I watched Twin Peaks for the first time, feel like a fool

Submitted by neuroflix t3_ybfu0y in television

Decided to watch Twin Peaks for the first time...feel like a fool.

My husband and I decided it was time we gave Twin Peaks a go. We were super excited as we've heard amazing things.

We got to the end of the first episode and we had no idea what the hell was going on, but we liked it.

End of the second episode we decided it would have totally blown people's minds in 1990.

By the third episode I couldn't believe it looked so good for something that was 31 years old, we decided it must have been remastered.

During the fourth episode the sheriff flashed a cell phone that looked just like an i-phone...WTF.

We've been watching the 2017 season, with no idea what's going on but still praising it for standing the test of time.

What a pair of gimps.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_itg8q64 wrote

It is, believe it or not, the most heartwarmingly wholesome TV show about >!a dead teenage hooker.!<

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redditbad22 t1_itgi3qp wrote

Is the entire show and 30 years of spin-offs about this? Do they ever solve it?

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HellkittyAnarchy t1_itglxne wrote

It's "solved" by the end of season 1 or 2 iirc. It's just the answer only raises more questions. And Fire Walk with Me then lets you see how it all played out, among other things.

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fcukumicrosoft t1_itgzknf wrote

It was only "solved" because the network suits forced this to happen. They did not understand Lynch's vision and it started to sag in the ratings.

Yes, I watched it when it first aired and lived somewhat close to where the interiors were filmed. A friend of mine once missed an episode so he went to the studio and asked to watch the previous week's episode. They actually let him watch it there.

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ericsartwrk t1_ith5749 wrote

Also, Lynch left the show because they made them ‘solve’ the murder. That’s why s2 isn’t as good as s1 until the last couple episodes when Lynch came back

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HouAngelesDodgeStro t1_ith828s wrote

Why do all of my favorite shows have to be "ruined" by networks? TP, Lost, DBZA, Heroes, dammit people just let the creative types do what they want!

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camwow13 t1_itjmoii wrote

Literally the last episode. Not even last couple episodes.

It's solved in the middle of Season 2 in such a shocking way he's basically trying to middle finger the TV suits. It's amazing that that murder was shown on network television in 1991. After that, the plot devolves mostly into campy nonsense, then Lynch shows up in the last episode, blows the daylights out of the camp plots, does a crazy twist, and then it's canceled. Pretty legendary TV moment from 30 years ago.

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ericsartwrk t1_itjpfk4 wrote

Just couldn’t remember if the finale was a two parter or not

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Bears_On_Stilts t1_iti3k0n wrote

Everything from the moment when the killer is revealed, to the Tibetan Book of the Dead/flooding prison cell scene, is some of the series’s strongest and darkest moments. Making the reveal the way they did turned out to be a good choice, it’s just that the aftermath floundered.

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Xeynid t1_itgwbde wrote

It's "solved" halfway through season 2, then there's half a season of dumb bullshit nobody likes, objectively empirically.

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Theotther t1_ith2qcv wrote

Honestly if you just fast forward any time James is on screen the back stretch becomes far more watchable. Some of the subplots are pretty hysterical and it produces a some of the most memeable moments in the series. People also forget that it gets way better once they introduce Windam Earl and James leaves.

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LADYBIRD_HILL t1_ith9ghz wrote

Aw but then you won't feel sad for James when he comes back in the return

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TeqTx t1_ith2pm5 wrote

I fucking love the side plots of S02 lol

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ericsartwrk t1_ith5c82 wrote

That’s why Lynch left the show, then when he came back for the finale it’s very noticeable

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Bluest_waters t1_ith1f5s wrote

Fire Walk is a deeply deeply disturbing show or movie or whatever it is.

Saw it once, that is good enough for me. The Bob scenes are terrifying

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ike_tyson t1_ithikt1 wrote

Bob's slow motion screaming scene lives in my head rent free...it's stained my brain with horror 😬

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MattBoySlim t1_ith5z00 wrote

Haha, that “among other things” is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

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shieldedunicorn t1_itgm4zd wrote

Yeah but the show really isn't that much about solving a crime. If I remember correctly David Lynch didn't want it to be solved, at least not that early, and saw it more as a set-up to build something different.

