CUT TO:
2. INT. GREAT NORTHERN CORRIDOR - NIGHT
Cooper and Albert sit at the table arrayed with breakfast foods. Griddlecakes, orange juice, coffee. Cooper eats, expounds. Albert listens.
COOPER
Buddhist tradition reached the Land of Snow in the fifth
century A.D. The first Tibetan king to be touched by the
Dharma was Ha-tho-tho-ri gnyan-btsan. He, and all
succeeding kings were known collectively as the Happy
Generations. Some histories place the King in the water
snake year of 213 A.D. Others in 173 A.D. A water-ox
year. Amazing, isn't it? The Happy Generations.
Cooper takes a sip of hot coffee, beams. Albert, deadpan, just stares for a very long beat. Then, finally:
ALBERT
Agent Cooper. I'm thrilled to pieces that the Dharma
came to King Ho-Ho and the Land of Schmoes. I really
am. But right now I'm trying hard to focus on the more
immediate problems of our own century. Right here in
Twin Peaks.
COOPER
(without malice)
You'd be surprised by the connections between the two.
ALBERT
Color me amazed.
COOPER
(on to business)
Ronette Pulaski has come out of her coma.
ALBERT
And?
COOPER
I'm thinking Ronette has quite a story to tell, once she
regains her ability to speak.
ALBERT
She's not talking.
COOPER
Wakened, but silent. Probably shock.
Cooper pulls two police sketches out of his briefcase. Leo Johnson. And Bob, the long-haired man.
COOPER
(continued)
I intend to show her these.
(re appropriate sketch)
Leo Johnson. And Bob - the man Sarah Palmer saw in her
vision. The man who came to me in my dream.
ALBERT
(the usual sour sarcasm)
Has anyone seen 'Bob' on Earth in the last few weeks?
COOPER
Not yet.
Cooper takes a big bite of griddlecake. Albert produces a report, speaks while referring to it:
ALBERT
Fine. I performed the autopsy on Jacques Renault.
Contents of the deceased's stomach revealed beer cans, a
Maryland license plate, half a bicycle tire, a goat, and a
small wooden puppet. Goes by the name of Pinocchio.
COOPER
(delighted)
You're making a joke.
ALBERT
(deadpan)
I like to think of myself as one of the Happy Generations.
From Twin Peaks #2.002 (season 2, episode 2, for the rest of us). Albert was, of course, performed by The Hardest Working Man in Genre Film and Television, Miguel Ferrer.
Well, ok, maybe not, but between Twin Peaks, RoboCop, Star Trek III, and a number of other credits I'm not taking the seconds necessary to look up. . . ok, yes, I'm bored again. And trying to convince myself that since I have TP on VHS, there's really no need to add the DVD collection to my Amazon Wish List.
woo, twilight zone moment - fire walk with me was on ifc last night. didja watch it?
god damn it i love that movie. that's pretty much all you need to know about me i guess.
do you actually have the complete twin peaks on vhs? how much did that set you back?
you should put the DVD collection on your wish list anyway, man -- think special features. special features.
dude, log lady intros are on the dvd. (also some very techy commentaries)
r@d@r, I don't have cable, you insensitive clod!
Sorry, slashdot poll moment. Nope, didn't know FWWM was on. Must just be in the air or something.
Got a few eps. for Xmas years back, and taped most of the others off ABC when they were originally broadcast, so watching 'em has all sorts of hysterical, excuse me, historical moments with old adverts and news flashes.
There are still a few season two episodes I've never seen -- I did ask the fam to tape the things while I was playing in the sandbox, but I guess they figured I wasn't coming back alive and didn't bother. Bastards.
And between you and dooflow, ok, I'm sold. Set added.