Fish in the percolator!

[Jack Granger]

I've always wondered how the fish got in the percolator. I don't believe
that was ever explained.

[Adam J. Cook]

"Jack Granger" <jgra...@deepwater.com> wrote in message
news:OUqY7.578$gO5.3...@news1.news.adelphia.net...

> I've always wondered how the fish got in the percolator. I don't believe
> that was ever explained.

You'd think it would have had to be Catherine, although I can't imagine
she'd lower herself to touching a dead fish.

- Adam

[Clark Goble]

___

| I've always wondered how the fish got in the percolator. I
| don't believe that was ever explained.

___

His sister put it there, didn't she?

[Keith Gow]

On 1 Jan 2002 17:10:16 -0600, "Clark Goble" <cl...@lextek.com> waxed
lyrical:

His sister? Pete had a sister? Oh my god... things are starting to
make more sense now ;-)

-- Keith Gow --

[OK Bob]

Always figured it had to be Josie, she was the only other one in the
house--assuming Andrew was not hiding out there, I believe he was staying at
the Packard's summer cabin. Sure Catherine might have put the fish in the
percolator before she left to meet with Benjamin, but Josie is the one who
made the coffee...

[Trichome]

In article <u34qprf...@corp.supernews.com>,
"OK Bob" <OK_...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Sure Catherine might have put the fish in the
> percolator before she left to meet with Benjamin, but Josie is the one who
> made the coffee...

And Catherine's secretly like, ha-ha, I made you serve
fish-coffee to your boyfriend. I made you lose face.
A passive-agressive practical joke.

Trichome

--
"Well, I'm sitting on my watch, so I can be on time." - Bob Dylan

[Adam J. Cook]

"Trichome" <proph...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:prophit1970-9B6B...@nnrp04.earthlink.net...

> In article <u34qprf...@corp.supernews.com>,
> "OK Bob" <OK_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sure Catherine might have put the fish in the
> > percolator before she left to meet with Benjamin, but Josie is the one
who
> > made the coffee...
>
> And Catherine's secretly like, ha-ha, I made you serve
> fish-coffee to your boyfriend. I made you lose face.
> A passive-agressive practical joke.

I was leaning towards Catherine as well, but....was she even there at the
time? She calls Josie on the phone from the hotel, so no she wasn't. Which
means she wasn't trying to make Josie look foolish in front of Harry, she
probably was just being mean ol' Catherine and screwing with Pete.

- Adam

[Galactica2]

"Jack Granger" jgra...@deepwater.com wrote:

>I've always wondered how the fish got in the percolator. I don't believe
>that was ever explained.

In the commentary of the episode, the director (I'm sorry, they're all a blur
right now and I'm not remembering who it was) notes that prior to that, Pete is
shown cleaning fish near the sink, which he said foreshadowed the fish ending
up in the percolater. I was always under the impression that the fish somehow
slipped in and Pete didn't realize it.

[Keith Gow]

On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 04:30:17 GMT, "Adam J. Cook"
<ajcook73@NYET-SPAMMY!swbell.net> waxed lyrical:

I think Pete absent-mindedly put the fish in there himself. He was
cleaning the fish and he made the coffee.

-- Keith Gow --

[Adam J. Cook]

"Keith Gow" <kw...@web.solutions.net.au> wrote in message
news:3c32ad29...@news.solutions.net.au...

I'm not a coffee drinker, and I have no idea how big a percolator is. Would
it really be that easy to accidentally drop a fish in one and not know it?

- Adam

[Mikko Pihkoluoma]

"Adam J. Cook" <ajcook73@NYET-SPAMMY!swbell.net> wrote in message news:<6eyY7.653$rM7.38...@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com>...

Nor am I but I always thought it was Pete who did that. He's clearly
the kind of person who could do that by accident. Like Keith pointed
out we see him cleaning the fish in the kitchen...

Mikko

[OK Bob]

Pete was cleaning the fish, but Josie did said "I'll make a fresh pot of
coffee" when the lawmen arrived. 'Course she had to get herself dressed, so
maybe Pete ended up making the coffee anyway.

Hard to fathom it could have been an accident. Catherine has a pretty good
alibi. Seems out-of-character for Josie, but she was none too thrilled
about the FBI showing up--hell, she ends up shooting the guy.... She also
might have figured Pete would serve the coffee while she was getting
dressed.