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wuzeezi t1_ithjq2x wrote

It was a mystery show that was built on parodies of soap operas (hence some of the casting and the credits sequence among other things). With that in mind, definitely no “real” solving of the crime was intended. It’s meant to get weirder and weirder as we add more soap tropes but take them deadly serious. Genius execution

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Mattikar t1_ithnt8u wrote

I feel like log lady really exemplifies your view of the show.

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Salty_Pancakes t1_iti4un3 wrote

I heard that when the studios didn't see it that way and were planning on canceling it, he got pissed and then decided to end it the way he did.

Because you can see in the episodes before everything went sideways things were getting set up to be really expansive. You had the whole white lodge/black lodge thing, it was really starting to get its legs. And then they were like nope, show's over.

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dedfrmthneckup t1_itk1csx wrote

That doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what twin peaks is about

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zlubars t1_ithatr4 wrote

The solution of who the murderer is leads to more investigation kinda

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elvers t1_ithsbz1 wrote

There was a third season, no spin-offs, and the murderer is revealed in s2e1

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tetoffens t1_itg4xqs wrote

Make sure to watch Fire Walk With Me. It's a prequel but meant to be watched between season 2 and 3.

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neuroflix OP t1_itg55xf wrote

Thanks!

Just started season 1.

Thoughts so far:

  1. right this makes sense now
  2. This actually looks like it was made at the start of the 90s
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BatXDude t1_itgoa2j wrote

I was informed after complaing about twin peaks on another thread, its made to exagerate soap operas and their style of acting.

I felt something was off about it until about season 2.

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shr2016 t1_itgsp9m wrote

It's David Lynch, it's *supposed* to feel off

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SouthShoreSerenade t1_itgvy5r wrote

>its made to exagerate soap operas and their style of acting

My theory, maybe incorrect, is that most of the network executives thought this is what they were really getting and it's the only reason they went on with it. Lynch obviously had other plans, but their meddling affected what he really wanted to do (that much is fact, anyway).

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NamesTheGame t1_itiayfq wrote

Executives knew what they were getting into with Lynch, at least to a degree. He was already known for weird, surreal movies but Twin Peaks style allowed it to be accessible. The first episode was a pilot that could double as a movie in case it didn't pan out and was aired way before the rest of the series and because it was such a sensation the show was ordered to series.

The network did meddle, absolutely, but Lynch had largely lost interest in Season 2 and went off to make a movie which led to bad blood between him and some of the cast for "abandoning" the show, but he still consulted and directed the finale and a few other S2 episodes. But his lack of guidance was clear in S2 with the wannabe Lynch wacky plots.

S3 is the best because it's Lynch unfiltered, made entirely on his terms. It's still amazing to me that season was made and aired on television, a true testament of how far the medium has come.

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BatXDude t1_itjyna4 wrote

So you have a theory that Lynch pitched the show as a soap opera and then dod his own thing whilst following the contract and doing necessary things that would still make it a soap? I like that lol

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Maninhartsford t1_ithxzwz wrote

A lot of the parody elements have been lost to time due to the fading popularity of 80s primetime soaps and TV movies. I got really into old tv movies at the start of the pandemic and when I rewatched twin peaks I felt like I got a lot more of the humor. For example, in the pilot, they fade into their first commercial on Laura's mother crying, and after the break, she's still crying. That's STRAIGHT out of a tearjerker TV flick.

I definitely feel like he was doing a bit of the same thing in season 3, but with modern prestige television. (Spoiler) the arm wrestling scene is like a bizarro version of something from breaking bad

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adrift98 t1_itgzys5 wrote

Specifically prime time soap operas like Dallas and Falcon's Crest.

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CollinsCouldveDucked t1_itiyas3 wrote

Personal advice, feel free to take it or leave it.

For seasons 1&2 It's not a bingeable show

One or two episodes at a time are the most you should do, that's the way the pacing is built.

Season 3 is perfectly bingeable.

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xfan09 t1_ithkpou wrote

So did you watch season 3 when it came out and then you’re starting season 1 now?

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neuroflix OP t1_ithnm3j wrote

No we started season 3 yesterday whilst a bottle of wine deep into the night.

Now we are watching season 1

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xfan09 t1_ithvo2l wrote

I’d watch in order. Best you can anyway

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domdiggitydog t1_itgkzdz wrote

I enjoyed the show but FWWM was too much for me.

