Part 4

Part 4.

This episode was probably the first to bring tears to my eyes. That scene with Bobby and Laura's picture...man. Surely brings back some memories. Not to mention Laura Palmer's theme playing in the background, it took Lynch 3 episodes to play it !

Dougie is live and in, sort of, action. Well, Cooper is still buried somewhere in there, and he's trying hard to find his way out. Anyways, the breakfast scene was mostly funny.

Bad Coop is captured by the FBI, and he seems to recognize Gordon, even doing a thumbs up to him. However, nor Gordon nor Albert seem to be buying it, hinting at the 'Blue Rose', possibly the codename for the investigation of the lodges. There were some key scenes in the episode, one including Andy and Lucy's son, Wally! Genius casting, by the way.

Some scenes did lack plot or sense, especially at the end, some felt a bit stretched out, but I'm sure it will start paying off very soon.

Each episode of this revival has been better than the last. This particular instalment was packed with first appearances of old characters and references to the original series that also serve as hints towards the big mysteries in the mythology of the series. In fact, I would say that this episode felt the most like an episode of Twin Peaks out of all the parts so far. What this and the last episode have showed is that the revival is not only good at dealing with returning characters, but also with dealing with characters who are not returning due to actor problems.

In this episode and to some degree the last, the main plot of the revival has finally been revealed. I can see a narrative through line forming and it is thrilling. Also, the newly assembled trio of Gordon, Albert, and Tamara is just plain awesome. Two of my favourites from the original show along with a fantastic newcomer who was first introduced in Mark Frost's book. It doesn't get much better than that.

A note for anyone that is confused; episodes 3&4 were released a week early in the United States, the UK, and Canada via the On-Demand branches of the channels responsible for broadcasting the revival in these countries. This is why I have already been able to see it, despite the fact that it has not been released some places. I feel sympathetic for all those who can not see these episodes yet because of the country they are in. As a Canadian, I have often been in your situation and I know exactly how you feel.

Old familiar faces return, new characters are given great intros and the digital photography is breathtaking

Well, it looks like after 3 of the worst episodes I've seen in my life, finally Mr. Lynch notices there are more people watching this show than him alone.

Until now, we've only seen a collection of nonsense, people who can't talk in a normal way or speed, minutes and minutes of nothing. There was no plot, nothing to sustain 3 hours of show.

Now it looks like there is a minimum plot, something that could have been explained in just one first episode, no need to bore viewers with three hours of nightmares and nothing else.

We'll see where it goes now. At least, it looks like there is something happening now.

Lynch is ramped up the strangeness. Evil Cooper seems not to have gone back to the Black Lodge, he is still out there, although Dougie Jones has returned.

Good Cooper is living Dougie's life, his wife played by Naomi Watts seems not to have noticed the enormous weight loss but ecstatic that he got huge amounts of money which is needed to pay off his debt.

David Duchovny returns as now transgender agent Denise rather than transvestite agent Dennis and she is now chief of staff of the FBI. Agents Cole, Rosenfeld and Preston are sent to investigate sighting of Cooper and Rosenfeld has to make a confession to Cole. We still get those little touches of Rosenfeld's quirky humour which made his character such a hit in the original series.

Talking about quirky we return to Twin Peaks Sheriff's department, who could had guessed that there was such a large back office with more officers. Bobby Briggs returns, he has seemingly put his bad boy days behind him and now works as a deputy guarding the border. He is in tears when he sees that photo of Laura Palmer.

The highlight was seeing Andy and Lucy's son, Wally Brando. Michael Cera channelling The Wild One era Marlon Brando wanting to pay respects to his godfather, Sheriff Harry Truman who is ill.