Director David Lynch says on Instagram he has a “big announcement” coming on “June five.” Not June 5th. Very Twin Peaks-ish. Surprisingly, it wasn’t shouted for the hearing impaired.
This is posted to a Twin Peaks account, so we’re not so dumb. It seems like Season 4 is on the way, like it or not.
Here’s the thing: Season 3 was completely incoherent. Kyle Maclachlan played Cooper in different multiverses, or something. Naomi Watts was in there. So was the late Don Murray. I hate watched it, and it got no ratings on Showtime.
So what now? Only Maclachlan is left, really, and he now has totally white hair (which could be a cool look). Pretty much everyone else is dead or retired. The only episode of interest in that season was psychedelic hallucination in Episode 8, a sci-fi origin story set in 1945 with the explosion of the atomic bomb. The episode had nothing to do with the rest of the season, but explaining “everything.”
What could a “Twin Peaks” season 4 look like? Paramount Plus no doubt wants it as an IP, branding thing. They don’t care if it’s good or bad or makes sense. Just a couple of weeks ago, there was some talk of Season 4 when a producer said in an interview:
“I personally hope there will be more. As for the intention, I don’t know. I know that David has more ideas for another season, but I don’t know about Mark.”
She was referring to co-creator and producer Mark Frost, who gave a vague statement in April. But Machlaclan posted a strong photo of himself recently standing in front of a Twin Peaks like forest, so who knows? The answer is Lynch. If they have done it, or will do it, a new season has to make more sense than the last one. I refuse to go through that again.
