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Twin Peaks Season 3 OT |25 Years Later...It Is Happening Again

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that cgi on not diane was so fucking bad oh my god. did lynch do it himself with no knowledge of how to do cgi?

after the atom bomb in ep 8 im convinced he wanted the effects to look exactly how they look. That atom bomb was the best ive ever seen.

or he blew almost the whole budget on that, because it looked great lol.
 
Absolutely stunning episode! Masterful. I am in tears. From the opening tense scene with father and son ("Goodbye my son"), to the scene at Lancelot Court ("People are under a lot of stress"), to Dougie ("I am the FBI"), to Diane (unbelievable tension in that scene, I was so worried for Cole), to Jane-E and Sonny Jim ("Thank you, whoever you are"), to the jolly Mitchum brothers, to the ending scene at the Roadhouse. This was the best episode of TV I have seen in my life. No hyperbole. Just the truth. This is just... unbelievable.

That was the most intense moment of the season for sure. Holy shit, if she had shot Cole I was gonna lose it. Cole is the star of this season without a doubt. Show couldn't go on without him.

Did anyone else think Tammy was talking about the guns after she and Albert shot Diane and said, "They're real!"? Like she was shocked they let her have a real gun? Intentional or not, that made me laugh out loud.
 

Airola

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Audrey almost completely ruined.
Then suddenly Audrey fully redeemed via the first cliffhanger ending of the season :D
 
The Audrey sequence was a lifetime top three television moment. Astonishing.

Yes.

I thought that the episode was over with the first song, and was starting to tune out and get back on my laptop.

Glanced at the TV......saw Audrey and "husband" show up. Did a double take and couldn't believe what I was seeing. I was very confused and beginning to get a little disappointed.......all off the suspicions about how odd and off Audrey's scenes had been seemed to be out the window now ---- she'd made it to the Roadhouse, so no coma or anything, right? How disappointing.....

.......and then.................

........................................................


It doesn't get much more chill-inducing than that. The setup with the crowd clearing the dance floor. The music. The dance. The transition to her awakening or some other state.

Absolute masterpiece. That is what this season is.
 
So with Audrey seemingly waking from her dream...

“We are like the dreamer who dreams and lives inside the dream, but who is the dreamer?”

Also Cooper giving MIKE/Philip Gerard his hair to make another Dougie with his original golden seed to live with Janey-E and Sonny Jim, is such a kind and pure Cooper move.
 

BrokenBox

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I wonder if that coin-flipping Red character has something to do with Audrey's state and the reality she's been seeing? I'm imagining him as some kind of illusionist, but not sure how that would tie into everything else well.
 
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Deleted member 80556

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She was just talking about two different things. The convenience store ("an old gas station") is where Mr C took her after he raped her. Then she quickly changes the subject to the present; "I'm at the sheriffs station, I'm not me".

Ah, I misheard then. I should've gone with subtitles.

That was the most intense moment of the season for sure. Holy shit, if she had shot Cole I was gonna lose it. Cole is the star of this season without a doubt. Show couldn't go on without him.

The American Girl song didn't help either. Since it was used when Mr. C was introduced I swore something horrible was about to happen.
 
This season is a true masterpiece. I'm still shaking after watching this episode. Cooper's awakening scene, Diane's "confession", Audrey's dance, everything was just so incredible.
 
I knew the payoff would be incredible. What a wonderful episode.

As for the effect work I think its fine. Reminds me a lot of Lynch's paintings and short films.
 

EdmondD

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Fantastic episode. Almost Donovan-esque you could say. This is how you pay off all that build up.
Doop is a cold dude. Wasting his own kid like that. I wanted to know more about Richard oh well.
I love Chantel and Hutch. "That was the last fucking bag!" May you rest in piece and have all the cheetos you could ever want. That dude was packing a full auto glock god damn. "What the fuck kind of neighborhood is this?'
"I am the FBI." Incredible. Just the right amount of cheese and nostalgia. Classic theme playing was icing on the cake. I knew Coop would get the owl cave ring. Poor Sonny Jim and Janey-E.
I love that they gave Eddie Vedder a ridiculous fake name. Edward Louis Severson lol.
The Audrey story is paying off well. I kept expecting something bad to happen at the Roadhouse but I was not expecting that. She is like a puppet getting her strings pulled. Great way to end it.
 

Moff

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so much Payoff this episode, fried richard, killed killers, audrey the dream girl, and obviously Cooper. I didn't expect him to come back as he was, but it was satisfying. I also loved Knepper and Belushi as usual. Fantastic episode.
 

BorkBork

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More looping shenanigans with Charlie ordering martinis twice. That was the first clue before the dance floor clears that something was off.

It's intentional people!
 
Just finished watching.

