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 "What is community college?" -Dean Craig Pelton The pilot begins with the Dean of Greendale Community College attempting to give an inspiring speech during the first week of classes, however, the speech falls short due to the Dean losing one of his note cards. Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) is taking Spanish 101 and has the hots for his classmate, Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs).  While talking to another classmate, Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi), about her, Abed reveals that he has a very impressive memory and rattles off a lot of information about her after only talking to Britta once, including that she is very worried about the next day's Spanish test. Jeff goes to see Psychology Professor, Ian Duncan (John Oliver).  Jeff was Duncan's lawyer who got him off on a DUI charge.  Jeff reveals he had a fake Bachelor's degree and now has to get a real one.  He asks Duncan to get him all of the answers to all of tests for the semester.  Duncan reluctantly agrees. Jeff appro...

 "What's going on?" -Carrie Page The final episode of The Return picks up with MIKE (Al Strobel) creating a tulpa of Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) and sending him back to Janey-E (Naomi Watts) and Sonny Jim (Pierce Gagnon). Cooper ends up back in the Black Lodge and when he leaves, he finds Diane (Laure Dern) waiting for him.  They drive for 430 miles before coming to a stop.  They kiss once before continuing onward.  They appear to drive into a different timeline of some kind and day immediately becomes night. Cooper stops at a motel and goes inside to get a room.  While he does that, Diane sees herself watching her from nearby.  Cooper and Diane go into the motel room and have very uncomfortable sex.  The next day, Cooper wakes up alone and finds a note to Richard from Linda saying that she was gone and not to look for her. Cooper continues on to Odessa, Texas and stops at a diner called Eat at Judy's.  He asks the waitress, Kristi (Francesca Ea...

 "That's strange even for Cooper." -Albert Rosenfield Part 17 picks up with Gordon Cole (David Lynch) giving some revelations to Albert Rosenfield (Miguel Ferrer) and Tammy Preston (Chrysta Bell).  He, Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) and Major Briggs (Don. S. Davis) were made aware of a ancient entity known as Jowday, which eventually became Judy.  He also reveals that Ray Monroe (George Griffith) was an informant.  Bushnell Mullins (Don Murray) manages to pass on Cooper's message to Gordon and the agents head for Twin Peaks. Mr. C (Kyle MacLachlan) arrives at the coordinates outside of Twin Peaks and he is transported to the home of the Fireman (Carel Struycken) and trapped in a cage.  Major Briggs' head is also there.  They transport Mr. C to outside of the Twin Peaks Sheriff's station.  He pretends to be Cooper and heads inside to greet Deputy Andy (Harry Goaz) and Lucy (Kimmy Robertson) and sits down for a conversation with Frank Truman (Robert Forst...

 "This whole concert?  It's a trap." -Jamie Cooper Adams (Josh Hartnett) takes his daughter, Riley (Ariel Donoghue), to a Lady Raven (Saleka Night Shyamalan) concert.  Cooper notices a large amount a police officers and learns that the entire concert is a trap to ensnare a notorious serial killer, the Butcher.  Unfortunately for Cooper, he is the Butcher and has to try and find a way out of the concert while keeping his daughter unaware of his identity. Some spoilers below.  In short, this is a very messy movie that is fun and entertaining throughout. What Works: I absolutely love this kind of high concept movie.  Basically a serial killer takes his daughter to a Taylor Swift concert and the feds try to trap him there and he has to find a way out.  What a great premise.  And that part of the movie is very fun.  It's great watching Cooper weasel his way in and out of situations.  I love when he listens in on a briefing for a SWAT team and...

 "I am the FBI." -Dale Cooper The episode begins with Mr. C (Kyle MacLachlan) and Richard Horne (Eamon Farren) ending their drive in the middle of nowhere.  Mr. C reveals he has received coordinates from three different sources and that two of them match and that is where they are near now.  The coordinates lead to a large rock and Mr. C has Richard climb on top of the rock to check it out.  Richard is disintegrated and Mr. C says goodbye to his son.  All of this is witnessed by a very high Jerry Horne (David Patrick Kelly).   Hutch (Tim Roth) and Chantal (Jennifer Jason Leigh) stake out the house of Dougie Jones (Kyle MacLachlan).  The FBI arrives, but find the house empty.  They leave a pair of agents behind to watch the house. Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) is in a coma and being watched over by Janey-E (Naomi Watts), Sonny Jim (Pierce Gagnon), and Bushnell Mullins (Don Murray).  The Mitchem Brothers (Jim Belushi and Robert Knepper) ar...

 "Welcome to the MCU.  You're joining at a bit of a low point." -Deadpool Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) has retired from being the mercenary Deadpool until he is kidnapped by the Time Variance Authority (TVA).  With the death of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), Wade's timeline is deteriorating and Wade is given the opportunity to join the Sacred Timeline.  Wade decides to fight back in order to save his friends and timeline and searches the multiverse for help in the form of another Wolverine.  Unfortunately, the only Wolverine he can get to help him is known as the worst Wolverine in the multiverse. Spoilers below.  In short, this isn't a very good movie in terms of narrative or story.  I wouldn't say it's really about anything.  It's an excuse to have Deadpool and Wolverine in the same movie and done properly.  It's more of an event special and less of a film.  It's fun, but definitely the weakest of the Deadpool trilogy. What Works: The best p...

 "We got twins!  Twins!" -Boone After a traumatic and deadly event involving a tornado, Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones) retires from storm chasing.  Five years later, Kate's old teammate, Javi (Anthony Ramos), convinces her to go back out into the field to try and get the most advanced scan of a tornado ever. What Works: I was really nervous when I heard about Twisters .  The original Twister is my favorite movie of all time.  I was obsessed with it when I was a kid.  I've seen it about a hundred times and can basically quote it word for word.  I was nervous a sequel might tarnish the original in some way.  I cannot express to you the relief I felt when the movie ended.  The original Twister is left untainted and Twisters manages to be a very worthy sequel that I loved watching. Twisters has some really great characters and performances.  All three leads give very likable and complex performances.  The characters are very well writt...