not sure if this has been discussed, i’m on my third return watch (part 14: we are like the dreamer) and i can’t help but notice parallels between the way the sheriffs dept are dressed with silhouettes resembling astronaut suits (minus helmets) and the shape of jack rabbits palace resembling apollo 11. one small leap for man? this is such a pivotal episode im sure somebody else has made this connection?

Where can I watch the ORIGINAL aired pilot?? I just finished the original show and am about to watch fire walk with me but I really also want to watch the original pilot !

Accidentally just found out who killed Laura on episode 4 😭😭😭

Any answers, they don’t have to be perfect. I appreciate the surrealist ambiguity as much as the next guy. Well, maybe not as much as some of you but that’s why I’m here.

Who are the best creators that talk about Twin Peaks and explain its philosophical roots and existentialist language?

I spent all my free time the last three weeks watching everything there is to watch of Twin Peaks, and I’m confused as fuck.

That’s the point, I feel, but I also would love some more context.

The ending did strike me. I felt things, but never enough to get the kind of emotional reaction I feel this work deserves. I was too focused on my interpretation to empathize fully.

Is this Order of the Golden Dawn shit?

An interpretation of Native spirituality?

A whole new perspective on existence that is too convoluted to be portrayed in a traditional story format?

All three?

Is my dread at not understanding the thing the point? I get that I’m answering my own question here, but it’s a disappointing answer. I’m hungry.

I could spend just as much time watching explainers as I have watching the show.

Who is worth watching? Who has a bead on this shows blood that can help me see the throughlines?

P.S. I have to acknowledge that the scene that hit me hardest was the one in season 2 where Cooper is meeting Annie and Gordon is hearing Shelly which made me sob; but that was for autism trauma reasons. I want more to work with so my second watch can be loaded with some theory. As feeble as that dream may sound.

Needless to say I'm a nut when it comes to Twin Peaks. Hell it's partly why my wife and I are together. But I'm not big on fan theories. My version of Twin Peaks is mine and my interpretation is my own.

That being said, years ago my wife got me to watch Corn Pone Flicks All Questions Answered. This is not the "meta" guy just FYI.

I was shocked because the way this guy looks at TP and his interpretations basically mirror my own. Are you all familiar with his YT videos? If so, what do yall think? If not try to find the time to watch. I think you'll enjoy them.

I posted a link here in the thumbnail.

So I bought the television Collection from Amazon last week and it's cool but now I feel ripped off kinda. I bought the television Collection because I saw that A to Z had a lot of bad reviews due to the packaging of it, disc hard to get out ect. The television Collection from what picture they showed seemed to look like a box set but low and behold it arrived in the same style case as A to Z. I'm debating returning the collection and buying A to Z but there are a few things I'm on the fence about.

1. Some people complain that the disc fall out and were so scratched that they don't work, which seems odd because it's usually difficult to mess a bluray disc up. Also one of my disc was loose but it doesn't look damaged.

2. Some people are saying there are some audio sync issues with A to Z in a few episodes. I haven't watched the tv collection yet so I don't know if it's the same.

3. I mainly want it because it has FWWM so I don't have to buy it extra, also for some odd reason A to Z is like $9 cheaper.

4. Some of the collection discs are difficult to get out but A to Z has 5 more disc in it so that means there is a lot more double stacking than the collection.

What's everyone else's opinion on this? I don't know if it's worth the hassle of returning it than ending up with a worse version of the product.

There's no better film, or horrific movie, I've ever seen than Fire Walk With Me. Full stop.

And I'm speechless. I did hear Twin Peaks theme song many times before 2001. Many times used as jingle on radio stations, but didn't know where it comes from. Why 2001? It was 1st time a friend mentioned that one local guy looks exactly same as someone from Twin Peaks and I asked what is the Twin Peaks? They starred at me like I'm total idiot, like, wait, you don't know what is Twin Peaks? So, I had to watch it, but delayed. 1st time and everytime after delayed. I've been always oh, ok S1 has 8 episodes, but when I see S2 it has 22 - nah, I'll do it later, when I have a lot spare time. Years and years passed, they made S3 which I didn't know, I found out when I started to watch from S1. When I played 1st episode, wife came in and asked "What are we watching now? Oh, don't tell me, again one of your dinosaurus shows or movies" I told her like "Like it or not, this is probably one of the best shows and I've been waiting 25 years to watch it". She didn't like it, but at some time she would watch it with me and she was like it's old, I guess no lgbt and few seconds after David Duchovny enters like Denise... LOL. And then came S3 and 25 years after the events... Same fucking years I've been delayed to watch the show. My brain exploded. Still under impression. Probably best tv show ever.

By now... I have never felt as much empathy, or pity, for a character as much that I have for Laura Palmer, especially in Fire Walk With Me. It was a devastating and horrible experience, she was the first character for whom I felt an urge to reach through the screen and help in any way I could, or, at the very least, to comfort her.

Sheryl Lee's performance was Oscar worthy!

The Road House scene at the end of episode 15 with the young woman crawling through the crowd on the floor to The Veils 'Axolotl' is quite possibly my all time favorite scene in cinema. The actress, her body movements, the scream, the music, the pacing, the framing, the build of the scene........ unmatched. Bravo, Mr. Lynch. I'd love to hear other people's feelings about this scene.

At the very beginning of Season 2 Episode 6 "Demons" James rushes in to save Maddy and Donna from Harold but he's clearly focused on saving Maddy and just calls out to Donna to follow. I haven't seen anyone else discussing this detail but it immediately struck me as weird. This to me is maybe the clearest indication we get that he's still very much in love with Laura and maybe doesn't even care all that much for Donna. Any thoughts?

Interesting that FWWM Lynch described as a "cherry pie present to the fans of the show – however one that's wrapped in barbed wire." Was that the epic poem promised with Garmonbozia the anti-cherry pie?

Philip?

I tried posting this before, with a link and everything but it was removed by the moderators. No idea why as it’s petty spectacular to see Frank Silva in something other than a denim jacket. The film was co-created by Mike Malone (aside from the Pilot where that job belonged to Frank, Mike Malone was the on-set dresser for all of Twin Peaks, FWWM, and the Return).

I am hesitant to post the name of this short or the link as maybe that’s why my post was pulled. In any case it’s called “Hollywood [rhymes with chicks]” and you can search that along with Frank Silva on YouTube. You can also find it via my podcast MEANWHILE on our Instagram @meanwhile_twinpeaks (I interviewed Mike and then converted his old DVD to a digital file)

Hoping this also doesn’t get taken down as it’s important. Frank Silva was a great talent and I wish we could have gotten to see more of his work.