Back to the Double R: A Twin Peaks Rewatch

Happy Helloween, O children of the night! To sanctify the arrival of the dismal months, we are busting out of our clear acrylic cube to bring you a BRR Special Event! Welcome to GOODNIGHT, LADIES, Part 1 , in which we step into the depths of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s legendary graphic novel, From Hell —technically not a Lynch property, although we will be exploring several points of contact,...

Howdy out there, denizens of the Lynchverse! Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag because we’re hopping on the midnight bus bound for the Inland Empire . This immersive meditation on Hollywood has a reputation for being EXTRA Lynchian—and we can see how folks might hesitate to dive in at first: It’s a bit of a commitment, that’s true, especially for leporiphobes. But your loyal servants at Ba...

Hey, it’s a party! Two years of Back to the Double R and another damn fine Twin Peaks Day! We hope you’ve all come through the darkest weeks of the season and are ready for a little light, because we’re going full-Disney in one of the simultaneously Least- and Most-David-Lynch films in the catalog, the 1999 biopic, “The Straight Story.” In this extremely (in fact, literally) linear narrative, Alvi...

Our tribute to a master. In November, we recorded our episode on the soundtrack to Twin Peaks and the excellent Clare Nina Norelli book in the 33-1/3 series that honors it so well. Then, in early December, we learned that Badalamenti had passed away, and our tribute became a remembrance. In these dark nights, as we crowd around the fire, alone or with those close to us, we are thinking about the m...

If it’s Halloween, this must be Eraserhead!! Greetings, dark spirits and woodspeople of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to Back to the Double R’s Very Special Horrorshow, in which we wander through the industrial and psychological wastelands of David Lynch’s first creature feature film, Eraserhead. What better way to celebrate the Spooky Season than in lush black and white, and claustrophobic parano...

Howdy, listeners! Our minor time-slip continues to cause static in our temporal continuity, but we are delighted to bring you our September episode, in our new monthly format, with a deep dive into the wild lives of Sailor and Lula, the twin atomic explosions that drive David Lynch’s comparatively light-hearted adventure, “ Wild at Heart .” In this jam-packed episode of Back to the Double-R: Jenni...

Hello friends of Back to the Double R! In the closing hours of July, we are sneaking in our first new monthly installment of our hot take on the wider Lynchverse and associated delights. First up: 1997’s exquisite “ Lost Highway ,” a true Lynch joint through and through, with a number of twists that will definitely follow you home in the dark. Join us back at the 4-top as we navigate our way throu...

Let’s bring it on home, folks! In this super-sized sendoff, we reflect on the rewatch adventure we went on with you, dear listeners, and we ponder some deep questions about what makes this show magic, after all these years (and in at least three different universes). With 18 months of coffee, kismet, and conundrums under our belts, we close the conversation with: Jennifer , on the singular voice a...

The circle is now complete! We started our humble rewatch adventure with you roughly a year and a half ago, and in that time, we have worked our way through 48 episodes, a pile of books, and several tasty Specials. Now, not unlike our earnest Man in Black, we go back to where it all started: the pilot episode of the series! But wait! Because this is Twin Peaks (and Back to the Double R), there’s a...

Book Club is back in session! After the epic inter-temporal wipeout of Part 18, we pick up the pieces and turn to the slender tome known as The Final Dossier , which is the last of our in-Peaks books (though we will be sticking our noses in other books of the Lynch-verse down the road). One Mr. Mark Frost does a deft job of wrapping up various storylines in bows of various tones, both sad and sill...

Denouement: An ending that isn’t an ending for a TV show that isn’t a TV show. In this final episode of Twin Peaks, we’re through the looking glass and into an eerie new realm that might even be our own. If it’s Thursday, this must be Part 18: What is your name? As we venture across time with Cooper and Diane, or Richard and Linda, we are savoring this long, strange trip and sending our gratitude...

It just doesn’t get any bigger than this, folks! ( Or does it? No, it couldn’t. Could it?) For all the marbles, this week we’re going to learn who Judy is, battle Bob himself, ask a special favor of Phillip Jeffries, and tinker with the very fabric of reality! You know, like you do. There’s so much to cover in Part 17: The past dictates the future that we’re taking it section by section: Jonathan...

Will the real Dale Cooper please stand up!! T hings are popping off, and we don’t just mean irritable accountants! This is an episode where electricity is put to diabolical use, tulpas are coming and going, and the FBI is on the move in the best possible way. Gas up the jet, gang, because this is Part 16: No knock, no doorbell ! This astonishing week: Jennifer monitors mysterious soundscapes; Damo...

