Caramel Apples: Possible Proof Of An Alternate Scene

In Twin Peaks season two, episode eight (May the Giant Be With You, # 2.001), Jerry Horne describes an uncommon gourmet delicacy as he and his brother vacate an elevator. Jerry continues with the same train of thought as he and Ben move through the Great Northern Hotel. Once they arrive at their destination, Ben's office, they find Hank Jennings waiting for them inside.

A box is in the younger Horne brother's hands as he and Ben leave the elevator and walk through the lobby of the Great Northern to Ben's office.

The box is in Jerry's hands seconds before the pair enter the office.

However, once Jerry and Ben enter the office, the box is nowhere to be seen.

The appearance of the box is significant because it is in the script. It is described as containing caramel apples. The apples are an interesting addition to the scene with Ben, Jerry and Hank, as they each eat one as they discuss business. 

The scene as it is in the script:

Behind him, elevator doors open; Ben and Jerry emerge. Jerry's carrying a small box. We stay with them.

JERRY
- I read all about it in this French magazine they take the entire head, they dip it in this kind of blancmange pudding, roll it in oats, stuff it full of walnuts, hot rocks and a spice bouquet, wrap it in a papilliote, seal the edges with a sugar glaze and bake it under glass.

BEN
Sounds incredible.

JERRY
It is to die for.

BEN
Have you seen Audrey today?

JERRY
No, I haven't.

They head down the corridor.

CUT TO:

69. INT. BEN HORNE'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Someone's waiting in the office. As Ben and Jerry enter, the figure turns; Hank Jennings. [ILLICIT MILL LEDGER ON DESK]

BEN
(to Jerry, as they enter) - open a separate offshore account, see if the sons of Odin will go for a wire transfer directly to Grand (more)

(CONTINUED)

71.

CONTINUED:

BEN
(CONTINUED)
Cayman

JERRY
No paper trail.

Jerry sets his box down and starts to carefully open it.

BEN
Not even a ripple; we run the cash through a quick spin and rinse, convert it to bearer bonds which we are prepared to hand over to her as soon Josie gives us a John Hancock (to Hank) - and where exactly is the fragrant pearl of the East?

HANK
She took a powder last night.

BEN
Prearranged?

HANK
She wanted a little distance between her and the smell of smoke. She'll be back as soon as it blows over.

BEN
Sound strategy. You're keeping a tight leash?

HANK
I gave her something to think about.

BEN
Your other business with her is satisfactorily concluded?

HANK
The short answer is yes.

Jerry offers the contents of his box: candied apples.

JERRY
Boys, a local work of genius: tree-ripened Granny Smith's, dipped in hot, hand-pulled creme caramel, dusted with crushed nuts and a dark coco powder. Enjoy.

They each eagerly take one and bite in. The caramel slows down their speech.

(CONTINUED)

72.

69. CONTINUED:(2)

BEN
A phenomenal taste sensation.

JERRY
Huh? Huh?

HANK
Very good.

BEN
(between bites) Next business: Leo Johnson.

HANK
He's in a coma. Looks like brain damage.

JERRY
With Leo, how could they tell?

BEN
Why isn't he on the last train to the Elysian Fields?

HANK
I caught him center-shot with a .44. Couldn't risk going inside. The neighborhood was hot, I had to sneak past patrols as it was.

BEN
Did he see you?

HANK
Negative. He was chopping wood.

JERRY
Inside?

HANK
Hey. You know Leo.

BEN
(moving on) What else? Catherine Packard: dead?

HANK
My call put her in the drying shed when it went up. Sounds like she's buried in the wreckage.

(CONTINUED)

73.

69. CONTINUED:(3)

JERRY
Heat like that they'll be lucky to find teeth.

BEN
Marvelous. If they don't hang the arson on the late, lamented Catherine and her "co-conspirator" Leo I'll give up sex.

JERRY
(finishing his apple) That's ... confidence.

Hank lifts Catherine's illicit mill ledger off the desk.

HANK
What do we do with the ledger?

BEN
(taking it from him) Hank ... leave the creative thinking to the brothers Horne. You're a bicep; relax until we say flex ...

Jerry feels Hank's muscle; impressive.

HANK
(enjoying his fellow sociopaths)
You guys.


The scene as it is in the televised episode:

Behind him, elevator doors open; Ben and Jerry emerge. Jerry's carrying a small box. We stay with them.

JERRY
Doesn't that- I mean, I ate it but I didn't really know what it was. And then I read all about it in this French magazine. They take the entire head, they dip it in this kind of blancmange pudding, roll it in oats, stuff it full of walnuts, hot rocks and a spice bouquet.

Great Northern employees speak in passing: Mr. Horne, Mr. Horne.

JERRY
wrap it in a papilliote -

Great Northern employees: Mr. Horne, Mr. Horne.

JERRY
- seal the edges with a sugar glaze and bake it under -

Great Northern employees: Mr. Horne, Mr. Horne.

JERRY
- glass.

BEN
Sounds incredible.

JERRY
It is to die for.

BEN
Have you seen Audrey today?

JERRY
No, I haven't.

They head down the corridor.

 INT. BEN HORNE'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Someone's waiting in the office. As Ben and Jerry enter, the figure turns. It is Hank Jennings.

BEN
Hank Jennings.

HANK
Jerry and Benjamin Horne

BEN
Where's Josie?

HANK
She left last night.

BEN
Prearranged?

HANK
She wanted a little distance between her and the smell of smoke.

BEN
Sound strategy. Next business: Leo Johnson.

HANK
He's in a coma. Looks like brain damage.

JERRY
With Leo how could they tell?

BEN
Why isn't he dead?

HANK
I caught him center shot with a .44. Couldn't risk going inside. Neighborhood was hot. I had to sneak past patrols as it was.

BEN
Anybody see you?

HANK
Negative. He was chopping wood.

JERRY
Chopping wood inside?

HANK
Yeah, you know Leo.

JERRY
Wait a minute, chopping wood inside?

HANK
Yeah, you know Leo.

BEN
Alright, what's next? Catherine. Dead?

HANK
My phone call put her in the drying shed when the place went up. Sounds like buried with the wreckage.

JERRY
Heat like that they'll be lucky to find teeth.

BEN
And they were such pretty teeth. Marvelous. Marvelous. If they don't hang the arson on the late, lamented Catherine and her "co-conspirator" Leo, I'll give up sex.

JERRY
That's ... confidence.

Hank lifts Catherine's illicit mill ledger off the desk.

HANK
What do we do with the ledger?

BEN
(taking it from him)
Hank ... leave the creative thinking to the brothers Horne. You're a bicep; relax until we say flex ...

Jerry feels Hank's muscle; impressive. Hank jerks his arm away. Jerry mimics the move.

JERRY
Now that really makes me mad.

HANK
(enjoying his fellow sociopaths)
You guys.

Was the scripted scene filmed, making what we see in the finished episode is an alternate take? Perhaps the caramel apples proved too difficult to incorporate into the scene, making dialogue increasingly incomprehensible, eventually causing the idea to be abandoned.