i dont believe i've handed my gun over to anybody in my ENTIRE LIFE!!.......you wanna know something else i've never done?........I've never crossed the ocean.....Never got to China!

Seen this episode about a gazillion times, so just to let you know Leland is actually not in this episode.  Albert is already at the hospital doing the tests and argues with Doc Hayward and Ben Horne who states he is the representative of the Palmer family.  Then when the scuffle gets underway, Harry and Andy come in to break it up, Albert insults Harry and Harry proceeds to smack him so he lands on Laura.  
(Also: did anyone else see the expression on Laura's face when they first shout "gentleman! woah!"  She looks like she is really struggling to keep from laughing, I could distinctly  see a smile on her face but it only lasts about a milisecond.)

Back to topic!  As Albert and his team have just arrived, it is understandable that he wants some time to himself to find out what else may be in Laura's body, or what other evidence there could be.  What he DOES find out is she had a cocaine habit, poker chip with letter J, twine used to bind her wrists and the birdbites from Waldo.  In an earlier autopsy, Doc Hayward's friend Joe Fielding also discovers that she was raped and had sex with at least 3 men.

 So from Agent Coopert and Harry's point of view, you would think all if that gives them enough leads to get started on, along with evidence taken from Laura's room and the crimesite.  I personally think Albert DOES need to et a grip, and like Ben and Cooper insist that he consider the feelings of the Palmer family.  They have gone through the ordeal of their daughter being brutally murdered, the experience must be hard enough and still hasn't sunk in yet, so they probably want to have the funeral as soon as possible and get the hardest bit out of the way.  Therefore, I think from the point of view of someone with compassion towards the family, their wishes should definetly be respected and Albert can get over it.

"watch out for my cousin.."

Sure, drama-wise, whoever wants to bury the clues is finger-pointed as a suspect.

In reality, no one would bury an upper middle class white teenage multiple rape victim in a serial killer case without obtaining all evidence. This is especially important for the family of the victim in order to get closure.

Scene stretched credibility. But, hey. It's Twin Peaks.

i agree, realistically it's not plausible, but hey, it's Peaks! 

And do you mean that Leland ain't in this scene, cos he is indeed in the episode, at least once. i think...

Yeah, you  are right, Maddy! I meant Horne was there, not Leland….. I’ll have to watch out for Lauras expression next time, have not seen it yet……..

12rainbow and cooped, you make a good point that I did not think of! Its not realistic, and that makes this dilemma about autopsy or funeral a fictional dilemma, a pseudo - dilemma…..?

 I guess it is not realistic at all……and that gets us entertaining things like a guy punching another guy so that he ends up in the missionary position with a corpse!

i dont believe i've handed my gun over to anybody in my ENTIRE LIFE!!.......you wanna know something else i've never done?........I've never crossed the ocean.....Never got to China!

i dont believe i've handed my gun over to anybody in my ENTIRE LIFE!!.......you wanna know something else i've never done?........I've never crossed the ocean.....Never got to China!