Cooper and Carrie face the house at the end of The Return.

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Dale Cooper

What year is this?

— Twin Peaks · 1990

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Even time has stopped being a dependable point of reference. Cooper’s bewilderment turns a destination into another unresolved threshold.

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At the end of The Return, Part 18, Cooper brings Carrie Page to the house he associates with Laura Palmer. The person who answers the door does not confirm his expectations. Outside in the dark street, he asks a question that exposes how uncertain his apparent rescue has become.

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