I've been assuming that the editing has been sloppy - not just in the roadhouse, but in other areas because the scenes feel a little tossed off at times - but with the Audrey stuff this week, I'm willing to entertain the idea that some of this was intentional after all. We'll know more next week, but this is probably going to be something that will only become clear on a rewatch when you know everything, and even then, it'll probably still be up for debate.
It's nice to finally be thinking 'maybe this is all part of something' again, though. Those two bad episodes in a row - I think it was 12 and 13 - really shook how I felt about the show. I was enjoying the earlier episodes, and was very curious about everything, but even when the show is good it's still riiiiight on the edge of being bad at times, so I was worried I had just seen through it and wasn't gonna be as into it anymore. The last 3 have been increasingly good, though, and I've got a lot of confidence the final two hours are gonna be very good indeed. Now that we're near the end, I think this thing overall has been sporadically fascinating, but meandering and messy. It's not the best thing I've ever seen, it's not even close to the best David Lynch thing I've ever seen actually, but it is good and I'm really glad it came on. I don't really connect it too strongly with the original Twin Peaks, though. I think of it as 'Blue Rose', a different series that takes place in the same world but focuses on much darker and supernatural material.
