t w i n p e a k s
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fire walk with me,
teresa banks and the last
seven days of laura palmer
screenplay by
david lynch and bob engels
typed by: deep thought
lynch/frost productions
shooting draft
fade in:
1.ext. wind river, washington - day
on screen it reads:
'1988, wind river,
deer meadow, washington'
teresa banks' body wrapped in plastic floating through hells canyon,
drifting along in wind river.
on screen it reads:
'teresa banks'
fade out:
fade in:
2.ext. fbi office in portland
establish.
3.int. gordon cole's office
gordon cole talks on the speaker phone.
cole
get me agent chester desmond in
fargo, north dakota.
4.ext. highway, fargo, north dakota - day
a school bus. two very buxom prostitutes are being handcuffed by a
plain clothes special agent, chester desmond. another agent has his
gun to the spread eagled bus driver's head. the kids inside the bus
are screaming. the phone inside chester desmond's car starts to
ring. desmond walks to the car.
5.int. desmond's car - day
desmond picks up the ringing phone.
desmond
yes...
intercut with: cole
cole
chet, i am calling you from
portland... oregon.
desmond
ok, gordon.
cole
no, it's oregon, portland, oregon.
it's regional bureau chief cole. out
in portland oregon. i need you out
here, chet.
desmond
(little louder)
ok, gordon.
cole
oregon. a young girl has been
murdered. seventeen years old.
named teresa banks.
desmond
(very loud)
okay, gordon!!!
desmond electronically lowers the aerial adjusting the volume.
cole
got a map of the environs of the
yakima indian reservation with
your name on it. better bring a
pole.
desmond
smell something fishy, huh?
cole
i've got a surprise for you, chet.
something interesting that i would
like to show you. arrangements are
being made and i will meet you at
the portland, airport.
6.ext. small airport outside of portland - day
small government plane lands.
another angle
desmond exits the plane.
7.int. security lounge of the airport - same
desmond enters. cole and another man, sam stanley, walk towards him.
cole
(motioning to the man standing there)
chet, give sam stanley the glad
hand. he's come over from spokane.
desmond and stanley shake.
stanley
it's a pleasure. i've heard a lot about
you.
cole
sam's the man who cracked the
whiteman case.
desmond
congratulations. i heard about that.
cole
(plowing ahead)
your surprise, chet. her name is lil.
lil walks to them from another room. she goes into a contorted dance.
8.lil's dance
things we notice.
-- she makes a sour face.
-- she walks in place.
-- she puts one hand in her pocket and makes a fist with the other.
-- while she is doing this, she blinks with both eyes.
-- she is wearing a red wig.
at one point during this cole adds a sentence.
cole
she's my mother's sister's girl.
cole holds four fingers in front of his eyes.
desmond
(noticing the fingers)
federal?
cole gives him the thumbs up.
lil finishes her dance.
cole
good luck, chet.
(turns to sam)
sam, you stick with chet, he's got
his own m.o. modus operandi.
(back to chet)
you can reach me at the
philadelphia offices. i am flying
out today
desmond
right, gordon. we'll be in touch.
9.ext. highway on the way to deer meadow - day
desmond's car on the highway.
10.int. desmond's car - same
as they barrel down the highway -
stanley
that was really something. that
dancing girl.
(after a beat)
what did it mean?
desmond
code. if you work with gordon you learn
that right away.
stanley
code, i've heard a lot about this.
desmond pulls his arm back so that only his fingers come out of his
sleeve.
desmond
sort of shorthand.
stanley
(missing the humor)
shorthand. really?
desmond
we're heading into a difficult situation.
stanley
how do you figure?
desmond
i'll explain it to you. do you remember
lil's dance?
as desmond explains we -
intercut with:
11.flashback: lil's dance
in slow motion.
on lil's sour face
desmond
lil was wearing a sour face.
stanley
what do you mean?
desmond
her face had a sour look... that means
we're going to have trouble with the
local authorities. they are not going to
be receptive to the fbi.
on lil blinking both eyes
desmond
both eyes blinking means there is going
to be trouble higher up... the eyes of the
local authority. a sheriff and a deputy.
that would be my guess. two of the
local law enforcers are going to be a
problem.
on lil putting one hand in her pocket and one in a fist
desmond (continued)
if you noticed she had one hand in her
pocket which means they are hiding
something, and the other hand made a
fist which means they are going to be
belligerent.
on lil walking in place
desmond (continued)
lil was walking in place which means
there's going to be a lot of legwork
involved.
we see cole putting his fingers in front of his face and saying lil
is his sister's girl.
desmond (continued)
cole said lil was 'his mother's sister's
girl'. what is missing in that sentence?
the uncle.
stanley
oh, the uncle is missing.
desmond
not cole's uncle but probably the
sheriff's uncle in federal prison.
stanley
so the sheriff had got an uncle who's
committed a serious crime.
on lil's red wig
desmond
right, which is probably why lil was
wearing a red wig meaning we are
headed into a dangerous situation. let
me ask you something, stanley, did you
notice anything about the dress?
stanley
the dress she was wearing had been
altered to fit her. i noticed a different
colored thread where the dress had been
taken in. it wasn't her dress or she
must have lost some weight.
desmond
gordon said you were good. the tailored
dress is our code for drugs. did you
notice what was pinned to it?
stanley
a blue rose.
desmond
very good, but i can't tell you about
that.
stanley rides along quietly for a while.
stanley
what did gordon's tie mean?
desmond
what? that's just gordon's bad taste.
stanley
why couldn't he have just told you all
these things?
desmond
he talks loud. and he loves his code.
stanley
i see. he does talk loud.
desmond
gordon would not have sent us to deer
meadow without thinking it was a
high priority situation.
stanley
it must be a high priority situation.
