Chopping Wood Inside: A Twin Peaks Podcast

Blu-ray Review: Twin Peaks Season 3

Murph and Hawk drink full and descend into the new Twin Peaks Blu-ray, reveling in the mystery of Lynch's creative process, and throwing their conspiratorial minds to finding clues hidden in the 8 hours of extras. It's a beautiful thing, Buster!

The Dream Layer

Back from their sojourn in the Fireman's Mansion, Murph and Hawk burn the midnight scorched engine oil to discuss the crazy "dreamer" subplot in Part 17, and the series finale.

Between Two Worlds

Murph and Hawk spend a rousing hour unstuck in time between two worlds of our Twin Peaks Gods (Lord Lynch and St. Frost) to discuss where we go from here now that Frost has muddied the theoretical waters with The Final Dossier. Did time-travelling Cooper really retcon Laura's murder out of existence? Is our Cooper is "The Dreamer" Black Lodge theory still in play? Can both of these theories co-exist? Where does Hawk's "Laura is the ordained martyr theory" fall into this metaphysical jigsaw puzzle? Is Sarah Palmer the only Judy? Or is there an army of Judy Children wreaking havoc around the world? And could "the Judy's" ultimate mission be to bum rush every White Lodge portal on earth until it is so full of tainted holes that Earth becomes the Black Lodge and we get (gulp) a Bob-like demon wearing an Owl Ring as our fucking President??

The Final Dossier

Murph and Hawk spray two coats on a sprawling review of Mark Frost's new book The Final Dossier. Is this thing TP canon, or more like the ultimate fan fiction? Did Laura really not die now, for real this time? Will every character eventually end up in a mental institution? How many Pine Weasels did Ben Horne kill when building the Ghostwood Private Prison? Why was Diane's story redacted? Will Hawk ever deputize the Log? Who was Ray's contact in the Blue Rose Task Force already? And is Sarah the only character with the "Judy Face" or are there 11 more possessed bug children preparing to invade the earth in TP Season 4?

Series Rewind: Part 4

Your two favorite clown comics posit some yrev interesting new theories about the finale during a re-watch of Part 4: Did the Fireman send Laura to Peaks (in Part 8) to take out Judy? Did Coop foil the Fireman's plans by saving Laura, and rewriting history? Is Coop always one step behind the Fireman in his white knight duties? Do Wally Brando's eyes deceive him? Who really tricked Coop into Dougie-Land? Could Gordon be "the dreamer?" What's the meaning behind Mr. C's line "I've never really left home, Gordon?" at the end of Part 4? And what are the odds a Season 4 happens now that Frost and Lynch have BOTH dropped major clues?

Series Rewind: Part 3

Murph and Hawk plummet through the astral plane to search for more clues in a rewatch of Part 3: Did Laura really blow out the lights in the season finale? Is Sarah trapped in the Lodge now? Was Naido's house some kind of cosmic way station? Who tricked Cooper into that #3 portal ? Were Dougie's antics all just a Lodge trap? Is the American Girl trapped in the Lodge, too? And could Ronette have ultimately been the one who "'fell a victim" to Leland in that train car?

Stewart Strauss Interview (Woodsman #1)

Murph and Hawk welcome actor Stewart Strauss (our favorite Woodsman #1) to the pod to talk about how it felt to suddenly be the scariest dude on TV, his terrifying scene in the jail cell in Part 2, what it was like to work on the iconic Parts 8, 11, and 17, Stewart's memories of the "Gotta Light" scene, plus the singular experience of working with David Lynch's megaphone, as well as other great stories from his career like working with Travolta and Sly (Stallone) on the sequel to Saturday Night Fever.

Unified Lodge Theory 2

Murph and Hawk are back from shock treatments with new nuggets of lodge speculation: Who's winning the war between Judy and the fireman now that the series is over? Did we ever see the real Diane? Did Cooper dream up Frank Truman? Could Laura be trapped in her own dreamer loop, just like Coop's and Audrey's? Is the whole "Naido = Diane" thing just another lodge mind fuck for poor Cooper? Was Naido really Judy the whole time?? And can we all finally agree that Judy is the evil in the Palmer House, and probably the queen of the Black fucking Lodge??

Unified Lodge Theory

Murph and Hawk keep the theory train rocking with some new revelations on the series finale: Are we all living in a Black Lodge world? Is it Lodge realities "all the way down" for Cooper? Is everyone cool with Vegas, Season 1 and Season 2 not even happening? Does Laura's "I'm dead, yet I live" line mean she's trapped in Coop's Groundhog Day story, or does she have her own recurring story, and was it Odessa? Could there be an infinite number of Richard's running around the Cooper-verse trying to save an infinite number of Carrie's? And are they all destined to fail, fail. FAIL? And in the end, is Judy the architect of all possible timelines, including (gulp) ours??

Series Rewind: Part 2

Murph and Hawk rewind the time loop to offer their live commentary on Part 2: Were Phyllis and Mr. C doing the tulpa dance? Did Mr. C have Phyllis stage the creepy Ruth-Briggs crime scene? Why were the Woodsman so determined to kill Bill Hastings? Was Ray an FBI informant from Jump Street? What the fuck is Laura whispering in Coopers' ear?? Did Laura and Sarah ever take off their faces together? Is Coop stuck in 2 time loops: the Dopple-Coop loop and the Laura loop? Is the One Armed Man trying to wake him up with all those "future/past" lines? Does Hawk see red drapes every time he hikes to Glastonberry Grove? And is Lynch sneakily hinting at a Season 4 (in 4 years) with all these media interviews??