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I don't think anyone knew what to expect when Twin Peaks finally returned from a 25+ year hiatus. So many loose ends, so many questions left unanswered, and yet, the 2 hour premiere only proved to pose more questions that I'm sure we won't get answers for quite some time. The first part was filled with long takes of trippy Lynchian visuals and new faces. Without any real trailers or marketing material, this episode was very hard to follow. Not that I thought anything Lynch did would be easy to understand, but this was particularly incomprehensible. We began with Cooper in the black lodge, same place we left him at the end of the series' original run in 1991. Yes, it seems Laura Palmer was right in saying we would see her again 25 years later. With a welcomed brief appearance from the giant, the opening set the stage for what we were about to see. And I think what we saw is fascinating, because every single shot feels like David Lynch's true vision for this show. There's no way Showtime interfered at all. Both episodes felt like something straight out of Lynch's entire body of work. Without the second episode, it's hard to really dive into the specifics of what the premiere entailed. 2 people in New York City were seemingly murdered by a white blob, the log lady notified Hawk of something strange related to Cooper, and more murders in South Dakota where a Cooper Doppelganger seems to be linked to. It was quite the first hour.

8.5/10

The pilot seemed completely disjointed and felt like it was jumping from one place to another too quickly and was starting to out bizarre itself. That's until the last 10 minutes, when the pieces fall into place and the story begins to fully shape, like a lot twin peaks, you have to keep your attention and follow it properly, it's one very strange ride.

Before I start delving into the two-part premiere of Twin Peaks: The Return, I'd like to give you some context to my Lynch obsession. To me David Lynch is the greatest filmmaker that has ever lived and I mean no hyperbole by that statement. His films aren't for everyone but there's no denying that there's nothing like them around, he's simply incomparable to his peers. Watching his films is like viewing a painting or listening to a piece of music, there's something inside of you which either likes it and accepts it or doesn't.

I am definitely more of a David Lynch fan than a Twin Peaks fan. For me, the episodes directed by the man himself are by far the strongest and most ground-breaking, particularly the final cliff-hanger episode which stands as one of the most fantastically immersive things Lynch has ever done. I also much prefer the dark, horrifying vision of Fire Walk With Me which departed from the jovial tone of the TV series, signified by the opening shot of a television being destroyed. However, there are still hardcore Twin Peaks fans who consider the film an abomination due to how drastically different the story and tone is. These same people are going to be incredibly frustrated by the opening of season 3.

David Lynch seemingly (and tragically) disappeared from the edge of the Earth after the release of his impenetrable feature film, INLAND EMPIRE in 2006. So you can imagine my excitement when it was announced that Twin Peaks was going to come back with 18 episodes, all directed by David Lynch. That's almost 18 hours of pure magic after over ten years of nothing Lynchian on our screens. The announcement was made back in 2014 so we've been patiently waiting for what feels like an age for Twin Peaks to come back on our screens and the other night it finally appeared! No one knew what to expect when the two-hour premiere was about to start. The production has been kept absolutely top-secret and the teasers released by Showtime barely show more than three seconds of new footage at a time. However, I can guarantee that no one in the world would predict how the opener turned out as it did. In typical Lynch fashion our expectations were completely and utterly subverted within the first ten minutes. Those expecting a cosy rehash of the original series must be incredibly disappointed because this is not the old Twin Peaks we know and love, however it is unapologetically the David Lynch we know and love.

I was immediately reminded of Eraserhead in the opening five minutes which sees the kindly giant chatting with Dale Cooper in stark monochrome adjacent to a puffing gramophone. They're in the iconic red room which they've been sitting in for twenty five long years. Everything about the scene has the director's fingerprints all over it and it's beautiful to see. The giant spouts total nonsense to an aged Cooper to which he responds, "I understand" a hysterical in-joke for Lynch fans. Things don't become much clearer in the next 100 minutes.

Shockingly, the premiere spends barely any time in Twin Peaks and is more interested in startling events surrounding New York, South Dakota and Las Vegas. Old characters are met fleetingly and with more weirdness than usual. The structure and atmosphere of the show resembles Mulholland Drive more than the original Twin Peaks as there are so many strange strands and subplots which all somehow relate to each other in intriguing and inexplicable ways. It's interesting to think that most of the feature film, Mulholland Drive is actually a pilot episode; so this new season may give us a glimpse of what the shelved Mulholland Drive TV series could have looked like.