12.ext. highway - same
desmond's car drives off.
dissolve to:
13.ext. deer meadow sheriff's station - afternoon
desmond and stanley arrive. the sheriff's station is in a sorry
state outside... they walk up to the old steps and enter.
14.int. deer meadow sheriff's station, reception area - day
agent desmond and stanley walk into a very small reception area. at
the counter desmond shows his badge to cliff howard, the deputy.
desmond
good afternoon, federal bureau of
investigation, special agent chet
desmond. i'd like to see sheriff cable.
cliff just smiles for a long minute.
cliff
why don't you folks have a seat. make
yourself at home. it's gonna be a while.
desmond stays standing and stanley sits. after another long moment,
cliff joins the secretary in a conspiratorial giggle over the long
wait they are planning to give the fbi. in the middle of a giggle
cliff smiles up at desmond.
cliff (continued)
why don't you have some of that coffee.
it was fresh two days ago.
cliff has a good laugh over this and leans again over the secretary
pretending to look at some paper work. they both laugh.
desmond
okay, that's it. i've had enough of the
waiting room now.
cliff
(still smiling)
oh.
desmond walks towards the door that obviously must go to sheriff
cable's office.
cliff blocks his way with his arm across the doorway, daring him to
do something. while they stare eye to eye, desmond's hand goes up
slowly towards cliff's face in a slow mesmerizing way. cliff tries
to knock chet's hand away. chet counters by grabbing cliff's nose
and pinches a nerve to its side injecting cliff with a great amount
of pain.
cliff (continued)
aaahhhhhhhh...
desmond spins the deputy 180 degrees placing himself on the inside of
the office and then still pressing the nerve guides cliff down into a
chair.
while the deputy's eyes tear copiously desmond turns to the secretary.
desmond
you can start that fresh pot of coffee
right now.
desmond stalks to sheriff cable's office. stanley remains behind
continuing to observe every detail.
15.int. sheriff cable's office - day
sheriff cable looks up from his work.
cable
how the hell did you...
desmond shows his credentials.
desmond
federal bureau of investigation, special
agent chet desmond.
cliff, still holding his nose, appears just behind desmond, who turns
to him.
desmond (continued)
that's all right, deputy, sheriff cable
can take it from here
cable signals cliff to leave.
desmond (continued)
i'm here to investigate the murder of
teresa banks.
cable
well, little fella, we don't need any
outside help here. i don't like you
people sniffin' around my neck of the
woods. in fact, when the state boys
called me about a 'j. edgar' coming up i
think i said, 'so what?'
desmond
your behavior is not funny and is
wasting the time of the federal
government.
cable
you're lucky i am not wasting you.
desmond
well, little fella, let me put it this way.
the operative word here would be
'federal'. with or without the
semantics of all this, i am now ordering
you to release all pertinent information
concerning teresa banks, both while
living and deceased.
cable retrieves a box with the paper work and some personal effects.
he throws it to desmond.
cable
a basic kill. banks was a drifter and
nobody knew her. my boys have been all
over this. it's a dead end.
desmond
that's why we're here, sheriff cable.
where's the body?
cable
out back in our morgue
desmond starts to leave.
cable (continued)
it's 4:30. we close at five.
desmond
we've got our own clock. we'll lock up.
as desmond turns to leave he notices on the wall a framed newspaper
clipping with picture.
the caption reads:
'cable bends steel'
the newspaper shows a picture of cable in a he-man pose bending a
steel bar into a u shape. he turns to leave and stanley seems to
have appeared right on time. desmond moves down the hall and stanley
follows.
16.ext. sheriff's station - day
as desmond and stanley walk to the adjoining morgue they see a pile of
steel bars similar to the one they saw cable bending in the picture.
at the morgue door
stanley moves up to desmond and speaks confidentially.
stanley
you know, agent desmond, i figure this
whole office, furniture included, is
worth 27,000 dollars.
desmond doesn't know what to say to him. they enter the morgue.
17.int. tiny morgue - day
teresa's body is on the platform in the middle of the room, stanley
hangs his recorder on the hooks at the end of the autopsy table and
puts on rubber gloves. desmond opens teresa banks file.
desmond
(reading)
teresa banks lived at the canyon
trailer park for a month. we'll check
that. and worked as a waitress at hap's
truck stop. worked the night shift.
good place for dinner when we're thru
here, sam.
