**EDIT: long read** And here I sit, cocktail in hand, thinking it was to be another usual Monday night with my usual 70s and 80's tunes. You've presented questions that I and others have asked maybe countless times, presented points that flew over my head until someone else pointed it out, and everything in between. The biggest question I think any of us could ask is... WHAT!? at this point, I feel the HOW has been left well enough alone. I don't think a season 4 will happen. Maybe that's more-so a hope in my end. I guess part of me doesn't want a season 4 due to the mystery still being quite alive and well (well, sort of) which was a huge factor in many fans' reactions to The Return. "what if it's not Twin Peaks-y enough? What if the mystery gets solved and it loses its luster?" And I feel that in the potential of a season 4. The flip side of that is, if there is indeed a season 4, one of the biggest theories I've pulled is... We have not seen the end of Richard. He is not dead. That trap was set for DoppelCoop to transport him back to the Black Lodge, not to kill him. Richard has been in the Black Lodge for who knows how long (technically for about 3 years since he got zapped in October of 2016) and he has no doubt grown darker and more in tact evil. He was born from evil, there were electrical pylons crackling when he pulled over to shoddily clean the blood off his truck. He is part Lodge part real world and since he got pulled into the lodge, he is absolutely pure evil now. I guarantee it. So let's say season 4 happens. Richard emerges, sets out to finish what Bob and Doppel Coop started, Judy FULLY emerges in some form, ALL Coopers meet up- we get the show down we thought we would? Maybe. Maybe not. But if it happens, that's been my go to prediction. ALLLLLLLLL of that to say, three things I want to mention as my favourites of your ever fantastic Twin Peaks videos. 1. Way to set my soul dancing emotionally with all the musical segways , Wild Wild West got me misty eyed. 2. The passed away actors and actresses are still heavy for me, and having to replace either Truman or even (this one still burns ) Norma... it's unspeakable. 3. LIGHTER NOTE! Way to start me off laughing with Cameron there. Good Ferris Bueller's Day Off throw in there! As always. Out of the fucking park~
Interesting thoughts about Richard. I suppose it could have been a plan to capture Bad Coop after he eluded being sucked back in. On the subject of Norma, I doubt they'd try and replace her. She and Ed seemed to have come to the end of their storylines, and could just as easily not appear (Everett McGill had long since retired from acting at the time season 3 was getting rolling...I hear they had some trouble even finding him at first).
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Peggy Lipton's passing hit us like a ton of bricks, to sum it up nicely. I know in my heart that David would never dream of recasting her. I didn't know that there was some struggle to find Everett McGill, that's interesting to me. Either way, there's a lot of questions to be answered that, knowing Lynch, will never be answered. at least, not fully ;)
I dont think, if David Lynch made another season, he will kill the mystery. If he answers some questions, he will definitely leave more questions, like he did in S3. Because the idea is the mystery. And it all really depends on if he gets the ideas for new stuff and if he gets ideas for the answers while daydreaming the world or if he already had those answers to work on for the next time. We never know and l would also be satisfied either way. And also I don't think its for us or Mark Frost or Subrina to decide whether there should or should not be more, so even David Lynch wouldn't know til it happens. : ) Also, the story will go how the ideas come to him and not how it should continue from there from any sense of writing a story or tv show. No one will ever know how and where it goes til ideas come subconsciously to David
@@thatoneoddball2564 Agree with you that you cannot and Lynch mostly won't replace any actors with another because thats how we know them. We saw what happened to the Arm and Phillip. I have a feeling if there is the next chapter, in any form, if those characters are mentioned, they would have passed on from Twin Peaks too, because they mention Log Lady passing in the show. Jeffries was part of the time travel and stuff, so it made sense for him to return in that form and the Arm is a Lodge entity, so it's understandable to make a tree out of him, because you can't replace those faces with other people, it'll never feel the same. Like CornPone mentions The Jumping Man actor being the same, even if we don't see his actual face. I'd guess Donna was changed in FWWM because perhaps David Lynch had his ideas for the character so he had to ask someone else. But Truman was changed to another character, instead of same. Would be great if Michael Ontkean and J. Anderson returned with their role, because they are so memorable Also, David Lynch said, in the world of Twin Peaks, Gordon Cole would be devastated about Albert
@@thatoneoddball2564 Norma Jennings WAS Twin Peaks. Everyone in the show Twin Peaks got their happy ending. Season 4 will take place in the REAL world. Lynch used the real life residents of Laura Palmer's house to tell us he is now in the REAL world. And he just brought Judy with him. The only other people to cross over with Dale was Diane and..... Audrey Horne. Episode 15 was solved like a self encapsulated crime show that Lynch created Twin Peaks to combat. Dale comes back as we knew him and he solves the crime all within that 1 episode. But then he is watching himself and realizing "we live inside a dream". They lived inside Lynch's dream(or Audrey's.) But then Dale crosses over, into the real world as "Richard" and Diane as "Linda". Dale finds Laura Palmer, who is now "Carrie Paige". They go to Laura's old house, but it's not the same house. It is the set of the house they used for the TV show 25 years ago. What year is this is not the correct question. What reality is this, is the real question Dale needs to be asking. The numbers 3 and 15 do represent the episodes. Dale could have went straight to episode 15 and get that closure we the audience demanded.... but that is not the correct path to take. It is what doomed the show to begin with, demanding the answer to who killed Laura Palmer. Naido corrected this and sent him to episode 3 instead. Dale Cooper is the audience. We were the ones that instinctively wanted to jump to episode 15, and it was Lynch telling us as Naido.... "no, that is not the way". The real story is in the mundane. Twin Peaks is all about the evil of bad television. Things got much more violent in Season 3 because television itself has become much more violent. The evil travels through fire/electricity and air/wind. Yes, some of these observations are in that "god-awfully long video", but these theories already were out there, they just get expanded upon. Everyone's theory is valid, even Lynch would agree with that. If people think Laura destroyed Judy with a scream, great, let them have their closure. If people think Judy followed them to the real world, even better, it leaves the mystery open. Judy was trapped in a time loop prison the Fireman made "It is on our house now." She was contained. But then she "locked on" to Laura Palmer once Dale brought her within proximity to her. Laura screamed because she saw briefly saw a glimpse of Judy in her true form coming through the power lines, and the electrical outlet like Dale did. Possessed Sarah came through and she is walking out that door to claim her prize. Richard doesn't enjoy the coffee as much anymore because he is Mr C and Dale, combined. Mr C hates coffee and rejects it when offered, Dale loves coffee and always accepts it, when brought into balance, light and dark.... he has no feelings toward coffee. He orders it because he is compelled to, but doesn't really care for it one way or the other. Mr C's goal was to find Judy. He wanted to take the place of BOB, which I think Lynch named after Bob Iger who was constantly pressuring him and was the person bringing senseless violence into the world through TV. But Judy loved BOB and told Mr C he was going back into the Lodge soon. But then BOB is killed and Judy goes berserk, smashing Laura's picture, blaming her. So now if Mr C brings Judy the one thing she wants most, Laura Palmer.... then Mr C can take BOB's place. He has already proven himself to be more cunning than the instant self gratifying BOB. He is meticulous and much more dangerous. BOB just had supernatural gifts that Mr C did not possess. BOB enjoyed all the violence and chaos that Mr C created, but it was Mr C driving he bus, not BOB. BOB was always in the backseat letting Mr C do his thing, unlike with Leland. Mr C was totally using BOB for his supernatural gifts. Now Mr C just needs to be extracted from Richard once again, which will also cause Dale to be extracted as well, and forced into the White or Black Lodge. Or into direct audience with the Fireman in his theater castle that rests above an ocean of collective dreams and consciousness.
The coolest part about Season 3, for me, was seeing Cooper slow down, literally, because it inadvertently gave him something his lifestyle and his time in the Black Lodge denied him, a family. He got to have a normal life for a while, to feel loved, to have a son that loved and adored him. Special Agent Dale Cooper would never be allowed the time for such things.
Some bits of this one came out a bit grainy. The batteries in my lights were slowly dying during the course of the first recording session, so it got gradually darker over time.
There is no analysis, he only lists weird stuff from the show without an explanation while quoting memes. The production quality I must agree is very impressive.
@@tomasjanik6617 yeah. I was really disappointed by the end of these videos when I realized the punchline was "nothing really means anything, but you can assign meaning to it if you want I guess."
The sadness that came over me when you reminded me of Lynch's age. One of those filmmakers that could never be replicated completely. I've yet to find anyone else that invokes the kind of emotion in his films.
I just found these, I love how your analyses manages to leave the experience of Twin Peaks alive while clearing up some connections and information I have missed, because I was just so caught up in the experience of it. You seem like you are passionate about the thing itself, and not trying to disect it into the tiny pieces it's made from, because that would kill it, or at the very least not do it justice. Twin peaks, especially season 3 in my opinion, is such a unique piece of art and yourseries of videos on it helped me appreciating it even more.
