An incredibly
nifty plot element that, since the show was cancelled, ultimately went nowhere. Just when
Twin Peaks was becoming
stale and
ridiculous, we were told that the
United States Air Force (specifically
Major Garland Briggs) is investigating
Indian legends about a
supernatural portal to an
evil realm deep in the woods of the
Pacific Northwest which is somehow related to
UFOs
and the murder of
Laura Palmer and all the other
weird crap that was going down in the series. Cool! And all this YEARS before
The X-Files was even a gleam in
Chris Carter's eye.
I suspect Coop couldn't beat Bob in the final showdown because it wasn't meant to be the final showdown; the show was abruptly cancelled so all those loose ends never got tied up.