The ratings for The Return were not great, and this certainly wasn't a cheap series for Showtime to finance, so the idea of them throwing more money at Lynch and Frost, while potentially creatively fulfilling, might be prohibitively expensive. And then there's the business end to think about. If season 4 comes along, even if it takes a few years, that mystique will have vanished. Plus, some of the mystique would be gone – a big part of the hype around The Return was that the show hadn't been on for over 25 years, and we all wondered what Lynch and Frost would do with these characters we hadn't seen in decades. The ending of season 2 was legendary, and somehow season 3 managed to equal it if you ask me, The Return was something of a miracle, and I'm not sure they'd be able to recapture the same magic again. The Return was one of the most fascinating seasons of television I've ever seen, baffling and brilliant in equal measure. Its lows were incredibly low – like, "Why the hell am I still watching this?" low – but its highs were unlike anything the television medium has ever seen before. And that's not hyperbole: part 8 featured a Nine Inch Nails concert, a resurrection, and the birth of an evil spirit that takes place inside the atoms of a mushroom cloud caused by a nuclear bomb explosion.īut I'm not convinced we need to see more after The Return's absolutely haunting conclusion. Remembering Sheryl Lee's piercing scream in those final seconds still rattles my soul, and there's a circularity to that ending that allows viewers to form a closed loop in our minds, imagining similar situations for these characters playing out again and again. There certainly is no sense of urgency about it." We'll make the decision when the time is right. "It's something you have to think long and hard about.
A new season wouldn't just come together overnight, and Frost realizes the enormity of the undertaking: The third season (aka The Return) was a gargantuan effort that took more than four years to write – Frost and co-creator David Lynch wrote every episode, and Lynch directed the entirety of the new season – not to mention the organization it took to secure a sprawling cast and shoot the 18 new episodes of the series. Speaking with IndieWire, Frost teased the chance of more from the world of Twin Peaks: "I haven't decided yet. I think it's still an open question and it's one that we're looking at and one that I think Showtime is musing as well."
In a new interview, co-creator Mark Frost gave the latest update about his thoughts on whether or not we'll see a Twin Peaks season 4.
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
It just wouldn't be Twin Peaks without MacLachlan's Dale Cooper, so whenever season four happens, he'll be back for another damn fine cup of coffee – and won't need persuading.Earlier this summer, in the midst of the madness of Twin Peaks: The Return, Showtime president David Nevins told us that he wouldn't be having any conversations about a potential fourth season until after The Return wrapped its 18-episode limited series run.īut the show came to a mystifying and haunting end in early September, so now that possibility is being raised. Subtitles Twin Peaks (Rancho Rosa, Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return) TV Series, 2 Season, 36 Episode. I would drop everything to do that." Twin Peaks season 4 cast: Who's in it?
"I think we're all just waiting on David to have the spark of an idea to go forward.
"That could be 10 minutes, it could be 10 years."Īs of June 2018, star Kyle MacLachlan was maintaining that a fourth season was " certainly possible". "He will come to it, if he comes to it, in his own time. "David (Lynch)'s process is his own," Kyle MacLachlan has said has said. Swings and roundabouts.įor its part, Showtime has said it's " always open" to more Peaks, though it's clear there's no set return date. Still, that's better than the 25-year wait from Fire Walk with Me to season three. "It took me four and a half years to write and film this season," he explained of the third season. Twin Peaks season 4 release date: When we can expect it?Įven if Twin Peaks is officially renewed, we shouldn't be expecting it anytime before 2021 according to Lynch.