It’s an episode for the ages! First we’re up, soaring in the bright blue sky, then we’re brought low, as a dimming light darkens for the final time. How much emotion can Messrs. Lynch and Frost pack into an hour? They’re certainly taking us on tour of our feels this week in Part 15: There’s some fear in letting go. But this isn’t our first rodeo, or yours either! Tune in as we celebrate the raptur...

Can’t a lady just enjoy a Bloody Mary in peace? At least one sleazeball trucker is no longer able to convey his opinion on the subject. But what a week! Family trees are revealed, Blue Roses come to light, and the Fireman—formerly Himself of the seven question marks—slurps up Andy Brennan for a “Previously On…” for the ages. Meanwhile, back at the 4-top: Colin is getting moody; Jennifer isn’t in K...

Around and around we go! It’s time slips and ominous musical cues over here, crazy gangsters and broken men over there—must be a party at Lynch and Frost’s place! Bare your soul and beg for Bushnell Mullins’s mercy, quick, before you get turned into a swan. This week: Jennifer is inspecting fractured realities; Jonathan sees right through Big Ed’s lonely soul; Damon goes seriously highbrow; and Co...

Our long-lost Queen of Diamonds has come back to us!! (Or maybe not? Or… wait, what??) In any case, Sherilyn Fenn is once again gracing our screens in all her glory, so—even if we have NO IDEA what she and Charlie are talking about—we’re going with it! Elsewhere this week: Damon is feeling the feels; Jonathan spotlights Sarah Palmer and the cost of survival; Jennifer raises a glass to troubling ab...

Behold the power of a well-timed cherry pie! The luck of the Dougie is still with our addle-pated Agent Cooper this week, as a dream-driven delicacy snatches his life from the jaws of a very Vegas fate—and the check for $30 million didn’t hurt. Things are heating up as we meet out in the desert to discuss Part 11: There’s fire where you are going. This week, Jonathan is checking out the menu and s...

Lights! Camera! WTAF?!? This week, we follow our favorite mastermind on a dark and duplicative detour through Tinsel Town. We here at the 4-top thought—for a variety of reasons that we hope will become apparent—that this was the perfect moment to check out one of our favorite Lynch films, Mulholland Drive . Following our discussion of Episode 10, we jump back to 2001 to see what the director was u...

It’s a week where your luck might take you to heaven or H-E-double-hockey-sticks! (Or, wait… isn’t that every week in Twin Peaks and environs?) In an episode with some signature Twin Peaks darkness, we also see more than a few bright spots in the great tapestry that Sirs Lynch and Frost are weaving. How to make sense of it all? We’ll give our best shot. This week: Colin sees a monstrous world for...

Hey! Is this thing on?! We are back from our brief break and rarin’ to dive headlong into Part 9: This is the Chair! It seems like everyone—with a couple of notable exceptions—has somewhere to be but, this being the Lynch-verse, not everyone is going to get there in one piece. This week: Jennifer scrutinizes some awesome and inscrutable ladies; Damon is thinking about immortal time travelers (as h...

We have arrived. Part 8. The big enchilada. Time travel with us back to 1945 (and then some), in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s epic hour of mind-bending dimension hopping and creepy little bug-frog things. Also: Happy Twin Peaks Day, kids! We here at Back to the Double R are thrilled to be celebrating our anniversary today, with you, at 11:30 a.m. We’ve been busting out some special content this we...

Great googly-moogly!! It’s Twin Peaks Day tomorrow, so we here at Back to the Double R busted out a little special content for you! By some very mysterious (non-)coincidence we are doing our anniversary show on Twin Peaks Day, 2022, *and* we are diving deep into the almost unbelievably gigantic episode known to Peaks fans far and wide merely as “Part 8.” But! Before we did our official recording,...

Did we ever think, back in the day, that we’d actually get to meet Diane? THE Diane?!? Well, we have arrived at long last, dear listeners—and she’s none too happy about it, let us tell you. But! She’s urgently needed in Buckhorn, South Dakota, and so, with epithets flying like stray bullets, she boards the FBI jet and we are on our way. If we can just survive Ike the Spike and the next generation...

There is no doubt who’s in charge down at the playground this week. But there’s a lot of trouble brewing in the far-flung corners of our shared nightmare. Tragedy comes in form of ice picks and pickup trucks, and lingers in the air around one particularly ominous dime. Fortunately, heroes are at work, too: by the jungle gym, in the men’s room at the Sheriff’s Department, and, most stupendously, do...