Title: Twin Peaks: The Black Widow
Category: Other
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Season 2, Episode 12
Synopsis
Bobby stops by Ben’s office, only to find Ben growing mentally unstable - all the office furniture is rearranged. He hires Bobby to follow Hank with a camera. Meanwhile, Cooper considers staying in Twin Peaks, and asks a realtor to see a distended property called Dead Dog Farm.
Dougie is found dead. In their honeymoon suite, Andy finds sex books and toys. Dwayne accuses Lana of murder. Lana shyly tells Hawk that she may be cursed.
Mike challenges Nadine to a wrestling match. She easily throws him to the ground, and then asks him out. Later, Mike tells Donna that she’s too old for him to date.
James is working on Evelyn’s car when Malcolm, Evelyn’s brother and driver tells him that her husband Jeffrey beats her.
At Dead Dog Farm, Cooper finds the property not that abandoned after all. There are indications a meeting recently took place. Cooper finds cocaine residue on a kitchen chair.
Richard, Lucy, and Andy learn that Nicky’s “acting out” could be due to the untimely death of his parents. Later, Richard is almost killed changing a flat tire. Nicky is in the driver’s seat.
A colonel asks Cooper about Major Briggs’ disappearance, saying the space messages emanated from the woods surrounding Twin Peaks. Cooper asks about the “white lodge” only to find that information classified.
Finished fixing her car, James asks Evelyn about her husband, and kisses her. Just then, Jeffrey drives up.
At the Great Northern, Bobby tells Audrey that her father hired him. Audrey suggests they do business together. Bobby walks into Ben’s office as Audrey sneaks into her hallway secret passage. Ben is now dressed in a grey, civil war uniform and playing with Civil War models. Bobby presents a folder full of pictures of Hank meeting with unidentified people. Ben gives Bobby a cash payment for a job well done.
Pete and Catherine enjoy a nice dinner with Josie in her new job as house-servant.
Audrey shows Cooper the photographs Bobby took. They’re of a clandestine meeting at Dead Dog Farm. Cooper recognizes the men as Jean Renault, Hank, the mountie, and Eddie. Cooper shows the pictures to Denise and presents the cocaine sample from Dead Dog Farm - hopefully enough evidence to prove Cooper was framed.
Richard tells Andy that Nicky may be trying to kill him, and they should investigate how his parents died
Doc Hayward tells Dwayne that Douggie died of natural causes. All the men in the sheriff’s office are oddly taken by Lana’s demeanor. She has a seductive power over men.
At the RR diner, Denise and Cooper confront Eddie with a parole violation. Scared, he tells Cooper a sob story about being coerced into selling drugs. Trapped, he agrees to help Denise play a drug buyer and trap them.
James overhears Jeffrey arguing with Evelyn. Malcolm tells James that one day, he’ll kill Jeffrey.
Bobby comes home to find his mother waiting in the dark. They both miss Major Briggs. Just then, he appears at the door in a pilot’s outfit. He has no recollection of how long he was gone.
Thoughts
A rather half-and-half episode. The Cooper plot line is entertaining, especially with the cross-dressing Denise. Less amusing is Lana the man-magnet and the tedious Richard, Andy, and Nicky stuff. Meanwhile, Ben begins his descent into madness which is also a very silly plot thread.
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