-Giant says "one and the same because he is the inhabbiting spirit of the waiter guy". this is made clear long before the last episode.

- Doopelganger Catching up with Cooper means the Doopleganger escaped from the lodge, and Cooper himself stayed in the Black Lodge

- I feel Cooper does sacrafice him self for Annie. Or, atleast that was the idea I held onto most after I first saw the last episode. But, I have come to also see it as Cooper didn't pass the test of the Dweller on the Threshhold. And so he is trapped in the lodge.

-  That sums up your questions I guess. But yeah, Rocky is right. See FWWM. That is the key to finishing the story. it is a prequel, but that's of no consequence.

Ditte: well, I'm in love with a board member

ok i just watched FWWM.

that is what i thought of the giant thing at first but i then thought there might be some other hidden message behind it.

some things i need clearing up for:

"with this ring i thee wed"?

is the masked guy at the meeting just an anonymous spirit or is he actually significant?  

the part where annie appears in laura's bed. does her saying that the good dale is trapped in the lodge mean that he has been posessed by bob for a while? doesn't he get trapped in the lodge in the last episode, which is way ahead of when laura lived? or does this prove the non-parallel times for the lodges and the "real world"?

when bobby kills the drug dealer, why does laura keep saying that he killed "mike"?

why isn't mike the one armed man shown at the meeting?

what does the whole camera thing in the FBI headquarters mean. why is coop still in the monitor when he isn't in the view of the camera? does this represent unordinary phenomena in the presence of Phillip?

i also noticed that when coop and gordon go look in the monitors to see if phillip was there or not, that there is someone walking in through the doors in the right monitor. it kind of looked like phillip. anyone else notice this?

significance of the dog barking when the one armed man yells at leland and laura in the car?

significance of "the black dog runs at night"?

i'm sure this has all been discussed but i haven't read through everything in the forum yet. it would be great to hear some thoughts on these questions.

it's reasons like the above post that the tragedy of the old board crashing really sets in. I remember the days when all these questions could be answered by linking to all the places where they were discussed. Now we actually have to type out all our thoughts again.

For your sake ig0r, I hope there is someone out there willing to put forth some effort. I'm just lazy.

Ditte: well, I'm in love with a board member

For your sake ig0r, I hope there is someone out there willing to put forth some effort. I'm just lazy.

 Well, work was cancelled, so as it turns out, I am going to be the one who puts forth the effort after all.
I'll do my best to answer all these questions. *possible spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen everything*

-the "with this ring, I thee wed" explanation can be found on the second page of the "list of questions..." thread. I just made a post about this same thing

-the masked guy at the meeting, sometimes referred to as The Jumping Man, has plenty of theories wrapped around him. Some say that he represents Leland. The main point to note is that he is clearly BOB's toy. There is some point where BOB makes some signal, perhaps it is when he claps, and the Jumping Man jumps up onto the top of a box and stands still. He seems to be under BOB's control. One way or another, he is the helpless fool to all those at teh meeting.

-Annie appearing in Laura's bed: in the same way that Laura had dreams about meeting Cooper in the Lodge long before he ever came to twin peaks, this is Laura's dream where she is contacted from Annie from the Futrure. this ties into the non-linear time of the lodge. She is saying "the good dale is in the lodge...etc" because the Doppelganger got out, and the good Dale Cooper is still trapped in the lodge. Annie telling Laura to write it in her diary plays into some idea that eventually, it will be discovered in the future, and people will realize what's happening.

-It has long been disputed why Laura says bobby killed mike. Some say it is just because Laura is on drugs and drunk ad is confused by the blonde hair. And it is a clever way for Lynch to play with the similar names, and toy with the struggle of BOB and MIKE. Other's say it is something to do with bobby cutting mike out of the drug deal that is currently going on. And other's probably say something else. I don't know.

-MIKE not being in the meeting.... I gave my piece on this in another thread too....

-the scene with Cooper's image still being frozen on the screen might have something to do with the distortions of time, brought on by the arrival of Phillip Jeffries.

-and after that............. you ask questions about dogs. I can't help you there.

THIS POST WAS A LABOR OF LOVE TO HELP RE-STOCK THE NEW GAZETTE WITH THEORIES. I hope it was not done for nothing.

Ditte: well, I'm in love with a board member

The title is escaping me right now, but Kyle plays in this goofy sci fi where he's possessed by an alien and he gets off on listening to heavy metal on this super size ghetto blaster while running people over in his stolen ferari he accquired after snorting tons of coke off of the car salesmen he shoots.....I want to call this movie "the hidden" ...........ring any bells.....???

What is IE?

I also remember the first time I saw the final episode.  When it was over, it was pretty late, but I went out to run. I just didn't know what to do, I felt so empty inside. I kept on running for a few miles, until I came to a river. I sat there for about half an hour, watching the water, thinking about everything I had just seen and returned home, very tired. But I still couldn't sleep. I haven't seen the final episode again, because I wanted to wait for the dvd's. But it's driving me insane. It's taking so long. Anyway, the last episode probably affected me the most.

i think the "not happy" ending is great! not many things end this way. also i love the open-endedness!

I love this episode. It's probably my favorite in the series. I'm so glad that Lynch finally returned and pulled the series back together for one last amazing episode. FWWM somehow does kind of complete the ending... even though it's not totally satisfactory. Btw Cooper isn't old in the final scene of FWWM...so he probably just saves Laura's soul at some point while he's trapped in the lodge... However it's probably best not to overdiscuss that amazing final scene...

i still don't believe that the last episode was meant to be the definative ending. FWWM puts a better final note to the series, even though that's only choronologically the end as far as Coop's journey goes. They were though, planning a second film, and if you hunt around you can find hints as to what would have happened there had FWWM been a hit. Only really vague hints as I recall, but it would have followed on from the end of the series. We know a third season was planned, and we know a second film was planned.

 Lynch probably suspected when he made the last episode that that might be it, but the numerous cliffhangers second to Coop's story (which does meet something that could certainly be seen as a final end) make me suspect that he was still aiming the story to be continued into a third series.