Her cryptic prophecies and otherworldly wisdom serve asa cornerstone of the show’s surreal atmosphere.
They also encourage the viewer to speculate onTwin Peaks’questions and mysteries.
In David Lynch’s tour de force, Twin Peaks, time and reality are fluid and elusive.
Here’s Twin Peaks' primary & alternate timelines explained.
Its a puzzling decision, perhaps a genuine oversight but possibly due to audio volume differences.
Either way,this exclusion does a disservice to new and returning audiences.
Although viewing the Log Lady intros isnt essential, it undeniably contributes to theTwin Peaksexperience.
Lynch is notorious for not explaining away his work.
He granted only two interviews aboutThe Return, disregarding every query about the plot (Vulture).
On the DVD releases, theyre optional on streaming, theyre missing.
ThroughoutTwin Peaks, especially in season 2, events get increasingly off the wall.
Her commentary is the anchor.She doesnt explain the mystery awaybut, comfortingly, is always there.
Viewers watching without are missing the cozy nostalgia this evokes.
Margaret, despite being known as quirky, provides normalcy within the unsettling undercurrents of the plot.
TakeJosies bizarre exit fromTwin Peaks,for instance, her spirit being trapped in a drawer pull.
The Log Lady intro for that episode provides some much needed context:
“A hotel.
A drawer pull on the drawer.
A drawer pull of a nightstand in the room of a hotel.
What could possibly be happening on or in this drawer pull?
How many drawer pulls exist in this world?
Thousands, maybe millions?
Can a victim of power end, in any way, connected to a drawer pull?
How can this be?”
Margarets questioning about the drawer pull entrapment shows its not meaningless.
This arguably confirms that a characters fate passing through the Black Lodge depends on their spiritual development.
There is a depression after an answer is given.
It was almost fun not knowing.
Yes, now we know.
At least we know what we sought in the beginning.
But there is still the question, why?
And this question will go on and on until the final answer comes.
Then the knowing is so full there is no room for questions."
The Log Ladys contributions complete to that bigger picture of the why of all the events in the series.
Source:Vulture,Collider
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