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gladvillain t1_itgo9us wrote

Did you watch The Return?

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domdiggitydog t1_itgwclt wrote

I did not. I was 14 when it aired on TV, 16 when movie came out, haven’t been interested since. I did rewatch a few episodes and remember why I enjoyed it but wasn’t enough to get me back into it.

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gladvillain t1_itgwht5 wrote

Gotcha. If you didn’t enjoy FWWM, then I don’t think you’ll dig it.

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Enjoy_Your_Win t1_itgzwrb wrote

Really? The Return is very different than FWWM. The latter is basically a horror movie while the former has some horror elements but does a much better job at moving between genres.

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domdiggitydog t1_itgwwbf wrote

I was bummed for real. I know not having broadcast constraints allowed Lynch to fully give us his vision but it was too much for me.

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SecretDracula t1_itiak5v wrote

I agree. FWWM and the Return may be "good," but they just don't have that Twin Peaks vibe that I love about season 1 and 2. They feel like Lynch's more abstract movies rather his more mainstream stuff.

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kmone1116 t1_itgrcgr wrote

So I always thought the movie was a “made for tv” type film, so when I finally watched it years ago during a rewatch of Twin Peaks, I was shocked at how dark it was in tone and all the nudity.

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Riverdale87 t1_itgh5ub wrote

I accidentally watch the movie first before watching the series

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CollinsCouldveDucked t1_itiz4l1 wrote

Would you be willing to talk about your experience watching the show in that order?

I've thought about someone watching it that way before and it seems like it would be a very different journey.

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marfaxa t1_itidzo1 wrote

And watch 'What Did Jack Do?' between seasons 1 and 2.

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mugwithnohandle t1_itgh236 wrote

Wait til you get to episode 8 of season 3

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JoJolion t1_ith1ijk wrote

Been said a million times, but I don't think this will ever be topped as my favorite episode of TV of all time. I've never felt so strongly about liking something I've watched as the first time I saw that. I was thinking about it for weeks afterwards.

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LupinThe8th t1_itglrnj wrote

Maybe my favorite single episode of television ever. After watching it I immediately watched it again.

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xtorris t1_itjv0s6 wrote

Season 3 Episode 8 is my favorite Lynch film.

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zxakari t1_itg6de2 wrote

I remember years ago I downloaded Fire Walk With Me. The story made no sense but I thought, "It's David Lynch...so yeah that checks out." The movie was super short which I thought was weird so after it was over I looked at the file and realize it said "Deleted Scenes" at the end. -_-

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solemnbiscuit t1_itgonsj wrote

Hilarious and fitting that one could watch a bunch of contextless deleted scenes that make no narrative sense strung together and be like “yes classic David Lynch that makes sense”

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AmeliaMangan t1_itgtkw0 wrote

This was exactly, but exactly, my experience watching the international version of the pilot (which was, in Australia in the '90s, the only version available on VHS).

So, for those who don't know: the international pilot has a whole bunch of new scenes added to it, so that it could ostensibly be released as a standalone feature film in the event that the show didn't get picked up. So in this version, BOB is an actual flesh-and-blood guy who is living in the bowels of the hospital, and at the end of the pilot Dale, surrounded by the rest of the task force, shoots and kills him. Then we get a title card reading "25 YEARS LATER", and we get the Red Room scene from Ep 4, and then the end credits roll over the Little Man From Another Place doing his dance.

It makes no sense. At all. And I, with the confidence of being about 13 years old with no internet access to prove me wrong, just thought "Oh, okay. Well, that's just how David Lynch rolls". And I accepted it! Went on to watch the rest of the show, somehow mentally reconciling the fact that absolutely nobody seemed to recall BOB living in the bowels of the hospital, or ever mentioned or even alluded to the fact that they'd all seen Dale kill him! (In hindsight, I feel this actually prepared me quite well for the narrative style of The Return.)

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Ek_Chutki_Sindoor t1_itm7xfv wrote

The same thing happened to me. But i caught the mistake like 30 minutes in the film.

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Wormri t1_itgjrf0 wrote

I was in your shoes a year ago.