(flips to another page)
no one came to claim the body and no
known next of kin.
as desmond is doing this, stanley takes out his special machine.
desmond looks up from his work and notices.
stanley
solved the whiteman case with this.
desmond
that's what i heard.
stanley
no one could find those splinters
without a machine like this. and no one
had a machine like this.
desmond
that's good.
stanley
yes, it is good.
(looks around)
what do you think is in these other
drawers?
desmond
i don't know, sam.
stanley
maybe, later we could take a look.
desmond
sure, but let's finish up with this first.
getting to work, stanley's face goes right over teresa's.
stanley
(into his recorder)
crushed skull. probable cause repeated
blows to the back of the head with an
obtuse angled blunt object. subject
looks to be between 16 and 18 years of
age.
desmond
cole said she was 17.
stanley's eyes drift to teresa's left hand.
stanley
i wonder where her ring is?
desmond notices the mark on her hand as well.
desmond
yeah.
(looking into the personal effects)
personal effects include a watch, under
garments, and a blue waitress
uniform... the ring is missing. it says
the rest of her things haven't been
removed yet from the trailer. let's
hope it's there.
stanley picks up her left hand.
insert: banks left hand
in stanley's hand.
on the scene
stanley
there appears to be a contusion under
the ring finger of her left hand.
desmond
oh.
stanley peers underneath the fingernail.
stanley
a laceration.
stanley brings over his 'whiteman' instrument. works the left hand
under it.
desmond
accidental?
stanley
agent desmond, would you hold the
finger for me. there's something up
there.
he gets whatever it is with a long set of tweezers.
desmond
what is it?
stanley
it is a piece of paper with the letter 't'
imprinted on it. take a look.
desmond comes around and takes a look.
on a piece of paper.
closeup: desmond
pondering what he has seen.
on the scene
we move across to a clock on the wall that reads: 5:04.
dissolve to:
the same clock
it now reads 3:33. stanley zips up a regulation body bag around
teresa.
dissolve to:
18.ext. morgue - late night
desmond and stanley come out of the morgue.
stanley
geez, agent desmond, it's three-thirty
in the morning. where are we going to
sleep?
desmond
we're not. you and i are going to get
some food.
stanley
yes, it's been several hours since we've
eaten. i didn't realize that so much
time had past, did you, agent desmond?
desmond takes a long look at stanley.
stanley (continued)
you've got your own m.o., don't you,
agent desmond?
desmond gets in and starts the car.
19.ext. hap's diner - late night
establish.
20.int. hap's diner, manager's office - late night
desmond and stanley talk with jack, the manager who has black wavy
hair with a black full mustache to match, shiny silk shirt with silver
strands sown in and an indian turquoise belt. he has a sign on his
shirt that says, 'say 'goodbye' to jack'.
a guy in the room is working on a light that keeps buzzing and
shorting out. he doesn't really know what he's doing so he is
poking at the wiring.
jack
had the fbi here once before. back in
the fifties when hap was running the
place.
desmond
where's hap?
jack
he's dead - good and dead.
desmond
sorry to hear it.
jack
he didn't suffer.
desmond
i'd like to ask you a few questions about
teresa banks
jack
sheriff cable's already asked me a few
questions about teresa banks. she
worked nights for a month. that's it.
desmond
any friends?
jack
no.
desmond
ever see her with someone else?
jack
no.
desmond
did she ever mention any friends?
jack
no.
(pointing)
ask irene over there.
he gestures thru a door that leads out to the diner, pointing out a
woman behind the counter.
jack (continued)
now, her name _is_ irene and it _is_ night.
don't take it any further than that.
there's nothin' good about it.
21.int. hap's diner - same
they sit at the counter and irene comes over to them. behind her is
the coffee and she is working on a cigarette. lipstick smeared on
the coffee cup.
irene
take a good look around. there's nobody in
this place - you're meetin' the reason
why. what'll it be?
desmond
how come jack let's you work here?
irene
jack and i are united in holy matrimony.
desmond
say no more.
stanley is casing the restaurant as irene pours them a couple of cups
of coffee.
desmond
(showing credentials)
federal bureau of investigation, special
agent chet desmond. i'd like to ask you
a few questions about teresa banks.
jack said you knew her. how well?
irene
she only worked here a month. nice
girl. never seemed to get here on time
though. ask me she had a little problem
with --
she makes a sniff to indicate a 'cocaine problem'.
irene (continued)
came looking for a job with a friend of
hers. pretty girl. could've been her
sister.
desmond
what happened to her?
irene
there was only one job. teresa took the
job. her friend took a hike. never saw
her again.
desmond
did you ever see teresa take cocaine?
irene
no.
desmond
do you take cocaine, irene?
irene
no, i do not. i never took cocaine or any
other drugs. i don't take drugs.
stanley
nicotine is a drug. caffeine is a drug.
irene
who's shorty? those drugs are legal.
desmond
he's with me.
