Also, a movie or TV show can be described a "dream," so when Cooper (when his face was juxtaposed in the sheriff's station) says that they are "living in a dream," that's true - they're living in David Lynch's dream.

Posted by: Nathan Duke

The Platters' "My Prayer" was used twice this season - once at the radio station, where the Woodsman rendered everyone unconscious and, finally, during the disturbing sex scene between Cooper and Diane.

Read the lyrics to the song, which describe "Twin Peaks" and Lynch's overall work rather aptly. Play along for a moment and pretend that a "prayer" could also be a "dream." In that case, perhaps, the dreamer is David Lynch.

Also - and I'm probably really late to the party on this one - I didn't realize that one of the Platters' names is.... David Lynch (!)

I made a thread earlier about the song being a message from Lynch, but great call on finding the band member's names!  I never thought about that.

I think I'm in the minority, but I loved the sex scene - that is, found it affecting and illuminating and powerful and aptly disturbing. Especially set to that song and all it invokes from that other horror. I'm surprised how many people basically reacted with, "Ick. Got really uncomfortable watching that." I thought it was a perfect and memorable illustration of this deep intimacy, already impossibly complex (which draws, if you want it to, even on Dern's and MacLachlan's history outside Twin Peaks), that's being warped before our eyes into something disconcertingly and painfully off. I really can't think of any scene that would set the stage so effectively for this unsettling new reality we've stepped into.