My Son Was Standing There
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- One of the best monologues in TV history. The Major recounts a dream he had about his son Bobby. Directed by David Lynch. RIP Don Davis and RIP David Lynch. From Twin Peaks episode "May The Giant Be With You". Music cue is "Audrey's Prayer (slow version)" found on RUclips.
the great thing about twin peaks is you never know when you're gonna be walloped in the head by a randomly extremely emotional and earnest moment.
And then immediately followed by WERE THE FBI! This. Is what. We DOOOO.
The last, closing scene of "Fire..Walk With Me" ... ... It wrecks me. This story is the great American tragedy.
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😞😞😇
Maybe Not a vision but a sight of actual future events Bobby became the man his father always hoped for.
I agree my same reaction
For me its when Dougie recognizes or remembers something when the piano player (Angelo Badalementi) starts playing. Just that look on his face.. pfff..
Major Briggs is truly one of the most resonating characters. He initially seems to be your typical military type -- austere, no-nonsense, practical, unemotional, overbearing in fatherhood. But boy are those notions turned on their head and you get this beautiful man -- full of poetry, open to the mysterious, tender, just unexpectedly complex. A truly marvelous portrayal for a character who doesn't get a lot of screen time
Maj. Briggs is a deeply philosophical man.
Read The Secret History of Twin Peaks as it dives more into his life
The only person in the show who's been to the White Lodge.
god i know. i feel like something was cut from the show with his character.
The same is true for Bobby as well. Thats what I love about Twin Peaks; it takes all these archetypes of soap operas and gives them so much more depth and warmth as characters.
I like how Bobby goes to "great here we go" to tears......
I love that too. He goes from rolling his eyes over his dad going off again to having this transformative spiritual experience. The only reason this scene even works is because Major Briggs talks in such a strangely archaic way and only a man like this could possibly transmit such a profound and ineffable message when you least expect it
very realistic if you've ever heard an older person take all day to describe something
It's funny because I expected him to be a disciplinarian strict father character to go against bobby but throughout he's very sober and open minded
Thank you for my life, David Lynch. RIP.
I am moved beyond belief, that others, like me, are returning to this scene. God bless you, Mr Lynch.
RIP. One of the best scenes I've ever seen on screen. Something that really hits a specific part of the human soul that every other filmmaker has seemed to ignore or, God forbid, be ignorant of.
Im so happy i found him and his utterly beautiful mind which was something so precious. My tears aren’t enough for the world. What an incredible moment!
@@jonjones9072nah just a redditor
“I was about to unalive myself and then I saw twin peaks. Upvotes to the left. “
"Thank you for my life" what are you even talking about is he your father or did david lynch save you from dying?
Always felt this was one of Twin Peaks’ finest moments
I think it's my favourite scene in the entire show. The problem with Cooper was that he never fully trusted his visions, he was so good at piecing events together that his ego was too big so he always had to try to figure things out himself. That's the point of Dougie Jones I think, it's Cooper essentially with his will removed so he has no choice but to go with the visions. Yet Major Briggs, despite his vision seeming so unlikely, simply decided to trust in it and believe in his son. It's a really well written speech too.
It's my top 10. Incredibly wholesome and beautiful
I'm sure an actor as experienced as Don Davis knew that he was looking at pure gold when he got the script for this episode. He really knocked it out of the park here. RIP Major Briggs.
Damn fine moment
@@yt8co Do you realize the intuition from Cooper IS our intuition as viewers of the show, and Major Briggs represents Mark Frost, right? So Cooper isn't always right because we don't know everything about Twin Peaks, and Briggs is right and knows about everything because he actually wrote the show himself.
I see lots of other folks remembered this scene in the wake of the Maestro's death.
Let's give the late Don S. Davis some credit here too. For the sort of character he played, nobody did it better.
Tremendous actor
Hammond of Texas!
Don Davis fucking killed this. God-tier writing delivered fucking perfectly. It almost feels like all pretence of it being a show is dropping away and this is a letter a father wrote to his son.
There's something about Don Davis that just feels special. Same as General Hammond in SG-1. Such a great character and he played it so so so well. RIP.
“The pretense of it being a show dropping away”
I got that feeling from watching this as well
damning a scene with slobbering over-praise ruins the experience though.
