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Madchen Amick on coming back, getting emotional in the diner set, and Amanda Seyfreid as her daughter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/twin-peaks-madchen-amick-casting-amanda-seyfried-1010958

Those who feel anyone who isn't doing well is a worthless lazy bum will lap it up.

If you need another reminder of the poisonous distractions of Faux News... Someone went on and on and on to me a few days ago about how Katy Perry is supporting ISIS and how this is proof you can't trust anyone in Hollywood. He even gave me some quote about her saying they were so nice or kind or something. I didn't even argue, because there's just no point. Maybe that makes me complicit, I don't know, but I'm so tired of it all and there are so many people in this country where you will just leave your brains against the brick wall if you open your mouth.

I was just thinking of what would happen if Corbyn becomes PM (which I can't see happening as if Labour did manage the shock of getting back into Downing Street I think there would be an effort to stop him within the party - and I'm not sure he wants it anyway) and decides to heavily cut back relations with Trump and the US. We would be pretty much isolated on all corners within a half a year. And these things won't go away anytime soon.

Thanks for the Dana interview. This is neat:

I posted an article yesterday that says he pretty much only talks to two people, both of whom keep him isolated and try to do everything themselves.

I read that he's also making a campaign issue of "robots" and reminding Silicon Valley of the people who will be put out of work and left behind. While some are calling him a hypocrite given his big business ties, I'm glad someone is talking about it.

That would be great.

I think that was definitely Don Murray. Very fit for 87... Yeah Jerry and Ben were both foul (I think they always made it a bit more clear with Jerry but season 2 had more with Ben as well), so Richard being one of their sons would make more sense. And if he's Ben's son then I could see Ben maybe using him to sell drugs while pretending to be a model citizen. I guess him being JJW's son would make sense too (he has a bit of the Billy Zane look). So I realized after I wrote my post that the guy on main guitar in the group was David Lynch's son. I wonder if his other son will be popping back up.

I didn't catch that. I guess he is definitely going to be a heavy then (and hopefully die a horrible death). At least that makes it less likely Bobby is involved in the drugs... Someone said that one of the guys in the meeting had tried to sell at the sheriff's office in one of the first episodes before Lucy scared him off.

Is it just me or is Kate a bit dowdier and older here than she'd be in a few years? I guess they may have traded her up from being Ada-esque as time passed. Always happy to see more of Roya's Ava. And Shana's husband Jim as I've mostly just seen photos of him. The lengthy wedding flashback reminds us that this must have aired during the writers' strike.

I don't get the feeling that Marland left Loving on happy terms whatsoever. I think that Nixon was a head and heart type writer. I think OLTL was her head (as she used that for many of her psychological explorations and setting a template for her soap work before moving on) and AMC was her heart. I think she was also fond of Loving, as she repeatedly got involved in the show again (and as mentioned by someone else I tend to wonder if she is one of the reasons ABC kept it as long as they did), but ultimately AMC was her baby.

I didn't catch the last name. I've seen some fans upset if Audrey's son (if that is her son) turns out to be an abuser. I'd hate it, but given his grandfather, I would believe it.

I meant the guy that Becky was with. They weren't the same guy were they? Or were they? Oh I forgot the bit with Frank Truman and his wife. I was disappointed she seemed to be from the same generic blonde overwrought pool as Matthew Lillard's wife, but maybe she will be a bit less of the nagging wife cliche if she makes any future appearances. It was strangely nice to see Jade again too, continuing to move the plot along for Cooper as best she can, even if she doesn't seem to know it. As underwritten and plot-devicey as she is she still is closer to me to the old TP women than most of the women on the new revival. I'm glad she survived another episode alive. That's Ben's brother Jerry. We saw him briefly in episode 1 talking about his dispensary. I guess we needed confirmation so we got to see him in full flow here.