Twin Peaks the Return was so earth shattering experience that blew my emotions to new heights. I'm just so sad that I binged it just weeks after the finale premiered. I would love to have season 4 that I could watch with all the other fans, as I'm sure the experience would be even more powerful. In my first binge watching I didn't like the songs in the end of the episodes. Though I was idiot and watched it with my laptop and it's speakers. On my second watch I bought the best earpuds under 500$ range and great TV. I watched it in complete dark room and was so blown away by the music and sounds. If you have not watched/heard Twin Peaks The Return with superb quality headphones/earpuds, go buy for example 1more triple driver earpuds and rewatch the show. I guarantee it will be a completely new experience. Just like Lynch intended.
On first watch, some of the music I liked, some not so much. Now that I've rewatched the series a half a dozen times, I look forward to every music performance at the end. They are all so great. I had to buy the soundtrack I loved it so much.
I agree 1000-fold... the audio fidelity of whatever system you're using is absolutely PIVOTAL to truly experiencing season 3... so spring for a decent one, if you don't have one already
That was great and unexpected. You are so right. It's not about understanding everything, it's about the experience and the enjoyment we get while watching the show. There are so many questions in Twin Peaks that can't be answered and don't need to be answered. Even if Twin Peaks' questions will never be answer, or if we never get a season four, it still is my favorite TV show!
Another great installment. I hope there's a good reason to make more in the future, but this was a delightful ending to a wonderful series. I've watched all of the big TP analyses on RUclips, and your interpretation is very similar to mine. Which is always nice. A side note: I was at the Q&A where Lynch mentions that Laura's story is still calling him but that there are "disturbances," and the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight up. Wonderful, strange energy that guy has. Love him. EDIT because I forgot: I like your take on Cole seeing Laura when he opens the door, although I personally always thought it simply represented that Cole was one of the few people who would remember the original timeline where Laura dies. Thanks for the videos!
Fantastic! I wondered why I enjoy Lynch's work, especially Twin Peaks, when I'm very critical of and unimpressed by others who leave their "mystery boxes" unopened. You supplied me with an answer in that Lynch's work gives me feelings and a sense of wonder that mitigates or occludes my need for answers. I loved this video!
Having completed my second watch a few months ago, I can say with confidence that Twin Peaks is complete. David Lynch did exactly what he set out to do and ended the final two episodes the way he wanted to. We will never have definitive answers to these questions, and that's ok. Twin Peaks means a lot of things to a lot of people, and I don't think Lynch could be happier about that.
Just in the middle of my third deep dive into TP within the last two years, and came back to your site for refresher purposes. Thought I had seen them all multiple times, when I discovered this one, which Is new to me. Brilliant, as always, and a nice closure to your own TP adventure. I’ve really enjoyed walking with you along the way. Thank you. I’ll be watching more of your content - smart, quick, clever, funny . . . What’s not to like? And the special effects on top! Cheers & best wishes.
Love your work, keep it up. My husky was just as confounded as yours at the end. For my 2 cents, the white horse represents willful delusion, THE Lynch motif. Choosing to look away instead of confronting. Sarah knew something was wrong and did nothing, and look at what she became. Cooper seeing the white horse could be delusion over several things, but I like to think it's the delusion of escaping the lodge and being Laura's white knight. The curtain pulls away and the flooring goes on forever, there is no escape. Carrie has the white horse on her mantle and... I can take that one step further into crazytown, but I digress. Please continue making videos. Thank you.
Credit where credit is due department: your videos are really the only ones on You Tube that I 100% enjoy and look forward to. Would love to have lunch someday because we have THAT much in common, interest wise. Keep up the great work......
Thank you so much for this series. The build up to each episode had me gripped almost as much as the original series and the production was just stellar. It's easy to see the passion you have for not only what you do, but Lynch and his wonderfully weird projects. I'm sad to see this end, but I'm excited to see what you put together in the future.
I attempted watching a 4 hr long theory video on twin peaks, apparently it's something to do with the whites of the eyes...or something? Tbh I gave up because it made less sense ! There's also the white horse thing aswel ? God knows !
Your summary of your opinion on the series towards the end of the video was just beautiful, and your version of Twin Peaks is at least somewhat close to my version, so this series resonated really well with me, while also being really well-made. Kudos.
I've binged the return over the course of a week, after my first love cheated on me and we broke up. I always struggled to understand and express my emotions, and more so during that week. The Return was an experience by itself, that will stay with me for a long time. Thank you for making this series of videos, your version of Twin Peaks is beautiful.
Great bookend. You made me drunkenly tear up in your first with "I just don't want to leave", and you got me again with this one. I'm going to miss these, a lot, but look forward to whatever weird, heartfelt goodness you have down the dark, headlight lit road.
I just watched all the parts for the first time, all in one sitting, and I feel like I just watched a full on documentary. It is incredibly impressive how well you put these together not to mention your analyses. I'm left speechless.
I always enjoy your Twin Peaks related episodes. Very thought provoking and uniquely entertaining. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into creating these episodes.
I also seemed to be one of those few that did not want answers either, the question is far more interesting and if you knew this about Lynch going into The Return, you'd just enjoy the journey for what it was. So many wanted the same Coffee & Cherry Pie, like before, whereas, I wanted something else, something quite different from the menu and so, I was thrilled when I got it. I could see that the pie and coffee were still on that menu, even if many thought it wasn't. Lynch and Frost created something fantastic and for that, I'll always be satisfied with the whole; not knowing. Your series on this was fascinating, CPF. Subbed.
You love Twin Peaks so much. It's wonderful to listen to someone who cares and understands the great wonder of figuring out but not too much, of diving into the trace of Lynch's cruel. crude, bizarre and poetic world. Thak you! It's always amazing to come back to your videos.
You really hit the nail on the head with the last part of the video. I could try to explain what happened at the end of season 3. Maybe it was Laura attacking Judy, maybe it’s a meta commentary on the nature of TV revivals, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that I’ll never forget how watching that scene made me feel for as long as I live.
People always seem to assert, without any spoken justification, that everything Lynch does is deliberate and done for a specific reason. Even if that's true, they do oddly tend to ignore the likelihood that said reason might be for emotional response or aesthetics, always instead assuming it's plot-related. I mean, the guy stated off as a painter, and painting isn't really a narrative medium. I think large portions of his film work aren't meant to be, either.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks the problem I have with that line of thinking is that it's a convenient way to justify not even attempting to think about what it could possibly mean. When you suppose that something means nothing, you're robbing it of all the possible meanings it could have.
That was lovely and touching - thank you. And I'm sad that this is the end of your TP videos. They are exceptionally well crafted, amusing, and insightful. I also think a 4-hour analysis is undoubtedly a labor of love, and a salvation to those of us going through TP withdrawal.
Have just come across this series having convinced my friend to check out Twin Peaks. I have nothing really to add, but just want to say a thank you for a totally awesome series of videos that I will now factor into any future re-watches of the show!
I got SUCH a wave of euphoria when you bought in Lissie’s Wild Wild West in the edit! An absolutely essential set of videos, and frankly should be seen as the official companion to Twin Peaks. Incredible work!
This was a great series, really helped me contemplate the series in my own head after finishing it recently. The editing style and the skits from other episodes made it really enjoyable to watch :)
That was pretty much my impetus for making the series-it was a way of sorting it out in my own head. I've heard that the best way to understand something is to explain it to someone else, and that seems to have worked for me here. Now for Inland Empire....
An explanation for the extra diary page being about Carrie Page would connect to Laura writing about her dreams. The story of Carrie Page ends with Laura hearing her mothers voice calling her from downstairs on the day after she died. She was saved by Cooper and could therefore hear Sarah waking her up from the dream of Carrie Page. She would then presumably write about being an older woman who was taken home by a man in a suit. It's in the official version (timeline where Laura didn't die) and could explain it's absence in the un-official version (timeline where she did die).
Could be, but the only element I've heard anyone bring up to indicate a connection is the use of the word "page," which is awfully rickety. Until something is written by the show's creators regarding that missing page, it remains just a bit of whimsy to think on. (Incidentally, the "unofficial" version is the version where she dies, not the other way around.)
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks You're right, I mixed up my versions, oops. I haven't seen anyone connecting it to the missing page either, but what I just posted felt like it fit. I never considered the theory until hearing about it in your video. Laura has mentioned Cooper as someone she's only seen in dreams. I'm very sure that the final scene is one of those dreams that are also part of a lodge-type reality (Coop is experiencing them even though they are "dreams"). The ending with a voice clip of Sarah calling to Laura from downstairs cements this in my mind. Because Laura could only be hearing it if she was asleep in her bed as opposed to having died the night before. It's feels like another instance of using previous footage and giving it new meaning (like the scream where Laura sees Coop in the woods with footage from FWWM). The fact that Laura records in her diary her weird dreams involving the lodge and Coop fits with this dream where Coop travels through lodges to meet her once again.
+Corn Pone Flicks Thank you for this series.. Destroys the other reviews and analyses out there. No contest. Amazing production, thoughtful, insightful, and maybe MY world of Twin Peaks is similar to yours, but I thought you did well in “answering” some questions. Also, you did something Lynch does well.. you created something artistic that has an effect, and a strong and totally entertaining one at that. Please keep creating. Your world itself catches my eye! Especially that little Saturn green-light thing. Let us know if we can support you in some way or if you have a Patreon or anything like that.
You've already supported it by watching the video. I've never asked strangers for money to keep up my hobby, and never will. Now, if I ever manage to get my actual movie project completed, you can give that a rental, if it gets that far.
