The whole rationale based on Cooper having a hero complex has one huge weak point. Cooper did barely anything heroic out of his own nature alone. He was always put on that path by either the people who wanted to be saved by him, the FBI when it comes to Laura's case or the entities from the surreal...

And honestly, we don't even know IF that's the reason he does it -- the motivation is never really even hinted at, and all we can do is speculate. Which makes the wiping-out of all that came before even worse -- we can only hazard a guess as to WHY it's even done in the first place! It's not even c...

I didn't think The Return was mean spirited, I do think it told a very unconventional story that many weren't expecting though, and that's hard to grapple with. What was its story though? Think about it: At first it seems about Cooper escaping the Black Lodge and stopping his evil counterpart, but,...

Not to completely demolish the foundation of your argument, but canonically, "Laura Palmer" (or whatever variation thereof) has always been in the Black Lodge since her death, same with Leland. I think there's some thematic elements of peace in those scenes you say, but physically it's cl...

OK, let's recap: At the end of FWWM, Laura Palmer seems to have found peace, basically ascended to heaven or whatever you might call it. At the end of episode 9 of season 2, Leland has found forgiveness for his deeds, he has also visions of Laura as an angelic being (FWWM-ending) and joining her the...