We used to live in more simple days. You know, back when Sheriff Harry S. Truman and the gang were solving the murder of the molested by her Dad \/ Demon Killer Homecoming Queen. Back when it was easy to figure out who was running drugs across the Canadian border. Back when\u2026you get the point. Most of our time spent in Twin Peaks was spent with the Harry S. Truman-less police department. There is a new Sheriff Truman in town though and whether he\u2019s responsible for it or just adapted with, there\u2019s been a lot of changes in the police department. Hawk is now Deputy Chief, which is a good change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former coke dealing murderer Bobby Briggs is currently donning a uniform, which is a change I\u2019m really enjoying so far. That\u2019s about it for the good though. The police department has a wide divide (accidental rhyme but I\u2019m rolling with it) between the old regime and the new. When Sheriff Frank Truman finally arrives on the scene in Part 4, he dismisses Lucy\u2019s Lucy-ness in a way Harry never would have. Frank has a very modern day looking team working behind the scenes at the station he seems much more invested in than the stalwarts from his brother\u2019s time in charge. This divide most certainly is playing into the larger theme of small-town values, quirks and charm being lost in today\u2019s world. Twin Peaks<\/em> was always considered immune from that. Perhaps The Return<\/em> will shed light on whether or not Twin Peaks is actually different from every other town in this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Parts 1 & 2, The Log Lady reaches out to Hawk in an attempt to have Hawk find something that is missing in the Agent Cooper disappearance case. The Log Lady tells Hawk that only he can figure this out and it\u2019s because of his heritage. For those keeping score at home, this was the first of many times that Mark Frost let us know that his book The Secret History of Twin Peaks<\/em> was important and should be treated as such. Hawk takes this message seriously and is up to the challenge. During his personal investigation, Hawk found himself at the circle of Sycamore\u2019s and saw the same red curtains our beloved Coop walked into and never walked out of 25 years ago. Hawk did not go in. Prediction: Cooper will find his way back to Twin Peaks before he\u2019s found himself again. Hawk is going to know what to do when Cooper makes it back to town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The brothers Horne have thus far only had one scene in the first four parts but damn was it memorable. I have gone on the record and called their scene \u201cThe Return\u2019<\/em>s version of the smashed TV at the beginning of Fire Walk With Me<\/em>\u201c. I stand by that a week later and one more viewing down. In this scene \u2013 one of the very first scene of Part 1\u2014the Horne brothers told the audience the score on The Return<\/em>. Yeah, the faces are the same. Yeah, some old storylines are going to pay off. But don\u2019t be fooled: We are not going back to do a reunion special. Ben and Jerry have evolved, and the show has too. Just like how Ben now speaks of his secretary\u2019s beautiful soul instead of trying to sleep with her, Twin Peaks<\/em> is going to Buckhorn, SD instead of the Double R Diner. That doesn\u2019t mean that Ben might not change his tune later and the show will definitely stop by to see Norma but a nostalgia act, this isn\u2019t. This is something fresh, something new and not a greatest hits tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jumping back to Bobby Briggs as a police officer. There was a moment when he stopped in the conference room and saw Laura Palmer\u2019s picture as part of Hawk\u2019s assorted evidence. For how groundbreaking and forward thinking the show has been thus far, to have Bobby breakdown and cry at the sight of Laura\u2019s picture brought the show back to its original emotional core. In that scene right there with Bobby crying while Angelo\u2019s haunting \u201cLaura\u2019s Theme\u201d struck us harder than it has since the Pilot episode, David Lynch and Mark Frost made us a promise: Laura Palmer is still crucial to this show, even 25 years later. She is still our core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So what\u2019s up with Dr Jacoby and the golden shovels? Working on theories for that one still. Hopefully Googling \u201cgolden shovels\u201d does not give me search results for \u201cgolden showers\u201d because that would just be weird. Jacoby living in a very rural setup with his homemade contraptions was certainly a far cry from how we last saw him. Was the death of Laura Palmer the beginning of a change in him? Or is this another result of changes in society and the older generation not liking where things are headed, digging their heels in opposition to the direction the next generation wants to go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve loved how all four parts have ended at the Roadhouse with a different musical act. It\u2019s been a bit of bummer that we haven\u2019t seen more familiar faces since the end of Part 2 when we saw Shelly talking about her daughter\u2019s dating troubles ( has Shelly\u2019s daughter found herself a next-gen Leo?) and James arrived on the scene, prompting Shelly to drop the line the entire Twin Peaks<\/em> community knows was a shot at the James haters of the world: \u201cJames has always been cool\u201d. The long-deceased Jacques was tending bar in that scene (with a different first name in the credits). Let\u2019s face it: Lynch had a soft spot for the actor and gave him a cameo. No theory here. I think David Lynch just did a beautiful thing. For my money, that scene in the closing act of Part 2 was perfection. Lynch and Frost had just taken us for a ride, taking us far outside both Twin Peaks and our comfort zone. We finally got to breathe and smile with James and Shelly, 25 years later and a song that