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Works so nicely/nastily off of Pete's "GRAND THEFT AU-TO! TWELVE RAINBOW TROUT…IN THE BED!"

I think much like other outsiders (Cooper, Gordon, Jean Renault, Jones, even Ernie The Professor Niles) he came to the town with one agenda but then got absorbed into the Twin Peaksiness of it all. Or maybe all of them just found a home they never knew they missed.

When he was first mentioned early in the season, I interpreted the name as Wynda Merle, and was very much looking forward to the ex-partner Cooper had fallen in love with and had somehow gone crazy because of him.

I'm sure Lynch's changes were good, but I will hear no ill about Frank Gorshin's Riddler.

For me the most amazing thing is the scary ceiling fans. Why are they scary? No idea. Are they scary? Hell yes.

Yeah you're definitely right. And even if there isn't a duality WITHIN the story, like any horror story it gets a lot of its power by alluding to terrible situations in our own world. I always go back to the scene from FWWM of Laura pushing her cereal around in her milk, then blowing up at Leland, then, later,

I can see that, but there's still some fun stuff amidst it all, mostly on the line between comedic and cool. For instance Pete's line "King Arthur's buried in England! [everyone glares] Well…last I checked", or Andy puzzling out the cave painting. And just about every word spoken by or about Major Briggs (the episode

I remember having long discussions/arguments back in the day about what "one chants out" would mean versus "one chance out". Also "fire (3rd person imperative) walk with me" versus "(2nd person imperative) firewalk with me".

No 2nd season means no Judge Sternwood, Jean Renault, Thomas Eckhardt, Jones, Windom Earle, Mrs. Tremond nor her grandson. I'll admit an average minute of 1st Season is better than an average minute of 2nd, but Twin Peaks wouldn't be nearly as Twin Peaks without these people.

The food critic subplot always grates on me more than James & The Widow, but there really isn't much more that's plain bad. A few plots that some people hate (Nadine, Little Nicky, General Horne, the widow Milford) I find pretty hilarious (although the last one goes astray from a promising beginning). Oh, and I guess

There are a few moments where Shelly is the most appealing thing in television history. Mostly when they let her be trashy and a little evil. For instance her mocking Leland's meltdown at the funeral, or inciting Bobby to teach her to shoot. (Also love her in Fire Walk With Me trying to get out of helping Laura.)

"Nothing beats the taste sensation when maple syrup…" *LUDICROUSLY LOUD CLAP* "…collides with ham!"

Yeah, his visible evil put a definite ceiling on how good the movie could be, even with all the good efforts. Reminded me of the kid in the Omen remake, and how they completely missed the point that it was the original Damien's "normal kid"-ness that made it so effective.

hm, if I were flipping, I'd fuck Mum-Ra, but marry the Ancient Spirits Of Evil.

F/M/K Cheetarah/Pumyra/Snarfer

Taste The Blood Of Dracula is my favorite. Not enough second person imperative titles out there.

Some say the Earth is our moon…but that would belittle the name of our Moon. Which is…The Moon.

Depends on whether it's the Frank Darabont draft.

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The Red Radio Network?