For now, here are the main talking points.
Apologies in advance for almost certainly misunderstanding 86.7% of what happened.
That was exactly as confusing asInland Empire.
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We’re All in the Sheriff’s Station.
Still recovering from his surprise over the Diane-Tulpa, Gordon told the Blue Rose Task Force a final secret.
That’s an old name, though.
was now called “Judy.”
As if following a schedule, Gordon spoke to Bushnell Mullins over the phone one Boss-of-Cooper to another!
and the Blue Rosers made their way to Twin Peaks.
Just in time, too.
Mr. C went through a wormhole and was…
…somewhere.
It looked to me like that Cosmic Space Castle Movie Theater where the Fireman lived in Part 8.
Mr. C was there, with the floating head of Major Briggs.
Was this what Mr. C had wanted?
Did he ever really know what he wanted?
Is Major Briggs up in that Space Castle now, with the Fireman and Senorita Dido?
Things moved together quickly now.
Mr. C walked in and sat down in Sheriff Truman’s office.
And that was a prologue of coming events!
Agent Cooper ran in then, seemed to recognize Freddie.
He told Freddie to, well, do that special thing that Freddie does.
(God, I’ve waited my whole life to write that sentence!)
He punched it down into the ground, FLAMES.
He punches it into pieces, and they ascended into the air.
“One for the grandkids!”
This reunion was emotional for both of them.
“There are some things that will change,” he said.
“The past dictates the future.”
And then he said, “I hope to see all of you again.
Every one of you.”
Journey Into the Past.
Deep within the bowels of the Great Northern, we heard that strange sound.
Then he was with the One-Armed Man, walking through the corridors of the Dutchman.
They became an 8, or an infinity turned on its side, or two circles.
Hey, I’m struggling here!)
This time, she didn’t arrive.
In the woods, she found Dale, who promised to take her home.
And then history changed, maybe.
He did not see Laura Palmer’s body.
She never died, maybe.
This seemed to cause…something.
Part 17 ended with Julee Cruise singing “The World Spins.”
Or was this the work of Judy Jowday, a malevolent spirit, housed within Sarah Palmer?
It certainly seems, to judge from Pete Martell fishing happily, that Cooper changed the past.
But did he save Laura?
Did he save himself?
Or…did he damn them both, all over again?
Or Is It the Future?
Cooper was back in the Red Room perhaps he traveled there through the nexus wormhole after Laura disappeared?
Or perhaps whatever force took Laura away also sent him back to the Lodge space?
We saw scenes play out that we almost recognized from Parts 1 and 2.
Certain things were changed, though.
Once again, Dale found Leland Palmer, who told him to “Find Laura.”
(I found myself wondering, this time: Was that a command thatanyoneshould follow?
Hasn’t Leland Palmer done enough to Laura by now?
If Leland says “Find Laura,” perhaps the correct action is to do the precise opposite?)
And Cooper left the Red Room, seeming to be in greater control of his faculties than ever.
He emerged into Glastonbury Grove, where Diane was waiting for him.
And then they went…elsewhere.
Four hundred and thirty miles away, to some lonely desert road full of electricity.
Diane seemed uncertain about their mission.
Things would change on the other side; that much was clear.
Dale drove them through…something.
A rift between worlds?
It was nighttime, and they got to a motel.
Diane seemed to see herself, elsewhere.
Was she seeing the face of the man who raped her?
The next morning, Cooper woke up.
Diane was gone, if she was even Diane.
There was a note on the table, calling Cooper “Richard,” signed “Linda.”
And we had heard “two birds one stone” early in Part 17.
That, it seems, was Cooper’s plan, long ago.
Whatwasthat plan, precisely?
Cooper walked outside in the sunlight.
He was in Odessa, Texas, of all places.
Cooper followed the coordinates and he found…a grown-up Laura Palmer.
Except her name was Carrie Page, and she had no idea what Cooper was talking about.
Cooper wanted to bring her back to Twin Peaks, to see her mother.
There was a dead man inside her house, head freshly blown off.
“Ridin' with the FBI just might save my ass,” said Carrie.
It was a long drive to Twin Peaks.
They stopped at a gas station.
Carrie unfurled a few words of woe.
“I tried to keep a clean house, keep everything organized,” she said.
“I was too young to know better.”
They arrived back at the Palmer house.
They knocked on the door.
(You might recall that monstrousthing, in Part 3, knock-knock-knocking on Naido’s door.)
A woman answered the door.
She didn’t know of any Sarah Palmer.
When Cooper persisted, she asked her husband who they bought the house from.
They went by another name: Tremond.
And perhaps it’s notable that this woman said her name was “Alice Tremond.”
Alice, like through the looking-glass.
Tremond, like maybe some Black Lodge elements are in play.
He walked out to the street with Carrie.
He asked: “What year is this?”
And then Carrie looked at the house.
There was the sound of someone calling “Laura!”
Was it Sarah that same scream we heard in Part 17?
(I’m honestly asking; need to rewatch again and also drink more coffee.)
And then Carrie screamed.
Or perhaps we should say…
And then Laura Palmer screamed.
The lights went off in the Palmer house, and everywhere.
What was she whispering to him?
Are we meant to understand that this cycle is repeating?
Did Cooper actuallysavethe life of Laura Palmer?
Or, given Lynch’s love forVertigo, perhaps we should read this differently.
In the end credits, Sheryl Lee was credited twice, once as Laura and once as Carrie.
Came earlier, and maybe you don’t even think it’s too happy.
So something’s well that ends well.
Expect some fun surprises this week!
In Conclusion, the Hornes.Jerry’s in Wyoming with no clothes.
Ben’s working on bringing him home.
