The Who Killed Laura Podcast Ep 20 - Kiss Me, General Lee
Welcome back to another episode of the podcast with your hosts, Scott and Chris, as we break down another episode of Twin Peaks, this one being “Checkmate”, written by Harley Peyton and directed by Todd Holland, originally airing 01/19/91.
Lots of talk of fire and other energy (like radioactivity) from both Log Lady and Major Briggs, cooled down a bit with a sprinkler dripping onto a Polaroid of Briggs’ neck.
While DEA Agent Denise (David Duchovny) and Cooper arrange the sting operation on Jean Renault, Deputy Andy and Dick Tremayne do some bumbling sleuthing at the orphanage where little Nicky lives, hoping to find out about the sealed records regarding the deaths of Nicky’s parents. Meanwhile, there’s no additional chess move in the paper from Windom Earle, so he must be planning something else.
Bobby Briggs is getting too big for his britches, dumping poor Shelly to care for dribbling Leo while he works for Ben Horne, who, instead of teaching him about shady business is still lost in his delusion of being General Lee, trying to redo the Civil War for a winning outcome for the South.
James Hurley gets in deeper with the rich wife, while Harry has just gotten Josie back, only to lose her again as she becomes Catherine’s indentured servant.
Big Ed Hurley goes full steam ahead with his romance with Norma, only for Nadine’s husband Hank to show up. Luckily, Ed’s wife Nadine shows up and beats the crap out of him.
Catherine comes to gloat over the diminished Ben, but finds not just sympathy for him but those old romantic feelings, leading to the title of our episode.
The sting goes down, with both Denise/Dennis and Cooper getting some shots in, and that’s it for Jean Renault’s rein of terror and his framing of Cooper. Leo is maybe not so brain dead as Shelly thought, which is too bad for her, and an explosion across town leaves the sheriff’s station empty, allowing Windom Earle to make his next chess move in person.
We talk about all of this and more, so please give it a listen. For Little Nicky’s sake if not ours.
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