community pretty well guarantees venality, insincerity, and a rather irritating method of expressing yourself."
- Cooper places Laura's hand on her chest, extending his kindness to a woman, even if she is dead. This is the White Lodge aspect of Billy again, what he has divided from himself by the act of murder.
- Leland sits watching Invitation to Love, echoing the influence entertainment held over Billy.
- The episode features a wealthy man in ruin writing a suicide letter to his daughters. Ben Horne is the wealthiest man in Twin Peaks and the second season will flirt with his financial ruin. Likewise, Billy's father was the one with the money and power in his family, even if it wasn't as exagerated as it became inside of his dream.
- Maddie Ferguson appears, Laura's look alike cousin, whose name was obviously inspired by Vertigo, Hitchcock's famous film about identity and obsession. Possibly another beloved film by our Billy? In Vertigo, Madeleine is the object of obsession by detective John "Scottie" Ferguson. When Madeleine supposedly dies, Scottie grieves until he meets Judy, a woman whom looks almosy exactly like Madeleine. He then tries to push her into becoming his beloved Madeleine. This isn't too hard to see how it fits into the world of Twin Peaks and this theory: Billy can't separate women he is attracted to from each other and ultimately his mother. They are all Judys and blue roses.
- We have another underlying truth about Madeleine in relation to this theory. The brunette Ronette/American Girl being Billy's real victim, whom he masked beneath the blonde Laura, Maddie's appearance indicates the truth leaking into the dream: suddenly the fantasy of the victim appearing with a closer representation of the real victim's hair color. We can take this a step further and suggest Maddie's sweet personality was closer to that of the victim too, Laura's carrying a lot of Billy's mother. Maddie's kind and nurturing personality probably won Billy's attention, his eventually misconstruing her kindness for romantic interest.
- Hank's legal representative appears to be making a pass at Norma. Billy sees most older men as being predators, as his father was.
- The Major tries to reach out to Bobby again, whom he catches displaying a resentment to the faith he holds. He discusses responsibility, something MIKE eventually learned when he broke ways with BOB and saw God, which we witness Jerry learning through his journey in The Return. Though rigid, the Major obviously wants to be close to his son and understand him. In this relationship, we can see how Billy's spiritually changed uncle could have wielded a better influence over him if Billy had been more receptive.
- Bobby is seen showing interest in fire during the conversation, echoing Billy's own preference of playing with fire instead of personal growth and learning.
- Cooper gives an impassioned speech to Albert about Twin Peaks, but just like he is, it is idealized, leaving out the darker aspects.
- Nadine relates to Big Ed how she felt like a nobody watching him and the more popular Norma during high school, believing, however, that all Ed needed was to know her to love her. This is how Billy felt in relation to American Girl, until he was confronted by the truth that she loved someone else.
- Audrey sneaks into a secret hole in the Great Northern walls, as her parents are heard arguing about Johnny in the distance.
- Johnny is obviously his mother's favorite, which Ben resents.
- If the son is the favorite of the mother, it reasons that Audrey was Ben's favorite, a belief further strengthened when he said in episode 1 that he lost her years ago. He saw her as his at some point, once more begging the question, why did he lose her? Knowing the type of man Ben Horne is, can we really not even consider the fact that he might have taken advantage of his relationship with Audrey, her being at hand, especially when his relationship with Sylvia is so rocky and he resents her attention to Johnny?
- A rather interesting exchange follows in the Horne parents argument:
I'm clear about this, Sylvia. I have my limits.
Don't I know it.
My, let's all spray venom in my general direction.
You take it with no problem.
Taking it is the specialty of the house.
- Johnny Horne is shown, reluctantly letting go of his headdress, his retreat into fantasy a reflection of Billy's own fantasy world.
- Audrey and Cooper share a meaningful gaze during Laura's funeral.
- Johnny repeats the minister's "Amen" just as Cooper/Dougie Jones will be heard repeating the last things he hears in The Return.