@@rickacton7540 I wrote this comment blasted drunk a year and a half ago deeply upset over a relationship going nowhere, gimme a break
Actually I found out he served as a captain in the US army during Vietnam, no wonder he plays the part of the major so well, it must’ve been like slipping back into an old suit
The utter sincerity of scenes like these... Too many modern shows and movies rely on irony and winking at the audience too much. Thank you David Lynch
Well said.
Yeah I think you nailed the charm of Twin Peaks, it's like, intensely sincere ❤
The thing is, if Bobby was rolling his eyes for this scene, it would completely change the tone and still work too. Instead it would be part of Bobbys frustration of living in this small town with his fathers boring and cringy drawl. Lynch understood how important reactions are to filmmaking. Its Bobbys reaction that turns the speech into being one of the great moments of the series.
The real life Black Lodge people are trying to sneer at our human core....with their forays into our culture...that's why sincerity and kindness are missing.
I love how the first episode of the show makes it seem like Major Briggs is your stereotypical hardass military father... and it turns out he's one of the most pivotal characters to the plot on top of also being one of the most complex and nuanced.
The only person in the show who's been to the White Lodge.
Season 2 really did great things for his character. IIRC, there wasn't all that much to him in s1.
@@nikhilajith8880well, cooper went there in season three
Hank Jennings was BB's actual father though
Major briggs might be my favorite tv character in any show ever. The absolutely absurd way he talks, his profound but indescribable knowledge, the acting, all of it.
"...The mind revealing itself to itself."
This man speaks in poetry.
Truly does
Poetry - and dreams - are the language of the soul.
"A reunion with the deepest wellsprings of my being"
That's as true as it can get.
I don't know who wrote that secne for sure, but that is the type of thing Mark Frost would write
Bobby went from pissed off, to confused, to surprised, to so happy he cries, then grateful in three minutes. Fantastic acting and even better writing.
Dana Ashbrook said in an interview that, while they were filming his reaction shots, Don Davis was actually crying while he delivered his lines.
@@nazfrdethat just tells me it really is true that they chose the right cast for these parts.
The deep satisfaction in experiencing acceptance from one’s own father, a feeling many of us, myself included, surely will never know, is I think one of the reasons we all are so profoundly moved by this scene. To have a father that would so clearly and deliberately offer his love to his child as depicted so beautifully in this scene is likely a dream to many of us. I strive to be that kind of father to my kids.
There's so many degrees of separation between my life, and any experience that could relate to this moment. No father, no acceptance, no love, no life, feelings silenced and dulled by depression and trauma. And yet, Dana Ashbrook's powerful, nearly silent acting is able to convey just a fraction of that emotion, even to me. He damn well better have gotten an award for that role.
Yup, couldn't agree more. This is exactly what every son wants to hear his father say. Notice how things like strength, career, or even romance come up in Major Brigg's dialogue. He isn't saying "you will be a great man," he's saying "you will be a happy and content man." Garland's vision doesn't put any expectations on Bobby, it just tells him his life will be fulfilling and happy, which is something so many fathers neglect to assure their sons about.
I am lucky to have a supportive father, but so many of his supportive talks have placed expectations on me, assuring me that I will be successful in life. Sometimes I just want him to say that I will find a life worth living.
I know exactly how you feel. Every year my father takes me out to eat for my birthday, he tells me that I only have a few years left before it's "too late" to make something of myself.
He says I have until I'm 40, and then it's over. I can't imagine ANY FATHER saying that to his son, so it doesn't only hurt, it confuses me. They tell you they love you, but you don't feel it.
Now he's trying to reach out to me, begged me to come see him on Christmas...but I'm always afraid of how he'll make me feel so I just didn't go. And I STILL feel guilt over it.
@@mrmusickhimself I know it probably wouldn’t make a difference, but maybe tell him why you avoid him. Maybe it would change his behavior. I’m sure you’re probably doing just fine, and even if you’re not, your worth isn’t what you do or how productive you are. Your worth is simply a result of that you exist.
thank you Brian.
This scene is just an absolute masterpiece. Each time I watch it, Bobby's "Really" is what breaks me. Bobby's shock that he's worthy of both forgiveness and a chance to redeem himself gets me every time. There's also something beautiful about the Major shaking Bobby's hand after. A subtle way of saying that while Bobby isn't the son from his vision yet, he knows Bobby will be. They aren't ready to embrace and become one, but they finally have a connection. Excellent work from Davis and Ashbrook both.
