Suggestions of a Deleted Scene Featuring Hank and Norma
A deleted scene featuring Norma and Hank in the script for episode eight (2.001, May The Giant Be With You) may have been filmed according to dialogue within the same episode and production documents included on the Twin Peaks Gold Box.
The scene in the script,
27. INT. DINER KITCHEN - DAY
A small bottle of ammonia or some like chemical is opened. HANK JENNINGS lets the fumes from the bottle drift up into his face. He inhales, his eyes redden and start to tear. He replaces the bottle top and hides the bottle as NORMA JENNINGS enters the kitchen.
She's not in uniform this morning.
Hank lets her catch a glimpse of him before turning away.
NORMA
Hank?
Hank grabs a broom and starts to sweep up, trying to hide his "tears."
HANK
Yeah. Hi.
NORMA
What is it?
HANK
Nuthin'. Fine.
She regards him, trust still an issue but today perhaps slightly more on the fence.
NORMA
(waiting him out)
Uh-huh.
HANK
(pause, stops sweeping)
I can't stop thinking of little Shelly in that burning mill
... and then as if that's not bad enough, she comes out of
it to find Leo's been shot? I don't know. I mean I've
done some rotten things in my life, I don't pretend to be
any saint, I've paid for it, but why do bad things happen
to good people? It just ... doesn't seem fair.
(tries to lighten up)
Anyway ...
NORMA
(somewhat noncommital)
I'm just on my way over to see her.
HANK
Yeah, listen, I was gonna send her some flowers
(takes out some cash)
Maybe you could ...
She takes the money.
NORMA
That's a nice thought.
HANK
Sometimes I guess it is the thought that counts.
NORMA
She'll get through this. She's tougher than she looks.
HANK
Yeah. Kind'a reminds me of somebody.
A wistful grin for her benefit. She half-smiles, pockets the money, starts out.
NORMA
She likes snapdragons.
A continuity list on the Gold Box contains mention of a scene as "Hank's crocodile tears" leading one to think the scripted scene may have been filmed.
Unscripted dialogue in the televised episode has Hank mention the flowers, though we never heard he and Norma discuss their purchase.
The Mauve Zone has several images of Hank and Norma conversing as Hank gives her some money, which seems to prove the scene was filmed.
When Norma visits Shelly's room, we can see a vase of flowers on Shelly's bedside table.
Bobby gave flowers to Shelly in both the script and televised episode. The bouquet may contain snapdragons, though it is difficult to tell. However, Norma doesn't appear to have brought flowers.
The purple flowers in Bobby's bouquet could possibly be snapdragons.
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