“What year is this?”

The final scene of Twin Peaks: The Return has haunted me ever since I first watched it 2017.  I’m still not sure what the ending meant or where Cooper and Laura were but somehow, as enigmatic as it all was, it felt like the only proper way to end the saga of Twin Peaks.

And really, this is a scene that only Lynch could have made work.  Another director would have tried too hard to tell the audience what to think or how to react.  Of course, many directors probably wouldn’t have had the guts to end things on such on open-ended note.  But Lynch not only had the courage to stick to his vision but he also had the faith to trust his audience to figure it out for themselves.  Courage and faith are two of the main reasons why David Lynch was one of the greatest directors of his time.