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Welcome! You’ve stumbled upon my first “review” of the imaginary Twin Peaks spin-off sitcom, Twin Peaks: Las Vegas. The finale of Season 3 hurt. It really hurt. I needed something to laugh at, something healing. This, at long last, is the thing I needed. I hope this heals you like it is healing me. And …
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[COOPER] Do you have the seed? Do you have the seed? I need you to make another one. [GERARD] I understand. With this little exchange, we were given a glimpse into the process for manufacturing a tulpa, this time for making Dougie Jones v2.0. You need a DNA sample (a little hair ripped from the …
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Don't die. It goes without saying that Part 6 of Twin Peaks: The Return is a tough watch, because two people do die, in truly shocking circumstances. Due to those scenes it is easy to forget the other huge things that happen in this episode; the revelation of a woman we had all been waiting …
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It took me until May 21st, 2018 to realize that was Mike Nelson from the original series of Twin Peaks, berating Steven for being a joke of a job candidate in Part 5 of The Return. How did I miss that? There’s so much going on in this series, upon first viewing I was having …
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I had the chance to bring back some memories with John Thorne recently when we looked back at Parts 1 through 4. We talked about expectations (or lack thereof), speculated about some of the lingering mysteries, and John reminisced about the opportunity of a lifetime: attending the Hollywood premiere of Twin Peaks: The Return on …
The thing I thought about Part 4 the first time was “We just got a ton of scenes in Twin Peaks; it looks like we’re finally settling in to the real story and we’ll start figuring out how Peaks figures in to all these other towns’ plotlines, and it’ll eventually come together starting now.” And …
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Major Briggs had Dougie's wedding ring in his stomach. It has this inscription: "To Dougie, with love, Janey-E." Constance Talbot (who you know is a good soul because she and Albert hit it off) found the ring there during the autopsy. This is about all that's known about it. I went down this rabbit hole …
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This article comes to us from Lou Ming, who is expanding here upon ideas he debuted in the Twin Peaks subreddit. His bio follows the article. It’s worth noting that in The Return there are exactly three scenes of couples having intercourse. Each of these instances share the same basic construction: a passive male mounted by …
The following is a guest post by Lee Stepien, an American freelance writer currently based in Paris. He has a Master’s degree from the Sorbonne, where he specialized in gender studies in American cinema. Please leave a comment and let Lee know what you think! In both Twin Peaks: The Return and daily life in 2018, …
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DAY ONE Pilot - Season 1 - Season 2 Episodes 1-7 I wanted to do this re-watch for a long time. I hadn’t watched a thing since September in preparation for this—5 whole months already since the season finale! I wanted to wait until I had a week off so the experience could be completely immersive. …
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