This theory is more of an overall concept of the story behind the eternal struggle between good and evil and how it applies to Twin Peaks in particular. It is fairly lengthy so I am leaving it as an attachment so you can open it up and read it offline and get back to me with any thoughts or arguments.
I wrote this to try and convince myself that L/F actually had a plan as opposed to just trying to confuse and generally discombobulate their fans on a Finale to such an epic story.
I also did a lot of this from memory so some of my details may be a bit off, and I know how we all focus on the details here so please excuse and feel free to correct any blatant errors on the Twin Peaks storyline I may have made.
Thanx,
Jack
They had the right date for the Trinity test, in 1945. Then ticked up to 8/5/56.. Still little idea why. The best I've got is that the Platters song was number one that week/had just been released...
Cooper's line at the end is "what year is this?"
Nitpicks aside, you hit on some interesting things. I still think the good/evil binary is too simple, but I like the idea that the Fireman/white lodge forces give freedom, while he black lodge forces do not to be sort of compelling. I recall in the first episode of season 2, the giant/Fireman tells Cooper, "You will need medical attention." In contrast to the Woodsmen showing up to fix Mr. C...
They had the right date for the Trinity test, in 1945. Then ticked up to 8/5/56.. Still little idea why. The best I've got is that the Platters song was number one that week/had just been released...
Cooper's line at the end is "what year is this?"
Nitpicks aside, you hit on some interesting things. I still think the good/evil binary is too simple, but I like the idea that the Fireman/white lodge forces give freedom, while he black lodge forces do not to be sort of compelling. I recall in the first episode of season 2, the giant/Fireman tells Cooper, "You will need medical attention." In contrast to the Woodsmen showing up to fix Mr. C...
I agree with you that the "good/evil binary is too simple" however it becomes a LOT more complicated when you incorporate "Free Will" on only the side of good. One side of the binary has just been multiplied by infinite choices that range the spectrum of good and evil...and everything in between.
But it seems like you were already onto this concept...
Thanx for the corrections to my memory...oddly I always misremember his last line as being "Wait, what year is it?" but we all know he didn't say "wait" and changed out the "it" for "this." I truly do not know why I constantly remember it that way, maybe my mind is projecting...
I was convinced that there is an important difference between 'it' and 'this' pretty early on. The former suggests a stable timeline, and uncertainty about where one is in it. The latter is meaningfully more ambiguous...
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