This week the Internet’s nerdometer nearly busted when it was confirmed that David Lynch’s cult series Twin Peaks will be returning to television for nine episodes in 2016, thus fulfilling Laura Palmer’s prophecy in the show’s final episode, which aired in 1991: “I will see you again in 25 years.”
While Lynch and series co-creator Mark Frost have remained mum on which characters will return or the direction the show will take, one thing is certain, fans will be falling over themselves trying to prove their Twin Peaks devotion and knowledge to anyone who will listen or tolerate their Facebook feed. But if you really want to stand out from slobbering hordes, declaring that the series jumped the shark after Laura Palmer’s murder was solved just won’t cut it. Here are a few gems to drop so you can increase your Twin Peaks clout.
• Yeah, dressing as the Log Lady for Halloween is soooo 1992.
• I haven’t been able to have coffee or pie since the series ended.
• Forget Laura Palmer. You know who I really felt bad for? Ronette Pulaski... which is also the name of my band, by the way.
• Dr. Jacoby is the reason I became a psychiatrist.
• Have you met my four-year-old son, Windom Earle?
• Like wind through the trees, man, like wind through the trees.
