10 Experimental TV Episodes You NEED To See

10. Part 8 - Twin Peaks: The Return

David Lynch is nothing if not an inherently experimental artist, but the eighth episode of his belated third season of Twin Peaks? It's like nothing else the medium of TV has ever seen before.

Even for Twin Peaks' singular standards, "Part 8" is an extremely challenging but mesmerising hour, detailing the origins of the series' villain BOB in the fallout of 1945's Trinity atomic bomb test - realised here through stunningly gorgeous CGI.

The dialogue-sparse episode is vague even for Lynch, yet nevertheless serves as ground zero for the series' entire central conflict, all while delivering a mini-horror movie involving terrifying, ghoul-like woodsmen and a "frog-moth" creature which finds a home inside a young girl's mouth. Yup.

That Showtime willingly gave Lynch money to produce what's perhaps the single most abstract episode of anything ever aired on linear television is truly something to celebrate, and it remains one of the finest things he's ever produced.

Even if you've never seen an episode of Twin Peaks before, Part 8 is worth watching simply for its intoxicating mood and beautiful visuals.