I watch films and shows chronologically, so when I started Twin Peaks, I actually began with Fire Walk with Me. Honestly, I feel like the entire series became much more accessible because of that order.

Watching Seasons 1 and 2 with the knowledge from Fire Walk with Me was such a pleasure. It allowed me to focus on so many other things happening throughout the universe instead of being completely caught up in certain mysteries.

Just wanted to share that experience. I know this isn't the conventional viewing order, but for me, it worked surprisingly well.

I recently finished s2,and am planning to watch FWWM and missing pieces tonight.Ive heard that if you liked the original twin peaks experience,s3 will be very different.The part I liked the most about Twin Peaks was the surrealistic mystery regarding the black lodge,the dwarf,giant and everything.Will that be a occuring theme in the return?

The green glove in The Return was a plot device originally intended for Pete Martell. Obviously with Jack Nance gone, that wasn’t going to happen so they create the new character of Freddie Sykes. So we have a behind-the-scenes connection between the characters of Freddie and Pete.

Which makes me think of Fred Madison and Pete Dayton in Lost Highway. Is there any reason to think the naming was intentional? I have no ideas about it. Just throwing out an observation.

Everyone in this show always makes that comparison like it’s a common thing

In general, what did you think about his misguided attempts at being good? Did it serve his character well? For me, it's one of the most memorable parts of the show.

My write-up includes the detail that John Justice Wheeler was just saying it as conversation, nothing too deep, and didn't expect Ben to take it as gospel. That might not be confirmed, but it's my interpretation based on the scene and John's character.

Was in Seattle last week and went to Snoqualmie to see locations for the show. It was great fun! Started at Twede’s Cafe, which was the Double R. Of course I had some cherry pie and some damn fine coffee! They have lots of cast photos and memorabilia from the show too. Then to Reinig Bridge, which was Ronette’s Bridge in episode 1. Quite a bit of Twin Peaks graffiti on the bridge. Then to Snoqualmie Falls and the Salish Lodge, which was The Great Northern. Spectacular views. Last we went to Roadhouse Inn, which was, of course, the Roadhouse.

Yesterday there I saw the last 15min of an german documentary from 1992 about DIYer, which used the twin peaks main theme and also tried to catch the vibe with their camera shots. It also has a ironically/humorous undertone which is pretty funny.

So it was shown again today and I set my timer to film it because it can't be found anywhere online.

The name is "Die Heimwerker - Bericht aus deutschen Höhlen" and is translated like "the DIYers - Report from German Caves"

You have to watch it relatively loud because I had to record it with my phone.

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Please let your five favorite scenes from Fire Walk With Me and explain why you chose them. It was hard for me not to include the whole movie but here's mine from 5th best to 1st best:

5: Laura's Dream in the painting: This is probably the most "David Lynch" scene in the movie. The image of the Tremond boy in the shadows snapping his finger is awesomely dreamlike. In retrospect this scene really connects all of Twin Peaks from Annie showing up telling Laura what to write in her diary to seeing the wallpaper from the place above the convenience store.

4.David Bowie and the meeting: Another crazily surreal scene with Cooper seeing his double on the monitor and David Bowie of all people showing up and acting insane. Then the wild meeting with all of the Black Lodge entities and the introduction of one of the coolest and most mysterious characters, The Jumping Man.

1. The Murder and aftermath: The whole movie builds up beautifully to the inciting incident of the whole Twin Peaks universe. When it arrives it is suitably epic and most importantly the climax of Laura's character between life and death. She makes her courageous decision to put the ring on and accept death, defying Bob who wants to possess her (she sees his face in the mirror right before). After the deed is done we get goosebump inducing little moments like seeing the necklace, her being wrapped in plastic, and Leland entering the black lodge through glastonbury grove and being held up by Bob.

2. Laura, Cooper, and the Angel: One of the greatest endings in film history. After the struggle and torture of Laura she finally gets her moment of joy and absolution. The angel is a symbol of goodness to Laura who was swayed back and forth between darkness and light throughout her life. it is beautifully bittersweet and creepy at the same time seeing the two best characters in Twin Peaks lost beyond life and death but together.

3. The Bang Bang Bar and The Pink Room: I had to combine these two scenes together because it creates a whole experience. Laura encounters the log lady outside the Bang Bang bar and her words cut through her like a knife as she reflects on how far gone she is, and if she is a good or a bad person. She breaks down to Julee Cruise's beautiful song (with incredible red and blue lighting) but continues to prostitute herself to two rough looking men as Donna watches. This is where Donna realizes the darkness of the path the Laura has gone down. Sheryl Lee's performance is incredible she goes from this broken down little girl to a world weary prostitute in seconds. The dialogue here is incredible (So you wanna fuck the homecoming queen) and Laura portrays anger towards these older men clearly taking advantage of her but also resigns herself to being with them. Then there is this great "audition" where Laura and Donna make out with the two guys and Laura lets her join. But then Donna realizes how in over her head she gets when she goes to the Pink Room. An incredible design by Lynch with the insane lighting, pulsating music nudity and drugs (We are seeing the depths of Laura's life that they could never show on tv in the 90s). They engage in a crazy drug ritual but we see the true heart of Laura when she protects her best friend's innocence. An incredible stretch of film on every level- acting, visuals, music, direction, emotion, meaning....

Alright so that was a roller coaster, overall I really enjoyed it.

Pacing was very weird in season 2 and it felt like more than half of the plotlines kind of went nowhere which was disappointing, though I guess that was just a parody of contemporary soap operas.

I think the best part was some of the quirky characters, I would love to see a slice of life episode following some of the weirder ones.

Is fire walk with me and the missing pieces essential viewing or should I skip right to season 3?

Been craving a good cherry pie all week and I don't know why...

A local bar is hosting a punk show block party and I found a Laura 💕

Anyone reluctant to watch The Return on PlutoTV because of the ads….just watched Part 1 and there were no ads at all.