Episode Four - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When James approaches Madeleine at the diner, she turns to face him and, in the close-up, some equipment is reflected in her glasses. (00:31:32)
Episode Five - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Leland Palmer suffers another mental breakdown during the party, Benjamin Horne tells Catherine Martell to dance with him, emphasising this by pointing his finger. The shot then cuts to Leland Palmer, and in the background, you can see Horne telling Martell again to dance with him. (00:39:57)
Episode Six - S1-E6
Visible crew/equipment: At the start of the episode, when Deputy Andy enters the police station, at least two crew members are reflected in the glass doors. (00:03:44)
Episode Six - S1-E6
Visible crew/equipment: When Hank steals the lighter at the diner, his and Shelly's previous tape marks are visible on the floor behind him. (00:17:40)
Episode Six - S1-E6
Visible crew/equipment: When the lawyer goes to leave, after discussing the life insurance policies with Catherine Martell, a boom pole is visible moving in the window reflection behind Catherine. (00:29:03)
Continuity mistake: At One Eyed Jack's, when Agent Cooper and Jacques are sitting and talking there are 2 glasses of beer on the table. In one shot Jacques finishes a glass. When he gets up, both glasses are full. (00:10:20 - 00:11:40)
Other mistake: When Cooper is on the floor after being shot, as he's signing the check, he is doing so with the pen closed, and proceeds to click it open as he hands it back to the room service.
Continuity mistake: When Cooper is at the police station describing the events of the night of the murder, he is seen taking a doughnut and placing it on the napkin next to him. A few shots later his napkin is empty and the doughnut is back on the stack.
Continuity mistake: The position of Blackie's fingers on Audrey's chin switches depending on the angle. From behind, her fingers are straight; from the front, her fingers are scrunched up/bent.
Episode Nine - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: The necklace James took from the coconut in Dr. Jacobi's office in the previous episode had a gold chain. When he gives it to Agent Cooper in this episode, it's on leather.
Visible crew/equipment: A boom microphone is visible at the top of the screen during Leo Johnson's trial. (00:15:00)
Visible crew/equipment: When James and Maddie meet by the lake, a clear blue trail of cigarette smoke flows in from the right, it's most probably someone's smoke from the crew.
Continuity mistake: When the three drinks are placed on the bar in front of Cooper, the sheriff, and the judge, the amount of foam on top of each drink changes drastically between angles.
Continuity mistake: Ben Horne's glasses are knocked off during his arrest at the Great Northern. No one picks them up, but when he is brought around the corner of his desk, he's wearing them again. (00:28:50 - 00:30:30)
Continuity mistake: The plate, bread and milk that Pete drops on the floor change position between shots.
Continuity mistake: At the Roadhouse, Donna has her hand on the only glass of drink on the table, but whenever the shot cuts to James, the drink is next to him with nobody holding it.
Continuity mistake: After Nadine smashes the milkshake glass, the cream and blood which has splashed on her face changes between shots.
Continuity mistake: In the hotel lobby, the chair that Leland knocks over switches between shots between lying on its side and on its back.
Continuity mistake: After Leland is pulled over by the police, he goes to open the boot of his car, and he is wearing dark gloves. When he rummages in his golf bag containing the body for a golf club, he is wearing no gloves. Then he holds the club in the air to show Cooper and the gloves are back again.
Plot hole: More than 24 hours after Ben is arrested his daughter Audrey comes and asks Cooper if her father was arrested. How has she not noticed that he is absent and in jail?
Chosen answer: Killer BOB is a demonic entity that emanates from a realm of pure evil known as the Black Lodge, a place that exists on an alternate plane of reality. BOB feeds on human pain and suffering and can travel on earth by possessing human beings and also as an owl. While possessing humans, he commits horrible acts to elicit pain, fear, and suffering from those who are around him, using that as nourishment. BOB possesses Leland Palmer, later forcing him to abuse, rape, and eventually murder his own daughter, Laura, and later to commit suicide.
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