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?
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!
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)
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.)
