History Recap / TwinPeaksS3E08TheReturnPart8

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: The doppelgänger's revolver misfires when he tries to shoot Ray.

[[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible You're gonna want]] [[MindScrew to strap in for this one]]....

And here is where things get, shall we say, [[{{Understatement}} odd]].

[[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible You're gonna want]] [[MindScrew to strap in]] [[UpToEleven for this one]]....

The [[Recap/TwinPeaksS3E07TheReturnPart7 recently escaped]] Ray Monroe and Bob-possessed Cooper doppelgänger are fleeing in a car with South Dakota license plates, when they stop so that Ray can urinate. The Cooper doppelgänger pulls his gun on Ray, but it only clicks when he fires, and Ray shoots the doppelgänger in the chest with a gun of his own; he was prepared. Dark translucent beings with matted beards tear into the body of the doppelgänger as Ray stands transfixed. The beings smear blood over the face of the body and dance in a circle before they pull a gray blob with Bob's smiling face from the chest of the body. A terrified Ray hightails it out of there and calls Phillip Jeffries.

A model-like 1940's gas station convenience store with cans stacked in the window is seen in the desert. The door opens and closes in a start-stop manner, and a plume of smoke builds by this door. Lights then flash in the store, and the windows melt as if an explosion was contained within the unshaken building, while the lightbulbs above the gas pumps burn unbroken. Suddenly, the bearded men with soot stained skin, who pulled Bob from the doppelgänger, appear outside the convenience store. More of these men continue to appear and wander in a flickering manner outside of the store. These men then enter the convenience store until only the store is seen which moves in and out of focus. We then see the silhouettes of the men inside the store as they gather.

** Ray and evil Cooper turn off the highway on to a small gravel road, signaling the right turn the episode was about to take.

* {{Hobo}}: The woodsmen are dressed in dirty work clothes with soot stained skin and beards.

* OriginsEpisode: We learn something of Bob's development.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: The doppelgänger checks that the gun in the glove compartment is loaded before he gets out of the car, and seems surprised when the gun misfires, which makes sense as revolvers tend to have less malfunctions and are reliable guns.

* SilenceIsGolden: From 17:30 to 43:33, a 26 minute period, there is no dialogue.
* SlasherSmile: Bob's teethy grin.

* StopMotion: The convenience store door flutters open and closed and the shadowy men men move in a stop-start manner at this store.

* WeirdMoon: A fade to black lightens to show a half moon in the night sky before we cut to Ray calling Phillip as he flees the site of the shooting.

* RuleOfSymbolism: In the lyrics of "She's Gone Away", "she" could very well represent Judy.

* DeadlyEuphemism: Coopelganger says that Darya, whom [[Recap/TwinPeaksS3E02 he shot in the head]], is "waiting for a phone call".

* VomitIndiscretionShot: The experiments expels egg-like spheres, including one with Bob's features. This [[CallBack recalls]] Dougie's and the doppelgänger's explosive vomiting in [[Recap/TwinPeaksS3E03CallForHelp episode 3]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While ''Series/TwinPeaks'' has brought many unexpected moments, this episode left many fans wondering what they had just seen.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[FanNickname Booper]] helped Ray escape because he needs information from him.

The [[Recap/TwinPeaksS3E07 recently escaped]] Ray Monroe and Bob-possessed Cooper doppelgänger are fleeing in a car with South Dakota license plates, when they stop so that Ray can urinate. The Cooper doppelgänger pulls his gun on Ray, but it only clicks when he fires, and Ray shoots the doppelgänger in the chest with a gun of his own; he was prepared. Dark translucent beings with matted beards tear into the body of the doppelgänger as Ray stands transfixed. The beings smear blood over the face of the body and dance in a circle before they pull a gray blob with Bob's smiling face from the chest of the body. A terrified Ray hightails it out of there and calls Phillip Jeffries.

* PhoneBooth: An empty old fashioned phone booth stands next to the convenience store. None of the woodsmen seem to enter the booth.

The [[Recap/TwinPeaksS3E07 recently escaped]] Ray Monroe and Bob-possessed Cooper doppelgänger are fleeing in a car with South Dakota license plates, when they stop so that Ray can urinate. The Cooper doppelgänger pulls his gun on Ray, but it only clicks when he fires, and Ray shoots the doppelgänger in the chest. Dark translucent beings with matted beards tear into the body of the doppelgänger as Ray stands transfixed. The beings smear blood over the face of the body and dance in a circle before they pull a gray blob with Bob's smiling face from the chest of the body. A terrified Ray hightails it out of there and calls Phillip Jeffries.

* MagicalSecurityCam: The giant watches the explosion and emergence of Bob on a screen, using footage the viewers have already seen.

* BeardOfEvil: The woodsmen have straggly matted facial hair.

And here is where things get, shall we say, odd.

* SpecialGuest: Music/NineInchNails plays at the Roadhouse.

** We see the word "fire" on BOB!Cooper's phone.

** Many of the lyrics in ''She's Gone Away'' as performed by 'The' Music/NineInchNails foreshadow a number of events in this episode.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Ray let's 'Cooper' know that he believes the numbers he has memorized are worth a whole lot of money.

** Ray talks to Phillip Jeffries on the phone, despite [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000309/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 David Bowie's]] death in 2016.

** During [[Recap/TwinPeaksS3E03CallForHelp episode 3]], Gordon Cole had a large print behind his desk in his Philadelphia office of what appears to be an old black and white photo of the mushroom cloud seen in this episode.

[[caption-width-right:350:This is the water. This is the well. Drink full and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes and dark within.]]

-->"I saw something in Cooper. It may be the key to what this is all about."
--->'''--Ray'''

We see a desert landscape on July 16, 1945, in White Sands, New Mexico, at 5:29 AM (MWT). A voice counts down from ten, and a bright light flashes. A small mushroom cloud is seen in the distance as "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" plays. The camera soars over the New Mexico landscape until the screen is filled with smoky bursts and buzzing flickers.

!Non-trope items:
* [[Fridge/TwinPeaksS3E08 Fridge Items.]]
* [[Trivia/TwinPeaksS3E08 Trivia Items.]]
* [[YMMV/TwinPeaksS3E08 YMMV Items.]]

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