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I literally said, "Starring Kyle MacLachlan" as a joke at the end, like "Wouldn't it be funny if the credits rolled right now?" And then they did. I also like to think that an extension to the final scene is Cooper's phone ringing and it's the angry Vegas FBI guy to yell at him about finding people. This is what we do at the FBI!!!!

Very interested to hear all the reactions.

If Candie was Diane, surely Awakened Coop would have recognized her on the plane... Unless her appearance has changed.

I don't have a lot of experience with hospitals, but I imagine people here leave hospitals a lot earlier than they should all the time, because they're so unbelievably expensive.

Yeah, I usually get up and start putting the dishes from dinner away once the musical segments start. Lynch got one over on me this time.

I can't envision a series so dead-set on subverting television ending on something so cliche, a universally reviled trope.

I love that their downfall was in a stupid dispute with one of those NIMBYs who get all mad when people park at the curb in front of their houses. As ridiculous as the Russian guy was being, they could have avoided the Bonny & Clyde treatment if they had just moved back a bit. Mr. Jackpot's reach is far. However, Cooper still would have been fine, because I don't think he went back to the house.

When the credits rolled I said, "That was my Episode 8."

"Phew, it doesn't fit. No no no NO NOOOOOO!"

It was interesting seeing the origin of the name "Gordon Cole", because in my Hollywood neighborhood two streets I often drive over are Gordon, and then a few blocks later, Cole. I always figured that's where the name came from. Of course maybe that movie, itself named after a Hollywood street (Sunset Blvd), took "Gordon Cole" from those very streets.

Did anyone flash back to Bobby and Mike barking in the jail cell during this jail scene? Two people freaking out a third by making loud animal noises.

All this time I've been wondering if Nadine still has super strength, I'm so glad SOMEONE has it.

Every time the show mentions Phillip Jeffries actively doing things or interacting with characters off-screen, there's something in me that gets thrown off as I think, "But Phillip Jeffries is dead..." as the feeling literally comes from the fact that David Bowie is dead.

We need to get "Do you need any money" guy and "Got a light" guy in a room together.

That took place in Montana, right? I guess when Richard Horne skips town, he really skips town.

I don't know, it looks like a band-aid to me.

I suggest you stop torturing yourself and find another podcast/forum since it clearly ruins your weeks.

You don't think a monster would have appeared and killed him anyway?

My reaction to Diane has been a bit of a roller coaster. At first, I wanted no portrayal of Diane, it would be like showing Nanny's face on Muppet Babies or Wilson's face on Home Improvement. But once I saw what type of character she was, and as played by Laura Dern, I softened up to the idea. She's pretty one-note, but entertaining to watch the other characters react to her. Now I'm back to being unsatisfied, though. It looks like we're heading into "Diane is nefarious in some way" territory, and... I want Diane to be a jerk but I don't want her to be a bad guy.

He showed up for the Comic Con panel.

We'll probably never meet them, and they almost assuredly do not matter. Will there be any payoff for the rash girl who went from working at one burger joint to another? Doubt it. I think my biggest issue with The Return is how many scenes seem to be filler-scenes lifted from some other production and dropped in. Earlier in the season, I thought I might have been wrong and things could start to connect, but as we get down to only a handful of episodes remaining, my confidence in my assessment grows.

So how bout that Audrey scene. Will we ever see her again? Did it have any bearing whatsoever on the rest of the show? Who knows? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And you've been hate-watching the show for a whole month, since Part 8. Every post of yours since then has been either complaining about how bad the show is, or being confrontational to people here.

That got a big reaction out of me. "Shelly's going out with the Fingergun Wizard??? Oh COME ON."

I hope you guys aren't watching on your phones!