It's easy to tell when you're watching a "Twin Peaks" episode if it's one directed by David Lynch or not. "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer", is pure Lynch. Agent Cooper's infamous dream sequence is one of the greatest dream or nightmare scenes ever filmed. It's weird, it's creepy, it's beautiful, it's absolutely unnerving. You feel like you are having this dream yourself, and just want to wake up. Furthermore, this is the first instance in the series where things have truly gotten weird, for lack of a better expression. I feel like this dream sequence is a scene that I will have to return to throughout the show; it's full of imagery and clues that I have yet to realise.
Apart from the concluding dream sequence, this episode also features Agent Cooper's hilarious stone-throwing deduction method!
Apart from the concluding dream sequence, this episode also features Agent Cooper's hilarious stone-throwing deduction method!