16 Initial Thoughts on Twin Peaks: The Return Part 11 (dir by David Lynch)

Here are my initial thoughts on Part 11 of Twin Peaks: The Return! As always, a full recap will be posted either later tonight or sometime tomorrow.

Was I the only one frightened that kid would get hit by a car as soon as he ran out into the street? Seriously, Richard Horne’s still out there.
Has Norma just been sitting in that corner booth for the last 7 days?
To be honest, I wasn’t expecting Harry Dean Stanton to be as prominent in this series as he has been. That’s not a complaint. Harry Dean makes everything better.
I’d still like to know if Shelley and Bobby ever got married. It’s kind of sad that they’re no longer together because they were a cute, if murderous, couple. (No sooner did I write this comment then the show answered my question. Thank you, Twin Peaks!)
Oh shit — was that a woodsman wandering around South Dakota?
“He’s dead.” I love David Lynch’s delivery of that line.
So, I guess that’s it for Matthew Lillard. Well, he had a good three episodes and hopefully, someone will cast him in another decent role.
So, Shelley went from Leo to Bad Bobby to Red. I have a weakness for bad boys too but come on, Shelley…
Stop honking your goddamn horn!
I’m liking Bobby as the voice of moral authority in Twin Peaks. I’ve been reading Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks by Brad Dukes and everyone interviewed described Dana Ashbrook as being, even at the height of the show’s success, a genuinely nice and humble person, certainly the opposite of the way Bobby was portrayed in the original series. So, it’s nice to see him getting a chance to explore a different side of his best-known role.
One question I would ask Bushnell Mullens: How does a former boxer end up running an insurance company?
For some reason, Jim Belushi eating Raisin Bran just feels like one of the most Twin Peaks things ever.
Las Vegas really is the perfect David Lynch town.
“Everywhere I looked there could have been a hole…”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2dewDwIQyM
Awwwww! Dougie bought a cherry pie.
Dougie’s going to be President by the end this show is over.