- Bobby interrupts Johnny, repeating him. He then pushes forcefully through the Horne family, standing amongst them, to give a speech about how everyone knew Laura was in trouble but nobody did anything, and so they are all responsible for her death. Once again, he is standing mixed in with the Hornes as he says all this.
- Bobby's words could be how Billy felt about his own family, and it is interesting to note, how after Dale is no longer presented as Audrey's love interest, Bobby, whom still shares BOB's name, will become somewhat interested in Audrey himself as he weasels his way into the Horne family business.
- Bobby's speech also makes very little sense on some level, or proves problematic to the Laura narrative. Laura was allowed to interact with most of Twin Peaks. An abuser would rarely allow this in fear, founded or not, that someone would discover the abuse and stop it. The chance that NOBODY in the town helped Laura or suspected what was happening rings false. A teacher, counselor, Doctor or therapist would have learned about it and the way she is presented, Laura didn't hide it all that well. Audrey, on the other hand, was isolated and friendless. She had no outside support and few people cared or showed interest in her. Laura's death/funeral can be seen then as a sacrifice within Billy's dream: Laura, the type of girl his mother envied for she was loved by a community she was allowed to be a part of carries the abuse, dies and is buried, so his mother, Audrey, can live.
- Once more, Bobby shows derision towards his father's faith, believing that Laura shared his contempt. Billy's animosity towards his uncle is manifested within the dream again.
- Leland throws himself on Laura's casket, wishing to be buried with her. The fire he accidentally started having killed his mother and father/grandfather, Billy probably had attended a double funeral service for them both and projects this onto his scapegoats.
- Shelly laughs about Leland's action with the casket to a pair of old men, possibly indicating that Billy viewed his tragedy as a source of amusement to others, helping to commit to his growing sociopathy.
- Harry explains that Twin Peaks is separate from the world, and the price they pay for the good of that is an evil darkness/presence in the woods. He calls the society that was formed to fight that evil, The Bookhouse Boys. This is one of the most revelatory pieces. Twin Peaks is kept away from the world because it is inside of Billy's mind. But because the world he has created was made to help erase or transfer the tragedy that occurred to his family and himself, as well as what he had done, idealizing things, it has also made a darkness, where the repressed things were sanctioned. Things are not balanced in Twin Peaks, a possible negative side effect of the black and white Lodges and the Chevron floor of the Red Room. That the society is called, The Bookhouse Boys, once more, reflects Billy's attempts to escape reality by falling into entertainment and conjuring different stories, just as the Log Lady said in her intro to the Pilot. The Bookhouse features many books, just as it is stated that William Hastings is a lover of pulp fiction and science fiction stories. It will also be to the Bookhouse, not the more logical hospital, where Cooper inexplicably brings Audrey, after he's saved her from her father's brothel and she is close to ODing on heroin. The year that FWWM was released, David Lynch also released a painting entitled "Billy Finds a Book" which is not merely a coincidence when looking at the theory that Twin Peaks is Billy's dream.
- As Leo fools around with his boots, he is wearing the Chevron pattern. Audrey's shoes were previously linked to the Red Room. In the previous episode, Leo also referenced shoes and his season 2 storyline will specifically tie in to shoes, the Hornes (tied to Bobby) and the One-Armed Man/MIKE (in a subtle fashion). Infact, this scene with Leo and those boots/shoes will lead up to how it relates to Ben Horne, all as Leo adorns the pattern of the Red Room floor, where shoes seldom tread, except for Cooper's, whose own shoes play an enigmatic role in The Return.
- Josie cannot locate one of the Mill books, Catherine having hid it. The alternate books, showing the real and the false, tie into Billy's two realities. He has hidden the real "book" from himself.
- Catherine once again scolds Pete like he's her child more than her husband.