Dale Cooper is a wonderful, delightful character, and Kyle McLachlan portrays him perfectly. The goofy side characters, the humor, the heartfelt moments alongside the deeply disturbing and horrifying ones are a spectacle to watch.

I think the thing that saddened me the most about it ending is that there won't be anything exactly like it. Sure, I see derived inspirations in Gravity Falls, Silent Hill and Deadly Premonition, but nothing quite like our cast and their small rural town.

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neuroflix OP t1_itgm3cf wrote

Omg yes.

He just said he takes his coffee black as midnight on a moonless night and I bloody died.

What a dork.

Wtf they just there was fish in the coffee pot.

This show.

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JustToDownvoteYou28 t1_ith571v wrote

"There was a fish IN the percolator!"

I love Pete, he's great. Hell they're all great. I just finished watching s3 and the movie last week, starting my first re-watch this week, it's a wild ride, hope you enjoy it.

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Chandrenth t1_itguvjn wrote

Would have been even funnier if you watched all of episode 4 and then a 1990 adult Michael Cera shows up.

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NamisteHome t1_itg5d03 wrote

To be fair, you COULD finish the 2017 Return season. I feel that the ending reveal of >!Carrie Page and her subsequent spooky road trip!< opens up an "ouroboros"-style ending where you can just keep going back to the beginning and it'd still carry the proper momentum of a good story.

Then since there are callbacks to it in the last couple of episodes, you could hunt down the 3.5hr Q2 fanedit of Fire Walk With Me and watch that. It also serves as the prologue to the 90s original series.

For some reason I feel that the light-hearted meandering spirit of S2's back half would be a breath-taking palette cleanser after frontloading your TP experience with the more intense dramatic turns of The Return and the movie. I'm interested to see how that works out.

TL;DR: The Return, Q2 FWWM, S1, S2.

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neuroflix OP t1_itgbpw7 wrote

What I'm finding interesting is that the soundtrack is proper bringing back some strong childhood memories

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Chiliconkarma t1_itgc40d wrote

Twin Peaks // The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)

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fist_full_of_karma t1_itgh3qv wrote

Beautifully haunting or Hauntingly beautiful?

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TheVentiLebowski t1_itgt0cy wrote

> We got to the end of the first episode and we had no idea what the hell was going on, but we liked it.

You're not alone.

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relearningsales t1_itgity8 wrote

This reminds me of the time when the fantastic four 2005 movie came out. I downloaded it on torrent and watched the movie and thought it was great only to find out that the one I watched was a much older 1994 movie that was unreleased and never came out in theatres.

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delkarnu t1_itgkc04 wrote

The 1994 movie made on a shoestring budget only for the purpose of retaining the rights to the Fantastic Four is somehow the best of the Fantastic 4 movies by far.

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deadlyreg t1_itgy2f3 wrote

Aside from the cheaply done Johnny Storm effects everyone's powers look great. Mr Fantastic is just a hand on a stick and it still lands perfectly, and the thing makeup is astonishing. Absolutely my favourite portrayal

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OneGoodRib t1_itm02wm wrote

The Incredibles is actually the best Fantastic 4 movie.

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WarcraftFarscape t1_ith7okb wrote

The first season of the 1990 twin peaks might be the best season of TV ever. Never been so captivated by a show.

I thought S2 was a noticeable decline but it was so weird it was still interesting

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NaRaGaMo t1_itgargv wrote

It is such a wholesome charming show, it has that stranger things like vibe. small town setting, an overarching surreal mystery it's too good, wish we could've had more shows like this

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bokodasu t1_itglj3u wrote

I kind of feel like it makes more sense now, or maybe just I'm older now. The things it does with playing with the medium, seems more understandable now that it's sort of established "this is what 80s tv was really doing" and it wasn't just "why is this show weird?"

My absolute favorite thing about the show, and I can't explain why, is how food is constantly being ordered and never eaten. It's just the right weirdness that expresses... something? in the right way? (I did say I couldn't explain it.)

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Defiaunt t1_ithh0o2 wrote

The fact that you not only did this, but posted about it here makes me really wish you lived next door to me.

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neuroflix OP t1_ithus5m wrote

Thanks, but me neighbour is a bit bored of me already

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NoisyCats t1_itgj47u wrote

Love Twin Peaks. Haven’t watched the new one though. Back in the day, I lived very close to North Bend, WA. The amount of tourism the show generated was incredible.

