My Twin Peaks coverage continues, here are my thoughts on Season 1 Episode 5: Cooper’s Dreams.
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Twin Peaks Series 1 Episode 4 – The One-Armed Man
I’ll be honest, I’m starting to lose interest in this show. I’m coming to terms with maybe nothing ever being wrapped up cleanly, but I’m not sure I really care about the mysteries we’ve accrued so far. I’ll see this season out as I’m over halfway, but at this point I’m not committing myself to seasons two and three. We’ll see.

Twin Peaks Series 1 Episode 3 – Rest in Pain
Another episode watched on a train (I’m doing a lot of that recently, don’t ask), but this time the train was pretty deserted. Here are my thoughts on the third episode, which is technically the fourth episode if you count the pilot, so I’m not sure exactly what number I’m on. Anyway.
Continue readingTwin Peaks Series 1 Episode 2 – Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer
I think we’ve reached the point where this show is actively trying to shake me off, but I’m not going anywhere yet! I’d heard mention of some kind of “Red Room” in Lynch’s work at some point, but I didn’t know in what it would appear (there was every chance it was a scene from Mulholland Drive that I’d forgotten) but nope, it’s here, and it is distinctly weird. More on that later, for now let’s get into my thoughts on Twin Peaks Season 1, episode 2!
Continue readingEmpire of the Sun
In 1940s China, British ex-pat child James Graham (Christian Bale) is a spoiled, entitled little brat, until World War II arrives with an invasion from Japan, separating him from his parents and leaving him to fend for himself in his abandoned home before eventually becoming interned in a prisoner-of-war camp.

Twin Peaks Series 1 Episode 1 – Traces to Nowhere
My Twin Peaks first-time watch continues! I’m still happy I’m watching and, as predicted, this episode poses far more questions than it offers solutions, but then we’re only two episodes in, so I wasn’t exactly expecting the loose ends to be tied up any time soon. Here are my thoughts:
