Twin Peaks: Season 3, Part 10 "Laura is the One" Review

 "Don't speak, Anthony."
-Duncan Todd



Part 10 picks up with Richard Horne (Eamon Farren) arriving at the home of Miriam Sullivan (Sarah Jean Long).  Miriam tells him that she sent a letter to the Sheriff's Department detailing that Richard was the person responsible for the fatal hit-and-run.  Furious, Richard beats Miriam savagely before turning on the gas and lighting a candle.  Richard calls Deputy Chad (John Pirruccello) and tells him to intercept the letter, which he is able to do.

Richard drives to the home of his grandmother, Sylvia (Jan D'Arcy), where he beats and robs her.  Sylvia calls Ben (Richard Beymer) to let him know what happened and demands he reimburse her for the stolen money.

At Fat Trout Trailer Park, Carl Rodd (Harry Dean Stanton) hears a domestic dispute between Steven (Caleb Landry Jones) and Becky Burnett (Amanda Seyfried).

At the home of the Mitchum brothers, their assistant, Candie (Amy Shiels) tries to swat a fly, but accidently hits Rodney (Robert Knepper) in the head with a TV remote.  Later, they and Bradley (Jim Belushi) watch the news and see that Ike the Spike (Christophe Zajac-Denek) has been arrested and that he tried to kill Dale Cooper aka Dougie Jones (Kyle MacLachlan).  They cancel the hit they had out on Ike.

Word of Ike's arrest also reaches Duncan Todd (Patrick Fischler).  He passes down instructions to Anthony Sinclair (Tom Sizemore) to goes see his rivals, the Mitchum brothers, and convince them that their insurance claim was denied by Cooper in the hopes that the brothers will believe Cooper is out to get them and that they'll kill Cooper.  If that fails, Anthony is ordered to kill Cooper himself.  Anthony delivers the message and the Mitchum brothers plot to kill Cooper.

Cooper sees a doctor, who gives him a positive bill of health.  Janey-E (Naomi Watts) is impressed by Cooper physique and the two have sex that night.

Dr. Jacoby (Russ Tamblyn) broadcasts another episode of his show as Nadine Hurley (Wendy Robie) watches from her store that sells silent drape runners.

Albert Rosenfield (Miguel Ferrer) goes on a dinner date with the Buckhorn coroner, Constance Talbot (Jane Adams), which amuses Gordon Cole (David Lynch) and Tammy Preston (Chrysta Bell).  Later, Gordon has a vision of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) before Albert arrives and informs him of the text Diane (Laura Dern) received from Mr. C (Kyle MacLachlan).  Diane responded by giving information on the actions of Gordon and the other agents.  Tammy arrives and shows them a picture found on the SD cards at the New York crime scene that shows Mr. C visited the location at one point.

Margaret Lanterman (Catherine E. Coulson) calls Deputy Hawk (Michael Horse) and tells him "Laura is the one."

At the Roadhouse, Rebekah Del Rio performs.


What Works:

We get to spend more time with Richard Horne in this episode and we get more of him just being an evil bastard.  He beats Miriam and leaves her for dead before beating and robbing his own grandmother.  He's a nasty piece of work and incredibly compelling television.

The Mitchum brothers storyline is one of my favorites of The Return.  It hasn't hit its peak quite yet and its wild thinking about where it goes from here, but they're still a lot of fun here.  They feel like everymen in this surreal and strange show.  Their reactions to Candie being a total space cadet are hilarious.  You can't help but be exasperated alongside them.

Janey-E getting so hot for Cooper is hysterically funny and their sex scene is one of the funniest moments of The Return.  The expression on Cooper's face and the way his arms flop around never fails to make me laugh.

It's a quick moment, but I love that Albert and Constance went out on a date.  We only got to see them briefly interact, but it's obvious they have a very similar sense of humor.  Gordon and Tammy spying on them is also pretty funny.


What Sucks:

There are few storylines that still feel like they're spinning their wheels.  Some of the check-ins with certain character occasionally feel superfluous.  I like spending times with characters like Jerry Horne (David Patrick Kelly) and Dr. Jacoby, but I wish there was more substance to their stories sometimes.


Crystal Coffee:

The Crystal Coffee Award goes to the most competent character of the episode.  For Part 10, this Award goes to Albert Rosenfield for intercepting and decrypting the text exchange between Diane and Mr. C.  This is his 1st time winning this Award.


Verdict:

Part 10 manages to handle some incredible mood whiplash.  We get some really dark stuff with Richard Horne, but we also get lots of funny moments with the Mitchum brothers, Candie, Janey-E, Cooper, and the FBI Agents.  This is solid episode, even if there are a few storylines that are spinning their wheels.

 9/10: Great 

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