I'm glad you talked about there being things in TP that need to be felt, rather than explained. Out of the endless amounts of analysis on the Internet, I like yours the best and always had the feeling that many others watching your videos agree with me. But during all of this I sometimes got a slight feeling that other people watching your analysis could indeed think there would be an end to the search, that there actually would be all questions answered and that S3 lead us closer to a conclusion that was yet to come. But what I always saw as the concept of Twin Peaks was a) the strange, cheesy, mysterious and somehow cozy aesthetic established in S1 and S2, even though we don't know how much that aesthetic was created by accident and b) conveying the feeling of mystery. And you can only keep up the mystery as long as you don't explain it in full. Lynch said "Who killed Laura Palmer' was a question that we did not ever really want to answer. And at a certain point we were told we needed to wrap that up and it never really got going again after that." And I can see how not ever revealing the Killer could have been the original plan. New mystery needed to be introduced after the reveal. I feel like it's supposed to be a Sherlock Holmes detective story, but without the reveal. Instead the mystery is kept alive. And still it is not like walking on the same spot for years. It is making progress and we are getting answers throughout the series, movie and books. But none of the anwers will be that final one. As much as S3 at least on the surface moved on from the detective story, I still feel that same kind of detective mystery. There is progress and clues and answers and we are making up ground on the mystery but we are never arriving. Like in science, answering one question brings up 2 more while leaving others completely untouched. Slowly deciphering the universe without ever achieving full knowledge of everything ever. So I also agree with your thoughts about a S4 or another movie: I'd love it. Just for the sake of getting more. But I would never expect a conclusion or a definite end. The only thing I often think about and can't help to imagine is how this series would have went if Lynch and Frost could have done whatever they want in S1 and not reveal the killer ever. I love this idea, it makes my heart beat faster.
You giving examples of your favorite moments from season 3 has prompted me to throw my hat in in this particular ring. While I certainly wouldn't have expected it'd be something like this, but Dougie having dinner with the brothers. I loved the music,I loved that Angelo Badalamenti got a few moments of screen time,and I especially love that shift in tone from lighthearted and humorous to tear jerking sentimentality and then back again. That dinner scene had it all,man.
Damn, I hope another show comes along that brings you the same inspiration to create. Your videos and persona have always been entertaining to watch. Cheers, and thanks for the memories.
I knew taking some me time today would be worth it, when I saw this video was up I was so pleased. Love your work, your videos are insanely well made (nice Wild West montage), and you can tell you’re a real Peaks and Lynch fan. Thanks for the series, as well as all your other videos. I do secretly hope you feel like a revisit one day, these are the best out there.
I'm in the same boat. Would I absolutely adore a season 4? You bet. Will my life be any less full without it? Not all. I trust Lynch to do what he decides is right
One aspect of great art is its power to perplex and stay with us. Appreciation of that is due. All the questions you pose, and that viewers have asked, are great fodder for future content/seasons. There is so much potential here: Audrey, Billy, Tina, her daughter and friend at the roadhouse; Carrie's back-story; the man on her couch; Chet Desmond; Becky, Stephen and Kirsten; the remaining missing diary page; the guy in the jail cell; Gerry Horne; and more. Laura's death is still the "goose that lays golden eggs". Does Carrie asking Cooper "Did you find him?" indicate that Carrie has seen Cooper/Richard before? if not, who is she confusing him with?
I keep coming back to this series ever so often when I'm in the mood to rewatch some Twin Peaks. I love that you just talk more so about theories but don't pretend to know all the answers, it's more of a discussion and I wish it was more popular retrospectives of the series. Great series, it really inspired my own way of theorising and trying to answer mysteries, thank you for making this series.
Thanks for the awesome videos. Twin peaks surprisingly came back into my life 25 years later as promised, although the wait for me was only 1 year since I saw it late. The whole experience has been an awesome ride
0:30 - "It's just some guy sitting in a chair" - For a moment I thought you were referring to the guy in the Twin Perfect video. I know you said you don't do reaction videos, but I would love to hear your criticisms of his analysis. I found a lot of what he said very convincing.
I found his approach kind of pompous, don't get me wrong, the basis of his theory I find very plausible and well thought out - so much that I believe that's definitely what Lynch meant in some form. But that's just the first two hours of his video. The second two and a half to me are just stretching everything a bit too far in order to explain as much as he can. I mean, the part where he "decrypts" Mike's poem is hilarious. So many of his explanations require so much backwards, recursive thought, it's impossible that Lynch, or pretty much anyone could have come up with them. And he still didn't answer every question.
That’s a great suggestion. For me, the CP and Twin Perfect treatments are by far the best I’ve come across. These two sites have been my own personal garmonbozia. Twin Perfect has a deeper, and more completely coherent view of the underlying message in the allegory that is Twin Peaks. The details and connections that CP bring are encyclopedic, like Ken Jennings, Jr level. And his vids and commentaries are far more entertaining. The Corn Pone host’s commentary on Twin Perfect would be make the dive even deeper. Mr. Cone Pone, sir, could it happen?
@@eugeneflynn7435 THIS. These are the words that I was lacking to describe the two videos. ALLEGORY VS ENCYCLOPEDIA. That is how Twin Perfect & CPF are so similar, yet different. They both made top-tier videos that are nearly equal in (total) length, both are "true", and both took time & care to make. Thanks!!
Whoopsie! After reading more of CP’s responses to the (too) many references to the 4.5 hr vid in the comments, I now recognize the impertinence and futility of offering this suggestion. No slight intended. I am still happily mired in the Lynchian universe for the time being, and am hopeful that CP finds something somewhere that would incite him to bring us another vid touching on anything in that universe. Deep and humble gratitude for expanding our knowledge and appreciation of Twin Peaks, in particular.
I think the cast and extras changing places at the diner could be pretty straightforward: Cooper very explicitly changed the timeline, broke it in two. Now there are two versions of the story overlapping each other and (almost?) all the characters sense it, like at the market when Laura's mom realizes the jerky is not the same as it was before. In the diner scene we see the two realities play off each other in between takes, like two singers taking solo turns on the same song.
My GOD! I thought I was the only one who wondered who the hell that girl who was running and crying was, JESUS CHRIST!!! That was my biggest question EVER!!1
It would be interesting if it turned out that she was reacting to something that had nothing at all to do with Laura. A whole other story could launch from there, if they want it to.
Corn Pone Flicks it just bothers me when people aren’t looking where they’re going, she was RUNNING with hands over her face! Zero consideration for herself or anyone or ANYTHING in her way! Even if tears filled her eyes, like wtf?!?
@@lauranceemory4448 A seeing person covering their face would be considerably more likely to run screaming across a lawn, than a permanently blind person.
I love your films. Very well made and a good source of information. I'm a giant Peaks fan and I say you're as good a resource as there is out there. Keep churning then out man. Best wishes from British California Neil 😸
I'll keep making videos, for certain, but I'm through with the Twin Peaks series, unless Lynch surprises us all with a fourth season. I can't imagine anything else I could say about the existing ones.
Thank you very much for this series of videos! Apart from the analysis itself, I would like to point out your impeccable use of Twin Peaks music paired with memorable scenes from the show. In one of the previous episodes it was “Shadow” by Chromatics, this time it’s “Wild West” by Lissie.
I literally ran home to watch this. Beautiful work, Matt. I’m with you, I don’t think some of this stuff means anything. I’ve always been intrigued by the jumping man but if he’s just weird for the sake of weirdness I can appreciate that. I don’t think we’re getting a 4th season, everyone who is anyone at showtime fucking hates twin peaks despite trying to milk every penny with their crap merchandise. A movie would be nice but I expect nothing. Thanks for the videos 🙌🏽 Also this is random but I like how your face is half lit in portions of this video
Directing, effects and editing in your videos are too much good for RUclips. You are incredibly talented. I hope you will direct real movies in the future!
"Its atmosphere is its reason for existing," is a quote I like to use when describing certain works of art, like Twin Peaks. You illustrated this idea perfectly. Thanks.
I feel like if we ever do get a season 4, Lynch would do a hard swerve in the tone. Like how Season 3 is in lot of ways bashing nostalgia and the idea that this story could somehow work out, I feel like a Season 4 would work to somehow rebuild that destroyed hope, like maybe Coop would somehow destroy Judy and drive off into the sunset with Laura Palmer, or Diane, or even Audrey. It just seems like Lynch always wants to give us what we never would expect
Late to the party but fuck is your production value good! Loved this whole series, you deserve the same spotlight as Red Letter Media if you ask me. Keep it up, you have the talent, you just need your lucky break to get discovered.. Not to mention you're sharp as a tack and have a real grasp on art, and how it can simply exist and be appreciated without the constant lens of scrutiny.
Hey, I just do what I enjoy for fun. Some of my best material has been seen by almost no one, but I'll keep right on making similar material if I get a kick out of it.
Appreciate your work man. Would love to hear your take on other surrealist film makers works as well, without deterring from your TP videos of course. Keep em coming!
In “The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer” the young Laura receives a horse, named Troy, for her birthday. A white horse if I remember correctly. It’s been many years since I read the book. It was written by Jennifer Lynch, David Lynch‘s daughter. At that time I thought the it’s represented her lost childhood innocence. David Lynch himself recounted a scene in a French documentary about a slaughterhouse, where a majestic white horse was butchered and it’s blood collected in a box. It left him very disturbed. In the end, I’ve always thought Twin Peaks boils down to, the story of an abused girl, who tried her best to cope, her death, and the aftermath.
