Some semblance of regular narrative made this episode an improvement over the blithering episodes 2,3 and 4. Unfortunately, the writing remains poor. Not only is the story uninteresting, the pace also remains absurdly slow. Lynch may be influenced by Gus Van Sant's later works but, like Van Sant, he is terrible at doing slow cinema. Of all the side-plots, the Dougie one remains the worst, but none of the other ones are gripping either. The inclusion of random and pointless scenes, like the argument between Truman and his wife, makes the bad story even worse. Lynch also revisits his usual obsessions: drugs, violence, the dark underbelly of suburbia etc etc. Yawn. He generally appears to have lost his edge. The scene where Evil Cooper haunts the prison he's been held, is taken out of a second-rate horror movie. The unexpected highlight was Jacoby's vlog, a disjointed but entertaining scene. But let's face it, this new Twin Peaks has none of the charm either of the old show, or of Lynch's best works.
