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So I finished watching Twin Peaks last night and then watched Fire Walk With Me tonight.  Back in college, I bought the VHS tapes on eBay (yes, DVDs were a thing back then, but they hadn't really started releasing whole TV shows yet) and my roommate and I watched the first season and a half but got busy-slash-lost interest after they revealed Laura Palmer's killer.  We didn't even get to the episodes with David Duchovny in drag, which, what the hell, past-me?  But, as I was aware, it all pretty much went pear-shaped after that.  (Dear Heroes: you want to see a real train wreck?  I'll show you a fuckin' train wreck.  With a Log Lady.)

I can see why people were so disappointed with Fire Walk With Me: they wanted answers to what the hell happened on the last (cliffhanger) episode of the TV show, and they got the equivalent of the Star Wars prequels -- very little in the way of tension because you know how it ends.  And in this case, you also pretty much know how it starts.  Only there's less Jar Jar Binks and more creamed corn (which, I shit you not, is a literal representation of pain and sorrow called garmonbozia)(eat your heart out, Heroes writers).

Anyway, I know absolutely zero people care about this and, hell, I was only 7 when it first aired, but that was truly a different time.  I am still in awe of the fact that this shit aired on network TV.  Now you can't get anything greenlighted that isn't a reality show, a procedural drama, or a Modern Family rip-off.  Such sad, bland times...
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