is this show objectively good? definitely not. are there a lot of offensive wigs in it? yes. did i binge the entire thing in one day? also yes. it's kinda like a simple favor's eviler, more texas, hallmark channel cousin.

The ending was terrifying

i'm officially hooked, this episode was amazing. it mixed the serious parts of the pilot with the silly tone of episode 2 in such an entertaining way and i had a blast with this episode. it's not often that i give an episode 5 stars so early into a show, but when i do the show usually ends up being one of my favourites (sopranos 1x5, mr robot 1x6, succession 1x6, etc) so this is a really good sign. SPOILERS after the pilot which pretty much threw characters and places at you left and right, the show is now slowly introducing new things, with this episode introducing the one eyed jack casino over the border. it's very isolated and exclusive, with the horne brothers being the only two guests we see there. there's also something off about it, with dale getting a mysterious letter that says 'jackie with one eye,' referencing the establishment. slowly but surely lots of different factors are starting to pop up surrounding laura's death, with this most likely being one of them. 'zen or the skill to catch a killer' also takes the strangeness from the first two and dials it up. we've got mike and bobby meeting with leo, only for there to be another person in the woods staring at them, and there's also audrey's seductive swaying after telling donna about cooper. both of these scenes do wonders at developing the characters, with some of audrey's motivations being more clear now that we see her infatuation with dale (we've already seen her love for the spotlight) as well as just how weird she is. in bobby and mike's case, their dynamic with leo heats up, especially after bobby see's shelly's bruised and vows to kill leo if he sees it again. i'm curious to see whether bobby will really double down on this threat or if he's all talk, because so far it seems like it'll be the latter. leland also gets some screentime as we see he's also having trouble handling his grief over laura's death. so far it's been her mom that's been having visions and nervous breakdowns, but now leland grabs laura's iconic photograph and starts spinning and dancing with it. sarah has to be the voice of reason as she tries to pull him back into reality, but he ends up breaking the photograph, covering himself and the picture in blood, which could be some haunting symbolism about how her reputation is being tarnished now that her secrets are being revealed. the part that mainly bumps this episode to a 5 is everything to do with the goat himself, dale cooper. from albert's introduction and the silly vibe of lucy sticking her tongue out and dale giving his massive thumbs up, to his bizarre obsession with tibet and his way of catching the killer using intuition (throwing rocks at a bottle), it's all extremely entertaining. the best part, however, is his final dream. this is the first time we see the black/white lodge and i absolutely loved it. hearing about this was the main reason i started the show since i adore surrealist dreams in shows that explore a characters psyche (six feet under and sopranos are two major ones). the optical illusion type pattern creates such a satisfying visual experience during the dream, but everything else feels off. in the back there's a nude sculpture, creating a very rich decor compared to the simple wood found in twin peaks. cooper seems like he's made of wax: his skin has blotches, he's silent and he sits very still, almost like an observer. he watches the events unfold in front of him, questioning what he sees, taking a direct role in his own dream, like he's using it to his advantage to catch laura's killer. in front of him are a dwarf in a red suit and a woman resembling laura, but the dwarf claims she's his cousin. their speech is warbled, like it's being played in reverse, but even then what they're saying is vague. lines like 'my arms bend back' and 'she's filled with secrets are so open to interpretation that trying to analyse them would just embarrass me. it's a dream after all -- a strange dream from a strange person, so it makes sense that it'll be confusing, but the 'something feels strange' feeling is amped up for its duration. i read a review for the episode that talks about how this could be some meta commentary on tv as a whole, which is a really cool interpretation because of what i said about dale almost being like an observer in the dream, watching the strange 'tv' unfold before his eyes. besides just the man from another place and laura's twin, we see flashes to two people named bob and mike. the similarities between the way they dress and their names seem like obvious red herrings pointing towards mike and bobby so i won't even try and suspect them. these seem more like a futuristic and fantastical version of laura's killer, lynch's message to the viewer that this isn't a regular crime show where the killer will be caught with hard evidence, but rather delving into the metaphysical. when cooper wakes up, he immediately calls sheriff harry to tell him he knows who the killer is. watching this when it aired in 1990 must've been one heel of an experience because it felt like a fever dream watching it with my red LEDs in the big 25. i haven't seen any of lynch's other works yet, but i'm gonna try and do a binge of them these next weeks because he piqued my interest with this brilliant episode. low 5/5

what’s miles’ letterboxd

NYC PREMIERE IN A THEATER <3 TV IS SO BACK

Better than Ozy

FE ( IRON) BLOOD LI( LITHIUM ) SWEAT NA ( SODIUM) TEARS Skylars face being reflected on the microwave truly symbolizes that she is indeed popcorn Bravo Vince 🙌🙌🦾🦿🫁🫀🧠🙏

i unironically think that jesse pinkman suffered more than jesus

Go girl, give us nothing!!!!!!

im scared of mike white's mind but i need to queen out with chelsea so bad

BangCOCK💜

whitney standing up to the athletics board, bela coming out, kacey’s performance at the end….to me that’s cinema

Not this season finally getting good at the FINALE

why is no one talking about how fucking crazy that school assignment was like wdym “what would you bring with you if the nazis came”

“if the nazis showed up at my house and said you have 1 hour to pack and could only bring one thing i would bring this chanel shopping bag”

“i don’t usually go for younger girls but you’re different” oh that’s not…

the uniquely 13 year old experience of figuring out how to make the holocaust about you

ethan carried wow

What is this high school’s theater budget?

when anna found out abt the lie it turned into a psychological thriller