While the much - foresee return of David Lynch ’s land - breaking , bizarre Twin Peaks is never far from our coffee - befuddled minds , it ’s been loom even largersince the entire cast was uncover . What better sentence to binge - follow the original 30 episodes — and ponder what we ’d like to see when episode 31 finally get in next year ?
The plot of the raw Twin Peaks has been dissemble in secrecy . The update cast listing gives us just about the only hints we ’ve had about what might happen . We do know that the story will plunk up 25 years after the original series cease , that it was take inmany of the same locations , and that — unlike back in the sidereal day — every instalment will be written by Lynch and co - creator Mark Frost , and manoeuver by Lynch . With all that in psyche , here ’s what we ’re hoping for .
1) Preserve the trademark Twin Peaks tone
Twin Peaks is dark , sour , dark . It ’s about a beautiful teenager who ’s awfully off by a serial killer who also happens to have supernatural major power . Plus , there are crisscrossing subplots of maltreatment , infidelity , back - stabbing betrayal , mental illness , and misery galore . But since this is a David Lynch joint , that ponderousness is balanced by moments of true admiration ( unremarkably courtesy of Kyle MacLachlan ’s Agent Cooper , and in discernment of affair like Tree and pie ) ; recurring jokes ( like Cooper ’s ability to suss out romantic entanglements among the people around him with near - psychic accuracy ) ; and freakish , hilarious non - sequiturs , visual jest , and offbeat touches . And it never feels forced , either :
With Lynch still pulling all the levers , we ’re looking forward to more strident Scandinavians , dateless rows of donuts , and spontaneous olfactory organ - snatch breaking up a show that will certainly contain great deal of nightmarish horrors , too . Twin Peaks just would n’t be the same without this delightful mix .
2) Acknowledge the past, but make moving forward a priority
Twin Peaks leave quite a few things in disarray back on June 10 , 1991 . Most famously , Agent Cooper had been replaced by his evil Black Lodge lookalike , unbeknownst to those in the real world . But also : Benjamin Horne had suffered a nasty - looking headspring injury , Audrey Horne was maybe blown to bits in that Twin Peaks Savings and Loan blowup , various mates were on the brink of marriage or end of the world , etc . These dangling screw thread will require revisiting , if not resolution , and to that end , Showtime promisesthat the fresh serial “ will continue the lore of the original serial , allow for long - awaited answers for the serial ’ passionate fan floor . ”
That ’s practiced , because a fairish morsel of housework will be absolutely necessary . Most pressingly : Did James Fenimore Cooper stay evil and become a Bob - possessed serial killer ? ( Doubtful — who wants to learn Kyle MacLachlan slaying anybody ? ) Is Cooper still in the FBI ? If not , what ’s he been doing all these years ? What make for him back to Twin Peaks — or did he ever leave ? Did misfortunate mantrap queen Annie ever make her own way of life out of the Black Lodge ?
We ’re die to experience . We ’ve been question since 1991 , to be reliable . But to really deliver the goods in its payoff , Twin Peaks require something new — an overarching element that propels everything frontward , much like the Laura Palmer case did during its first seasons . ( Another mysterious execution would make signified , but Lynch will probably not make that most obvious choice , bless him . ) Fan service of process is authoritative — and we ’re expect to see a fortune of it — but ideally the show will also stand alone on its own merits , and find fresh intrigue to labor its tale .
3) Don’t make the town of Twin Peaks too contemporary
As the initiative credits reminded viewers every calendar week , the isolated town of Twin Peaks has a population of 51,201 — small enough so that most everyone bonk each other , but there are still some strangers ambuscade about . Back then , make up phones were still in use , commodious whenever someone want to make an anonymous call , which was often . With no internet , prurient hookups were arrange through the classified ads in Flesh World powder store . And though it was the 1990s , a clearly 1950s sensibility permeated everything , especially in the euphony , gondola , and clothes ; Audrey Horne ’s vintage - vixen wardrobe is , even today , the clobber of fashion dreams .
Twin Peaks will obviously need to keep up with the times . It ’s been over 25 years , and the culture has changed . Presumably there will be cellphone phones , and any law files will be stored on computers , not in cabinets . But since it ’s an otherworldly spot that variety of exists suspended in its own metre zone — blame the wood , or specifically , those damn owls — it should never feel too much like the literal globe . It ’s a given that Lynch wo n’t trend too far into the current age for that reason . But it would be mellifluous if the show retained the retro quality that so distinguished it in the nineties . The fact thatcrooner Julee Cruise is back on the cast listis a very hopeful signboard .
4) Make the most of the returning cast
Speaking of that cast list , we ’ve now had some time to give it more scrutiny , and we have some thought on what the show should contrive for the returnees . Specifically , the single we ’re most emotional to spend time with again .
There are a few returning actors whose characters kicked the pail on - screenland . The most prominent one : the awesome Sheryl Lee . bring Lee back had to happen — she played Laura Palmer , Laura ’s lookalike cousin Maddie , and Laura ’s terrifying Black Lodge twofold . apart from MacLachlan , Lee is the most important actor on the show ; she was also the midpoint of Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me , its feature - film prequel . Will she be play yet another version of Laura — maybe a now center - aged relative who visits Twin Peaks , the place where tragedy touch so many member of her family ? Or is she just being credit because she ’ll look in a flashback , or because someone will support up that now - iconic Homecoming Queen pic ?
Other numb returnees include Ray Wise , who wager Laura ’s founder , Leland — the inauspicious vessel for her killer , the furious spirit BOB — and Walter Olkewicz , who bring sleazy drug dealer Jacques Renault . Leland smothered Jacques in his infirmary seam , ostensibly because he believed Jacques had murdered Laura . Are these actors , whose characters were absolutely beat on the show , operate to pop up as unexampled characters — or again , will they seem in flashbacks to events of the past ?
Very much alive on the show : Cooper ’s brilliant FBI fellow Albert Rosenfield ( Miguel Ferrer ) , who will return hopefully just as sarcastic , insulting and yet staunchly pacifist as he was before . Cooper ’s unvoiced - of - hearing FBI supervisory program , Gordon Cole — played by Lynch himself — is also back . David Duchovny , who played FBI broker Denise Bryson , is also on the mold list . This must mean Cooper still has FBI ties , even if he ’s out of the authority himself ?
This is seize the actors will act the same characters as before … because who knows what Lynch will do ? If you ’ve seen Mulholland Drive or Inland Empire , you know there ’s nothing fix in stone in his macrocosm . Also , we have no idea how many episodes anyone appears in . There could be 25 seconds with Agents Rosenfield , Cole , and Bryson on an lift , and that ’s it for the whole affair .
That say , though , countenance ’s go for Catherine Coulson — the series ’ beloved Log Lady , who expire away late last year — get to steal more than one fit .
5) Make the most of the new cast, too
Naomi Watts — whose prominent break was starring in Lynch ’s Hollywood incubus Mulholland Drive — will hopefully be flirt something juicy . mayhap a relation of the long - dead Teresa Banks , Leland / BOB ’s first dupe ? ( The presence of Harry Dean Stanton , who played bank ’ convivial trailer - park landlord in Fire Walk With Me , suggests her plot line will be a factor in the Modern show . ) Amanda Seyfried , who knows about fiddle a idle girl at the center of a enigma — thanks , Veronica Mars — could be a Twin Peaks resident physician ; maybe there are job opportunities beyond “ waitress at the Double R ” and “ perfume counter at Horne ’s Department Store ( wink , wink ) ” for the town ’s young generation of lulu now .
But the victor , winner , chicken dinner of this speculative sweepstakes goes to this commenter :
That . Would . Be . Perfect .
6) More Invitation to Love
Twin Peaks ’ soap - within - a - soap is such a cult favourite among buff of the show that you may watch the entire uncut segment , orchestrate by Mark Frost , through the foggy magic of YouTube . More , please !
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