Twin Peaks: The Return

  The esoteric semiotic imagery and the surrealism inspire imagination.

After 25 years, the strange tale of Twin Peaks finally continues.

This time, David Lynch directs all of the 18 episodes, and it shows. The direction and mood of this third season are typical for his standards, where some of the episodes are some of the most outlandish and bizarre products created by him.

The overall plot is a faithful and an interesting continuation of Laura Palmer’s situation, Dale Cooper’s situation, the recognizable old cast and the surrealism of this series. With more creativity and gore, Twin Peaks’s old cast is almost entirely reunited, while the new cast and new locations make for an intriguing and diverse ride.

Dale’s split persona of an evil Cooper and a retarded, mimicking Cooper is perhaps my famous concept of this season, as the latter version especially hilariously let me laugh plenty of times, with the casino scene where he wins over 25 jackpots being the standout for me.

(HELLLOOOOOOOOOOO!!)

Location wise, it goes around various states of the U.S.A. instead of just Twin Peaks, Washington state. Other than my favorite comedy scene as described above, this third season is fucking hilarious in general, and nudity is also involved, but there's also a very emotional child accident scene that touched my heart.

However, it can also be one of the darkest cinematographic journeys, and Lynch is a master when it comes to mind fucks, as one episode in particular is almost entirely dedicated to the bizarre, the abstract and the unknown, and I can easily guess that this is where most viewers might have second thoughts or stop right there and say this is too much.

The vibes, script, dialogue and cast of the early 90’s are still here, while main actresses/stars from Mulholland Dr.(2001) and Inland Empire(2006) are also featured here. There are also plenty of long take scenes where Lynch deliberately wants to suck the audience into evoking a certain kind of emotion.

Arguably, The Return has the most horror found inside Lynch's filmography. In overall, Twin Peaks Season 3, The Return or the 2017 version(however you want to call it) was worth the very long wait, and with a confounding ending, it might or might not be the end of the overall story line.

It's a very familiar yet different kind of beast compared to the first 2 seasons from so long ago.

Rating: 8.5

And with all of these numerous horror articles posted for this month, I bid October 2018 goodbye, and I wish myself and all of us a Happy Halloween!