Part 1 (Twin Peaks)

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Sam Colby (Benjamin Rosenfield) observes the Glass Box in New York City, as seen in the episode. The sequence has received much praise, with critics likening it to the episode itself [1] and to the process of filmmaking. [2]
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 1
Directed by David Lynch
Written byDavid Lynch
Mark Frost
Featured music Angelo Badalamenti
Muddy Magnolias
Cinematography by Peter Deming
Editing by Duwayne Dunham
Original air dateMay 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)
Running time58 minutes
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"Part 1", also known as "My Log Has a Message for You", [b] is the first episode of the third season of the American mystery television series Twin Peaks . It was written by series creators Mark Frost and David Lynch, directed by Lynch, and stars Kyle MacLachlan. "Part 1" was first broadcast on Showtime, along with "Part 2", on May 21, 2017, and was seen by an audience of 506,000 viewers in the United States. [3] In addition, the two episodes were shown as a feature at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where they received a standing ovation. [4] The episode received critical acclaim.

Contents

Plot

My log has a message for you.

Margaret Lanterman (used as a promotional tagline for the episode)

Background

The small town of Twin Peaks, Washington, has been shocked by the murder of schoolgirl Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) and the attempted murder of her friend Ronette Pulaski (Phoebe Augustine). FBI special agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) has been sent to the town to investigate [5] and has come to the realization that the killer was Laura's father, Leland Palmer (Ray Wise), who acted while possessed by a demonic entity, Killer BOB (Frank Silva). [6] At the end of the original series, BOB trapped Cooper in the Black Lodge, an extra-dimensional place, and let out Cooper's doppelgänger to use him for physical access to the world. [7]

Events

Cooper sits in the Red Room. Laura Palmer, seated on the other side of the room, salutes him and tells him "I'll see you again in 25 years. Meanwhile". [8] She accompanies her words with a hand gesture. Images from the pilot are shown, including a girl running away and screaming and the portrait of Laura in the school's trophy case.

Twenty-five years later, Cooper sits in another room across from the Fireman (Carel Struycken), who points at a phonograph producing a scratching noise and tells him, "listen to the sounds"; [8] he then informs Cooper that "it is in our house now". [8] He tells Cooper to remember "430" and "Richard and Linda. Two birds with one stone." [8] Cooper replies, "I understand." The Fireman tells Cooper, "You are far away," [8] after which Cooper disappears. In Twin Peaks, Dr. Jacoby (Russ Tamblyn) receives a shipment of shovels from Joe (Joseph M. Auger). Joe asks Jacoby if he needs help, and Jacoby thanks him but declines.

In New York City, Sam Colby (Benjamin Rosenfield) watches an enormous glass box connected to various machines. The room is full of cameras pointed at the box; when a buzzer goes off, Sam is required to change the SD card in one of the cameras and place it in a locker. After that, Sam sits back until the intercom announces an incoming delivery. Sam goes to the other room, where he finds Tracey Barberato (Madeline Zima), who has brought him coffee. She asks if she can come inside, but since the security guard (Michael Bisping) is there Sam replies that she cannot. When Sam enters the code to open the door, Tracey tries to look over his shoulder, but he catches her. Sam walks back in with the coffee, and goes back to staring at the box.

In the Great Northern Hotel, Benjamin Horne (Richard Beymer) instructs Beverly Paige (Ashley Judd) to give a Mrs. Houseman a refund for two nights' stay since a skunk was in the hotel. Jerry Horne (David Patrick Kelly) walks in, and after introducing him to Beverly, Ben dismisses her. The two brothers talk briefly about Beverly, with Jerry convinced that Ben will eventually sleep with her, and about Jerry's new profession as cannabis cultivator. At the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Station, Lucy Brennan (Kimmy Robertson) sits at the receptionist's desk. A man in suit (Allen Galli) enters and asks for Sheriff Truman; when Lucy asks him to specify whether he means the one who is sick or the one who is fishing, the man, visibly puzzled, says "it's about insurance." When this fails to answer the question Lucy asked, he gives her his card and leaves.