So our checklist for next week is:

Top Priority:
_What will Mr. C and Cooper's fates be?
_What's going to happen to Bob?
_The fuck is up with Audrey?
_Who is Judy?
_Who called Mr. C?
_Where did Laura go?
_What's inside Sarah?
_Who is Naido?
_Who or what will Freddy punch?


Low Priority:
_Seriously, is Red important at all?
_Why is everyone in Twin Peaks getting sick?
_Why did that rock vaporize Richard?
_Who is Billy?
_Is that "Experiment" monster still relevant or...?
_Are the Woodsmen still important?
_What was up with the frog-bug that crawled in the girl's mouth?
_What's that ringing noise?
_What's with all the gold?
_What was up with The Arm and its doppelganger?
_What is that strange purple dimension?
_Who is Senorita Dido?
_What is that weird mark that looks like a dot with horns?
_Who is the "Lisa" in "Richard and Lisa?"
_Did Steven really shoot himself?

What am I missing?
 

mrboo001

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Holy fucking shit 16 was amazing. When that theme hit I leaped out of my chair and cheered. The ending was so wtf. The entire Dougie saga was already worth it and wonderful and now I feel some what bad for the family. All the Roadhouse stuff is coming together too. This might already beat Deadwood for me as greatest TV show of all time.
 

KyleCross

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With Coop back and returning to Twin Peaks it makes it all the more painful that Michael Ontkean didn't return. Jesus, I would've choked up with their reunion scene.
 

Steamlord

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Holy shit. That was incredible.

I have a bad feeling about the finale... In fact, I'm going to put it in spoiler tags because I have a strong feeling it might be right.

Cooper will stop Doppelcooper, then he'll return to the Lodge so that Dougie can come back.
 

aechris

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I have a bad feeling about the finale... In fact, I'm going to put it in spoiler tags because I have a strong feeling it might be right.

Cooper will stop Doppelcooper, then he'll return to the Lodge so that Dougie can come back.

I don't think so. That's why Coop asked for a new seed: so he could give them "Dougie."
 
I wonder if that coin-flipping Red character has something to do with Audrey's state and the reality she's been seeing? I'm imagining him as some kind of illusionist, but not sure how that would tie into everything else well.

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I thought a while back Red could be Mrs Tremond's grandson, simply because he does magic. He makes Garmonbozia disappear from a plate and into his hands in front of Donna, and in Laura Palmer's diary she notes that he walked up to her and pulled a coin out of her ear then walked away. He was also at the Red Diamond motel where Leland backed away from Teresa Banks cos Laura showed up. Probably a coincidence and Red is just a new character, but worth mentioning.
 

Kalor

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I finished the episode and that might be one of my favourite episodes of the season. Coopers return singlehandedly justified every meandering moment of the series. I got teary eyed over it and the impact of it would have never been the same if they handled it in another way. It was great to see every single major relationship that Dougie had come into play in some way.

I wasn't expecting the version of Diane that we know to end up being manufactured as well. Audreys situation is finally coming to a head as well and even that is starting to justify those slow scenes that we've gotten from her so far.
 

BTA

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Just finished watching.

So our checklist for next week is:

Top Priority:
_What will Mr. C and Cooper's fates be?
_What's going to happen to Bob?
_The fuck is up with Audrey?
_Who is Judy?
_Who called Mr. C?
_Where did Laura go?
_What's inside Sarah?
_Who is Naido?
_Who or what will Freddy punch?


Low Priority:
_Seriously, is Red important at all?
_Why is everyone in Twin Peaks getting sick?
_Why did that rock vaporize Richard?
_Who is Billy?
_Is that "Experiment" monster still relevant or...?
_Are the Woodsmen still important?
_What was up with the frog-bug that crawled in the girl's mouth?
_What's that ringing noise?
_What's with all the gold?
_What was up with The Arm and its doppelganger?
_What is that strange purple dimension?
_Who is Senorita Dido?
_What is that weird mark that looks like a dot with horns?
_Who is the "Lisa" in "Richard and Lisa?"
_Did Steven really shoot himself?

What am I missing?

It's Richard and "Linda", isn't it? I think we've heard that name already too- I think it was said by the guy Andy was going to talk to who didn't show up?

Also, you forgot "Is Becky still alive?"

With Coop back and returning to Twin Peaks it makes it all the more painful that Michael Ontkean didn't return. Jesus, I would've choked up with their reunion scene.

Do we 100% know for the fact he's not back? I mean, I know he almost certainly isn't and I'm not expecting anything. Just still think it's weird how much they insist Harry's sick instead of killing him off, but maybe they thought that'd be cruel when there's actors that have actually passed away? But they did that for Hank, so...

Holy shit. That was incredible.

