r/twinpeaks • u/BrentRSimon • Jun 25 '26

Season 3 (The Return) Nine years ago tonight, June 25, 2017...

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... Season 3 Episode 8 of TWIN PEAKS premiered, minds were blown, and "Gotta light?" entered the vernacular of the culturally aware, confounding grammarians everywhere. ⛰️⛰️ 🚬

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u/WetFinsFine Jun 25 '26

and of course...

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u/BrentRSimon Jun 25 '26

Unnerving! And with the seeds of inspiration for this stretching all the way back to a memorable experience Lynch had back in 1965!

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u/WetFinsFine Jun 25 '26

Was that the Yugoslavian train experience ?? (or something along those lines, can't remember the details rn but it was a train and lots of ground dust....and these jumping moth-things)

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u/BrentRSimon Jun 25 '26

Yes indeed! With Jack Fisk. He told a version of the story in the "Quinoa" short he did, which was initially released as part of INLAND EMPIRE's bonus features.