I somehow managed to watch the entire episode, believing it to be the Season Finale (since I was confused by Better Call Saul, which did end this week). So with every scene I was going "This is it? ….Huh!" I've got to go back and watch it again now that I know there's a real conclusion on the way.

Holy shit! Thank you. Very clever of Lynch/Frost, Gordon Cole, and Emily L. Stevens.

I don't agree with this. The other directors were a mixed bag — some were great; others were not — since the post-Sopranos concept of a show having a consistent tone and pacing across all episodes didn't really exist yet. Many of the directors were visibly attempting to mimic Lynch's style, and none of them understood…

I think the reviewer means "repeated word" and not "reversed word."

Obviously "18 hour movie" is a term of art — of course everyone involved understands that it's 18 hours of television; technically a "season" — but we're taking the remark seriously because 1) it's Lynch talking about the process of making it, and 2) the original Twin Peaks, no matter what the causes (accidental or…

But he directed only 2 of the 8 episodes of season 1 (which is nearly the same ratio). He just didn't direct much of it.

Except the Victoria's Secret commercials. He's really good at those.

I found myself critiquing how the guy was sweeping. "No, not over there! Get that stuff first."

That entire pre-title sequence is one of the best in the entire Bond series. The three or four discrete bits of soundtrack music (played in succession) are the secret sauce.

Fixed. Thanks.

I forgot about the "secret" diary. I remember that revelation in Season 2 as an example of how the show seemed to be piling up more and more and more data on top of Laura Palmer's life, with so many friendships, jobs (fragrance counter, meals on wheels), sexual relationships, etc. — all hidden from each other, and all…

Ditto!

And that Rolex looks really old and battered — it's a very early "Explorer" model; could be an heirloom.

Opening shot of Skyfall!

Someone "arranged for a Pinkerton Man" is probably the correct phrasing, isn't it?

Of course I'm angry! Aren't you angry? If not, why not?

It's a fucking moral/psychological/sociological necessity for all of us! What the hell is the matter with you? It's not the AVClub; it's all of us. What world are you living in, that you're not involved?

He doesn't want to quit or cash out, and he believes they can't make him.

He can't "focus on his legal practice" because he can't practice law in any capacity.

YES!