Board 8 > Wow. Does Twin Peaks: The Return actually get better? *Major untagged Spoilers

(+) Yeah! (+)

I liked the first Season of Twin Peaks a lot. The characters were interesting. The dialogue was interesting enough for a show made in the early 90s. The cheesiness (juuuuuust youuuu and eiiiiiiiiiiii) and strangeness also meshed well together. The central focus of the plot i.e the Laura Palmer murder mystery and the supernatural elements surrounding it were all very intriguing.

My fondness carried over to much of the 2nd season as well. Leland being revealed as Killer Bob's vessel and all the episodes leading up to it were all very good.

But then the show just went into a lull with no real purpose. The episodes after Laura Palmer's mystery was solved till the finale was agonizing to get through, to say the least. The 2nd season finale however was a true revival and concluded on a cliffhanger which left me with much anticipation for Twin Peaks: the Return. The only reason I have not given up watching the show was because I wanted to watch the Return so bad.

So about The Return. I absolutely loved the first two episodes and the attention to detail on the Black Lodge. But then things fell apart very very quickly as soon as Cooper came out of the lodge.

The show is moving at a snail's pace and it is hard to watch one of the most lovable protagonists in TV history act like Tarzan just learning how to speak. It has been a George of the Jungle ****show since Cooper's arrival with episodes not doing much to raise any stakes in the plot or create any sense of urgency or purpose.

I just finished episode 6 of The Return right now and I hope someone here can convince me that the show gets significantly better.
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For the record. I watched Fire Walk With Me and I thought it was kinda bad and expected much much more.

Highlights from season 1 and the good parts of season 2 were:

- Laura Palmer mystery obviously
- Cooper and Harry browski running things in town
- Audrey Horne
- The mystery of the Black Lodge
- Leland Palmer acting all psycho and his singing and dancing
- "That's damn good coffee" - Agent Cooper
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Looking forward to your thoughts on Episode 8.
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I don't think you'll like this season at all based on your synopsis so far.
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If I get to Episode 8 that is.

It is getting increasingly hard to watch Cooper's scenes which is like 70% of every episode.
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"Hellooooo-OOOO-ooo" - Mr. Jackpots
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The return is slow but does have pretty high payoffs. Going on your reaction this far, I would say it's not for you.
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I am almost ready to start the new season. Just gotta watch season 2 finale. Yeah, they could have cut out like half the season. Everything between Leland and when we meet Earle seemed like pointless filler. It has picked up since. I liked Ted Raimi getting a cameo.
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