could not have been any more perfect. That fact that is was James and Shelly\u2014two characters that had no relationship whatsoever made the scene even better. We weren\u2019t speculating as to what they were thinking and what had happened in all the missing years. We were just happy to be home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now for the next part of this feature, let\u2019s hang out with Doppel-Coop or Mr C as he\u2019s known in some circles. We saw a series of scenes in Parts 1 & 2 where Doppel-Coop was obviously using low level, way under the radar criminals to help him carry out his plans. Part of those plans we came to find out included not being forced to return to the Black Lodge. After killing Darya, one of the low-level criminals he had been using to carry out his plans, Doppel-Coop logged on to an FBI database and had a conversation with someone he at first to believe was the long lost Phillip Jefferies. During the course of that conversation, the man on the other end of the line lost Doppel-Coop\u2019s trust by saying things like \u201cI can\u2019t wait to be reunited with Bob once again\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, let\u2019s stop and ask ourselves how many people would want to be reunited with Bob? At first, there was only one name that popped out to me: Mike, the one-armed man himself and Bob\u2019s former partner. Then I thought about it further. Perhaps someone wants to be reunited with Bob because they want revenge. Maybe its someone desperately seeking atonement for his actions in years past\u2014actions Bob had a hand in. That same someone who told Agent Cooper to find Laura when he left the Lodge. Leland Palmer is on a quest for redemption folks, in my humble opinion at least. I believe he was on the other end of the phone and wants Bob to come home so he can seek his revenge and perhaps salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doppel-Coop nearly was forced back into the Black Lodge but alas, his plan involving my new favorite character Dougie Jones worked. Staying out of the Lodge had its price though: Doppel-Coop wrecked his car, leading to incarceration and the return of our favorite G-Men (and women) to the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We picked up with the FBI team, lead by Gordon Cole and flanked by his most trusty longtime companion Albert\u2014along with new addition to the team, Agent Tammy Preston. For those keeping score at home, Mark Frost heard every single criticism you had of Agent Preston in his book and referred you to Parts 3 & 4 of the series. Was she young and perhaps inexperienced? Yes. Did the returning and ever so amazing Denise Bryson question Cole\u2019s motives on bringing her along? Yes, she did. Does Agent Preston seem to be just outside the loop but close enough that Gordon wants her to work her way in? Absolutely. I do believe Cole\u2019s motives are pure, even when Albert admires her very shapely presence shaking and moving in ways that could light socks on fire. I am convinced now more so than ever that Cole gave her the assignment in The Secret History of Twin Peaks<\/em> for the same reason she came along with Cole and Albert here: she\u2019s getting a chance to earn her spot. Unfortunately for her, given the track record of agents close to Cole and Albert, would you really want to earn a spot on that team?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before our beloved FBI agents went to South Dakota to meet the man we know as Doppel-Coop, Agent Preston presented crime scene photos of the \u201cGlass Box Killings\u201d in New York City. How much of a crossover we get between those storylines remains to be seen, but it gives me hope as I\u2019m really intrigued by what\u2019s happening in the Big Apple. The FBI was also investigating a Senator that murdered his wife, which may or may not have been political or social commentary. I\u2019ll let you be the judge of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Gordon and the gang arrive to see the man they have been told is Agent Cooper but is actually his much more evil doppelganger, the writing is on the wall that something is up. Cole and Albert are clearly uneasy at how in-Cooper like Doppel-Coop is, who claims to have been working undercover with Phillip Jefferies for all these years and says he needs to be debriefed on everything having to do with Jefferies. At this point, it\u2019s hard to come to any conclusions as to the relationship between Doppel-Coop and Jefferies but its one to monitor. Albert threw fuel on the fire in the final scene when he revealed to Gordon that many years ago he released information to Cooper about \u201ctheir man in Columbia\u201d and the man wound up dead a few days later. The scene ends with Gordon and Albert discussing how this situation can only be described as \u201cBlue Rose\u201d. Our heroes know the score now. How it unfolds from here is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To wrap things up here, we got a lot in Parts 1-4 that explored new territory, played with concepts we had dreamt about for years and then our heartstrings were tugged at. I wanted to conclude \u201cThe Waiting Room\u201d with an acknowledgement that if those were the final scenes we get to see with The Log Lady, then what a way to go. Her scenes with Hawk would have been emotional without the knowledge that she had passed. Knowing that she is no longer with us took it to another level. In a world full of truck drivers, there was only one Log Lady, and I\u2019m grateful we got to say goodbye. Until next week\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We used to live in more simple days. You know, back when Sheriff Harry S. Truman and the gang were solving the murder of the molested by her Dad \/ Demon Killer Homecoming Queen. Back when it was easy to figure out who was running drugs across the Canadian border. Back when\u2026you get the point. 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