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10. Dougie Jones (“Original” Cooper) And The Gun-Slinging Statue

Some might call this coincidence, but at the exact same moment that Dale Cooper/Dougie Jones became obsessed with the cowboy statue outside the Lucky 7 insurance offices, we became obsessed with the cowboy statue outside the Lucky 7 insurance offices.

Feeling immediately captivated by the scene, we watched on with a heavy heart and tear-filled eyes as Cooper struggled to turn the cuff of the sleeve on his oversized green blazer into the shape of a pistol, in a desperate attempt to mimic the sculpture’s stance.

As part of Entertainment Weekly’s recap, they theorised that the visual of the bronzed cowboy, pointing his gun towards the office building, suggested that whatever the figure represented was in conflict with whatever the office building represented.

Many fans, however, believe that the statue serves a simpler purpose as a signifier of Cooper’s former life as an FBI Special Agent, but this connection might actually run a little deeper, considering that Cooper’s favourite film is Warner Bros.' 1959 The FBI Story (at least according to his autobiography).

Growing up, Cooper described the movie poster for this film as his “most important personal item”, and we can’t help but notice that the image of James Stewart as “Chip” Hardesty is strikingly similar to that of the gun-slinging lawman situated on the courtyard of the Lucky 7 offices.