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Season 1 – Twin Peaks: The Return

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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."
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Twin Peaks: The Return — Season 1

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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 Arthur Goyaz Loud and Clear Reviews In times where TV status is losing its meaning, Twin Peaks: The Return still represents a challenging rupture in conventional storytelling. Aug 7, 2024 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 Read all reviews

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Jacob B At times, less a third season of Twin Peaks and more an 18-hour-long feature film, one thing The Return is not interested in being is a standard revival. If you were expecting another murder to occur in that quiet little town, you've got another thing coming. Twin Peaks Season 3 has it all: unconventional storytelling, creative visuals, strong acting from everyone involved with characters both old and new, including guest stars from back in the '90s, being just as quirky and/or memorable and even being surprisingly quotable. Like, some of the dialogue, even at its most simplistic, reaches borderline Pulp Fiction-levels of memorability and they don't even have to involve the iconic backwards talk. All culminating in an ending that, let's just say, gives you a middle finger towards the idea of closure. There's actually quite a haunting example of bookends in it. Prepare to embrace the surrealism rather than try to make sense of it, especially in the eighth episode, and understand that this revival is not just darker than the original show but is tonally and structurally closer to the prequel movie Fire Walk With Me. Do those things plus have patience in certain spots and overall, you should find Twin Peaks: The Return to be really damn good television, showing that there's still a place for this kind of genre fare in the more prestigious era in the 2010's that TV found itself in. Not too shabby for a show that, unless you live in Japan, found itself demoted from instant mainstream hit to glorified cult classic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review Hardy K The absolute best television series I have ever seen. Lynch is widening the possibilities of movie making once more. This is an astonishing achievement and the amount of humanism on display was for me indeed life changing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/25/24 Full Review Mason M Though extremely slow and and almost impossible to decipher, Twin Peaks: The Return adds much more confusion to David Lynch's densest work and also finally gives us the tools to decode the show. It's not the most enjoyable watch, but it has enough intrigue and amazing episodes to remain entertaining. The Return is mainly good due to it being entirely directed by Lynch himself and finally giving us all of the parts to solve the Twin Peaks mystery. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review 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 Read all reviews
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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