Twin Peaks (ABC) TV Show • Page 24

This is how I would imagine that scene going if Harry wasn't such a nice guy

 

Hahaha i know exactly the scene! You can cut the awkward with a knife

 

Watched all 4 eps now, so caught up. My friends good theory on Cooper:

Cooper that was in the black lodge/red room etc. is the same Cooper that comes out of the vent into the house with the prostitute? And he's so out of it and not himself after being in the black lodge for 25 years. Seeing as the place is essentially trippy, messed up and "off" anyway, that's all Cooper's known for the last 25 years, and now he's adjusting to the real world again, and little triggers (COFFEE!) can help him remember who he is?

Just a thought.

 

I think most of that is definitely what's happening. Not sure if that's why he is the way he is yet though.

 

That was exactly what i think is happening

 

this is a glorious meme

 

this is pretty much exactly what I think is happening. He's been sitting in that chair for 25 years. He hasn't interacted with a normal human being in 25 years.

 

I'm catching up on the first two seasons currently since I haven't seen them in 6-7 years, just wondering how people are liking this new season without getting anything spoiled for me

 

Aaaaaaaaand I am all caught up through episode 4 of The Return, finally. What a crazy ride these last couple weeks.

Lot of FWWM stuff in Episodes 3 & 4, damn.

 

It's amazing, probably the most original thing on TV in years, and still feels like good old Twin Peaks (with way higher budget)

 

It's the purest form of Lynch which is an absolutely perfect thing.

 

Yeah honestly this new incarnation of Twin Peaks is pretty unlike everything that's come before it. Aside from the fact that maybe around 15% of what's happened in four episodes so far has actually taken place in Twin Peaks, it also feels totally different and has barely any of the light that punctuated the original series' darkness. It's pure Lynchian madness, which is by no means a bad thing. It just feels less like the OG show (a send-up of soaps and police procedural with constantly shifting tone and a touch of the ol' Lynch magic to make it unlike anything else on television to that point) and more like Lynch's interpretation of a modern dark supernatural thriller.

I'm loving it so far though.

 

I still think there are moments of light that pierce through the dark. I've blurted out laughing several moments throughout the four new episodes. I think that just like the original series, there are moments (even several episodes) that are overcast in this complete and utter melancholic darkness. That's what makes the show so thrilling, that it spans several genres at once and it all still feels like the same show. I think, in time, things will return to their familiar speeds. It certainly feels like it's still the beginning

 

Maybe once Coop gets all straightened out it will feel a little more like OG.

 

Yeah, I mean, I didn't realize there were 18 total episodes coming until a couple days ago, which is crazy. So there's definitely room for a lot to happen, including a potential return to the feel of the OG series. And I love it so far, like I said. It's just way darker than the original series, and even darker than FWWM too at this point. It feels like Lynch is going for something totally different with this new series than with the original; it feels way less like it's trying to loosely cover its madness under the trappings of conventional TV (as the OG series was) and more like it's fine with being an 18-hour Lynch film featuring most of the characters we loved from the OG series (which, again, totally fine with that, it's just different).

 

I wonder if coop will have a very sudden 'snap out of it' moment or if it will be a gradual transition.

 

From what it seems like so far, and based on what Phil Gerard/Mike and the evolution of the arm have said thus far, if someone kills Evil Coop/Mr. C/whatever we're calling him, then good Coop will be restored to his former self seemingly immediately.

But who knows.

 

100% Coop trying to explain his situation to Naomi Watts would be a pretty incredible scene, hope we get it.

 

I wonder what people who didn't keep up with Lynch post Twin Peaks think of this. They probably hate it. The original Twin Peaks is like a good gateway to Lynch imo.

 

My girlfriend is watching Twin Peaks for the first time and it's the only Lynch project she's ever seen, disregarding a few minutes of the beginning of Eraserhead and some shots of Blue Velvet. I've given her fair warning by consistently pointing out the more Lynchian things that TP does (long silences, stilled shots, themes centered on abuse and trauma, dream logic, etc) and she's been pretty open to it all. Probably helps that she's really into film and photography so she must also enjoy it from a technical perspective. She's yet to finish the last two episodes of season 2 and FWWM though and I think it may be a bit confusing at first... But Lynch is nothing without accompanying confusion. It's like a new medium of experiencing television and film, completely unique to itself. That's part of what I love about it, how it unfolds slowly after days of digesting it. I think anyone whose open to new things may like the new season, even if only on a visual level

 

Let us know what she thinks of episode 22 and FWWM.

 

Yes.

 

I feel weird about the existence of Twin Peaks memes.

 

I don't think that the tone of the return has been darker than FWWM so far.