{"id":5285,"date":"2017-05-23T12:55:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T16:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2017-05-23T13:05:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T17:05:30","slug":"wow-bob-wow-a-spoiler-free-review-of-the-first-two-new-twin-peaks-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=5285","title":{"rendered":"Wow, Bob, Wow! A Spoiler-Free Review of the First Two New Twin Peaks Episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are four episodes of the new Twin Peaks<\/em> available right now for streaming from Showtime. I\u2019ve seen only the first two. I\u2019m tempted (so very tempted) to go ahead and binge episodes 3 and 4 but I will do my best to keep those episodes floating above my head in the WiFi…for now. <\/p>\n

I need to savor this. <\/p>\n

Writer\/director David Lynch is 71. It is a very real possibility that this will be his last major filmmaking project. I hope it isn\u2019t. I hope he keeps making movies well into his 100s. But…this could be it. Lynch\u2019s previous film, the impenetrable but interesting Inland Empire<\/em>, was released 11 years ago. Do the math and check the calendars. This could be it. It might be the grand finale of his decade-spanning career. So I don\u2019t want to waste it. <\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t tell by now, here\u2019s the review of the first two episodes: I love them. For two hours I watched Lynch (and co-writer Mark Frost) ooze out a surreal mystery that was familiar and strange. It was scary and funny. I\u2019m still thinking about it. All of it. I don\u2019t get it. I don\u2019t really want to get it. I just love it. <\/p>\n

People will look for meanings to the imagery, and there are meanings…and double meanings, triple meanings, etc., but there\u2019s also a joy in letting each scene play out like its own short film. If you have trouble understanding it, that\u2019s okay. At the risk of sounding like a hippy: Just let it wash over you, man. <\/p>\n

People may not like this new Twin Peaks. It\u2019s not like the old show. Some people just want the show. And Lynch understands that, in his own wonderful way.<\/p>\n

Without spoiling much of anything, there\u2019s an early scene in the first episode of two people watching a glass box waiting for something to happen. Something happens to them. If you can\u2019t see the metaphor and subtext of this scene, get out now. This is not for you. IT\u2019S FOR ME! <\/p>\n

There will no doubt be dozens of websites popping up that will try to unravel the mystery. There will be YouTube videos of fans picking apart every detail in every scene. And I\u2019ll probably visit these sites over the next few months, if only to catch a better glimpse of a still from an episode or to read the comments. But, and this is important, I\u2019m not sure the whole thing will add up to a reasonable conclusion. I don\u2019t expect that. Then again, Lynch loves to subvert expectations. Who knows? Maybe the final episode of this return will solve all the mysteries succinctly and with sound logic. That\u2019d be different. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m letting episodes 3 and 4 alone this week. I\u2019ll watch them later. I\u2019m going to slowly sip this cup of coffee instead of chugging it, because it’s a damn fine cup of coffee but there\u2019s no promise of refills. <\/p>\n

For more information on my David Lynch mancrush, read about the time I interviewed Lynch<\/a> and babbled like a dork. For more information on my Twin Peaks theories, unlock the front door and I will sneak into your bedroom and whisper my thoughts while you slumber.
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