And now…. the thrilling conclusion! Laura puts the ominous painting up, and it gives her a Black Lodge Dream. We learn the following: the little man is The Arm, and he sounds like thishe and the Tremonds/Chalfonts want her to take that green ring, but Dale says NOT to.dead Annie appears in her bed and tells her: “I've been with Dale and Laura. the good Dale is in the lodge and he can't leave. write it in your diary.”It's terrifying! The next evening, Laura is going out tricking/partying with Jacques Renault, and Donna insists on coming with. (also on the way the log lady gives her a heartbreaking log lady intro prophecy.) Laura is like fine Donna come if you want, you can't handle this, f**k you, but then when seeing Donna get date raped, freaks out and takes her home. there's a lot more to the scene but we'll get to it. Leland picks Laura up from Donna's, and while they're driving, MIKE shows up and screams at Leland about creamed corn and “the thread will be torn”. Leland remembers killing Teresa banks after setting up a threesome with her and then realizing it was with Laura. That night, Laura goes to buy cocaine with Bobby, which turns out to be from the s****y deer meadow deputy which I only realized now on like my 4th viewing, and Bobby kills him. Now things get really grim. Leland/BOB drugs Sarah and assaults Laura, during which she finally sees that BOB is truly Leland. the angel in Laura's painting disappears. Laura sobs all day in school and no one cares. and then it's the beginning of the end we know: she meets with James, tells him his Laura went away, that he doesn't know her, that she loves him, then runs off to meet with ronette, Leo, and Jacques. Leo and Jacques rape ronnette and Laura, then Leland shows up, knocks out Jacques, and Leo flees. Leland takes the girls to the train car, followed by MIKE. Bob tells Laura he wants to possess her. Ronette is saved by a guardian angel. MIKE tosses The Ring into the train car, then leaves. Laura puts the ring on, which seems to either force BOB to kill her or prevent him from possessing her. either way, he kills her. After dumping her body, wrapped in plastic, BOB goes to the black lodge via Glastonbury Grove. MIKE and the arm demand all their “garmonbozia (pain and sorrow)”, which BOB manifests as blood from a hovering puppet Leland, which seems to turn into creamed corn. Laura's body is found and a monkey whispers “Judy”. In a final scene that makes me cry every time, Laura is now in the Lodge with Dale, sobbing, and then her angel appears. crying, smiling, laughing, and crying some more, she finds a glimpse of sublime beauty in the heart of unimaginable suffering. ⁂ Support the show on Patreon for early access and exclusive movie discussion episodes Follow the show on Bluesky Questions? Comments? Email us at hellotstv@gmail.com and we may respond in a future episode! ⁂ Things mentioned: Fred and Ginger AstaireThe SopranosSadie’s “Laura Palmer x Himemiya Anthy Toxic Yuri” sonnetThe National Turkey Federation for some f*****g reasonThe Great Went Phish.net Pagedoesthedogdie fwwm bisexual cheatingWild at Heat (1990)Karl JungThe Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia (2019)“women’s suffering is transcendental” meme ⁂ Find Sadie: BlueskyLetterboxdFind Lily: YouTubeBlueskyLetterboxdInstagram⁂ Music by Jamie Page Show art by Mya Fernandes-Giles This episode edited by Sadie See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