(back on the track)
anything you would like to tell us about
teresa banks that would help us out?
irene
i've thought about that. i think her
death is what you would call a 'freak
accident'.
desmond
thanks.
an old guy, long and skinny, smoking, gets desmond's attention.
old guy
you talking about that little girl that
was murdered?
desmond
you have something to tell us?
old guy
yeah.
desmond
what?
old guy
i can tell shit from shinolah. gets me
along way down that road.
desmond moves away from him.
stanley
you think we ought to question him?
desmond looks down at the coffee cup in stanley's _left_hand_.
desmond
what time is it, stanley?
stanley checks his watch pouring hot coffee on himself.
stanley
oh...
desmond guides his laugh into a cough.
stanley
(looking at his watch while his
legs burn)
agent desmond, it's...
desmond
it's late, sam.
stanley
(to himself as be dabs his pants
with napkins)
it's not late, it's early. really early.
irene comes up to them with her purse in her hand. she is going off
duty.
irene
you know, i never told anybody, but once
for about three days, just before her
time, teresa's arm went completely
dead.
desmond
what do you mean?
irene
her left arm. it was numb. she said she
couldn't use it. said it had no feeling.
probably from the drugs she was taking.
(after a beat)
i just thought i ought to tell you.
desmond
thanks.
stanley watches her leave.
stanley
i doubt it was drugs, more likely a
problem with a nerve. i could recheck
the arm for injuries, but for real nerve
work we are going to have to take the
body back to portland.
desmond
i think that's a good idea.
22.ext. hap's diner - near dawn
as desmond and stanley head towards their car.
desmond
i think we should see the sun rise at the
canyon trailer park.
stanley
are you speaking to me in a code?
desmond
no, sam, i'm speaking plainly and i mean
just exactly what i say.
stanley
in that case, we should go to the canyon
trailer park.
irene walks past them and towards the parking lot.
stanley and desmond
thanks, irene. good...
(catch themselves)
good morning.
stanley
thank god it is morning.
23.ext. canyon trailer court - dawn
desmond and stanley drive thru to the manager's trailer which is
surrounded by a small white picket fence. they park and step to the
trailer. desmond knocks twice on the door. from inside they hear a
voice that makes cole's voice sound like a whisper.
voice
oh, god, what... what...
just then desmond and stanley notice a sign on the door that reads.
'do not ever disturb before 9
a.m... ever'
voice
can't you read!
stanley
nine's really late. we are really early.
they both fumble for their badges as they hear the manager coming
closer to the door. they meet the manager, carl rodd.
carl
god damn, this better be
important.
he stops in the middle of this when he sees the badges.
desmond
federal bureau of investigation, special
agent chet desmond and agent sam
stanley. sorry to disturb you, but we
would like to see teresa banks' trailer,
please.
carl
more popular than uncle's day at a
whorehouse.
(takes one step out of his trailer)
god damn, that morning sun is
bright! blue bright.
carl steps thru the little picket fence's gate and leads them towards
teresa's trailer.
carl (continued)
mrs. simmons owns the trailer and she
lives in town. teresa rented it about a
month ago.
desmond
did she have someone with her?
carl
right. she had a friend with her. the
friend took off.
desmond
was there an argument?
carl
not that i know of. but arguments do
happen, don't they?
desmond
yes they do. did she have visitors?
carl
no, hey, i already told this whole damn
thing to sheriff 'not-quite-able'...
here's the trailer now.
he swings open the door.
carl (continued)
and this is exactly the way she left it. i
never touched a god damn thing.
(frustration rising)
god!
desmond and stanley go in.
24.int. teresa's trailer
desmond smells the room. he and stanley look around. stanley leans
over to desmond.
stanley
(whispers)
she lived alone.
desmond
she must have known someone.
desmond notices her personal effects on the dresser, but no ring.
desmond (continued)
you better dust this place, sam.
stanley
i'll get my kit.
25.ext. canyon trailer court
stanley walks towards the car. he writes in his note book.
stanley
(to himself)
5,600 dollars.
26.int. teresa's trailer
desmond notices a picture hanging on the wall. takes the picture
down and looks at it thru his magnifying glass.
(more)
insert - picture
teresa banks is wearing a ring.
back on the scene
stanley returns with his equipment. desmond shows him the photograph.
desmond
take a look at this.
stanley
she's wearing a ring.
stanley studies it.
desmond
my guess is there isn't enough detail in
the photo to get an idea of the design on
the ring, but we should do a blowup of
this anyway.
stanley
(squinting at the picture)
may i see the magnifying glass, agent
desmond?
(takes a look, then looks at
desmond)
there doesn't seem to be enough detail
in the photo to ascertain the design on
the ring.
carl leans in from the outside.
carl
i'm gonna make myself some good
morning america. you want some?
both nod 'yes'.
dissolve to:
27.int. teresa's trailer - later
stanley is finishing up his work. carl brings them their coffee.
desmond tastes the coffee under sam's watchful eye.
desmond
you weren't kiddin'. this stuff's got the
sting of the forty-eight hour blend.
carl
that's right. that's the best coffee
you're gonna get around here.
stanley
(watching desmond drink)
we really do need a good 'wake me up',
don't we, agent desmond?
