Dale Cooper

Dale Cooper was born on April 19, 1954, graduated from Haverford College . He is deeply interested in Tibetan mythology and the myths of the American Indians . A significant part of his work is based on intuition, and even dreams. Cooper began work at the FBI at the FBI office in Philadelphia , PA . There, Cooper began a partnership with the more experienced Wind Earle . After some time, Caroline, Earle's wife, witnessed a federal crime. Earl and Cooper were assigned to defend her, and it was at this time that Cooper and Caroline began an affair. One night in Pittsburgh, Cooper lost his vigilance, and Caroline was killed by her own husband. Windom Earl was declared insane and was subsequently sent to a psychiatric clinic. Cooper was devastated by the loss of a woman, as he later said, it was the love of his life, and vowed never again to get close to the women involved in the affairs that he leads to the FBI.

3 years before Cooper arrived in Twin Peaks, he had a dream about the plight of the Tibetan people , in which Cooper discovered the features of the Tibetan deductive method . What he saw in a dream shocked him so much that, as he later pointed out, this prompted him to unconventional methods in investigations. Cooper talked about his strange prophetic dreams to his boss, Gordon Cole ( David Lynch ). At the same time, special agent Chester Desmond ( Chris Isaac ) disappears without a trace during the investigation of the strange murder, Cooper takes over the investigation, but cannot find any evidence that would shed light on the murder of Teresa Banks or the whereabouts of Agent Desmond. About a year later, Cooper tells Albert Rosenfeld ( Miguel Ferrer ) at the FBI office in Philadelphia that he feels that Theresa Banks's killer should strike again soon and that his victim will be a young woman with fair hair, an active sex life and drug use and which asks for help. Rosenfeld quickly reassures Cooper.

February 24, 1989 Cooper arrives in Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer. As a result, he assists the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s department with other investigations. In Twin Peaks, Cooper finds out about the mystical place of the Black and White Wigwam and the spirits that inhabit them. Cooper enters the Black Wigwam, a symbol of evil and hell , in order to save the object of his love - Annie Blacksburn. In the Black Wigwam he meets his double , who leaves the wigwam instead of him, the further fate of the real agent Cooper remains unknown.

David Lynch 's Twin Peaks: Fire, Come With Me sheds some light on Cooper's fate in the series finale, while this film is a prequel that details the last week of Laura Palmer's life. In one episode of the film, in Laura’s dream of the Black Wigwam and its inhabitants, Agent Cooper, who stayed forever in the Wigwam, meets with Laura and warns that in no case should you take the ring that the Man shows from another place. When Laura (probably) wakes up, she sees in her bed the bloody Annie Blackburn, who says that the “good Dale” is now in the Wigwam and cannot get out of there, and Laura should be written down in a diary. It is not known whether Laura did it or not.

In the film's finale, Laura Palmer sits in the Red Room and looks at Agent Cooper. His hand rests on her shoulder. Soon after, Laura's angel appears before them and the film ends. What is behind Cooper's presence next to Laura Palmer in the Black Wigwam and what the fate of the agent is is unknown.

The series shows that the agent of Cooper liked the city of Twin Peaks, he found complete understanding with many of its residents, especially with Sheriff Harry S. Truman and his deputies Tommy “Hawk” Hill and Andy Brennan. Although Truman is initially skeptical of Cooper's unconventional methods of investigation and his views on the otherworldly, he is often ready to take Cooper's decision (during a drug incident in Canada, he says that he is the best guard of all known to Truman). Their understanding is even more noticeable in other scenes - during the rescue of Audrey Horn from the institution “One-eyed Jack”, during a misunderstanding with the drug trade that Cooper was accused of, Truman defended him, and in the series finale he waited for Cooper to return from the Black Wigwam in Ghostwood Forest .

Prior to arriving in Twin Peaks, Dale Cooper had a relationship with Caroline Earle, the wife of his former partner, Windom Earle. Caroline was protected by Cooper and Earle as a witness to a federal crime. Taking advantage of Cooper's omission, Earl loses his head and kills his own wife. Caroline’s death and the fact that he couldn’t protect her continues to haunt Cooper on arrival at Twin Peaks: when discussing women with Sheriff Truman and his deputies, Cooper talks about his broken heart.

After the agent arrived in Twin Peaks, it quickly became known that Audrey Horn was not indifferent to him. The girl’s interest was mutual, but Cooper refuses Audrey when she discovers her in her bed, but says that she does not mind being her good friend. After the disappearance of Audrey, organized by Jean Renault, Cooper in his usual conversation on the recorder admits to Diana that all he can think about now is Audrey Horn's smile.

As Kyle McLachlan noted in an interview for the 2007 release of the series’s DVD kit, he himself vetoed his character’s relationship with Audrey Horn, because he felt that Agent Cooper's character did not allow him to have sex with a schoolgirl. After the production was canceled, the authors of the series note that the relationship between Dale Cooper and Audrey Horn was to become the main storyline of the series after the discovery of the murder of Laura Palmer.

After recovering from serving at the FBI, Cooper meets Annie Blackburn, Norma Jenings' sister, whom she immediately falls in love with. Cooper sees in her a kindred spirit who, just like him, observes the world with interest and surprise. Annie and Cooper both had disappointment and a broken heart in the past (perhaps the authors had in mind the suicide attempt of the girl, which contributed to the fact that she decided to leave for the monastery). Cooper helps Annie get ready for the Miss Twin Peaks contest. During the contest (which, incidentally, was won by Annie), the girl was kidnapped by Wind Earle and brought her to the Black Wigwam. Cooper follows Annie into the Black Wigwam, where he is forced to stay for 25 years. From the Wigwam, Cooper's dark double emerges into which Bob has moved.

Twin Peaks: FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper Memories

Many of the details and events of Cooper's life before the events in Twin Peaks were described in the book Twin Peaks: Memories of the FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper ( eng. The Autobiography of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes ), written by Scott Frost, brother series producer Mark Frost.

“Diana ...” - Agent Cooper's Twin Peaks Records

At the beginning of the second season of Twin Peaks, Simon & Schuster published the audio book "Diana ..." - Agent Cooper's recordings in Twin Peaks, recorded by Kyle McLachlan. The book consists of Cooper's notes addressed to his assistant, whom no one has ever seen, Diana, mixed with Cooper's original monologues from the series. The book begins with a prologue in which Cooper talks about his trip to the distant Twin Peaks, continues with Cooper's first monologue, which we can hear in the pilot series, and continues until Cooper recovers from Jozzie Packard’s shot. For working on this book, McLachlan was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Album.

Live Saturday Night Show

Kyle McLachlan became a guest on Saturday Night Live at the peak of the show’s popularity in 1990. This episode contained many references to Twin Peaks, as well as a parody sketch for the series and in particular for Dale Cooper. Cooper in the parody is depicted as a very meticulous man in his messages to Diana, for example, in the message how much hair he found in his shower in the morning.

In art

In 2002, the musical group Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones was formed in France, performing music in the style of dark jazz ^[1] .

• Dale Cooper on the Internet Movie Database
• Saturday Night Live Show - Twin Peaks