Wrapped In Plastic: A Twin Peaks Rewatch - Part 4

The first season comes to a suitably cliffhanger-y end and the second season kicks off in full on Lynch style.

S01E07 AKA The Last Evening
In Which:- Most of the main characters find themselves in some sort of mortal jeopardy

- There’s so much going on in just these 45 minutes that it seems almost nuts when you try to recap it:- Jacques Renault is set up, shoot while being arrested and then smothered in hospital by Leland; the wounded Leo ties up Shelley in the burning mill who is rescued by Catherine but then both become trapped while Pete goes in to rescue them; Leo attempts to kill Bobby and is shot by Hank; Nadine seemingly commits suicide with pills; Bobby, frames James with cocaine planted in his bike; Dr Jacoby is attacked and suffers a heart attack; Audrey is trapped in One-Eyed Jack’s as her unsuspecting father attempts to have sex with her and finally, returning from last week’s undercover operation, Cooper is shot three times in his hotel room. Blimey!

Show Within A Show:- This marks the last appearance of Invitation To Love as apparently Lynch wasn’t a fan of it.
Cliffhanger:- Most of the episode frankly but Cooper being shot is where we leave it.


S02E01 AKA May The Giant Be With You
In Which:- The town recovers from the fallout of the night of mayhem.

- It’s a double episode to kick off the second series and David Lynch is back in the director’s seat
- Given the urgent nature of the ending of the last episode, it’s almost wilfully slow-paced at the start here. The title sequence lasts for almost three minutes(!) and then you spend almost another ten minutes on Cooper lying on the floor bleeding while an old waiter bumbles slowly around followed by a visitation by the Giant. It is, however, very much pure Lynch - odd performances, weird humour, deliberate pacing and dream logic.
- The Giant’s clues are setting up the remainder of the investigation into Laura’s death - first of the clues is revealed (“there’s a man in a smiling bag”) revealed when Cooper spots Jacques Renault’s body bag hanging up in the hospital.
- Even with the bullets mostly stopped by his bulletproof vest, Cooper's powers of recovery are pretty much superhuman.
- Lucy’s recap for Cooper of what happened in the last episode manages to be informative, handy for new viewers and funny (Coop -”How long was I out?”; Hayward - “It’s 7:45 in the morning”).
- Broad but weird comedy moments are back again - Andy smacks his face on a wooden board and staggers around grinning with a bloody mouth for a long time; the weirdly gloopy, multi-coloured and stinky hospital food; everyone greeting Ben & Jerry with “Mr Horne, Mr Horne” as they walk through the Great Northern Hotel.
- Donna’s new sexy and mature look is pretty cheesy - unsure if it’s meant to be naff or sexy (it’s not the latter).
- Maddy breaks her glasses in half as she hates them - does she not need them to see?
- We get another mention of fire - James mentions a poem of Laura’s that has the lines:- “Would you like to play with fire, would you like to play with BOB?”

Iconic Peaks Moments:- Cooper’s interaction with the Giant and the Waiter are images that are also strongly associated with Twin Peaks; Leland’s hair turning white overnight is another one.
First Appearance:- The Giant / The Waiter
Returning Faces:- Albert’s back in town; Mr Gerard, the one-armed man, is also back to sell Truman some shoes; Ronette Pulaski, beginning to stir from coma
Cliffhanger:- Ronette wakes up to a vision of BOB killing Laura (pretty strong stuff for network television with full-on Lynch directing style).