ACT THREE
FADE IN:
22. INT. DR. JACOBY'S OFFICE - DAY
We don't immediately realize where we are.
Seated in a half circle of chairs are MAJOR BRIGGS, MRS. BRIGGS and Bobby, who can't believe what he's hearing.
MRS. BRIGGS
He's been spending more and more of his time alone in
his room.
MAJOR BRIGGS
It's become much more difficult to engage him in
conversation.
MRS. BRIGGS
Terrible mood swings.
MAJOR BRIGGS
We've been told by the school that his attendance has
become erratic at best.
MRS. BRIGGS
And of course the recent trouble with public fighting.
Both at the Roadhouse and the funeral.
And now we see who they're talking to, sitting in a leather chair, nodding sagely ...
DR. JACOBY
Are you using drugs, Bobby?
BOBBY
No I'm not.
MAJOR BRIGGS
Alcohol.
MRS. BRIGGS
Alcohol's a drug.
BOBBY
That's not what he meant.
MRS. BRIGGS
Alcohol doesn't count?
BOBBY
Everybody uses alcohol.
DR. JACOBY
Are you unhappy, Bobby?
BOBBY
Shouldn't I be?
DR. JACOBY
That's not for me to say.
Pause.
BOBBY
Have you ever killed anybody?
DR. JACOBY
Have you?
BOBBY
My Father has.
MAJOR BRIGGS
During wartime.
MRS. BRIGGS
That's different.
BOBBY
Different from what?
DR. JACOBY
Perhaps I should spend a few minutes with Robert alone.
MAJOR BRIGGS
This is supposed to be family counseling.
DR. JACOBY
And I'll need to spend some time alone with every member of the family.
Bobby first.
MAJOR BRIGGS
Fair enough.
MRS. BRIGGS
Whatever you think best, Doctor.
The Major and the Missus get up and leave the room.
DR. JACOBY
Bobby, let's cut the crap.
(Bobby looks at him)
Do you feel that your parents don't understand what
you're going through?
BOBBY
That's a good one.
DR. JACOBY
Let's talk about Laura.
BOBBY
Okay. Let's talk about Laura.
DR. JACOBY
(knows some secrets here)
What happened the first time you and Laura made love?
BOBBY
What the hell kind of question is that?
DR. JACOBY
Bobby ... did you cry?
BOBBY
(stunned; This is True)
Did I what?
DR. JACOBY
(also true)
What did Laura do then?
Did she laugh at you?
Bobby's completely throw off his guard. Jacoby moves in.
DR. JACOBY
Were you sad when Laura died?
BOBBY
Laura wanted to die.
DR. JACOBY
How do you know that?
BOBBY
(rising emotion)
Because she told me.
DR. JACOBY
What else did she tell you?
(silence)
Did she tell you there was no goodness in the world?
BOBBY
She said people tried to be good but they were really
sick and rotten, her most of all, and the harder she tried to be good the more rotten she felt because it didn't mean anything, because every time she tried to help the world be a better place something terrible came up inside her and pulled her back down into hell, it took her deeper and deeper into the blackest nightmare and every time it got harder to go back up to the light.
Pause.
DR. JACOBY
(on the case)
Did you sometimes have the feeling that Laura was
harboring some awful secret?
BOBBY
Yes.
DR. JACOBY
Bad enough that she wanted to die because of it?
BOBBY
Yes.
DR. JACOBY
Bad enough that it drove her to consciously try to find
people's weaknesses and prey on them, tempt them,
break them down, make them do terrible, degrading
things?
BOBBY
(shocked and frightened)
Yes.
DR. JACOBY
Laura wanted to corrupt people, because that's how she
felt about herself -
BOBBY
(near tears)
Yes.
Pause.
DR. JACOBY
Is that what happened to you, Bobby?
Bobby dissolves into tears.
DR. JACOBY (CONTINUED)
(gently)
Is that what Laura did to you?
BOBBY
Yes. She made me ... she wanted ... so much ... she made
me sell drugs so she could have them ... she made me ...
Bobby can't continue, buries his face in his hands. Jacoby has had something essential confirmed. He rises, pats Bobby sympathetically on the shoulder, offers him the bowl of ...
DR. JACOBY (CONTINUED)
Malted milk ball?
Bobby shakes his head.
Jacoby pops one in his mouth and chews, thinking.
CUT TO:
23. EXT. WOODS - DAY
A dense, dark forest.
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24. EXT. WOODS - DAY
A number of police cars parked in a clearing, the jumping off place for a search party.
