10 Things We Learned From Twin Peaks: The Return Part 4

10. There Are Bad People In Las Vegas

Part 4 picks up in the casino. Cooper (as Dougie Jones) has unwittingly won 29 - no, 30 now - jackpots, only some of which he has claimed for himself.

Somewhere along the way of his winning streak, the pure goodness within him directs a homeless woman to the prize money. She turns around and clasps her hands together in delight. "Thank you, Mr. Jackpots!" she cries out. Cooper manages the faintest hint of a smile in response. This small moment, beautiful and much-needed confirmation of Cooper's inherent goodness, is contrasted with the cloaking darkness seeping into the Las Vegas arc.

He is directed into the casino's back office by David Dastmachlian's Pit Boss Warrack, who with one hand gesture confirms to Brett Gelman's Supervisor Burns that this Rain Man-child figure is not all there. Gelman is more renowned for his comedy acting, but he settles into a menacing leer with ease under Lynch's expert direction. His words are benevolent, on the page. He congratulates Cooper on his winnings and arranges to send him home in a limo. But the intonation - particularly the emphasis on "come back anytime" - hints at something deeply sinister.

Burns is menacing, but seems to work under Patrick Fischler's Duncan Todd, who himself works under a man already established as both horrible and powerful. That lucky streak seems to be an ironic harbinger of something far, far worse.