Part 18
- Episode aired Sep 3, 2017
- TV-MA
- 57m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
4.8K
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What is your name?What is your name?What is your name?
Grace Zabriskie
- Sarah Palmer
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe owner of the Palmer house says her name is Tremond. That's also the name of the old lady (and her grandson) from season 2. The same old lady used to call herself "Chalfont". In "FWWM", Harry Dean Stanton's character says that before the Chalfonts, another family named Chalfont lived in the trailer. This could be a hint that the unseen husband is possibly Pierre (Miss Tremond/Chalfonts grandson).
- GoofsWhen Cooper has the run-in with the cowboys in the diner, he picks up two guns, but when he places the guns in the french fry oil, he places three guns.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Ringer's 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century (2018)
- SoundtracksMy Prayer
Written by Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
Performed by The Platters
Published by Skidmore Music Co.
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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A beautiful piece of abstract film, but a massive letdown to anyone hoping for any form of resolution to anything.
My first viewing of this episode was without a doubt the single most uncomfortable hour of my life. Every scene is drawn out to a ridiculous degree, and none of it seems even remotely relevant to the seventeen hours that came before. I never expected every question to be answered or every subplot to be addressed, but I at least hoped for something. This episode gave me nothing. It picks up a completely different narrative from the first seventeen parts, and then moves that one along at a snail's pace until it too comes out unresolved. Much like Part 16 gave new meaning to the word satisfying, this episode gives new meaning to the word frustrating.
All of this is, of course, by design. David Lynch knows how to make a film, and The Return may be his greatest work yet. From a technical standpoint, this is insanely good. It's just a shame that his immense talent was used in service of this rather than an ending I could have found some enjoyment in. For my own sanity, I might start viewing Part 17 as the end of the Twin Peaks story, because then it at least has some sort of ending.
I would have been more okay with such an abstract ending if the whole thing had been abstract, because I would have been prepared for it from the start. I disliked the end of this series for the same reason I disliked the end of Mulholland Drive; the coherent narrative of the first 90% made me expect a coherent ending, meaning that I felt cheated when the whole thing suddenly derailed into fantasy and dream.
In short, viewers who go into this without expecting any conclusion or even continuation of the Twin Peaks narrative but rather view it as a standalone slow-paced experimental film will probably love it. However, the majority of the fan base, myself included, will probably hate it.
All of this is, of course, by design. David Lynch knows how to make a film, and The Return may be his greatest work yet. From a technical standpoint, this is insanely good. It's just a shame that his immense talent was used in service of this rather than an ending I could have found some enjoyment in. For my own sanity, I might start viewing Part 17 as the end of the Twin Peaks story, because then it at least has some sort of ending.
I would have been more okay with such an abstract ending if the whole thing had been abstract, because I would have been prepared for it from the start. I disliked the end of this series for the same reason I disliked the end of Mulholland Drive; the coherent narrative of the first 90% made me expect a coherent ending, meaning that I felt cheated when the whole thing suddenly derailed into fantasy and dream.
In short, viewers who go into this without expecting any conclusion or even continuation of the Twin Peaks narrative but rather view it as a standalone slow-paced experimental film will probably love it. However, the majority of the fan base, myself included, will probably hate it.
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- TouchTheGarlicProduction
- Sep 3, 2017
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- Runtime57 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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