I love all your Twin Peaks videos. Regarding this one: According to The Final Dossier, Becky is alive and working in a bakery owned by Norma. As for the missing diary page, it could be symbolic of Lynch's tendency to not give us all the pieces of the puzzle. The fact that there's still a page missing means that some things remain a mystery. And that's how he likes it.
very good, i agree, much of lynch's work has been best interpreted by how makes you feel, and in turn, that becomes a reflection on your own psyche as you are connecting dots, his tone and mood conjure feelings and images but those come from your own perspective and and experiences, being literal is great because it gives you something that you can interpret as making sense, but sometimes the abstract and surreal allows you to explore your own mind and heart, i get the same feeling form the mars volta, their music is more about the feeling/mood than the literal meaning,
Twin Peaks the return was like a nostalgic bomb for me. I absolutely loved it, as confusing as it was. I will admit, I was initially disappointed by the left turn at the end. I was loving the coming climax of Mr. C and Cooper clashing at the sheriff station. But after rewatching and thinking about it, the ending was great. Judy, Laura and all. It was a masterpiece and it doesn’t matter to me if it made perfect sense. My life doesn’t make sense either. Great videos! Thanks so much!
it is mentioned in this video that the white horse is seen twice, but it is also seen a third time, though in miniature on the fireplace mantle, when Cooper meets Carrie Page/Lura Palmer.
It's seen twice by Laura's mother. If we're talking about appearances in general, it also appears in the Black Lodge when Coop is about to leave. There's also a white horse outside Judy's, as a coin-operated ride.
Honestly, I don't try to understand Twin Peaks too much, I just enjoy the story as it is and the humor and mystery as well. The art too of course...me being a hobby photographer. I like to watch these videos that try to explain more about Twin Peaks just because I enjoy Twin Peaks so much and it’s an excuse to get more twin peaks...not because I want the mystery solved. I really enjoy the touching scenes in the episodes directed by David Lynch like the story Bobby’s father was telling him about the dream he had and other little seems like that. I really enjoy Lynch’s sense of humor too!
After watching all your overviews and two other good commentaries, plus a talk by Lynch himself, I had a Eureka moment and put it all together. I understand just about everything in the series now. In particular, when Diane sees herself leaving the motel it's actually very simple. She's just imagining herself "seeing" herself leaving without Cooper. That's why neither Diane reacts as if it's strange. It's just Lynch's way to dramatize how much of a traumatic thing it will be, Diane knows this, it's part of the overall plan.
What a delightful and unexpected surprise...both strange and wonderful :) I have truly enjoyed your reviews and insights. Hopefully you will choose to revisit Twin Peaks in the future, but meanwhile...thank you.
At this point, the only real reason I would make more Twin Peaks videos is if there was more Twin Peaks. I honestly don't know what I would say on the existing property that wouldn't be repeating myself.
I always thought of Lynch as the Van Gogh of filmmakers. Then you went and spent hours explaining exactly why. Thank you so much for these and the effort you put into them.
It was amazing to watch these videos tonight, thank you! Twin Peaks is fascinating, no matter how much time passes. In fact, as time goes on, we just discover more things and see everything in different ways. I confess that I am a little disappointed with the end of most characters, not because I wanted a happy ending for everyone (that would never happen, I know), but because I thought the endings were not very creative/varied: drugs, alcoholism, madness or death for everybody. There are not many other options besides that, except for Nadine/Big Ed/Norma. However, I know that it was probably done this way to show that 1) Laura's death affected the entire community forever and 2) from that and the unfolding of this story, it was as if the gates of hell had opened on earth and evil "won". Part of the appreciation for Twin Peaks will always come from questions and mysteries, and our relentless pursuit of them, but it's certainly not just that. The series is also beautiful, captivating, creative, intelligent and very humorous. Even if all its mysteries were solved, I believe that we would continue to watch over and over again, contrary to what they say "without mysteries, without interest". It is a very wonderful world not to be visited again.
Sad to see this series go, especially all the work that went into setting up the video. Like the purple world and the talk show. Still great job and I agree a lot about people focusing too much on answers and not the bigger picture. In some ways Twin Peaks to me reminds me when I first played a game called Yume Nikki, it also based around dreams and doesn't give you answers. But I feel that becomes one of the strongest aspect of the game, making your own interpretation. Later down the line I watched Twin Peaks and felt very similar feelings there. All I wanted from The Return is a bit more of great actors and see a bit more of the dream. Though I gotta say I feel less bad somehow about The Return cliffhanger than season 2. S2 ending made me really anxious, The Return had me very curious but not as worried I suppose haha.
The ending of season 2 bugged me because it was obviously not supposed to be the ending. They were clearly (and by their own admission) trying to generate interest for a third season. I think the absence of any kind of true closure is, in a way, probably necessary for something like this, though.
Watched this for possibly the fourth time tonight - such a great piece of work. The one thing that really sticks with me is the observation near the end - that much of the joy of twin peaks was in scenes done purely for their inherent beauty. I am thinking of Harry Dean playing 'Red River Valley' the green tea latte guy furtively smiling in delight, Gordon Cole smoking with the ladies - all of these beautiful moments require no explanation or interpretation. 'Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole' indeed.
The missing page could just be Lynch's way of saying that not everything is meant to be found/explained A little irritating symbol to prove a point, like that one bunker door in Disco Elysium
I think maybe the best part of season 3 is that 25 years had passed in real time. When I saw the 25 year gap between s2 and s3 and heard Laura tell Coop she would see him again in 25 years(and I'm Dead and Yet I Live) BLEW MY MIND. Historic set up and Historic Payoff.
It was, of course, not a deliberate setup. They very much wanted for the show to have a season 3 immediately following season 2. Lynch had given up on Peaks for years. The 25-year anniversary was a very convenient way to get back into the story, though it actually ended up being longer. The original series was set in 1989, and the third season didn't air until 2017.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks I understand that, but the way it all worked out- we never(originally) found out what she meant when she said, I'll see you again in 25 years. Obviously this would have been almost impossible to set up intentionally but the way Frost and Lynch came back together at almost the perfect time(I believe I read that it took almost 4 years to film) to write and release it. Idk, it's like kismet. Thanks for responding!
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And here I sit, cocktail in hand, thinking it was to be another usual Monday night with my usual 70s and 80's tunes.
You've presented questions that I and others have asked maybe countless times, presented points that flew over my head until someone else pointed it out, and everything in between. The biggest question I think any of us could ask is... WHAT!? at this point, I feel the HOW has been left well enough alone. I don't think a season 4 will happen. Maybe that's more-so a hope in my end. I guess part of me doesn't want a season 4 due to the mystery still being quite alive and well (well, sort of) which was a huge factor in many fans' reactions to The Return. "what if it's not Twin Peaks-y enough? What if the mystery gets solved and it loses its luster?" And I feel that in the potential of a season 4. The flip side of that is, if there is indeed a season 4, one of the biggest theories I've pulled is... We have not seen the end of Richard. He is not dead. That trap was set for DoppelCoop to transport him back to the Black Lodge, not to kill him. Richard has been in the Black Lodge for who knows how long (technically for about 3 years since he got zapped in October of 2016) and he has no doubt grown darker and more in tact evil. He was born from evil, there were electrical pylons crackling when he pulled over to shoddily clean the blood off his truck. He is part Lodge part real world and since he got pulled into the lodge, he is absolutely pure evil now. I guarantee it. So let's say season 4 happens. Richard emerges, sets out to finish what Bob and Doppel Coop started, Judy FULLY emerges in some form, ALL Coopers meet up- we get the show down we thought we would? Maybe. Maybe not. But if it happens, that's been my go to prediction.
ALLLLLLLLL of that to say, three things I want to mention as my favourites of your ever fantastic Twin Peaks videos.
1. Way to set my soul dancing emotionally with all the musical segways , Wild Wild West got me misty eyed.
2. The passed away actors and actresses are still heavy for me, and having to replace either Truman or even (this one still burns ) Norma... it's unspeakable.
3. LIGHTER NOTE! Way to start me off laughing with Cameron there. Good Ferris Bueller's Day Off throw in there!
As always. Out of the fucking park~
Interesting thoughts about Richard. I suppose it could have been a plan to capture Bad Coop after he eluded being sucked back in. On the subject of Norma, I doubt they'd try and replace her. She and Ed seemed to have come to the end of their storylines, and could just as easily not appear (Everett McGill had long since retired from acting at the time season 3 was getting rolling...I hear they had some trouble even finding him at first).
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Peggy Lipton's passing hit us like a ton of bricks, to sum it up nicely. I know in my heart that David would never dream of recasting her. I didn't know that there was some struggle to find Everett McGill, that's interesting to me. Either way, there's a lot of questions to be answered that, knowing Lynch, will never be answered. at least, not fully ;)
I dont think, if David Lynch made another season, he will kill the mystery. If he answers some questions, he will definitely leave more questions, like he did in S3. Because the idea is the mystery. And it all really depends on if he gets the ideas for new stuff and if he gets ideas for the answers while daydreaming the world or if he already had those answers to work on for the next time. We never know and l would also be satisfied either way.
