Twin Peaks Rewatch

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Join us as we revisit David Lynch and Mark Frost's unsettling murder mystery serial, Twin Peaks. Each week we'll watch and discuss one episode—send questions and comments on the current episode to twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net to be part of the conversation!

09/16/2017

Twin Peaks Rewatch 54: Wrap-up Mailbag

Now that Twin Peaks The Return has concluded, we look to the true hero of the show—Deputy Chad—to provide a model of how we should close out the final episode of Twin Peaks Rewatch. So, like Chad, we've been rooting through all the mail that's come in lately and pocketing the most interesting letters, right under your noses! Join us for our final thoughts on Twin Peaks (for now!), along with a deep dive into the Twin Peaks Rewatch mailbag, full of questions, insights and ideas from all of you. Thanks again for spending this season of Twin Peaks with us! We hope to see all of you again. Every one of you. Keep the Twin Peaks conversation going, by talking with other listeners in the Twin Peaks Rewatch forum. We'll keep the forum open basically forever, so come by any time!

1h 4m
09/08/2017

Twin Peaks Rewatch 53: The Return, Part 18

Twin Peaks has ended, it was confusing, upsetting, and we have a lot of questions, but we loved it. Wait, what year is this? Join us for a discussion of the series finale of Twin Peaks, as we walk through Part 18 piece by piece, with many stops along the way to ruminate on everything that's come before, what it all means and feels like now that we're at the end. Next week we'll be back with an episode full of reader mail and some final decompression of the season as a whole, but before we go: Thank you so much for sharing the last 16 weeks of Twin Peaks with us. It's been a one of a kind experience and we've loved spending the time with you. Note: This is part two of our finale discussion! Listen to Part 17 first if you haven't yet! If you don't have it that episode, check our show's page inside your podcast listening app, or visit www.twinpeaksrewatch.com and find it there! If you have a question for us or thoughts to share on the new season of Twin Peaks, write us at twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net. Looking for a place to discuss the season with fellow viewers? We recommend the Twin Peaks Rewatch forum.

1h 31m
09/08/2017

Twin Peaks Rewatch 52: The Return, Part 17

It's time for the first half of the end. Twin Peaks' final curtain call aired as a two-part double-long event, and we ended up with so much to say about these final episodes, we followed suit and split our podcast into two parts as well. In this episode, almost every major plot thread we've seen this season culminates in an epic showdown at the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department—a showdown that resolves itself so neatly it's unsettling, before everything starts to change, to slip, and fall apart.Join us as we discuss Part 17 of Twin Peaks, The Return, and do our best to unpack our own reactions, what the events of the finale might mean, and what they mean to us. Note: Our episode discussing Part 18 is available right now, too! If you don't have it, check our show's page inside your podcast listening app, or visit www.twinpeaksrewatch.com and find it there! If you have a question for us or thoughts to share on the new season of Twin Peaks, write us at twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net. Looking for a place to discuss the season with fellow viewers? We recommend the Twin Peaks Rewatch forum.

1h 22m
08/30/2017

Twin Peaks Rewatch 51: The Return, Part 16

As Twin Peaks approaches what may be its final episode ever, it delivers an hour stuffed to bursting with amazing moments that are, in and of themselves, cathartic and revealing , but also illuminate past moments from earlier in the season, showing them in a new light. There's so much to talk about we basically can't stop, and get a little scattershot in the process, but what can one do when things are this exciting? If you have a question for us or thoughts to share on the new season of Twin Peaks, write us at twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net. Looking for a place to discuss the season with fellow viewers? We recommend the Twin Peaks Rewatch forum.

1h 22m
08/23/2017

Twin Peaks Rewatch 50: The Return, Part 15

This week on Twin Peaks, things are either moving into position as the finale looms, or they are poignantly coming to an end. One Cooper hears a name he hasn't heard in 25 years, and the other Cooper finally asks about Judy, while Margaret Lanterman says a devastating goodbye, Ed and Norma finally get together and Nadine digs herself out of the shit. The end is very close! If you have a question for us or thoughts to share on the new season of Twin Peaks, write us at twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net. Looking for a place to discuss the season with fellow viewers? We recommend the Twin Peaks Rewatch forum.