(after a long look from desmond)
we really do need a good 'wake me up',
don't we, agent desmond?
a woman sticks her head into the trailer. she has an ice pack over
one eye and a load of idle curiosity. desmond notices her.
desmond
did you know teresa banks?
she just nods in the negative and leans back out. behind her is
deputy cliff, who looks into the trailer.
cliff
hey, how's j. edgar doin'?
(to carl)
bet you appreciate them bustin' your
mornin' in half, eh, carl? bet they woke
you up.
carl
they're only doing their job.
desmond
what are you doing here in the trailer
court, deputy?
cliff
maybe i just live here, what do you
think about that?
desmond
can i ask you where you were the night
teresa banks was murdered?
cliff
you can tell j. edgar that i was at a
party and i got fifteen fuckin'
witnesses.
carl
maybe if you did a little less partyin'
that little girl would still be alive.
cliff
is that right, mr. jack daniels?
desmond
did you know teresa banks?
cliff
got a couple of cups of coffee at hap's
from her. that's it. by the way where
do you get off questioning a lawman? i
could ask you the same question.
desmond
no you couldn't.
chet steps towards cliff who looses his balance and has to step off
the trailer steps.
28.ext. canyon trailer court - same
desmond stands in the doorway of the trailer and watches cliff get
into his car and drive to work.
stepping away from the trailer desmond spots something underneath.
he bends down and retrieves a titleist golf ball.
desmond
is there a golf course around here?
carl
not a lot around here, no. got some
clubs, but not very many fellas with
balls.
desmond drops the ball in a plastic bag and gives it to stanley who
puts it in his kit. desmond turns to carl.
desmond
thanks for your help, carl. sorry we
woke you up.
carl
that's alright. i was having a bad
dream. i was dreamin' about a joke
with no punchline.
desmond and stanley nod to carl and walk to their car.
stanley
i couldn't help but notice that you had a
suspicion that deputy cliff was the
murderer. you did think that, didn't you,
agent desmond?
desmond
he's not the murderer.
(after a beat)
but he's a bozo.
stanley
yes, he is like a clown.
desmond walks around the car to the drivers' side and gets in.
29.ext. sheriff's station - midday
the fbi mobile crime van sits outside as desmond and stanley pull up.
30.int. waiting room, sheriff cable's office - day
cable and cliff meet desmond and stanley as they come in the door.
the crime van driver sits nearby. the secretary is behind her desk.
cable
what the hell is that thing doing out
there? you're not taking that body
anywhere.
desmond
we're taking the body back to portland
and there's not a thing you can do about
it.
cable
maybe not _a_ thing, but maybe _two_
things.
desmond
teresa banks had a ring. any idea what
happened to it?
cable
we got a phone, here, that's got a little
ring.
desmond
(turning to stanley)
sam, get the body and put it in the van.
(to cable)
sheriff cable, where were you the night
teresa banks was murdered?
cable
(flexing the muscles in his arm)
my alibi is as strong as these bands of
steel.
he reaches out and stops stanley from going out to get the body.
cable smiles menacingly at desmond.
cable (continued)
cliff told me you asked him the same
thing. why don't we step around back
and we'll have our final 'discussion' out
doors.
cable exits followed by cliff and the giggling secretary.
stanley
(coming close to desmond)
when he says, 'discussion', how do you
take that, agent desmond?
desmond
i don't take it, sam. i give it.
31.ext. behind the sheriff's station - day
desmond, cliff, stanley, cable, the secretary and the fbi van driver
all have stepped outside by the pile of iron bars.
cable
now, j. edgar, i'm going to take off my
badge, here. do you mind?
(takes his badge off)
the only way you're going to get that
body is over mine.
he picks up a steel bar and bends it ala the picture in his office.
cliff
(to desmond)
you try that you little monkey.
desmond
i think i'll take off my badge as well.
desmond takes his coat and badge off. cable takes his shirt off and
desmond follows. cable is bare-chested and desmond is in fbi issue
underwear.
desmond goes to pick up an iron bar and cable hits him with a sucker
punch. as desmond bends away from this cable rushes at him. desmond
stops him with a few well placed punches to his face. cable falls
down and desmond stands over him. chet picks up the steel bar and
bends it. he then tosses the bar away.
cable stands up and rushes at desmond who flips and flops him around.
cable tries one more grand roadhouse punch which desmond expertly
ducks.
desmond
(eyeing cable's glass jaw)
this one's comin' from j. edgar.
desmond blasts him in the jaw and cable goes over - lights out, all
systems down.
the no longer giggling secretary and cliff stand and stare. desmond
looks at them.
desmond
who's next?
after a moment of unbearable humiliation they shuffle away.
dissolve to:
32.ext. sheriff's station - afternoon
stanley and the driver finish loading the body into the van. desmond
and stanley talk.
desmond
take the van back to portland, stanley.
i'm going to take one more look at the
trailer park.
they walk towards the van until stanley stops.
stanley
(confidentially)
one thing that has been troubling me.
that lamp at the diner. do you think
they were working on it for esthetic
reasons or was their work due to faulty
wiring?
desmond
faulty wiring.
stanley
esthetics are subjective, aren't they,
agent desmond?
