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Recommended viewing order. Spoilers.

posted 11 years ago by Dodgemaguire
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The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes (book)

Dale Coopers life up until Fire Walk With Me

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (book)

Laura's life, pre-Fire Walk With Me

Fire Walk With Me
(Laura's perspective)

Laura's Death by the hands of Bob

Twin Peaks

Dale Cooper gets trapped in the Lodge, Bob takes over his body

End of series epilogue deleted Scene with catatonic looking Annie

....and,

Fire Walk With Me....again :) (Dale/Annie's perspective)

Dale Cooper tries to prevent his own imprisonment in the lodge, Annie warns Laura that "the good Dale" is trapped in the lodge.

Side note: Philip Jefferies finds out Dale is Bob and uses the power of the lodge to go (briefly) back in time.

[–] lynchfilmlover 11 years ago

and this is the route I will be taking.

Would be interested to read IF you would put the closed ending Pilot sequence in there too - yes I know it is a dream in ep 3 I think isnt it???...

[–] Dodgemaguire 11 years ago

Honestly, I like to think that the closed ending of the pilot is like a Bob origin story, he was human in an alternate timeline who was killed by Mike, knowing he is going to die he tries to open a lodge doorway (why else would there be candles in the exact alignment of the sycamore trees; also they blow out when he dies?) And using the time travel powers of the lodge he wreaks havoc on the residents of twin peaks. So you could say that is how it all began. It fits the "we live inside a dream" philosophy of the show. If the black lodge existed independent of dales dream. Why not an alternate reality as well.

25 years later: a true epilogue where dale meets laura when he is much older and she helps him solve her murder via the dream in episode three. Although he doesn't recall it until much later in the series.

Using these two as bookends to the book,film and series. Plot wise it seems to make sense. Even though bobs origin story is my speculation at best i still think it makes some sense

[–] lynchfilmlover 10 years ago

Very interesting theory there Dodgemaguire.

I also have/am reading Full of Secrets, too. A good addition to the completist list.

[–] Dodgemaguire 10 years ago

On an unrelated theory check this out:

it explains the leland/bob/grandmother/grandson connection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Q55iuJpGA

The more theories I find the more this show actually starts to make sense. If only season 3 existed...

[–] !!!deleted!!! (14789810) 10 years ago

It doesn't work at all if you do Fire Walk with Me before Twin Peaks.

There is no reason to do such a thing.

The night is dark and full of terrors
http://www.imdb.com/list/rJuB9UoASlQ/

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[–] lynchfilmlover 10 years ago

Of course, we do agree with that.

I would assume this 'completist' viewing order would be for those who have seen TP and want to revisit in a sorta chronological way.