- Cooper talks to Dr. Jacoby at Laura's graveside and he admits that he usually pretends to care for his patients, when he doesn't, but Laura, he did actually care for. This could easily reflect how Billy felt. He couldn't feel anything for his fellow man, nor show them much care, until the American Girl unfortunately won his interest because of her outward similarity to his mother and kind demeanor. Unfortunately, what he felt for her was not good nor was it healthy, leading to her death.
- Cooper discusses the soul with Hawk, whom gives a speech with as many hidden answers as Harry's previous one; he answers he believes in several souls for each human.
"Waking souls that give life to the mind and the body. A dream soul that wanders."
When Dale asks where do they wander, Hawk replies, "Faraway places, the Land of the Dead."
This is Billy and the essence of Twin Peaks. Every character we see is a part of his soul and a reflection in some cases of those he has known and lost. They are also his victims: the Land of the Dead.
- Inside of the Great Northern, Leland Palmer feels the compulsion to dance. He is another one of Billy's victims, the man that he intends to frame for the murder of American Girl: Her own father.
The theory: Twin Peaks is the dream of William "Billy" Hastings, a serial killer. The result of his mother's abuse, at the hands of her father, Billy was abused by her in turn, keeping the cycle going. Playing with fire, as abused/neglected/antisocial children are prone to, he accidentally burned down the motel where he lived with his mother and grandfather/father, killing them. He was sent to live with his grandmother/great-grandmother, until she died too. Billy then went to live with his strict, born again uncle. In high school, Billy became obsessed with a schoolmate, the American Girl. He murdered her, the first in a string of victims, all similar in the way that they reminded him of his mother. To deal with his past and what he'd become, he constructed the world of Twin Peaks, allowing him to also "protect" and honor his mother, the woman he both loved and feared. Inside of the dream, Billy's family was represented by both the Hornes and the Lodge Spirits, while Billy's main avatar was our hero Dale Cooper. Inside of his dream, Billy sought to project his tragedy and sins onto his victim's family instead, which worked for a while. However, if the OG is a representation of how Billy got away with murder, the Return is how he was eventually discovered by the mother of his first victim, an act precipitated by his involvement with Betty, his final victim.
A longer essay on the theory: https://armsholdair.dreamwidth.org/7192.html
WARNING: A knowledge of the whole Twin Peaks series is needed for this, fittingly from A to Z and Z back to A.
- The Log talks about sadness. William "Billy" Hastings' life was one of deep sadness, a sadness he sought to escape by forcing the pain onto others. One day the sadness will end for him, but it will only come when, like Laura Palmer, he is dead. There were two endings though, for Laura, whom, as much as she is an avatar for his victim, is filtered through Billy's eyes and so becomes another avatar for himself, and that leads us to a truth about how Billy's story and sadness will end. The Laura whom would rather die than harm others, is deserving of her angel and peace. The Laura whom has become Carrie, and is connected to a dead man in her living room and possibly the death of her mother, returns home only to be greeted by darkness and nothing. Having decided to murder innocent women, we believe it is this latter which will end Billy's sadness.
- We begin the episode featuring Laura's funeral, with Audrey loiteting in the Great Northern hallways, waiting to greet Cooper. She wears Red, the color of her shoes, and once again the predominant color of the Red Room.
- Audrey appears to be standing in front of a totem pole. The jury was undecided for us if it was meant to be partially of an owl or not, but it deserved mentioning.
- Standing in front of a fireplace, with a fire burning inside, Audrey greets Cooper.
- She refers to him as a Colonel and he corrects her. Possibly a completely silly observation, but Colonel and the word kernel are pronounced similarly. Creamed corn, of course, will play an important role within the story, being garmonbozia (pain and sorrow) to the Lodge spirits and their main source of sustenance. Dopple Coop and Dougie Jones will be seen vomiting the substance up, mixed with oil. The Grandson (whom we theorize is a younger version of Hastings) also will hold creamed corn in his bare hands, in the food's first major appearance, an image that suggests he is the substance, or a primary vessel for it.