And also I don't think its for us or Mark Frost or Subrina to decide whether there should or should not be more, so even David Lynch wouldn't know til it happens. : )
Also, the story will go how the ideas come to him and not how it should continue from there from any sense of writing a story or tv show. No one will ever know how and where it goes til ideas come subconsciously to David
@@thatoneoddball2564 Agree with you that you cannot and Lynch mostly won't replace any actors with another because thats how we know them. We saw what happened to the Arm and Phillip. I have a feeling if there is the next chapter, in any form, if those characters are mentioned, they would have passed on from Twin Peaks too, because they mention Log Lady passing in the show. Jeffries was part of the time travel and stuff, so it made sense for him to return in that form and the Arm is a Lodge entity, so it's understandable to make a tree out of him, because you can't replace those faces with other people, it'll never feel the same. Like CornPone mentions The Jumping Man actor being the same, even if we don't see his actual face. I'd guess Donna was changed in FWWM because perhaps David Lynch had his ideas for the character so he had to ask someone else. But Truman was changed to another character, instead of same. Would be great if Michael Ontkean and J. Anderson returned with their role, because they are so memorable
Also, David Lynch said, in the world of Twin Peaks, Gordon Cole would be devastated about Albert
@@thatoneoddball2564 Norma Jennings WAS Twin Peaks.
Everyone in the show Twin Peaks got their happy ending.
Season 4 will take place in the REAL world.
Lynch used the real life residents of Laura Palmer's house to tell us he is now in the REAL world.
And he just brought Judy with him.
The only other people to cross over with Dale was Diane and..... Audrey Horne.
Episode 15 was solved like a self encapsulated crime show that Lynch created Twin Peaks to combat.
Dale comes back as we knew him and he solves the crime all within that 1 episode.
But then he is watching himself and realizing "we live inside a dream".
They lived inside Lynch's dream(or Audrey's.)
But then Dale crosses over, into the real world as "Richard" and Diane as "Linda".
Dale finds Laura Palmer, who is now "Carrie Paige".
They go to Laura's old house, but it's not the same house.
It is the set of the house they used for the TV show 25 years ago.
What year is this is not the correct question.
What reality is this, is the real question Dale needs to be asking.
The numbers 3 and 15 do represent the episodes.
Dale could have went straight to episode 15 and get that closure we the audience demanded....
but that is not the correct path to take. It is what doomed the show to begin with, demanding the answer to who killed Laura Palmer.
Naido corrected this and sent him to episode 3 instead.
Dale Cooper is the audience.
We were the ones that instinctively wanted to jump to episode 15, and it was Lynch telling us as Naido.... "no, that is not the way".
The real story is in the mundane.
Twin Peaks is all about the evil of bad television.
Things got much more violent in Season 3 because television itself has become much more violent.
The evil travels through fire/electricity and air/wind.
Yes, some of these observations are in that "god-awfully long video", but these theories already were out there, they just get expanded upon.
Everyone's theory is valid, even Lynch would agree with that.
If people think Laura destroyed Judy with a scream, great, let them have their closure.
If people think Judy followed them to the real world, even better, it leaves the mystery open.
Judy was trapped in a time loop prison the Fireman made "It is on our house now."
She was contained.
But then she "locked on" to Laura Palmer once Dale brought her within proximity to her.
Laura screamed because she saw briefly saw a glimpse of Judy in her true form coming through the power lines, and the electrical outlet like Dale did. Possessed Sarah came through and she is walking out that door to claim her prize. Richard doesn't enjoy the coffee as much anymore because he is Mr C and Dale, combined. Mr C hates coffee and rejects it when offered, Dale loves coffee and always accepts it, when brought into balance, light and dark.... he has no feelings toward coffee. He orders it because he is compelled to, but doesn't really care for it one way or the other. Mr C's goal was to find Judy. He wanted to take the place of BOB, which I think Lynch named after Bob Iger who was constantly pressuring him and was the person bringing senseless violence into the world through TV.
But Judy loved BOB and told Mr C he was going back into the Lodge soon.
But then BOB is killed and Judy goes berserk, smashing Laura's picture, blaming her.
So now if Mr C brings Judy the one thing she wants most, Laura Palmer....
then Mr C can take BOB's place. He has already proven himself to be more cunning than the instant self gratifying BOB.
He is meticulous and much more dangerous. BOB just had supernatural gifts that Mr C did not possess.
BOB enjoyed all the violence and chaos that Mr C created, but it was Mr C driving he bus, not BOB.
BOB was always in the backseat letting Mr C do his thing, unlike with Leland.
Mr C was totally using BOB for his supernatural gifts.
Now Mr C just needs to be extracted from Richard once again, which will also cause Dale to be extracted as well, and forced into the White or Black Lodge. Or into direct audience with the Fireman in his theater castle that rests above an ocean of collective dreams and consciousness.
So Twin Peaks was really just the friends we made along the way.
No it’s actually all a convoluted comment about violence on television. Didn’t you hear the god of TP speak on the matte?
The coolest part about Season 3, for me, was seeing Cooper slow down, literally, because it inadvertently gave him something his lifestyle and his time in the Black Lodge denied him, a family. He got to have a normal life for a while, to feel loved, to have a son that loved and adored him. Special Agent Dale Cooper would never be allowed the time for such things.
I fall in love with the Dougie-Cooper scenes more and more every rewatch.
That's actually really beautiful :)
Actually the coolest part was James. James was always cool.
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Gordon sees Laura while everyone else is about to forget her death but he will remember.
That's the "unofficial version" I bet
The production quality on these videos is almost as amazing as the analysis
Some bits of this one came out a bit grainy. The batteries in my lights were slowly dying during the course of the first recording session, so it got gradually darker over time.
In these days, the light is dying....
There is no analysis, he only lists weird stuff from the show without an explanation while quoting memes. The production quality I must agree is very impressive.
@@tomasjanik6617 yeah. I was really disappointed by the end of these videos when I realized the punchline was "nothing really means anything, but you can assign meaning to it if you want I guess."
@@tomasjanik6617 "Quoting memes?" The heck are you talking about? I hate so-called "memes."
The sadness that came over me when you reminded me of Lynch's age. One of those filmmakers that could never be replicated completely. I've yet to find anyone else that invokes the kind of emotion in his films.
More saddness now
And if David Lynch made season 3 just so he could see how these wonderful characters were faring 25 years later, that's fine with me, I'm all in.
I just found these, I love how your analyses manages to leave the experience of Twin Peaks alive while clearing up some connections and information I have missed, because I was just so caught up in the experience of it.
You seem like you are passionate about the thing itself, and not trying to disect it into the tiny pieces it's made from, because that would kill it, or at the very least not do it justice.
Twin peaks, especially season 3 in my opinion, is such a unique piece of art and yourseries of videos on it helped me appreciating it even more.
The other reason why i want more Twin Peaks : more Twin Peaks = more videos talking about it like this one. I love all the theories and discussion.
Rest In Peace, David Lynch.
Twin Peaks the Return was so earth shattering experience that blew my emotions to new heights. I'm just so sad that I binged it just weeks after the finale premiered. I would love to have season 4 that I could watch with all the other fans, as I'm sure the experience would be even more powerful.
In my first binge watching I didn't like the songs in the end of the episodes. Though I was idiot and watched it with my laptop and it's speakers. On my second watch I bought the best earpuds under 500$ range and great TV. I watched it in complete dark room and was so blown away by the music and sounds.
If you have not watched/heard Twin Peaks The Return with superb quality headphones/earpuds, go buy for example 1more triple driver earpuds and rewatch the show. I guarantee it will be a completely new experience. Just like Lynch intended.
On first watch, some of the music I liked, some not so much. Now that I've rewatched the series a half a dozen times, I look forward to every music performance at the end. They are all so great. I had to buy the soundtrack I loved it so much.
I agree 1000-fold... the audio fidelity of whatever system you're using is absolutely PIVOTAL to truly experiencing season 3... so spring for a decent one, if you don't have one already
That was great and unexpected. You are so right. It's not about understanding everything, it's about the experience and the enjoyment we get while watching the show. There are so many questions in Twin Peaks that can't be answered and don't need to be answered. Even if Twin Peaks' questions will never be answer, or if we never get a season four, it still is my favorite TV show!
Another great installment. I hope there's a good reason to make more in the future, but this was a delightful ending to a wonderful series. I've watched all of the big TP analyses on RUclips, and your interpretation is very similar to mine. Which is always nice. A side note: I was at the Q&A where Lynch mentions that Laura's story is still calling him but that there are "disturbances," and the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight up. Wonderful, strange energy that guy has. Love him.
EDIT because I forgot: I like your take on Cole seeing Laura when he opens the door, although I personally always thought it simply represented that Cole was one of the few people who would remember the original timeline where Laura dies. Thanks for the videos!
Fantastic! I wondered why I enjoy Lynch's work, especially Twin Peaks, when I'm very critical of and unimpressed by others who leave their "mystery boxes" unopened. You supplied me with an answer in that Lynch's work gives me feelings and a sense of wonder that mitigates or occludes my need for answers. I loved this video!
