20 Most Intense TV Scenes Ever

By James Hunt / September 5, 2021

11. The Woodsman - Twin Peaks: The Return

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There's never been an episode of television like Twin Peaks: The Return - Part 8. It's David Lynch at his most avant-garde, and its crowning moment comes with the arrival of the Woodsman.

As if the creepy repetition of 'Gotta light?' wasn't enough, we then follow him into the radio station, where he kills the receptionist, assaults the DJ, and launches into his haunting broadcast:

"This is the water and this is the well. Drink full and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes and dark within."

Macabre, strange, and enough to chill you to the bone, the Woodsman's design and delivery are befitting of everything The Return did so well.