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Season 1 – Twin Peaks: The Return

2017 Drama Crime Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for Twin Peaks: The Return: Season 3 "It is Happening Again" Trailer List
94% Tomatometer 460 Reviews 83% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings
In the 1990s, residents of quaint northwestern town Twin Peaks were stunned by the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. Now 25 years later, Special Agent Dale Cooper, who investigated the student's death, heads out on an odyssey that returns him to the Washington town. Creator David Lynch directs all 18 episodes of this long-awaited follow-up to the cult classic series that originally aired from 1990-91 and spawned the 1992 prequel film "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me." Read More Read Less
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Surreal, suspenseful, and visually stunning, this return to Twin Peaks is an auteurist triumph for David Lynch.

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Lauren Carroll Harris Guardian I don't know where [David] Lynch and [Mark] Frost are taking us but I'm happy to embark on this journey into what Agent Rosenfield calls the "absurd mysteries of the strange forces of existence". Jul 30, 2019 Full Review Gwilym Mumford Guardian It contained multitudes...and Michael Cera doing a Marlon Brando impression. It was pure televisual maximalism. Dec 29, 2017 Full Review Emily St. James Vox It stopped feeling like a TV show to me, at some point, and started feeling like a gift. Sep 6, 2017 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine This absolutely benefits from big-screen viewing. Jan 6, 2023 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy The original run is one of TV's masterpieces, and Lynch finally returning to this project -- and unshackled by network restrictions -- was great news. In retrospect, limitations might have been welcome since this suffers from extreme excess and overkill. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 18, 2021 Full Review Nathan Mattise Ars Technica Twin Peaks is back and somehow as strange and beautiful as ever. Jul 27, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Francesco M I loved it. Best Twin Peaks season. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Marcelo R Fantastic. I try watching it when it came out. Unfortunately I was working too much, and Twin Peaks proved to demanding for my tired brain. I thought to myself "I'll get back to it later". Of course "later" translated to almost 8 years. I'm very glad I watched it. I'm actually sad I didn't do it sooner, and that I haven't watched it many times over by now. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/14/24 Full Review Audience Member Nearly an amazing show, however there are about 20 different story lines without explanation. Yes, you could consider it ‘art’ and interpret. But for fans, wanting to see the outcome and comeback for beloved characters after 25 years of wondering what the hell happened in that original season 2 ending, are left with nothing but more questions. Those who are content with this conclusion, and think it ended perfectly are in delusion and probably like eating their chicken raw. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/24 Full Review David R One of the best tv show season of History! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review Rick M Not just my favorite season of the show, this is my favorite season of any show. It's leaps and bounds over the first two seasons with phenomenal acting, brilliant story telling, and some of Lynch's best directorial work off all time. The campy nature and silliness of the first two season has been tremendously dialed back in favor of a much darker, somber tone which fits this season perfectly. MacLachlan is outstanding with his multiple roles, Evil Cooper is one of my all time favorite villain's. Episode 8 will blow your mind. Currently in my third watch, it just keeps getting better and better. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/25/24 Full Review Peter P Any more twin peaks is a welcome bonus regardless of quality, and though this fails to match the magic of the originals, it is well made and thought provoking. The season is probably 6 episodes to long. A lot of experimentation, and less focus on characterisation than the first two seasons. It misses the warmth of the earlier series' idyllic rural setting. Despite this, there is an element of closure to the story that fans will be grateful for, and frustrated by, in equal measure. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired May 21, 2017 Part 1 My log has a message for you. Details Episode 2 Aired May 21, 2017 Part 2 The stars turn and a time presents itself. Details Episode 3 Aired May 28, 2017 Part 3 Call for help. Details Episode 4 Aired May 28, 2017 Part 4 ...brings back some memories. Details Episode 5 Aired Jun 4, 2017 Part 5 Case files. Details Episode 6 Aired Jun 11, 2017 Part 6 Don't die. Details Episode 7 Aired Jun 18, 2017 Part 7 There's a body all right. Details Episode 8 Aired Jun 25, 2017 Part 8 Gotta light? Details Episode 9 Aired Jul 9, 2017 Part 9 This is the chair. Details Episode 10 Aired Jul 16, 2017 Part 10 Laura is the one. Details Episode 11 Aired Jul 23, 2017 Part 11 There's fire where you are going. Details Episode 12 Aired Jul 30, 2017 Part 12 Let's rock. Details Episode 13 Aired Aug 6, 2017 Part 13 What story is that, Charlie? Details Episode 14 Aired Aug 13, 2017 Part 14 We are like the dreamer. Details Episode 15 Aired Aug 20, 2017 Part 15 There's some fear in letting go. Details Episode 16 Aired Aug 27, 2017 Part 16 No knock, no doorbell. Details Episode 17 Aired Sep 3, 2017 Part 17 The past dictates the future. Details Episode 18 Aired Sep 3, 2017 Part 18 What is your name? Details
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Season Info

Director
David Lynch
Creator
David Lynch, Mark Frost
Screenwriter
Mark Frost, David Lynch
Network
Showtime
Rating
TV-MA (D|L)
Genre
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 21, 2017