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el_hombreAww shit, Showtime kicked this off as a double episode, giving us two hours in one hit to hook us back in.
It feels like Lynch had some shit to get off his chest in particular. It also feels like the network shackles are off.
Part One
These are all written by Frost and Lynch and directed by Lynch. A great quality assurance right from the get go. We start off with Laura and Dale in in the Red Room of the Black Lodge and follow up with some establishing shots to remind us of how this all started, and then that iconic music. Duwayne Dunham is back to edit, mice to see familiar old names in the credits. New visuals for the opening though.
Tight off the bat with the first scenes, Dale and The Giant both looking suitably older in these first glimpses of old characters in the new era. 'Remember 430, Richard and Linda.'
Twenty five has past since the events of the second season, Dr Jacoby now lives in a shitty trailer in some woods and I guess is no longer a practicing psychiatrist. He was already ethically questionable in the original run. His Hawaiian aesthetic appears to be gone.
We are now in New York with some intense watching going on. This has the feel of more recent Lynch stuff. Hah, Michael Bisping as the guard, he's so grumpy>_<
The Great Northern, Ben survived his head injury from his last appearance in season two, looking a lot older but still good. Jerry looks hilarious as an aging hippie/weed grower (I'm guessing he's no longer registered as a lawyer). Good to see Ben is smoking cigars again.
Lucy is still working at the Sheriffs station, last name: Brennan! There are now two Sheriff Trumans (I don't recall Ontkean appearing in The Return). Lucy looks great!
Dale's doppelganger appears, on the face of it, he looks like a grimy thug compared to Dale, but that does seem in keeping with the appearance of BOB. Aside from being up to no good, I'm not entirely sure what Evil Dale is up to here.
Back in New York, Bisping appears to have made the fatal error of going on smoko (He's on smoko, leave him alone) just in time for that minx Tracey to arrive with more coffee. There's no way this is going to end well, watch the box! Not entirely sure what/who the figure in the box is but it's a great touch of Lynch.
Not sure what to make of the stuff going on with the apartment in Buckhorn, I also don't recall how this plays out or ties into the wider series. We're at the apartment with the strange smell. We have the Buckhorn Police on hand so don't worry. This woman is so minimally helpful>_< The building guy Hank is such a mess! There is a body, dead, not wrapped in plastic. Well two bodies? Female head, male body, this is what is known as a 'pickle'!
Wow, back in Twin Peaks, we get appearances from The Log Lady Margaret who is looking significantly older (I believe the actress herself was very unwell at this point), Hawk who looks great, and what appears to be the original office phone from the original run. I imagine they didn't keep any of those props though so probably not the original, but still cool Lucy still as good as ever at transferring Margaret's call. Poor Catherine Coulson, she looks so unwell here, I'm guessing this was her last role before she died? Margaret delivers a message on how to find Dale, a name I'm guessing they'd long given up on.
Buckhorn police station, confirmation the corpse and head are two different bodies, we have a suspect.
Back in Twin Peaks, Hawk, Andy and Lucy in the conference room, our first appearance of Andy, still the same hair, bless him!
Back in Buckhorn, Hastings getting a grilling over the double murder. Oh dear, a curious lump of flesh in the boot of Hasting's car. Between that and the visit from his wife, it's not looking good for Hastings. Hastings wife fucking is lawyer, well this is awkward.
Our first appearance of The Fireman this season. I think this was one of the things that really confused me the first time round. I hadn't seen Missing Pieces which I guess is the first actual appearance of The Fireman, and we know that The Log Lady's husband was a fireman, possibly no connection to this character.
Part Two
Or at least I think this is where Part Two starts, Evil Dale appears at Hasting's house and kills his wife with his lawyer's gun?
Pan to Vegas, and its THAT GUY! I can't remember the actor's name, but I remember him from Mulholland Drive, he seems like a good, slimy heel here.
Evil Dale and his bunch of hapless, shithead lackeys. Evil Dale WANTS that information.
