Before I get to the story, a brief statement: I’m a fan of director David Lynch and certainly appreciate his work and its influences (especially when it comes to Twin Peaks), but I’m not a fanatic of his works.

To me, his best all around film was Mulholland Drive (2001), and I believe part of the reason that film worked so well is because it felt as if Mr. Lynch took everything he knew and/or had worked on up to that moment and distilled the very best of it into that film (one very clever critic at the time of the film’s release stated that watching Mulholland Drive was the equivalent to buying one of those “Best of” albums from one of your favorite bands).

As for Twin Peaks, my memories of watching it when it originally aired are rather foggy.  This much I recall: I didn’t watch the show religiously.  Curiously enough, after seeing the show’s pilot episode I accurately guessed the central mystery (ie who had killed Laura Palmer, though I didn’t see the whole evil spirit stuff coming).  Again, my memory is hazy about all things Twin Peaks (including the pilot), so for all I know it was very obvious who the killer was and my realization was nothing more than a “no shit, Sherlock” type deduction.

Having said all that, I was curious when I heard Mr. Lynch was coming back to Twin Peaks.  Alas, it appears financial issues have forced Mr. Lynch out of the production:

http://io9.com/the-twin-peaks-revival-is-happening-without-david-lynch-1695866373

What a bummer!  Apart from seeing all those original actors in their original roles, the main reason one wanted to see a Twin Peaks revival -even for a casual fan of the series such as I- was for the chance to see what new concepts/ideas Mr. Lynch would bring to what is arguably his best known work…and now it appears he won’t be involved in it.

At least for now.

Who knows, maybe the studios and Mr. Lynch will come to some kind of agreement.  One would hope so.

Having Twin Peaks return without Mr. Lynch is like having a Beatles reunion…only without half the band.