When the episode begins with Lynch, as the character he wrote for himself, saying the he hasn't gone soft where it counts (very obvious euphemism) with Tammy looking at him in a flirty way, which would be directed by Lynch himself, you know his self indulgence has gone too far. Honestly he seems like such a nice guy, but when it comes to women he seems very creepy, but this isn't the main point of criticism for this episode, it's just the set up for one of the stupidest episodes in all of Twin Peaks. Yes, even the second half of season 2.
The only good thing was giving more context to certain things and finally explaining Jião Dài, or Judy, the evil entity. Which actually means to explain things, Ah, explaining things is evil, so subtle Lynch!
Evil Cooper gets to Twin Peaks' Sheriff Department where he's greeted by Andy. Andy being Andy completely forgets that he was shown that this is a different Cooper when he was transported into the Lodge and suddenly became smart for a second. I can't stay mad at Andy though. Honestly at first I was really into this, and this entire sequence was very intense cause I felt like these characters could die, but then I realized that was stupid because nobody truly important dies in this show, like how Audrey survived the explosion from the Season 2 finale and even looks perfectly fine. Oh did you want closure with her character? Nope don't worry she was pointless like half of the storylines and characters which were just there for extremely obvious political commentary. I thought you were supposed to be subtle Lynch!
In prison we get Chad who escapes his cell, because he had a key hidden in his shoe, after drunk falls asleep even though Freddie and James would notice, but I guess they don't. What exactly was his plan here? Did he plan to get arrested so he could escape and get guns he would already have access to... for what? I don't know but remember guys, basic character motivations are up to interpretation! You just got Lynched once again! Andy comes and Chad threatens him, but lucky for Andy Jerry was there with his hulk glove! So really what was the entire point of Chad? Perhaps it was another not so subtle attempt at social commentary.
Anyways Lucy gets called by the real Cooper and realizes what he has to do. Evil Cooper realizes something is wrong and goes to shoot Sheriff Truman... wait a minute... why is Evil Cooper even here? What is he doing? What is the point of all of this? Did he even need them alive? Like seriously not even the motives for one of the main bad guys is clear. Anyways, Lucy, you know the character who faints from a phone call, suddenly shoots Evil Cooper with perfect timing and aim! Remember when Andy needed training in the original series to learn how to shoot a gun, and it was a triumphant moment when he finally did in the season 1 finale? Don't worry, Lucy doesn't take crap from anyone! Get Lynched again with subverted expectations getting rid of this villain in the lamest way.
Everyone is coming together to the scene as Evil Cooper is getting revived. These characters, half of which do nothing, are just there standing awkwardly. Cooper of course arrives just in time, and a CGI BOB ball comes out of Evil Cooper's stomach... (side note, how did BOB get back in him?). Oh no, this is where we're really going?! So Freddie, you know the character that has like 3 scenes in the entire show before this, one of which was just an exposition dump explaining why he came to Twin Peaks and how he got his hulk glove, is the character who defeats BOB by punching this big CGI blob with a green glove, with the shakiest cam, horrible CGI, flashing lights, slow motion, and silly sound effects. What a great final confrontation! Why does this random guy get the green glove strong enough to defeat BOB instead of literally anyone else? Who knows. I guess the forced bar fight was just a way to get Freddie here. Doesn't seem contrived at all. Wow guys this is so deep, you just don't get it. Lynch violates our mind once again! How can you seriously take this show seriously anymore? What a joke, this is even sillier than the horrible storylines from the second half of season 2. You thought Josie going into a door knob after being killed completely ruining the impact of her death with the stupidest and silliest scene yet was bad? Well, I present to you the climax of the entire show! By the way, that's never explained either, like almost everything in this show! Remember the weird eyeless lady who had a whole 15 minute esoteric sequence back in Part 3 plus the scenes of her being brought into the world and her making weird noises? Well all that set up was just that she was the original Diane all along!
Now if you thought the show couldn't get dumber and weirder with more unexplained idiocy Cooper suddenly decides to go back in time to save Laura Palmer. Why? Cause Lynch thought it would be cool I guess. Will this be resolved in the final episode? You must be stupid to think so. It's alright guys, the bad VFX, plot holes, massive contrivances, pointless scenes, just plain old lazy writing, etc. Was on purpose! You just don't want to be challenged, you just don't get it! Nope, I just found the challenge boring. You can still explore all these themes in more entertaining and less stupid ways.
Now this entire review was pretty negative, and harsh. I do believe that there is some hidden meaning in all of this, there's almost always a lot of depth in Lynch's work. I mean I like Lynch, he has made some very smart and deep movies, but honestly I just do not care anymore. If you do, then I'm happy for you, I truly wish I was affected like you and loved this experience, I mean it's better than being bitter and annoyed by it, but sadly I wasn't. Ironically I refuse to think about this for much longer. This is seriously what became of Twin Peaks... I know that the point is the mystery, but you can still make a mystery that makes sense. The more I think about this season the more flaws become apparent. This is an absolute mess of a show, and only the first season was consistently good. Goodbye Twin Peaks, I regret viewing even a single second of you.
