The opening shot and scene of this episode really set it up to be something cool. The spiraling out from one of the ceiling tiles and into Leland's devastating confession was a nice touch. Unfortunately, it was mostly unable to keep the good stuff coming the entire time. What we did get were a few good scenes and quite a bit of more lighthearted stuff, some of which was just straight up filler.
Alright, the weaker stuff first. Pretty much the entire subplot of the famous travel writer coming to Twin Peaks in disguise was utterly pointless. It was a bit silly, and you pretty much knew from the moment that the man in the cowboy hat stepped into the diner that he wasn't the mysterious M.T. Wentz that the desk clerk wouldn't shut up about. We do get the interesting character showing up at the Great Northern at the end, but we'll have to wait for more information on that.
The other less interesting plot is Andy, Lucy, and Dick's love triangle/who's the father thing. It was nice to see Lucy tell off Dick for trying to get her to take care of her pregnancy with his money, but for the most part, the shenanigans were unnecessary. But we did get one clue from Andy's boots!
The rest of the story-lines slowly creeped along as well. Jean Renault approaches Benjamin Horne and demands he bring him money and Agent Cooper in exchange for his daughter. Ben tells Cooper he wants him to bring the money to the kidnappers, and Cooper asks for Harry to set him up with the best Bookhouse Boy there was. I loved the reveal that Harry was the man for the job, as well as Cooper's reaction to it.
Donna and Harold are striking up a relationship, but Donna isn't being completely trustworthy. She tries to get Maddie to help her steal Laura's diary from him. Also, Josie is back in town, and we learn that this other mysterious man who has been lurking about is her cousin. We are starting to see that Josie is a bit more manipulative than we would have originally believed, and it's not really winning anybody over to her character.
Lastly, we meet the Judge, who seems like a slightly older Cooper. I liked this character and his response to the whole mess with Leland was very good. All in all though, it was a fairly slow episode with a few lesser story-lines taking center stage. This becomes a problem for Twin Peaks in the future, but we still have some good stuff to look forward to.
Grade: B-
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