Nickels, Candles, Trees And Mike

In the international pilot, Mike dies after shooting BOB, as though the pair are linked. "You got a nickel?" Mike asks Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman seconds before he passes away.

Mike has a short scene in The Missing Pieces. In a dark room, he lights candle after candle arranged in a circle while reciting the Fire Walk With Me poem backward. In the middle of this circle, and spread across the floor, appear to be several coins. Presumably, nickels judging by their size.

 

Notice the similarity in the circle of candles in Fire Walk With Me with the circle BOB made in the hospital basement in the International pilot.

12 candles. 12 sycamore trees. A mound. A mouth at its heart.