Hawk in the woods around Twin Peaks, weird to think of Twin Peaks in the modern era or cellphones, Margaret offers Hawk coffee and pie. Hawk arrives at Glastonbury Grove!
Pan to the Red Room, we know this place well. Dale is older, MIKE is older, Laura is older, she looks great. Dale can go out now, he must be relieved... Laura still has a good scream. Hah, what would Twin Peaks be without a white horse.
The evolution of the Arm, this is some great Twin Peaks weirdness. So the Doppelganger needs to come back before Dale can leave.
Meanwhile, Evil Dale appears to be having difficulty finding good staff and we bid farewell to Darya. We learn that there is a hit out on Evil Dale. Phillip Jeffries and Major Briggs are still in the mix! Pretty sure the actor that played Garland was dead by the time this was filmed. Did Bowei die around this time as well?
Deadwood and Yankton showing up, reminding me of Deadwood, another great show, good times!
In the Black Lodge, Dale is told to 'Go now', how many times has Dale walked back and forth between these two rooms over the years, let alone these last few episodes! Leland! Leland looks great! More freaky Black Lodge shit, Dale getting his steps in. Pealing back the curtains and looking out onto Evil Dale, loving these batshit Lynch effects! New
And Dale is now in the glass box in New York? Beats being in the Lodge? Bisping's still on smoko...
I don't even care what's going on with that glass box and Dale at this point, all I know is it's total bananas and I love it.
And is this the Palmer house! Sarah Palmer watching creature features, she looks great, still smoking up a storm.
And the Double R, our first music appearance with the Chromatics. This is probably one of my fave non-Julee Cruise musical appearances. Oh no, James is back, to be fair, he looks good.
Shelly, Shelly dare I say it, looks better than in the original run? And we roll credits on the Chromatics.
Fuck yeah, this was great. Batshit, wild ride to reintroduce us to the show and give us an idea of what to expect going forward. Slices of the old Twin Peaks but very much in keeping with Lynch's work post Peaks.
Looking forward to jumping into Part Three, but also looking forward to being back to single episodes, this was a long one.
It feels like Lynch had some shit to get off his chest in particular. It also feels like the network shackles are off.
Part One
These are all written by Frost and Lynch and directed by Lynch. A great quality assurance right from the get go. We start off with Laura and Dale in in the Red Room of the Black Lodge and follow up with some establishing shots to remind us of how this all started, and then that iconic music. Duwayne Dunham is back to edit, mice to see familiar old names in the credits. New visuals for the opening though.
Tight off the bat with the first scenes, Dale and The Giant both looking suitably older in these first glimpses of old characters in the new era. 'Remember 430, Richard and Linda.'
Twenty five has past since the events of the second season, Dr Jacoby now lives in a shitty trailer in some woods and I guess is no longer a practicing psychiatrist. He was already ethically questionable in the original run. His Hawaiian aesthetic appears to be gone.
We are now in New York with some intense watching going on. This has the feel of more recent Lynch stuff. Hah, Michael Bisping as the guard, he's so grumpy>_<
The Great Northern, Ben survived his head injury from his last appearance in season two, looking a lot older but still good. Jerry looks hilarious as an aging hippie/weed grower (I'm guessing he's no longer registered as a lawyer). Good to see Ben is smoking cigars again.
Lucy is still working at the Sheriffs station, last name: Brennan! There are now two Sheriff Trumans (I don't recall Ontkean appearing in The Return). Lucy looks great!
Dale's doppelganger appears, on the face of it, he looks like a grimy thug compared to Dale, but that does seem in keeping with the appearance of BOB. Aside from being up to no good, I'm not entirely sure what Evil Dale is up to here.
Back in New York, Bisping appears to have made the fatal error of going on smoko (He's on smoko, leave him alone) just in time for that minx Tracey to arrive with more coffee. There's no way this is going to end well, watch the box! Not entirely sure what/who the figure in the box is but it's a great touch of Lynch.