- Cooper essentially tricks Audrey into writing her name to check it with the note he received about One-Eyed Jacks. He is also incredibly flirtatious with her, the sexual chemistry between the two palpable, though supposedly "forbidden".
- Audrey states she understood Laura better than most. This makes perfect sense within the gaze of this theory: Billy has projected a lot of her (his mother's personality and past) onto Laura.
- Audrey is the one whom essentially has to spell out what One-Eyed Jacks is to the older Dale. An allusion to the reality that Billy's mother was the one to educate him about such things?
- Audrey mentions her father's department store, directly after Cooper's dream of BOB and MIKE having lived above a convenience store, and before he'll inform Harry and Lucy about that aspect of his dream.
- Dale comments that Audrey's handwriting betrays that she has a romantic nature and a heart that yearns. He warns her to be careful. Part of Cooper's role within Billy's dream is to be the perfect hero, one whom protects/rescues/shields his mother, because a part of him was very much in love with her. Dale's words reflect this aspect, which we shall link to the White Lodge aspect of Billy's dream.
- Audrey thanks Dale Cooper for talking to her. We are left with the impression that many people don't, furthering the girl's overall atmosphere of isolation and being unseen, a state abusers willingly create for their victim. We also sense that she might see in Cooper the older male figure she desires her father would be: kind, courteous, a good listener and sexually appropriate.
- Dale Cooper orders breakfast, once again showcasing his large appetite that mimics Ben and Jerry's, as well as BOB and MIKE's.
- Cooper states that his dream is a code. Break the code and solve the crime. That really makes no sense whatsoever for an actual crime that the law would investigate, where only real life clues matter. It does makes more sense if it's all a dream by the killer himself, to forget that he committed the crime at all, but where a part craves to remember.
- Cooper explains the dream, including items from the European Ending, suggesting this was included, but edited. So we might have to include that in this discussion sometime.
- Dreams are described by Cooper as "Acetylcholine neurons fire high-voltage impulses into the forebrain, These impulses become pictures, the pictures become dreams," thus equating them with electricity, which plays a huge role in Twin Peaks. Appearances by electricity might, infact, be linked to the actual dream then, and how and why characters seem to travel by electrical charges. It also may help to explain the lights going out at the very end of Part 18.
- Cooper can't remember whom Laura whispered had killed her. This is still ridiculous. How could he remember everything so well except that one bit, unless it was something he wanted to forget? Surely, if he had seen the guilty party, it would have even jogged his memory, like when you're going to say something, forget it and then see it later on in the day, and go "Oh, that's what I was going to say!". When he saw Leland jump on the casket, you think that might have triggered things.
- Ben Horne is staring longingly at Laura's corpse. Since she will be stated in the series as being like Audrey, his own daughter, this is odd.
- Will Hayward almost becomes violent with Albert, linking to his other outburst of violence in the OG finale. Seeing as though Billy has extremely violent tendencies he hides, this makes sense.
- Albert seems to realize that Ben Horne's social skills are an act, stating, "Mr. Horne, I realize that your position in this fair community pretty well guarantees venality, insincerity, and a rather irritating method of expressing yourself."
- Cooper places Laura's hand on her chest, extending his kindness to a woman, even if she is dead. This is the White Lodge aspect of Billy again, what he has divided from himself by the act of murder.
- Leland sits watching Invitation to Love, echoing the influence entertainment held over Billy.
- The episode features a wealthy man in ruin writing a suicide letter to his daughters. Ben Horne is the wealthiest man in Twin Peaks and the second season will flirt with his financial ruin. Likewise, Billy's father was the one with the money and power in his family, even if it wasn't as exagerated as it became inside of his dream.