Cooper, Truman, Hawk and Doc Hayward. They're preparing to go off into the woods, when
Andy speeds up in his patrol car and gets out.
ANDY
(excited)
Sheriff, Leo Johnson's been gone two days, his wife
hasn't seen him -
TRUMAN
Okay, Andy --
ANDY
But the thing is, I looked into the kitchen? She was
having breakfast and the table was set for two.
COOPER
Good work, Andy. You keep those eyes peeled.
Andy beams with pride.
TRUMAN
Andy, I want you to stay with the cars.
(Andy's disappointed)
I need someone to stay near the radio. We'll keep in
touch on the walkies.
Andy nods and starts back to the cars.
TRUMAN
Hawk, lead the way.
Hawk tunes up his sensory apparatus, nods, starts into the woods. Cooper and Truman look at
each other. Cooper nods.
TRUMAN (CONTINUED)
Doc, you sure you're up for this?
HAYWARD
In for a penny, in for a pound, Harry.
TRUMAN
That's the spirit.
They follow Hawk into the woods.
DISSOLVE TO:
25. EXT. WOODS - DAY
A dark, dark grove. The air still and moist.
A solitary mournful bird call. Hawk stops, listens, examines the ground, finds something that leads him on. Cooper, Truman and Hayward follow.
CUT TO:
26. EXT. LOG LADYS CABIN - DAY
Hawk turns a corner and comes upon a simple, solidly constructed log cabin in a clearing.
It is not the cabin we saw in the photograph in Jacques' apartment.
Smoke rises from the chimney.
The others join Hawk in the clearing.
COOPER
Not the one we're looking for.
HAWK
Maybe, maybe not.
TRUMAN
You might want to hang back a step, Doc.
HAYWARD
(winded)
Might want to anyway.
As a precaution, Hawk and Truman draw weapons and along with Cooper start to advance.
As they round the corner of the cabin, they come face to face with the LOG LADY, carrying a log.
TRUMAN
Hello.
LOG LADY
About time you got here.
(to herself)
They move so slowly when they're not afraid.
She goes right inside the cabin. Pause. They look at each other. The Log Lady appears in the doorway again.
LOG LADY (CONTINUED)
Come on then.
My log does not judge,
it only records.
She disappears again. They look at each other. Cooper nods. Truman calls back.
TRUMAN
Doc?
CUT TO:
27. INT. LOG LADY'S CABIN - DAY
Truman, Cooper, Hawk and then Doc enter.
One large room. Simple kitchen, a bed in the corner.
Table with six chairs, six places with a log-motif tea setting. A boarded up fireplace.
Fire extinguishers and a bucket of water in each corner.
An axe, a saw and other woodcutting tools. Framed picture of a lumberjack, on the mantle, beside a funereal urn, with ashes.
Log Lady goes to the kitchen, where she's preparing tea.
LOG LADY
I've got tea. I've got cookies. No cake.
COOPER
That's very kind of you, but I don't know if we have
time to --
Hawk signals him to accept the invitation, then takes the lead and sits at the table.
HAWK
What kind of cookies?
LOG LADY
Sugar. The owls won't see us in here.
Hayward sits at the table beside Hawk.
HAYWARD
Some tea would be very nice.
LOG LADY
(to Truman and Cooper, annoyed)
Shut your eyes and you will burst into flames.
TRUMAN
Thank you.
COOPER
Thank you very much.
Truman and Cooper sit. The Log Lady sets down a plate of cookies on the table, along with a log-motif tea pot, then she takes a seat.
LOG LADY
We'll let it steep.
Pause. Cooper reaches for a cookie.
Log Lady lightly slaps his hand.
LOG LADY (CONTINUED)
Wait for the tea.
The fish aren't running.
Cooper. looks around, noticing all the firefighting equipment. She looks at him, as if to say,
"Don't laugh. I see everything and it takes it's toll."
Pause.
COOPER
Do you use fire for cooking then?
LOG LADY
I go to great lengths to keep it under control.
TRUMAN
M'am, were you expecting us?
LOG LADY
You're two days late.
Clues may be as cold as the tea
but that's your concern.
(pause)
My log saw something, something significant.
There's no closer relationship than the logger with the tree.
Pause. Cooper looks at Truman
TRUMAN
M'am, what did your log see?
LOG LADY
(shakes her head)
Drink first and be ready for The Truth..
She checks the pot, decides it's ready and starts to pour.
Six cups. Formal manners.
COOPER
(passing the plate around)
Lime, Harry?
LOG LADY
My husband was a logging man.
COOPER
Oh?
LOG LADY
He met The Devil.
The Devil took the form of Fire.
Fire is The Devil hiding like A Coward in The Smoke.
HAYWARD
(he knows her)
The day after the wedding, wasn't it Margaret?
She looks away.
HAWK
(to the Log Lady, comforting)
The Wood holds many spirits, doesn't it Margaret?
She nods. Pause. They nibble on cookies and drink their tea. The Log Lady turns to Cooper.
LOG LADY
You can ask it now.
COOPER
(to the log; solemnly, respectfully)
What did you see that night?
The night Laura Palmer, was killed?
LOG LADY
(pause to the log)
Shhhh. Let me do the talking.
(she doses her eyes; this is hard for her)
Dark. Laughing. The Owls were flying.
Many things were blocked. Laughing.
Two men. Two girls.
Flashlights, in the woods, pass by, over the ridge.
The owls were near. The Dark was pressing in on her ...
(calmer)
Quiet then. A gentle wind.
Footsteps, later, one man pass by.
All quiet. Screams, far away. Terrible.
Terrible. One voice ...
COOPER
(quietly)
Man or girl?
LOG LADY
Girl.... Further up. Over the ridge
The owls were silent.
She opens her eyes, blinks. Takes a sip of tea. Hayward dries the tears in his eyes.
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28. EXT. WOODS DAY
A light mist falls. Hawk, Truman, Cooper and Hayward make their way up the ridge through thick woods.
COOPER
The two girls are Laura and Ronette.
TRUMAN
The two men Jacques, maybe Leo?
COOPER
Maybe.
TRUMAN
Who's The Third Man?
A. : Harry Lime.
Hawk stops suddenly, gestures them to be quiet. He listens.
HAWK
Do you hear it?
They listen.. Far away ... music. An angelic voice, soft chords.
HAWK (CONTINUED)
This way.
They continue on.
Hawk, Truman, Cooper and Hayward emerge from a thick stand into a clearing; on a rocky point above them stands the log cabin seen in the photo at Jacques; apartment.
Rundown, not well maintained. Red drapes are visible in a window. Cooper looks at the photo.
It was shot from the angle they're viewing it from now.
The music issues from inside the cabin. The song ends. Pause. The same song begins again.
Truman draws his weapon and takes the lead. Hawk and Cooper draw their weapons and follow.
Hayward sits on a rock and wipes his brow with a handkerchief.
CUT TO:
30. INT. SECOND CABIN - DAY
The door creaks open, throwing the only light into the dark room.
Truman, Hawk and Cooper cautiously enter. The music is louder. Cooper draws aside a set of the heavy, dusty red
drapes, letting more light into the room.
On a simple record player, the tone arm pulled back over a 45 record, the song ends again, the stylus lifts, returns to the outside, then back onto the outside edge of the record. Scratches, pops, then the song starts again.
COOPER
(under his breath)
... and there's always music in the air..."
Cooper lifts the stylus off the record. All three men proceed with extreme care, trying not to move or disturb anything.
The single room is dusty, trashy, a low-rent version of a harem room: an overstuffed davenport, cheap oriental throw rugs, tasseled satin pillows, empty bottles and full ashtrays.
On a tripod, a 35 millimeter camera, facing a small photo bay created by the drapes and pillows. Hawk checks it out.
HAWK
There's film in here.
Hawk takes out an evidence bag, removes the film.
Cooper finds a spool of twine lying on the floor
Another tripod shaped object, covered with a cloth. Truman slowly draws the cloth off ...
a mynah bird in the cage reacts drowsily, weak from hunger and thirst.
A nameplate on the cage reads ... "O"
Hawk draws their attention to dark stains on the wood and one of the throw rugs. He examines it.
HAWK
Blood.
Cooper moves to look at it
Truman, backing up from the cage, hits a rocking chair which rocks forward and hits a table, knocking over a lamp ...
Hawk, looking past Cooper, sees The Lamp ...
HAWK
Watch out.
Cooper avoids the lamp as it crashes to the floor. Something skitters off the lamp and rolls under the davenport Hawk and Cooper look at each other. Cooper reaches in under the
davenport, feels around, finds something. He pulls it out
INTERCUT:
31. A POKER CHIP
A thousand dollar chip, with a small chunk missing. It reads: "ONE-EYED (J)ACK'S"
Cooper and Hawk look at each other.
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