I was obsessed with the series when it initially aired and couldn't wait until the following episode. That first season was outstanding.....but then the second season happened and the blush really faded from the rose. It was wildly inconsistent, especially when they brought in "guest directors" who seemed to fumble in their attempts to replicate that David Lynch style of weirdness. It was oftentimes embarrassing to watch. There were high points here and there but it was apparent the series was in decline. It should have been just a limited series and not tried to milk the premise. It was bound to get tiresome. Once the mystery of "who killed Laura Palmer " was resolved it drifted. Neither Lynch nor Mark Frost wanted the mystery to ever be solved and were forced by the network to give a resolution. I don't know how this would have gone over with fans. It's like having the last page of a mystery novel torn out and being denied an answer. The kind of ambiguities that Lynch enjoys might not have translated well to television. I don't know how I would have felt. Although the European version of the pilot does resolve it all. It's been a long time since I've watched it and cannot recall who was named the killer. It might have been Bob. It was a unique series.
I can't upload the entire episode due to copyright restrictions, but I have uploaded the commercials from the same re-airing of the pilot (8/5/1990). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o5S3I9TPW8w.html Thank you for watching!
So nice seeing both ladies together and sharing a nice connection with one other. Both actresses gave landmark performances in a TV series that still sends chills down my spine!
Well I believe that was Lynch and Frost’s decision from the start due to them planning on not even revealing Laura’s killer, in an attempt to not make this one of the “mystery of the week” shows that were all the rage these days. (Surprsiningly, now a days, we don’t have most of those mystery-of-the-week, we more have mysteries like this, where it takes a whole season to find out whose the killer)
The real mastermind is actually Shelly the waitress, even Kyle MacLachlan confirmed it. Shelly wanted to kill Laura because back when Laura was still doing Meals on Wheels with her, Laura suddenly saw the freaky Grandma and the little kid and left Shelly alone to pick up all Laura's shits. She didn't get paid extra!
Yeah, the studio was like "Nah," and made him wrap it up super early to keep viewership numbers high. If I had to guess, I think that's why there's so many mysteries in The Return that aren't solved. Because the resolution to the mystery isn't the point-it's a trip through the world.
@@gonzoGnostalgic and originally Mark Frost wanted to focus on the Audrey-Cooper relationship following the reveal but after Donna's actor (who was dating Cooper's actor at the time) vetoed it they had to scramble to come up with new storyline ideas.
Yes. That never would have been able to happen, though, he was always going to be forced to do it at some point, but I think he wasn't expecting to have to reveal it not even halfway through Season 2. The execs at ABC figured the viewership would start to fall if they didn't solve the mystery quickly, which might have been true, but it ultimately backfired because the viewership of the show collapsed after Episode 9 and only barely recovered by the end of the Season, when Lynch became more involved again. Most people saw the show as just being about the Laura Palmer mystery, and so when that was done they couldn't really think of a reason to keep watching, and the episodes in the middle of Season 2 certainly didn't give them one.
He qualified "never" with "for a very long time." The mystery is what electrified everything. It was meant to recede into the background for a long while, but it took on a life of its own (culturally, business wise, etc). Mark Frost promised ABC to solve the mystery in the first season finale, and instead delivered an episode with five cliffhangers and no solution to the mystery. He basically TRICKED ABC into a 2nd season. But at least they had 8 or 9 episodes of breathing room before they had to solve the mystery in season 2. (And with all the flaws of the rest of season 2, it still has its charms for me.)
Imagine having to complete a story within only one season, what a tragedy!! Instead we should stretch all stories out so long that they no longer mean anything to anyone, that's a wonderful idea
@@simonfeakes Imagine ridding the show of it's core premise halfway through second season and desparately trying to find something to do for our main characters for the remainder. What happens then? Stretching everything out so long, it no longer means anything to anyone anymore?
Laura Palmer is the most tangible fictional character I've encountered on film. She's dead but radiates life through people and memories, she still everywhere although absent. You end up loving and missing her the way Twin Peaks residents do. Sheryl magnetism obviously plays a big part in it, love her <3
Sherilyn is so right, the new season wasn't really Twin Peaks, it was Fire Walk with Me part II...and it did Sherilyn dirty, she should have had Chrysta Bell's role. I also didn't like Diane being introduced. I liked her as an off scene character. I used to imagine her as an old woman with dimenta, like Coopers grandmother, and he sends her tapes.
@@radicalstanza3614 Well, I don't mean the specifics. I mean the way Sherilyn was left in about 2 mins of the over all series lol. Sherilyn Fenn's Audrey was a beloved character and David even admitted he did her dirty in S3. It appears Audrey is still in a coma during the series until she wakes up.
Quite often, RU-vid recommends a new upload, with hardly any views from a channel with hardly any subscribers, and it's generally rubbish and I don't know how it happened. But this time, RU-vid hit the jackpot.
Thank you. I have no idea why I originally wrote that it was the Today Show. I knew it was Good Morning America, but my anxiety is pretty high right now.
