"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

Kinda off-topic I know, but I just saw Michael Horse in Malcolm in the Middle, playing a native American casino-owner and I was just checking out his imdb page:http: //www.imdb.com/name/nm0395398/ and all the character names are Storm Cloud, Jonathan Eagle etc.

It seems that virtually every character he has played has just played on his native American heritage. And talking of the "3-dimensionality" of Peaks characters, it just seems that the only things Hawk ever said were about the spirituality of the woods and the caves etc., because it fit in with his stereotype.

"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

 This was Stephen Gylenhaal referring to Billy Zane was it not? I remember somebody on here quite a while back now saying that they spoke to Stephen and he confirmed this.

Not to shit-stir or anything, obviously!

"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

 I think it would have been awesome minus a physical relationship.

This may be my favorite Peaks picture of all time.  God bless America!

"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

True, but they could have at least kept the tension alive. The way they diverted the plotline into conveniently planted love interests Annie and Wheeler was just clumsy.

Thematically, a romance between Audrey and Cooper could have been very interesting, but it doesn't really fit with the nature of Cooper's character.

I agree. I think the Audrey-Cooper sexual tension was great, but taking it that one step further would have been just too much. I think Cooper would have perhaps acted more on his feelings when Audrey was older, though, and that would have felt more appropriate for not only the series but also for his character. I'm a big fan anyway of that drawn-out sexual tension between lead characters. I never wanted Mulder and Scully to get together because for me the "almost but not quite" aspect of their relationship was more delicious. Same with Joel and Maggie. Audrey and Cooper. Yadda.

Now Annie on the other hand...yeesh. I understand why she was brought in...they needed to illustrate the one flaw Cooper had that would be his misstep in dealing with Windom and the Lodge. But good god...I think the whole character of Annie was just poorly-designed anyway. It didn't need the help of Heather Graham's rancid acting to make it worse (though she did just that anyway; thanks there, Heather).

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

I think the misconception is by having the "romance" means that they are involved.  In a story, it just means that you keep the tension and the audience hooked.  Just like in any other series -like Sam and Diane, Ross and Rachel, David and Maddie -you don't get them together, you keep them apart but connected through the narrative.

Twin Peaks was dark and twisted and about conflict -yes, even with Cooper.  Themematically the show was setting up triangles with Cooper/Audrey/Ben and Cooper/Audrey/Windom Earle and then doubles with Audrey and Laura, and Audrey and Caroline- so seeing Cooper conflicted, and Audrey's yearnings would only build drama and tension.  To have them going steady or some such nonsense would be silly, but keeping them in the realm of the story structure would have been correct.

Audrey surrounded by red drapes and praying and the giant telling Cooper he forget something; Cooper not able to focus on clues but on "the content of her smile" all goes out the window for the cohessive piece which we had been following for almost a year.  Wheeler and Annie if you break it down supply the same story line and attributes that the projected Audrey/Cooper story line would have followed -but here it is excellerated without the history and without any of the four characters earning it -there felt very little satisfaction because Annie was the subtext of Audrey (retreated from the world) and Wheeler the subtext of Cooper (forthright, extracting the good of others) without any of the layers being peeled away.

To me, and all my Peaks fans at the time, it was a huge disappointment.  It still is. 

"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

Dana was very cool at the fest.  He went on the filming site tour and gave his imput on the Deputy Cliff drug deal shoot out scene which was really awesome. Dana also shared with us that the same fire arms tech who worked on "The Crow" worked on FMMW.  Spooky!!!!!

I asked him who he like working with more Machen or Sheryl? I thought he would ignore the question but   He thought about it for a while, hummed,...  Machen.  I think I have it taped somewhere. Good Times!!!

"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