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"I have no idea where this will lead us": talking Twin Peaks: The Return Pt....
One month (and six hours of television) later, I'm back on Obnoxious & Anonymous, where Cameron and I discussed the first third of Twin Peaks: The Return for a whopping three hours. Topics include...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 7 - "There's a body all right."
This Twin Peaks is a slippery beast. If you think you have a handle on its pacing, it speeds up or slows down accordingly. If you think it's going to stretch out story beats, it hurls a half-dozen...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 8 - "Gotta light?"
Through almost my entire history of watching Twin Peaks, I've watched it alone. I saw the first two seasons on my computer screen, with headphones, in the summer of 2008. Fire Walk With Me soon became...
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Twin Peaks Interlude: discussing Parts 1-8 w/ Twin Peaks Unwrapped
Last week, with a two-week break between episodes, Twin Peaks Unwrapped for a discussion about Parts 1-8. We talk about the value of Dougie (and waiting for Coop), whether we are going to get stories...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 9 - "This is the chair."
For all its unpredictability, a definite pattern is emerging week after week on Twin Peaks: The Return, a pattern that other commentators had already begun to note. Aside from the two-part premiere,...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 10 - "Laura is the one."
This week Twin Peaks both fulfilled my expectations and surprised me, in a fashion I've come to understand as the way this bird flies. The overall shape of the narrative remains legible, consistently...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 11 - "There's fire where you are going."
Wow, I'm still tingling after this one. The first half-hour of Part 11 can stand with the first half-hour of Part 3 and the last half-hour of Part 8 as among the most sustained sequences of The Return....
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Viva Twin Peaks! (discussing Twin Peaks: The Return Pt. 11 w/ The Lodgers...
Among the many new Twin Peaks podcasts to emerge this year, one highlight has been The Lodgers, hosted by Kate Rennebohm and Simon Howell. While many podcasters approach the series from a background in...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 12 - "Let's rock."
Tonight's episode opens with possibly the most straightforwardly lore-y scene of the series so far. Not only does Albert speak the letters "UFO," he makes plain one of the lingering mysteries of Fire...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 13 - "What story is that, Charlie?"
Somewhere between watching last week's and this week's episode I finally got a grip (I think) on the shape of this series. (Hey, it only took twelve hours.) Nothing big - well, nothing big big, like no...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 14 - "We are like the dreamer."
What's the biggest news this week? That the gang finally made it to Jack Rabbit's Palace? That the FBI has now linked up with both Twin Peaks and Las Vegas? That Chad was busted by his compatriots?...
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Into the Woods (discussing Twin Peaks: The Return Pt. 12 w/ Twin Peaks Peeks...
All of the Twin Peaks podcasts I listen to have something unique to offer, and in Twin Peaks Peeks' case it's the hosts' fearless enthusiasm for in-depth conversations on various topics, using Twin...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 15 - "There's some fear in letting go."
There are three possibilities. First possibility: Cooper is dead (although, as the giant Jeffries kettle reminds us, Mr. C is still Cooper in some fundamental sense as well). Wouldn't that be a pisser?...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Part 16 - "No knock, no doorbell."
So...that just happened. As I reach for comparisons, the first to come to mind is episode 16 of the original Twin Peaks: the one in which Cooper magically solves the show's central mystery, captures...
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Time and Time Again: discussing Part 16 and anticipating the finale w/ Twin...
With just a few days to go before Twin Peaks is, once again, a (relatively) closed book I joined Ben and Bryon to discuss Sunday's episode and what we're anticipating, hoping for, and completely unable...
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There's Always Music in the Air: anticipating tonight's Twin Peaks: The...
With less than five hours to go, everyone who's been following The Return is eagerly awaiting the two-part finale tonight. The Obnoxious & Anonymous channel is hosting a live discussion this...
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Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 17 & 18 - "The past dictates the future."/"What...
Poor Cooper. He stands uniquely in David Lynch's work - a hero so sterling and steadfast that when the narrative mill eventually demands more complexity and darkness, it must manufacture an evil copy...
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What's next: Twin Peaks & more
It's been a week and a half since the finale, but I can't say my activity around the show has really slowed down - if anything it's only escalated! (Twitter in particular has been nonstop.) I mentioned...
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The World of Twin Peaks - discussing the third season w/ the Beyond the...
The show is over, but as I mentioned last week the conversation is just beginning. One of the highlights of this season for me was the generosity of podcasters invited me onto their platforms to...
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Dr. Amp's America: discussing Twin Peaks: The Return w/ Discourse Collective
This spring, I joined several of the hosts of the left-wing political/cultural podcast Discourse Collective to discuss Twin Peaks as it existed at that time. With eighteen more hours of material to...
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