1h 17m
08/18/2017

Twin Peaks Rewatch 49: The Return, Part 14

It was a jam-packed, breakneck episode of Twin Peaks this week, full of new connections and long-awaited revelations, standout performances all around, dreams that seamlessly blinked 25 years into the past, and a guy with a green glove that gives him super strength in one arm. In Part 14 we were served a cocktail of Twin Peaks past and present, where good and bad mix up and overlap so much you can't quite tell what is which, and that's the best kind of episode to pick apart and really discuss in depth. Links mentioned on this episode: • Philip Jefferies - Fire Walk With Me/The Return Voice Differences • Recreated - "Black Yukon Sucker Punch" from Twin Peaks If you have a question for us or thoughts to share on the new season of Twin Peaks, write us at twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net. Looking for a place to discuss the season with fellow viewers? We recommend the Twin Peaks Rewatch forum.

1h 20m
08/09/2017

Twin Peaks Rewatch 48: The Return, Part 13

Twin Peaks refuses to get stuck in a rut, but may be stuck in time. Or maybe time has lost all meaning? It's hard to tell right now. Sarah Palmer watches the same few seconds of television on loop, while Audrey loses herself in an existential conversational spiral, and Ed and Norma can't ever seem to get started at all. Also Cooper punches someone out of his chair. Just between you and I, this week's episode was a great one. Join us for a discussion of Twin Peaks The Return, Part 13. Notes: Chris was remote this week, and Jake was sick, so it's a bit echoey and muted and downbeat... until we talk about James, of course. Also, next week's episode will be late due to traveling. Enjoy! If you have a question for us or thoughts to share on the new season of Twin Peaks, write us at twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net. Looking for a place to discuss the season with fellow viewers? We recommend the Twin Peaks Rewatch forum.

1h 9m
08/03/2017

Twin Peaks Rewatch 47: The Return, Part 12

Though the map is both figuratively and literally starting to center on Twin Peaks, this week we're all over the place. After some fantastic moments with the FBI, Ben Horne, Sheriff Truman, and Sarah Palmer, Audrey makes her long-awaited return, seemingly to bombard us with names and relationships we can barely grasp. Who is Tina and what did she say? Where's Billy? Is Chuck Richard? These questions and more will remain unanswered for now despite everyone's best efforts, but that's probably the point. If you have a question for us or thoughts to share on the new season of Twin Peaks, write us at twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net. Looking for a place to discuss the season with fellow viewers? We recommend the Twin Peaks Rewatch forum.

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Greetings from 2021

09/19/2021

Spanellis

It was said a few times that the hope was that this podcast would be an archive that could be revisited by people who discover Twin Peaks at a later date. I am confirmation that this can happen, as I’ve watched the first two seasons and fire walk with me in the last month and have been immensely helped by this podcast. Looking forward to getting into the return and hearing your first impressions.
It’s fine.

06/20/2023

smshhh

If you want a very surface level recap of Twin Peaks this is fine. There were a couple comments or facts that I thought were interesting and had not considered or heard thought too much about. They probably do deserve some the benefit of the doubt cause it looks like this was recorded like ten years ago and at least started before The Return came out. But, overall - I just watched for the first time and I just feel like there was ALOT these guys either mischaracterized or didn’t clock or appreciate. There’s probably better content out there if you’re interested in really digging into Twin Peaks, and I think that’s why this podcast bugs me a bit, they don’t seem to think there’s much to dig into. Also, there are alot of pauses that are way too long I feel like could have been edited out, and the hosts do interrupt each other alot.
Jake and Chris true book house boys

11/17/2020

LouisKjr

Here’s my rabbit hole: I searched for a Twin Peaks podcast because after watching “The Big Lebowski” for the umpteenth time. I listened to the Gutterballs podcast. Brad and Adam are not Jake and Chris. They often go of on tangents that have nothing to do with the movie they are reviewing. One of those tangents is Twin Peaks and David Lynch. I was about 30 when the show originally air and didn’t remember it being on the air. After watching the 1st episode I needed answers as to why this show has a cult like following. Jake and Chris’ rewatch podcast was the perfect solution. I plan on leaving some questions and comments on idle thumbs and hope they do periodic revisits.
Time for another rewatch?

09/06/2020

Pharmonsh

I think it would be interesting to revive this podcast, this time with a rewatch of The Return! Would be cool to hear some fresh insights from the perspective of Chris and Jake having seen the whole thing before. Regardless, thank you for having made this podcast. It’s seriously enriched my experience of Twin Peaks.

Join us as we revisit David Lynch and Mark Frost's unsettling murder mystery serial, Twin Peaks. Each week we'll watch and discuss one episode—send questions and comments on the current episode to twinpeaks@idlethumbs.net to be part of the conversation!