Laura's mother and father both have deeply disturbing scenes of grief. Many TV shows and films just want you to UNDERSTAND that a character is experiencing grief, the camera won't stay on their tears for long. Lynch wants you to just sit and squirm and feel all the emotions associated with loss. He's a master of making things deeply resonant in relatively simple ways.
Edit: looking at it more, Lynch didn't direct this episode. But his influence is obviously there.
I remember watching the Palmer family's reactions in the first episode and thinking "Ugh, this is hard to watch. But the show can't feature uncomfortable grief forever, so this is probably the last we'll really see of this."
I don't, however, remember the exact moment I realized how ridiculous and naive that notion was.
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I remember watching the Palmer family's reactions in the first episode and thinking "Ugh, this is hard to watch. But the show can't feature uncomfortable grief forever, so this is probably the last we'll really see of this."
I don't, however, remember the exact moment I realized how ridiculous and naive that notion was.