How does that mean he was taking back to her little white house on the quiet little street?
He would have been taking her back to her rapist and her drugs and her misery, and possibly her super scary (or incredibly badass?) mother.
Laura's life was trashed. She was in a living hell. I'm sure I'll get tarred and feathered for this, but possibly the best thing that could happen to her would be death..... or a trip back "home" where the golden orb was created. Maybe Dido and Fireman are her real parents.
I think with BOB eliminated from the situation the Leland family would live a very different life. Her life was a hell, made by BOB. As far as Sarah being inhabited by Experiment/Jowday/Judy/BOB's Mom that doesn't happen till Laura is dead and maybe not ever if Laura doesn't die. Which might explain why she is so angry and busting up Laura's photo when Cooper is leading Laura away from her death.
But that would require him changing the past, like before Laura was 12 and BOB started coming through her window. I didn't get that from this scene. He was keeping her from from getting wrapped in plastic, yes. But I'm unclear how it would change anything that happened before that moment.
Please keep in mind that I am not discrediting your theory, just trying to understand it and debate it.
I wasn't suggesting the Lelands would be free of the traumas BOB created for them. But they would be aware he was at fault and free of further traumas. Yes, they would still be pretty messed up but they'd have one huge monkey off their backs. Let's not discount the power of healing, forgiveness and redemption.
In the end though I'm thinking he was really attempting to save Laura but failing that taking her away would bring Judy/Jowday out of the woodwork making her vulnerable and showing where she is.
This is how I am currently seeing it. Of course, I might change my mind.
Coop spent 25 years in the waiting room, and when he finally woke up from his stint as Dougie, he had a pretty clear idea how to deal with the immediate situations in the present reality: Janey E & Sonny Jim - make a tupla, Mister C - get the ring back on him & send him back, Bob - Freddie and the KO glove, Naido - help her to return to being Diane.
The lodge forces that were helping him with these situations, didn't prepare him for dealing with Judy, or the time travel scenario. Perhaps he was trying to use the plan that Maj. Briggs & Cole mentioned to eliminate Judy, or maybe he tried his own idea. He knew it might not work because he said at mile 430, "Everything might be different once we cross." I don't think he realized just how different it would be. The time travel introduced a new variable that created more possibilities than he could anticipate, and it ruined his plan.
I almost forgot what this thread was about - the safety of the Palmer house. If Coop understood that Sarah was inhabited by Judy, I think he must have been planning to take Laura to the White Lodge to protect her for a while. He would know that she could be returned safely to that present reality at the right time to deal with Judy. I don't believe he would have taken her to the Palmer house if Leland & Bob were still free there.
Bob "should" of been gone by then, so depending on what "home" looked like then
Why would Bob have been gone by then? He was still there, with Leland.
I'm not so sure. Bob needing to be defeated before going back to get Laura would only make sense.
And to those of you who think he was taking her to the White Lodge, what would that accomplish?
It would have avoided her terrifying last night and brutal death at the hands of her father.
But more importantly, recall that Laura put on the Owl Cave Ring just before Leland killed her. As we now know from the Return, anyone who has that ring on when they die ends up in the Black Lodge.
And Laura was there for 25 years. Unfairly.
Laura served some purpose on this plane of existence. What it is I don't think we know exactly (thanks, Lynch). But it could be something as simple as shielding everyone else from BOB - the world's top producer of garmonbozia. He probably even got a little plaque for it at the annual Second-Floor Convenience-Store Convention gatherings.
The Fireman created her for a reason. Maybe she died for our sins. Female Christ figure, anyone? Our own personal Jesus.
The lodge residents like the Fireman don't seem able to impact directly on earthly events.
Hence the sending of emissaries like Laura. 😉
Briggs has no power on earth either.
But he was happy as a bald, body-less clam - and where he deserved to be - in the White Lodge. Notice it was Mr. C in the cage and not Briggs. Too bad he had to spend 25 years in a pocket dimension and sacrifice Ruth Davenport, Bill Hastings and Betty to get there. Oh, well. 😉
The idea in the show suggested that Laura had some mission in this world. I agree with Brandy that I wish they would lay off her, but nevertheless some kind of role was assigned to her and her alone. Unless she can fulfill it, balance won't be restored.
Bingo. Who knows what evil (that lurks in the hearts of men) BOB would have unleashed if he hadn't had the innocent, beautiful, young Laura Palmer to feast on. Simply read the first part of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer to see what Laura could have been without BOB. 🙁
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Cooper's asking her: so now would you rather die as Laura Palmer or live as Carrie Page?
BOB and the Lodges transcend linear time. By destroying BOB in the future, he changed Laura and the Palmer's hellish predicament in the past (or so he thought). Mother had other ideas.
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