"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

For me that is one of the weakest aspects of Season 1. It would have been bad enough if it had happened in a middle of an episode but to end on such a cliffhanger and then when people sit down after a week of speculating and find out that he "forgot"

~ 'I will give you my finest hour, the one I spent watching you shower' ~

See, this is where you either love the show (at least the early part) or don't.

It's a wink at serials, at plot conventions. It can wait until morning because we need another episode. It's all about the visual and style -Laura herself is a ridiculous plot contrivence to bring you into the fun.

By doing this in such an extreme, it's a play on television norms -just like Cooper being shot is a wink to cliffhangers especially JR being shot.

That's why my only problem with the first season is it lists a year during part of its run.  I would have only used Months and Days -so it could live in its own time warp.

How?

oh! dammit!