Benjamin Horne is still in a coma. In a dream state he inhabits Twin Peaks in the 1950s. Ben is not himself in the dream, but young and blonde-haired, working as a delivery man for Horne’s Department Store. It is a hot Summer, and the air is filled with the smell of engine oil. He delivers a basket of perfumes to a cabin, where a young couple are arguing about a log on their coffee table.
On his way back he sees a young Big Ed sneaking a cigarette outside The Great Northern Hotel, and stops to chat.
Ed: “Did you hear about the accident up at the factory this morning? A guy drowned in a vat of cream corn.”
Harry Truman lives in the woods, working as a private detective. Alcoholism sometimes interrupts his work. He wakes to a cellphone vibrating in a glass of Scotch. He removes it – 9 missed calls from “UDO”.
As he leaves his cabin Hawk watches. Hawk has been Sheriff for the past ten years. He and Harry haven’t spoken for that time. Bigoted locals refused to accept Hawk as Sheriff. Harry took detective work from him, causing further ill feeling.
A man stands in a corridor, not remembering who he is. He wears a badge reading:
“HELLO MY NAME IS: Windom”.
Hearing a machine through a nearby door, Windom enters a dark room, lit by CCTV screens. The screens alter to display faces. He asks who they are. One by one, the faces repeat the same line…
“YOUR FORMER EMPLOYER IS DEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO A NEIGHBOURING BRANCH…”
Dick Tremayne is now Mayor of Twin Peaks. As a favour to Lucy, Andy is his Head of Security.
Dick has an appointment with the mysterious Mr Rembourse. He instructs Andy to initiate Code Blue.
Andy suggests making Code Blue and Code Yellow into Code Green: “They’re kind of the same thing Dick.” Dick ignores this suggestion. Andy says he’s going to be late tomorrow as Lucy needs him. Lucy is now a prominent fashion blogger and wants Andy to glue diamonds onto bag straps.
Jerry Horne went bankrupt. He now runs the Twin Peaks museum, with its centrepiece “The Leland Palmer Murders”. At the museum, Jerry is spending most of his day trying to call Paradigm Pictures.
Jerry: “Could you tell her Jerry called? Jerry! No, with two R’s!”
Norma arrives from the diner with Jerry’s lunch order. He asks if she put mustard on the potatoes like he asked. On her way out, Norma is drawn to the display case featuring Margaret’s Log. She hears something. The Log Lady died in the second wave of killings, the fourth victim of the Leland Copycat Killer.
Teenagers are becoming increasingly aware of local legend “The Diane Man”.
Bookish teenager Ellen Johnson has led a troubled life. Her mother was murdered by the Leland Copycat Killer. She never knew her father, but she inherited his pronounced hearing problem. At school, Ellen overhears the cool kids talking about a man who walks amongst the trees at night. The man is thin and well-dressed and is always calling for a woman named Diane.
At the hospital Ben Horne lies deep in his coma. Jerry is by his side, making himself a sandwich. He puts processed cheese on top of sliced bread, muttering something about “Hollywood phonies”. The equipment that monitors Ben seems as asleep as he is, save for one machine, which beeps incessantly. As Jerry complains to nobody, the whiskers on Ben’s chin twitch. Beep. Beep. Beep.
Ben’s mouth makes a strange, chewing motion. A red light blinks by his arm.
In his 1950s dream state he is sitting in his delivery truck, waiting for the traffic signal to turn over. He is returning to Horne’s Department Store. As he parks up he sees Amicus Horne, Ben’s father, through the display window. Amicus is talking to 3 men in the furniture section – one in a cowboy hat, the others wear Red Indian head dresses. Dream State Ben is supposed to go in through the back way but decides today to go in the front. Amicus and his guests give Ben a dark look as he passes by. They are all clutching old documents.
Harry drives out to the lake, followed by Hawk in his car – the Sheriff’s truck was lost due to state funding cuts.
At the lakeside is a limousine, polished so hard it reflects the waters on its surface. Sitting on the bonnet is Veronica Myers, a steely-looking blonde woman in a power suit. She and Harry exchange a wary but familiar look.
Veronica: “You’re late Harry. I can hear your liver from here.”
Harry looks at the smoked glass of the passenger door. Veronica steps in front of it.
Veronica: “Not today. He called you nine times. Ten times and you’re out of the game. Count yourself lucky.” She hands him a file.
He looks inside to see a grainy photograph taken with a telephoto lens. The photo shows a group of male teenagers congregating outside a gas station.
Harry: “Isn’t that Big Ed’s place?”
Veronica: “Mr Hurley bought the farm years ago. Whoever owns it now is encroaching on our territory.”
Harry’s face hardens. “Usual protocol?”
She nods. He leaves, his reflection wavering in the limo glass.
Windom leaves the CCTV room and pauses a while, wearing an expression of confusion. He looks up and down the corridor. To the left, the corridor seems to go on endlessly. To the right, a set of double doors with white light behind them. Windom heads for the double doors and pushes through into the light. He hears music first, an organ mixed with xylophone. His eyes adjust. He is in a vast space set in a grid by tall shelving units. The lino is immaculate. It has the feel of a hardware outlet after a storm. Shelves crammed with items in shrink wrap. Music echoes above.
Behind him he hears shrink wrap rustling. He turns to see a large black swan, as big as him. It ruffles its feathers. Windom covers his eyes, expecting attack. It goes quiet. When he looks again he sees a Chinese woman in a black suit.
