Character arc Killer BOB

—mark frost, describing bob s psychic power, book twin peaks: behind-the-scenes: unofficial visitors guide twin peaks

it later revealed bob in fact possessing leland, , has been possessing him ever since leland first met him child @ grandfather s house. under bob s influence, leland sexually abused own daughter years, , murdered her. leland under bob s control when murders leland s niece maddy ferguson, looks laura. upon learning truth, cooper lures bob trap tricking leland allowing himself questioned. under interrogation, bob takes control , taunts cooper before forcing leland bash head repeatedly wall, sustaining fatal injuries. in dying breaths, leland states when child saw bob in dream , invited him inside, before stating never knew when bob in control of body. after leland dies, cooper engages in philosophical debate sheriff truman , albert rosenfield on how real bob was, , whether or not bob in fact physical incarnation of leland s personal demons. although men cannot agree on unifying idea, come conclusion bob manifestation of evil men .

cooper sees vision of bob taunting him shortly after josie packard has sudden heart attack tries arrest her. implied bob caused heart attack flooding body , soul terror, literally frightening death.

in final episode, cooper ventures black lodge apprehend former partner, rogue fbi agent windom earle, attempting harness power of lodge himself. when earle tries strike bargain cooper in cooper sell soul earle in exchange earle sparing cooper s lover, annie blackburn, bob appears, causing time in lodge reverse moment before cooper agreed sell soul. bob informs cooper black lodge domain, , earle has trespassed coming , demanding cooper s soul himself. punishment, bob kills earle, taking earle s soul himself. cooper attempts flee, bob traps him in lodge, exiting inside of doppelgänger of cooper. series ends bob maniacally laughing alongside doppelgänger in mirror.

2017 revival

the 2017 revival explores bob s origins in return, part 8, showing orb bearing face created experiment during first atomic bomb test in 1945. creation of bob s orb witnessed fireman, creates orb bearing face of laura palmer in response.

in present, bob continues inhabit cooper s doppelgänger , appears orb inside of body. if doppelgänger suffers fatal injury, group of woodsmen dig bob out of body, , bob returns doppelgänger when revived.

after doppelgänger fatally shot lucy brennan, bob again removed body, finds himself confronted freddie sykes, given supernatural glove fireman. 2 fight , freddie emerges victorious, destroying bob once , all.