(extends his hand)
i'm sam stanley. if you ever need me.
desmond
thanks, sam, for the good work. you
have a good eye for detail.
stanley
we do notice things, don't we, agent
desmond? are you going back to the
trailer park for the blue rose?
desmond smiles at stanley as they shake.
desmond's pov
as he enters the van, desmond can barely make out what stanley says
as he points to the driver.
stanley
(very muffled)
83,000 dollars.
33.ext. the trailer court - day
desmond is standing in front of teresa's trailer with carl rodd.
carl
(motioning behind and to the right
of teresa's trailer)
and that's deputy cliff's trailer over
there. the red one.
chet
right.
carl
i'll be in my trailer if you need me.
carl walks away towards his trailer. desmond walks over and around
cliff's red trailer. he gets a strange feeling. he looks past
teresa's trailer to the edge of the trailer park, where he sees a
hand appear in the window of a trailer. then the hand disappears.
desmond walks to that trailer. he knocks on the door but no one
answers. he looks under the trailer and sees a _mound_of_dirt_with_
_a_small_indentation_at_the_top_. in the indentation is _teresa_
_bank's_ring_. as he reaches out and touches it, _he_disappears_.
34.int. gordon cole's office, philadelphia - day
cole and albert rosenfield talk.
cole
every syllable of every word is the
sound of two hands clapping. is
that what you said, albert?
albert
six to eight hands clapping. i was
referring to the possibility of a little
silence.
the phone rings and cole answers it.
35.int. philadelphia fbi offices
agent dale cooper, in the doorway across the hall, talks to diane in
the next room. while he talks he does some isometrics against the
door frame.
cooper
i know you haven't changed your hair and
i've seen that beautiful dress before,
but i must say, diane, you look
sensational today.
diane says something else that we cannot hear.
cooper
(enjoying this)
no, i am not trying to buy time. it's
thursday and i know you have changed
something in the room... and this time
you've done very well...
(stalling)
and i am going to tell you exactly what
it is... in a moment... you have moved...
(snaps his fingers)
got it! it's the clock, you've moved it
12 inches to the left.
(a laugh)
another triumph for the dashing agent
cooper. and you, diane, now have to
clean the coffee cup, get fresh ground
coffee from sally and make a damn
great pot of coffee.
cooper with a triumphant smile walks over to join cole and albert.
but cole's stern look takes his smile away.
cooper
what is it, gordon?
cole
coop, agent chet desmond has
disappeared. gone like the wind in
deer meadow.
36.int. sam stanley's apartment, spokane - day
all around the walls of stanley's apartment are work benches with
adding machinery sitting on top of them. in the middle of the room
is a portable plastic pool, with milky white water and crystallized
salt formations clinging to the sides like quartz rocks. from one
odd looking piece of machinery there are wires which extend into the
pool.
cooper's eyes go to the pool and back to stanley as sam talks about
desmond.
stanley
agent chet said he wanted to check the
trailer court one more time. he had me
drive the van with the body back here.
which we did. it was 105 miles.
cooper
anything else?
stanley
did gordon show you a woman named
lil?
cooper
i'm up to speed, stanley.
stanley
agent chet wouldn't tell me what the
blue rose meant.
cooper
and neither will i.
stanley
(understanding)
oh, alright.
(reflecting)
you know, i liked agent desmond. he
had his own m.o.
stanley turns to one of his work tables and shows cooper the whiteman
machine.
stanley
i cracked the whiteman case with this.
cooper
(trying to stop him)
stanley, i heard all about it.
stanley
no one could've found those splinters
without a machine like this and no one
has a machine like this.
cooper
tell me about the letter.
stanley
take a look at this. chet and i found it
under teresa banks' ring fingernail.
cooper looks under the microscope to see the letter they found on
teresa.
cooper
and no one found the ring?
stanley
no, sir, we did not.
cooper straightens up from the microscope. stanley extends his hand.
stanley
i'm sam stanley, if you ever need me.
37.ext. canyon trailer court - day
carl rodd shows cooper to teresa's trailer.
carl
god. i'm beginning to lose faith in the
united states government and that
includes the telephone system. don't
you folks talk to one another. that's her
trailer there and i haven't touched a god
damn thing. agent chet desmond come
by a second time and asked too see
deputy cliff howard's trailer
(gestures to the red trailer)
...which i showed him. i went back to
my trailer...
(gestures back to his)
after that i never saw him again.
cooper
thank you, carl.
cooper starts walking in the opposite direction from cliff's trailer
picking up on the same odd vibe that struck desmond.
carl
(turning back)
that's not the way to cliff's trailer. i
told you.
cooper
i am not going to cliff's trailer.
carl
well, where are you going?
cooper
i am going over here.
carl
(coming along with him)
god damn, you people are confusing.
cooper reaches a pack of dirt which is now creased with tire tracks.
cooper
what was here, mr. rodd?
carl
a trailer was here. what the hell do you
think?
cooper
can you tell me who's trailer it was...
and who stayed in the trailer?
carl
an old woman and her grandson.
cooper
can you tell me what their names were?
carl
chalfont. weird. chalfont was the
name of the folks that rented the space
before they did. two chalfonts.
cooper kneels to examine the tracks left by the exited trailer.
as he kneels and inspects the tracks he is overcome by the presence
of something.
cooper struggles to his feet and looks around. under a tree and
close to the tracks is a car.
cooper
is that agent desmond's vehicle?
carl
yep, it sure is.
cooper walks to it.
at desmond's car
cooper inspects the car. coming around to the front of the car he
notices the windshield. on the windshield someone has written the
words, 'let's rock'.
