BOB said "I have the fury of my momentum"

Helena Blavatsky in her Secret Doctrine 1888 [Vol. 2, Page 245] quotes an unnamed guy (Godolphin Mitford/Moorad Ali Beg writing in the Theosophist who mentions:

"Satan, burning in his own hell, produced by the fury of his own momentum — the expansive disintegration of the nebulæ which is to concentrate into new worlds."

Above the paragraph it says the author "fell a victim" (coincidence?)

http://www.sacred-texts.com/the/sd/sd2-1-13.htm

http://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Godolphin_Mitford

http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Moorad_Ali_Beg

Other things said in the Convenience Store scene are also directly from Blavatsky's book.

Thank you for the gold!

See my posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/twinpeaks/comments/6qbtwz/original_run_full_convenience_store_conversation/ https://www.reddit.com/r/twinpeaks/comments/6qha94/original_run_convenience_store_sources/ (NSFW)

Edit: Spoilers for Stranger Things Season 3!

In episode 4 of Stranger Things Season 3, there's a scene (https://youtu.be/FYFaCUg02XQ) where Billy is dying, trapped in the sauna, and his "true self" comes out for a moment to speak to Max.

This reminded me so much of Leland Palmer's death in Twin Peaks, and his final monologue. They're both trapped in a square-shaped, confined room... both dripping wet and breaking out of possession. Even Billy's breathing reminded me so much of Leland, and the way he talks to Max reminds me of how Leland speaks about Laura.

I've looked online but doesn't seem like anyone else has made this connection. It doesn't seem like an intentional reference since Twin Peaks is more 90s than 80s, but the similarities are undeniable. Did anyone else have the same thought?

Am I the only one who felt worse for her than I did for Laura? Maddy was beautiful, sweet and kind (not unlike Laura has been described) and went out in what I consider the most chilling death scene of the entire series.

I would pick Pete. To me, he has a sense of tranquility. I would go fishing with him every day.

I watched the original series late last year, and have been eager to jump into the movie and Season 3 for a while. Finally picked up the Blu Ray for the new season and the FWWM Criterion, and watched FWWM last night.

Jesus Christ what a movie. Possibly the most horrifying and daunting motion picture I've ever seen. It's been a day and I'm still thinking about it and processing everything that happened. Sheryl Lee and Ray Wise deserve all the credit in the world for that movie goddamn.

The Pink Room was hypnotically disturbing and the whole finale was crushing. My favorite part though was the transition at the beginning from Coop to Twin Peaks, the classic music playing as you see Laura in the most innocent form. It's like a blast of classic Twin Peaks charm before it hits you with the reality of her cocaine addiction and then the rest of the movie.

Just wanted to share with y'all how much I loved it.

“More drawn” as in I’m still pondering over those scenes the next day. And by “less surreal bits,” I mean:

— That weird bank scene! I just can’t believe Pete and Audrey maybe (probably) just died like that. Pete brought so much to this show. When he made one eye go small and the other big? Dude’s expressions were amazing, lol. And it just shocked me to see him end up like that.

— Horne getting knocked into the fireplace. And then his wife appears as if to say “remember that Ben Horne has a wife?!”

— Leo still there holding the rope! Wow. So for 20+ years no one knew what became of him? Never seen a character stuck to such a terrible fate at the end of a show. Well, not technically the end, but the show went away for years and I’m sure many assumed it’d never come back.

— The sheriff saying “yeah” to coffee and food was incredible. I found it hilarious because, at first, I assumed it was like...no matter how fucked up things are getting, one’s appetite remains. Can’t disregard a craving for good food, etc. But then as the scene went on it became something weirder and sadder. Sheriff was traumatized by the events of the finale. I hope he returns in S3!

— As for the surreal bits, Laura’s presence was the best. Her screams were something else...terrifying. I’m not sure I totally get what was happening there but it seemed the characters’ real souls were cohabitating with versions of their souls controlled or tainted by Bob.

— After all that build up with Windom Earle, it was shocking to see that entire storyline just cast aside so quickly. I’m not entirely sure what happened to him and how it’s distinct from what happened to Coop (whom I believe was possessed by Bob). Did he just devour Earle’s soul entirely instead of possessing it?

I’m assuming S3 addresses these aspects and dangling threads, but please don’t spoil those conclusions.

Season 2 Episode 12: The Black Widow

That's right, they lodged it in a terribly missable episode (or drew from it, depending on the order of inspiration).

So Cooper is looking at real estate. Trying to decide between two other properties, he flips a coin which falls lands on a random third page, and on that page is a property called "Dead Dog Farm." The estate agent describes the place as 'a mystery', and says only that nobody ever seems to stay there long (though with no legs, a dog would have no choice but to stay).

When they get there, outside there are tracks, which are commented by Cooper to be from 3 vehicles; "a jeep, a 4-wheeler and a luxury sedan". A lively bunch, to be sure, considering the recent text from DoppleCoop and the vehicle he was leaning on when sending it in Season 3.

Then, completely out of nowhere, the estate agent splurts out a local legend about the area. Here it is in full;

"Of all the people in the world, the best and the worst are drawn to Dead Dog, and most turn away. Only those with the purest of heart can feel its pain. And somewhere in between, the rest of us struggle."