The only good thing was giving more context to certain things and finally explaining Jião Dài, or Judy, the evil entity. Which actually means to explain things, Ah, explaining things is evil, so subtle Lynch!
Evil Cooper gets to Twin Peaks' Sheriff Department where he's greeted by Andy. Andy being Andy completely forgets that he was shown that this is a different Cooper when he was transported into the Lodge and suddenly became smart for a second. I can't stay mad at Andy though. Honestly at first I was really into this, and this entire sequence was very intense cause I felt like these characters could die, but then I realized that was stupid because nobody truly important dies in this show, like how Audrey survived the explosion from the Season 2 finale and even looks perfectly fine. Oh did you want closure with her character? Nope don't worry she was pointless like half of the storylines and characters which were just there for extremely obvious political commentary. I thought you were supposed to be subtle Lynch!
In prison we get Chad who escapes his cell, because he had a key hidden in his shoe, after drunk falls asleep even though Freddie and James would notice, but I guess they don't. What exactly was his plan here? Did he plan to get arrested so he could escape and get guns he would already have access to... for what? I don't know but remember guys, basic character motivations are up to interpretation! You just got Lynched once again! Andy comes and Chad threatens him, but lucky for Andy Jerry was there with his hulk glove! So really what was the entire point of Chad? Perhaps it was another not so subtle attempt at social commentary.
Anyways Lucy gets called by the real Cooper and realizes what he has to do. Evil Cooper realizes something is wrong and goes to shoot Sheriff Truman... wait a minute... why is Evil Cooper even here? What is he doing? What is the point of all of this? Did he even need them alive? Like seriously not even the motives for one of the main bad guys is clear. Anyways, Lucy, you know the character who faints from a phone call, suddenly shoots Evil Cooper with perfect timing and aim! Remember when Andy needed training in the original series to learn how to shoot a gun, and it was a triumphant moment when he finally did in the season 1 finale? Don't worry, Lucy doesn't take crap from anyone! Get Lynched again with subverted expectations getting rid of this villain in the lamest way.
Everyone is coming together to the scene as Evil Cooper is getting revived. These characters, half of which do nothing, are just there standing awkwardly. Cooper of course arrives just in time, and a CGI BOB ball comes out of Evil Cooper's stomach... (side note, how did BOB get back in him?). Oh no, this is where we're really going?! So Freddie, you know the character that has like 3 scenes in the entire show before this, one of which was just an exposition dump explaining why he came to Twin Peaks and how he got his hulk glove, is the character who defeats BOB by punching this big CGI blob with a green glove, with the shakiest cam, horrible CGI, flashing lights, slow motion, and silly sound effects. What a great final confrontation! Why does this random guy get the green glove strong enough to defeat BOB instead of literally anyone else? Who knows. I guess the forced bar fight was just a way to get Freddie here. Doesn't seem contrived at all. Wow guys this is so deep, you just don't get it. Lynch violates our mind once again! How can you seriously take this show seriously anymore? What a joke, this is even sillier than the horrible storylines from the second half of season 2. You thought Josie going into a door knob after being killed completely ruining the impact of her death with the stupidest and silliest scene yet was bad? Well, I present to you the climax of the entire show! By the way, that's never explained either, like almost everything in this show! Remember the weird eyeless lady who had a whole 15 minute esoteric sequence back in Part 3 plus the scenes of her being brought into the world and her making weird noises? Well all that set up was just that she was the original Diane all along!
Now if you thought the show couldn't get dumber and weirder with more unexplained idiocy Cooper suddenly decides to go back in time to save Laura Palmer. Why? Cause Lynch thought it would be cool I guess. Will this be resolved in the final episode? You must be stupid to think so. It's alright guys, the bad VFX, plot holes, massive contrivances, pointless scenes, just plain old lazy writing, etc. Was on purpose! You just don't want to be challenged, you just don't get it! Nope, I just found the challenge boring. You can still explore all these themes in more entertaining and less stupid ways.
Now this entire review was pretty negative, and harsh. I do believe that there is some hidden meaning in all of this, there's almost always a lot of depth in Lynch's work. I mean I like Lynch, he has made some very smart and deep movies, but honestly I just do not care anymore. If you do, then I'm happy for you, I truly wish I was affected like you and loved this experience, I mean it's better than being bitter and annoyed by it, but sadly I wasn't. Ironically I refuse to think about this for much longer. This is seriously what became of Twin Peaks... I know that the point is the mystery, but you can still make a mystery that makes sense. The more I think about this season the more flaws become apparent. This is an absolute mess of a show, and only the first season was consistently good. Goodbye Twin Peaks, I regret viewing even a single second of you.