Kevin Maschler it’s a great day when corn 🌽 pone flicks release a new TP video.
Having completed my second watch a few months ago, I can say with confidence that Twin Peaks is complete. David Lynch did exactly what he set out to do and ended the final two episodes the way he wanted to. We will never have definitive answers to these questions, and that's ok. Twin Peaks means a lot of things to a lot of people, and I don't think Lynch could be happier about that.
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I want to believe so
Just as this finished the electric has gone off in the whole of South Wales.Electricity
Eileen Farrar someone crashed their car into the electric pilon only got electric back this morning
Just in the middle of my third deep dive into TP within the last two years, and came back to your site for refresher purposes. Thought I had seen them all multiple times, when I discovered this one, which Is new to me. Brilliant, as always, and a nice closure to your own TP adventure. I’ve really enjoyed walking with you along the way. Thank you. I’ll be watching more of your content - smart, quick, clever, funny . . . What’s not to like? And the special effects on top! Cheers & best wishes.
Love your work, keep it up. My husky was just as confounded as yours at the end.
For my 2 cents, the white horse represents willful delusion, THE Lynch motif. Choosing to look away instead of confronting. Sarah knew something was wrong and did nothing, and look at what she became. Cooper seeing the white horse could be delusion over several things, but I like to think it's the delusion of escaping the lodge and being Laura's white knight. The curtain pulls away and the flooring goes on forever, there is no escape. Carrie has the white horse on her mantle and...
I can take that one step further into crazytown, but I digress. Please continue making videos. Thank you.
Credit where credit is due department: your videos are really the only ones on You Tube that I 100% enjoy and look forward to. Would love to have lunch someday because we have THAT much in common, interest wise. Keep up the great work......
13:55 i was hoping for season 4 badly, and its over😢
Thank you so much for this series. The build up to each episode had me gripped almost as much as the original series and the production was just stellar. It's easy to see the passion you have for not only what you do, but Lynch and his wonderfully weird projects. I'm sad to see this end, but I'm excited to see what you put together in the future.
Might the Woodsman's need for a light be some reflection of what Leland said about Bob throwing matches at him as a child? 🤔
good one!
Could be. The Black Lodge does have the whole "fire" theme going throughout.
I attempted watching a 4 hr long theory video on twin peaks, apparently it's something to do with the whites of the eyes...or something? Tbh I gave up because it made less sense ! There's also the white horse thing aswel ? God knows !
Gotta light?
You want to play with fire, boy?
Your summary of your opinion on the series towards the end of the video was just beautiful, and your version of Twin Peaks is at least somewhat close to my version, so this series resonated really well with me, while also being really well-made. Kudos.
I will miss your videos on TP so much, you are incredible!
Thanks, but I put just as much effort into my non-Peaks videos, so stick around.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Of course, man! Your content is top notch. Love from Brazil :)
I've binged the return over the course of a week, after my first love cheated on me and we broke up.
I always struggled to understand and express my emotions, and more so during that week. The Return was an experience by itself, that will stay with me for a long time.
Thank you for making this series of videos, your version of Twin Peaks is beautiful.
Man, I didn't want this video to end. Great analysis, great verbalizing of ideas and questions I hadn't even thought of. Thank you kindly.
Great bookend. You made me drunkenly tear up in your first with "I just don't want to leave", and you got me again with this one. I'm going to miss these, a lot, but look forward to whatever weird, heartfelt goodness you have down the dark, headlight lit road.
I really thought this analysis series was over. You really do a great job.
Well, it is now. I just had some time-sensitive stuff to do before coming back to it.
Man! Your presentation or edits are *_PHENOMENAL_* !
+ the outro! lmao! :))
Thank you so much!
Congratulations on this monumental series. It's been a wonderful ride.
I just watched all the parts for the first time, all in one sitting, and I feel like I just watched a full on documentary. It is incredibly impressive how well you put these together not to mention your analyses. I'm left speechless.
I truly loved this series man - I had a rough day at the office and this really, really made me happy.
Is there any other kind of day at the office? I get through them by writing these videos there when I should be working. Glad it brightened things up.
This is exactly what I needed with my coffee..
I ate a whole pie watching this, but slice by slice.
"HOT"!!
I found this video just as I sat down with a cup.
This is just great. And what a beautiful closing tribute from the 17 minute mark on through the end. Thank you.
I always enjoy your Twin Peaks related episodes. Very thought provoking and uniquely entertaining. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into creating these episodes.
I also seemed to be one of those few that did not want answers either, the question is far more interesting and if you knew this about Lynch going into The Return, you'd just enjoy the journey for what it was.
So many wanted the same Coffee & Cherry Pie, like before, whereas, I wanted something else, something quite different from the menu and so, I was thrilled when I got it. I could see that the pie and coffee were still on that menu, even if many thought it wasn't.
Lynch and Frost created something fantastic and for that, I'll always be satisfied with the whole; not knowing.
Your series on this was fascinating, CPF. Subbed.
You love Twin Peaks so much. It's wonderful to listen to someone who cares and understands the great wonder of figuring out but not too much, of diving into the trace of Lynch's cruel. crude, bizarre and poetic world.
Thak you! It's always amazing to come back to your videos.
You really hit the nail on the head with the last part of the video. I could try to explain what happened at the end of season 3. Maybe it was Laura attacking Judy, maybe it’s a meta commentary on the nature of TV revivals, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that I’ll never forget how watching that scene made me feel for as long as I live.
People always seem to assert, without any spoken justification, that everything Lynch does is deliberate and done for a specific reason. Even if that's true, they do oddly tend to ignore the likelihood that said reason might be for emotional response or aesthetics, always instead assuming it's plot-related. I mean, the guy stated off as a painter, and painting isn't really a narrative medium. I think large portions of his film work aren't meant to be, either.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks the problem I have with that line of thinking is that it's a convenient way to justify not even attempting to think about what it could possibly mean. When you suppose that something means nothing, you're robbing it of all the possible meanings it could have.
These videos have been a real treat, and in many cases enlightening too. Thanks for making them!
Amazing. Lovely, satisfying ending that leaves a lot of questions unanswered, like Twin Peaks.
That was lovely and touching - thank you. And I'm sad that this is the end of your TP videos. They are exceptionally well crafted, amusing, and insightful. I also think a 4-hour analysis is undoubtedly a labor of love, and a salvation to those of us going through TP withdrawal.
Have just come across this series having convinced my friend to check out Twin Peaks. I have nothing really to add, but just want to say a thank you for a totally awesome series of videos that I will now factor into any future re-watches of the show!
This has become my favorite fucking channel. You’re the man.
Well, I'm just this guy, you know?
I got SUCH a wave of euphoria when you bought in Lissie’s Wild Wild West in the edit! An absolutely essential set of videos, and frankly should be seen as the official companion to Twin Peaks. Incredible work!
Now off to watch your Inland Empire video…👀
This was a great series, really helped me contemplate the series in my own head after finishing it recently. The editing style and the skits from other episodes made it really enjoyable to watch :)
That was pretty much my impetus for making the series-it was a way of sorting it out in my own head. I've heard that the best way to understand something is to explain it to someone else, and that seems to have worked for me here. Now for Inland Empire....
An explanation for the extra diary page being about Carrie Page would connect to Laura writing about her dreams. The story of Carrie Page ends with Laura hearing her mothers voice calling her from downstairs on the day after she died. She was saved by Cooper and could therefore hear Sarah waking her up from the dream of Carrie Page. She would then presumably write about being an older woman who was taken home by a man in a suit. It's in the official version (timeline where Laura didn't die) and could explain it's absence in the un-official version (timeline where she did die).
quite beautiful i might add! thank you...
Could be, but the only element I've heard anyone bring up to indicate a connection is the use of the word "page," which is awfully rickety. Until something is written by the show's creators regarding that missing page, it remains just a bit of whimsy to think on. (Incidentally, the "unofficial" version is the version where she dies, not the other way around.)
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks You're right, I mixed up my versions, oops. I haven't seen anyone connecting it to the missing page either, but what I just posted felt like it fit. I never considered the theory until hearing about it in your video. Laura has mentioned Cooper as someone she's only seen in dreams. I'm very sure that the final scene is one of those dreams that are also part of a lodge-type reality (Coop is experiencing them even though they are "dreams"). The ending with a voice clip of Sarah calling to Laura from downstairs cements this in my mind. Because Laura could only be hearing it if she was asleep in her bed as opposed to having died the night before. It's feels like another instance of using previous footage and giving it new meaning (like the scream where Laura sees Coop in the woods with footage from FWWM). The fact that Laura records in her diary her weird dreams involving the lodge and Coop fits with this dream where Coop travels through lodges to meet her once again.
interesting !!
of course it's missing: someone Carry Page far far away. My apologies
+Corn Pone Flicks Thank you for this series.. Destroys the other reviews and analyses out there. No contest. Amazing production, thoughtful, insightful, and maybe MY world of Twin Peaks is similar to yours, but I thought you did well in “answering” some questions. Also, you did something Lynch does well.. you created something artistic that has an effect, and a strong and totally entertaining one at that. Please keep creating. Your world itself catches my eye! Especially that little Saturn green-light thing. Let us know if we can support you in some way or if you have a Patreon or anything like that.
