brownbathrobe

Ohhhhhh boy... Guess I know what I'll be doing tonight!

@Jake - The "weird furry beast tree hair puff" thing in the cage is just the back of Mr. C's head. He turns around (or is turned around) as he approaches the screen and is deposited with his back to the audience. We even get a zoom in on his ponytail holder before he turns around and sees the sheriff's station.

I'm thinking "new Dougie" is way more animated than "sleeping Dougie Coop" ever was from what little we see. He looks around in amazement and asks "Where am I?" immediately upon being created by Mike.

This is the exact opposite of what has been presented to us in this season. Mr. C has said repeatedly that he doesn't need anything. He wants things. There is strong evidence to suggest that Cooper wanted Audrey in the original run of the series (he alludes to that as he is letting her down easy) but that his "goodness" stops him from acting on those wants. I imagine a similar scenario happened with Diane, now that we've heard her story about how they had kissed once before. If Mr. C is the dark side of Cooper then why wouldn't he act on those wants?

Long time listener, first time caller here... It doesn't seem like a stretch to say that raping women (and feeding on their fear) is at least part of BOB's modus operandi. If we accept that BOB has "been along for the ride" since DoppelCoop left the lodge then it would be kind of odd if he hadn't done any raping in the 25 years that he's been running amok in the world. I don't like the idea either but it does feel pretty inevitable, given everything that has come before. It's also worth considering he did it "strategically", in order to sire a son (who he ended up using as a canary-in-the-coal-mine in this episode) and to gain some kind of mental control over (Doppel)Diane. Anyway, love the podcast and the lively discussion on this forum!