Major Briggs delivers this printout of gibberish with the words Cooper in the middle of it and The Owls are not what  They Seem.  He says it came from the woods and not from above.  Does anyone have an explanation as to who specifically sent this message, why, and how they did it?  This detail was introduced (very X-Files) and then somewhat discarded.  How did the Lodge spirits communicate to make a readout print these words and why?  Was it just a simple case of the Giant or another White Lodge spirit addressing Cooper and telling him some of the people in town aren't really who you think they are (Leland)?  Do you think Mulder and Scully would have had more success and cracked this case if they were assigned to it?

"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

Congrats on starting a thread that isn't gash! It's been a while, hehe

Well the way I always saw that was sort of 'radio waves' broadcasting from the Lodges/Woods, in a sort of non specific way...the satelites just so happened to 'tune' into something that was neither future nor past.

What i always wondered (and i guess it was just a bit of dialogue designed to be dramatic) when Col Riley says that Briggs' disappearing has 'implications that make the Cold War seem like a case of the sniffles'

ps   loaned my copy of season 2 to a friend 3 months ago...i am starting to withdraw...urgh IWANTITBACK

'implications that make the Cold War seem like a case of the sniffles'

That line has always intrigued me.  I would love more specifics from Colonel Reilly on this.

The Lodge spirits must know the military are monitoring them if they sent this message to Coop so he could receive it.  It just seems a bizarre way to send it.  I don't know why the Giant didn't just pop up while Coop was eating pancakes at the Great Northern and told him this in an ambiguous way.

"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

"What? Did your life pass before your eyes? Cuppa tea, cuppa tea, almost got shagged, cuppa tea..."

"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

 The first Matrix movie was the only good one. 

What other readings did the military get from the Lodge?

Briggs to Reilly "Oh nothing unusual tonight, they're just chatting about having leftovers for dinner, guess what it was - garmonbozia."

"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 is one of those very special scenes i like to block out whenever possible

white lodge messages from space, jesus christ

"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

"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

"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

"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 just said it wasn't THAT bad

fuck those prarie dogs and monkeys though, goddam