When I was a lot younger I watched Twin Peaks for the first time, and enchanted with the pies and coffee, my younger self decided "he kinda liked it". That's it, just "kind of". I actually found the story to be confusing, the solution of the "Who killed Laura Palmer?" mystery a complete bullshit, and I thought the ending of the second season - yeah, that one - was weird and uncalled for.

A few years later, I decided to finally give a go at rewatching it and also trying "the return". Now, while I did enjoy season 1 and 2 a lot more at this moment, I felt that most of season 3 was weird... "where the hell was cooper? I want to see more of twin peaks! There are no pies and coffe in this... this isn't twin peaks...". This is what I thought up until the final scene.. the one that still haunts me to this day. This is not about this one moment though. No, it really isn't, it's in fact about a much minor and and specific scene that happens... I think in episode fifteen? sixteen maybe? It's been a few years, I'm not so sure anymore. Well... what is this mysterious scene that made feel so much? Let's get into it!

I must ask for a little of patience here. It's been a few years since I last watched the return, so NO, I don't remember the details of the scene, what led to it and what not. I could just rewatch the episode to remind myself about these facts, but here's the thing: I think the way I'm doing right now comes straight from the heart. It's not a technical analysis of the scene nor anything like that, I just want to share with y'all a moment that makes my stupid heart warm and my mind to flow peacefully.

The entirety of Twin Peaks 3 is very bleak. It's raw, depressing and I believe focus on how violent the world had become after the 90s.It's a very heavy watch, because as opposed to it's first 2 seasons, this one makes a point of having little to no pies and coffee, the symbolic chain of love in Twin Peaks. In the scene there are a few characters. Two gangsters and criminal assholes, three waitresses in a pink, "sexy-showbusiness-like" outfit, and of course, Special Agent Dale Cooper. It warms my heart how Lynch manage to bring out what's the most beautiful about someone in moments so naturally out of place... This one scene of the return made me rethink the entire show, and finally notice, that...

Cooper just asked these guys to bring him back to Twin Peaks. He explained the whole situation about how he is an FBI agent that disappeared for 25 years and how he needs a ride. At this moment, one of the gangsters gently explains Cooper that... well, they aren't very welcome by the FBI, police and whatnot, so dropping Cooper at a Police Station in a small town they knew nothing about seems kind of difficult. Thank God for creating David Lynch, for just reminding about the next words spoken in this scene make me a little tear-eyed... such an innocent moment in this fucked up show... It's beautiful. Cooper tells them - and I'll quote him here cause I wanna get the phrase right: "I read you 100%.Friends, that's about to change. I am witness to the fact, that you both... have hearts of gold." Followed by Candie, one of the waitresses, which says, in a dreamy state: "They do. They really do."

This is it. This is my favorite scene from the whole show. No, I'm not exaggerating, and no I am not saying this without really thinking about it. It is such a simple moment, such an innocent, beautiful exchange of kindness from everyone in that car. All of them with very fucked up lives too. You'd think the gangsters would immediately turn on Cooper for being an FBI agent, and you'd think the waitress would be indifferent to the whole situation since, well... her job must suck and her employers must be assholes behind the scenes, right? No. She actually did believe they had hearts of gold and was not affraid to say it. It's so beautiful. There is no irony here, there is not a cynical opposite way to view this scene... it's just plain kindness. Human kindness. And that's where Twin Peaks shines the most for me.

I do believe in kindness and in good people. As fucked and terrible as my life has been recently I will never stop believing this. Kindness moves the world, or at least, moves MY world. Thank you for your time.