You've already supported it by watching the video. I've never asked strangers for money to keep up my hobby, and never will. Now, if I ever manage to get my actual movie project completed, you can give that a rental, if it gets that far.
I'm glad you talked about there being things in TP that need to be felt, rather than explained. Out of the endless amounts of analysis on the Internet, I like yours the best and always had the feeling that many others watching your videos agree with me. But during all of this I sometimes got a slight feeling that other people watching your analysis could indeed think there would be an end to the search, that there actually would be all questions answered and that S3 lead us closer to a conclusion that was yet to come.
But what I always saw as the concept of Twin Peaks was
a) the strange, cheesy, mysterious and somehow cozy aesthetic established in S1 and S2, even though we don't know how much that aesthetic was created by accident and
b) conveying the feeling of mystery. And you can only keep up the mystery as long as you don't explain it in full.
Lynch said "Who killed Laura Palmer' was a question that we did not ever really want to answer. And at a certain point we were told we needed to wrap that up and it never really got going again after that." And I can see how not ever revealing the Killer could have been the original plan. New mystery needed to be introduced after the reveal. I feel like it's supposed to be a Sherlock Holmes detective story, but without the reveal. Instead the mystery is kept alive. And still it is not like walking on the same spot for years. It is making progress and we are getting answers throughout the series, movie and books. But none of the anwers will be that final one. As much as S3 at least on the surface moved on from the detective story, I still feel that same kind of detective mystery. There is progress and clues and answers and we are making up ground on the mystery but we are never arriving. Like in science, answering one question brings up 2 more while leaving others completely untouched. Slowly deciphering the universe without ever achieving full knowledge of everything ever.
So I also agree with your thoughts about a S4 or another movie: I'd love it. Just for the sake of getting more. But I would never expect a conclusion or a definite end. The only thing I often think about and can't help to imagine is how this series would have went if Lynch and Frost could have done whatever they want in S1 and not reveal the killer ever. I love this idea, it makes my heart beat faster.
This series is essential to any Twin Peaks fan looking for a little clarity.
You giving examples of your favorite moments from season 3 has prompted me to throw my hat in in this particular ring. While I certainly wouldn't have expected it'd be something like this, but Dougie having dinner with the brothers. I loved the music,I loved that Angelo Badalamenti got a few moments of screen time,and I especially love that shift in tone from lighthearted and humorous to tear jerking sentimentality and then back again. That dinner scene had it all,man.
Damn, I hope another show comes along that brings you the same inspiration to create. Your videos and persona have always been entertaining to watch. Cheers, and thanks for the memories.
Thanks for these videos - I have watched a lot of TP videos and your series is by far the best for me. Well done and keep on rocking.
I just love your Videos. Specially the ones about Twin Peaks. Thanks man! I look very much forward to many more content.
I knew taking some me time today would be worth it, when I saw this video was up I was so pleased.
Love your work, your videos are insanely well made (nice Wild West montage), and you can tell you’re a real Peaks and Lynch fan.
Thanks for the series, as well as all your other videos. I do secretly hope you feel like a revisit one day, these are the best out there.
If Lynch makes more, I'll make more. The future...dictates the other future.
Corn Pone Flicks for now I’m happy to enjoy your other work. You’re clearly talented.
I'm in the same boat. Would I absolutely adore a season 4? You bet. Will my life be any less full without it? Not all. I trust Lynch to do what he decides is right
Your inserts of Dr. Jacoby and those specific lines are making me reconsider what he was actually saying...
One aspect of great art is its power to perplex and stay with us. Appreciation of that is due. All the questions you pose, and that viewers have asked, are great fodder for future content/seasons. There is so much potential here: Audrey, Billy, Tina, her daughter and friend at the roadhouse; Carrie's back-story; the man on her couch; Chet Desmond; Becky, Stephen and Kirsten; the remaining missing diary page; the guy in the jail cell; Gerry Horne; and more. Laura's death is still the "goose that lays golden eggs". Does Carrie asking Cooper "Did you find him?" indicate that Carrie has seen Cooper/Richard before? if not, who is she confusing him with?
I keep coming back to this series ever so often when I'm in the mood to rewatch some Twin Peaks. I love that you just talk more so about theories but don't pretend to know all the answers, it's more of a discussion and I wish it was more popular retrospectives of the series. Great series, it really inspired my own way of theorising and trying to answer mysteries, thank you for making this series.
Thanks for the awesome videos. Twin peaks surprisingly came back into my life 25 years later as promised, although the wait for me was only 1 year since I saw it late. The whole experience has been an awesome ride
0:30 - "It's just some guy sitting in a chair" - For a moment I thought you were referring to the guy in the Twin Perfect video. I know you said you don't do reaction videos, but I would love to hear your criticisms of his analysis. I found a lot of what he said very convincing.
I found his approach kind of pompous, don't get me wrong, the basis of his theory I find very plausible and well thought out - so much that I believe that's definitely what Lynch meant in some form. But that's just the first two hours of his video. The second two and a half to me are just stretching everything a bit too far in order to explain as much as he can. I mean, the part where he "decrypts" Mike's poem is hilarious. So many of his explanations require so much backwards, recursive thought, it's impossible that Lynch, or pretty much anyone could have come up with them. And he still didn't answer every question.
That’s a great suggestion. For me, the CP and Twin Perfect treatments are by far the best I’ve come across. These two sites have been my own personal garmonbozia. Twin Perfect has a deeper, and more completely coherent view of the underlying message in the allegory that is Twin Peaks. The details and connections that CP bring are encyclopedic, like Ken Jennings, Jr level. And his vids and commentaries are far more entertaining. The Corn Pone host’s commentary on Twin Perfect would be make the dive even deeper. Mr. Cone Pone, sir, could it happen?
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THIS. These are the words that I was lacking to describe the two videos. ALLEGORY VS ENCYCLOPEDIA.
That is how Twin Perfect & CPF are so similar, yet different. They both made top-tier videos that are nearly equal in (total) length, both are "true", and both took time & care to make. Thanks!!
Whoopsie! After reading more of CP’s responses to the (too) many references to the 4.5 hr vid in the comments, I now recognize the impertinence and futility of offering this suggestion. No slight intended. I am still happily mired in the Lynchian universe for the time being, and am hopeful that CP finds something somewhere that would incite him to bring us another vid touching on anything in that universe. Deep and humble gratitude for expanding our knowledge and appreciation of Twin Peaks, in particular.
@@eugeneflynn7435 No doubt.✌
I think the cast and extras changing places at the diner could be pretty straightforward: Cooper very explicitly changed the timeline, broke it in two. Now there are two versions of the story overlapping each other and (almost?) all the characters sense it, like at the market when Laura's mom realizes the jerky is not the same as it was before. In the diner scene we see the two realities play off each other in between takes, like two singers taking solo turns on the same song.
My GOD! I thought I was the only one who wondered who the hell that girl who was running and crying was, JESUS CHRIST!!! That was my biggest question EVER!!1
It would be interesting if it turned out that she was reacting to something that had nothing at all to do with Laura. A whole other story could launch from there, if they want it to.
Corn Pone Flicks it just bothers me when people aren’t looking where they’re going, she was RUNNING with hands over her face! Zero consideration for herself or anyone or ANYTHING in her way! Even if tears filled her eyes, like wtf?!?
@@ValenteOchoaJr Maybe her eyes were permanently shut ala woman who fell from vortex.
@@lauranceemory4448 A seeing person covering their face would be considerably more likely to run screaming across a lawn, than a permanently blind person.
Maybe it's the Carrie Page of that timeline.
This is all fine and great but I want to know why the giant fireman and the horse were dancing on that episode of the Simpsons.
It was brilliant is all I know.
I love your films. Very well made and a good source of information.
I'm a giant Peaks fan and I say you're as good a resource as there is out there.
Keep churning then out man.
Best wishes from British California Neil 😸
I'll keep making videos, for certain, but I'm through with the Twin Peaks series, unless Lynch surprises us all with a fourth season. I can't imagine anything else I could say about the existing ones.
wow! The Mozart of Explanations, thanks! I needed it.The best work I ever see in RUclips!
I liked the the pantomimed confusion as the final episode credits rolled.
Thank you very much for this series of videos! Apart from the analysis itself, I would like to point out your impeccable use of Twin Peaks music paired with memorable scenes from the show. In one of the previous episodes it was “Shadow” by Chromatics, this time it’s “Wild West” by Lissie.
Oooh, finally! Let's Rock.
I literally ran home to watch this. Beautiful work, Matt. I’m with you, I don’t think some of this stuff means anything. I’ve always been intrigued by the jumping man but if he’s just weird for the sake of weirdness I can appreciate that. I don’t think we’re getting a 4th season, everyone who is anyone at showtime fucking hates twin peaks despite trying to milk every penny with their crap merchandise. A movie would be nice but I expect nothing. Thanks for the videos 🙌🏽
Also this is random but I like how your face is half lit in portions of this video
Directing, effects and editing in your videos are too much good for RUclips. You are incredibly talented. I hope you will direct real movies in the future!
Working on one right now, in fact; hence the long time span since my last video. Hoping to get a trailer cut before too much longer.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Good luck with that!!!
"Its atmosphere is its reason for existing," is a quote I like to use when describing certain works of art, like Twin Peaks. You illustrated this idea perfectly. Thanks.
