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That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

I agree with Jasperjohn!

Yes,the story was not the same without Leland and Laura.But,excuse me,is it obligatory a movie to have a happy ending?It will turn into a soap this way! BOB is REAL! The whole story is about the evil,hiding in the woods,the endless evil-the shadow-self of Twin Peaks.I agree with Windom Earle's theories,he describes this evil in the best way! Windom Earle's subplot is one of the best in the whole show!Jeez,this man is unique!Genius!

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

 Good one,Jasper!

I love you!

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

If a man has a problem, kills someone and soon himself gets killed, the thing behind the problem isn't gone with the death of the victim and the killer. After they both are gone we can still talk about the problems that caused that nice man to do such a terrible thing. That really was the core of Twin Peaks. And because of that the show died.

They had no intention to kill Leland. Or at least not so soon. Please, read Chris Rodley's book Lynch on Lynch. There the man himself says that the bad guys (rapists and killers) usually are those who seem to be good guys. Those "I never thought he could do such a horrible things" kind of guys. Lynch said that their problems just grow too big. That happened with Leland.

How can anyone argue that the rape and murder of Laura Palmer by her father was not the heart of the show? I'm sorry but I don't buy this "BOB IS REAL!" line as some easy explanation that dismisses the tragic and disturbing nature of Laura and Leland's relationship.

BOB is a representation of the evil that men do, if you want something safe that doesn't challenge your comfortable world view then stick to Star Trek or Buffy! The fact that the rape and murder of a daughter by her father is not dissipated is what makes this a Lynch project, not just another off-beat TV series, for me.

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"Rami" and "Laura was a patient of mine" seem to be on the same page as me on this. I didn't say that FWWM was better than the rest of the series post Leland's death, but it was more fitting that the show should close focusing on what had been the core driving element. I think Lynch did this to counteract what he saw as the silliness that had crept in towards the end before ep. 29 (although I still can't stand seeing Earle dressed up as the Log Lady).

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I will quote Cooper " Is it easier for you to believe that man can rape and murder his own daughter?"

Let's be more imaginative!And yes,BOB is real!Many people saw him in visions. 

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

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Well,many people saw this "long-haired man" does this mean  they are crazy and made this up?

As I said why don't you be more imaginative and look the things from the other side? ;)

But I admit you are right about what you say. 

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

 You are quite right about this.

There is really more than heaven and earth(like the Major said)

We are not alone in the Universe!

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

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BOB is an inhabiting spirit(I think Mike's words were very clear) ;)

And was Maddy crazy when she saw his face on the floor in Palmer's living room?

Was Sarah crazy when she saw him kneeling behind Laura's bed?

Was Donna crazy when she said she saw Mrs Tremond and her grandson,who both disappeared after that?

Or was Cooper crazy when he saw the giant in his room?Or maybe Ronette was crazy when they showed her the police sketch of BOB in the hospital and she started screamin'? And how will you explain the fact that Laura and Cooper had one and the same dream? Maybe the TP citizens are crazy? And why did Josie die?Who killed her???

I don't say all these things exist in OUR world,what we saw in the series was an illusion adn in the world of Twin Peaks these spirits and mysteries DO exist!The evil has a face!The face of BOB.

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

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In the world of TP these spirits exist.They are on the earth.

Now out of the TP world, I say I believe we are not alone in the universe.Who knows?

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

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I don't know this,what you are asking about.

I only know that BOB is an inhabiting spirit(this is something which was said clearly in the show)

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

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I KNOW that they were clearly mentioned,but I also said that I don't know if BOB is a Dugpa.I don't have an opinion about that.

And what do YOU think about that?Is he a Dugpa? 

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

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Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

First of all, most of the people cannot see Bob. Only few can see him. I think of Bob as The Tempter (Satan, if you wish). Those who can't see Bob are alone with their temptations. Bob is whispering to their ears but they can't hear it or see him the way the few could. In real life, people are constantly fighting against odd urges. I believe the "whispers" in real life are caused by the Tempter. It's not a physical creature or anything like that, but more like "bad" energy. That energy, or spirits or whatever, might be constantly around people but it doesn't have any real power unless people "accept" those whispers. We can't get rid of that energy but we can try to ignore it. We can try to ignore our thoughts. If we fail doing it, we do what we are craving to do. We do what those "whispers" are saying (even if we really do not hear them as it's not that kind of whispering as we know it)

I believe Bob was meant to explain that situation to us. I believe that in the story of Twin Peaks some people were created to have that ability to see and hear the energy just so that we could understand that kind of abstraction better. As Lynch himself has said, Bob and LMFAP are abstractions. And reading the FMMW script you can see that Ms. Tremond was supposed to say that "why not be composed of materials and combinations of atoms" and few lines before it the Woodsman said "we have descended from pure air." I believe those lines were supposed to explain us what I just said. They aren't originally physical beings but pure energy who can be shown to some people as physical beings because "why not."

About that Cooper's line about the difficulty of thinking that a man could do sucah a terrible thing. There's the point. It is difficult to think like that but it doesn't put away the fact that every single day there are these nice and kind people doing something really disturbing because their problems have grown too big and they have given in to their urges and temptation (given in to the Tempter, to Bob).

I'm saying that yes, there is Bob in the world of Twin Peaks but he is also a metaphor of people's lack of strength to ignore the temptation. Just like the Tempter and Satan are. And just as God is a metaphor for the Creator of everything and all the goodness there is. They are metaphors because we can't see them concretically. It doesn't take away the possibility that they can exist. 

In her life Laura was very very weak in fighting against it. She was so weak that she had to die to finally be stronger than it. She was human. Humans are weak but in death we can have the salvation. Leland had the salvation and so had Laura. After death we can finally be free of the bad energy or if we are too weak we turn into that bad energy ourselves. (and that's why it's better not to do a suicide so that we can gain the strength for the final triumph)