This video contains spoilers on all things Twin Peaks.
What’s going on? Where the hell are we? Paris? Say hello to Gordon if you see him,
he’ll remember the unofficial version. If there is an unofficial version, that suggests
an official version. I can see it now. Gordon Cole is enjoying a placid retirement from his duties as
the Deputy Director of the FBI. Cole is living the life in Paris alongside his beloved wife
Monica Bellucci, and he is surrounded by all types of attractive French women who are very
particular when it comes to making a grand exit. Gordon recalls to Monica a dream he had about
FBI Special Agent Richard and his partner Linda. Suddenly it all comes back to him, and the details
of the unofficial version resurface in his mind’s eye. Dirty bearded men in a room!
We are like the dreamer who dreams, and then lives inside the dream. But who is the
Dreamer? That was the last time we saw Gordon Cole on Twin Peaks was when Cooper moved onto the next
part of his journey which involved meddling in the past on the night Laura Palmer was to be murdered.
And Cooper’s efforts seemingly resulted in a new reality where Laura lived as Carrie Page.
Could Wisteria, or Unrecorded Night, or whatever Lynch’s current work in progress will ultimately
be named - could it be related to Twin Peaks? The simple answer for me is I have no idea whatsoever,
and I don’t particularly care either way. I’m just excited that my favorite filmmaker is working
on another project in a filmmaking capacity, no matter what it is. That’s the bottom line for me.
I’m just fired-up that we will be getting new material from David Lynch.
Speaking of David Lynch, for those who watch his splendid daily weather reports, you may have
noticed that Lynch recently got himself a shave and a haircut. Hmmm. Doesn’t that look almost
exactly like Gordon Cole? Maybe there is something to this new project having some connection to Twin
Peaks. If I had to take a guess, I’d like to believe that this new project will, however
loosely, have some connection with the improbable long awaited triumphant return of Twin Peaks that
came to fruition just 4 short years ago. After all, Lynch’s filmmaking endeavors
have always seemingly had an interconnected vibe. Indeed, many Lynch fans have drawn on
similarities with Twin Peaks and other Lynch films, perhaps most notably Lost Highway and
Mulholland Drive. It’s not really limited to just those two movies. But Lynch explores
a lot of similar and overlapping themes throughout his entire body of work.
Take for instance the idea of duality that was explored near the end of Twin Peaks Season 2.
His first feature following Fire Walk with Me was Lost Highway, which almost seemed like a
continuation of these ideas involving duality, and in Lost Highway he added the exploration of
a time loop into the equation. And then with the triumphant return of the long awaited Season 3, he
doubled down on these themes again with a further and deeper exploration of them. And again, this
is just one example about one film that seemed to have a lot of Twin Peaks elements within.
Then we also have the fact that so many of the same actresses and actors have frequently worked
with Lynch across various projects. The late great Jack Nance being one of the big standouts,
along with Kyle McLachlan and Laura Dern and Naomi Watts, and so many other wonderful
performers who seemingly enjoy the opportunity to collaborate with Lynch. And then adding
fuel to the fire of speculation that Lynch’s new project is indeed related to Twin Peaks,
several cast members have left cryptic posts on social media that include Wisteria trees. Hmmm. I
mean, if Kyle is posting stuff like this on his Instagram, at the same time that Lynch is
tackling something with the same working title, I can’t help but being reminded of this gem:
Gentlemen, when two separate events occur simultaneously pertaining to the same object of
inquiry, we must always pay strict attention. So with the familiar faces we often see appearing
throughout his body of work, the similar overlapping and evolving themes that are often
explored, and that unique mood and demeanor that Lynch films produce which make them inherently
“Lynchean” for lack of a better word - the viewing experience for many Lynch fans,
myself included, has always exuded a strong feeling of interconnectedness. So that alone
suggests there may indeed be some type of Twin Peaks connection in the new Lynch project.
Then the entire way Twin Peaks left off, it literally leaves
everything wide open for an artist with Lynch’s prowess for creativity. The way things left off,
Lynch can literally reshuffle the deck anyway he pleases. We already may have gotten a hint of the
type of possibilities that exist with the way the American Girl in the realm of non-existence looked
an awful lot like Ronette Pulaski, of course both characters being portrayed by the same actress.
