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Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

TV Series · 2017 · 15 people

Twin Peaks: The Return is the third season of the mystery drama created by Mark Frost and David Lynch, bringing the franchise back to television more than 25 years after the original 1990–91 ABC series and its 1992 feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Written by Lynch and Frost and directed entirely by Lynch, the 18-episode limited series ran on Showtime in the United States from May 21 to September 3, 2017.

The story unfolds a quarter century after the original events and revolves around FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), who once investigated the 1989 murder of teenager Laura Palmer. Cooper's long struggle to make his way back to Twin Peaks anchors a web of interlocking plotlines that reach far beyond the fictional Washington town, taking in New York City, Las Vegas, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. Returning performers such as MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee and Mädchen Amick were joined by new faces including Laura Dern, Naomi Watts, Jim Belushi and Robert Forster. Hailed for its daring narrative structure and visual imagination, the season topped many critics' lists as the finest television of 2017; Cahiers du Cinéma even named it the best film of the decade.

DirectorDavid Lynch
NetworkShowtime

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Robert Knepper Robert Knepper Actor · 67 years old Monica Bellucci Monica Bellucci Actor · 62 years old Kyle MacLachlan Mädchen Amick Dana Ashbrook Sherilyn Fenn Sheryl Lee Peggy Lipton Everett McGill Miguel Ferrer Chrystabell David Lynch Grace Zabriskie Robert Forster Kimmy Robertson

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

For a show returning after a quarter of a century, the easy route was to repeat the past; The Return deliberately takes another. Spreading the story beyond the town to several cities and states may leave viewers attached to the old characters and the town's atmosphere feeling a little homesick at times. But Cooper's struggle to get back is a solid spine tying all those scattered threads together. One warning is a must: starting without the original series and the film is not really advisable, because this season talks to viewers who know the past.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Lynch directing all eighteen episodes makes it possible to read this season less as a TV series than as one long film bearing a single director's signature, a reading supported by Cahiers du Cinéma naming it the best film of the decade. The narrative turns its back on conventional episode logic, and its interlocking parallel stories produce atmosphere more than resolution. That daring raises the bar for what television can do. On the other hand, the purpose of some storylines stays unclear on first viewing, and to anyone who does not accept that ambiguity as a deliberate choice, the structure can look scattered. That is the price of being singular.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

On paper it's made for thriller fans: an FBI agent, a murder from the past, a story spread across several states. But if pace is your thing, be warned: this season is in no hurry to pin you to your seat. There is tension, just not classic crime-show excitement; it's more of an unsettling mood. If you want quick answers, it may wear you out.

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