Since we first saw these teapot/percolator devices in the Mauve Palace/Fortress/White Lodge, I was reminded of old radios and parts thereof. They used to have those cylindrical or sort of bell-shaped chambers, I don't know if they were transmitters, or what.

The whole fortress looks like a giant old radio to me -- its exterior as well as details of the interiors, and the flying box in space Naido fell off of... The interior also looks like it could be some fantastic rendition of the insides of an electrical socket. (In Eraserhead there were little people living inside a radiator, after all.)

It's fun to see how we all got different impressions from the same imagery! :D It's also a testament to the richness of TP's aesthetics and set design IMO.

Absolutely! They look like transistors or something and that's why the mauve place felt like it was the inside of Cooper's tape recorder or Gordon's hearing device.

Nevertheless, in rewatching the first two full seasons and now hitting Season 3, we're noticing that soooo many names are used twice--from the obvious "Dougie" to the hidden "Hank", whom appears in the ramblings of Ruth Davenport's neighbor.

Hence I remain convinced that the mentions of "Billy" in Season 3 are supposed to be meta references to Billy Zane for Audrey's sake.

Very interesting watching these Season 2 episodes again and picking out what might be references.

I started listening to the "Unwrapped" podcast, their episodes about the early parts of The Return. When talking about Jacoby's golden shovels, they even say, "it's like something you would use for a groundbreaking ceremony." They don't point out that we see the Great Northern's groundbreaking footage in Season 2, and it looks like they may be using golden shovels. (It's hilarious hearing people's predictions for The Return back before we saw it all.)

It's also better re-watching Season 2 and being able to ignore the stupid story with James.

When John Justice Wheeler first enters Ben Horne’s office for a business meeting at ~16:30, just before the door opens, we hear someone speak offscreen. The words don’t appear in Netflix’s captions...

It sounds like someone could be saying “Geez Billy” or “Geez Milly.” Or maybe some offscreen director was saying “Say cheese Billy” and it got picked up. 

Hmmmmm

I think it was during the Milford wedding when my girlfriend said, "her log turned gold!"... After rewinding, we recognized that it was just the way the light reflected off it. Still, that's quite a quote to hear!! We still haven't even watched Part 8 of The Return.

Also, when Ben Horne is depressed after signing everything over to Catherine, he watches footage from the Great Northern groundbreaking ceremony. Though it's black and white, the shovels look particularly bright, as though painted with silver or GOLD!

Considering Ben's greater morality in the new season, perhaps one could say he finally shoveled his way out of the shi*.

Note not just the red cup, but also that Dougie-Cooper is wearing the same green jacket as Piotrek.