Part 3
- Episode aired May 21, 2017
- TV-MA
- 57m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
5.7K
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Don S. Davis
- Major Garland Briggs
- (archive footage)
Brian T. Finney
- Security Guard
- (as Brian Finney)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA picture of Franz Kafka is hung on a wall in Gordon Cole's office. David Lynch has frequently referred to Kafka as one of his favorite authors and has said that his dream project would be a film adaptation of Kafka's story The Metamorphosis.
- GoofsWhen Jade drops off Dougie (Dale) in her yellow car at the casino, Dougie/Dale attempts to enter through the revolving door. In the glass reflection of the right window, Jade's yellow open-top car returns to the car park entrance. This isn't a mistake and is clearly visible intentionally; Jade was dropping Dougie off because she was going to the same place.
- Quotes
Dale Cooper: Helloooo-OOOOO-oooo!
- ConnectionsFeatured in re:View: Blood Beat (2021)
- SoundtracksDream Recall
Written and performed by David Lynch and Dean Hurley
Featured review
eyeless women, chocolate bunnies, surrealist puking; this show's got it all!
Aside from the epic and spine tingling Part 8, Part 3 may just be my favorite chapter of the third season of "Twin Peaks". It is one of the weirdest and most surreal episodes, but its also one of the funniest, and it's certainly the first episode of the season that was mildly cohesive. Some of the dots start to connect, the plot's slow incline becomes more apparent, and Lynch comforts viewers with some of his finest comedic moments.
The first half of the episode is total off the walls insanity. Lynch's world seems limitless, practically anything can happen. The editing is disorienting and disturbing, the cinematography is beautiful and unsettling, the scenery switches from being uniquely colorful to nearly pitch black in a matter of seconds. It feels like science fiction meets Salvador Dali; it's a twisted world chock full of bizarre creations, spirits both good and evil, dimensions and spaceships and things the human mind cannot even conjure!
Then, the second half gives the audience a perfectly timed breather. The interlude between these two parts is a disgusting, scary, and oddly humorous sequence centering around vomiting that is pulled off brilliantly; only Lynch can make a man puking in his car so surreal and fascinating. While there is still plenty of absurdism in the second half, it's mostly grounded in reality. There are hilarious moments and quotable lines being thrown at the audience left and right; Lynch wears an awkward smile of sheer glee as he eases the audience with heavy doses of the quirky and amusing.
It's a perfect balance of the dark and the light. Both of my favorite aspects of "Twin Peaks" (the absurd humor and surrealistic horror) are given nearly equal screen time, and there isn't a second that is boring or unoriginal in any way.
The first half of the episode is total off the walls insanity. Lynch's world seems limitless, practically anything can happen. The editing is disorienting and disturbing, the cinematography is beautiful and unsettling, the scenery switches from being uniquely colorful to nearly pitch black in a matter of seconds. It feels like science fiction meets Salvador Dali; it's a twisted world chock full of bizarre creations, spirits both good and evil, dimensions and spaceships and things the human mind cannot even conjure!
Then, the second half gives the audience a perfectly timed breather. The interlude between these two parts is a disgusting, scary, and oddly humorous sequence centering around vomiting that is pulled off brilliantly; only Lynch can make a man puking in his car so surreal and fascinating. While there is still plenty of absurdism in the second half, it's mostly grounded in reality. There are hilarious moments and quotable lines being thrown at the audience left and right; Lynch wears an awkward smile of sheer glee as he eases the audience with heavy doses of the quirky and amusing.
It's a perfect balance of the dark and the light. Both of my favorite aspects of "Twin Peaks" (the absurd humor and surrealistic horror) are given nearly equal screen time, and there isn't a second that is boring or unoriginal in any way.
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- framptonhollis
- Sep 22, 2017
Details
- Runtime57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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