r/twinpeaks • u/dumbugg • 1d ago
Season 2 Just watched this again...
And God dayum does Albert knock the delivery out of the park!
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u/VaskaElGato 1d ago
Glad they went this route with his character. Initially he was plane jerk
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u/IcedThatGuy 17h ago
Exactly how I felt. Miguel Ferrer was certainly type-cast as the antagonistic asshole around this time, and I adored that they flipped it on its head and gave him a real interesting character to play with.
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u/LeicaM6guy 15h ago
I can only assume youāre referring to the actorsā role in Night Flyer, the mid-1990s horror movie about a vampire with a pilot license.
Seriously. That was a real movie he starred in.
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u/fredlikefreddy 2h ago
hahaha it really comes out of no where too he's being a prick and this scene too
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u/TheAbsurderer 1d ago
While the episode is written by Robert Engels (who is the only writer credited for it), Mark Frost wrote the speech when he did the final draft. Some of his finest work. And Lesli Linka Glatter directed it so well.
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u/woodsdone 1d ago
Albert is one of my favorite characters - mostly because I love the idea of a pacifist who is also an asshole
With that being said, has anyone else found it weird when Albert used a gun in The Return? Kinda takes me out of it a little. Minor quibble but still
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u/IcedThatGuy 17h ago
I feel like he must carry and operate a weapon as an agent of the Bureau. But he only uses it once and itās to protect his fellow agents. He doesnāt even produce a weapon at the finale, I donāt think. You raise a good point, but, for me, it doesnāt hurt the character.
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u/rexpistols 1d ago
Anyone else watch this yelling "just kiss already!!!"
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u/Charles_Deetz 1d ago
I return regularly to this clip on Youtube, as well as Radio Raheem's Love/Hate soliloquy from Do the Right Thing. Both rough characters with focused, loving outlooks.
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u/SunKing210 15h ago
I love that the next time we see Albert after this speech, Sheriff Truman immediately goes over to him and they just share a great big hug with giant smiles on their faces!
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u/CrumbledFingers 1d ago
This is actually a batshit crazy philosophy in reality though. Purely idealistic, and easy to say when you have the power of institutionalized control over violence backing you up ("I am the FBI"). We shouldn't glorify violence or retailation as such, but when we are confronted by violence sometimes violence is the most appropriate retaliation. It's telling that he follows Gandhi but not Guevara, King but not Malcom.
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u/dumbugg 1d ago
I agree! I'm a Malcolm X over MLK guy. Violence is the only path to legitimate change (sorry Albert)
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u/CrumbledFingers 1d ago
I wouldn't say it's the only path, just that anyone with sense should be willing to use it if necessary, like censorship or even war. It would be nice to live in a world where these tools never needed to be used, but we don't, and the path from here to there becomes impossible if we deny that they are ever appropriate
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u/Previous_Spinach_168 15h ago
I saw this monologue on a bumper sticker a few months ago. I had to creep up real close to the car in front of me to read it bc it was in such tiny text but I just about screamed when I realized what it was. Hands down the best bumper sticker Iāve ever seen.
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u/IcedThatGuy 16h ago
This is such an interesting scene to me. I could write a full analysis on it (but Iāll try not to)
Iām sure everyone can agree that this character turn for Albert comes out of left field, and it is both so awesome and still quite confusing. On one hand, Albert does nothing but actively antagonizing Sheriff Truman with every word he expresses, and this turn makes no sense for someone who does that.
On the other hand, we see in Fire Walk With Me, that agents interactions with local law enforcement are usually hostile and take an intense amount of work to cut through to get the job done. I feel Albertās active assault of words is a defense mechanism, and until this scene, he pegged Truman as more of the same.
My question is why? Albert was literally antagonizing Truman right up until he squares up for another punch. Only then does Albert break and reveal his āhatchmanā perspective and then tells him he loves him. Why does Albert express himself this way? I feel the obvious answer is ābecause Lynch (or Frost/ the writing team) wanted to do it this wayā but from a character perspective, why do you think Albert does this? Iād love to hear others perspectives on this.
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u/Eric-HipHopple 16h ago
My guess is that Albert's "strange and difficult path" is one in which he is constantly fighting a battle between his natural self (an asshole) and the better person he knows he needs to be (knowledge gained from being part of Blue Rose and understanding the threat to the world from true evil, while seeing that victory in that fight means emulating good people like Gordon Cole and Dale Cooper).
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u/IcedThatGuy 12h ago
Good point. As I was writing, I realized I kind of answered my own question: itās easier for him to be an asshole, and maintain his defense mechanism than it is drop his guard and accept that Truman is worth giving a chance. Itās when Truman corners him that Albert is forced out of his shell and admits what he really feels.
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u/ryanjj16 1d ago
Iāve never quite been able to grasp the nobility of being a nonviolent asshole and so this scene has never really worked for me.
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u/Noobeater1 1d ago
Consider the idea that this supposed battle between violence and non violence is a battle between two sides, both of which see as vitally important and worthy of certain sacrifices, and yet is not simply good versus evil. Maybe this reflects whatever conflict exists between the white and black lodges? Not 1:1 but the lodges also don't seem to be simply good v evil
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u/EleventhTier666 1d ago
Albert's path is a strange and difficult one.