%0 Journal Article
%T Cult TV Revival: Generational Seriality, Recap Culture, and the ¡°Brand Gap¡± of Twin Peaks: The Return
%A Matt Hills
%J Television & New Media
%@ 1552-8316
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1527476417742976
%X By exploring one case study of a cult TV revival after decades off-air¡ªTwin Peaks: The Return (Showtime, 2017)¡ªthis article defines and then focuses on generational seriality. I consider how the gap of twenty-six years between 1990s Twin Peaks and The Return has impacted on its resurrection by reading new Twin Peaks for its representations of aging and loss. I further consider how fantastical connotations of dementia via the figure of Dougie Jones/Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) generate a ¡°brand gap¡± between new and old Twin Peaks. Finally, I address how recap culture has shaped The Return¡¯s generational meanings, separating out ¡°good¡± subscription TV Twin Peaks from its U.S. network TV predecessor and ¡°quality TV¡± contemporaries. Although recappers have suggested that Twin Peaks: The Return represents the defeat of TV recap culture, The Return remains equally gothic¡ªmarked by doppelg£¿ngers and others¡ªin its Showtime text and its recaps
%K Twin Peaks
%K David Lynch
%K cult revival
%K quality TV
%K seriality
%K generation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527476417742976