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Quotable Peaks – Love is Not Enough

I pretty much love every scene with Major Garland Briggs (played by Don Davis). He delivers some of the most memorable Twin Peaks quotes from the first two seasons. For this Quotable Peaks article, I examine a brief exchange in Episode 2.020 between Windom Earle (played by Kenneth Welsh) and a drugged-up Major Briggs.

QUOTABLE PEAKS – LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH

Windom Earle questions Major Briggs
Episode 2.020

Windom Earle captured Briggs during a surprise attack in the woods. Windom has strung him up at his cabin and pumped him full of drugs, hoping to elicit classified information about the Black Lodge.

“What do you fear most in the world?” asks Windom.

Quotable Peaks - Love is Not Enough
Episode 2.020

Stumbling and slurring his words, Major Garland Briggs replies, “The possibility that love is not enough.”

Windom Earle mocks Major Briggs
Episode 2.020

“Garland, please. I shall weep,” Windom mockingly laughs.

TWIN PEAKS EPISODE 2.020 SCRIPT

The first draft of Episode 2.020 was co-authored by Harley Peyton and Robert Engles on January 30, 1991.

There were multiple drafts published throughout February 1991 as indicated below. The colors next to the date indicate the color of the highly confidential script pages.

  • Revised/General Distribution: February 5, 1991
  • Revised Scene #’s: February 5, 1991 – Blue
  • Revised: February 8, 1991 – Pink
  • Revised: February 11, 1991 – Green
  • Revised: February 11, 1991 – Yellow
  • Revised: February 15, 1991 – Cherry
  • Revised: March 12, 1991 – Goldenrod – Reshoot of Scene #8

Quotable Peaks - Love is not enough

While I’m uncertain if Harley or Robert wrote Briggs and Earle’s exchange in this scene, I have to agree with the Major’s sentiment.

As I get older, I wonder if love is not enough, especially at a time when (to paraphrase a famous song writing duo) the world needs “love, sweet love.”

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  • Steven Miller at Twede's Cafe enjoying cherry pie and coffee

    A "Twin Peaks" fan since October 1993, Steven Miller launched Twin Peaks Blog in February 2018 to document his decades-long fascination with David Lynch and Mark Frost's wonderful and strange show. With his Canon camera in hand, he's visited numerous film locations, attended Twin Peaks events and conducted extensive historical research about this groundbreaking series. Along with fellow Bookhouse Boys, he dreams of creating a complete Twin Peaks Archive of the series and feature film. Steven currently resides in Central Florida.

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