38.ext. wind river, near deer meadow - afternoon
cooper stares into the stream.
cooper
(dictating into his recorder)
diane, it's 4:20 in the afternoon. i am
standing here at wind river where they
found the body of teresa banks. diane,
this case has got a strange feeling for
me. not only has agent chester
desmond disappeared but this is one of
cole's blue rose cases. the clues that
were found by agent desmond and agent
stanley have lead to dead ends. the
letter below the fingernail gives me the
feeling that the killer will strike again.
but like the song says, '...who knows
where or when'.
39.ext. twin peaks - day
shot of the twin peaks sign. then on screen it reads:
twin peaks one year later -
exactly seven days before the murder of laura palmer
40.ext. the palmer house - day
laura palmer walking towards us. the picture of a homecoming queen.
41.ext. fbi headquarters, philadelphia - day
re-establish. on screen it reads:
'philadelphia, pennsylvania'
42.int. cole's office
cooper talks with cole.
cooper
gordon, it is 10:10, on february 15th.
gordon
so?
cooper
i was worried about today from the
dream i told you about.
cole
right.
(not sure what to say)
good work.
cooper looks at the calendar in the room and checks his watch. he
walks from the room.
43.int. hallway below the surveillance camera - same
cooper stares into the lens of the camera for a moment. then sprints
to the surveillance room.
44.int. surveillance room
cooper stares at the monitor. sees nothing on the screen but an
empty hallway.
45.ext. buenos aires hotel - day
nice sunny day. the dity in all its glory. on screen it reads:
'buenos aires'
46.int. buenos aires hotel - day
phillip jeffries checks into the hotel.
head clerk
here's your key, mr. jeffries. i hope you
enjoy your stay here at the palm
deluxe.
(grabs a note)
this is for you. the joven... ah... young
lady... she left it.
rings the bell. a bellhop appears. young, sweating, and eager.
jeffries hands him the key.
bellhop
612 --- very nice.
he picks up jeffries' bag and heads for the elevator.
47.int. hallway below the surveillance camera - same
cooper runs out to the hall again stares into the camera. he stays
there for a moment then runs back to the surveillance room.
48.int. surveillance room - same
cooper stares at the monitor which still shows an empty hallway.
49.int. hallway below the surveillance camera - same
back on cooper
he runs back out the door into the hallway. behind him at the end of
the hall a door opens and _phillip_jeffries_who_moments_ago_was_in_
_buenos_aires_ enters the hallway headed towards cooper, but cooper
doesn't see him because he is staring intently into the camera as he
has done twice before.
50.int. surveillance room - same
cooper races into the room and stares into the monitor.
51.on the monitor
this time cooper is amazed to see himself staring into the camera,
and behind him is phillip jeffries coming towards him and the camera.
on the screen jeffries walks past cooper.
cooper
(shouting)
gordon.
cooper runs into gordon's office.
52.int. gordon's office
as cooper gets to gordon's office, albert and cole are standing there
staring bug eyed at phillip jeffries.
cole
phillip!
albert stands up.
albert
phillip?
jeffries moves into the room. cooper steps into the office.
cooper
phillip?
cole
cooper, meet the long lost phillip
jeffries. you may have heard of him
at the academy.
jeffries stares at the threesome.
jeffries
i'm not going to talk about judy. keep
judy out of this.
cooper
but...
cole calms cooper.
cole
stand fast, coop.
jeffries
(pointing at cooper)
who do you think that is there?
albert
(trying to calm jeffries)
suffered some bumps on the old noggin',
eh, phil?
cole
what the hell did he say?
(pointing at cooper)
that's special agent dale cooper.
(focusing on jeffries)
are you okay, jeffries? where the
hell have you been?
jeffries
i want to tell you everything, but i don't
have a lot to go on. but i'll tell you one
thing: judy is positive about this.
albert
how interesting. i thought we were
going to keep judy out of this.
jeffries stumbles to a chair.
jeffries
listen to me carefully. i saw one of
their meetings. it was above a
convenience store.
albert
who's meeting? where have you been?
cole
for god sakes, jeffries, you've been
gone for damn near two years.
jeffries
it was a dream.
(takes albert by the arm)
we live inside a dream.
albert
and it's raining post toasties.
jeffries
(shouting)
no, no. i found something... in seattle
at judy's... and then, there they were...
albert is about to say something, but is stopped by cole's gentle
pressure on his arm.
jeffries
they sat quietly for hours.