Like most David Lynch films, the best way to experience it is to just go with the flow and ask questions later because nothing makes sense. It feels like we're watching an explosion of Lynch's unconscious mind on film, only I do believe that there is a solvable plot in there unlike the anarchic madness of INLAND EMPIRE. There are some extraordinary scenes of pure cinema which cannot be explained with words. The New York segment, for example, is utterly hypnotic and finishes with one of the scariest moments I have ever seen on screen thanks to nightmarish imagery and a terrifying sound design. I literally flew out of my seat, something I haven't done since the tramp sequence in Mulholland Drive. There are also moments of surreal terror in the red room which go beyond anything we've ever seen in the world of Twin Peaks.

It's the most astonishing two hours of telly I've ever experienced. It's a true work of art and the directing is unparalleled. No other director can conjure up such an immersive dreamlike atmosphere quite like this. Detractors will moan about how they don't understand it but it isn't supposed to be totally understood. It isn't a Christopher Nolan sci-fi flick, it's a surrealistic painting designed to terrify and thrill. After watching The Return and being thrown back into normal life I stuck on an episode of Game Of Thrones (which I've just started watching) and was struck by just how ordinary it was.

The original Twin Peaks was ground-breaking stuff and The Return looks as if it's going to be no different. This is unlike anything that has ever been on TV before and is already way ahead of its time. Thank the heavens that Showtime have given David Lynch free reign to truly create what is bound to be a masterpiece. David is back with a vengeance and reminding us what we've been missing whilst he's been on hiatus for years. It's incredibly exciting to think that a whopping 16 more instalments are left. Who knows where they're going to take us, but it's going to be one hell of an unforgettable ride.

Lynch's return to filmmaking is better than it has any right to be, and there's still seventeen more hours to go! This episode may have started a bit slowly, which is fine, but soon it becomes action packed, filled with bizarre details, haunting sound design, absurd humor, and ruthlessly shocking/horrific imagery. This is one of the strongest episodes of the television that I have ever seen, and it is on par with some of Lynch's finest works of surrealism.

While some who are not used to Lynch';s heavy style will likely hate this, those who are familiar with his work will adore this fascinating, entertaining, and shocking return to form. Within this horrific surface lies not only engaging mystery, but brilliant humor.

I feel like I saw something on TV. It's been a while. We need to see how all this surrealistic mind fugg is going to come together but I think it will fall into place and we will see that somehow Lynch may have made something new. I grow tired of this golden age of TV we have been in which suddenly feels formulaic. Fingers crossed this pans out but Lynch may have done it again.

There are many things that I loved about this first part of the new Twin Peaks, but there are also a couple of things that frustrate me. I hope that people don't stop watching it at this point, because all of the issues I had with this episode pay off very nicely in the next one. By the time I was done, I loved it. But I think many people are going to dislike it, particularly given the immense hype surrounding the new series.

Most of the episode seems totally unconnected to Twin Peaks. It takes place in other locations following other characters. Periodically, every ten minutes or so, scenes with Twin Peaks characters are sprinkled in. I enjoyed both these aspects of the episode on their own. The rare moments of Twin Peaks provided by the episode were very nostalgic and on point tonally. And the rest of it was very well executed generic David Lynch stuff. It's just... the two did not gel well together. The show is called Twin Peaks, and so those scenes in the town with the old characters are what we are expecting to see. By consequence, the other stuff feels like a jarring commercial break that we are waiting through so we can get back to the good stuff, despite the fact that it is good in its own right. On top of this, the transitions between the classic Twin Peaks stuff and the new stuff were not at all smooth.

As a result, I found this first part to be a somewhat unsatisfying experience. But, with that being said, the second part does a better job of this and shows why these things had to be the way they are.

After Season Two ruined most of the quality of the show, this kind of Season Three seems to engage me again. I don't know exactly what to expect but probably that's a good thing. A violent, explicit, enigmatic return.

The whole season builds and grows into a complicated and confusingly beautiful tapestry. But reviewing the first episode by itself is like reviewing the first few scenes of a movie, since this originally aired as a 2-part episode.

By itself this episode is nothing particularly special. But it is the first step on the epic journey of Season 3. It sets the tone and introduces some important plots. All the while we wonder: are we staring at a box of nothing? Or will something actually happen?

I'm Lost trying to find how this first episode has gotten any more than 3 stars in its ratings, It's awful. I wanted to like it, I was looking forward to it, I have seen the first 2 seasons and " Fire walk with Me" , I found them worth my time. But This? Wow. A first year director out of film school could not make such a bad TV episode. Is It the Hype? Are they all caught up in the nostalgia of Lara Palmer? I don't know, But they forgot about acting,Directing and script. Incomprehensible, Mind Numbing C**P. This lame attempt of art-house drivel fails in every aspect.

