Should the Twin Peaks Missing Pieces Count In Season 3?

The Twin Peaks movie had a ton of deleted scenes.

Should they be canonical to the upcoming revival?

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Mehad always been a case of what could have been.

It was deemed nonsensical by casual viewers and confusing by even the most hardcore fans.

Part of this was attributed to the limited runtime Lynch was given for the film.

While shooting well over five hours of material, it was eventually cut down to just over two.

Whole plots and characters, many featuring fan favoriteTwin Peakscharacters, were left on the cutting room floor.

This cut material became something of a holy grail toTwin Peaksfans.

The search was finally over.

Fans rejoiced and gobbled up the new material like a whole cherry pie.Twin Peakscould finally be put to rest… Not long after word came that a new season ofTwin Peakswould be coming out on Showtime.

Fans once again rejoiced, but that also quietly madeThe Missing Piecesless special.

The whole appeal of the deleted scenes was that they were one last trip toTwin Peaks.

But areThe Missing Piecesmore important than that?

Could they actually have a bearing on the third season?

Should they be considered canonical right alongside the movie and the original TV series?

For many of the scenes, it doesnt really matter.

They slowed down the story and, in many cases, didnt add anything to it.

Well probably see Cooper talk to Diane again.

Well probably see Norma running the RR Diner again.

Other scenes are more complicated because they do add to theTwin Peaksmythology.

Anything withPhillip Jeffriessheds light on who the hell Judy is.

But I dont think they should be.

Look, I love those fleeting images as much as the next fan.

The world of possibilities with that nurse stealing the ring alone excites me as aTwin Peaksfan.

I know some people reading this may be up in arms at that statement.

All TRUETwin Peaksfans have seen the deleted scenes by now!

Im sure they have, but casualTwin Peaksfans havent.

Think about it, the deleted scenes arent legally available for streaming.

Netflix wont autoplay them after you watch the final episode of the series.

Theres no word of them airing on Showtime before the new series, unlikeFire Walk With Me.

You cant expect everyone to go out and buy the Blu-ray set.

Its just not practical.

So theseMissing Piecesreally should be relegated to what they always were, deleted scenes.

Theyre fun for fans but should have no bearing on the series going forward.

If you do try and count the deleted scenes as official, how would you even do that?

Do you just reedit the film to include them?

The most obvious of which is thePhillip Jeffriesscene at the FBI.

If you separate those two scenes, they lose their intended meaning in the film.

The imagery in the FBI scene is a big part of that.

Fun for fans but not required.

The Missing Piecesonly work without a season three.

They were the final goodbye to the characters we knew and loved.

The only unseenTwin Peakswe had left.

Now we get to reconnect with most of them again and go on a whole new journey.

Even if they do bend back sometimes.