When I first saw this scene all those years ago I thought Bobby was goi g to laugh and walk away like he had done previous times when talking with the major
"Worthy of forgiveness" absolutely fantastic.
@@SpecialOrder935 Yea, at first I though it was sarcastic. So glad I was proven wrong though.
it hards harder knowing he murdered someone for Laura's too lol
"Jesus Christ"
I think what gets me is the handshake. Major Briggs knows Bobby is distanced from him and ignores him a lot and can't stand his talks so he shakes his hand to show him affection that he does care and has faith in him. You can see Bobby holding his dads hand tightly, not wanting to let go. Their relationship isn't in the best spot, but Bobby does love his dad and you can see it in the handshake. Not wanting to let go
I love this scene. But at the same time, the vision that so moved them both is one in which Major Briggs says he embraces his son--and yet at the end of this beautiful tender moment they share in the diner comes not an embrace, but a handshake. It's not nothing, it's a real and meaningful connection, but it's a stark and intentional contrast to the fullness of the vision.
@@sisyphusmythsbecause Bobby hasn't reached that place of harmony his father spoke of. He will in the afternoon life, when father and son meet in the White Lodge.
He totally stuck his son with the bill 😆 and Bobby was too blown away by the story to notice.
Well played, Major.
lmaooooo
LMAO 😂
Damn, this makes me want to memorize the monologue and pull this on a friend.
He knows he's good for it❄️❄️❄️
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Im crying for a man I've never met. Thank you so much David, for everything. Rest in Peace.
Yeah it's called a parasocial relationship, pretty unhealthy but also super common in the West now that most people's friends are fictional figures. Truly a failed society and David would agree.
@@berdyderg900There's nothing wrong with weeping over the death over an artist whose work has had a positive influence on you.
@@berdyderg900Touch some grass brother
My wife and I cried too. We aren't going to see another director like him, at that level, shunning the studio system.
@@berdyderg900 You try way too hard.
One of the most masculine characters in fiction. Remember men. Real men show remorse and compassion. Not the bullshit taught by so many influencers today.
You nailed it
A real father and guider of insight, indeed!
Don Davis absolutely understood the assignment and utterly snatched this role.
Imagine being told something as important as this
In my vision, David Lynch was standing there, he was peaceful and carefree...
We embraced. A warm and loving embrace, nothing withheld.
We were, in this moment, one.
Thank you for everything, mister Lynch.
I think this was the turning point in Bobbys life
Interesting how the people in the background are holding completely still, it adds to the surreal nature of Twin Peaks, the best TV show of all time.
This! I saw this szene here many times. Very impressive. But the people in the background.... scary....
Wow I didn’t notice that that’s so creepy
Ooooh cool.
There's a scene in _TNG_ where Picard flashes back to (actually, relives) a time when he is stabbed in a bar fight as a young man, which the episode ("Tapestry") had established turned out to be pivotal to how he lived his life from then on. I eventually noticed that in that moment, camera following him as he sinks to the floor, all the other characters in the bar are now still, even the other combatants, just watching, not stunned or horrified, just watching, as the music swells. It's magical.
Actually, they are moving a little bit. If you watch very closely
This frozen people thing is even more freakishly evident in the scene at school when Donna realizes that Laura is dead.
"we embraced a warm and loving embrace- nothing withheld" breaks me EVERYTIME
"Became a knock at the door"...*greatest pause in the history of acting*... "My son was standing there"
*There came
@@ryanpatricksmith5795does it matter, this scene meant alot to alot of people and your gonna take the wind out of this guy's sails,
The way they set up Hank as someone you really dislike immediately after (at the end of this clip) is pretty masterful too. Briggs has the most heartfelt, wise, profound conversation with his son that you could imagine - then Hank patronizingly salutes him, before sneering at him after he turns his back to leave.
This is simply an otherworldly moment in American media
Understatement of the century. Arguably the best scene in television history.