- Maddie Ferguson appears, Laura's look alike cousin, whose name was obviously inspired by Vertigo, Hitchcock's famous film about identity and obsession. Possibly another beloved film by our Billy? In Vertigo, Madeleine is the object of obsession by detective John "Scottie" Ferguson. When Madeleine supposedly dies, Scottie grieves until he meets Judy, a woman whom looks almosy exactly like Madeleine. He then tries to push her into becoming his beloved Madeleine. This isn't too hard to see how it fits into the world of Twin Peaks and this theory: Billy can't separate women he is attracted to from each other and ultimately his mother. They are all Judys and blue roses.
- We have another underlying truth about Madeleine in relation to this theory. The brunette Ronette/American Girl being Billy's real victim, whom he masked beneath the blonde Laura, Maddie's appearance indicates the truth leaking into the dream: suddenly the fantasy of the victim appearing with a closer representation of the real victim's hair color. We can take this a step further and suggest Maddie's sweet personality was closer to that of the victim too, Laura's carrying a lot of Billy's mother. Maddie's kind and nurturing personality probably won Billy's attention, his eventually misconstruing her kindness for romantic interest.
- Hank's legal representative appears to be making a pass at Norma. Billy sees most older men as being predators, as his father was.
- The Major tries to reach out to Bobby again, whom he catches displaying a resentment to the faith he holds. He discusses responsibility, something MIKE eventually learned when he broke ways with BOB and saw God, which we witness Jerry learning through his journey in The Return. Though rigid, the Major obviously wants to be close to his son and understand him. In this relationship, we can see how Billy's spiritually changed uncle could have wielded a better influence over him if Billy had been more receptive.
- Bobby is seen showing interest in fire during the conversation, echoing Billy's own preference of playing with fire instead of personal growth and learning.
- Cooper gives an impassioned speech to Albert about Twin Peaks, but just like he is, it is idealized, leaving out the darker aspects.
- Nadine relates to Big Ed how she felt like a nobody watching him and the more popular Norma during high school, believing, however, that all Ed needed was to know her to love her. This is how Billy felt in relation to American Girl, until he was confronted by the truth that she loved someone else.
- Audrey sneaks into a secret hole in the Great Northern walls, as her parents are heard arguing about Johnny in the distance.
- Johnny is obviously his mother's favorite, which Ben resents.
- If the son is the favorite of the mother, it reasons that Audrey was Ben's favorite, a belief further strengthened when he said in episode 1 that he lost her years ago. He saw her as his at some point, once more begging the question, why did he lose her? Knowing the type of man Ben Horne is, can we really not even consider the fact that he might have taken advantage of his relationship with Audrey, her being at hand, especially when his relationship with Sylvia is so rocky and he resents her attention to Johnny?
- A rather interesting exchange follows in the Horne parents argument:
I'm clear about this, Sylvia. I have my limits.
Don't I know it.
My, let's all spray venom in my general direction.
You take it with no problem.
Taking it is the specialty of the house.
- Johnny Horne is shown, reluctantly letting go of his headdress, his retreat into fantasy a reflection of Billy's own fantasy world.
- Audrey and Cooper share a meaningful gaze during Laura's funeral.
- Johnny repeats the minister's "Amen" just as Cooper/Dougie Jones will be heard repeating the last things he hears in The Return.
- Bobby interrupts Johnny, repeating him. He then pushes forcefully through the Horne family, standing amongst them, to give a speech about how everyone knew Laura was in trouble but nobody did anything, and so they are all responsible for her death. Once again, he is standing mixed in with the Hornes as he says all this.
- Bobby's words could be how Billy felt about his own family, and it is interesting to note, how after Dale is no longer presented as Audrey's love interest, Bobby, whom still shares BOB's name, will become somewhat interested in Audrey himself as he weasels his way into the Horne family business.
- Bobby's speech also makes very little sense on some level, or proves problematic to the Laura narrative. Laura was allowed to interact with most of Twin Peaks. An abuser would rarely allow this in fear, founded or not, that someone would discover the abuse and stop it. The chance that NOBODY in the town helped Laura or suspected what was happening rings false. A teacher, counselor, Doctor or therapist would have learned about it and the way she is presented, Laura didn't hide it all that well. Audrey, on the other hand, was isolated and friendless. She had no outside support and few people cared or showed interest in her. Laura's death/funeral can be seen then as a sacrifice within Billy's dream: Laura, the type of girl his mother envied for she was loved by a community she was allowed to be a part of carries the abuse, dies and is buried, so his mother, Audrey, can live.
