I know the Blue Rose was never given an explanation, but are we ever given any indication of why Cole sends Agents Desmond and Stanley to investigate Teresa Banks' murder in the first place? I honestly never thought about this until now.
shareBlue Rose, at its most elementary level, signified a case with certain paranormal overtones. Obviously, there had been prior such cases, but I also fail to figure out what was it about Banks´s murder that not only required federal intervention, but also marked it as this Blue Rose case (it doesn´t look like Cole knew about the ring and it appears the letter-under-the-fingernail thing was also the first such find on a corpse).
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
Okay, good, so it's not just me. I'm a bit of a 'Peaks' freak, and after my most recent viewing of 'Fire Walk With Me', this question rather suddenly dawned on me. It left me to wonder if I missed something from the series, the 'Tapes', or even the script for the deleted scenes.
shareFBI might have automatic jurisdiction if the Banks murder were part of a drug, racketeering, or civil rights case among other things, especially considering how dilatory the locals seemed to be.
Come to think of it, that kind of friction might need a name in the opinion of those who have to deal with it: Why not "blue rose?" You don't know where the s!0!'s coming from or why it's there. Nevertheless, there it is.
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They laughed at Galileo. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
--attributed to Carl Sagan
Great question/thread!
Off the top of my head, I'd say, I don't know.
However, we learn that before Chet disappears Agent Phillip Jeffries has disappeared. Phillip was connected to "Judy," who may have had some tie-in with Josie (sisters?), who -- like everyone else in Twin Peaks -- had a tie-in with Laura.
Of course we know that Laura was connected to Teresa Banks.
I think the connection between the Teresa Banks murder and Jeffries disappearance isn't that great of a stretch since both are somewhat linked in Coopers dream (Chet Desmond's disappearance is associated with the Banks investigation and Jeffrie's mention of Judy).
Good point. I was overlooking Jeffries due to the fact that so little information about him and his circumstances was given, but it would make sense that his disappearance played a role in the larger scheme of things we don't know about.
shareDidn't they say Teresa wandered across a state line which warrented the FBI to take over the case? After that Cooper is sent to investigate and it turns out he has somehow encountered this MO before (letters under the nails).
sharePerhaps you're thinking of Ronette Pulaski making her way home from the crime scene? Cooper mentioned in the pilot I think that she had stepped over the state boundary (Idaho) near Twin Peaks.
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"The bonsai: the ultimate miniature." —Will Hayward, Twin Peaks.
I remember reading a post on here, wish I could find it: About the 25 year cycle. Forgive me, if my memory is wrong.
I believe it stated that the events of Dale/Caroline/Windom took place 25 years before Banks murder (thus explaining see you again again in 25 years) and that the BLack Lodge comes to life every 25 years.
Perhaps, though tenuous, preknowedge was garnered of the 25 year cycle making it a Blue Rose.
That would make Cooper about 50 at the time of Laura's murder. It takes a lot of Tibetan meditation to age that well, and I think all the donuts, cherry pie, and damn fine coffee would conteract it anyway!
shareThe Missing Pieces unveils even more interest from the FBI about the missing ring that Theresa was wearing. It's possible that it's the macguffin they were looking for that qualified the case as a blue rose. If it was though, they were keeping a rather loose tether on her.
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Blue Rose / Project Blue Book -- in the Twin Peaks universe, the federal government has been aware of the Black Lodge for some time. Desmond and Cooper are on a need-to-know basis, but the authorities higher up may be able to measure rifts in the gateway(s) and therefore can flag certain cases as relevant to the Black Lodge.
The TV series explains early on that the FBI's pretext for sending Cooper to Twin Peaks is that Ronnette Pulaski crossed state lines while wandering from the scene, making the murder a federal crime. But of course, we later learn that there's a lot more to it. Laura Palmer's murder is really part of an ongoing FBI/Army investigation that dates back years, as the authorities try to understand and monitor the Black Lodge. Even without backwards-talking dwarfs, the similarities between Laura's murder and Teresa Banks' murder (which occurred in a different state) would be enough to warrant federal involvement. We don't know what Jeffries was investigating when he disappeared, but he might also have been working an unsolved murder involving one of BOB's prior victims, possibly one who had been wrapped in plastic and dumped in a river.
