“The starting position is much more comfortable.” In a way, those words from Evil Cooper in “Part 13” of Twin Peaks summed up the episode. This was one of the best episodes so far, and it caught us up with some of the characters within the town of Twin Peaks.
“Part 13” started with Cooper and Mitchum brothers continuing their celebration from two episodes ago, walking into Lucky 7 Insurance in celebration of the $30 million the Mitchums got. As a thank you, Bushnell Mullins received three gifts—diamond cufflinks, cigars, and a brand-new BMW. Cooper also received a couple gifts—a BMW of his own and a dream playground for Sonny Jim. Janey-E absolutely loved it and is really happy with Dougie (Cooper).
Then the story focused on Evil Coop and his trip to hunt Ray at “The Farm.” Evil Coop, who is looking like an unstoppable force at this point, was confident he would get what he wanted—info from Ray, who he would then kill. After challenged by Renzo, “the boss” the others must follow orders from, Evil Cooper easily toys with him and defeats him in an arm wrestling match before punching him in the face to swiftly kill him. And like that, Evil Cooper was the boss. Somehow, the scene made the it possible for the viewer to root for Evil Cooper and want him to win.
The conversation between Ray (in his final moments) and Evil Cooper was interesting and revealing, but there are still questions. Basically, Ray knows Evil Coop is “Bob” (or at least knows he is from the Black Lodge, or something). He knows Phillip Jeffries. He had the ring. He knows about the coordinates to “The Dutchman’s.” Evil Cooper said he knows what is before putting a bullet in Ray’s head and sending him—and the ring—to the Red Room. What is “The Dutchman’s”? We’ll see.
Anthony, after failing to turn the Mitchum brothers on Dougie/Cooper, was in a bind. Somehow, he’s in the mix-up with some crooked cops and Duncan Todd—who works for Evil Cooper. Anthony was going to poison Dougie, but he broke down and confessed instead (probably because of how clueless and kind Dougie/Cooper is). We’ve known Mullins knew what Anthony was doing, but it’s the first we’re hearing of Mullins knowing Todd. It was also interesting to hear Anthony say the cops are even worse than Todd.
Finally, the events that occurred within the actual town of Twin Peaks, with Ed and Norma at the Double RR in particular, was great. Ed and Norma aren’t together anymore, which gets extremely sad when we see Ed sitting alone at the gas station as the credits rolled. It was also cool to see Bobby come in there and talk to Ed and Norma, who are still obviously friendly, but Norma is with that businessman that’s helping grow the business. The businessman just doesn’t get it and wants to change things when the original Double RR is already perfect the way it is. Everyone is probably pulling for Ed and Norma, who have true love, to get back together again.
Earlier, Sarah Palmer was sitting in her living room in a perpetual cycle of nothingness—just drinking and watching the same few seconds of an old-time boxing match. It was definitely a creepy scene that keeps you on the edge of your seat even though nothing happened. As for Audrey, we have no idea what’s going on with that.
And before the final shot of Ed alone at the gas station, we saw James Hurley playing and singing on stage at the Roudhouse with a couple of girls. What exactly was he singing on stage? The same song he sung with Donna and Maddy 25 years ago. This brought incredible memories back from that original scene. It was emotional, as it was for Renee—who was interested in James all the way back in episode one (of this season). Renee could come into play after the song stirred emotions in her just as it did with the three before. Or maybe James is just so cool that she couldn’t hold it in.
There are five episodes left for David Lynch to sort this out, but every episode has been kind of its own story and loose ends will almost certainly be there in the end. As entertaining as Dougie Jones is, most of us hope to see special agent Dale Cooper back in action before it’s all over, though.
was good one