(I’m working on a first-time watch of Twin Peaks and I’ve finally made it to Fire Walk With Me.)

Is this what David Lynch always wanted Twin Peaks to be like? Was Mark Frost holding him back? Did they just decide to go with what the 18 certification would let them get away with? All of the above?

The show has its moments of real nightmarishness (especially season two) but it’s dialled all the way up here. Sheryl Lee, given such short shrift in the TV series, is given so much more to do here and she handles it beautifully. A thoroughly demented, fragile performance.