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OhGeebers t1_itguflz wrote

I live in North Bend now and we still get the occasional tourists at Tweede’s cafe.

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JJMcGee83 t1_ithazan wrote

I wasn't aware it was still there. Might need to make a trip.

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OhGeebers t1_iticvbm wrote

Try the bakery next door if you do. It’s a gem.

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JJMcGee83 t1_itj1ull wrote

Well I love a good bakery so I guess I'll make the 30-40 min drive there sometime soon.

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sexy_wash_bucket t1_itgtijp wrote

Watching s2e8 is my most special TV memory. I’ll never forget where I was and how I felt. It feels silly to call Twin Peaks my favorite TV show - it truly is the piece of content that has affected me the most

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Uptopdownlowguy t1_itgy359 wrote

I started Twin Peaks earlier this year, but as I got half way into season 2 it disappeared from the streaming service I was using :(

Still haven't found anywhere to stream the show and before you start listing a bunch of alternatives I'm outside of America

Either way I enjoyed it so far. A little scary, but not too bad

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neuroflix OP t1_itgy6t6 wrote

I'm in UK and we found it on Paramount streaming, hope that helps

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joeyscheidrolltide t1_ithhhb1 wrote

This is the one that to this day I still don't understand the absolute adoration that so many people, often with very similar taste in television to myself, have for the show. I don't hate it, but I simply don't get why so many love it.

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N7777777 t1_itln1ll wrote

Did you watch it when it was on TV the first time? I don't think it's the full reason, but a lot of the adoration is admiring it for how revolutionary it was at the time. Music, cinematography, pacing, and much of the acting were unique and opened new vistas for what television could be.

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joeyscheidrolltide t1_itlrj80 wrote

Nope, before I was born. I understand that it was different but revolutionary seems to imply that it strongly influenced what came after it. Thing is that it seems, at least to me, that it is very unique compared to things before and after.

Additionally because I saw great quality TV shows like Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, etc before seeing TP I actually don't really see the influence that I hear people talk about. TP seems so...cheesy and soapy I guess which seems very different from those other prestige shows. Yet I hear critics and creators say TP was definitely an influence on them. I just can't connect the dots unless it's just the fact that it was different than what came before. But in that case, I don't get why it's so singled out because things are always evolving.

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N7777777 t1_itm3qwv wrote

You seem open to what they say about TP in vague theoretical terms, but it does not come into focus for you. You should be satisfied this is not crucial to your personal travel through life. If you were something like a professional media critic, you would be making a mistake not digging deeper.

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innomado t1_iti1ne0 wrote

I just recently watched season 1 and half of season 2 for the first time, and was blown away. It's such a good show. But once the main plot line was resolved, it's like a switch went off for me - utterly zero interest in continuing any further. Oh well.

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audioaddict321 t1_itjsmhw wrote

I decided to watch it a few years ago, mentioned something that seemed off when talking to my stepfather (I knew he was a fan at the time it aired) and he casually spoiled the whodoneit. 🤣 I somehow managed to avoid knowing for 25-ish years... whomp whomp.

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Ok-Button6101 t1_itlo6fx wrote

I've done a similar thing. Back when DVDs first came out, I got the goodfellas dvd, and not knowing it had the video on both sides of the disc, I just inserted it without thinking. The movie for me started with Lorraine Bracco banging on Ray Liotta's door, upset about some girl he had been sleeping with or something. And then the movie was only about an hour long, too. I wasn't sure what was up, but I didn't see what the hype was about the movie

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Papa_Raj t1_ith2vut wrote

I live in “Twin Peaks” and have never seen it.

(North Bend, WA)

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G8kpr t1_iti14xs wrote

I hate how streaming services offer you up the latest season. We were on prime and decided to try Yellowstone. First episode people are getting shot and killed and shot is going down. What is going on. So confusing, I assume it was throwing us right into the action. 3/4 I paused the show to find out it was season. 4 episode 1

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37Schmeckles t1_itja1cl wrote

God we’ve tried to watch the original twice and its just so SO bad now. Unwatchably cringe bad. Im sure theres something to it but cant even get through episode 1…

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sudevsen t1_itk8au3 wrote

Highly ronemd you skip Janes snd the Milf subplot

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e_x_i_t t1_itkukp9 wrote

I also find myself usually fast forwarding every scene with Donna after a certain point whenever I do a rewatch, both James and her should've been pushed in the background after the central mystery was solved since (IMHO) they're just boring characters.

