Back to the Double R: A Twin Peaks Rewatch
Four fans dive into a complete rewatch of David Lynch and Mark Frost's epic television event "Twin Peaks." With four different starting points—from first-time rewatcher to seasoned expert—we take apart the show that changed how the world watches television. Special content from Lynch's creative universe (books, films, art, and weather reports) also figures into this weekly exploration of deep secrets, dark forces, black coffee, and donuts, donuts, donuts….
Episodes
70 episodes
BRR presents: Goodnight, Ladies, Part 1—"From Hell" and its Secret Passages to the Lynchverse
Happy Helloween, O children of the night! To sanctify the arrival of the dismal months, we are busting out of our clear acrylic cube to bring you a BRR Special Event! Welcome to GOODNIGHT, LADIES, Part 1, in which we step into the...
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Lynchverse #6: Inland Empire
Howdy out there, denizens of the Lynchverse! Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag because we’re hopping on the midnight bus bound for the Inland Empire. This immersive meditation on Hollywood has a reputation for being EXTRA ...
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1:33:59
Lynchverse #5: The Straight Story
Hey, it’s a party! Two years of Back to the Double R and another damn fine Twin Peaks Day! We hope you’ve all come through the darkest weeks of the season and are ready for a little light, because we’re going full-Disney in one of the si...
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Lynchverse #4: Angelo Badalamenti and The Soundtrack to Twin Peaks
Our tribute to a master. In November, we recorded our episode on the soundtrack to Twin Peaks and the excellent Clare Nina Norelli book in the 33-1/3 series that honors it so well. Then, in early December, we learned that Badalamenti had...
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Lynchverse #3: Eraserhead
If it’s Halloween, this must be Eraserhead!! Greetings, dark spirits and woodspeople of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to Back to the Double R’s Very Special Horrorshow, in which we wander through the industrial and psychological wastelan...
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Lynchverse #2: Wild at Heart
Howdy, listeners! Our minor time-slip continues to cause static in our temporal continuity, but we are delighted to bring you our September episode, in our new monthly format, with a deep dive into the wild lives of Sailor and L...
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Lynchverse #1: Lost Highway
Hello friends of Back to the Double R! In the closing hours of July, we are sneaking in our first new monthly installment of our hot take on the wider Lynchverse and associated delights. First up: 1997’s exquisite “Lost Highway,” ...
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Special #10: Closing Thoughts
Let’s bring it on home, folks! In this super-sized sendoff, we reflect on the rewatch adventure we went on with you, dear listeners, and we ponder some deep questions about what makes this show magic, after all these years (and in at lea...
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Special #9: Twin Peaks, The International Pilot
The circle is now complete! We started our humble rewatch adventure with you roughly a year and a half ago, and in that time, we have worked our way through 48 episodes, a pile of books, and several tasty Specials. Now, not unlike...
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Special #8: The Final Dossier
Book Club is back in session! After the epic inter-temporal wipeout of Part 18, we pick up the pieces and turn to the slender tome known as The Final Dossier, which is the last of our in-Peaks books (though we will be sticking our...
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S3, E18: Part 18: What is your name?
Denouement: An ending that isn’t an ending for a TV show that isn’t a TV show. In this final episode of Twin Peaks, we’re through the looking glass and into an eerie new realm that might even be our own. If it’s Thursday, this must be
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S3, E17: Part 17: The past dictates the future.
It just doesn’t get any bigger than this, folks! (Or does it? No, it couldn’t. Could it?) For all the marbles, this week we’re going to learn who Judy is, battle Bob himself, ask a special favor of Phillip Jeffries, and tinker with the v...
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S3, E16: Part 16: No knock, no doorbell.
Will the real Dale Cooper please stand up!! Things are popping off, and we don’t just mean irritable accountants! This is an episode where electricity is put to diabolical use, tulpas are coming and going, and the FBI is on the move in t...
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S3, E15: Part 15: There's some fear in letting go.
It’s an episode for the ages! First we’re up, soaring in the bright blue sky, then we’re brought low, as a dimming light darkens for the final time. How much emotion can Messrs. Lynch and Frost pack into an hour? They’re certainly taking...
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S3, E14: Part 14: We are like the dreamer.
Can’t a lady just enjoy a Bloody Mary in peace? At least one sleazeball trucker is no longer able to convey his opinion on the subject. But what a week! Family trees are revealed, Blue Roses come to light, and the Fireman—formerly Himsel...
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S3, E13: Part 13: What story is that, Charlie?
Around and around we go! It’s time slips and ominous musical cues over here, crazy gangsters and broken men over there—must be a party at Lynch and Frost’s place! Bare your soul and beg for Bushnell Mullins’s mercy, quick, before you get...
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S3, E12: Part 12: Let's rock.
Our long-lost Queen of Diamonds has come back to us!! (Or maybe not? Or… wait, what??) In any case, Sherilyn Fenn is once again gracing our screens in all her glory, so—even if we have NO IDEA what she and Charlie are talking about—we’re...
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S3, E11: Part 11: There’s Fire Where You Are Going
Behold the power of a well-timed cherry pie! The luck of the Dougie is still with our addle-pated Agent Cooper this week, as a dream-driven delicacy snatches his life from the jaws of a very Vegas fate—and the check for $30 million didn’...
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Special #7: Mulholland Drive
Lights! Camera! WTAF?!? This week, we follow our favorite mastermind on a dark and duplicative detour through Tinsel Town. We here at the 4-top thought—for a variety of reasons that we hope will become apparent—that this was the perfect ...
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S3, E10: Part 10: Laura is the One
It’s a week where your luck might take you to heaven or H-E-double-hockey-sticks! (Or, wait… isn’t that every week in Twin Peaks and environs?) In an episode with some signature Twin Peaks darkness, we also see more than a few bright spo...
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S3, E9: Part 9: This is the Chair
Hey! Is this thing on?! We are back from our brief break and rarin’ to dive headlong into Part 9: This is the Chair! It seems like everyone—with a couple of notable exceptions—has somewhere to be but, this being the Lynch-verse, n...
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S3, E8: The Return, Part 8: Gotta Light?
We have arrived. Part 8. The big enchilada. Time travel with us back to 1945 (and then some), in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s epic hour of mind-bending dimension hopping and creepy little bug-frog things. Also: Happy Twin Peaks Day, k...
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S3, E8: The Return, Part 8: Gotta Light? Reactions Episode!
Great googly-moogly!! It’s Twin Peaks Day tomorrow, so we here at Back to the Double R busted out a little special content for you! By some very mysterious (non-)coincidence we are doing our anniversary show on Twin Peaks Day, 2022, *and...
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S3, E7: The Return, Part 7: There’s a Body All Right
Did we ever think, back in the day, that we’d actually get to meet Diane? THE Diane?!? Well, we have arrived at long last, dear listeners—and she’s none too happy about it, let us tell you. But! She’s urgently needed in Buckhorn, South D...
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