Falling, Floating, Dreaming: The Magic of Twin Peaks: Episode 7: Realization Time | The Chariot | Twin Peaks S1EP6

Fuel.  Movement.  The magic transformation of potential energy into kinetic energy.  The magic flight.  The glory ride of momentum that carries you through the struggle and lifts you beyond the adversity into something else.  And the choice to kick the tires and light the fires.  The seventh episode of  Twin Peaks Season 1 is Episode 6 “Realization Time” and in this Episode, the penultimate episode of the first Season of Twin Peaks, we are riding the Chariot of momentum as the investigation is in full swing, characters are ‘going places’, moves are being made, and potential energy is being converted to kinetic energy.  Directed by Caled Deschanel and Written by Harley Peyton, Episode 6 first aired on May 17, 1990 and on this episode of Falling, Floating Dreaming: The Magic of Twin Peaks, we are turn our attention The Chariot Tarot card, the seventh card in the Major Arcana, as we ride along with the magical momentum of the denizens of Twin Peaks as they make choices that will nurture, change and turn their fortunes toward good or bad.  The investigation into Laura Palmer’s murder leads Truman, Cooper and Hawk, along with some help from fellow Bookhouse Boy Big Ed Hurley, North to One-Eyed Jacks’ to go undercover to find main suspect Jacque Renault after Waldo the bird Myna bird talks, connecting Leo Johnson and Jacque to Laura on the night she was killed.  Audrey moves through her plan with the confidence of the Chariot as she manipulates her way to One-eyed Jack’s as well.  James, Donna and Madeline Ferguson discover one of Laura’s taped messages to therapist Dr. Jacoby and plot to get him out of his office so they can find whatever secrets of Laura’s he holds there.  Ben and Jerry Horne continue their courtship of the Icelandic investors and pile them into a Chariot of their own for a ‘road trip’ to One-Eyed Jack’s to seal the deal.  Indeed, it seems all roads lead to One-Eyed Jack’s in this episode as the characters speed toward their ultimate destination in their own personal Chariots, moving toward some inevitable fate, rushing toward some ultimate horizon, speeding through the night like a biker ignoring the flashing red stop light at Sparkwood and 21; choosing the path that will lead them to the realizations waiting for them on the other side.    

Featuring: Tyler Lyle "The Secret Lair" Season 2, Episode 6 "The Chariot"

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