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Twin Peaks Season 2 Episode 9

Episode Sixteen "Arbitrary Law"

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AIRED: 12/1/90

Albert returns to examine Maddy. Cooper asks for twenty-four hours to finish his case. James and Donna reaffirm their love. Andy accidentally leads Donna and Cooper back to Mrs. Tremond's house. Cooper is given a missing page from Laura's diary, describing the same dream he had. The One Armed man is ill, tells Cooper he has all the clues he needs. Catherine reveals herself to Ben, and he signs the mill back over to her. Leland and Donna learn of Maddy's death. Cooper calls together everyone for a final confrontation. James leaves town. Cooper tricks the killer into revealing himself after decoding the various clues from his dream. The spirit of Bob flees from the killer's body, who dies in Cooper's arms and is welcomed into the next life by Laura. Truman, Cooper, Albert and Major Briggs ponder the existence of Bob, and where he has gone to

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Probably the best episode of the entire series.

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By 80sfreak, Nov 03, 2011

This episode was nearly perfect from start to finish. The only thing keeping it from a perfect 10 are the filler scenes regarding Lucy, Andy, and Dick Tremaine, but they are few and far between thankfully. Nearly the entire episode revolves around the resolution of the who killed Laura Palmer storyline by agent Cooper. One of the best aspects of this episode is the fact that although Cooper and company finally figure out who killed Laura (after the audience already knew), no one still knows the entire greater mystery of Bob. By the end of the episode, we learn a few more details about Bob from Mike/Phillip Gerard and from Leland, but we still don't know exactly where Bob comes from - that is saved for later on in season 2. The final sequence proves once and for all that Bob does in fact exist, yet leaves us hanging in a suspenseful and creepy way.moreless
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Lara Flynn Boyle	Donna Marie Hayward
Kimmy Robertson	Lucy Moran
Dana Ashbrook	Bobby Briggs
Sherilyn Fenn	Audrey Horne
Peggy Lipton	Norma Jennings
Warren Frost	Dr. William Hayward

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Michael J. Anderson	Man From Another Place	Guest Star
Jane Greer	Vivian Smythe Niles	Guest Star
Clive Rosengren	Mr. Zipper	Guest Star
Miguel Ferrer	Agent Albert Rosenfield	Recurring Role
Ian Buchanan	Dick Tremayne	Recurring Role
Al Strobel	Phillip Michael Gerard	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (1)
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- This episode takes place between: Saturday March 11 - Sunday March 12
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QUOTES (2)
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- Log Lady intro:
  
  So now the sadness comes--the revelation. There is a depression after an answer is given. It was almost fun not knowing. Yes, now we know. At least we know what we sought in the beginning.
  
  But there is still the question: why? And this question will go on and on until the final answer comes. Then the knowing is so full, there is no room for questions.
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- Cooper: The time has come for you to seek the Path. Your soul has set you face to face before the clear light ... and now you are about to experience it in its Reality, wherein all things are like the void and cloudless sky, and the naked, spotless intellect is like a transparent vacuum, without circumference or center... At this moment, know yourself and abide in that state.
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NOTES (4)
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- Neilson Rating: 7.9/15, Number 72 for the week.
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- Kyle MacLachlan got his second Emmy Award nomination for this episode.
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- Madchen Amick, Sherilyn Fenn, Jack Nance and Joan Chen do not appear in this episode. Ray Wise leaves the regular cast after this episode.
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- A.K.A. "Arbitrary Law"
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- Cooper: The time has come for you to seek the Path. Your soul has set you face to face before the clear light ... and now you are about to experience it in its Reality, wherein all things are like the void and cloudless sky, and the
  naked, spotless intellect is like a transparent vaccum, without circumference or center ...
  
  Cooper quotes the Tibetian Book of the Dead while trying to help Leland.
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