Cooper's doppelgänger (Kyle MacLachlan) drives to a house. He incapacitates the guard (James Croak) and walks inside, where Otis (Redford Westwood) greets him as "Mr. C"; also in the room are a man in a wheelchair and a thin man sitting in an armchair. The guard enters and tries to hit the doppelgänger, who again incapacitates him before he can do so. Buella (Kathleen Deming) enters, and the doppelgänger asks for Darya (Nicole LaLiberte) and Ray (George Griffith). She calls them out, and they follow the doppelgänger out.

In New York City, Sam changes another SD card. He hears the elevator. When the guard doesn't call him to announce a visitor, he goes to see what's happening. The person waiting is Tracey, with two more coffees; since the guard is absent, Sam lets her in. Sitting in front of the box, he tells her that his job is to watch the box to see if anything appears inside it, and that, although he has not seen anything yet, the guy who was there before him did see something at one point that he preferred not to talk about. After sitting down and tasting the coffee, the two of them start to make out and eventually have sex. Meanwhile, the box darkens completely and a figure appears inside, the Experiment Model (Erica Eynon). After Sam and Tracey notice this, the figure breaks out of the box and slaughters them.

In an apartment complex in Buckhorn, South Dakota, Marjorie Green (Melissa Bailey) walks her dog Armstrong down the hall. When the dog starts to bark in front of the door of Ruth Davenport (Mary Stofle), Marjorie notices a foul smell, and calls the police. Officers Douglas (James Giordano) and Olson (Christopher Murray) are sent to investigate. They ask whether anyone has the key to Ruth's apartment, which Marjorie does not know, and whether there is a manager, to which Marjorie answers that there is one named Barney, but that he is unavailable. After the two call a locksmith, Marjorie suggests asking Barney's brother, Chip; when they ask her where to find him, she sends them to Hank Fillmore (Max Perlich), a friend of Barney.

The officers find Hank outside the complex. He reacts shiftily, asking if they were sent by Harvey and then, upon questioning, tells them that Chip does not possess a phone. Marjorie appears on the staircase, announcing that she has a key. Upon entering the apartment, the officers walk into the bedroom to see a severely damaged head lying in bed, her body under the covers. Meanwhile, Hank calls Harvey believing that he sent the police; the two proceed to discuss a deal they made, with Hank insisting that the money from it is solely his and Chip's since Harvey opted out of it. Constance Talbot (Jane Adams) investigates the crime scene while pictures are taken. Detective Dave Macklay (Brent Briscoe) walks in; he shows Constance that his hands are gloved, much to her appreciation. The two of them pull the sheet off the body, revealing a severed female head atop a decapitated male corpse.

In Twin Peaks, Margaret Lanterman (Catherine Coulson), visibly ill, calls Deputy Hawk (Michael Horse). She tells him that her log has a message for him: that something is missing having to do with Cooper. She adds that the way Hawk will find it will have to do with his heritage. Hawk thanks her and hangs up. At the Buckhorn Police Station, Constance calls for Detective Macklay upon finding a match for the prints retrieved at the crime scene: they belong to William "Bill" Hastings (Matthew Lillard), the local high school principal. She confirms that the head is Ruth Davenport's but adds that there is no match for the body. Macklay arrests Hastings at his home, which angers Bill's wife Phyllis (Cornelia Guest) as they were supposed to host a dinner party that night.

At the Twin Peaks Sheriff Station, Hawk brings Andy Brennan (Harry Goaz) and Lucy to the conference room, where he conveys Margaret's message. At the Buckhorn Police Station, Detective Don Harrison (Bailey Chase) and Police Officer Mike Boyd (Dep Kirkland) observe Macklay as he interrogates Hastings. Hastings says he barely knew Davenport, the school librarian, and that the last time he saw her was a couple of months earlier, but his story contains a 40- to 50-minute gap on the day of Ruth's murder, on which, he adds with hesitation, he took his assistant Betty home after a meeting. As Hastings speaks, Macklay writes down notes on his statement, producing a scratching sound that seems to agitate and distract Hastings. After Hastings nervously asks for his lawyer, Macklay informs him that Davenport was murdered and that his fingerprints were found all over the apartment. Hastings is then escorted to a cell, where he asks to speak to his wife.

Macklay and Harrison go to the Hastings home with a police team and a search warrant for the house. Upon inspecting the car, the two find an unidentifiable lump of human flesh in the trunk under a portable fridge.

