buoyancy

Posted: August 31st, 2025 | Tags: | Comments Off on buoyancy

ok we’re back to twin peaks despite my terror nightmares and are now watching twin peaks the return (2017), which is also terrifying and grisly, but incredible. it reunites most of the original cast 25 years after season two, and it’s thrilling to see characters age in that way (it reminds me of our mission impossible marathon, where you saw the effects of aging on the cast, especially on tom) (and ethan!).

but one thing i noticed — particularly when david duchovny’s character denise reappears — she’s still great, but she’s definitely lost some of her (youthful?) ebullience from the original. maybe that’s the real difference between old and young — that buoyancy? that…sense of…possibility? i know that sounds so dreary and maybe it was just duchovny’s performance (it wasn’t), but it really felt like — that might be it — just the weight of responsibilities can dim you down a little bit.

denise in twin peaks in 1992
denise in washington in 2017

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