![]() ![]() “The Last Evening” is the Season 1 finale, and it ends on a few major cliffhangers, though oddly the Laura Palmer investigation has at this point become almost a sidebar to the other nefarious goings-on in town. There’s vanishingly little talk of college, no prom, no meaningful classroom scenes. The most high-school- focused parts of the show come during the dead zone of Season 2, when a head injury has Nadine convinced she’s still a teenager. The show also avoids, or maybe disregards, many of the things we might associate with shows set in high school. Not a single one of the teen characters seems particularly teenage - they’re too busy working as prostitutes and mechanics, getting married, having affairs, sitting at bars. “Twin Peaks” has a strange relationship with age. “I can’t believe you were ever my age,” she replies. “Wednesdays were traditionally a school day when I was your age,” he tells her. Then she asks to help out with the investigation that same day. She tries desperately to flirt with him, and he’s just a tiny bit receptive. ![]() ![]() “Cooper’s Dreams” includes perhaps the best exchange between Cooper and Audrey (Sherilyn Fenn). Let’s add two more episodes from Season 1: “ Cooper’s Dreams” (Episode 6) and “ The Last Evenings” (Episode 8). No, I’m More Committed Than That, I’ll Watch Seven Episodes Season 1, Episodes 1, 3, 6 and 8 Season 2, Episodes 1, 7 and 22 ![]()
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