2. Señor Droolcup & the Giant (Plus, Briggs' Vision)
Okay, so I'll admit, I hadn't really thought about what to put as the second-best scene in the show before writing this article. I had plenty of ideas floating around in my head, but, in hindsight, I'm beginning to see why a Top 10 would've been far more appropriate. Alas, in any case, I've got to fill in my weekly quota of content on this site (or rather, I feel the need to. It's more of a compulsion than an obligation, really), and writing any more content would only keep me from getting this thing published already, but I digress. If I were to select my second favourite moment from Twin Peaks, I'd be at something of an impasse. Thus, I have chosen to take two great scenes, and put them both at the number 2 spot (how nifty is that?). Essentially, the I've made these decisions based on what I feel make David Lynch such a fantastic director: his ability to create scenes that feature strong emotions, surreality, and humour. The first of the two is a scene that is set immediately after the events of the season one finale. Cooper, having been shot by an unknown assailant, has been left on the floor, bloodied and barely conscious. Suddenly, we see an elderly bellhop, Señor Droolcup (as he's dubbed later on), approaching Coop's hotel room with a glass of warm milk, and what follows is both wonderful and strange. The seemingly senile man walks about the room, totally unaware of the FBI agent's fatal wounds, asking him to sign the bill for his order, warning him that his milk is going to get cool on him, and even requests Coop to give him his signature thumbs up. What makes this hilarious is how it goes on for what seems like ages, as Cooper manages to maintain his calm nature around the utterly feeble bellhop.
Any-who, after Droolcup leaves, Cooper has a vision of a giant (who, oddly enough, is dress in a rather similar fashion to the bellhop). In this hallucinatory state, Coop is told three things:
There's a man in a smiling bagThe owls are not what they seemWithout chemicals, he points It's absolutely bizarre, and at this point in the series, there were two ways you could approach this scene. You were either enthralled by the odd, but intriguing promise of a more fantastical take on the show that, with a few exceptions, had kept it's footing in the realm of reality, or you could be taken aback at how weird this whole thing is and just get turned off by it entirely, hoping to get more sappy melodrama. Well, I'm one of the former, obviously. If there was ever a time to get excited for what was to come, this would be it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdaF9Iv88W8&list=FLIBEknFJxX9uKZ_fTOMvTwA&index=2&feature=plpp_video Now, I could just stop writing for this segment and move on to number 1, but there was another portion of the very same episode (it's interesting to note that this and the previous page both focused on material from the season 2 premier) that I have to bring up as a fantastic runner-up to the final spot on the list. It involves two characters: Bobby Briggs, a delinquent (AKA: a big f---ing teenager), and his father, Major Briggs, who, as the series has progressed, has become more involved in Cooper's investigations. The father-son relationship has certainly been less than successful up until this point in the story. While Bobby has shown a certain fear of his father (often putting out cigarettes whenever they are in close proximity of each other), he hasn't shown a great deal of respect to him. Suddenly, this scene happens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIzLiDcSZN8&list=FLIBEknFJxX9uKZ_fTOMvTwA&index=14&feature=plpp_video Oh...ah, sorry. Just something in my eye. Honest. Is that not the most touching thing you've ever seen in your entire life? Granted, when taken out of context, you may not have such strong feelings for it, but if you didn't get a little teary-eyed at this scene, you probably don't have a heartbeat at the moment. While you may argue about the quality of the show's second season, as I have numerous times, there's no denying that those five minutes makes you forget, at least for the time being, just about every stupid "creative" decision that has come before, or followed it, for that matter. It's one of the best, most heartfelt moments in television I've ever seen.