We were watching series two of The Last of Us and some characters started talking about Snoqualmie and I’m like “There’s a great waterfall there,” and then they show it, great. I love the waterfall, but I do not love this waterfall clock.

David Lynch mis/not hearing and yelling everything will probably always be enjoyable. The demon inside of Gerard (Al Strobel) is not enjoying all the noise in the hotel lobby, sailors with bouncing balls, just a lot of people and noise.

Chaos at the orchid house, utter disarray. Hawk (Michael Horse) checks it out and finds Howard hanged in his own greenhouse.

At the Palmer place, the camera focusses briefly on a four-pillared clock on the mantlepiece. After the tacky waterfall earlier, is this the shelved clocks episode? Maddy, Leland and Sarah (Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise & Grace Zabriskie) are having coffee with the morning papers. Maddy tells them she’s leaving, heading home tomorrow, they’re mostly ok about it.

Howard’s suicide note, “I’m a lonely soul” in French. “It’s a good thing Andy didn’t see this one.” Hawk finds the supposed Laura Palmer diary. “Paydirt.”

Bobby, Shelley and Leo (Dana Ashbrook, Madchen Amick & Eric DaRe) are working out their finances, only get $42/month after expenses, the problems of both insurance fraud and the American medical system. Bobby suggests they sell Leo’s truck, but it’s been impounded by the state as evidence. Comatose Leo starts screaming when they talk about Leo having a money stash somewhere, Bobby and Shelley join in, but significantly louder. Leo starts saying “New shoes” every now and then, Leo had Shelley take in some of his boots for repair last week. “You give us what we want, I’ll give you the whole damn shoe store.” Leo death rattle porridge spit.

Audrey (Sherilyn Fenn) confronts her father (Richard Beymer) about One Eyed Jacks, reveals she was the white-masked Prudence! Ben taking this somewhat well. He’s owned OEJ for five years, he knew Laura worked there but only for a brief time, Emory sent her there. “Did you sleep with her?” Looooooooooong pause, sigh, “Yes”. “Did you kill her?” Another long pause – longer than it should be – “I loved her.” Forlorn Ben, the most emotional he’s been.

Norma (Peggy Lipton) a good boss/friend, fine with Shelley quitting her job, says she can get her job back at the diner whenever she needs. Nadine and Big Ed (Wendy Robie & Everett McGill) enter the diner, she still in teenage mode, Ed getting others to go along with the ruse, such as Norma saying she’s only worked there 6 weeks, not 20 years. Big Ed told Nadine her parents been visiting Europe for weeks now. Squeeze-explodes her chocolate milkshake glass, milkshake, whipped cream and blood everywhere. “Eddie, I’m so happy, I could just kiss you to death!”

Bobby brings dipshit (Gary Hershberger) Mike to see Leo at Shelley’s house. The shoe ticket got old shoes, not new shoes, but they hammer the treads off, and find a small cassette in the heel, Leo banging his head against the wall.

Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) going through Laura’s diary, intimations to the One-Armed man being a friend of her father, threats to tell the world who Ben Horne really is, but much of the diary mutilated. Audrey arrives, tells Cooper that Ben was sleeping with Laura, he owns One Eyed Jacks and she worked there. Audrey wants Cooper to arrest her father. Harry: “what’s going on?” Cooper: “Without chemicals he points” thinks Bob collapsing when Ben arrived was a big clue. “We need a warrant to arrest Ben Horne.”

Piper Laurie in Asian make-up and mannerisms next to actual Asian actors does not feel good. Cops all arrive to take Ben in for questioning. He tells the police to just “Go away, I’m gonna go out for a sandwich.” they apprehend him and drag him away in handcuffs, impotently yelling “No! No!” Ben Horne is not having a good day, I’m glad.

What the heck is going on at the Palmer house? The record player is just spinning, nothing playing, Sarah crawling painfully down the stairs calling for “Leland!”

Log Lady (Catherine E. Coulson) is at the station as Ben is brought in. See her log-first. “We don’t know what will happen, or when, but there are owls at the roadhouse.” “Something is happening isn’t it, Margaret?” “Yes.”

Pete (Jack Nance) is prepping milk and cookies, hears something but no-one there, then surprise, It’s Mr. Tojamura!! Gives Pete a big, milk-dropping kiss, he’s furious. “Ever since the moment we met I’ve been strangely attracted to you… there’s something about your eyes, so warm and deep and blue as the sky. Dummy it’s me! It’s me!” “Catherine, you look terrible, just terrible!” Laughing happily, relieved, she’s alive! I knew it!

