What's the Focus?

David Lynch created a very complex series revolving entirely around the murder of Laura Palmer.  Initially, when discovered, Laura's death was the focal point for the entire series.  However, by the end of the series, the viewer's focus seems to shift from "who killed Laura?" to "what good is left?".  By this I mean that Laura's death loses some importance.  Instead of wondering who killed Laura and why, the viewer, by the end of Twin Peaks is left thinking merely about how screwed up the entire town is.  

Each character has his or her own unique flaw.  Many of which are extremely rotten to the core and down right disgusting.  The concept of lust within Twin Peaks is outrageous.  Each character deals or acts upon their inner lust.  Whether it be Big Ed cheating on his wife, Shelly cheating with Bobby, Leland molesting his daughter or Cooper dealing with the moral dilemma of sleeping with Audrey, each character deals with lust in some fashion.  There is literally no character that does not have something wrong with them, which takes away from the depravity of Laura's death.  It is almost as if you become happy for Laura being killed, merely because she is released from the bondage that is Twin Peaks.  Personally, by the end of the series, I could have cared less about the fact she died.  I was more intrigued with the concept that the adultery, lust, cheating, lying, and degradation of society within the town of Twin Peaks was going to continue no matter what.  As NexusSeven, a writer for the BBC, writes "...despite being the basic storyline of the show, it is only one of many plot lines. One of the glorious aspects of Twin Peaks is the fact that the town really feels like an organic entity, in that all the characters, no matter how minor, have genuine depth and fully realised motivations and plot lines.", he basically states that the series not entirely focused on solving Laura Palmers murder.   Solving Laura's death did not solve any other problem other than finding the killer.  The root of evil lies within each member of the town and not within one particular person.  Therefore, discovering Leland as the murderer still leaves the audience in a cliff hanger because the question of "what will change?" still remains.  I believe David Lynch did this on purpose almost as if to demonstrate that the severity of an evil deed is in the eye of the beholder. 

Andrew M.