I have a bad feeling about the finale... In fact, I'm going to put it in spoiler tags because I have a strong feeling it might be right.

Cooper will stop Doppelcooper, then he'll return to the Lodge so that Dougie can come back.

Oof, I could see that happening (and it'd probably hit well) but
since there was apparently no issue with Mr. C and Dougie being out at the same time, I think just returning Mr. C would be enough?
 

Slaythe

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Just finished watching.

So our checklist for next week is:

Top Priority:
_What will Mr. C and Cooper's fates be?
_What's going to happen to Bob?
_The fuck is up with Audrey?
_Who is Judy?
_Who called Mr. C?
_Where did Laura go?
_What's inside Sarah?
_Who is Naido?
_Who or what will Freddy punch?


Low Priority:
_Seriously, is Red important at all?
_Why is everyone in Twin Peaks getting sick?
_Why did that rock vaporize Richard?
_Who is Billy?
_Is that "Experiment" monster still relevant or...?
_Are the Woodsmen still important?
_What was up with the frog-bug that crawled in the girl's mouth?
_What's that ringing noise?
_What's with all the gold?
_What was up with The Arm and its doppelganger?
_What is that strange purple dimension?
_Who is Senorita Dido?
_What is that weird mark that looks like a dot with horns?
_Who is the "Lisa" in "Richard and Lisa?"
_Did Steven really shoot himself?

What am I missing?

.... - ANNIE ( hello ? Really dude ?)

- Why did Bob need Cooper's doppelganger since he was fine possessing people before that

- The glass box in New York

- The Palmer's connection with the otherworld (laura and sarah)

- How does the manufacturing work

- The sickness

- Judy

- Audrey's situation

- Naido's role

I think that's about all I need.
 

Airola

Member
So far the manufactured people have had wigs. Dougie had a wig. Diane had a wig. It also looks like Audrey's hair was quite "wiggish" especially when compared to the cliffhanger-Audrey's hair. So maybe the Audrey with the bald unmidget guy is manufactured too.

And that said, Laura in FWWM wore a wig too :O :O :O :O :O ;)




This episode was quite good, but there are a few things that left me a bit cold:

1. People again just suddenly getting killed off. The hitman-couple. Richard. To be fair though, who knows if they are really dead. But if this really was it for Richard, I'm very disappointed. "Remember Richard and Linda" makes me still have some hope though.
2. Somewhat disappointed in Cooper getting awake so quickly. He's too alert too quickly.
3. "I'm the FBI" line was not good. I don't think it fits Cooper at all. Felt really tacky and corny.
4. I kinda thought DougieCooper had been much more interesting to watch than the CooperCooper shown in this episode.

The positives:
-I really really like the Mitchum Brothers. And Mullins is great too. And Candie.
-While it almost seemed that Audrey was ruined even further with the semi-corny, although a bit otherworldy, throwback dance routine, the cliffhanger really saved the whole thing. Now, I'm not sure if I ever manage to endure her earlier scenes even on rewatch but I'm thankful there really seems to be a Twilight Zone twist on that character after all.
-The episode moved on in pretty solid pace, and pretty much everything that happened was interesting.



Has anyone really commended Al Strobel (the one-armed man) on how well he speaks backwards? He practically doesn't even need subtitles. Everyone else is terrible at it, and it's always been that way.

Phoebe Augustine was great in episode 3 though.
 

EdmondD

Member
Oh shit. I just thought of something. Where is Jade? Who is she giving a ride to at this current juncture? This mystery cannot remain unsolved.
3. "I'm the FBI" line was not good. I don't think it fits Cooper at all. Felt really tacky and corny.
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Cooper is corny though. That's why the line fits. At least I always felt he was a bit corny and cheesy.
 
Just finished watching.

So our checklist for next week is:

Top Priority:
_What will Mr. C and Cooper's fates be?
_What's going to happen to Bob?
_The fuck is up with Audrey?
_Who is Judy?
_Who called Mr. C?
_Where did Laura go?
_What's inside Sarah?
_Who is Naido?
_Who or what will Freddy punch?


Low Priority:
_Seriously, is Red important at all?
_Why is everyone in Twin Peaks getting sick?
_Why did that rock vaporize Richard?
_Who is Billy?
_Is that "Experiment" monster still relevant or...?
_Are the Woodsmen still important?
_What was up with the frog-bug that crawled in the girl's mouth?
_What's that ringing noise?
_What's with all the gold?
_What was up with The Arm and its doppelganger?
_What is that strange purple dimension?
_Who is Senorita Dido?
_What is that weird mark that looks like a dot with horns?
_Who is the "Lisa" in "Richard and Lisa?"
_Did Steven really shoot himself?

What am I missing?

The drugged-out girl in Rancho Rosa yelling "119!"
 
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