It was expected with the passing of the great David Lynch back in January, but now series co-creator Mark Frost has officially confirmed it – there will be no more “Twin Peaks”.
Shortly after Lynch passed, Frost indicated he was going to take time to reflect before making any decisions about the show’s future. Well, that time has passed with Frost indicating in a new interview with Empire (via ComicBook.com that the show’s time is done:
“We had talked a little bit about where a fourth season might go, but with David having left us, it’s hard to imagine doing anything beyond this. It certainly feels like it closed the circle.”
Frost also took the time to discuss how he and Lynch decided to end 2017’s “Twin Peaks: The Return,” the 18-episode revival season which was itself landmark TV in its own right and closed out one of the TV medium’s most iconic and groundbreaking works.
The entire final episode plays out very much like a David Lynch film, and the final few minutes remain haunting with Cooper asking the question “what year is this?” before Sheryl Lee looks at the house, her face filling with terror and letting out an utterly primal scream as the houe lights go out and we cut to black. Frost says:
“Initially, David and I were in two minds about how to end The Return. I felt that Cooper going back and rescuing Laura, then having the mystery of her death disappear, might be an extraordinary way to bring us back to ground zero. But David said, ‘He has to pay a price for what he’s tried to do.’ Sheryl Lee was incredible. This is the moment when the full horror comes back to this poor soul; it’s the price Laura Palmer pays for Cooper’s attempted good deed. That was the end of this story.”
Talks over a fourth season of “Twin Peaks” had taken place with Lynch despite his health struggles, but no firm plans were ever made. Frost and Lynch own the rights so don’t expect a reboot either.
