Jane Levy of “Suburgatory” fame plays another of the Twin Peaks kids, who watches in horror at the Bang Bang Bar as a friend gets molested by a defiant, cigarette-smoking stranger. Here we get a new batch of fresh faces to watch decay. One of the major motifs of “Twin Peaks” has been the corruption of youth. Steven and Becky may be related to Shelly Johnson through her marriage to the no-good drug-dealing wife-beater Leo Johnson. The most notable new additions are Caleb Landry Jones and Amanda Seyfried, playing Steven and Becky Burnett, two coked-up young Twin Peaks residents whose libertine ways and difficulties with adult responsibilities recall one of the major themes of the original series. (The other faithful viewer we see? That pot-dealing old hippie Jerry Horne, naturally.)
Lawrence Jacoby’s conspiracy theory webcast, during which he hawks his gold-painted shovels. Robert Knepper and Jim Belushi also have one brief scene together, where they clobber the supervisor at the casino where Coop won over 30 jackpots in a row.Įven the old “Twin Peaks” weirdo Nadine Hurley (still played by Wendie Robie) appears as one of the faithful fans of Dr. Tom Sizemore pops up as Anthony Sinclair, a Lucky 7 Insurance agent and colleague of Dougie Jones, who lies at a staff meeting about the company needing to pay off a claim (at least according to Agent Dale Cooper, who’s tipped by the green flame he sees while Tony’s talking).
By now, anyone who cares about “Twin Peaks” has had time to digest the mysteries, absurdities, and brain-busting oddities of parts one through four, which may make the “here’s a bunch of new scenes” approach of this week’s episode easier to process.Īs with Episode 4, what’s most immediately notable is the preponderance of guest stars and returning favorites. It’s hard to say exactly why Showtime made four hours of “Twin Peaks” available online two weeks ago and then made us wait so long to see more, but the network’s strategy may have benefited the series’ fifth chapter, which is by far the most disconnected to date.
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