That's so true, and also beautiful in its sadness. I'm torn between wanting them to explore Bobby's feelings more on this and thinking it's better left understated.

And Deer Meadow was the start of what would later kill Laura, which started where we are now. Cooper and Laura weren't there to stop any of what happened so maybe their return is what will save Twin Peaks now.

And Bobby will probably be weeping…

The TVLine recap says that supposedly LFB was asked to reprise the role of Donna and she would have been the one crying in the booth while James sang. I'm not sure if that's true or not (they aren't sure either) but I think I preferred that the new girl did it - it showed the cycle of old to new, and how some things…

I guess it's the same as Shelly seeing the room change.

I forgot to say that I like that when we see bad Coop he often has to rattle off lines about how he needs new burner phones. One of the ways that Lynch treats modern technology is that it's all a bit grubby, archaic, a means to an end, It helps to humanize bad Coop that he may have all the strength or invulnerability…

Those night driving scenes still creep me out every time. I was glad at least this one had a comedic interlude.

I also wonder if they're doing this so they won't have to dwell long on Dale reacting to everything that he will likely blame himself for when he wakes up (like what happened to Diane, or Audrey).

Someone said when you slow it down you get this - https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I'd just hate for them to end the show still in stasis, although that's true to life. It's just so sad, especially since they've been doing this since they were in high school.

Probably. That and Lynch being repeatedly asked to change his style over the years.

The music sounded like something from Carnival of Souls.

Any time you see him you know all that is coming is death and pain. Making him so cold and clinical, rather than trying to do a Frank SIlva impression, was genius.

Agreed. I felt like people were tripping over themselves to use her for thought pieces about how Lynch hates women and so on. Funny how now that we're seeing more layers, many of those people have nothing to say.

It's a very important scene in that the scene of Bob terrifying Maddy would not work half as well without that buildup.

We just needed Charlotte Greenwood doing high-kicks for no apparent reason.

That's how I feel with Cooper. This whole story has made me care far more about him than I did before. I know to many these stories have "ruined" the characters, but to me it opens them up, rather than keeping them as self-parodies.

That one WAS included in the last few years of the Sally Struthers ad.

I think it's because he's so guileless. He's whatever people need him to be.

I enjoy Gordon and Albert (especially Albert) but I didn't mind the break.