R.I.P. Don S. Davis

Wyndham Earl: What is your greatest fear, Major?

Major Briggs (drugged with sodium pentothal): The possibility that love is not enough.

Don S. Davis--Major Garland Briggs in Twin Peaks--died of a heart attack last weekend.  Characters in that show were never two-dimensional.  In his first appearances in the series, The Major seems like a slightly off-kilter stereotype of a emotionally stunted law-and-order military man.  But as the series unwinds, it becomes evident that he is so much more, thanks in large part to Davis's understated performance.  There was always more to The Major than Davis revealed--which is why his scenes ended with me always wanting to see more of him.

(h/t to Meredith Yayanos at Coilhouse)

Comments

[Mer]

Salut!

Heads up: I was quoting Twin Peaks from memory at 3am, and I flubbed it. Eep. Have since corrected the quote. Feel free to update, thanks. :)