So, I think the blue rose is a code indicating that the FBI suspects the Teresa Banks case is connected to the Black Lodge. Exactly why is not explained, but the why isn't really important.
A minor point that has legs: The Teresa Banks case was also in WA, though a couple hundred miles from Twin Peaks's extreme northwest corner of the state, as Cooper says in the series pilot town meeting. In Dale's "Who knows where or when" scene he is on the banks of a place called Wind River. There's a real Wind River in the southern part of the state that runs through Pinchot National Forest and empties into the Columbia at the Oregon border. It's also the home of a forestry study area complete with a rather famous crane that is used to study the canopy at the tops of the trees.
Regarding the towns of Deer Meadow and Twin Peaks as some kind of mutual reflection, there do seem to be many ways in which the Blue Rose and Bluebook lines might come together. Maybe Albert is more politically astute than Sam Stanley --even if he doesn't necessarily care for the politics he's protecting. Was there an interest in misdirecting the search for Laura's killer that went beyond a small town's upper crust desire to keep its hems pristine? Then there are Col. Riley's signals from the forest, the silencing of Maj. Briggs, and so on. Just social forces at work, or a co-ordinated agenda? As Albert said, "You tell me."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_Experimental_Forest
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"The bonsai: the ultimate miniature."
--Will Hayward, Twin Peaks.
What if Blue Rose just means local interference/local law enforcement might be involved in the crime? "Most" local law enforcement officers wear blue.
shareWell, what indeed?
There are many strange things that happen both in the movie and the series. Did Laura and Ronette really burn up the Washington State highway system on school holidays to hang out with Teresa?
Forget I said that.
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I'm sure they did. They were all involved in cocaine and we saw them "working" together.
shareOh, they clearly knew Teresa, they said so in the Pink Room scene with Jacques.
But where were they in that Motel scene?
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"The bonsai: the ultimate miniature."
--Will Hayward, Twin Peaks.
I always assumed Deer Meadow. It doesn't look like the parts of Twin Peaks that we've seen but it could be the worse off side of town (if there even is one...). Was the deputy from Deer Meadows meant to be pimping out Teresa or was he just selling her coke?
shareBoth Sheriff Cable and Irene said that Teresa had only been around Deer Meadow for about a month before she was killed. Now that's a lovely pair to be sure, but if they were going to admit knowing Teresa at all, why lie about when she came to town? And presumably Carl Rodd didn't tell Agt. Desmond anything different.
So, where had she been before?
And why had she left?
I think the Pink Room conversation has some hints.
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"They know nobody cares much what happens to them. ... They're floaters.
Not much more than a suitcase full o' nothing between them and the gutter."
--The Big Heat (1953)
During their first encounter at least, Teresa Banks seemed to be based somewhere named Red Diamond City (that's intel from Missing Pieces). And would Laura/Ronette really risk "working" within the Twin Peaks town limits, considering what a small town it is?
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
They might not have to go far to feel anonymous enough, considering how compartmented everything there is. Remember, Laura hooked up right out in the open in the Road House, using established signals with Jacques.
I think Teresa was the one with a sudden urge to leave the general northeast corner of the State, though the appearance of Deputy Cliff later in the movie does suggest a working link between the places; the Columbia does flow from the northeast down toward the Wind, once you catch it.
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"Sheriff Truman!"
--Donna Hayward, Twin Peaks ep14
"What if Blue Rose just means local interference/local law enforcement might be involved in the crime?"
Why would such a suspicion be so delicate as to be classified even from an agent investigating the case (Sam Stanley)? Especially as Chet had already informed him the local cops may be "belligerent" and "hiding something"?
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan