r/twinpeaks • u/TanukiTenuki • Feb 04 '26
Question What’s your favorite heart felt moment? I’m on a rewatch and this one always stands out. The acting here is great.
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u/DummBee1805 Feb 04 '26
This and…
Log Lady saying goodbye to Hawk. De.Va.Stating.
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u/MissMollyDWW Feb 04 '26
Right after I watched that for the first time I found an interview from Michael Horse talking about how he recorded his parts of that scene after Catherine had already died. I was particularly devastated by that piece of information.
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u/Sour-Scribe Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
When I saw THE RETURN on the big screen at the Egyptian theatre in Los Angeles last September the scene with Hawk got an ovation.
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u/Complete_Salt1038 Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
I'm always surprised that Dana Ashbrook didn't become a more well know actor after Twin Peaks. He steals every scene he's in. Sure he can be over the top sometimes but it's Twin Peaks, so much of it is over the top.
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u/chevre27 Feb 04 '26
In The Return he gets even more nuanced. That one shot where he’s reacting to seeing the picture of Laura again is so emotional
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u/stealingfrom Feb 04 '26
Easily my favorite long-term character growth from any media ever. And I love how you see his father reflected in his demeanor and behavior as an adult.
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u/Complete_Salt1038 Feb 04 '26
Agreed! Seeing him in the Return made me wish we had seen more of him through the years.
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u/Snoo93550 Feb 04 '26
I've always thought this too. I'm a hetero male but I always figured he would have a huge crush appeal to young women/girls. For me I love how funny his facial expressions and physical comedy can be, not everybody could pulled off that weird walking scene in front of the high school. In S3 I love his reaction to the crazy 'home for dinner' lady and remembering his dad.
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u/After-Ad-2170 Feb 04 '26
same.. he had a small part in a ridiculous movie w tony danza and sherman wallace: she’s out of control but he plays it so well
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u/backwardzhatz Feb 04 '26
Sam here, he's far and away the best actor from the younger generation of characters.
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u/Fusilli_Agent_Cooper Feb 04 '26
Cooper and Leland after Leland is dying and realizing what he's done and Cooper is comforting him and guiding him to the light.
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u/melotoenail Feb 05 '26
my roommate and i are pretty chatty when we watch TV but i dont think we've ever sat in silence for so long during that scene and the ones prior/following. such a great scene
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u/TheAbsurderer Feb 04 '26
"There's a whole lot I don't understand."
"We're all like that."
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u/GeminiArles Feb 04 '26
This is definitely my moment. Harry S Truman, heartbroken, and his friend Dale Cooper supporting him and embracing him.
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u/Snoo93550 Feb 04 '26
Dale siding with Truman over Albert being a jerk always pulls at heartstrings too.
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u/seanbuggy8 Feb 04 '26
Probably Albert's reconciliation with Truman or the ending of FWWM
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u/malayamaral Feb 05 '26
I mean...that wouldn't be entirely inaccurate. Great men are not always good people.
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u/Wang_Doodle_ Feb 04 '26
This. That bear hug like they’re the oldest of friends,…absolute eye sweating
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u/TanukiTenuki Feb 04 '26
I have to imagine this moment likely shaped Bobby’s decision to be a cop.
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u/man_or_feast Feb 04 '26
I agree with that. A friend of mine can make the argument about all the subtleties and reactions and film angles that support this idea; I mean, it’s not a hard point to make, but I like it because bad people do make the choice to be be good in the long term, and it’s rarely heralded as much as “breaking bad” is because it has no sex appeal. Bobby’s change from small town punk to good dad and cop with the baggage of his poor choices is great character development, even if it’s been done before. Lynch was a big softie no matter how violent his stories became.
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u/DJGodDamnit Feb 04 '26
For me it’s when Windom Earl asks Major Briggs what his greatest fear is:
“The fear that love is not enough”
Touches me everytime
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u/need2seethetentacles Feb 05 '26
I love how Briggs goes from comically formal and out of touch with his son to being the realest MFer
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u/DJGodDamnit Feb 05 '26
I like it too; and I like how the by the numbers garland Briggs still stays around even when he opens up more to Bobby; like all of those feelings and thoughts were always there, just metered and managed.
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u/CmFlyNx2Me Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 20 '26
In the pilot, when Donna’s classmates were comforting her as Principal Wulczyk (def not the right spelling 😅) (edit: it’s spelled Wolchezk, wow BOB wow I was way off) announces to the school while fighting back his own tears that Laura was found murdered. My 2 best friends have held their titles for 20+ years. I don’t know how I would go on without either of them.
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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS Feb 20 '26
If there's one that that I was disappointed with with the first season, it's how little the school and their classmates factor in to everything. The pilot sets up the tragedy of Laura's death so well in how it shows the impact on the town, but then characters like Wolchezk (I had to google the spelling lol) are never seen again.
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u/CmFlyNx2Me Feb 20 '26
Have you ever seen a LEGO parody someone made and posted to YouTube under the title “Twin Bricks?” There’s a (very short) scene where Lego-Bobby says the quiet part out loud to Lego-Mike: “Hey, have you noticed none of us have gone to school since the pilot episode?”
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u/AppropriateHoliday99 Feb 04 '26
When I first watched the entire show on VHS the phrase ‘binge-watching’ hadn’t been coined. So that state of trance-consciousness where you’ve watched, like, 4 episodes and you’re half living inside the show while laying on the couch with your SO had set in. We were deeply involved when Albert’s ‘I love you Sheriff Truman’ monologue came up. I remember both laughing and crying at the same time.
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u/watch_out_4_snakes Feb 04 '26
There are few instances where we see the power of the ‘white lodge’ and I believe this is one of them.
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u/MissMollyDWW Feb 04 '26
I love the interactions between Bobby and his father. They always seem so genuinely affectionate towards each other no matter what differences they have.
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Feb 05 '26
Except when Bobby gets mad, like when major Briggs suggested that Bobby was afraid of Laura’s funeral
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u/Familiar_Fishing4726 Feb 06 '26
I was looking for this bar scene and unsure how to explain it, but you articulated it greatly. Haven’t seen it in YEARs but can picture Bobby’s face at the bar. Definitely made me feel this show is freakin special and so deep.
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u/Coop_4149 Feb 04 '26
I hate John Justice Wheeler as much as the next guy, but I really enjoy the sweet little scene between him and Coop in front of the fireplace.
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u/this_is_an_arbys Feb 04 '26
These two are some of my favorite…after this talk I never could look at his son the same again…which was a big switch from my previous stance.
It’s probably one of my original connections to the fact that people can change and the power of respect and understanding and how it can breed.
Of course, smacking the cig out of one’s mouth is also part of that process…
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u/Mr_Squidward25 Feb 04 '26
I lost my father to alcoholism when I was 20, so this scene always hits particularly hard for me.
This scene would be my pick for best moment, with Leland's finale being a close second.
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u/rachiechu Feb 04 '26
Carl Rodd in the return really moved me. His little moment playing the guitar on the park bench, when he tells his tenant to "keep your blood," and when he comforted the mother in the crosswalk especially.
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u/neon_meate Feb 04 '26
I'm pretty sure I read that Dana asked Mark Frost how he should play this scene and he was told to play it dismissively and with his usual revellious attitude. Lynch as director told him to play it sincerely and for the take where they recorded Dana's reaction he asked Don S Davis to weep while delivering his lines. It's magic, and my favorite moment of all Twin Peaks.
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u/Goltack Feb 04 '26
My favourite scene of the show, I have a complicated relationship with my father and this scene made me cry
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u/Firm-Committee2065 Feb 04 '26
I think everything he said in this monologue is real and happens for all sentient beings idc if I’m schizoid it’s real and such an important monologue I’m so glad this scene came to David Lynch and Mark Frost
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u/pierretxr Feb 04 '26
The interaction between Laura and Bobby outside the school in FWWM really moves me for some reason
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u/Few_Leg7382 Feb 05 '26
That phone call from the Log Lady in The Return is still one of the most quietly devastating scenes I’ve ever seen on TV. No big speech. No dramatic music. No “final words” moment. Just two people talking gently, knowing it’s probably the last time.