19.1 million people watched this episode. That's quite a large audience who tuned in, and heard this amazing speech
This entire show was miraculous
This is the moment that saved Bobby Briggs. Major Garland Briggs is probably my favorite character of the whole series. RIP Don Davis, you gave a legendary performance. Also, RIP David Lynch, you were a driving force in bringing these people together and bringing the emotions out in them that we see on screen. Truly a gift. Thank you for everything.
Watching Bobby go from an aloof "oh god here he goes..." attitude to being totally and completely moved by his dad's words is just...ahhhh *chef's kiss*. I doubt we'll ever see another artist quite like David Lynch.
A perfect portrayal of effervescent love, etched on celluloid with buzzing light.
Rest in peace, David.
Got a light?
this show saved my life
The extras in the background are eerily and unusually still and silent. Makes it feel like we’re in a timeless, elevated place - a place of insight which the Major glimpsed in his dream…
Briggs is talking about the White Lodge. He was "born and raised there" but hadn't been there in a long time, meaning he had done the things the world asked of him, like soldiering in war. When the events surrounding Laura's murder behan to unfold, he was called back to the White Lodge, to use his abilities in the service of keeping the world safe from the Black Lodge. And his son was there. He saw that Bobby had a role to play in that mission as well. 20 years later, we see Bobby as a Sheriff's Deputy, knowing what lurked in the Black Lodge and ready to confront it.
Brilliant foreshadowing.
Good point 👍🏻👍🏻
But in that moment no one could think nothing about lodges😅😅😅😅😅
I don’t think it’s foreshadowing, but it's brilliant how well it intertwines with everything later.
Cant keep a dry eye through this scene. One of the best ever written and acted on television.
I agree! One of my favorite Lynch-directed episodes. I heard a Q&A with Dana where he said David told him something very special that made him tear up that got him ready to act in this scene.
@@kdiamond when I first saw this scene I expected Bob to yell at his dad as he had been known to do on the show. But to see Bobby tear up (absolutely terrific acting from Dana), told me that up until that point I had understood nothing of Bobby's character. And I love this scene for that.
@@vanhopecomedy The Father/Son relationship runs deep.
same here, with the music it is just so beautiful
The contrast between the character you think Major Briggs would be when he was introduced with the character he turned out to be is one of the most characteristically amazing aspects of this show.
Knocks you down with its beauty. There will never be another David Lynch. May he rest in peace.
I don't know if Lynch did this intentionally but I love how season 3 ties in with this scene. Major Briggs almost has a moment of foresight as to how Bobby's future is going to turn out (his dream arguably containing imagery from the White Lodge) - sure, Bobby has "issues" in season 3, but he works a good job and seems to be relatively happy, not unlike the dream the major had. Either way I'm glad they gave Bobby a relatively happy ending; he got to escape the whole situation involving Laura with his sanity intact and, most importantly, his life.
The music is also either the same or very close to the scene where they visit Bobby’s mother in season 3.
Interesting. Major Briggs is so clever and his knowledge and workings are classified. He deals with other worldly intelligence. As a matter of military intelligence and defence he has to calculate and anticipate how non humans think. The dream may have been real. I want it to be real. But Major Briggs could have calculated precisely what type of speech might inspire and motivate his son as an eminent and detached psychologist might. A moody teenager is apt to reject anything from a parent when the teenager is hostile and emotional and suspected of major criminality-- especially when the parent personifies the authority of the state. The writing enables Major Briggs to get the son's interest before it becomes clear it is a story about them. Major Briggs never mentions anything negative about his son or that an improvement is needed. Instead, he plants a seed about his son's already successful future life which implies the son had dealt with those issues Major Briggs didn't have to mention. Like Dr Jacoby, Major Briggs can reach Bobby quickly if the right words are employed strategically. It's a real stand out scene in a series which genuinely is full of great insightful writing upon revisiting 30 years later by someone the same age as Bobby.
David lynch works in mysterious ways
Confession: I was on the edge of tears when Bobby first appeared on the screen in Season 3 because you could immediately tell that he'd grown into a man that the Major would be proud of.
This is one of the few episodes Lynch directed in the original series, so probably. S1E1 ,S1E3, S2E1, S2E14, and the season 2 finale are all jam packed with ideas Lynch would further expand upon in the return. I wish he couldve had more control over the original series tbh
I've quoted this speech in my wedding vows and have used the "I wish you nothing but the very best in all things" at another wedding
You Hack.😂 You better have given David Lynch credit.
