Part 8
- Episode aired Jun 25, 2017
- TV-MA
- 56m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
8.2K
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Sheryl Lee
- Laura Palmer
- (credit only)
Xolo Maridueña
- Boy (1956)
- (as Xolo Mariduena)
Frank Silva
- Bob
- (archive footage)
J.R. Starr
- MC
- (as JR Starr)
Mariqueen Reznor
- 'The' Nine Inch Nails
- (as Mariqueen Maandig Reznor)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFrom 17:30 to 43:33 - a span of 26 minutes - there is no dialogue.
- GoofsIn the scene with the Trinity atomic bomb test (16 July 1945), there are smoke trails visible close to the blast. These smoke trails were deliberate and made with rockets to measure the otherwise invisible shock wave from the bomb. However, these smoke trails were not present during the Trinity test. The first time these rocket trails were used in nuclear testing was when the United States started nuclear testing in the Nevada test site in the early 1950s.
- Quotes
Woodsman: This is the water, and this is the well. Drink full, and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes, and dark within.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best TV Moments of 2017 (2017)
- SoundtracksShe's Gone Away
Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Performed by Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Mariqueen Reznor, Robin Finck, Joey Castillo and Alessandro Cortini)
Produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
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This is the first, last, and only review that I will write without a rating. Why? Because I honestly don't know how to put a number to what I just saw (EDIT: after watching it a few more times, I gave it a ten). This part of the Return was, as Showtime CEO David Nevins described the season, "the pure heroin version of Lynch." I'm almost kind of glad that we have two weeks before the next part, because I need time to process what I just saw. It was brilliant, dizzying, discombobulating, surreal, slow, horrifying, and above all strange. It felt more like a revival of Eraserhead than Twin Peaks.
The average viewer is definitely not going to like this instalment. I'm not even sure if I liked it. What I do know is that I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and I saw at least fifty images that are sure to stick with me for the rest of my life. For that and that alone this episode is brilliant. But I should also hasten to add that as strange and vexing as this episode was, at no time did I feel like it was just being random or strange for the sake of strangeness. Most every scene had some form of symbol that had occurred before in the return, and now having seen them all again for an hour, I feel like I have a slightly better understanding of their significance and relationships with each other. As Donna said to James in the Pilot; "the more I learn about it the more it all starts to make some kind of horrible sense."
So if you want something that continues the story in any way, this Part will disappoint and perhaps annoy you. However, if you are willing to sit back and let yourself be swept along for the ride, you will emerge an hour later dazed, confused, disoriented, and a little stunned, but certain that you just saw something completely and utterly unique.
The average viewer is definitely not going to like this instalment. I'm not even sure if I liked it. What I do know is that I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and I saw at least fifty images that are sure to stick with me for the rest of my life. For that and that alone this episode is brilliant. But I should also hasten to add that as strange and vexing as this episode was, at no time did I feel like it was just being random or strange for the sake of strangeness. Most every scene had some form of symbol that had occurred before in the return, and now having seen them all again for an hour, I feel like I have a slightly better understanding of their significance and relationships with each other. As Donna said to James in the Pilot; "the more I learn about it the more it all starts to make some kind of horrible sense."
So if you want something that continues the story in any way, this Part will disappoint and perhaps annoy you. However, if you are willing to sit back and let yourself be swept along for the ride, you will emerge an hour later dazed, confused, disoriented, and a little stunned, but certain that you just saw something completely and utterly unique.
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- Jun 24, 2017
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- 16:9 HD
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