Right off the bat: I really liked this episode. I thought everything that it tried to do it did well and in an interesting way. We got forward momentum in plot and character development, some funny and tragic scenes, and it all adds up to an exciting hour of television. As it should be to, because there are only two episodes left in the season after this one. It's time for Twin Peaks to start amping up, whatever amping up means for this show.
Quite a bit of time was given to the central mystery of Laura's death this episode, and some pieces are starting to fall together while others are leading to dead ends. One thing that sets Twin Peaks apart is how unorthodox it all is. Take Cooper's dream for instance: from what we've seen so far, it's completely definitive. It hasn't let them down. We get a few mentions of it in this episode (the red drapes, there's always music in the air) and in a weird sort of way it all makes sense. I love how Cooper uses the dream as a guide, never questioning it's authority.
We get an extra dose of weird this episode with our first extended scene with the Log Lady. It's a truly brilliant character, and we get hints at her backstory here, while she provides valuable information to them about the murder. Or rather, her log provides the information. Again, this information is not conceived as unreliable, but taken from her with complete confidence in what she is saying. Only Twin Peaks would solve mysteries with information given from a women speaking for her log. And it's wonderful.
In other news, James spills some information about his family's past to Donna, and the two of them enlist Maddie to dig up some of Laura's hidden possessions. Jacoby gets into Bobby's head and reveals the distraught young man underneath, which is informative and heartbreaking. Ben and Jerry are doing business with visitors from Iceland, and the party nearly gets destroyed by Leland, but saved by Ben's quick thinking. Everyone doing “The Leland” is a funny and sad at the same time, and the shot of Audrey crying really completes it.
And lastly, and perhaps biggest of all, is Shelly shooting Leo. Only after Hank coming and beating him up of course. We don't see how fatal the shot is as Leo is offscreen, but whether he lives or dies, it has huge consequences. And as the episode ends with Audrey in Cooper's bed, distraught and not wanting to leave, we don't want to leave either. This is an episode that really leaves you wanting more, and for that, it succeeds.
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