Review of Part 6

Twin Peaks: Part 6 (2017)
Season 1, Episode 6
Insultingly stupid and offensive
11 June 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This show has no hope of being redeemed. David Lynch, please retire. You are devoid of ideas. Your characters are insipid. You try to make them intense, crazy, weird, and quirky, but they come off that way only if you have a mind of a middle-schooler. That whole scene between the drug dealers was laughably bad. Whoever was playing the older of the two is just a bad actor overplaying the part. "Look at me. I'm so crazy. I do karate moves for no apparent reason. That's how edgy I am." Nice directing there, Lynch. Oh, and that coin flip thing was so spooky and weird. No, not really. I'm sure Lynch fanboys will love the brutal scene of the woman being stabbed. Yes, nothing like gory graphic violence to help the show garner praise for being mature and intense.

For the 3rd or 4th episode in a row, we get the Dougie show. Yay! There's nothing more interesting than dragged-out nothingness. He has gone from being confused like a stroke victim to now just acting mentally retarded. "Kyle, let's do another 10 minute scene where someone talks to you and you just repeat the last three words they say. The audience will love it."

But what is unforgivable is the obscenely graphic way you depict the child's death. Hitchcock learned in 1936 that showing the killing of a child is taboo. It is something that is terrible and should not be shown for entertainment. Not only do you show it, but you show it in the most violent way. It was repulsive. But I know you wanted to show it to prove how edgy, intense, and mature your works are. Your fan boys probably enjoyed it. "That was so f'in cool the way he showed the kid being run over. It was awesome, dude."
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