{"id":152041184,"date":"2017-06-04T21:57:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T01:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/2024\/11\/22\/twin-peaks-the-return-part-5-review\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T03:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:49:53","slug":"twin-peaks-the-return-part-5-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrevas.com\/?p=152041184","title":{"rendered":"Twin Peaks: The Return (Part 5 Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this series,<\/a> I continue to review each part of Twin Peaks: The Return, looking just at the stories pertaining to the FBI, Mr. C and the town of Twin Peaks. Peers covered the other plot lines separately on 25YL each week. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The subtle change in Doppel-Coop\u2019s face as he stared in the mirror to reveal that yes, after much speculation, \u201cBob was still with him\u201d was a brilliantly executed shot that not only moved the story forward but also alleviated a lot of fan concern concerning recasting the role Frank Silva immortalized. In Parts 1-4, we were shown that Agent Cooper\u2019s doppelg\u00e4nger was indeed a very bad man, but the confirmation that Bob is still with him makes Doppel-Coop truly terrifying. Bob was the ultimate bad guy \u2013 a nightmare-inducing demon killer who was featured in some of the most brutal and scary scenes in both television or film history. Yes, part of the magic is lost without the deceased Frank Silva but Lynch and Frost so far are playing the hand they were dealt with perfectly. Doppel-Coop became a lot scarier to me this week. In his other notable act of Part 5, Doppel-Coop finally received his one phone call and used it first to play mind games with the warden about who he might call (Mr Strawberry) followed by making a call that resulted in the electricity going haywire in the entire prison. The only line spoke during his one phone call: The cow jumped over the moon. Whether that was gibberish or a clue remains to be seen, but the big take away is that Bob and Doppel-Coop flexed a lot of muscle here. Where they go from here is a frightening thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the FBI front, we didn\u2019t get much this week, except for a scene watching Agent Tammy Preston comparing files, photos and fingerprints between our Agent Cooper and his much less charming doppelg\u00e4nger. While the scene didn\u2019t have any dialogue, it was implied that Preston noticed exactly how different the fingerprints were. Between this revelation and whoever Albert is seeking out to help, the FBI\u2019s case is coming together. The question remains, though: How do you solve a blue rose case?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving onto the Twin Peaks portion of this feature. A small mystery was solved this week. Dr Jacoby\u2019s gold shovels are not serving a higher purpose. They have nothing to do with his Eastern views and beliefs we associated with him during the series\u2019 original run. As a matter of fact, Dr Jacoby might not even believe in those things anymore. That\u2019s right folks, Dr Jacoby is Twin Peaks<\/em>\u2019 own version of Alex Jones, complete with his own streaming show (which Nadine and Jerry Horne were shown to be fans of) and product placement (the golden shovels are being sold for $29.99 and being advertised as a way to dig your way out of shit). The social commentary I find really fascinating. This story arc is pure Mark Frost and is very topical. People who feel betrayed by society (Jacoby), angry in general (Nadine) and anti-establishment (Jerry) bonding over this idea that they don\u2019t like the direction this city, state, country and world are moving in. On a personal note, Jacoby might be the character I most want to know what happened to during the 25-year break. Why is he so angry? Why does he feel the world is in so much of a worse place than it used to be? I was never overly intrigued by the Jacoby character, but thus far I\u2019ve been really into his scenes in The Return<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We met a new face at the Roadhouse this week, listed in the credits as Richard Horne. Now I\u2019m going to go on a limb here and assume that the man pictured above is not Johnny Horne\u2019s son. I think it\u2019s fairly evident that all of the Audrey speculation can cease because we know how she\u2019s re-entering the story (and our lives): as the mother of Richard, the young man who paid a large man a large amount of cash inside a box of Morley\u2019s (X-Files shout out) and then proceeded to do his best Frank Booth impersonation with a young lady who showed a little interest in him. Where we go with an antagonist like Richard from here is anyone\u2019s guess but I am really interested to see a) who his father is and b) what kind of relationship he has the people he shares a last name with. More will be revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the most discussed plotlines to come out of Part 5 were the comparisons between Shelly\u2019s daughter Becky (pictured first) and our very own Laura Palmer.  In our introduction to Becky, she came into the Double R to borrow money from her mother (Shelly) for the third time in two weeks according to Norma \u2013 who we were seeing for the first time last night. After Becky got over $70 from her mother, she got in Steve\u2019s car and gave him the cash right away. If we recall in Part 2, we heard Shelly mention her dislike of Steve, and we all wondered if the apple hadn\u2019t fallen far from the tree and Shelly\u2019s daughter had a Leo of her own. Wrong. She had a strung-out version of Bobby Briggs, only much less cool and with a Joe Dirt stash. We saw the pain and misery these two live with as cocaine abuse has Becky and Steve in a stranglehold. We watch him make empty promises, and we watch her get high. Here\u2019s where the comparisons between Becky and Laura start. Cocaine abuse? Check. Attractive young and blonde? Check. Obvious emotional distress? Check. There are a few more similarities but the point that I really wanted to make tonight is that I think people want there to be a new Laura Palmer. People want a new victim, a recreation of the past and while yes, David Lynch does love the concept of a woman in trouble, let\u2019s not rush to make this new character we literally just met a Laura Palmer clone. That\u2019s been done before and nothing at all about Twin Peaks: The Return<\/em> is a rehash or re-telling of the original. This is fresh and new and my hope is we allow Becky to be the troubled young character she is without expecting her to become our new emotional core. If she does, that\u2019s great. If she doesn\u2019t, we already have a Laura Palmer free from the Black Lodge now and what\u2019s she up to nobody knows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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