ACT ONEFADE IN: 1. EXT. GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL - DAY

Dawn breaks over the Great Northern.

CUT TO: 2. INT. GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL ROOM - DAY

We hear him before we see him, but DALE COOPER is perched six inches above the floor in a one-handed yoga "frog" position, wearing boxer shorts and a pair of socks, talking into the tape recorder which is sitting on the carpet near his head. COOPER: Diane...6:18 a.m., room 315, Great Northern Hotel up here in Twin Peaks. Slept pretty well. Non-smoking room. No tobacco smell. That's a nice consideration for the business traveller. A hint of douglas fir needles in the air. As Sheriff Truman indicated they would, everything this hotel promised, they've delivered: clean, reasonably priced accomodations...telephone works...bathroom in really tip-top shape...no drips, plenty of hot water with good, steady pressure...could be a side-benefit of the waterfall just outside my window...firm mattress, but not too firm...and no lumps like that time I told you about down in El Paso. Diane, what a nightmare that was, but of course you've heard me tell that story once or twice before. Haven't tried the television. Looks like cable, probably no reception problems. But the true test of any hotel, as you know, is that morning cup of coffee, which I'll be getting back to you about within the half hour. Diane, it struck me again earlier this morning; there are two things that continue to trouble me, and I'm not just speaking as an agent of the Bureau but also as a human being: what really went on between Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys? And who really pulled the trigger on JFK? CUT TO: 3. EXT. SHERIFF TRUMAN'S HOUSE - MORNING

A rustic log house, with the Sheriffs cruiser parked in front. A rooster crows. SHERIFF TRUMAN exits the house, carrying a soiled paper bag. He walks around the side yard to a chicken coop and scatters the feed he has in the bag into the coop. They start clucking and pecking. TRUMAN: How you girls doin' this morning? Sounds like you got plenty to talk about today. Hope it's good news.He empties the bag and starts towards the cruiser.

CUT TO: 4. EXT. DOUGHNUT SHOP - DAY

A sign reads: WAGON-WHEEL DO-NUTS.

CUT TO: 5. INT. DOUGHNUT SHOP - MORNING

A banner reads: GO AHEAD; MAKE MY DONUT. Another banner reads: SQUARE DEALS ON ROUND DONUTS.

DEPUTY ANDY BRENNAN and LUCY MORAN are at the counter, in the middle of ordering. LUCY: ...two boxes of chocolate creams with jimmies, a
box of maple bearclaws, one raspberry swizzle twist, two boxes of jelly donuts (to Andy) I'm ordering extra jelly donuts because they're Agent Cooper's favorite, you know my aunt I told you about with the raccoons? She liked jelly donuts, they were her favorite, but she doesn't remind me at all of Agent Cooper. (a new thought) Her son, though, does -

ANDY: And one plum frappe turnover.CUT TO: 6. INT. SHERIFF'S CRUISER - MORNING

Truman drives past Wagon-Wheel Do-Nuts just in time to see Lucy and Andy leaving the shop, with Andy carrying a stack of donut boxes up to his neck. Truman pulls into the parking lot next to them and leans out the window. TRUMAN: Can I give you three a lift?

LUCY: (looking atound) But Sheriff, there's only two of us.Truman and Andy look at each other.

CUT TO: 7. INT. GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL DINING ROOM - DAY

Dale Cooper sits at a choice corner table, holding a fresh, hot cup of coffee, as a WAITRESS stands by, holding the coffee pot. COOPER: (holding up a hand to stop her) Wait right there, wait right there... (he sniffs the coffee; hmm...he sips) You know, this is, excuse me, a damn good cup of coffee. I've had I can't tell you how many cups of coffee I've had in my life and this... (another sip) ...this is one of the best.

WAITRESS: Thank you.

