Well what can I say. This was a truly brilliant episode of television, and the best of both this show and the original. Given how slow it's taken to get here, I would've been very disappointed had they not landed certain payoffs, but oh did they land them. I had chills throughout. Bob Cooper had a kid with Audrey, and is now heading straight for Twin Peaks. I don't know what that was that happened to Richard Horne, but his character does make sense. He's the offspring of an evil entity, so yeah I suppose his actions do make sense. The whole affair that occurred in suburbia was superb, and it felt very much out of a Tarantino. Now Cooper's awakening was the crowning moment of the episode. Simply phenomenal when the Twin Peaks Theme started playing, and he said "I am the FBI". Man I've missed this guy so much, he truly is such a joy to watch. Of course this came with him having to say goodbyes to his not really wife and not really son. It delivered a very emotional farewell, but in true Cooper spirit, he managed to communicate with Mike in the Black Lodge and will get them their own Dougie. The amazing scenes didn't end there. Diane, terrifically performed by Laura Dern, turned out to be another fabrication of the Black Lodge, and I'll bet Billy in the Sheriff's department is actually her. It's either her or the woman found by Andy. Diane's turn on the FBI was preceded by some amazing tension and we got more of an insight into just how sick Bob is. The use of music in this episode was just fantastic, and it continued as we got Audrey dancing to one of the most used songs in the original show. It was pretty hypnotic, and then all of a sudden she was ripped from it and placed into a completely white void. I have no idea what happened there but I'm dying to find out. Even the reversed music playing over the end credits was chilling. I won't say this has justified about 15 episodes of slow build up just yet, but this is one of the best episodes of television I've seen this year
High 9
High 9