And then we have the fact that near the end, after Cooper and Diane crossed over,
they apparently became Richard and Linda. Or at the very least, something both wonderful and
strange happened to Diane. Whether Lynch uses real Twin Peaks characters in a new
identity and capacity, whether he brings back old characters from Twin Peaks or from other projects,
or whether he creates entirely new characters - if this new project has any connection to Twin Peaks,
the only limit to the possibilities exist in the imagination of Lynch himself. I’m liking our odds
here. The possibilities are literally endless The whole idea of the working title “Unrecorded
Night” - if this were indeed some relation to Twin Peaks, it feels like it’s in reference to
either the night Cooper changed the past, that fateful night that Laura Plamer chose her own
fate and put on the ring in her defining moment - or it would relate perhaps to the night when
Cooper and Carrie Page had their journey together back to Twin Peaks. Or perhaps it
could be a reference to both nights in question, as a playback on Lynch’s evolving exploration of
duality and the apparent time loop of sorts that Cooper and Laura seem forever trapped inside.
Trapped inside the dream? Hmmm. We are like the Dreamer who
dreams, and then lives inside the dream. But who is the Dreamer? What year is this?
For me this all ties back to the two little hints that Lynch deliberately
left us in Season 3 - the two clues that always kept hope running eternal.
Three of the four pages that we saw were torn out and missing, and there’s still one missing.
Say hello to Gordon if you see him, he’ll remember the unofficial version.
OK. A lot of fans believe the missing page was represented by Carrie Page herself.
And this might well be true, perhaps that isn’t the open door clue I’m interpreting here. Although
it might be worth remembering Lynch mentioned the Carrie Page story was “calling” to him,
although he admitted there were disturbances with the signal. Regardless, that line about Gordon
remembering the unofficial version. Whenever I think about Twin Peaks Season 3 - that line
by Phillip Jeffries is the one line that I just can’t shake. I’d like to believe the unofficial
version is somehow connected to Club Silencio and that moment where Fred finds himself in a time
loop.That maybe Wisteria might act as a Grand Unified Lynch theory that connects everything
while creating more questions than answers. And I’d like to believe that Wisteria
or Unrecorded Night is a play on that. Whether Lynch just shows us how the perspective nights in
question altered reality, or whether he delves in more deeply with a more direct connection to Twin
Peaks - I’d like to believe that that’s where this story is heading. That Gordon Cole will recall a
dream about FBI Special Agent Richard, where it suddenly comes back to him, and he then remembers
his old pal, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, and their final moment together before Cooper
indulged his meddling ways and changed Laura’s fate following her previous defining moment.
After all, doesn’t this guy look almost exactly like Gordon Cole?
Whatever Wisteria or Unrecorded Night is or is not - whether it’s directly related to Twin Peaks, or
not related at all - I’m very fired-up that Lynch is working on a new project. For entirely selfish
reasons, I hope Netflix breaks their normal mode and releases these episodes weekly, because one
of the best things about Season 3 for me was the weekly discussions and theories shared
by his awesome fanbase. Which, incidentally, the Facebook group dedicated to Twin Peaks - Between
Two Worlds - it’s a wonderful place for Twin Peaks discussions, run by a wonderful group
of fellow Lynch fans. Check it out. In conclusion, I’m just itching to see
the triumphant return of Bill Shaker, and I’m itching for more fishing with
Pete Martell. I’m just itching for some new Lynch material in a filmmaking capacity.
Thank you very much for watching everyone, I hope you enjoyed, and have a wonderful night.
Say hello to Gordon if you see him, he’ll remember the unofficial version.
What the hell? I told all of your colleagues,
those clown comics, to fix their hearts or die. We’re not anywhere near Mount Rushmore.
Yes Coop, I too have missed our good times together. Where have you been all these years?
This business that we witnessed today with Cooper, I don’t like it.
This is the spiritual mound, the spiritual finger. You think about that Tammy.
I don’t appreciate your language one bit, Colonel.
He’s dead. Ahh! The policeman’s dream.
The same type Albert and I saw. Dirty bearded men in a room.
Here’s to the Bureau. To the Bureau. To the Bureau.
She didn’t get it, either. Being French it doesn’t translate.
Do you realize Albert that there are more than 6,000 languages spoken on Earth today?
Although I can’t comment on this information, I want you to know I really appreciate it.
And last night I had another Monica Bellucci dream.
Cooper was there, but I couldn’t see his face. They are onto something from Laura Palmer's diary
indicating two Coopers. We are like the Dreamer who dreams,
and then lives inside the dream. Major Briggs, Cooper, and I put together
a plan that could lead us to Judy. But who is the Dreamer?
Information your father gathered brought him together with Director Gordon Cole,
who is here right on time. Gordon. Coop? Be thinking of you, Coop.
He’ll remember the unofficial version. This is where you’ll find Judy.