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sudevsen t1_itl4lxg wrote

Yeah,the Harold stuff is also skippable

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N7777777 t1_itllw47 wrote

In my view, this is true only after the first complete watch. Too easy to miss some important details in those episodes if one is aggressively fast forwarding. No one when this first aired even could have fast-forwarded. Better to experience it more like the original generation of us did. (Preferably on an old-fashioned CRT TV... just kidding... mostly. )

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OneGoodRib t1_itm10zy wrote

When you finish the original 90s show you should watch the Psych episode Dual Spires. It's an homage to Twin Peaks which features the same actors (not Kyle McLachlan). You don't have to have watched all of Psych to understand the episode (you should watch Psych anyway). The episode makes no sense to me because I've never watched Twin Peaks.

I have a story that has a same "oh I feel stupid now" vibe, one time I was watching Scary Movie on tv. It goes on and on, and I think "Wow I remember Scary Movie being way funnier than this. I know stuff can get less funny as you get older but I'm only one year older than I was when I saw it before?"

Did not realize until the commercial break that it was Scream that was on, not Scary Movie. To my credit I did at least wonder why the lead actress looked so different from how I remembered, but nothing beyond that and it not being as funny struck me at all. In hindsight it's like "how did I not notice this was Scream" so I still feel dumb about it.

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stesha83 t1_itggx16 wrote

Haha, don’t worry about it

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Jab2hook t1_itgi8dx wrote

I didn't finish watching it due to work but the one thing that stood out to me was that it looked so nice. The cinematography looked so damn good and it still stands all these years later.

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_Aberdeen-Bumbledorf t1_itgtnw1 wrote

Okay, so I watched the original pilot for Twin Peaks about a decade ago and liked it a lot, didn't really like any episode after so I stopped.

I watched The Return in full when it aired and I fucking loved it.

I didn't really feel the need to watch the rest of the original show because The Return is anti nostalgia anyway.

Mr Jackpots > Agent Cooper

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JustToDownvoteYou28 t1_ith6sc8 wrote

>The Return is anti nostalgia anyway.

I've seen that take a good bit (just finished the show and getting into the lore), and I like it. Looking back at s3 it does feel like a lot of it was just a big ol' way of saying "you can't go back". From Harry only being mentioned and never shown, Audrey getting her tiny little wtf cameo, and the way it just.... Ends.

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Phew_pheww t1_itgw6dd wrote

Ah reminds me of when I pushed my girlfriend into watching Good Omens with me.

Tuned it in, finished it and was very confused. Turns out I had played the season finale...

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Somnambulist815 t1_itgyurk wrote

No, you were watching the right one, David Lynch saw into the future and could see iPhones 20 years before they happened

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NutellaGood t1_itgz62i wrote

There's a 4.5 hour "explanation" video from YouTube channel Twin Perfect. If you're interested.

https://youtu.be/7AYnF5hOhuM

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UnIsForUnity t1_itjzdsq wrote

Don't waste your time with this please, its a pretentious and self-opinionated take on the series that presents itself as the true interpretation, which is inconsistent with the show's production context and Lynch's own creative process. In other words

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Crosswired2 t1_ith0y2t wrote

A new season of a favorite show came out on Netflix. I think it was season 3 or 4. I'm 15 min in after hitting play and thinking "this is so familiar" "what a long flashback". Turns out Netflix had started season 1 episode 1 for me instead of the new one lol.

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stuttered_steps t1_ithl2hx wrote

This will be largely how you feel about the original as well

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Samueldhadden t1_iths4i3 wrote

No way…. Lol I can’t believe it! 😂😂😂

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venturoo t1_ithtqm1 wrote

I love lynch but I dont get the show. EVERY time I try to watch it i fall asleep within the first 20 mins.

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erotyk t1_itizgrf wrote

yeah netflix doesnt have the ABC episodes of Twin peaks so you watched what they have atm.

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DeuceHorn t1_itj6uwy wrote

So you are watching season 3 without watching seasons 1 and 2??

