5 Traumatizing Things Laura Palmer Went Through in ‘Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me’
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me revealed the haunting truth behind Laura Palmer's life. Here's 5 most traumatizing things Laura went through before dying.
While most Twin Peaks fans came to know Laura through the investigation of her murder in the original series, Fire Walk With Me took us back in time to witness the last days of her life.
Unlike the sometimes campy tone of the series, Fire Walk With Me doesn't hold back on showing the psychological horror that haunted Laura's existence. These are 5 traumatizing experiences that shaped Laura Palmer's final days in Twin Peaks.
1. Realizing Bob Is Her Father
This realization shatters any sense of safety she had in her own home. Her world completely collapses when she understands that the monster who abused her all these years and her own father are actually the same person.
2. Using Drugs to Forget Herself
Laura's spiral into drug use is one of the most heartbreaking parts of her story. Cocaine becomes her way to numb herself from her reality. We see her snorting cocaine in the school bathroom and at home. However, it's not portrayed as typical rebellious teenage behavior, but rather as a desperate form of escapism.
3. Maintaining Her Double Life
During the day, Laura maintained her persona as homecoming queen with the perfect smile. By night, however, she worked at the brothel, used drugs, and spiraled into self-destruction. The emotional labor of maintaining these contradictory identities took a massive toll on her psyche. The film doesn't shy away from showing how this duality literally tore her apart from the inside, making her final days a blur of exhaustion and dissociation.
4. Almost Losing Donna
Laura freaks out when she sees Donna kissing one of the guys because she knows her best friend could be pulled into the same dangerous world she's trapped in. She desperately pulls Donna away, terrified her friend might end up in the same darkness as her.
5. Feeling That Her Death Is Near
Perhaps the most unsettling thing is how Laura eventually comes to terms with her own mortality. In her final days, she seems to realize that she is going to die soon. This awareness gives her final days an eerie, dreamlike quality as she moves through them.
