I could do with 70% less Andy and Lucy, and I hated Wally Brando when he showed up.

Then I went back and watched his scene in isolation, and actually found it hilarious. It just had a limp lead-in on the show, I think, coming as a non-sequitur out of a more dramatic emotional scene.

Anyway, Michael Cera is on track to be this generation's Bill Murray.

I almost think the scenes with the old characters like Andy, Lucy, and Hawk are outright making fun of reboots.

Who gives a shit about these old characters, there is new ground to be tread. You don't make something great by doing the same thing you did 20 years ago.

I, for one, would watch a Hawk based spin off show, he was always my favorite. I can't stand Cera but this worked for me.

Hawk was always one of my favorites too, so I'm thrilled to have him back. There are other characters I definitely don't care about as much; I don't really care what Nadine's been up to, for example. So far Andy and Lucy have been just about physically painful. I could see some of the stuff with the older characters being Lynch poking fun at reboots, though, and honestly I'm just thrilled to see Lynch getting to do whatever the hell he wants for 18 hours. The prospect of Twin Peaks without Donna-James teen drama, etc, is amazing. I've been floored by the Return so far.

Agreed on all points, especially it being a follow-up to Mulholland Drive.

I've watched the Purple Room sequence like four times already. I'm so glad Lynch & co. didn't just recreate the familiar surreal images, but actually worked to come up with new material that is as intriguing and unsettling as the old stuff was back in the day.

Cooper's escape from the red room really felt like some kind of fucked up 90's point and click adventure game to me, in a good way.

I've only seen the first 2-hour episode so far (I'm watching for spoilers but honestly I don't care with Lynch) and I was reminded of the Blue Box during good Cooper's escape from the Red Room and into that Glass Box, and the Green Ring from Fire Walk With Me is probably the same key as the one the Hobo has to his box. Some of this has to do with the fact that I heard Mulholland Dr. was originally a continuation of Audrey's story though...

(actually speaking of colors, the Blue in Blue Velvet might mean something but I haven't seen the film for at least a decade. I just remember that lots of people thought that Jeffrey was a young version of Cooper. I'm pretty stoned right now

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One thing I really like about this particular show is its use of technology. A show like Fargo or Better Call Saul will go out of its way to re-create what cellphones in 2006/10 were like vs. 2017, stuff like that, but Twin Peaks like reverse engineers that shit and everything looks more like how we probably would've IMAGINED it looking like 25 years ago. A good example of this is when Bob Cooper is on the computer. Despite a Windows OS it's very 90s looking, and it also makes for telephone conversations becoming stressful devices vs. the much more logical "go somewhere where Cooper's not and make a phone call" modern scenario. There's other examples scattered throughout what I've seen so far too, but it actually makes me feel like it's 25 years ago when I'm watching it, the only anachronism being that goddamn band at the end.

Agreed. The tech is kinda retro-futurist in a good way.

Do you guys just mean Mr. C's laptop, or are there other examples? Because when he pulled that thing out, to me it just looked like the prop director was out of touch.

I'd rewatch Mullholland Drive. I think that one is actually 'get'-able unlike lost highway or inland empire.

I saw Mullholland Drive as a teenager and thought it was pretty cool but I generally didn't really understand it. I watched it again a week or so ago and now I think it's up there with the best movies ever made.

I agree that the season is, so far, worse off for lacking a central narrative to hang things on. I'm watching it as an anthology of vignettes, and I don't find it boring. Some of my friends say they're too bored to continue.

My bet is Cooper will develop through the stages of life from a toddler (Mr Jackpots) to a functional adult, and that's both the central story and "the return" of the title. We'll see!

You know, if I get bored, I'll just watch it in shorter segments

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Definitely rewatch Mullholland Drive. The first time I saw it I wasn't sure what to make of it. Once you figure out the story, it's all there. It's a brilliant movie. I read something about it that "explained" it, but I wish I just would have rewatched it.

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Four episodes in, I am completely on board. It started out in the weeds, and gradually moved into more familiar territory, but it's still a mess. Is that Cooper being held in a cell? Or is it Bob? Or Dougie? If it's Bob, is he eventually going to go all "HOW'S ANNIE?" on everybody's asses? And is he going to turn out be Nicholas Cage?

Correction: It's not a mess; it's a mystery. When do we get more?

I didn't finished the original Twin Peaks. Details are hazy. I saw the first episode of the new season. Seems rad

Also just want to add: Andy was brilliant in this scene - five stars!

2 and a half years later, I still lose it there.

Agreed.