10 Things We Learned From Twin Peaks: The Return Part 9

7. There Is So Much To Love About The DougieCoop Arc

Cooper Part 9
Showtime

So why are many viewers still clamouring for its resolution?

Much is both promised and delivered in Las Vegas. The brothers Fusco are a formidable comedic triple threat here, with Eric Edelstein's wheezy giggling goon a particular delight. You almost cherish the next lame joke because his reactions to them are solid gold. David Koechner's deadpan line deliveries are wonderful here, too; his "It's like talking to a dog" dismissal of Cooper is fabulous in its near-sincerity. The idea of three obnoxious brother police officers is such a transcendent Twin Peaks touch that it hardly matters that they don't live in the town. The other Vegas brothers, Jim Belushi and Robert Knepper's Mitchums, possess considerable potential to darken the mood lightened by their dopey doppelgängers. Tom Sizemore's Anthony Sinclair hasn't yet displayed the full range of his menace outside of his peripheral, looming glances.

The pathos of Cooper's act itself also excelled in and elevated Part 9 with a neat reel of symbolism in what otherwise was an hour of dialogue power. Cooper - still catatonic but conspicuously more mature and measured in his responses - stirs at the sight of the American flag, a lady in heeled red shoes and the electrical sockets mirroring his entry point into an unfamiliar world.

It is beginning to click. Hopefully, not before the dramatic possibilities are fully explored.

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