{"id":152195624,"date":"2017-07-30T15:40:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T19:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/2024\/11\/26\/twin-peaks-the-return-part-12-review\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T03:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:31:43","slug":"twin-peaks-the-return-part-12-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrevas.com\/?p=152195624","title":{"rendered":"Twin Peaks: The Return (Part 12 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

Part 12 is being met with a wide range of reactions. I\u2019ve read a lot of people\u2019s comments on social media that felt it was too slow and that certain parts were hard to get through. I\u2019ve read other comments saying that only the most die-hard Lynch fans will defend Part 12. I\u2019ve heard some say that Lynch and Frost were trolling fans with the reintroduction of fan favorite Audrey Horne and then there are some sticking with the almost clich\u00e9 at this point response of \u201cIt\u2019s an 18-hour film. We just have to be patient\u201d. My response? I really enjoyed Part 12. I am a die-hard Lynch fan, but I\u2019m not an apologist for any of my favorite artists. I don\u2019t think I have to be here though. Perhaps what I\u2019m getting each Sunday isn\u2019t groundbreaking or racing the plot forward. How many Lynch films are doing that in the 2nd act? What I am getting in the 2nd act are moments. Moments were characters get to become truly human and not just plot machines like they are in 99% of films and television these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will take 10 minutes of Gordon Cole and a French woman shamelessly flirting in front of Albert while Albert acts as the audience just wanting them to hurry up any day over CSI: Sheboygan<\/em> any day of the week. (Side note: Gordon\u2019s companion sure looked a lot like Isabella Rossellini to me. Was that the nod or was it the French\u2019s love of Lynch that was the inside joke?) I am fully aware that a lot of people are Twin Peaks<\/em> fans and not Lynch aficionados.  There\u2019s nothing wrong with that. I think sitting in act 2 of an 18-hour film it does help to understand Lynch\u2019s pacing though. Lynch, like Frost, is not afraid to sit in the park and allow details to take precedence over action. That\u2019s what a lot of what happened in Part 12 and I was completely ok with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let\u2019s get the Audrey sized elephant out of the room next. No, I don\u2019t think L&F were trolling us. No, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s some kind of meta \u201cInvitation to Love\u201d reference either. I think it\u2019s actually pretty logical. Yes, Audrey as an 18-year-old sought out love. Most 18-year-olds do. Let\u2019s not forget where she comes from and who her parents are though. A marriage based on a contract and not love does not seem out of the question for her character. Audrey lashing out at her rather small husband actually seemed pretty fitting as well. Audrey having an affair made me think of her infamous lines about getting what she wants from the original series. This sounds very much like Audrey 25 years later. No, her first scene wasn\u2019t the way a typical television show would have introduced a fan favorite character, but this isn\u2019t normal TV. I do think the several minutes of dialogue exchanged between Audrey and Charlie were very important. The internet is buzzing today about who Billy is and if he\u2019s the same Billy mentioned in a scene at the Double R several weeks ago. Could be. Was Charlie learning about Richard\u2019s crimes when he sat silently on the phone? Perhaps. Do I think Audrey will have a lot more to do moving forward? Yes. Prediction: Richard Horne kills Charlie. Relax Audrey fans. Yes, her introduction was awkward and not glamorous. It doesn\u2019t mean a thing though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we leave the Horne family altogether, I think we got a great glimpse of who Ben really is. Is he a changed man? Sort of. Yes, he agreed to pay Miriam\u2019s bills and did seem somewhat concerned but not concerned enough to remember her last name. When discussing Richard\u2019s lack of a father, Ben became much more interested in discussing fond memories of his father. So yes, Ben is a better human being than he was years ago but he\u2019s no saint. In a show that was always about good vs evil, Ben Horne is a shade of grey. Then there\u2019s Jerry. For weeks it was debated whether Jerry was just that high or if there was more at play. Seeing Jerry this week come out of the woods, it wasn\u2019t played for laughs. It didn\u2019t even feel ambiguous. It felt to me like Jerry had truly escaped something that was testing him and holding him against his will. He seemed free. What exactly was Jerry up against? This has rapidly become one of my favorite parts of the series\u2026Concluding my Horne coverage, the ghost of Richard plagued this week. No, he\u2019s not dead but despite not being seen his presence was everywhere. Richard Horne is not only one of my favorite characters on this series; he\u2019s become one of my favorite villains in anything I\u2019ve seen in a while. He\u2019s not smooth; he\u2019s not a huge jacked up scary type. He\u2019s a loose cannon who might be sloppy but his wild temper and ability to act completely on impulse makes him more terrifying than most \u2014 really looking forward to seeing where his character goes from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The social commentary returned in full force during the closing scene where two random residents discussed the kind of issues that only plagued Laura Palmer and her crew in year\u2019s past. The show is almost beating us over the head weekly with how much the world has changed and how Twin Peaks is not the town it used to be. Did the negativity of the rest of the world creep in or did the town\u2019s moral fibers cease to exist after the events of the original series? When the Log Lady recently told Hawk that he would need the help of those close to him, I do think that was a call to action for the Bookhouse Boys. I strongly feel that Big Ed, James and even former foe of the Bookhouse Boys Officer Bobby Briggs will be standing side by side in the near future taking on not only the \u201cevil in the woods\u201d but also the moral corruption in town. On the flipside, we\u2019ve now seen numerous scenes where Carl Rodd is shown being a genuinely good human being. It can\u2019t be ignored that for every act of evil we see or hear about, Lynch and Frost are reminding us that there is still good in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Palmer\u2019s scenes were widely regarded as favorites this week. I\u2019m personally happy to see Sarah\u2019s role expand as I\u2019m a huge fan of both the character and the actress. I think the million dollar question is what was she hiding from Hawk? Lynch made a point to remind us how horrific that house is. Sarah made a point not to let Hawk in. Could it be that the evil needed a home in Twin Peaks and went after Sarah? Are there Woodsmen or even Bob in the house? I know the popular theory is Laura, but I\u2019m not sold. I think that\u2019s end game material. Laura Palmer coming back to that house in victory makes sense to me. The ceiling fans spells trouble. Poor Sarah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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