Then again, Pete appears to suspect Catherine... hellfire. We may never
know.

"I had a problem with a fish. Took a liking to my percolator."

My vote still goes to Josie.

[Trichome]

In article <t1wY7.620$w21.35...@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com>,

"Adam J. Cook" <ajcook73@NYET-SPAMMY!swbell.net> wrote:

> "Trichome" <proph...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:prophit1970-9B6B...@nnrp04.earthlink.net...
>

> > And Catherine's secretly like, ha-ha, I made you serve
> > fish-coffee to your boyfriend. I made you lose face.
> > A passive-agressive practical joke.
>
>
> I was leaning towards Catherine as well, but....was she even there at the
> time? She calls Josie on the phone from the hotel, so no she wasn't. Which
> means she wasn't trying to make Josie look foolish in front of Harry, she
> probably was just being mean ol' Catherine and screwing with Pete.

Catherine was unbuttoning her shirt when she spoke with Josie.
Maybe C. came directly over from the Blue Pine Lodge to the Timber
Falls Motel. The map of Twin Peaks says that's not too far. It
would be just like Catherine to stage the perfect crime, by being
elsewhere when her fish-coffee plot had its effect.

[Adam J. Cook]

"OK Bob" <OK_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u366kkj...@corp.supernews.com...

> Pete was cleaning the fish, but Josie did said "I'll make a fresh pot of
> coffee" when the lawmen arrived. 'Course she had to get herself dressed,
so
> maybe Pete ended up making the coffee anyway.
>
> Hard to fathom it could have been an accident. Catherine has a pretty
good
> alibi. Seems out-of-character for Josie, but she was none too thrilled
> about the FBI showing up--hell, she ends up shooting the guy.... She also
> might have figured Pete would serve the coffee while she was getting
> dressed.
>
> Then again, Pete appears to suspect Catherine... hellfire. We may never
> know.
>
> "I had a problem with a fish. Took a liking to my percolator."
>
> My vote still goes to Josie.

You're right, we'll never know for sure. At least I don't feel it's
certain. Yeah, Josie wasn't too crazy about the FBI guys showing up, and
she shot Coop, but giving him fish coffee seems pretty petty for someone
who's willing to pull a trigger.

- Adam

[OK Bob]

She was nervous about the FBI from the getgo, but was pressured by Hank to
shoot Coop...

[Reznik]

Keith Gow wrote:

I agree.
He was cleaning the fish, put one in there temporarily,
and Josie takes the percolator from the sink and makes the coffee.

Reznik the Great and Powerful
(pay no attention to that man behind the curtain)

"If it's not in frame...
it doesn't exist."
-= J Malkovich as F W Murnau =-

[lisa]

"Keith Gow" <kw...@web.solutions.net.au> wrote in message
news:3c32ad29...@news.solutions.net.au...

I agree...I always thought Pete did it by accident.

lisa

[mdgur...@verizon.net]

On Tuesday, January 1, 2002 at 5:39:42 PM UTC-5, Jack Granger wrote:
> I've always wondered how the fish got in the percolator. I don't believe
> that was ever explained.

It is a condition of existence - fish in percolator. One possibility that is always present. Thus that coffee is no longer coffee, an objet a, a signifier both of pleasure and identity (are they not anyway the same?). No character has his or her own identity but is reflected or contrasted by a 'twin': Cooper-sherrif, Laura-Donna, Laura-Maddy, James-Bobby, Shelly-Norma. The unspecificity of identity (e.g., high school, not high school) is a postmodern 'truth' and gives the auteur total freedom to create willy-nilly, whether plot, effects, events, meanings.
Thus fish in the coffee, a non-sequitor in ordinary life is the state of being of everything in this portrayal.

[George Noel]

wrote in message
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I always thought a few other things..

First of all, Pete did suspect Josie of putting the fish in the percolator..
if that was the case it would be her just trying to "taint" the law
enforcement being comfortable there & their questioning.

Another view could be just an indication as to what is happening/what they
are talking about is "fishy".

But I always took it as a red herring! It was just a joke.. it doesn't mean
anything! It happened to get you talking but it was only there to throw you
off! :-)

-=*George*=-