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ozmartian t1_itk8t7y wrote

C'mon, anything David Lynch is high performance surreal art at its finest, especially compared to the drivel that is most of the past 10 years.

Make sure you have seen the films Lost Highway and Blue Velvet too.

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SuperZapper_Recharge t1_itkvgmx wrote

I am a David Lynch fan. And I am old.

But I missed the entirety of the Twin Peaks thing when it was at it's height. Back then I didn't know - or care - what a David Lynch was. Was sometime later I found the guy.

Thing is, Twin Peaks has always felt like quite the time commitment to me. I kept putting it off for watching or rewatching a favorite movie.

Then Showtime did the Twin Peaks thing in 2017. It premiered and I said, 'Fuck it.'. I went all in on the show without any previous viewing experience at all.

Hands down, one of my favorite TV experiences ever. Just flying blind like that.

I mean, the thing about Lynch's stuff - it isn't always supposed to make sense. Us fans, we love Mulholland Drive - ask us fans to explain it. We can't. David gave us a list of 10 things to pay attention to. We still don't get it. But we love it anyways!

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N7777777 t1_itllcj9 wrote

I found his list of ten things to be rather helpful. Unlike most of his films, MD can be deciphered fairly well if you really want to. Without spoilers, the key is dividing the real story line from the hallucinated dream of how she wished it had been. For me that accounted for about 85% of the scenes (on about my 4th watching.) But unraveling it is not the point, just an extra game on top of the masterpiece.

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SuperZapper_Recharge t1_itlr1q4 wrote

There are really no movies that I watch it - then I immeditaly want to watch it again. Everytime I watch Mulholland Drive I feel this way. It is like, 'Nope, this next time... I almost got this!'.

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ResevoirPups t1_itnocus wrote

If it makes you feel any better, watching the original 2 seasons and the movie won’t really make you know what the hell is going on in season 3 either. I mean, you’ll know a little more, but not much.

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OhGeebers t1_itguvnw wrote

As someone who lives where the shows is based out of, I should probably watch this as well…

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BillG2330 t1_itj99cy wrote

If you dare say you didn't like it, be prepared to hear that you are dumb. That's the center of the Rick and Morty fans and Twin Peaks fans Venn Diagram.

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rezdm t1_ithdhq0 wrote

Watch all of TP.

Then watch this:

https://youtu.be/7AYnF5hOhuM

Then watch a follow-up video on the same channel.

The re-watch all of TP again.

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ofthedappersort t1_itjkjau wrote

Go on. Get your wig, giant shoes, and red nose. You're a clown.

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Kholzie t1_iti5b7u wrote

There’s no way someone would’ve bust out a smart phone on season one at any point because it was made before those existed. PalmPilots only started to become a thing in the late 90s early 2000s. Some of them might be confused for a smart phone. My guess is that you saw something else and because you’re so accustomed to seeing smart phones that’s what you assumed it was.

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Sheepsaurus t1_itiy6wi wrote

You very clearly did not read the post.

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Kholzie t1_itiyql9 wrote

>During the fourth episode the sheriff flashed a cell phone that looked just like an i-phone…WTF.

What am i missing? I have a neuroligical disease and will welcome your clarification.

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Sheepsaurus t1_itj36po wrote

The very next line explains that they then realised that they were watching the 2017 version of the show, which is the entire point of the post.

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Kholzie t1_itj3f0m wrote

Okay, thank you. As i mentioned i have trouble due too a brain condition.

When i read “we’ve been watching the 2017 season” i thought they were watching it after the four episodes they were questioning in season 1.

Conditional verb conjugation is hard. “We’d been watching” (refers only to the past) would have been more clear to me that “We’ve been watching” (could be past AND on-going).

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SPECTER_Z3R0 t1_itg4kkr wrote

Just watch season 1 only..

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tetoffens t1_itg4zvm wrote

Season 3 is one of the most critically acclaimed shows of the decade and Fire Walk With Me a cult classic. Season 2 begins and ends well, the middle is the part people don't like. Ignore this person.

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Tykenolm t1_itie66a wrote

Honestly I thouroughly enjoyed all of twin peaks, although season 3 was the weakest in my mind because it just didn't make any reasonable amount of sense lol

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