Definitely Lynch's best work. The original Twin Peaks was his previous best work (he seems to do better with long-form, episodic storytelling than with one-off films, though those are great too — just not as great), and The Return has surpassed it.

The Keller series needs to be a TV show. It could so easily be the next Dexter. And the source material is already written in episodic format, where every chapter is its own little self-contained story. Every time I revisit it, I find myself thinking "Why isn't this a TV show yet?! It's so obvious!"

Tammy's mannerisms took a little getting used to, but I kind of love it now that I have. I read her as someone who knows she's physically attractive, and is trying to emulate the carefully-studied mannerisms of "sexy" women (perhaps not entirely consciously) because she thinks she's supposed to. But she doesn't quite…

I love that the concept of tulpas has been introduced into Twin Peaks mythology as an explanation of doppelgangers. I've been struggling ever since the introduction of Dougie Jones with how Evil Cooper (himself a doppelganger) could simply manufacture yet another doppelganger. Question answered: They're tulpas.…

"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU?! THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN THE FBI!!

And now Bobby is on the other side of the bars. The teenage drug dealer grew up to be a good cop, and the weirdest part is that it doesn't even seem that weird.

Yup. Even at its most glacial pace, Twin Peaks is densely packed with significant details, and there's no way any one person can catch them all in one viewing. These reviews and comments help point out all the things I missed, and it's awesome.

Both of those observations seem like very intriguing possibilities, but were they confirmed? If so, I missed it. Can you elaborate?

Did anyone else think that the "free country" guy was Leo at first? I mean, obviously he wasn't, but the thought crossed my mind when I first saw him.

Easily the best episode since the the beautifully bizarre fever dream nightmare of episode 8. Twin Peaks is at its best when it unapologetically embraces its weirdness, and this episode delivered.

In response to your second observation, it's a simple matter of practicality. The actress has aged 25 years, and therefore so has the character. It's the same reason the Giant and Laura Palmer look 25 years older, even though that makes no sense.

But in a way, wouldn't a sickly, on-deaths-door Jeffries be kind of perfect? It's a moot point anyway, because it almost certainly won't happen. It would just be awesome if it did.

Interesting theory about Red being grown-up Pierre. I hadn't thought of that. But isn't Red a little too old? Assuming Pierre was around 10-ish in the original, that would put him in his mid-30s now, and Red strikes me as mid-40s-ish (Balthazar Getty is 42 — I checked).

My understanding is that "roadhouse" is a generic term referring to a specific type of small-town bar, and Twin Peaks' roadhouse is officially called "The Bang Bang Bar," but everyone in town refers to it by the generic term "roadhouse."

It's happened before. In the original series, Shelly and Catherine — both long-time Twin Peaks residents — have clearly never met when they encounter each other at the mill.

It's definitely intentional. Shelly has a very clear "WTF just happened?" look on her face in the diner scene, like she doesn't quite trust her eyes enough to react beyond momentarily looking confused.

I like your take on the two Coopers representing two different aspects of the original Cooper, but it doesn't explain how the old, apparently-fully-integrated Cooper appeared in the Red Room/Power Station/Wherever-the-Hell-the-Giant-Was in the first two episodes. He even briefly appeared in the real world — apparently…

If they managed to film scenes with Bowie before he died, and kept it under wraps, and he ends up appearing in The Return as Jeffries, it will literally be the most awesome thing ever to happen on television.

David Bowie was supposed to have a brief appearance in The Return, right? And Evil Cooper seems to be on his way to a confrontation with Phillip Jeffries. It'll be interesting to see how they pull this off. Has Jeffries evolved into something else, like the Arm?

I don't think that was Ray's idea. Ray wanted to shoot Evil Cooper the second the elevator doors opened. Baldy McBiceps wanted to have some fun with him first.