Not sure what to make of the stuff going on with the apartment in Buckhorn, I also don't recall how this plays out or ties into the wider series. We're at the apartment with the strange smell. We have the Buckhorn Police on hand so don't worry. This woman is so minimally helpful>_< The building guy Hank is such a mess! There is a body, dead, not wrapped in plastic. Well two bodies? Female head, male body, this is what is known as a 'pickle'!
Wow, back in Twin Peaks, we get appearances from The Log Lady Margaret who is looking significantly older (I believe the actress herself was very unwell at this point), Hawk who looks great, and what appears to be the original office phone from the original run. I imagine they didn't keep any of those props though so probably not the original, but still cool Lucy still as good as ever at transferring Margaret's call. Poor Catherine Coulson, she looks so unwell here, I'm guessing this was her last role before she died? Margaret delivers a message on how to find Dale, a name I'm guessing they'd long given up on.
Buckhorn police station, confirmation the corpse and head are two different bodies, we have a suspect.
Back in Twin Peaks, Hawk, Andy and Lucy in the conference room, our first appearance of Andy, still the same hair, bless him!
Back in Buckhorn, Hastings getting a grilling over the double murder. Oh dear, a curious lump of flesh in the boot of Hasting's car. Between that and the visit from his wife, it's not looking good for Hastings. Hastings wife fucking is lawyer, well this is awkward.
Our first appearance of The Fireman this season. I think this was one of the things that really confused me the first time round. I hadn't seen Missing Pieces which I guess is the first actual appearance of The Fireman, and we know that The Log Lady's husband was a fireman, possibly no connection to this character.
Part Two
Or at least I think this is where Part Two starts, Evil Dale appears at Hasting's house and kills his wife with his lawyer's gun?
Pan to Vegas, and its THAT GUY! I can't remember the actor's name, but I remember him from Mulholland Drive, he seems like a good, slimy heel here.
Evil Dale and his bunch of hapless, shithead lackeys. Evil Dale WANTS that information.
Hawk in the woods around Twin Peaks, weird to think of Twin Peaks in the modern era or cellphones, Margaret offers Hawk coffee and pie. Hawk arrives at Glastonbury Grove!
Pan to the Red Room, we know this place well. Dale is older, MIKE is older, Laura is older, she looks great. Dale can go out now, he must be relieved... Laura still has a good scream. Hah, what would Twin Peaks be without a white horse.
The evolution of the Arm, this is some great Twin Peaks weirdness. So the Doppelganger needs to come back before Dale can leave.
Meanwhile, Evil Dale appears to be having difficulty finding good staff and we bid farewell to Darya. We learn that there is a hit out on Evil Dale. Phillip Jeffries and Major Briggs are still in the mix! Pretty sure the actor that played Garland was dead by the time this was filmed. Did Bowei die around this time as well?
Deadwood and Yankton showing up, reminding me of Deadwood, another great show, good times!
In the Black Lodge, Dale is told to 'Go now', how many times has Dale walked back and forth between these two rooms over the years, let alone these last few episodes! Leland! Leland looks great! More freaky Black Lodge shit, Dale getting his steps in. Pealing back the curtains and looking out onto Evil Dale, loving these batshit Lynch effects! New
And Dale is now in the glass box in New York? Beats being in the Lodge? Bisping's still on smoko...
I don't even care what's going on with that glass box and Dale at this point, all I know is it's total bananas and I love it.
And is this the Palmer house! Sarah Palmer watching creature features, she looks great, still smoking up a storm.
And the Double R, our first music appearance with the Chromatics. This is probably one of my fave non-Julee Cruise musical appearances. Oh no, James is back, to be fair, he looks good.
Shelly, Shelly dare I say it, looks better than in the original run? And we roll credits on the Chromatics.
Fuck yeah, this was great. Batshit, wild ride to reintroduce us to the show and give us an idea of what to expect going forward. Slices of the old Twin Peaks but very much in keeping with Lynch's work post Peaks.
Looking forward to jumping into Part Three, but also looking forward to being back to single episodes, this was a long one.
