It's not really about smoking in some cases and is more about heat.

Speaking of Jacoby, I don't think Lynch could have ever imagined how timely his political rant was for what went on this week…

I didn't mind that the revelation about Richard took place offcamera, mostly because I felt like we got the big moment when we learned Miriam was still alive. Having them stand by her hospital bed getting a confession out of her wouldn't have added anything.

Jerry and Jacoby feel mostly like short appearances to me, scattered through episodes. I feel like we've seen a lot more of Ben and Hawk. I keep thinking we've gotten to the point where we'll get more and more of Bobby and Shelly and then they vanish again. I'm also surprised we haven't had any Ed yet.

I keep saying this but I think next week must be it mostly just because there's nowhere left to go with Tim Roth and JJL being on the way to Vegas. And the stories of everyone else in Vegas seem to be over. So unless they all just go offcamera for a while you'd think next week is the end.

Carl's scene was my favorite in this episode. I'm glad we're still getting that kindness amidst all the uglier moments. I wonder if they beefed up his role due to Catherine Coulson being so ill.

True.

It seems like with the revival the only time female characters get attention from a lot of fans (aside from people who were waiting to see Audrey, or who enjoyed the Diane memes) is to talk about how terrible they are. Of course there are writing problems for women in this season, and a lot of the criticism is…

I wouldn't call Diane, Shelly, Norma, etc. shrill or stupid. And I notice that some female characters like Janey-E get that label based on one or two scenes while their other moments are ignored.

She was upset because it hadn't been there before. I think maybe it's something new being given to the populace to damage them, similar to what's going on with the drugs.

I can't see even Laura Dern doing much with having to recite endless new character names and telling viewers about her offcamera troubled, bought and paid for marriage, her affair, a dream with a bleeding nose and mouth, etc.

It sort of blurred together for me because I already got more than enough of Ben talking at length about himself and his childhood in the original series. Ben has always mostly just cared about himself. It was a well-acted scene, but nothing I had involvement in. The better parts for me were when they mentioned Harry.

I think he's mostly there as a symbol, rather than a main character. He's amoral and evil, and he's working for something that we see built up through other characters. I think we see Dougie more because Dougie = Coop.

Sherilyn Fenn has never been much of an actress. She had a lot of charisma and beauty. I think that's mostly still there (she looks a bit like a rougher Jane Russell now but I think she's still a pretty lady), but most of what made Audrey special was already gone long before the show was canceled - you could see the…

Episode 6 was very patchwork for me, and episode 10 I just thought was too much of the violence against women in one episode, but I did enjoy parts of them. I've enjoyed parts or all of each episode, but I do think this one was let down by the hype. Without that I think I would have enjoyed this one more.

I have mixed feelings about Audrey, because I got so sick of the fanon over Audrey that I sort of liked that she was so blowsy and harsh here, but then I also knew we'd get a revival of the "See how much David Lynch hates women? See?" stakes, and of course I also am not overjoyed that Audrey is an angry and lonely…

Wasn't this one a normal length? Episode 10 was the one that seemed short to me.

I've rarely seen a director/producer/writer/etc. troll their audience the way Lynch did this week, between that endless scene with the French woman (with Albert as the viewer standin) to smaller moments like the phone scene with Audrey and Charlie as well as Audrey saying "I'm tired of waiting" as her first line…

I always thought his Twin Peaks role seemed thrown together…at least now there's confirmation. He certainly brought a lot of style to a thankless part.

My favorite Catherine scene (aside from the one where she pretends to be doing a wacky dance with a grieving Leland and a large group joins them) was the one where she realizes Ben's betrayal and sees that Pete is the only one who was ever good to her. And she always treats him a bit better after that. Piper Laurie is…