The problem I had with the "spark" of the last half of season 2 is the awful faux-quirkiness. To me that's anathema to Twin Peaks. I remember the scene where Cooper gave Sarah a pep talk about moving on before Leland's funeral, and the scene itself is certainly moving (if a bit patronizing on Cooper's part), but the…

The problem with reaction to the reboot is that ANY praise of ANY scene is often dismissed as being a "fanboy." Unless people spit nails, then they have no objectivity.

I don't see anything in Diane that suggests a bitter hag. Aside from her working with bad Cooper, possibly (it's so vague I can't tell), what's the worst she's done? Say "Fuck you." That's it. Male characters say that on TV and in movies all the time and are celebrated. I think Dern and the writing have added enough…

I think a lot of it is Lynch's burnt-away approach to the characters compared to the first time around, which was glossier. I think that a lot of the writing for women is one-note, but I think it's not that new of a problem, although it's worse now. I think it's easy to forget the original show's issues with female…

If only one other woman has the slot filled then surely most of the other women on the show can't be screaming shrews, can they?

Did anyone else think Sherilyn also looked somewhat like Lynn Redgrave?

One of the running themes of the revival seems to be, with a few exceptions (Shelly, Albert, Lucy, Andy, Norma), how the returning characters subvert expectations. Nadine is now a successful businesswoman, Bobby is a law-abiding solid joe, Dale is essentially a husk, Audrey is embittered and callous, Gordon is a…

Sorry about that. That was before I got into Twin Peaks though, so the good thing is Laura will protect both of us from ceiling fans…

I think 9 episodes was too little. I'd say 18 episodes might be one or two too many.

The gushy reaction made me doubt as well. It just seems too obvious that she's all good and Diane is plotting and bad. Of course I know some fans think Gordon is the one doing the nefarious plotting…

Yeah we must be getting at least one scene of Ed per previews. Of course that may be his only scene and he and James only have one each, but I'd be surprised if Lynch brought him back just for that.

What always makes Sarah so compelling is that she's at the heart of what makes Twin Peaks what it is, yet she also tends to feel like she's on her own show any time we see her. I sometimes wish we saw more of Sarah, a lot more, but then I think when the two worlds mix too much she loses some of her effectiveness as a…

It's been a while since I've really been impressed with her performances.

When Hawk and Frank read Laura's diary pages.

Probably because she isn't as easy to take as a lot of his younger actors, especially as many of her performances are so uncomfortable and raw.

Ben always wants to think he can change, but the real Ben isn't far from the surface, as shown in his reaction to Sylvia.

They've also mentioned Annie, even though she isn't supposed to return. Maybe they just have to mention them for plot reasons. I'd love to see Sam and Chet again though, as their part of FWWM was one of the more fascinating corners of Twin Peaks-land (and Kiefer is adorable in the role, while Isaak is probably at his…

I wish we could get maybe a short season or even a TV-movie, but I should just be happy with what we got.

I tend to wonder if part of that is from watching it all quickly. To me the tone of the show changes quite a bit from week to week.

I also thought the guy going on about someone nearly running him over was a sign of how nasty the town is becoming, although maybe that was just to show Richard or evil Cooper were coming or going.