That thought had crossed my mind too.

The monkey. I wonder if he was asked back for the return?

me too. i was wondering if it was intentionally garbled audio, or just gibberish. too many years standing beside loud, bashing cymbals for me.

Wow. Bob. Wow. I actually forgot Bob was a choice. It would be nice to have the real Frank Silva instead of the hologram bubble. I'm sure he would have played a bigger role.

They haven't asked yet.

around the dinner table, the conversation is lively.

Around the dinner table, the conversation is lively indeed. Love him or hate him, look how many people are talking about him. And the song. I think Lynch used a pretty good Green Butt Skunk.

True. Major Briggs might have thought The Woodsmen as such.

I read it. It made me fear The Return was going to have a lot to do with aliens. I'm kinda glad we've not yet seen any. Though we did briefly see David Duchovny. It also made me lament Don Davis was no longer of this world. If we could have any character from OTP back, I would choose him first. Pete Martell would…

The Pine Weasel! Dick Tremayne will return in Part 13 to save the day with Little Nicky, whose evil powers, now that he's grown, will defeat The Dopp Coop.

maybe he's challenging the collective 2-minute attention span of device-addled america. . .

That's OK. I'd like to think Ruth Gordon is somewhere in TP too. She would have been an interesting replacement for Michael Anderson. But, using her Rosemary's Baby persona.

As we see agent Cooper's eyes close for the final time…

Wait till Sunday's episode when we get introduced to the people at the temple…

When do the sheep enter the room?

Freedom Fries!

Don't you mean Teri Wiegel?

"when she saw the photo of Ruth Gordon's arm"

was that the "talent show" episode? "I wanna be loved by you. . ."

Boyle got too close to the electrical outlet in the Sgt's barracks and ended up a gold marble in the Mayberry Lodge. He was replaced by Sgt. Hacker, obviously a Black Lodge construct sent to keep an eye on Pyle and Carter.