Oct 16, 2024
TWIN PEAKS (1990–1991) 2.20 • "The Path to the Black Lodge"
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TWIN PEAKS (1990–1991) 2.20 • "The Path to the Black Lodge"
Fears & Revelations
The X-Files 3.11 x Twin Peaks 2.20
maybe it's the first Windom Earle fanart since the creation of the earth...
Actually the was Dale on the other side of the chessboard, but my perfectionism won't let me show him
I know the second season of Twin Peaks is not “good”, but the Windom Earle plot feels like it is for what the character of Dale Cooper was made. Like, I would watch a show about their story that didn’t have Twin Peaks baggage.
Which is a problem because elsewhere the show introduces new characters Laura Palmer-ish qualities, ignores Laura’s peers who have their own echoes of her, and seems mostly disinterested in exploring that. It also banishes all of the mother characters to off screen lives. (In talking about this show’s misogyny, these points to me are much more damning than the violence.)
The worst plot is the Lana Budding Milford plot. It’s a sign of some really terrible dynamics. Laura’s tragedy repeated as farce. And I don’t know how intentional any of it is. I remember reading an oral history of TP years ago, someone saying that Cooper constantly eating donuts and cherry pie was a sign that he was unconsciously objectifying women as much as any other man on the show, so some of this could be intentional. But it’s always played as a joke. The only person who seems at all disturbed by it is Lucy, and I get the feeling her portrayer, Kimmy Robertson, is the only one who took Lucy seriously at all. (Really, it’s a remarkable performance.)
I think the real issue with season 2 of twin peaks is that there wasn't any weird homoerotic tension between Cooper and Windom Earle. You're telling me Windom is his ex best friend turned arch-nemesis who in over the top and sadistic ways sees everyone and everything as a fun game of chess? And there isn't anything fruity going on? You're telling me it's more popular to ship Cooper with Harry who he shares a healthy and happy bond with? Blasphemy. They could have been the original lawlight, the usamerican toschei, they had the opportunity right in front of them and they allowed it to pass.
"huh I wonder which twin peaks girl I am"
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