INT. GREAT NORTHERN BAR – NIGHT
A short time later. A sad song plays on a jukebox. Couples gather on the small dance floor, a few GUESTS mingle at the bar. Cooper and Hawk sit at small table near the fireplace. Their mood is quiet, contemplative. It’s been a long day.
COOPER
(after a beat) Did You Know Her, Hawk?
HAWK
Laura? Caught her speeding a couple times
and let her talk me out of the ticket.
That wasn’t hard.
COOPER
Laura Palmer didn’t
have to Die. It’s Wrong.
It makes me mad.
HAWK
Everything Dies.
A beat. Cooper takes a pull from a longneck beer.
He quietly wonders :
COOPER
Do You believe in The Soul?
The Question takes Hawk by surprise.
He takes a closer look at Cooper.
HAWK
Several.
COOPER
(curious) More than one?
HAWK
Blackfeet legend.
Waking Souls that give Life
to The Mind and Body.
A Dream Soul that wanders.
COOPER
Dream Souls.
Where Do They Wander?
HAWK
Faraway places.
Anywhere U.S.A.
The Land of the Dead.
COOPER
Is that where Laura is?
HAWK
Laura’s in The Ground, Agent Cooper —
That’s The Only Thing I’m Sure of.
Cooper reacts, takes a closer look. Tommy ‘The Hawk’ Hill, agnostic Blackfoot. There’s more to him than meets the eye. A beat. Cooper lifts his glass into the air, proposes a toast:
COOPER
To Laura. Godspeed.
They touch glasses, toast. That’s when Cooper sees Leland Palmer stepping between tables to the dance floor.
