“Season 2 of Twin Peaks is bad, you should skip it.” NO. I am TIRED of this TAKE. You have not truly experienced Twin Peaks until the Nadine superpowered high schooler arc or Ben Horne’s Civil War obsession. That stuff IS Twin Peaks.
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Thank you! One of the parts of Twin Peaks that I loved is how it gives all the weirdness in the town attention, especially the non-supernatural parts, but that only really happens in season 2.
I’ll admit, I’m not a huge lynch fan but the “bad” parts of season 2 were some of my favorite parts. The sincere reaction to absolute insanity is what made the show the what it was, and that was captured perfectly in season 2
Season 2 may not hit the same...
Peaks...
Of the first season and not all subplots are created equal (James Hurley's bike journey thru a played completely straight soap opera is easily the worst) but it's still quite wonderful
But Invitation to Love is a running gag on the show throughout season 1 and 2, the weird soap opera in the background with Chet and Jade/Jewel (or whatever the character's names are) - and James' lives his life, like he thinks it's a show. He thinks he could have saved Maddy. What a dumbass.
Skipping Season 2 of Twin Peaks is like refusing the log’s wisdom—unforgivable. The chaos, the absurdity, the unfiltered weirdness—this is the fire that walks with us. You don’t cherry-pick a dream; you surrender to it, pie, coffee, and all.
Yeah, Ben Horne the amoral capitalist as a Confederate soldier is brilliant, it's exactly what right wingers are like. Not sure if that was David Lynch's or Mark Frost's idea but things like that are so spot on. And having Denise be openly, calmly trans in the FBI in 1991.
It's actually not bad. There are some bad parts - I am team "hate James Hurley" but interestingly in Season 1 I feel David Lynch speaks through Laura when she says "James is so dumb." Even the worst story line seems intentional - James was supposedly to be irritatingly hipster and dumb.
Some of S2 is good. On rewatch, the bad period is fascinating to watch in just how bad it is. I think it makes you appreciate the good more, it reveals the craft of what Lynch actually does, and how hard it is for others to pull off.
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lmao thank you for reminding me of that subplot
https://www.scififreaksite.com/peaks2.html
Peaks...
Of the first season and not all subplots are created equal (James Hurley's bike journey thru a played completely straight soap opera is easily the worst) but it's still quite wonderful
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/david-lynch-twin-peaks-season-two?srsltid=AfmBOooJMylZWfCknRuPd3p0skSRzeUF0eAQn6ISK528aOHTKtkKCgO8
antithesis to Cooper - a corrupt version of what Cooper may have become.