17:17 when you seem to ask your dog for answers is comedy at its most ingenious and brilliant form 😅
I know I’m late to the party but these videos have been fantastic. Thanks for putting in the work.
Whyyyyyy have you released this when I'm too busy to watch it anytime soon, whyyyyyyyyyy.
Seriously, so excited to get to this when I can dude!
I feel like if we ever do get a season 4, Lynch would do a hard swerve in the tone. Like how Season 3 is in lot of ways bashing nostalgia and the idea that this story could somehow work out, I feel like a Season 4 would work to somehow rebuild that destroyed hope, like maybe Coop would somehow destroy Judy and drive off into the sunset with Laura Palmer, or Diane, or even Audrey. It just seems like Lynch always wants to give us what we never would expect
More like old people driving off into a nursing home !
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I hope we don’t get another season to be honest. This ended perfectly
And answer is no
just got the new blu ray box set with, entire original series plus the showtime and fire walk with me, cant wait to rewatch them again
Enjoy
Late to the party but fuck is your production value good! Loved this whole series, you deserve the same spotlight as Red Letter Media if you ask me. Keep it up, you have the talent, you just need your lucky break to get discovered.. Not to mention you're sharp as a tack and have a real grasp on art, and how it can simply exist and be appreciated without the constant lens of scrutiny.
Hey, I just do what I enjoy for fun. Some of my best material has been seen by almost no one, but I'll keep right on making similar material if I get a kick out of it.
Appreciate your work man. Would love to hear your take on other surrealist film makers works as well, without deterring from your TP videos of course. Keep em coming!
I think you missed what I said at 22:18.
In “The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer” the young Laura receives a horse, named Troy, for her birthday. A white horse if I remember correctly. It’s been many years since I read the book. It was written by Jennifer Lynch, David Lynch‘s daughter. At that time I thought the it’s represented her lost childhood innocence.
David Lynch himself recounted a scene in a French documentary about a slaughterhouse, where a majestic white horse was butchered and it’s blood collected in a box. It left him very disturbed.
In the end, I’ve always thought Twin Peaks boils down to, the story of an abused girl, who tried her best to cope, her death, and the aftermath.
Agreed...in the book, the horse ended up dying, and she blamed herself for it, though I don't recall the exact details.
I love all your Twin Peaks videos. Regarding this one: According to The Final Dossier, Becky is alive and working in a bakery owned by Norma. As for the missing diary page, it could be symbolic of Lynch's tendency to not give us all the pieces of the puzzle. The fact that there's still a page missing means that some things remain a mystery. And that's how he likes it.
very good, i agree, much of lynch's work has been best interpreted by how makes you feel, and in turn, that becomes a reflection on your own psyche as you are connecting dots, his tone and mood conjure feelings and images but those come from your own perspective and and experiences, being literal is great because it gives you something that you can interpret as making sense, but sometimes the abstract and surreal allows you to explore your own mind and heart, i get the same feeling form the mars volta, their music is more about the feeling/mood than the literal meaning,
You're channel is criminally (hyperbole) underrated.
I don't know...most of my videos are rated pretty highly.
Twin Peaks the return was like a nostalgic bomb for me. I absolutely loved it, as confusing as it was. I will admit, I was initially disappointed by the left turn at the end. I was loving the coming climax of Mr. C and Cooper clashing at the sheriff station. But after rewatching and thinking about it, the ending was great. Judy, Laura and all. It was a masterpiece and it doesn’t matter to me if it made perfect sense. My life doesn’t make sense either. Great videos! Thanks so much!
it is mentioned in this video that the white horse is seen twice, but it is also seen a third time, though in miniature on the fireplace mantle, when Cooper meets Carrie Page/Lura Palmer.
It's seen twice by Laura's mother. If we're talking about appearances in general, it also appears in the Black Lodge when Coop is about to leave. There's also a white horse outside Judy's, as a coin-operated ride.
Honestly, I don't try to understand Twin Peaks too much, I just enjoy the story as it is and the humor and mystery as well. The art too of course...me being a hobby photographer. I like to watch these videos that try to explain more about Twin Peaks just because I enjoy Twin Peaks so much and it’s an excuse to get more twin peaks...not because I want the mystery solved. I really enjoy the touching scenes in the episodes directed by David Lynch like the story Bobby’s father was telling him about the dream he had and other little seems like that. I really enjoy Lynch’s sense of humor too!
After watching all your overviews and two other good commentaries, plus a talk by Lynch himself, I had a Eureka moment and put it all together. I understand just about everything in the series now. In particular, when Diane sees herself leaving the motel it's actually very simple. She's just imagining herself "seeing" herself leaving without Cooper. That's why neither Diane reacts as if it's strange. It's just Lynch's way to dramatize how much of a traumatic thing it will be, Diane knows this, it's part of the overall plan.
That’s actually very smart. Are you a psychologist
I never noticed the white horse above the fireplace at 10:22 until now
After all these years nobody has gotten a screen shot of the books were Audrey is?
What a delightful and unexpected surprise...both strange and wonderful :)
I have truly enjoyed your reviews and insights. Hopefully you will choose to revisit Twin Peaks in the future, but meanwhile...thank you.
At this point, the only real reason I would make more Twin Peaks videos is if there was more Twin Peaks. I honestly don't know what I would say on the existing property that wouldn't be repeating myself.
If you were going to do another one of these I’d love to see something going over all the fire imagery/references throughout the series
This was the end of the series, unless more Twin Peaks should appear someday.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Rumour has it that a new Lynch film will be announced for Cannes next Thursday.
I heard that, but Lynch himself has denied it.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks We’ll see.
I always thought of Lynch as the Van Gogh of filmmakers. Then you went and spent hours explaining exactly why. Thank you so much for these and the effort you put into them.
Is that what I did?
THANK YOU.
I've been waiting for this .
YOUR videos are outstanding .
It was amazing to watch these videos tonight, thank you! Twin Peaks is fascinating, no matter how much time passes. In fact, as time goes on, we just discover more things and see everything in different ways.
I confess that I am a little disappointed with the end of most characters, not because I wanted a happy ending for everyone (that would never happen, I know), but because I thought the endings were not very creative/varied: drugs, alcoholism, madness or death for everybody. There are not many other options besides that, except for Nadine/Big Ed/Norma. However, I know that it was probably done this way to show that 1) Laura's death affected the entire community forever and 2) from that and the unfolding of this story, it was as if the gates of hell had opened on earth and evil "won".
Part of the appreciation for Twin Peaks will always come from questions and mysteries, and our relentless pursuit of them, but it's certainly not just that. The series is also beautiful, captivating, creative, intelligent and very humorous. Even if all its mysteries were solved, I believe that we would continue to watch over and over again, contrary to what they say "without mysteries, without interest". It is a very wonderful world not to be visited again.
Your Twin Peaks videos are wonderful. Thank you.
These Twin Peaks videos have been superb. Thank you!!
Sad to see this series go, especially all the work that went into setting up the video. Like the purple world and the talk show. Still great job and I agree a lot about people focusing too much on answers and not the bigger picture. In some ways Twin Peaks to me reminds me when I first played a game called Yume Nikki, it also based around dreams and doesn't give you answers. But I feel that becomes one of the strongest aspect of the game, making your own interpretation. Later down the line I watched Twin Peaks and felt very similar feelings there. All I wanted from The Return is a bit more of great actors and see a bit more of the dream. Though I gotta say I feel less bad somehow about The Return cliffhanger than season 2. S2 ending made me really anxious, The Return had me very curious but not as worried I suppose haha.
The ending of season 2 bugged me because it was obviously not supposed to be the ending. They were clearly (and by their own admission) trying to generate interest for a third season. I think the absence of any kind of true closure is, in a way, probably necessary for something like this, though.
Watched this for possibly the fourth time tonight - such a great piece of work. The one thing that really sticks with me is the observation near the end - that much of the joy of twin peaks was in scenes done purely for their inherent beauty. I am thinking of Harry Dean playing 'Red River Valley' the green tea latte guy furtively smiling in delight, Gordon Cole smoking with the ladies - all of these beautiful moments require no explanation or interpretation. 'Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole' indeed.
All your lynch/twin peaks vids are soooo good
The missing page could just be Lynch's way of saying that not everything is meant to be found/explained
A little irritating symbol to prove a point, like that one bunker door in Disco Elysium
I can get behind that idea
I think maybe the best part of season 3 is that 25 years had passed in real time. When I saw the 25 year gap between s2 and s3 and heard Laura tell Coop she would see him again in 25 years(and I'm Dead and Yet I Live) BLEW MY MIND. Historic set up and Historic Payoff.
It was, of course, not a deliberate setup. They very much wanted for the show to have a season 3 immediately following season 2. Lynch had given up on Peaks for years. The 25-year anniversary was a very convenient way to get back into the story, though it actually ended up being longer. The original series was set in 1989, and the third season didn't air until 2017.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks I understand that, but the way it all worked out- we never(originally) found out what she meant when she said, I'll see you again in 25 years. Obviously this would have been almost impossible to set up intentionally but the way Frost and Lynch came back together at almost the perfect time(I believe I read that it took almost 4 years to film) to write and release it. Idk, it's like kismet. Thanks for responding!