COOPER: I'd like two eggs, over hard, don't tell me, I know it's hard on the arteries but old habits die hard, just about as hard as I want those eggs...bacon, super crispy, almost burned: cremate it --CUT TO: 8. AUDREY HORNE

Across the room, watching Cooper order. She slips into her beguiling, rip-your-heart-out routine and sashays across the dining room to Cooper's table. COOPER (CONTINUED): (just finishing up) ...that's great, I'll have the grapefruit juice, as long as... (sees Audrey approaching) ...those grapefruits are freshly squeezed.The Waitress departs. Audrey smiles. AUDREY: My name is Audrey Home.

COOPER: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent Dale Cooper.

AUDREY: Can I sit here?

COOPER: (pleasantly) Miss Home, unless I miss my guess, your father is Benjamin Home, the owner of this fine establishment, so I guess you can sit anywhere you like. And I'd also like to add it would be my pleasure.Audrey sits, a little confused, runs a hand over her forehead. AUDREY: You know, sometimes I get so flushed...it's interesting.

COOPER: Were you a friend of Laura Palmer's?

AUDREY: Not exactly.

COOPER: Her father works for your father. Did you know each other growing up?

AUDREY: Oh we knew each other...

COOPER: But there was something about her you didn't like.

AUDREY: Everybody liked Laura. She was just Little Miss Perfect. Laura tutored my older brother Johnny three times a week. Johnny's twenty-seven and he's in the third grade. He's got emotional problems; it runs in the family. Do you like my ring? (holds out her hand to show a big rock)

COOPER: Very nice.

AUDREY: My father bought it for me. my father was crazy about Laura. He bought her a pony when she was nine, but he let her father say it was from him. Its name was Troy. (absent-mindedly rubs her left palm) Do your palms ever itch?Cooper studies her benignly.

CUT TO: 9. BENJAMIN HORNE

Crossing the hallway outside the dining room, he glances in and sees his daughter sitting with Dale Cooper. He stops, takes this in, then moves on.

CUT TO: 10. EXT. LEO JOHNSON'S HOUSE MORNING

The trucker, LEO JOHNSON, is obsessively cleaning the cab of his semi rig with a dustbuster. A bucket of hot water, some sponges and a hose are at the ready nearby. We see that Leo's name is stenciled on the rig's door, along with the name, "BIG PUSSYCAT." SHELLY JOHNSON, in her waitress uniform, comes up to the truck. SHELLY: Leo, honey? I gotta go to work now, Norma'll be here any sec...Leo?Leo turns off the dustbuster and turns to her. LEO: Did you finish cleaning my boots?

SHELLY: They're all done and I did the laundry, too.

LEO: All of it?

SHELLY: Well yeah.

LEO: No you didn't.He grabs a used grocery bag full of dirty clothes from the cab and flings it at her. SHELLY: Sure, Leo, when I get home I'll -

LEO: Now, Shelly.

SHELLY: Okay.Shelly starts back towards the house.

CUT TO: 11. INT. JOHNSON KITCHEN - MORNING

Shelly dumps the clothes out of the grocery bag onto a laundry basket in front of the washer. She shakes out the clothes before putting them in. She stops short when she sees a large, dark red bloodstain on a faded blue cowboy work shirt.

She starts to tremble. She hears a car horn beep outside. She looks out the window, sees Norma's car pull in near the truck but she doesn't see Leo.

She hears the screen door open and bang shut in the other roorn. LEO'S VOICE: Shelly? Norma's here.Shelly makes a brave decision: quickly folds the bloodstained shirt and stashes it behind the washer, dumps the rest of the clothes in the washer, loads the detergent, closes the door and starts it just as Leo comes in the room. LEO: Shelly, did you hear me say Norma's here?

SHELLY: I heard you, Leo.She starts out. He catches her by the arm. LEO: I'm gonna come by the diner sometime today. Be a good girl and save me a piece 'a pie.He pinches her cheek softly and holds it. SHELLY: (manages a smile) Sure, Leo.He works her cheek for a moment, squeezing a bit harder. Shelly hides her fear.

