I do remember seeing that post regarding the Odessa, TX murder and there could definitely be some parallels here. Mark Frost has stated that the character of Laura was inspired by a real-life murder that occurred in Upstate NY in 1908, so it wouldn't be far-fetched to think that the Odessa setting with Carrie Page was inspired by the Odessa murder. My opinion is that the Carrie/Cooper drive never took place at all - it was either a delusion or a dream that Cooper/Richard was having. But I could be so, so wrong. And I wonder if we will ever really know!
Yeah, I don't think we'll ever hear Lynch or Frost actually tell us all that is going on... unless the new Frost book dives into Richard's delusions and how he incorporated the characters that we got to know in S 1&2 into these delusions. I'm starting to come over to your side about the long drive being in Richard's/Cooper's head because I have a hard time believing reality was happening when he was in the restaurant putting the guns in the boiling cooking oil... and that scene inside Carrie's house with the dead guy seems more surreal than real.
Maybe that long drive home to place Carrie (who he thinks is a live Laura Palmer) is yet another attempt in his mind to save Laura from the murder he did on her. Maybe the Giant telling him "it's happening again" is also telling us (the viewer) that Richard is back to murdering young girls once again.
We are definitely thinking along similar lines. The diner scene and how he handled the situation at Laura/Carrie's house just don't add up, even for Twin Peaks. And yes, he perhaps believes that reversing Laura's murder and taking her "home" (which he said to her in the woods) will reconcile everything. And you are right about that line from the Giant - I hadn't thought of that before!
Nice work Dianna! I have a similar but slightly different theory, maybe you will find it interesting:
Hi!
First time poster and fan since the 90s meself. First of all: pardon my english, not my mother tounge.
My initial theory was this: watching the scenes from FWWM, Laura seems to be on the brink of mental disorder. I think mental ilness always was a major theme in TP, one-armed man takin antipsychotics to keep evil spirits away, the loglady, the Palmers, etc, etc. Laura never died but went into a major psychosis, triggered by sexual abuse/drugs. I've been priviliged enough to work around psychotic/paranoid schizofrenic people for years, I know that lodgelike people, woodsmen and God-like people like the fireman, could very well be part of these peoples "reality". Laura lived in a state like this for 25 years, then, after getting rid of "Bob", represented by the dead guy in Carrie's appartment, she's takin the first steps against "reality" again. Now, how does that feel after 25 years? Like a scream, I guess. Or as her dream caracter Richard puts it: what year is this? Who's the dreamer? Laura is the one.
That was the short version of my theory. That was until I read yours!!! I really think you're on to something here, maybe we're both. Thanks for sharing!!
In Lost Highway there is a scene where the main character Fred meets a mystery man. The man is telling him that they met before. Fred asks him where and the mystery man answers : in your house ! As a matter of fact: I'm in your house right now! Don't believe me? Call me ! The man gives Fred the phone and he dials is phonenumber at home. Then you hear a click and a voice answers: I told you i was in your home ! This meaning of the scene is that the man is not real, he is in his head. Can the line from the fireman (also in his head) "it's in our house now means that the split personallities from richard begin to overlap each other? That could explain also the line : it can't be said loud now because all his thoughts can be picked up by the other personalities. Just a thought 😉
In Lost Highway there is a scene where the main character Fred meets a mystery man. The man is telling him that they met before. Fred asks him where and the mystery man answers : in your house ! As a matter of fact: I'm in your house right now! Don't believe me? Call me ! The man gives Fred the phone and he dials is phonenumber at home. Then you hear a click and a voice answers: I told you i was in your home ! This meaning of the scene is that the man is not real, he is in his head. Can the line from the fireman (also in his head) "it's in our house now means that the split personallities from richard begin to overlap each other? That could explain also the line : it can't be said loud now because all his thoughts can be picked up by the other personalities. Just a thought 😉
That's a pretty cool take on it. Also creepy because that bit from Lost Highway always creeped me out.
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