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Why We Need Agent Cooper’s Arrested Development Even When It’s Exhausting (Ben Travers / IndieWire) Through five episodes of “Twin Peaks” and two-and-a-half hours with the Dougie experience — meaning the real Dougie doing his own thing as well as Cooper standing in as Dougie — Cooper’s tomfoolery h...

Is Twin Peaks the Funniest Show on TV? (Scott Meslow | GQ) I loved the first two episodes of the Twin Peaks revival, but I’m even happier with these, because they’re not just thought-provoking and suspenseful and artful and nostalgic and weird—they’re funny. And the original Twin Peaks run shows th...

Should the new season of Twin Peaks even be called Twin Peaks? (Bryan Bishop Lizzie Plaugic and Tasha Robinson | The Verge) The first four episodes [...] weren’t a nostalgic throwback to the quirky soap opera murder mystery that originally captivated audiences back in 1990. They were the opening ar...

Stairway to Heaven (Sean T. Collins | Rolling Stone) You never know how and when Twin Peaks will push you to the brink of tears – all you know is that it will. Perhaps it happened in this week’s episode when FBI Director Gordon Cole recalled the last sighting of his old partner, Agent Philip Jeffri...

Prodigal Daughter (Sean T. Collins | Rolling Stone) The idea behind these climactic “scenes from a small town” conversations [at the Roadhouse] is the same one animating Audrey and Charlie’s argument. This idea is that everyone we meet has a story that sprawls out unseen in all directions, and at a...

Part 11 Puts a Funny Spin on David Fincher as Agent Cooper Edges Closer to Reality (Ben Travers | IndieWire) “For all the parodies and homages that reference David Fincher’s iconic scene in “Seven,” this one may take the cake– well, the pie. The long drive into the desert. The long row of telephone...

Teach Me How to Dougie (Laura Hudson | Vulture) If the first four episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return were a mainline injection of all the most surreal Red Room madness of Fire Walk With Me, the fifth marks a modest return to vaguely conventional storytelling. It’s still full of outlandish non sequi...

The New 'Twin Peaks' Is Funny as Hell (Jess Zimmerman | Vice) Take the bit in Dougie's kitchen, where Dougie's kid Sonny Jim patiently teaches an ill-dressed Cooper how to eat pancakes. [...] I think this scene, in conversation with a similar scene in the original, is going to be the key to underst...

Naomi Watts Reunited With David Lynch After 15 Years, And It Was An Acting Powerhouse (Zack Sharf | IndieWire) It’d be a shame to overlook just how incredible Watts is in her “Twin Peaks” debut. In about four minutes, the actress runs the gamut of emotions and provides the revival with one of its b...

“The Stars Turn And A Time Presents Itself” (Russ Fischer | Birth. Movies. Death.) More than anything else outside of the shared work of David Lynch and Mark Frost, trust is the root of what makes TWIN PEAKS work. The series represents David Lynch trusting his instincts, following wherever his idea...