I loved it, even if there were some frustrations here and there. Lynch doesn’t give you want you think he’s going to give you, but he mostly gives you what you want. I know people wanted Coop to come back to himself a lot earlier than he did, and I certainly can sympathize, but it did make that moment make you stand up and ####ing cheer!
Oh, and the show did suffer from the lack of Michael Ontkean. You would have had a Sheriff Truman who was already up to speed, and his buddy relationship with Coop was so cool in the original. I figure Robert Forster can class anything up, and he did fine, but he couldn’t replace the “real” Truman.
Yeah, I took the Return of TP more as “hang on for a wild rild with David Lynch” than a linear TV show.
People wonder about some of the characters, that the would appear and they and their storyline would serve no real purpose and had no resolution or explanation.
I see those characters/storylines as kind of like real life - people come and go through our lives without really have little - if any - impact on us. We just think of them as “that guy/gal was a real character!” in describing them - we never know their backstory or whatever happened to them.
All in all, if it was all “just a dream”, it was more Lynch’s dream than any of his characters. We just got to dream it with him.
I liked the Tammy character, tho. Easy on the eyes and a unique presence. I though if there were more Twin Peaks, she and Coop would make a great X-File-ish type team (only wierder, heh).
The actress playing Tammy, Chrysta Bell, has been in Lynch’s musical stable for a few years. As you might expect, the results are odd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVFlipgTLDo
As for Fargo, I’ve also never seen Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul - so the comparison is lost on me, lol.
Though if the Coen bros have their hand in it I imagine it hasn’t strayed too far from the Fargo reservation.
Oh - and I grew up hearing the “Ya’s” and “Youbetcha’s”, still hear it often enough these days!