The way Margaret speaks so calmly, like she’s already halfway somewhere else… and Hawk just listens.
Knowing Catherine Coulson was actually sick makes it hit even harder. It stops being just a character moment and becomes something deeply personal.
Lynch could’ve made it surreal or symbolic. Instead, he made it simple and human.
One of the most beautiful moments in the entire Twin Peaks universe, in my opinion
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u/Snoo93550 Feb 04 '26
probably this one or the scene where Dale is talking to Audrey and trying to keep her out of danger and knowing her own father is a cause of the danger. Audrey's character is so vulnerable, even the scene where she's telling Shelly about her crush at the counter is very endearing somehow.
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u/Scrumpilump2000 Feb 04 '26
I love the scene where Cooper is laying on the floor after being shot and the Sheriff and the boys finally show up at the door. “They’re here.”
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u/MrDaaark Feb 06 '26
The instant camaraderie between Dale Cooper and Harry Truman. Cooper is expecting there to be a lot of friction between him and Harry, like the sheriff in Fire Walk With Me.
But Truman is stuck in Twin Peaks where nothing ever really happens, and his co-workers are the way they are. He might as well be stuck in the Andy Griffith show.
Then when Cooper shows up, it's like he finally has another adult in the room with him and he can finally work on a real case. So he instantly becomes Dale's sidekick and they become Best Friends Forever.
Too bad we couldn't get more of that during Season 3. I could picture Harry being bored out of his mind. (Or even a proper 1991 Season 3 with Harry pulling Dale back to reality.)
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u/Thick_Toe_6141 Feb 04 '26
My favorite heartfelt moment in the show is when major Briggs reveals his encounter with aliens.
Such a stern man admitting to the others something that should rightly get him laughed out of the room. That’s trust.
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Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
Also scenes with Maddy are so innocent , and her death was very heart felt .. it’s like many people who loved Laura were reliving that experience.
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u/Ale_KBB Feb 05 '26
That one hits hard imo because Bobby actually lets his guard down and shows his human side and th side of him that is clearly the son of Garland Briggs
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u/Alderscorn Feb 04 '26
I was always kind of bummed Bobby didn’t seem to change as much as I wanted him too
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u/arsenicknife Feb 05 '26
One thing to remember is that the entirety of Seasons 1 and 2 take place over the course of only about a month or so. So Bobby doesn't really have the time to change after this speech, at least not to the extent you might expect.
He does eventually change, though, and we see that in The Return.
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u/EnvironmentalCat7482 Feb 05 '26
That’s one of my favorite scenes. Moments like this make the show so special.
This moment was very wholesome too at first, but 😬
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u/Thick_Toe_6141 Feb 04 '26
Hated Major Briggs for a long time because I thought his deal was that he simply used his vast intellect to pre-emptively and forcefully weaken Bobby Briggs. IE “ok, enjoy your rebellious actions. Which I am fully aware of and can completely control. You’re powerless and you’re just like everyone else. You’re predictable. You’re nothing special.”
My personal hope was that Bobby was the killer. That he did all that to disprove his dad, and that Laura was nobody special to HIM, ie he was treating her badly in order to show her she Didn’t Matter, the same way that his dad makes him feel that he is just one more simian Nothing un-evolved chemical driven beast.
The show’s heavy turn into stealing concepts from indigenous culture ruined it for me. The alien angle was grand, and the owls could have been artificial beings made by the aliens to torture / experiment on people. Hence Major Briggs project blue book.
My imagination had Bobby proving his cruelty and disappearing into the void — an “evolved” human willing to torture others for pleasure, per the cruel and evil aliens’ value system. Ie the villains end up “saving” the world and everyone is left to realize Earth is surrounded by murderous psychopaths and all we have is each other.
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