The date to safely binge David Lynch’s weirdly dark and comic Twin Peaks has come and gone, meaning you’ll have to dive in extra hard if you’re looking to catch up with the series before the revival premieres on Showtime next month. There’s also the book that was released, meaning your time would be even more strained if you’re looking to completely submerge yourself in dreams of coffee, pie, and denim-clad evil beings.
Luckily, there is another option for folks just looking for a taste ahead of the new episodes. Showtime released a new trailer that recaps and boils down the entire series into a crash course that should catch you up to date on the story — and the praise that the series garnered over the years. What it misses out on is all the weird charm that came along with Lynch’s look at the town of Twin Peaks. It’s not a bad way to introduce people to what’s going on and why the show offered people reason to stay way back in the early ’90s.
The series will return on Showtime May 21st, giving fans 18 episodes to get reacquainted and hopefully not disappointed. Lynch himself will be directing all of the episodes and has kept most of the plot details under wraps. Most of the promotional materials to this point seem ready to dig up the mystery of Laura Palmer’s death while bringing Agent Cooper back to the town. Past that, it all seems like a gift waiting to be unwrapped on Christmas — one that hopefully isn’t full of coal.
“This is a feature. An 18-hour feature, broken up into 18 parts.” —David Lynch on the new #TwinPeaks (via @nytimes: https://t.co/RHLHK1koGj) pic.twitter.com/Y208QCQ9Xs
— Welcome to Twin Peaks (@ThatsOurWaldo) April 12, 2017
