When I worked retail, I had a supervisor who'd regurgitate that kind of stuff while griping, often literally in the same breath, about "friggin' monkeys." She would also routinely toss off gems like "I'm not racist, but I'm racist against people like that." Man, I'm glad I got out of there.

I've never been able to abide the Evelyn Marsh storyline, but that's an interesting perspective. I'll keep it in mind for my next re-watch.

Oh, yes - a wonderful actor for sure. I'm coming at least partly from a place of nostalgia: it's just tough at first to accept a different Sheriff, especially given Ontkean's easy chemistry with MacLachlan. Then again, Frank has had very little to do thus far besides be as patient as humanly possible with the…

I dunno, he sounded utterly dead inside today. Speaking of which, can we take a moment to appreciate the surreality of that audio-only press briefing? How does removing the camera make his BS any more palatable? I mean, the whole issue is with his words.

Looking at it again, you might be right. I guess his history of being pathologically unable to admit fault makes me less inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. Doesn't help that there's no accounting for tone online, particularly when the speaker's communication skills leave, shall we say, something to be…

Anyone else seeing the #Covfefe [account name]s? His supporters are trying to reclaim it as a rallying cry. So there's officially nothing they won't get on board with.

Gloria's counter-trolling skills do not disappoint.

He was actually kind of blandly handsome in his youth ( https://c.o0bg.com/rf/image… ). Guess that's what the Dark Side does to you. Also gin. Lots of it.

…Oh, do we wanna do that?

Someone's awfully steamed. Let's cool that hot heart with a cool island song: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Every now and then I'll fall into this funk where I scroll through my collection and nothing appeals to me. Music is up there with breathing when it comes to things I'm rather fond of, so it's no fun when this happens. The metaphorical clouds broke, thankfully, when I settled on Songs of Leonard Cohen as the…

I think I saw them headlining for the Underwater Basket Weavers.

Maybe I just have a retroactive bias against anything James-related on account of the Evelyn Marsh fiasco. That scene does work to lull you off your guard just before BOB crashes the party. In the venerable words of Rod Stewart, POOP PANTS!

That's pretty hilarious (and a bit stupefying). I guess I figured this revival wouldn't really be on your radar unless you were already pretty pop culture savvy and had a good idea who David Lynch is. For the same reason that I'll occasionally blare "Sister Ray" with the windows open, I'm glad pure Lynch is finding…

You're gonna need to be a little more specific.

I forget the exact quote from the Lester Holt interview, but it was something along the lines of "I don't even know who's investigating me! Is it the FBI? Is it Congress? Is it the Senate?"

Has there been a lot of that? I wondered on the night of the premiere if there might be a backlash from people just looking for a cozy "pie and coffee" nostalgia trip, but then I figured those crossover types would have already taken flight after the first couple dozen "I HEARD ABOUT YOU!"s and never stopped running.

Yeah, nothing but respect for Forster, but I do miss Harry. Ontkean had a certain warmth that Forster's stoic Frank lacks so far. We hardly know him yet, though.

Didn't notice the apparent scorching. I'll definitely have to look closely on re-watching (you know, once I catch up on Fargo, The Americans, Better Call Saul, et al. - ah, Golden Age problems).

Yes, good catch with Mr. Lanterman. Hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere else (it was pretty easy to miss).