Mark Frost wrote this one, I think. @@kgpspyguy and no I didn't give credit 😭
@@kgpspyguyhe gave Marshawn Lynch credit instead 😢 source: I was at the wedding
hank being a horse's ass really sobers you up quick after garland's speech.
Yuppppp. I would have loved to have seen the Log Lady tell Hank just that. For example:
Log Lady: "Hank?"
Hank: "Yes, Margaret?"
Log Lady: "Could ya shut up? You sound like a horse's ass"
Hank: *rolls his eyes and walks away deflated* 😂
@@FreakinRican6969 Davey missed an opportunity there - I'm always going to envision that as the ending from here on! :D
@@nataliealtemose9191hahaha right? Log Lady was a legend
RIP Catherine Coulson
Sorry I don’t comment much anymore but this made me belly laugh haha🎉
I hope no one minds me saying this but I wish men could talk this way to eachother in actual real life.
I wish my dad had spoken to me about his deepest hopes and dreams, his thoughts.
He tried in his own way but it wasn’t a flow of emotional words like this from the Major. It was always cryptic kind of.
It’s been that way with every man I’ve spoken to in my life. Even I have this same mannerism. I keep my emotions and my thoughts to myself.
I try to show gratitude, pride, love and faith to my friends, family and colleagues but it’s always in a measured, tactical way.
Sometimes I wish I could see my dad again and just let the words come out like a waterfall.
I’ve a reputation of being a bit effeminate due to how I talk, write or interact with others. I can see it too. There’s a strange feeling inside like a raw instinct, to keep it locked down. Don’t be a drag on people. Don’t be over emotional. Don’t embarrass yourself or anyone else. Be quiet.
Maybe one day men will learn to be more openly affectionate to eachother or even just honest about how they feel inside.
I know a lot of us feel lonely, solitary and a bit down about it especially around people. It would help so much to be able to talk.
I keep meaning to try and be the one to change and hopefully inspire it in others but you know how it goes. You just keep it inside and be just ‘nice’.
Sorry for rambling. Hah
I always come back to this scene, "the mind revealing itself to itself"
Every young man harbors doubts and insecurities about their self-worth. Bobby especially after all the horrific things he had gone through with Laura Palmer.
That's why it's so critical for any young man to have a father that loves and encourages them. This is the moment where you can tell Bobby gets set on the right path.
I think about this scene every few months. The beautiful music, performances, and writing are enhanced by the context of the characters: Major Briggs, a man who has treated his son quite roughly at times when we see them interact, and Bobby, an out of control young man on a disastrous path. But here he is asked to the table by his father, and agrees to hear him. And his father warmly tells him of his innermost thoughts and visions, and of an expression of his love towards his son, and we watch as Bobby cries and weight falls from him and he sees this better version of himself through the eyes of his father, and sees the sensitive man his father can be. Such an earnest expression of love and the desire for the happiness and fulfillment of another is so rare and powerful. Tragically rarer still for many real world parent's and children, who end up so far from each other by the time the child is Bobby's age.
And it did not require one of the them dying, or leaving, for it to be done. The Major says "see you at dinner tonight". A scene of such genuine beauty is rarely achieved. Thanks, Mr. Lynch. I hope you found that place of light to pass into.
Don Davis was so good in this role.
To me, this is the most beautiful moment in television. Ever.
I like to think this was the moment that set Bobby down the path that leads him to where he is in S3: from the bad boy to a good man trying to do the right thing.
It was a wonderful, and natural, character evolution: To go from a directionless delinquent to a self-assured member of the Twin Peaks police force.
And now he's gone. This beautiful man who showed me so much about the world. Who taught me so much about God, about the soul, about sensuality and romance, about man, about love, about the soul of America, and the strangeness, the unpredictability of life's gifts. RIP. May his name be blessed, and may his family be at peace. Tears are in my eyes.
Gordon cole joined bob in dark within
This scene made me cry so hard. In particular, I think it's because my father left when I was 5 so I never got to hear this speech from him.
Not just one of the finest moments in Twin Peaks, this is one of the greatest scenes I've ever seen. I routinely come back to this, and it has taken such a stronger resonance after the passing of my mom last year, who was my sole parent as I never knew my father. Her last words to me were "don't be afraid to live your life".
