Subject: Re: Twin Peaks - Season Finale - Everybody dies and we all go home.
From: wrt@lzaz.ATT.COM (Rob Tymchyshyn)
Date: 1990-05-24, 20:43
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks,rec.arts.tv

I'm not very good at posting yet, so forgive me if you've
read this.

Well, it looks like the Network Execs got to the show
before the new season.  The final episode was nothing more than a 
regurgitated Dallas episode dipped in pine oil.  It had none of the
character depth, subtle irony, intelligent dialogue, or Lynchian mood
of any of the previous episodes.  And please don't insult my intelligence
with a series of ridiculous cliffhangers to end the season.  That's not 
why I watch the show and is certainly not why I will continue to watch 
the show.

Other observations:

Cooper was still wearing a bulletproof vest as part of his
undercover disguise.  If he isn't there next near, I won't
be either.

The dialogue between Cooper and Jaques was as anti-Peakedly
pedestrian.

The partial reunion between Pete and Catherine was lame,
unbelievable, and sophmoric. (Those who contend that it
is only another one of the Lynchian parodies should 
take another look.  It didn't come off as a parody)

Three deaths (?), one heart attack, and a DAMNED Stunned
Cooper in one episode.  Keep this up and there will be no
one left in Twin Peaks.

What's with the Hitchcock camera angles?

Where did all those backup cops come from?

This is what happens when you try to put too much plot into the
44 minute slot.  All the intricate character depth and stylings are lost
to rapid fire dialogue and scene swapping.  The contents of this episode 
could easily have been stretched out for an entire season by Lynch.


WRT

"Lets take a dip into our respective gene pools"
"I own a garage.....I'm an Oral surgeon"