Part eight of Twin Peaks: The Return is officially the weirdest television ever made, but will that stop our team doing their best to describe what just happened? Absolutely not.

There's a double cross, a chorus-line of charcoal men acting as paranormal paramedics. Atoms are split and minds are blown. Finally, we see a phallic creature emerge from an egg. It is a cockroach? Is it a frog?

No! It's a cockfrog!

Links:

• Manichaeism — a system of belief based on the duality of good and evil
• J Robert Oppenheimer — father of the atomic bomb
• Buffalo Nickel

Part seven of Twin Peaks: The Return sees the discovery of missing pieces that shed a light on the mystery of Laura Palmer's death. Andy does some police work (almost). We say farewell to Dr Hayward (via Skype), and say hello to some dirty, dusky woodsmen.

Critically, Diane meets Mr C but she is not convinced of his identity. He is missing something where his heart should be.

Ike might be good with a spike, but when he has a gun - he ain't no match for Cooper and Janey-E.

And finally: Ben! I'm so high!

Part six of Twin Peaks: The Return sees Janey-E putting some Vegas loan sharks in their place, while Cooper receives two pieces of sage advice: wake up and don't die.

Hawk finds the missing pieces he's been searching for, plus we finally see the face of a very familiar and well-loved character.

Links:

• The Dharma Bums — by Jack Kerouac
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance — by Robert M Pirsig
• Pugilist — definition
• The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes — by Mark Frost
• Welcome to Twin Peaks: An Access Guide to the Town — by David Lynch, Mark Frost and Richard Saul Wurman
• The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer — by Jennifer Lynch
• The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel — by Mark Frost
• The Cruel Sea — a band fronted by Tex Perkins
• Beasts of Bourbon — another band fronted by Tex Perkins
• Don, Tex and Charlie — yet another band fronted by Tex Perkins

Part five of Twin Peak: The Return shows us what happens if you're a casino manager who has 29 jackpots occur on his watch. The world's least effective assassins blow up Dougie's car along with some unwitting car thieves. Dr Jacoby is hosting his very own conspiracy vodcast, and Bad Cooper finally gets his phone call.

But the question still remains: why won't anyone call Good Cooper an ambulance?

Links:

• Windswept — by Johnny Jewel
• The Salish Lodge — aka The Great Northern Hotel

Part four of Twin Peaks: The Return sees good Cooper reunited with coffee, his new foster family and a sack full of his casino winnings. Bobby Briggs is still looking for drugs, but this time as a cop. Bad Cooper finds himself in jail when the contents of his trunk show he is a very sick individual. Plus Wally Brando rides in to Twin Peaks pay his respects.

Links:

• Travesty — Origin

Part three, and good Cooper is transported to yet another waiting room where time moves in even more peculiar ways. He makes his way out using the power of electricity and experiences his nativity on earth as a new-born being. It's enough to make bad Cooper sick.

Links:

• Nativity — A pre-existing entity is brought to life on earth as a new-born being.
• Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity — by David Lynch
• The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel — by Mark Frost
• Donut Disturb — Free download of Hawk's sign

Part two sees the events in Buckhorn, South Dakota start to piece together. Plus now the ground rules are laid for good and bad Cooper: one must return to the Black Lodge in order for the other to leave.

Links:

• Tommy Wiseau — Tommy Wiseau is the genius(?) behind the cult movie classic: The Room.
• The Room — The hilariously worst movie ever made.
• Haptodysphoria — The odd sensation felt by certain people when handling peaches, velvet or other fuzzy surfaces
• Twin Peaks Rewatch — A terrific podcast that not only covers Twin Peaks: The Return, but also all of the original episodes from series one, two and the pilot.

Part one of Twin Peaks: The Return is in our sights this week.

Links:

• The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel — by Mark Frost
• Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks — by Brad Dukes
• The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer — by Jennifer Lynch
• Your complete guide to rewatching Twin Peaks — by Margaret Lyons (via The New York Times)