Sarah is still crawling, has a vision of a white horse in her living room. It snorts, fades out, she collapses. Record player still spinning, Leland nearby tying his tie, oblivious. This feels important.

At the Bang Bang bar (and courthouse) Donna and James (Lara Flynn Boyle & James Marshall) have evidently levelled up from the Double-R diner, now here for drinks, nuts and cigarettes, talking about Howard Smith’s suicide. Log Lady, Cooper and Harry arrive and sit down, an unusual pub quiz team? I imagine Cooper would be excellent at a quiz. The Log Lady is absolutely downing peanuts. Donna is curious, Maddy didn’t mention she was leaving soon. Cooper, Harry and the Log Lady are watching the show, a singer with a red dress and a familiar red curtain backdrop. Then – to Cooper – the singer disappears, replaced by the giant from his dream (Carel Struycken) “It is happening again. It is happening again.” What is happening again? Another murder? Is that what’s going on with the Palmers?

Cut back to Leland smiling in mirror, record still spinning, then he sees the Wildman in the mirror, his reflection turning into Leland/Wildman – so Leland is possessed by the Wildman spirit, like Gerard! Maddy comes downstairs, smells like something burning, sees Leland, screams, runs upstairs, keeps switching between Leland and Wildman, Sarah passed out on floor, struggle with Maddy, Leland punches her? Stabs her? Hurts her badly then dances around the room with her repeating “Laura” like he did with her photo last season. Wildman bites at her neck like a vampire? Was Howard a vampire? Is he really dead from hanging? Wildman (or Bob, I guess) is brightly lit slow motion kiss-sucking her face. “Leland says you’re going back to Missoula!” Smashes Maddy’s face into mirror, puts a letter “O” under her fingernail. I sure do hate being right all the time.

The giant stares blankly at Cooper then fades out. It happened again, not a lot of warning for Cooper, only informing him when it’s actually happening. Old Man Waiter (Hank Worden) is back! Hobbles over to Cooper, pats him on the shoulder and says “I’m so sorry” then walks away. No thumbs up or repetition this time.

Bobby and Donna suddenly both look extremely upset, unprompted, as if they’ve felt Maddy/Laura dying again, is this like when Obi-Wan sensed the destruction of Alderaan?

There she is in the credits, Piper Laurie as Tajamora!

New mysteries:
Did Howard hang himself?
What’s on the cassette Bobby found in Leo’s heel?
Is this the last time we’ll see Sheryl Lee? Or is there another cousin/aunt/relative who will arrive for Maddy’s funeral?
The Giant cryptically warning Cooper that a death is currently occurring but with no specifics at all feels like a relatively useless power, is there more to it?

Old Mysteries:
What happened to Laura? – Killed by Leland possessed by Bob?
Who assaulted Ronette? – Leland (plus Leo and Jacques) whilst possessed by Bob
Who is the “J” Laura was anxious about meeting?
Who was the shadowy figure behind Leo in the woods? – Presumably it really was Leland, but possessed by Bob
What did any of Cooper’s dream mean?
Who is the third man seen on the night of Laura’s murder? – Bob possessing Leland
Who is the father of Lucy’s child?
Who attacked Jacoby?
Who shot Cooper?
Is the Waiter real?
What did any of Cooper’s new dream mean?
Why did Leland’s hair turn white? – Because he was inhabited by Bob.
What’s up with this Wyndham Earle character?
What’s with the magic Tremond kid?
Who is the Wildman? How does Leland know him? – Wildman is Bob, not sure how they first meet but they’ve become quite close since then.
Who was trying to call Harry at the police station?
If the owls are not what they seem, what are they? – The owls could be representations of whatever the Giant is, Log Lady said there were owls at the courthouse, then the Giant appeared.
Why can Maddy see Bob, but James and Donna can’t? – Turns out Maddy was more in the damned column than the gifted one..
Why can’t Harold Smith go outside? – Guess that’s not really a problem any more.
Why does Nadine think she’s 18? Why is she super-strong now? – Bob isn’t possessing her, so this might just be its whole own thing.
Why does Harold have Laura’s diary?
Who is M. T. Wentz?
When are Cooper and Sid going to hook up? – Sid and the judge are still missing, this might never happen.
Who is Cousin Jonathan / Mr. Lee, really?
Why did Wyndham Earle sending Cooper a chess move?
Why did Leland take the animal fur?
If Bob is a spiritual parasite, is he inhabiting a character? If so, who? – Leland! Hell yes, I called it from day one.