CUT TO: 12. EXT. JOHNSON HOUSE/INT. NORMA'S CAR - MORNING

Norma sits behind the wheel of a maroon '64 Falcon station wagon. Shelly gets in beside her and they drive off. NORMA: Leo sure keeps that truck up, doesn't he?

SHELLY: He sure does.

NORMA: (glance at her, sees her condition) We're sure a couple a' characters, aren't we Shelly?

SHELLY: Norma, you said a mouthful and then some.

NORMA: Guys... (shakes her head)

SHELLY: (shakes her head) Guys.

NORMA: 'You hear what happened at the Roadhouse last night?

SHELLY: No.

NORMA: Big fight. Bobby Briggs hit Ed Hurley with some brass knuckles -

SHELLY: Bobby hit Ed? Weird.They look at each other, each knowing the other's secret but not saying so. NORMA: Ed's got a concussion. Then Bobby and Mike got into it with the Bookhouse boys, took two patrol cars to break it up. Bobby and Mike're probably still in jail.(revised pink 3-18-89) SHELLY: (shakes her head) ...Guys.

NORMA: Guys.CUT TO: 13. EXT. SHERIFF'S STATION ENTRANCE - MORNING

Re-establish.

CUT TO: 14. INT. SHERIFFS STATION RECEPTION AREA - MORNING

Deputy Andy takes a big bite of his plum frappe turnover, just as Dale Cooper breezes through the front door and waves brightly as he passes. COOPER: Morning, Deputy.

ANDY: (his mouth completely full) Good morning, Agent Cooper.Lucy, at the coffee station holding a pot and a cup, turns to face Cooper, with a doughnut stuck in her mouth. COOPER: Hey there, Lucy.

LUCY: (barely intelligible) Agent Cooper, I got jelly for you special, the Sheriff's down the hall in Interrogation.

COOPER: I'll just look for him down the hall in interrogation.He moves down the hall.

CUT TO: 15. INT. INTERROGATION ROOM A - MORNING

Cooper whisks in just as Truman, coffee mug in hand, takes an enormous bite of a humongous bearclaw.

(Revised pink 8-18-89) COOPER: Hey, Sheriff: three for three.Truman tries to chew, holds up his hand to be patient. Cooper sits. COOPER (CONTINUED): Number one, James Hurley: as soon as his lawyer gets here we bring him up from Cell Four and talk to him straight. He was in love with Laura Palmer, my bet is she told him whatever dirt she knew about Bobby and Mike and who knows what else...if James plays ball we send him off with our blessings and a firm reminder to watch his back when Mike and Bobby hit the streets... (Truman nods, trying to chew fast) Then we'll have a chat with those two perpetrators, let's run a top to bottom on Bobby's vehicle and in the meantime let's find out what the autopsy report on Laura Palmer gives us. (he rises) I've got the rest of the day mapped out. I'll meet you back here in interrogation...I really have to urinate. By the way, the coffee at the Great Northern? Incredible.He exits, just as Truman finally swallows his mouthful of bearclaw.

CUT TO: 16. INT. INTERROGATION ROOM A - DAY

JAMES HURLEY is seated, next to his LAWYER, across from Truman, as Cooper enters and sits beside the Sheriff. TRUMAN: James has been advised of his rights.

COOPER: James, you were placed under arrest for suspicion of murder, the murder of Laura Palmer. You have no previous criminal record, is that correct?

JAMES: None. No, sir.Cooper turns on the VCR and we see the same videotape of Laura and Donna at the picnic that we saw earlier. James watches the video.

(Revised pink 8-18-89) COOPER: James, did you shoot this video tape?Cooper fast forwards to the freeze frame of the motorcycle reflected in Laura's eye. COOPER (CONTINUED): Isn't that your cycle, James?

JAMES: Yes, sir, it is. The three of us went up there two Sundays ago.