Great words!
Its beautiful isn't it
Im sorry to heard that friend, wish you the best and happy life
It's going to be really hard not getting my weather reports anymore.
Rest in Peace. He was one of those men you never imagined would leave this world, like a beloved family member who just suddenly goes without warning.
I'm overjoyed that he was kind enough to share his passion with us.
This is one of the most powerful scenes in the show for me, in television really.
I kept expecting it to be undercut by some dumb joke or for Bobby to interrupt, but for it to actually play out 100% seriously, in a beautifully constructed speech, oh man I love show.
A wonderful curve ball!
RIP Legend. You had such an unbelievable ability to pull the purest sincerity of humans out from between pure absurdity. Beautiful
Never seen this show, so at first I thought this was an episode of SG-1 which I could not remember. Love Don S. Davis.
Holy shit he's actually gone, I can't believe it.
I love the duality of formality and sincerity. David Lynch truly understands and can convey duality so well
"Exceptional, as always"
I remember this, saw it the night it aired on ABC. the instant I played this clip, today, tonight I was right back there.. I wished then that my father had the courage to speak to me, to speak to me like this.. I wish he knew, how much I wanted to here heartfelt honestly like this. The actor playing the son, Bobby.. you can see in his eyes what these words words say to any man that has been a son.
Thank you if you reead this. I'm 55 and I still miss my Dad.
God bless you.
I envy that you got to see this when this first aired. I miss my dad, too.
Every emotion in this seen is startlingly real.
How Bobby begins the scene with indignation and angst, but is completely disarmed by the end.
RIP David Lynch. You visited us from another dimension and now you've gone back to spend some time with your best mate. Say hi to Major Briggs from all of us buddy.
I always come back to this
This is likely my favourite moment in the entire franchise. The incredible writing of the monologue, the acting and Badalamenti’s score is so touching. Beautiful stuff.
If my dad were still here, I can only hope that he would think this of me.
The most tonally complicated show to ever be made imo; truly unique
God rewatching this has absolutely has absolutely gutted me. Thank you David Lynch for being so unapologetically you
Lynch did incredible things. I can't think of anyone else who has blown my mind away so many times. It's golden sunshine now, forever.
Oh David I will always love you and think of you. Thank you for your life and all you gave to the world
Ashbrook really delivers that ending "okay" with just the right intonation.
You can hear the lump in his throat
Thanks David Lynch, you did good.
Thank you David Lynch. Rest in peace.
that handshake breaks me every time. thank you David.
I saw every episode on tv from start to finish back in 90-91, it was so new, so strange, so good … it was special! RIP Mr Lynch and thank you!
WHY did this come up in my feed?.. TODAY?!?.. I had completely forgotten about this scene.. Trust me > my life NEEDED this moment.. Thank you..
I grew up not understanding WTF I was watching, but noneless was sticking to TV, then in the middle of the life I was watching the return. I am generation of Twin Peaks. Thank you, David.
Absolutely gorgeously immaculate writing; it is also awesome that Bobby's usually frustrated character had the maturity to sincerely listen to & appreciate his father's story.
Sometimes all a son wants is to hear it's gonna be okay.
it's gonna be okay.
Knowing what Bobby has had to do, especially considering FWWM, he needed this so badly.
Every once in a while I come back to this video and just cry... not because I'm sad, just because this scene is so beautiful...
His vision came true. Bobby became an upstanding Deputy at Twin Peak's Sherrif's Station.
More feelings and good will in 3 minutes than I've received from my father in 38 years
That's sad
This is by far the scene that impacted me the most from this glorious show. Even influencing my personality and way of thinking.
I continue to be amazed and so pleased that this scene, that has so resonated with me, has clearly resonated with many many others. I didn't realize when I uploaded this ten years ago (!) how many people had a similar connection.
Miss you Dave miss you much. Be your surreal self in peace love. ❤
Unbelievable. Such a kindness. And the son very much needed to hear this from his father, as he was tremendously lost with no knowledge of what it even feels like to have a direction. And, he grew up to be a wonderful man.
Always feels so good to go back and watch this.