- Once more, Bobby shows derision towards his father's faith, believing that Laura shared his contempt. Billy's animosity towards his uncle is manifested within the dream again.
- Leland throws himself on Laura's casket, wishing to be buried with her. The fire he accidentally started having killed his mother and father/grandfather, Billy probably had attended a double funeral service for them both and projects this onto his scapegoats.
- Shelly laughs about Leland's action with the casket to a pair of old men, possibly indicating that Billy viewed his tragedy as a source of amusement to others, helping to commit to his growing sociopathy.
- Harry explains that Twin Peaks is separate from the world, and the price they pay for the good of that is an evil darkness/presence in the woods. He calls the society that was formed to fight that evil, The Bookhouse Boys. This is one of the most revelatory pieces. Twin Peaks is kept away from the world because it is inside of Billy's mind. But because the world he has created was made to help erase or transfer the tragedy that occurred to his family and himself, as well as what he had done, idealizing things, it has also made a darkness, where the repressed things were sanctioned. Things are not balanced in Twin Peaks, a possible negative side effect of the black and white Lodges and the Chevron floor of the Red Room. That the society is called, The Bookhouse Boys, once more, reflects Billy's attempts to escape reality by falling into entertainment and conjuring different stories, just as the Log Lady said in her intro to the Pilot. The Bookhouse features many books, just as it is stated that William Hastings is a lover of pulp fiction and science fiction stories. It will also be to the Bookhouse, not the more logical hospital, where Cooper inexplicably brings Audrey, after he's saved her from her father's brothel and she is close to ODing on heroin. The year that FWWM was released, David Lynch also released a painting entitled "Billy Finds a Book" which is not merely a coincidence when looking at the theory that Twin Peaks is Billy's dream.
- As Leo fools around with his boots, he is wearing the Chevron pattern. Audrey's shoes were previously linked to the Red Room. In the previous episode, Leo also referenced shoes and his season 2 storyline will specifically tie in to shoes, the Hornes (tied to Bobby) and the One-Armed Man/MIKE (in a subtle fashion). Infact, this scene with Leo and those boots/shoes will lead up to how it relates to Ben Horne, all as Leo adorns the pattern of the Red Room floor, where shoes seldom tread, except for Cooper's, whose own shoes play an enigmatic role in The Return.
- Josie cannot locate one of the Mill books, Catherine having hid it. The alternate books, showing the real and the false, tie into Billy's two realities. He has hidden the real "book" from himself.
- Catherine once again scolds Pete like he's her child more than her husband.
- Cooper talks to Dr. Jacoby at Laura's graveside and he admits that he usually pretends to care for his patients, when he doesn't, but Laura, he did actually care for. This could easily reflect how Billy felt. He couldn't feel anything for his fellow man, nor show them much care, until the American Girl unfortunately won his interest because of her outward similarity to his mother and kind demeanor. Unfortunately, what he felt for her was not good nor was it healthy, leading to her death.
- Cooper discusses the soul with Hawk, whom gives a speech with as many hidden answers as Harry's previous one; he answers he believes in several souls for each human.
"Waking souls that give life to the mind and the body. A dream soul that wanders."
When Dale asks where do they wander, Hawk replies, "Faraway places, the Land of the Dead."
This is Billy and the essence of Twin Peaks. Every character we see is a part of his soul and a reflection in some cases of those he has known and lost. They are also his victims: the Land of the Dead.
- Inside of the Great Northern, Leland Palmer feels the compulsion to dance. He is another one of Billy's victims, the man that he intends to frame for the murder of American Girl: Her own father.
