This old 'Twin Peaks' quote could be a big clue to where the new Season is headed

A throwaway line from the original 'Twin Peaks' could reveal a big clue about the new Season.
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Warning: Contains spoilers for the first four episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return.

Trying to decipher Twin Peaks is like trying to work out the origins of the universe, or to solve the meaning of life.

It's so damn cryptic and mysterious that sometimes you start to wonder if director David Lynch himself even knows how the whole thing is going to pan out.

Still, that doesn't mean we can't at least try and make predictions.

Twitter user @loweees shared the following snippet of dialogue from the original Twin Peaks, on Tuesday night:

It seemed like an almost throwaway line at the time, but judging by the first four episodes of the new Season, it's going to be pretty crucial.

In Part 1 of Twin Peaks: The Return, a now grey-haired Deputy Hawk gets a call from the Log Lady. Her log has a message for him:

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The scenes between Deputy Hawk, Andy, and Lucy have been fairly comic and ridiculous so far — but it's looking likely that they could be building up to something bigger.

As Lucy says in response to Hawk in that scene: "But Agent Cooper is missing ..."

Maybe, as Cooper first hoped all those years ago, Hawk will be the one that comes to find him ...

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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