53.int. room above the convenience store - day
six people in a large, barren, filthy room. cheap plastic storm
windows flap in the cold wind. in the foreground the man from
another place (mike) and bob sit at a formica table. behind them
on plastic torn chairs huddle mrs. tremond and her grandson. two
big woodsmen with full beards sit quietly.
first woodsman
(subtitled)
we have descended from pure air.
man from another place
(subtitled)
going up and down. intercourse between
the two worlds.
bob
(subtitled)
light of new discoveries.
mrs. tremond
(subtitled)
why not be composed of materials and
combinations of atoms?
mrs. tremond's grandson
(subtitled)
this is no accident.
man from another place
(subtitled)
this is a formica table. green is its
color.
he touches the table.
first woodsman
(subtitled)
our world.
man from another place
(subtitled)
with chrome. any everything will
proceed cyclically.
second woodsman
(subtitled)
boneless.
mike
(subtitled)
yes, find the middle place.
bob begins to scream with anger.
bob
(subtitled)
i have the fury of my own momentum.
tremond's grandson
(subtitled)
fell a victim.
the man from another place raises his hand.
man from another place
(subtitled)
fire walk with me...
bob claps his hand and a circle of fire appears in the room.
bob
(subtitled)
fire walk with me.
through the circle
we see the red room.
on the scene
bob crawls into the red room and mike starts to yell and leaps in
after him.
54.back in the fbi office
jeffries
i followed.
jeffries begins to cry quietly at his table.
jeffries
(to himself)
the ring... ring...
cole
(hinting)
albert, i'll take that second
mineral water.
after a hesitation, albert gets the 'message' and discreetly leaves
the room.
cole (continued)
phillip, let's calm down and get all
of this interesting story on paper.
cole tries to raise someone on the intercom but it doesn't seem to
have any juice.
cole (continued)
(into the speaker)
hello... hello.
he is getting nothing. the static begins to build on the intercom.
the wiring in the wall and the flourescent lights start to hum as
well.
cole (continued)
let me hear some good news. my
device is faulty. where the hell is
the sound in this thing?
(pounds on the intercom)
mayday...
hearing 'may', jeffries turns and stares at a _calendar_on_the_wall_.
move into jeffries.
jeffries
may? 1989?
closeup: jeffries
staring at the calendar. it is 1989.
back on the scene
cooper looks out of the room to see if anyone is coming to help cole
who is still trying to get the intercom to work. the static grows
even louder.
cole
what... am i alone?
cole turns back to jeffries. _but_there_is_no_one_there_. jeffries
is gone. papers from cole's desk are now sticking to jeffries chair.
cole
he's gone.
cooper
(coming back into the room)
what?
cole
albert, come back here. he's gone
call the front desk.
albert
(on the phone)
i've got the front desk right now. he
never was here. no record of him
entering the building... and the doctors
should be here any minute.
cole
(frustration building)
great. i, myself, am going to be
ready for them.
cooper
what's going on?
albert rushes back into the room.
cole
quickly men... word association,
coop. what are you thinking about
right now?
cooper
teresa banks.
cole
albert?
albert
tylenol.
cole
(to cooper)
why are you thinking about teresa
banks, coop?
cooper
it was a year ago today that teresa
banks was killed. i'm wondering if the
murderer will ever kill again.
cole
albert, why tylenol?
albert
no offense, sir, but after a day with you
it is mandatory.
55.int. buenos aires hotel corridor - same
jeffries is suddenly standing in the second story hallway of the
buenos aires palm deluxe hotel. the wall behind him is seared black
and smoking. a terrified maid is whimpering and scampering away from
jeffries trying to stave away an epileptic fit. she is looking at
him like he is the devil personified.
the bellhop had run further away, but has turned back to see jeffries
reappear. he is afraid to come any closer.
jeffries
(to bellhop)
hey... hey...
bellhop
(half crying)
oh, mr. jeffries. de shit it come out of
my ass! santa maria, where did you go?
they stare at each other as the blackened wall continues to smoke.
56.int. surveillance room - day
cooper and cole sit in front of the monitor. cooper plays back the
surveillance tape. _it_shows_jeffries_coming_up_behind_cooper_.
_then_moving_past_him_. cooper turns to cole.
cooper
he was here.
dissolve to:
57.ext. hayward house
laura palmer continues down the sidewalk towards us.
on screen it reads:
'thursday - seven days before'
laura stops and turns. we suddenly find ourselves in front of the
hayward house.
laura
donna?... donna?...
laura's pov
donna hayward gathering her books and coming out the door.
donna
just a minute, laura.
58.on the sidewalk
donna joins laura.
laura
if i am going to get through math today,
you're going to have to bring me up to
speed quick.
donna
you didn't do your homework?
laura
noooo...
donna
(a pal)
okay, this test is going to be about the
theorems i told you about last week. you
remember the...
laura
don't tell me now. tell me right before
the test. i won't be able to remember
long enough.
donna
you graduating this year will be proof
that miracles happen.
laura
thanks.
laura tweaks donna's cheek.
donna
james called me last night looking for
you.
laura
when?
donna
the usual, 9:15.
laura
he probably wanted to drive over.
donna
were you with bobby? or are you two
still fighting?
laura
no, and yes. i don't know what i'm going
to do about bobby. i know he is seeing
someone else and