This was my first episode watching live. It was a bit of a slog at first but I enjoyed it quite a bit through the last 40 minutes. Of course I have mostly been fine with this revival so far so maybe people who haven't liked it hated this one - that's their right of course... It says a lot about Kyle Maclachlan's talent that he can make such a simple phrase ("case files") so sad and oddly moving. I sometimes feel uneasy about the Dougie scenes, as sometimes I feel like we're being invited to laugh at him or people like him until the "real" Cooper returns, but I'd be lying if I said the scenes didn't interest me as Cooper returns bit by bit. I imagine a lot of people are already sick of waiting, which I can understand. Of everything I think I liked the last scene with Cooper in front of the G-Man statue the best - I continue to be so pleased to get real closing credits (I had forgotten how much I missed them on television...I'm going to hate going back to not having them), and the closing theme was just gorgeous. The other scene I remembered from this was when Cooper was staring so sadly at "his" son in the car, even to the point where his wife seemed unnerved. Again great acting from Kyle (he's impressing me so much here) and it makes me wonder if that is going somewhere, if he knows this "son." Kyle really could have been a silent film star - he has the expressions and emotions down pat. Born in the wrong era. Does anyone else wonder if the other kid at the junkie house is also Dougie's? Or is that a reach? He seems to have one side of Cooper (curious) while Dougie's son has more of a Black Lodge vibe to him. I did laugh when those idiots blew up - I don't know if that was intended or not. I didn't even realize that the blonde guy giving the interview was Mike until someone told me. Well I always liked Mike but he always was a bit nondescript. The Mike/Nadine fan in me was oddly pleased they showed up in the same episode. And how gorgeous did Wendy Robie look? I was so played out with Nadine's amnesia story I'd forgotten how much I missed her. Of course Dr. Jacoby is a Beck, Alex Jones-esque quack. I had to laugh because what else would he be. And the people listening to him were pretty much the perfect choices. The scene of Shelly's daughter Becky on a high was one of the first chances I've seen Amanda Seyfried get to act in a long time. I didn't realize how much Amanda looks like Madchen Amick until I watched this episode. Is that guy supposed to be a new version of Bobby? Why do I have a feeling that this will end much worse for them than it did for Shelly and Bobby? If Bobby is her father, he's probably going to beat that guy's ass, unless they're in some secret deal. I doubt it, given that this guy barely seemed to be able to walk or talk. Great to see Ernie Hudson too. After the first 4 episodes I kept dreading the moment where he ogled the female officer or we learned they were secret lovers - I'm gad that wasn't the case (unless I missed something?). Jim Belushi playing who Jim Belushi of recent years would likely play. He did a decent job though. I felt sorry for the casino guy. Now I know why he was so terrified about the jackpots... I can't tell you how my heart warmed when Norma worried about Shelly and put her arm around her. I've had some issues with the writing for the women in the first 4 episodes so this felt more like a return to the old Twin Peaks in the treatment of female characters having a bit more of their own lives, even if it's still just about Becky's love life for now. I was so happy to see Norma again - I knew we'd see her but still when we actually did, I just had to smile, the way I did with Nadine. Boy I've missed her and what her presence signifies. The warmth and kindness we need more of on the show, or, hell, in real life. I was glad to see the Bang Bang Bar scenes having a bit more presence to them, and again that stuff was probably the clearest to the '50s motif of the old show, as the Matthew McConaughey knockoff did his cool bad boy smoking, entrancing the girls, but then we got a jolt that is more fitting of the modern version, as he turned out to be a real [!@#$%^&*], not some sweetheart underneath. I was glad that they had the Emma Stone knockoff try to help her friend, even as she couldn't really do anything. I hope we see more of her. I kept trying to figure out if Bob Cooper knew something about the warden and that's what "Mr. Strawberry" meant, but I guess it was just to show them that he was going to make them uneasy before his call. When they had the flashback I thought he was going to smash his head against his cell mirror and run for it - I'm glad they avoided that cliche. I don't know who the band was in this episode (Trouble, apparently), but I thought the main guy on guitar was really hot.

I think they would have just kept dumping AMC/OLTL/GH characters on it as a clearinghouse. (Angie did work out on the show to be fair)

Another media darling gets a puff piece. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/04/cassidy-republicans-obamacare-divide-239099 Why do they hate Hillary? http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/03/why-do-they-hate-her-215220 Another example of how only a handful of people are even actually running anything. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/04/rex-tillerson-state-department-bottleneck-239107

I can't remember if you liked him on GH but Sebastian Roche is in the 1992 clip - briefly, with Rebecca Gayheart. He looks a lot younger than when he was on GH or the CW shows.

Looks like we have status quo in France in terms of corruption and nepotism scandals. If he can't form a majority in Parliament because of this I wonder how unstable things will become there. http://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-scandal-threatens-parliamentary-majority-richard-ferrand-en-marche/

I felt like the character lost something when she became much more isolated and mostly just popped up for Marlon and April material. I liked her relationship with Marlon but I had a lot of issues with the way April treated her. I think for now they're going to keep Laurel single as they said they didn't want her to move on from Ashley too quickly. We'll see though.

She wanted to leave. In her exit comments she seemed to be implying she'd be back but I don't know.

I think he was a cop. He did look hot though. Nice hairy chest.

Thanks. I'd never seen most of those. She has barely changed from '82. I had to love that Control-era Janet poster behind her on Webster (I didn't realize that show lasted long enough for him to go to college).