Who did you think had killed her and why?

Its interesting, I cannot remember who I originally thought had done it, but now I have finally got my fiancee to watch TP with me, he absolutely adores it and it is a joy to see his expression as the episodes go by, all the new info he has to sort out!  At the moment he thinks Ben Horne is the killer (we are on episode 12).  Its so difficult not explaining too much that I give too much away.

I was only 8 years old when I first watched tp, first time it aired in Sweden. I remember my mom and my sister trying to make me tell who i thought murdred Laura and I do have a vague memory of me saying Ben Horne. Some week later my sister had spoken to some of her friends in Germany and they were some episodes ahead, of course they told her that Leland/Bob was the murderer. Then she told me, just to tease me, and I remember that I was so upset with her...I sooo hoped she was wrong, cause I kinda liked Leland...damn, sisters can be a real pain in the ass! =P

Yeah i had a strong idea who was responsable for Lauras death. I was only about 10 when i first watched it but thought it was fairly obvious as soon as Lelands hair turned grey and started acting unusually strange (dancing, singin, being generally happy) after his daughters death. I also knew BOB had some part of the killing as i couldnt find another purpose for him to be in the show. Unfortunatly for me when i split up with my ex girlfriend years ago she took my VHS box set with her so havent seen the show for 4 years. Ive already placed my order for the new Gold edition and cant wait!!

just remembered that i sometimes had Leo as a suspect (in the beginning) before Ben....

I remember during the pilot episode, I told my boyfriend at the time "It's probably her f**king father...nobody would really suspect that, would they?" But up until episode 7 and Jacques' death, I sorta thought it was Jacoby because the guy was just so damn creepy about stuff. And then after episode 7 I was like "Oh hell, Leland so has something going on..." and Ben Horne hit my radar hard at that point, so I changed from believing it was Jacoby to being torn between Leland and Ben, until somewhere around ep 12 I decided it was definitely Leland.

I probably should have stuck with my gut instinct during the pilot.  But it was more fun wavering over who was acting suspicious and whatnot.

~ Amanda

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

I was browsing the FAQ on twinpeaks.org after watching episode 2. I came across this little nugget:

E17. Who Killed Laura Palmer?

As revealed in episode 16, Laura was killed by her father, Leland Palmer, under the influence of BOB.

D'oh! I spent the remainder of the time wondering, "who the hell is BOB, and what does it mean by 'influence'?" Luckily I stopped reading right there.

I first thought the killer was...Leland. He was strange, white-haired like Bob, he was always dancing and singing like an obsession and reminded me continuosly the words "fire walk with me" and Cooper's dream (there's a moment in the dream in which the little man says that the misterious place is always full of music). In the funeral scene, Leland falls onto his daughter's grave keeping on crying, the grave goes up and down and I remember I thought this could mean that the father had sexual relationship with his daughter....A perverse mind isn't it? I was 16 when I saw the serial in the italian tv...At least, Ray Wise's face is quite psychotic...

Sonia

 Ray Wise's face is quite psychotic...

Sonia

I got the soundtrack before I saw the whole show. The inside cover has a list of the characters, including "Killer Bob" :/

I've made every guy I've dated long term watch the show and only one ever guessed the killer, and he guessed it straight away.  He had a great mind for details, but it wasn't anything specific that gave it away.

Watching FWWM first gives the unfolding of the series a greater sense of dramatic irony.

Back in then I thought it would have been  Dr. Lawrence Jacoby!  And I thought that it was really Laura who came to the funeral as a Maddy. I was so sure that the first victim would have been Maddy with blonde hair and so on. I was wrong!

Loola, you're lucky.
Only one guy I've ever been with could tolerate it.

He decided who the killer was (accurately) within the first few episodes, and never changed his mind.  He remembered who all the characters were after 8 months, too.  (Aside from these instances, he was kind of dumb, so he had to go.)

My first time through the series began with episode one--and I thought maybe Leo was the killer. I watched the pilot somewhere between ep. 2 and 3, and knew right then that Leland did it.

I re-watched the series this summer with two of my friends. First one questioned everyone in the series at some point, and didn't know it was Leland until the whole "crying on the floor with the sprinklers on" scene. Second one knew it was Leland after the opening credits, and was pissed off that the sheriff/Coop didn't question him straight away.

I really suspected Ben in the beginning...right up until about episodes 6 and 7, when it went over to Leland.  And this may be sad to admit this, but for a fleeting moment in the pilot, there was a shred of doubt about Harry.  The reasoning for this is when Pete calls and says, "She's dead...wrapped in plastic..." Harry says, "Where?" Not, "Who?" And I was like, "What, does he already know?" Granted I was 11 at the time, but still...LOL. :)  That shread was quickly evaporated by the middle of the pilot.

Eric guessed it right straight from the pilot. Figures. :D