RIP David Lynch. 😢
The break in the Major’s voice when he says his son’s name speaks volumes. The Major Brigg’s isn’t an emotionless man. He’s incredibly strong having first hand experience with the horrors of reality, while maintaining his ethics and decency. He’s not breaking down to his son or looking for sympathy, nor is he lecturing Bobby. He’s sharing with him a powerful dream of hope and love that couldn’t have possibly been easy for him to share without shedding tears. He hopes that one day Bobby can surpass him in his strength and maturity and grow into his full potential. Bobby is a good kid, he just needed to hear it at the right time.
Rest in peace and coffee and milkshakes Mr Lynch. What a catalog of scenes and moments.
The moment hits you like a thunderbolt.
I remember watching this scene when I first saw Twin Peaks on Netflix, I think I was 16. Being so young, I found this scene really particular but I couldn't really put my finger on why I felt that was the case. It stuck with me. I think the idea of the Major having a "vision" and communicating it with such candor to his son, who listens intently for the whole scene, and then the scene just ending, struck me as exceptional, given the exposure I'd had up until that point with popular media like other tv shows and movies. It was surprising and particular. It also felt almost cheesy to me, but also mysterious, such a strange mix of emotions.
Now, I am still kind of young and not much older, but my sense of what life may entail has certainly deepened. I feel such a great sentiment of love coming from this scene. It really is beautiful. David Lynch says Eraserhead is his most spiritual film but I find this scene so spiritual and ironically, kind of an affirmation of fatherhood and the relationships we may have with other people, how integral that is in the realization of some sort of paradise or return to some higher state. Like a piece of music feels such a relief from coming to the tonal center. I am getting kind of schmaltzy but I still find this scene exceptional because it appeals to some universal subconscious place that is hopeful and joyous.
Well said. This scene has always stuck out to me for the same reasons. It doesn't feel like anything else on TV or even in the series itself. The way the Major, who has the roughest of exteriors, has no problem being so vulnerable as to communicate maybe the most personal thing we have - a dream - and share that meaning with his son, who is always on guard, and having those walls shatter, is just so heavy. I think we all wish we could have that kind of relationship with our parents or loved ones. Total acceptance and love and honesty. Those are real tears in Dana's eyes, which makes it even more special.
David you will be missed so much 😭😭😭
The scene says all that needs to be said about David Lynch’s authenticity.
Turning point for Bobby 100%
Rest in peace to the greatest to ever do it
This man taught me how to approach art in my own personal way and for that I will be forever grateful. I know this might not be a relevant thing to share but I loved sharing my birthday with him on January 20th and I shed a few tears this morning realizing that he won't be around next monday. Thanks for the dreams, David ❤
RIP Lynch, thank you for these moments. And RIP Don S. Davis as well
"It was my return..." THE RETURN
I wish my dad could tell me something that beautiful.
I hear ya . One time I used the word “ scuttlebutt” when talking to my dad . He laughed and ever since he’s been calling me scuttlebutt. My dad is not a book-learned man per se 😅
In my opinion, this is one of the top 10 scenes of the whole series. Still makes me cry to this day. It's so wholesome and beautiful. I've never had a son, and I never really got a chance to know my father, but I loved him and wish we could've had a moment like this. I had the privilege to raise one of my nieces. And I am proud I have something like this with her. It's also a great thing that Lynch decided to create in the third season.
Thank you, David. A light has dimmed in the world.
When watching this, I’m reminded of a line from my favorite movie, the 1984 film Amadeus. When Salieri recalls experiencing Mozarts music for the first time, he states that the music was “filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing.”
That specific line has been driven deep into my brain, because I relate. I lost my father at nine years old to a brain aneurysm. My last words to him were something along the lines of “please don’t go. I don’t want you to die”
He and my mother were leaving for an anniversary vacation to Cancun and I was so scared of them leaving. They’d never been away from my brother and I longer than a day. And my worst fears were realized after I heard what had happened from my mother.
A scene like this will forever resonate with me. It’s extremely powerful, and just like Mozarts music, I too am filled with such longing. Just to hear my father speak my name one last time. To hear him utter even a single syllable, would give me the greatest comfort and peace I’ve ever known.
What a beautiful scene between father and son.
I remember so well seeing this scene for the first time when I was 15, I guess I had the same reaction as Bobby... now I am almost 50 and I still think about it many times at night, and how hope is indeed the best part of life.
may God bless your soul David