I don’t remember him physically recoiling. I’ve always perceived their relationship as being a loving one in the flashbacks, except for the window incident, obviously. But I will rewatch (again and again, as per my usual) with that in mind. What I got out of the car flashback is that Mr. Robot, as an imaginary friend,…

I think we can’t really trust Elliot’s version of events with regard to the window incident. I remember in the first season when he told Mr. Robot the story at Coney Island, before he realized that Mr. Robot was his dad, he said that after his dad pushed him out the window, his dad never looked at him or spoke with…

Wow, what an episode. I know I’m just some rando on the internet, but I give it an A+. I don’t know if I’ve ever been so haunted by an episode of Mr. Robot—I finally had the time to watch it last night because of the holiday, and I ended up dreaming about it all night. I thought it was very powerful, and incredibly,…

Can’t wait for Mr. Robot! I think it’s the only show that can fill the Twin-Peaks-sized hole in my heart.

Oh, that is so, so beautiful. The Log Lady is my favorite. There is so much to love about Twin Peaks, but one of my favorite things is the intros that she did for all the episodes when they aired on Bravo. They always move me and make me think. Thank you for pointing me to this. It’s exactly what I needed to hear…

Thank you for your kind words and I am so, so sorry for your loss, too. How awful. It’s strange that a show like Twin Peaks can be healing, but it somehow is. Take good care of yourself, and <hugs>.

It looks like Diane and Gordon are both touching their fingertips to their “spirit” finger in that top photo. I wonder if that means anything.

Sex also preceded Coop switching places with Dougie and the Experiment killing Sam and Tracy. 

As if I needed more reasons to never eat meat again. :(

Really beautiful essay, Sean. I think it’s my favorite that I’ve read on The Return so far. My dad passed away the week that the sixth part, “Don’t Die,” aired, and I couldn’t bring myself to watch it for a couple of weeks. I’m really glad that I did, though, because The Return has been cathartic for me, and has…

My excitement over the return of Mr. Robot is the only thing keeping me going now that Twin Peaks is almost over. I loved both the first and second seasons a ridiculous amount, and I can’t wait to have my everyone’s-a-robot theory validated.

All drugs should be legal. Doesn’t make the bland corporate branding of everything less gross.

That’s very true. It is normalized beyond our wildest dreams here in Colorado, but the corporate side of it still grates sometimes....probably because I’m old and crotchety.

I love weed but this is annoying. Stop ruining my weed, legalization! I want to enjoy my creative sojourns of a solitary nature (tm Jerry Horne) without corporatism laming it up. Hmph!

Me too. By the time I figure out what the hell is going on, AV Club will get sold to some other crappy-ass media mogul and we’ll have to go through this all over again. *grumble*

I think Wild Wild West has been my favorite, too. It sounds so different from all the other songs so far, and I liked the passion of it, too.

I see you! And I’m so glad because I really enjoy your posts. Have you seen this? http://welcometotwinpeaks.com/theories/dale-cooper-ruby-screaming-video/ Dale and Ruby both crawling, same electricity/strobe effect, and then Janey-E and Ruby screaming. It is so, so great.

Lol, it's all in a day's work. :) Thank you for your nice comment!

Thank you so much!

Seasons Five and Six as a connected pair are my favorite. I think taken as a pair, they are perfect thematically. Buffy is her most heroic in Season Five, and her least heroic in Season Six, during which she exhibits symptoms of severe depression and PTSD. I love flawed, pained, failing, struggling Buffy as much as I…