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Twin Peaks - Episodes 25-29 [VHS]

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These are the final five episodes of the "Twin Peaks" series; they are somewhat of a redemption after some weak episodes immediately preceeding these. The plots are much stronger, especially those focusing on Agent Cooper. His attraction to Annie Blackburn is nicely played (with a strong romantic piece by Angelo Badalamenti). The Windom Earle plot becomes intriguing as it becomes bigger than Earle (who is overplayed by Kenneth Welsh) and delves into the supernatural (and, as mentioned in another review, becomes an inspiration for the X-Files).

The other plotlines are also strong. Especially intriguing is the Andrew Packard character, as he (along with Catherine and Pete) deals with the mysterious black box. Dan O'Herlihy has a great stage presence as Packard; I wish he could have been featured more in the series.

The build up to Episode 29 is nicely done -- Lynch's direction of the final episode has that first season feel to it (though a little darker). It would have been a great season-ending cliffhanger (I would have been interested to see if Major Briggs went to the rescue at the Black Lodge), but remains an odd end to the series.

For these espisodes, the only major complaint is that they deserve to be on DVD. For the future, I would love to see some sort of continuation of the story nearly ten years later. It would be fun to have a Lynch/Frost/Chris Carter collaboration on a movie combining "Twin Peaks" with the "X-Files." It probably won't happen, but this series deserves more.

Okay, I will mention 27 and 28, because they are top episodes, what with Cooper finding lurve, Wyndham Earle being deranged, etc., etc., but by far the most important of these episodes is number 29. Um, don't read this if you don't want want to know what happens at the end.

To sum it up, it doesn't feel quite right: we don't really know what happened to Cooper, and we don't know who got killed in the explosion at the bank. Though admittedly the series was cut short because of the wicked American public and their lamentably short concentration spans, it somehow feels right that the series concludes without ever feeling totally conclusive. Cooper goes to The Other Place, but we don't really know what happened to him there, and for all the talk of 'The Black Lodge', we still don't really know what the other place is. We have to assume Pete, Andrew, and probably Audrey died in the explosion at the bank, but we don't really know. Without going into the symbolism of the whole thing, I would suggest the inconclusive note is one of this ephisodes strongest points. There is no saccharine ending where they all live happily ever after, but at the same time we don't know anybody is dead. Lynch ends the series on an entirely appropriately bleak note, while to some extent keeping the fates of his character doubtful, as opposed to definate. It would feel wrong if Cooper was entirely successful, but at the same time, to know he was dead would be unbearably heartbreaking. A worthy end to the greatest TV series ever.

After it was revealed who killed Laura Palmer the series didn't seem to have any clear direction.This may be one of the things that led to the show's decline and cancellation and if that wasn't bad enough David Lynch ends the series with the most nightmarish episode ever leaving fans choking on their damn fine cups of coffee.The next to last episode ends with an eerie strobelit confrontation but it's the last episode itself that delivers the real chills.Agent Coopers journey into the mysterious otherworldly Red Lodge is supremely creepy.Beginning with the hypnotic song Under the Sycamore Trees(Which you can find on the Twin Peaks:Fire Walk With Me soundtrack)to agent Cooper being pursued from room to room by his evil dopelganger.Masterfully directed by David Lynch it's equal to any of his best creepy movies like Lost Highway.Like being woken up in a middle of a nightmare it will leave you hanging but will stay in your mind forever.I don't remember T.V. shows I've seen last night but the final episode of Twin Peaks still haunts me 15 years later.

Incredibly poor quality. Extremely grainy. I should have sent them back. Ended up not watching them at all after the first tape. Still in their cello on my shelf. Watched the DVDs when they came out.

These final episodes are perfectly showcase all that made Twin Peaks an excellent show. They have every bit of the symbolism, surrealism, and humor that gave it it's fan base.

Unfortunatly it's very obvious that the last episode was intended to be a cliff-hanger and that they expected to make more. Be warned that while it is very interesting, many questions are left un-ansered(and never will be), many new questions are asked, and the audience never knows what the fate of several of the characters is.

Of course, if you are reading this I assume you have seen the other episodes already and you're probably going to see these regardless of what I say. Enjoy...

After I had watched Fire walk with me, I got up from the sofa and sayed to myself, is it really possible to make something that good ? Off cause, it's David Lynch we are talking about. So I barrowed the series and at the end of episode 29 I was convinced, David Lynch is the greatest director ever and Kyle Maclachlan is one of Hollywoods best actors.

I was and still am a Twin Peaks buff, and if you like odd tv shows or like the show Twin Peaks, then this is for you. If you watch and notice in the last episode, Agent Cooper is warned many times about what is going on about him. END

When they first aired Twin Peaks I; like many other people, didn't really understand and was very confused by the last section of episodes, but since then we've been treated to shows like the X-files and Dark Skies, and it's now alot easier to understand references to "Project Bluebook" and other UFO and paranormal-related stuff.

This image of the Red Room, this world of Twin peaks is horrifying!! I must admit I cried for hours after the ending of this show. I was extremely depressed, I still get depressed about and the first time I watched it was in January 2000. I really love this tape. I love TWIN PEAKS. It needs more to it. I want Lynch to direct another TWIN PEAKS movie!! I want MORE!!! PEAKS IN MY MIND HASN'T DIED. FRANKLY, I see Peaks still around, in a spooky world!!!!