So in the last few days I have gone crazy powering through this, probably the most television I have watched in a row since I caught up on Fringe and things are vastly different than they were in episode 3!
I also noticed I made a ton of errors in my other part that I'll try to acknowledge real quick to fill space before I dissuade people for spoilers!
Cooper is actually Mr. Charlotte not Mr. Miranda, Joey is actually James and the psychologist is Dr. Jacoby! Okay, time to get down to it so if you haven't seen up to Season 2, Episode 6, stay away!
My character reactions are still pretty much the same, I am loving the bromance between Truman and Cooper, they feel like genuine pals who are in the war on crime together and it is awesome watching them go on covert missions together. I have 180'd on Audrey, I like her a lot more once she got interested in the case and being more HBIC than troublemaker. The Horne Brothers still irritate the heck out of me, especially Jerry who reminds me way too much of how Dominic West and Doug Hutchinson played the Jigsaw Brothers in Punisher War Zone. Also does Ben Horne REALLY need to smoke a cigar or drink wine in EVERY, SINGLE, SCENE he is in? I'm not anti-smoking but damn.
The James/Donna plot has kind of soured for me a little bit, I like their pairing but the introduction of Maddy to make it a love triangle was frustrating, especially with the introduction of the journal collecting shut-in. Donna going all Laura Palmer when she put the sunglasses on was neat although I'm not sure if I am correct in reading it that way. The character of James definitely has women issues but understandably so. Now that Maddy is gone, I'm curious to see where their plot line goes or if it just spins wheels for awhile.
Maddy was also the bridge to Mother and Father Palmer. Their psychoses have been sort of obnoxious, especially the way Mother Palmer's screaming, but I actually thought Leland's hair turning white was an awesome touch that I think is not used often enough. The only other time I can think of someone's hair going jet white with fear was Nadine's in Stephen King's The Stand. I expect his trial to be a plot point later on down the line and that Mother Palmer's visions will bring her forward in the plot while Cooper continues his pursuit of Bob.
I'm disappointed that Nadine and Ed are back together even though she is now a super strong 18 year old girl, I was hoping that Ed and Norma would work out, although she is again falling for Hank (:().
Bobby hasn't grown on me at all but I am enjoying his storyline with Shelly and the now comatose but soon to no doubt recover Leo and their antics, like Donna and James, I'm not sure where their plot points will pick back up with the overarching narrative, although they inevitably will.
As previously mentioned, Audrey has grown on me a bit although I feel like the whole One Eyed Jack's rescue mission plot was the show spinning the wheels a bit. I guess it was necessary to bring Cooper into confrontation with Jean Renault and inevitably expose Ben Horne.
With 16 more episodes and a movie to go, I honestly don't know what to expect or how the show is going to fill the time, Jacoby isn't the killer and is now off in Hawaii, Cooper needs a break in the case to find Bob, and I'm not sure what the relevance of the influx of Japanese characters is, aside from maybe keeping Ben Horne active and the action flowing around The Great Northern.
Also where did Mike disappear to?
Andy is awesome, I hope for only good things for him and Lucy, even though she dumped him for lousy reasons. (I sympathize Andy!)
It is a shame Albert won't be coming back if Cooper's supervisor is to be believed, he was crass but enjoyable. Maybe I should take more notes when I watch, but so far so good!
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