Season two begins just after season one finished; with Special Agent Cooper lying on the floor of his hotel room bleeding from a gunshot wound to the abdomen... things immediately get somewhat surreal as the elderly hotel worker comes in to bring his coffee and carries on a conversation with Cooper as if seeing somebody in his state was an everyday occurrence. That is only the beginning of the weirdness; he is then visited by a very tall man who gives him advice about the investigation. Once he has been patched up at the hospital the investigation continues and we learn more details about the night before; Leo and Nadine are in comas, Pete Martell is suffering from mild smoke inhalation and Catherine and Josie are missing. Since Leo had been shot at home they set about searching the property and Andy accidentally discovers a quantity of cocaine. It is also established that there was a third man present the night that Laura Palmer was killed and he was the one who actually killed her; of course with Jacques Renault dead and Leo in a coma it may take some time for the police to identify him... we will have to wait longer to discover who did kill Laura Palmer.
This was a great opening to the series; writer/director David Lynch did a fantastic job keeping the various story lines going without any of them getting boring. The opening scene should get viewers hooked again; the unconcerned old man was surreal enough then the tall man took the strangeness to another level. The strangeness continues when we next see Leland Palmer; his hair has suddenly turned white which understandably shocks his family. As before much of the fun of this series is derived from its slightly strange characters; it is great to see FBI forensics expert Albert back; once again he is rubbing everybody up the wrong way; Miguel Ferrer is great in this role; Harry Goaz once again provides some laughs as Deputy Andy Brennan and Kyle MacLachlan continues to excel as protagonist Agent Cooper. It isn't all laughs of course; Big Ed's story of how he ended up marrying Nadine and how she lost her eye was poignant and the final scenes where were saw the mysterious Bob were disturbing to say the least.
This was a great opening to the series; writer/director David Lynch did a fantastic job keeping the various story lines going without any of them getting boring. The opening scene should get viewers hooked again; the unconcerned old man was surreal enough then the tall man took the strangeness to another level. The strangeness continues when we next see Leland Palmer; his hair has suddenly turned white which understandably shocks his family. As before much of the fun of this series is derived from its slightly strange characters; it is great to see FBI forensics expert Albert back; once again he is rubbing everybody up the wrong way; Miguel Ferrer is great in this role; Harry Goaz once again provides some laughs as Deputy Andy Brennan and Kyle MacLachlan continues to excel as protagonist Agent Cooper. It isn't all laughs of course; Big Ed's story of how he ended up marrying Nadine and how she lost her eye was poignant and the final scenes where were saw the mysterious Bob were disturbing to say the least.