NongEyeGong
Big Trouble
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My guess is that yes, they are now, wherever and whenever, Linda and Richard.
Once they hit the 430 mile mark and crossed over they became other people. Same as Laura is now Carrie. When Diane sees herself at the Motel it signified to me her leaving Diane behind and becoming Linda. The sex scene was Linda realizing she was with a man she didn't really know or love, that's why she left. Richard seems to have held on to Cooper somewhat, though it almost seems he's a cross of Mr. C and good old Dale. I'm wondering if his time as Dougie was to prepare him for holding onto his original identity.
Or I could be wrong.![]()
Trust me, my friends and I have been talking about the finale all day today. That's the great thing about Lynch, love him or hate him, his works will have you talking for years to come.

In a sense I suppose you could look at Part 17 as a finale, everybody gets what they want (mostly) and Booper is defeated whereas Part 18 is when the consequences and ramifications of Cooper's actions come into affect and reality settles in.
I'm honestly going to marathon the entire series again here soon. I had the complete series on DVD in the gold box set but I saw the Entire Mystery Blu-Ray on sale on Amazon so I decided to order that since I'm mighty interested in the deleted material.
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