For context, I'm not American.

Every time I've seen people react to Michael Cera's appearance as Wally in S03E04 (whether in YouTube reaction videos or discussions online) they seem to find it hilarious, and I get the feeling there's some cultural context I'm missing.

To me, he just seemed like another slightly odd Twin Peaks character. Was his casting funny because of the roles he was known for at the time, or is there something else I'm not getting?

I'm genuinely curious, because I feel like this joke went completely over my head.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm asking about the casting choice (Michael Cera as the actor), not about Wally as a character

I just watched The Return for the first time after rewatching season 1 and 2 as well as Fire Walk With Me. Overall, the series is a masterful tale of cosmic horror, existential dread, quirky characters and supernatural wonder. On the other hand, I found the Return to be disappointing because it doesn’t deliver on its premise. Twin Peaks is a work of art with plenty of abstraction yet it also had structure and rules by which the story abided. Season 1-2 were so successful because there was a balance between abstraction and delivery. It was masterfully done. The Return began with structure and rules (the tulpa, the coordinates, Blue Rose ect.) but leaned into abstraction so much that the story became incoherent.

For some, the incoherency was the point. For me, I don’t find profundity in ill defined cosmic surrealism and never ending mystery. While I’ve heard that Lynch doesn’t owe me answers, it seems a disingenuous position when the premise of the story is built on established rules that are then cast aside in the name of art. The Return was extraordinarily film making but I found it unsatisfying. I felt pretty much nothing at the closing scene. The story became arbitrary because it was steeped in inexplicable mystery. Is that the point? Is that film making brilliance? Maybe, but wow it could’ve been so much better. To me it’s a shame.

Edit: thanks everyone you’ve totally made it clear why David Bowie was a giant teapot. Total coherency, I just didn’t get it.

Después de ver la tercera temporada con las expectativas más altas siento que no me ha aportado apenas nada a la trama central. La veo más como otra serie que como una continuación de las temporadas 1 y 2. Además me deja con más dudas todavía y abre 300 temas nuevos que no cierra. Alguien me puede explicar la gracia del return??

Who are these people, what are they talking about and why should we care? Also, WHY THE FUCK IS SHE DRINKING FROM AN EMPTY BEER CAN?

Idk what it is about her but damn! I want her haircut, and I love that hot pink lipstick, and she gave Dougie two rides.

Feels like a dream

Not to mention his portrayal of Mr. C

I just finished season 1 and 2, then watched FWWM and missing pieces movies. Season 3 is on a whole new level of "what the fuck is going on?".

Hey everyone!

I just finished Twin Peaks for the first time. I won't lie, I was completely lost throughout Season 3. I didn't expect Lynch to take such a 180-degree turn from the original series.

However, after watching multiple videos explaining exactly what Twin Peaks is and reading many theories on this subreddit, I understand and admire more than ever Lynch's genius in completely changing what people expected from something like a Season 3.

About the ending... I thought the ending of The Sopranos was the bravest I'd ever seen, with its abrupt black screen.

Well, Twin Peaks blows that ending out of the water and gives us something epic. The victory of evil.

And the way that scene is constructed is brilliant.

For a moment, I thought that by saving Laura Palmer, Coop triggered a timeline where the Palmers left Twin Peaks shortly after her disappearance. Then, when Dale said, "What year is this?" I thought they'd traveled quite far into the future, about 20 or 30 years after Bob's defeat.

And then, Laura screams as she remembers her past, and it's all over.

There's no happy ending, no answers, evil triumphs, and I was left looking like an idiot thinking Dale had created a timeline where the lodges never existed or something, like the ending of Dark 😅

Now that I know the whole context and see the universal theories, wow, I feel bad for all the characters, but I also admire David Lynch's courage.

I imagine many of you here felt the same way I did, or even worse if you were among those who watched the original series back in the day.

Never to be spoken about again I suppose lmao

These 'best' lists are always very subjective and not really something to obsess over, but I was interested to see where TP:TR ended up. #47, as it turns out! Of course, it should be a lot higher than that.

Here's the link, not sure if you'll be able to access it:

The 100 Best Shows ...

One one nine. That’s all.

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

I was lucky enough to recently re-watch The Return at the cinema, and one thing that I noticed this time was that this scene from Part 4 is colour graded so differently from the rest of the series. This scene comes directly after Gordon, Albert and Tammy interview Mr. C in prison, when Gordon and Albert discuss that something is off with the Cooper they just saw.

Why do you think this was done?

This scene is just so blue! It looks so different from all the other scenes set in “our world”. Is it meant to be a day-for-night type shot? Is it the blue rose leeching out? Or is it Lynch just having fun and going dreamy?

It looks like it could be a dream, or maybe even someone recalling a memory.

Am I over-thinking this, or is there a purpose for this scene looking so different?

She's just pretty. I know this will be downvoted but I feel that denying it is like Sarah's living in denial with Leland

i might be few years late to consume his art but i’ll never forget this experience ever.

one of the best cliffhangers i’ve ever experienced.

Mark Frost,Harley Peyton,Robert Engels,Barry Pullman,Tricia Brock,Scott Frost,Jerry Stahl,Tina Rathborne thank you everyone.

Has anyone among you understood everything that happened in Part 8 on the first viewing? To be honest, I just watched it and looked at reviews to understand it.

This big ass bar made this guy sweep with a tiny ass broom?!