Why Twin Peaks is The Best Thing Ever Made (Probably)

Watching season 3 as it came out in 2017 was incredible. Turning the episodes in my head week by week as I waited for the next one was one of the best experiences of my life. It’s my favourite show because I’ll never be able to stop thinking about it.

The final episode of The Return will live rent free in my head for the rest of my life. Episode 17 was like, oh cool, everything is wrapped up nicely and then here comes episode 18.

agree. season 3 is untouchable. I can’t believe it was even funded!

I would say that I'm glad Twin Peaks is still finding new audiences, but it's so good that was never going to be an issue. I was early teens when it came out and, even after all the series of everything since then, it's still my favourite. I re-watch it every few years, it's just glorious. Great vid, thanks.

There was a fish…in the percolator!

I’m a Middle Ages mom and this show debuted when I was in college. It is one of my favorite shows.

If you're not familiar with the rest of David Lynch's work, you might not notice how much of season 3 references it. It seems like he put a reference to everything he ever did in there; his music, his painting, even his weather reports and his cartoons. On a level seperate from the story, the whole thing can be seen as a retrospective exhibition of Lynch's entire creative life. I haven't seen many if any people talking about this but it's all over it. FBI "Director" Gordon Cole obviously doubles as a representation of Lynch himself, and he even sends himself up occasionally. Such as commenting on how often his collaborators over the years have happened to be beautiful young women (the actress in question, Chrysta Bell, was also his most recent musical collaborator at the time) - "I'm old school, Albert", he says. There is a scene where Gordon and Diane are sharing a smoke, which is simply Lynch paying tribute to Laura Dern and the work they did together. The scene where Diane delivers her harrowing monologue while Gordon peers at her from behind his machines is surely a reference to their working relationship, especially making Inland Empire. There's even a scene where Gordon does a drawing that looks like The Angriest Dog In The World. All the actors he has admired and worked with are featured, or as many as he could get - even the ones who were dying or already dead are worked into the story somehow. So too are the musicians he worked with. On this level you could read Twin Peaks as a very personal thing, a huge expression of gratitude from David Lynch to all his friends and collaborators, a thank you to everyone who ever helped him in his career.

The ending scene of the final of season 3 left me heartbroken, no other serie left me with that kind of feeling

After finishing Alan Wake II, I decided that it was finally time to watch the show that inspired some of my favorite games of all time (the stuff made by Remedy Entertainment). This was, hands down, one of the best decisions I've ever made lol. Rewatching the show for the very first time right now and I'm trying to take it slower, and savor the moments. Something that was VERY unexpected to me was seeing just how goddamn funny this show can be. And not just one kind of funny, either. We got physical hijinks, to absurd comedic stuff, witty dialogue, dark comedy, and (maybe my favorite)... Unintended comedy lol. Some scenes are just so bizarre that they're funny, but it's always sincere. But yeah. I love this show so much. S03 very much blew my mind.

I saw the whole thing back in November, and I was absolutely mesmerized. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks. I lost count the amount of times I heard the main theme over and over again.

The TV exec who made Lynch do the reveal is now the CEO of Disney (Bob Iger)

There's simply nothing that can hold a candle to Twin Peaks in terms of the way it challenges the viewer and the world it creates. I'm still shocked this was ever on network television! I agree that Dale Cooper is one of the best characters of all time! I recommend checking out the books too. The entire Twin Peaks corpus is something that can be returned to again and again and get something different every time you experience it!

I watched the whole thing (3seasons and the movie), and I watch it over and over finding new things each time. LOVE IT!!!!!

Imagine having to wait a quarter century for the sequel season like a lot of us did. Imagine it being part of your mental furniture for most of your life. Twin Peaks is my favorite all time show. It's often frustrating, but I've never obsessed over another series as much from week to week, both as a kid when it originally aired and in 2017. I'm glad to see new fans are still finding it.

This show had me hooked from the first minute when it first aired back in the day. Season 3 was no disappointment either.

Ahem, I'm a middle aged woman, and I watched (and loved) Twin Peaks when it was on originally.

I recently watched all 48 episodes + 1 movie and after watching Twin Perfect's 4h35mins of explanations on Twin Peaks I'm obsessed, I've never seen anything like it before, it's crazy somethig like this used to air in the early 90's... I might rewatch everything after the Twin Perfect explanations, everything the guy points out in that video is mindblowing and makes perfect sense

I agree. The Return is 18 hours of pure David Lynch brilliance. Mulholland Dr. happens to be my favorite film of all time.

Surprised you're such a small channel! Earned a subscription, and a new Letterboxd follower. Always happy to see people entering into the bizarre world of David Lynch, and I'm happy that you checked out all his other films along the way too!

I agree with you. I've watched a couple of episodes a few years ago but didn't get into it right away because I was way more used to the mainstream stuff and Lynchs style is very different to say the least. Several years later I've watched it again with a new perspective and was tired of the current Hollywood mainstream movies and this time I got the hype. It was such a refreshing experience. I've taken notes to keep on track with the characters and the story but it was still confusing in a good way. Twin Peaks really sucked me into that surreal corner of filmmaking and made me become an admirer of David Lynchs work even if I don't like everything he did. I'm very excited to rewatch the entire series again one day though I'm sad I won't be able to experience it for the first time again.