I'm confused. Really really confused. I know this is Lynch, that's precisely why I'm confused. Having already seen a couple of his films, I know that his material is supposed to be absurd. At least that's the impression I got. The thing with this pilot is that I really can't tell what angle he's going for here. I'm fairly sure he's going for just all out absurdism, but based on a lot of people's reviews I think it may actually be a serious crime drama? For example, there will be scenes where someone is crying and the melodramatic music plays, my impulse is to just laugh. If you ask me, this pilot was pretty damn funny. If that's what Lynch was going for then job done. However, if he was genuinely going for a serious approach, then it fell flat on its face completely, in no small part due to the soundtrack. That's the main thing I can't get around, because it's obviously completely melodramatic and simple, but I can't tell if that's intentional or that's really what TV soundtracks were like in the 80s/90s. All this being said, it was a decent enough pilot I suppose. It was very fast paced with interesting characters and an engaging enough murder mystery at the centre. It was fairly simple but I know this is Lynch so I fully expect things to get weird. In fact, they kinda did already with that weird cliffhanger. I will say I don't think the episode flowed very well. Shame about the aspect ratio as well. Anyway, I'll be watching the rest of this show with the assumption that's all meant to be a bit ridiculous and funny, because I find it quite hard to believe it's meant to be watched seriously
Low 7
Low 7