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Finished watching Twin Peaks: The Return

Finished watching “Twin Peaks: The Return” (aka, season three). I almost stopped watching it early on. This is clearly Lynch at his most experimental–and that’s not why I watch TV. When I watch TV or movies, I’m just looking for entertainment; I do intellectual activity elsewhere. (I say this only as a description of my own habits. Yours will obviously be different.)

I stuck with it, though, and I did feel much more engaged by the end. There are certain images that will certainly stick with me. But I seriously doubt that I will put in the work to comb through the series and interpret it.

In short, it’s worth watching if you’re invested in Twin Peaks. There is plenty of material there if you want to work on your own interpretation. But I will warn you that Lynch is uninterested in fan service; in fact, he seems to be opposed to it. You’ll get one or two satisfying story resolutions but you will end the series with a whole lot of questions.

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