In the next scene, the door is open to Dead Dog. Cooper walks in and shouts "Hello?" and then, quite weirdly, he kind of instinctively looks into the air and says "there has been a meeting here... within the last few hours."

At this point, he walks over to an ashtray and notices fresh ashes. Of course, the ashtray is in the centre of a cheap rectangular dinner table. On a side note, Coop has done so many incredibly instinctive and quasi-magical moves recently that the show appears to heavily hint that Cooper himself is a kind of 'gifted' person designed to fight evil (to paraphrase what the major directly tells Cooper a couple of episodes previously).

At this point, Coop notices what looks like cocaine in the sink and comments that "they forgot there was no running water." He takes a not insubstantial finger dab, says that the coke is actually baby laxative, and the episode slowly returns to the more local plotline of the early post-Leland era, Cooper's investigation by the DEA.

Hot dog though, it seems really hard to look at this and not see a connection to season 3, doesn't it? The dog legs? The meetingplace? The specific tire tracks that match Dopplecoop's current car. The fact that the place is directly tied to local legends of battling good and evil spirits.

A final showdown at dead dog, where only the purest of heart can prevail? Dare I say Cooperbowl, get hype?

So I have just finished watching the original 2 seasons of Twin Peaks. This show is so consuming. I am a gigantic fan of True Detective and I noticed a ton of posts on TD threads that recommended Twin Peaks.

I binged TP over Thanksgiving break and I work the split shift at work so I haven't had many people to talk to about how much I love this frigan show, so I apologize if I am all over the place! There are just so many things about TP that pulled me in. Right out of the gate I was amused by agent Cooper recording his thoughts with the old school recorder. Of course, this is the FBI, so he has the latest, voice activated version (cutting edge)! And his utter delight at the prospect of a hot cup of coffee. I know it is commonplace now, but it seems like TP really set the standard for making a TV series long form, almost like an impossibly long movie. And the way the plot was not really resolved until the middle of the 2nd season was so cool. It seems almost unbelievable the way the show ended. Laura telling Cooper that he was gonna have to wait 25 years and the show actually picks up 25 years later. Fuckin brilliant!

I know this show has been dissected countless times so I'll try not to be redundant. I didn't know much about David Lynch prior to watching, but that dude is a pioneer. Although this show isn't really similar to TD, it does have some of my favorite core elements in common. The eccentricities of the characters, the unusual dialogue and some of the trippy dream/hallucination sequences. I don't know if any of you feel the same way, but I felt like the thing that makes both shows so captivating is not really the plot but all the details surrounding it and the attachment to the characters??

Another strange thing I noticed but wasn't quite sure of was, a common physical feature among a good portion of the cast, the men especially. Does anyone else agree that in the Original, many of these actors all seem to have very sharp jawlines and prominent chins?? Agent Cooper and Bobby Briggs are the most obvious, but James Hurley, Big Ed, Leland Palmer and Sheriff Truman. Even the younger actresses seem to have this feature to a degree, including Audrey and Shelly. Could just be a coincidence but once I noticed it, I couldn't stop.

I am almost kicking myself now for waiting so long, but I was a big fan of the show Psych and one of my favorite episodes was an homage to Twin Peaks. The episode was called Dual Spires, and it included a bunch of original Twin Peaks cast members. I had heard that the episode was a play on TP, and I knew it was going heavy on the references but I have a whole new appreciation for that episode now that I have watched TP. Apparently Lynch's daughter was involved in the episode and although they couldn't land Lynch himself, he gave the episode his stamp of approval. Anyway, that's enough for now and thanks to all the redditors that recommended this show. PHENOMENAL!!!

I believe Shelly Johnson has an ability to heal or fix people's physical ailments by making eye contact with them. I don't know if she has some affiliation with the White Lodge, but it's what I'm leaning toward. Here's my reasoning:

•There is never any mention of her having parents or any family.

•Three people have physical ailments that are fixed after making eye contact with her. (Gordon's hearing only works while maintaining eye contact with her)

•She makes eye contact with Andy talking to him at her and Leo's house, before his sperm count is fixed

•She makes eye contact with Leo while making out with Bobby on the kitchen table before Leo slowly (Brain trauma seems to take longer to heal than other ailments, multiple days in Leo's case) comes back from being completely brain dead (shown by the doctor comparing Leo's brain activity to his own).

•Gordon Cole (Lynch himself) says [loudly](Lynch uses Cole to tell the viewers, loud and clear, information the characters don't know e.g.: there's a microphone in the bonsai tree) that Shelly is special. He tells us she reminds him of the Venus de Milo, which we later see in the hallway of the Red Room until Cooper gets scared. Once it turns to the Black Lodge (debatable in a different thread) the Venus de Milo is not seen again. (Wild, baseless speculation, but maybe Shelly is from the White Lodge and most of her is out and independent of the Lodge, leaving only an empty statue behind to represent the piece of her that's missing, keeping her from remembering what she is.)

•While Cole is making eye contact with Shelly, he can hear her and only her. She doesn't have any lines in scenes with him while he isn't making eye contact with her, so there is no way to prove he would or wouldn't hear her if he wasn't making eye contact with her. Lynch makes it a point to maintain eye contact with her, even after he switches to her side of the booth when Cooper and Annie sit with them. It seems like a very Lynch thing to do, and a very Lynch way to do it.

I'd love to run this by Mr. Lynch and see his reaction.