During his discussion with the cops, Cooper appeared as regressed as ever. I wonder what’s going on with Cooper,” and then bam: There he is, grinding a pen into his leather desk topper and letting Janey-E do his talking for him. We didn’t even see the man uncontrollably posing as Dougie Jones for more than half an hour, but his arrival felt perfectly timed almost as if Lynch could hear us thinking, “Huh. He’s fueling a new mystery with the ashes of an old one, but there’s enough original content to keep the story churning forward. Much like Frank punching those keys one at a time, Lynch is deliberately striking nostalgic notes and usurping them. Each moment invited you into a world once frozen in time, but now unearthed and given new life. Sure, Cole saying, “That’s damn good coffee” felt a tad forced, but even Lynch’s tossed off delivery indicated his dismissal of anything associated to fan service.Ĭonsider how technology was incorporated into the episode: Sheriff Frank Truman (Robert Forster) calling Doc Hayward (Warren Frost) on Skype and Jerry Horne (David Patrick Kelly) holding his iPhone out in front of his face while high as a kite were peculiar for a purpose.
It’s important to note that for all the nostalgic ties affecting the new “Twin Peaks,” none of the above allusions to the ’90s felt tired, easy, or inserted solely to appeal to our want for the familiar. The same giant question mark hangs over Briggs’ younger-than-expected body, as well as Diane and Cooper’s suspicious rendezvous at her house. how Annie could have imparted these words to Laura in the first place) remains unknown. Hawk seems closer than ever to putting out an APB for Good Cooper, but how time functions in the Black Lodge (a.k.a. Yet for each enlightening answer, there was an equally challenging question that went along with it - an ideal ratio for a mystery train that’s gaining speed but still has a long way to go. Something is up at the Great Northern Hotel. Then his assistant, Beverly (Ashley Judd), hears a “hum” in the hotel, and tells him they were sent the old key for the room where Cooper was shot. First, his brother (David Patrick Kelly) calls him lost from the woods. Ben Horne (Richard Beymer) played a bigger role this week, even if we understand his significance less than ever.Her meeting with Bad Cooper marked an emotional high for the episode, and her instinctual understanding that Bad Cooper wasn’t Good Cooper rewarded fans who’ve been invested in that relationship for 26 years (not to mention viewers who felt teased by an all-too-brief introduction last week). (Two points to anyone who can explain the 30-year gap between the presumed age of Briggs’ body and his actual age.)
Turns out the major’s floating head in Episode 3 was the right clue to follow.
Another page suggested Laura knew it was Leland Palmer (Ray Wise), not Bob (Frank Silva), who was coming after her. They spoke of a dream she had in which Annie Blackburn (Heather Graham) told her about “Good Dale” ( Kyle MacLachlan) being trapped in the Black Lodge long before it ever happened. The letters Deputy Chief Hawk (Michael Horse) found last week were three of the four missing pages from Laura Palmer’s diary.LAST WEEK’S REVIEW: ‘Twin Peaks’ Review: The Person Everybody Has Been Waiting to See for Over 25 Years Doesn’t Disappoint Plenty of “Twin Peaks” 2017 (as we’ve come to identify Season 3, “The Return”) has relied on its past for narrative weight and plot development, but “Part 7” saw more allusions to the original seasons (and “Fire Walk With Me”) than ever, and it started right from the top.
Well, this week’s a case for the “Twin Peaks” historians.