S01E04 AKA The One-Armed Man
In Which:- Dreams and visions start to connect and links between Bobby, Leo and Jacques begin to become apparent.
- Opens with Sarah describing her vision which was the cliffhanger at the end of the pilot
- There’s some weirdly chauvinistic feeling advice from Coop about women being drawn from different blueprints
- Thinking about Maddy, I’m not sure that it’s ever spelt out whether she’s from Sarah’s or Leland’s side of the family. The visions she has would indicate Sarah but I don’t think it’s explicit.
- Swirling together of elements - Jacques Renault, Leo and Bobby all seeming connected and Ben Horne is involved with both Catherine and Leo
Lynchian Weirdoes:- Doc Jacoby does a magic trick involving eating golf balls for no readily apparent reason.
First Appearances:- Cooper’s boss Gordon Cole as played by David Lynch (voice only); Norma’s estranged and villainous husband Hank Jennings; owls - hooting at James and Donna
Show Within A Show:- Invitation To Love is playing in the background again
Cliffhanger:- Hank rings Josie from prison, indicating some secret between them
S01E05 AKA Cooper’s Dreams
In Which:- A lead on the possible location where Laura spent her last night leads to a talk with the Log Lady.
- Opens with Icelandic singing in the night at the Great Northern Hotel - pure Peaks
- Audrey and Cooper’s flirting is still creepy - he asks her how old she is at one point (she’s 18)
- Very stylish episode - two shots of protagonists lining up in staggered profiles and a whip pan back and forth between Major and Mrs Briggs while taking are all very pleasing
- It’s an episode where things are starting to move forward - Hank beats up Leo who then gets shot by Shelley; Audrey discovers her father and Catherine together
Lynchian Weirdoes:- A full scene with the Log Lady at last and lots of Twin peaks mythology being brought to the fore - mentions of owls and fire; Leland weird compulsive happy-sad dancing is back again.
Show Within A Show:- Chester gets punched in Invitation To Love
Cliffhanger:- Cooper discovers a naked Audrey in his bed (they’re really pushing the Cooper/ Audrey creepfest)
S01E06 AKA Realization Time
In Which:- Two undercover trips to One-Eyed Jack’s take place and “Laura” seemingly makes a return from the grave.
- Cooper insists that he and Audrey should just be friends - good call on this one (apparently insisted on by Lara Flynn Boyle [Donna] who was dating MacLachlan at the time)
- Some 90s elements here - Cooper uses a voice-activated dictaphone to record a minah bird (Waldo) who may have things about Laura’s murder
- There’s a feeling of a lot of elements starting to come to a head - Audrey starts working at the perfume counter to get to One-Eyed Jack’s; Cooper and Ed go undercover at One-Eyed Jack’s (Ed’s moustache and wig are utterly ludicrous); Maddy, Donna and James disguise Maddy as Laura to steal a tape from Dr Jacoby; a wounded Leo shoots the minah bird as it starts to speak; Ben calls Josie and Josie’s with Hank
Iconic Peaks Moments:- Auditioning to become an escort at One-Eyed Jack’s, Audrey ties a bow in a cherry stalk with her tongue
Show Within A Show:- Invitation To Love - Chet shoots Montana
Cliffhanger:- Someone is in the woods watching Maddy dressed as Laura
Only one episode of season one left to go and it’s a doozy…
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