Now alone, the Fireman watches the phonograph as the scratching noise continues. [c]

Production

"Part 1", like the rest of the limited series, was written by Mark Frost and David Lynch and directed by Lynch himself.[ citation needed ] Frost had already written ten episodes of the original series — the "Pilot" and Episodes 1, 2 and 8 with Lynch, plus Episodes 5, 7, 12, 14, 16, 26 and the original series finale, Episode 29. Lynch also directed six episodes of the original series — the "Pilot", "Episode 2", "Episode 8", "Episode 9", "Episode 14" and "Episode 29". [9] The episode is dedicated to the memory of Catherine Coulson.

Music

Additionally, a heavily edited version of the song "American Woman" by Muddy Magnolias is used to underscore the entrance of Cooper's doppelgänger. [10] This version of the song was labeled "David Lynch remix" and eventually released in the September 2017 soundtrack album Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series Original Soundtrack . [11] The instrumental tracks "Sub Dream" (by David Lynch and Dean Hurley) and "Frank 2000" (by Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, performed by the Thought Gang) are also present in the episode, but as of October 2017 are yet to be officially released. [12]

Reception

Broadcast

"Part 1" was originally broadcast on the Showtime network together with Part 2 on May 22, 2017. The initial broadcast was watched by 506,000 viewers in the United States, [3] a low number by the standards of premium cable networks. But subsequent data from Showtime estimates that in the first three days after the premiere around 1.7 million viewers watched the episode, including 298,000 from DVR viewings and viewers from various streaming platforms. [13] Although "Part 1" was not rated upon its Showtime broadcast, a TV-14 edit of the episode was uploaded on the official Twin Peaks YouTube channel for a brief period in June 2017 (on the occasion of National Doughnut Day); [14] the same edit was uploaded again on August 8, 2017. [15]

Critical reception

"Part 1" received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the episode received a 100% rating with an average score of 8.85 out of 10 based on 26 reviews. [16] The critics' consensus reads, "'Part One' suggests Twin Peaks hasn't left any of its singularly unsettling power during the show's long layoff — and proves this is one series revival not motivated by empty nostalgia". [8] Writing for IndieWire, Liz Shannon Miller gave the episode a B+, expressing disappointment at the "pretty staggering" violence against women in both this episode and Part 2, but praising the show as "fascinating in our current era of revivals, because it eschews all the conventions used by other series". She went on to praise Kyle MacLachlan's performance as "impressive", extending the praise to the rest of the cast in the light of the "insane" circumstances they worked under ("all actors were only given their own lines, and no knowledge of the full story"). Ultimately, she called the premiere "plenty watchable", but added that "there are a few elements that don't go down as easy as damn good coffee." [17]

The New York Times ' James Poniewozik gave the episode a positive review, praising Lynch's visual imagination as "inimitable" and likening the episode to the glass box it features while also drawing comparisons to Lost , Fargo and True Detective . Poniewozik wrote, "[t]he original Twin Peaks was powered by two questions: 'Who killed Laura Palmer?' and 'What the hell am I watching?'", and that while "[t]he reincarnation doesn't have the first", "it still knows how to get you to ask the second". [18] In his recap for Entertainment Weekly , Jeff Jensen also gave Part 1 a B+, criticizing the episode's "absence of certain conventions that even that unconventional pilot possessed" while also praising the episode's scope and Glass Box subplot, ultimately declaring himself "engaged" by the series. [1]

In her positive review of the episode, The A.V. Club 's Emily L. Stephens gave the episode an A, writing that the "comfort" of the original Twin Peaks is "entirely eschewed", praising the Glass Box subplot as "a remark upon the creation and the consumption of television and film" and calling the episode an "unfiltered Lynchian vision, unfettered from the structures of soap operas, police procedurals, or thrillers that gave shape to the first few original outings into Twin Peaks." [2]

Notes

  1. In the episode's credits, Struycken's character was listed as "???????". In "Part 14", his name was revealed as "The Fireman".
  2. Episodes of the season did not originally air with titles, but the promotional quotes for each episode have been used as de facto titles by some fans and critics, as well as in the Blu-ray release of the season
  3. In the original broadcast, this scene was missing; the first two episodes were presented as a sole feature, with Part 1's final scene flowing directly in the beginning of "Part 2". This scene was added when the episode was published on streaming services, functioning as the background to the credits rolling.

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