Let’s put it this way. If Cooper had never ventured into the Black Lodge to save Annie, the innocent kid would still be alive. I think that the function of the dramatic scene of the kid’s death is to show that unfortunately good intentions will not ease pain as a whole. Actually, saving Annie probably caused more pain than anything.mtwentz wrote:From a plot perspective, it's pretty clear what the accident means- it's the major event that eventually leads to Richard leaving town and confronting his father. It also gives us important insight to his character.NormoftheAndes wrote:But the boy being mowed down feels very staged and false. The response of onlookers looks like terrible bad acting - this is not just some accident on Lynch's part. The onlookers were locals and chosen for their poor acting I am pretty sure. None of this part of the show is comparable to the Laura repercussions and its treated very differently. What the meaning of the boy being run down is - that's another question! Maybe someone here has a better idea.Audrey Horne wrote:I get that, and it’s wonderful for it to be a success and a joy for you. And remember though I am someone who hated the second half of the second season, and aside from the soundtrack is left cold from FWWM. What I loved about Peaks was how tight it was, like a drum, in that first season... yet still left my imagination roam. I think I was expecting with the pre planning Lynch and Frost did to be tight again.... with obviously it still being ambiguous, I just felt I was watching acting and filmmaking exercises. I’ll take and look at moments, but as a while I’m not lost in the story.
A little boy is mowed down in a hit and run. If this were the pilot in 1990, how does that pain reverberate through a small town... that ripple effect where it haunts everyone. Not saying ones opinion is right and ones wrong, just for me nothing really affected me in a moving way, more just cerebral while waiting for the next week’s installment.
From an emotional standpoint, I think it's purpose is to show ultimately what havoc Cooper's choices have caused in Twin Peaks, the real human consequences- he has unleashed a monster upon the town. At least that's the emotion that I feel everytime I see that scene with the Badalamenti's moving Accident/Farewell theme.
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