I seem to have missed the discussion that kind of started off with my pro-Episode 16 post... But I have read everything and I guess I've got more unpopular opinions up my sleeve
1.
I don't find Lynch's episodes the best - I mean, to some extent I do, because among my favourite six or seven episodes, the Lynch-directed ones would make a majority, yes. However:
- there are at least four Season 1 episodes I like much more than Ep.2. Season 1 as a whole is perfection for me and there is no weaker moment; Episode 2 is perhaps the most
important episode of all but the best? Others - especially 4,5,6,7 - seem much more consistent. Episode 2 is great and has amazing scenes, like the Horne breakfast or rock-throwing, but I don't really see it so consistent in terms of style, atmosphere...
- there is a whole bunch of episodes I find much better than Ep.9, which is solid and well-made but nothing over that imo
- as stated before: as much as I LOVE Ep.14 and I find its ending the best Twin Peaks moment of all, as a whole, I tend to prefer Ep.16
And a small
addendum:
Jonah wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:45 pm
I view 14 as the finale to that mystery, not 16. 15 and 16 are just the coda, the wrap-up. The real ending essentially comes with 14. I do like 15 and 16 but I recognise they're a big jump down from 14.
I wholeheartedly disagree
These three episodes, for me, are one big ending, where each moment is indispensable. Episode 14 is the best episode ending ever, perhaps even the best Lynch scene ever - but it doesn't feel like the proper ending to the most fascinating story-arc ever, if you know what I mean
We NEEDED to see at least a bit of bad Leland in action, as well as Leland falling apart and above all - the confession scene. And then this last scene of Ep.16, with the question of
Where is BOB now?, and the owl - now THAT is the true and perfect ending!
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(between 1 and 2) - having said that, I really do like the rest of Season 2 (back in the old days I would, for my own sake, call it "season3" because it was so distinct from what had been before) - and so this quote goes very well with me:
Stavrogyn wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 3:40 pm
When I watched the series for the first time, my main problem with episode 17 was that it felt like the story was over, and I couldn't see where could it go from there, nor why would it continue. It felt unnecessary.
I actually think if
Twin Peaks had ended with episode 16, it would have been considered as one of the greatest series of all time even more than it is today. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't 16 end with that shot that I interpret as from the perspective of BOB / his spirit roaming through the woods in search of a new host? That would have been a brilliant ending.
On my second viewing, however - having known what comes after - I enjoyed the rest of the original series much more, including episode 17.
As well as this:
Jonah wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:19 am
Another unpopular opinion - I quite like a lot of the Leo and Windom in the cabin stuff. Yes, even the flute playing. I don't think of these scenes as necessarily the weaker stuff at all. For some reason, they work for me and I find them quite enjoyable.
I'm pretty sure I've said this before too (a lot of these topics sometimes seem to lead back to the same plot points!) but that horse costume/Briggs ambush scene is a wonder to behold - it's actually quite creepy but so unbelievably ludicrous to think both Windom and Leo are crouched together under that costume, creeping through the woods, with a tranquilizer gun. Yet somehow, despite being so ridiculous, it works.
This unpopular opinion I happily share!
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3.
I loved the way Laura's mystery was solved and I didn't want anything AFTER Ep.29! - well, back then, I didn't even know there was any talk about that and I didn't know that Lynch & Frost actually wanted to keep the mystery going and so on... News like that wouldn't reach the far country of Poland
So I found out about all this much later, via internet - and much to my discontent. Like, they
really wanted to treat the Laura mystery in a different way? To keep it going for more and more episodes?! But why if what we got was just PERFECT!
Similarly, any ideas of going on past Ep.29 and the shocking Cooper possession seemed to my at least improper
Cheers!