I've always been fascinated by the bits of Fire Walk With Me that are just Cooper and Albert going about close to what must be there normal day as members of the Blue Rose task force.
The way Albert is just kind of resigned when Cooper starts telling him about this spiritual connection he has to this girl who he is certain will be the next victim. They have a protocol and a record for shit like this, and Albert is clearly thinking 'how is this my life? how did I end up here?'
One of the best things about Albert as a character, I think, is that his reaction to feeling powerless is anger, not resignation. That kind of defines who he is, and both is and isn't at odds with being a pacifist.
I'm sure they, realistically, would have had this conversation much earlier in their working relationship, but of the interactions we see, the moment after we cut to Laura helping with Meals on Wheels is where it fits best.
(I think I've really run out of Twin Peaks fan fic to read :( I'll have to finish reading the Secret History of Twin Peaks now, but so many of you content creators have done more interesting things with these characters than Mark Frost that I consider this a step down. (Although, Frost's Cooper voice is spot on.) And then I'll have to move on with my life or write even more fan fic.)