COOPER: (gently) James, you were in love with Laura. (James is silent) The two of you were seeing each other secretly. No one else at the school, or any of her friends knew about it; she was the homecomecoming queen, her boyfriend was the captain of the football team. How much longer did you think you could keep this relationship secret?

JAMES: It was secret because that's the way she wanted it.

COOPER: Why do you suppose that was, James? Do you think it had something to do with Bobby?

JAMES: It had everything to do with Bobby.

COOPER: Why? Was she afraid of Bobby?

JAMES: I think so.

COOPER: Did you know that Laura was using cocaine?

JAMES: (pause) Yes.

COOPER: Did you ever take cocaine with her?

(Revised pink 8-18-89)

JAMES: No, I tried to get her to stop.

COOPER: When was the last time you saw her?

JAMES: Two nights ago. The night she died. For about
three hours. She snuck out of her house about 9:30. About 12:30 I stopped the bike at the light at Sparkwood and 21. She jumped off and ran away. I didn't see her again.

COOPER: You're sure it was 12:30?

JAMES: Yes, sir, Steve's Liquor Locker was closing up as
we drove by and he closes right at 12:30.

COOPER: 'You and Laura have a fight?

JAMES: Not exactly. But she said she couldn't see me
anymore.

COOPER: Why?

JAMES: She didn't say.

COOPER: Was she high that night?

JAMES: Yes.

COOPER: Where did she get her drugs?

JAMES: I don't know. Most of the time we were together
she was clean.

COOPER: Did she get her drugs from Bobby?

(Revised pink 8-18-89).

JAMES: I really don't know where she got 'em she never
talked about it. She didn't like that part of herself.

COOPER: Why did she start using again?

JAMES: (getting emotional) I don't know. Something happened, a couple of days ago -

COOPER: What happened?

JAMES: I don't know exactly. I think something scared
her. She wouldn't talk to me, she wouldn't see me for a couple days -

COOPER: Until the last night.

JAMES: Yes.

COOPER: Did she call you that night?

JAMES: Yes.Cooper looks at Laura's diary, open in front of him, at the page for February 5th; the page marked "DAY ONE." He takes the half-heart necklace from his pocket. COOPER: Do you recognize this necklace, James?

JAMES: Yes, sir.

COOPER: James, what happened on February fifth?Tears form in his eyes. He fights them back.

WHITE OUT TO: 17. EXT. PARK - DAY

Laura Palmer, lying on a picnic blanket, playfully turns to face James.

(Revised pink 8-18-89) LAURA: What day is it today?

JAMES: Sunday.

LAURA: No, I mean the date.

JAMES: The fifth of February.

LAURA: Okay. It's an important day for me, James. You've got three guesses why I'm so happy today.

JAMES: Because you're the most beautiful girl in the world?

LAURA: No.

JAMES: Because you have the cutest nose in the world?

LAURA: No.

JAMES: Because your skin is so soft and you smell so good?

LAURA: No.

JAMES: Why?

LAURA: Because I really believe that you love me.She takes the necklace from her pocket, "breaks" the heart in two, gives half to James and puts the other half around her neck.

WHITE OUT TO: 18. JAMES

Sitting in interrogation. Looks up at Cooper. JAMES: I don't remember.Cooper looks at him

CUT TO: 19. EXT. JOHNSON HOUSE - DAY

Leo is putting the last touches on polishing his truck, when he's struck by a troubling thought. He throws open the door of the cab and frantically searches behind and under the driver's seat. He can't find what he's looking for. LEO: Darn it.He jumps down from the cab and runs towards the house.

CUT TO: 20. INT. JOHNSON HOUSE LAUNDRY ROOM - DAY

Leo hurries in, throws open the top of the washer, pulls out the full load of soggy laundry and searches through them, looking for the bloody shirt that he does not find. LEO: NO!Leo kicks the washer hard. The washer goes "tilt" and makes a loud, rhythmic honking sound.

FADE OUT: END ACT ONE