I believe strongly that Twin Peeks THE RETURN especially, and a few other series that can come close to touching it, should have their own genre that caters to specific fans that simply accept what it has to offer and loves it all or as people refer to as "someone who gets it" but it gets me too! There will always be the divisive reviews with this show because of the creative divinity executed imo just like art, either you love it or hate it, theres not much middle ground. There are negative reviews about the this return season just like the movie fire walks with me, two things I preferred better than season 2 of the original series. I love the tone and overall grittiness of it. I loved fire walks with me. If you liked FWWM chances are you're going to love this newer version of TP. I believe this is what Lynch intended without network restrictions and being in control of the whole series. I believe showtime did not interfere with this season at all and it shows with David Lynch fingerprints and DNA in all the right frames and shots. The inside jokes like Dale cooper telling the Giant in the very beginning he understands or when the two cops (one played by lynch himself) talks to the man at arrowhead behind the gate and he asks if hes free to go. Subtle things like that go a long way with me.

I preferred the newer season even more for its complex presentation and making my brain tingle while stimulating it every second of watching it. I'll get to every episode. The pilot was a flat out 10 imo. No one knew what to expect with a lot of anticipation and expectations and yet it didnt meet what anyone would have thought. Spending time less in Twin peaks? New York? South Dakota? The music is undeniably brilliant and the sound effects hieten this pilot. When Bob first enters with his drive in the night the music is fantastic!! All stories start in the middle and with Twin Peeks you bet each thing presented is going to feel like WTF but it pays off most of the time, the rest that doesnt is still worth it imo.

25 years later it starts with Laura Paulmer saying what she last said to Cooper. The black lodge is so incredibly surreal. What fascinated me was the glass box in NYC. That was intriguing and I cant wait to see what that's about. And of course the murder that's discovered was jarring. Forgive me for forgetting his name, but the actor who plays Bill Hastings does a brilliant job acting. The whole pilot is a masterpiece imo and surpassed my expectations letting me believe this season is going to be unlike anything on TV AGAIN! That's why a 10 too. It reminds me why this show is groundbreaking! I could go on and on about the stunning and how incredible the sound is and how it affects the experience of watching it or the many other brilliant things. They're like their own characters that play a huge role in the episode.

I know one thing for certainty!: this season and the few shows that can touch it, scratch that itch at the top of my mouth that my tongue cant reach!

Seems kind of far-fetched that there has been 110 ratings so far and 97 of them are 10/10. I mean...the show hasn't aired yet, strange. I am looking forward to watching the new episodes but i will also be honest with my rating, if it deserves a 7 i will rate it a 7. The fact that there is 110 ratings so far with no rating lower than an 8 is bizarre to me.

What !!!

What was that? I almost crawled out of my skin because of the awfulness of the episode. Maybe one needs to be under the influence to appreciate it.

I have seen a lot of different shows and often my ratings are along the lines of the masses. Not here.

This thing, the "new Twin Peaks" is just terrible. As someone else wrote. Not even a newly grad from film school could create something this bad.

I guess it is cool to like David Lynch's stuff, and by liking this one can claim to be "above others", "who doesn't understand the beauty of it".

If so, then I'm not cool. I just like great shows.

Walter White for President, with Hank Moody as VP. Ari Gold as Secretary of State.

Peace

Out of sheer nostalgia I decided to watch this series, knowing perfectly well that it could not compare with the mystery, ambiguity and cleverness of the first series (the second was already downhill).

The first episode dispenses a large dose of weird-Lynch for weirdness sake, jumping left and right, introducing new characters and disposing of them before we get too attached. Some atmospheric music, some shocking, inexplicable events, some reference to the past and it was intriguing enough to convince me I was not going to be - too - disappointed.

It reminds me of the story "The emperor's new clothes". Like we are afraid to admit that this was really bad,a parody of itself, boring..just because it is Lynch..I am fan of the old twin peaks but this one should have never released

25 years have passed since the events surrounding Laura Palmer's murder. FBI agent Daler Cooper is trapped inside the Black Lodge and a clone of him is up to no good. A scientific observation project in New York at last observes something, to the detriment of the observer. In Buckhorn, South Dakota a grisly, bizarre murder has been discovered.

I was a fan of the original Twin Peaks series so decided to give this a try. Some elements of the plot do follow on from the originals series but it is not essential that you be familiar with the details of it. It has been nearly thirty years since I watched the original series and I didn't feel like I needed to go back and watch it again.

The end result of Episode 1 is a bit of a mixed bag. It starts off in typical David Lynch fashion, with a lot of weirdness-for-weirdness sake scenes. The scenes with Agent Cooper stuck in the lodge talking to weird people and plants felt pretentious and incoherent. By starting with the weird stuff I was starting to lose interest but thankfully we now have a murder to solve, so things are more interesting.

The murder is very intriguing, as are some other elements of the plot, meaning I'll definitely be back for Episode 2.