Dick shifts awkwardly in the back of the Mayoral car. His trousers are too tight. His cellphone emits the theme from Casino Royale. He checks it and his face falls. “ANDY CALLING”.
Andy sits in his kitchen on the phone. There is a diamond stuck to his forehead, though it’s not clear if he’s aware.
Andy: “Dick I just wanted you to inform you the vests are arriving on Monday.”
Dick: “Vests?” Then he remembers. The bulletproof vests he told Andy to get hold of four months ago. Dick is tense. “Look Andy, I’m on my way to an important meeting, we’ll talk later.” The fabric compresses his crotch.
Andy: “Dick I’m very concerned. As your Head of Security I should accompany you to all perverted meetings.”
Dick: “The word Andrew is ‘pertinent’, and I’d rather you didn’t discuss internal matters on the Mayoral cellphone… And tell your wife she got my measurements wrong!” Dick cuts the call and squirms on the seat.
Andy sits there with a reddened face. He is surrounded by diamonds, pots of glue and leather straps.
Jerry Horne arrives back at the Twin Peaks Museum to find the door is ajar. Inside the museum is quiet and dark. He takes out a small gun and throws the light switch. His eyes widen. The museum has been turned over – glass is broken and all the mannequins are upended.
He ventures into the half-wrecked space. Looking up is a dummy with a blonde wig. A name badge reads: “LAURA PALMER”. A shelf falls down – Jerry jumps, wheeling round and squeezing the trigger. Water sprays out the barrel. Satisfied the area is deserted, Jerry takes out a chunky cellphone and dials a number.
At Twin Peaks police station the phone echoes. The corridors and offices are empty.
In his car, Hawk’s cell vibrates. He is distracted watching Harry go into a bar. Finally he answers: “Sheriff’s office.”
Jerry chuckles. “Still can’t afford a receptionist, huh Hawk?” He tells Hawk that there is a problem at the museum. Suddenly he notices the museum shop counter has been defaced. “Hold on a minute willya pal?”
Jerry gets closer to the object. It is a scratch in the crude shape of a Viking horn.
Jerry: “Let me call you back.” He cuts the call, nervously fetching salt from a closet and scattering it around, a man possessed.
As Ellen enters the Double R Diner for her first day of work Norma gives her a warm smile.
Norma: “Well if it isn’t my Number 1 waitress.” Despite the platitude Ellen can’t help smiling back. “Come in back, we’ll get you a uniform.” Ellen doesn’t reply – she is looking at a black and white photo of her mother on the wall. Norma joins her.
Norma: “She used to like working here. She was beautiful wasn’t she? Like mother like daughter.”
Ellen is conflicted – she needs the job to pay for an archivist course she wants to take, but there are memories here.
“She would have been so proud of BZZZZZZZZT. BZZZZZZTTT BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTT.”
Ellen taps at her hearing aid. Her world has gone silent. Norma’s lips move as if in slow motion. She can hear one sound. A rising tone like someone running a wet finger round the rim of a glass. Her mother smiles in the foreground of the picture. The background takes on a brooding hue.
Ellen is drawn to a man in shot sitting at the counter. He is dressed like a trucker but looks like he’s in disguise. The trucker looks out of the photo through the corner of his eye.
Ellen jumps as Norma puts a hand on her shoulder.
Norma: “Are you alright sweetheart?”
Her hearing is back to normal now. The trucker is now someone else, more convincing. Ellen nods, obviously shaken, and a concerned Norma takes her through to the back to find a uniform.
At Twin Peaks General Hospital Ben lies motionless. The night staff are asleep in front of a TV showing The Invaders. Ben’s arm rises slowly into the air. Onscreen David Vincent is venturing into a shadowy doorway.
Ben’s life support machine beeps faster. His arm pitches forward in a sharp motion. We enter Ben’s mind.
Dream State Ben, young and blonde, throws a ball against a warehouses. His delivery truck is parked nearby. A side door opens and a short man in an apron emerges. He wears an obvious toupee. His name badge reads: “EDDIE”.
Eddie: “You’re going to wear a hole in that wall. Where did you get that thing anyhow?”
Ben catches the ball and looks at it. It is bright red with the faded image of a cartoon owl.
Ben: “I don’t know, it came with the truck. You got something for me Mr Tremond?”
Eddie looks apologetic but steadfast. “Not today. Our craftsman isn’t happy yet.”
Ben sighs like the teenager he is. “How long does it take to make a few door handles?”
Eddie is perturbed. “I wouldn’t say that within his earshot.” He takes Dream State Ben to one side. “You tell Mr Amicus Horne I’ll explain everything to him at tonight’s fundraiser.”
Ben: “What fundraiser? Hey, it’s okay for you, you don’t have to break the bad news.”
Eddie tightens his grip on Ben’s arm. “You tell Amicus that if he has a problem to take it up with Mr Rembourse.”
Ben stands there, surprised, as Eddie goes back through the door. He looks down at his hand. The ball has disappeared.
Harry is drowning his sorrows at the bar. His knuckles are raw. He takes a small object out of his pocket. The object is a dictaphone tape. Harry’s eyes well with tears. Hawk observes from a nearby table.
The Chinese woman inclines her head, fixing Windom with a quizzical expression.
Chinese Woman: “Turn a corner and the world behind you does the same.”
A shuffling noise in the next aisle makes the hairs on the back of Windom’s neck stand up.
A powerful hand, lit by fire and bearing a gold ring, is busy polishing a sword blade with a rag.
Veronica Myers enters. The hand stops polishing.
Veronica: “It’s done.”
The hand resumes its work, her face reflected in the sword.
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