Would love to know exactly why it is "pretentious". Just because you don't like it? I also think you show a misunderstanding of Lynch and the idea of the "Lynchian" style. Lynch's actual style as a director isn't so surreal - it's the subject matter that defines the weirdness. In...

I on the other hand, like the Red Room much better this time. The old one needed some updating. More importantly, what is going on in the Red Room in The Return is also more interesting to me. Episode 29 was great for its day, but a lot of it frankly felt like a last curtain call for characters lik...