Season 3, Episode 12

Because “Twin Peaks” doesn’t take place in the “real world” per se, it’s been fascinating in this revival to see just what aspects of modern life David Lynch and Mark Frost see fit to include in their story. I’ve already mentioned the unusually futuristic computers in the otherwise retro Twin Peaks police station; but throughout the series so far there’ve been more conventional signs that it’s taking place in the 2010s. The Double R Diner now touts its “RR2GO” service, for example; and at the Great Northern, Ben Horne is taken aback when he receives Agent Cooper’s old room key in the mail, because the hotel hasn’t used metal keys in years.

Along those same lines, early in this week’s episode, Sarah Palmer is at the store buying the ingredients for what’s going to be a very potent pitcher of Bloody Marys when she gets thrown off by the assortment of fancy jerkies behind the counter. Meanwhile, behind her in the shot, there’s a sign advertising “Artisan Bread,” and a shelf containing Jim Beam’s high-end small batch bourbon Knob Creek.

In other words: Sarah, who once upon a time was an upstanding housewife from one of the most prominent families in the quaint, resolutely American town of Twin Peaks, suddenly realizes that she’s living in a community that’s become fashionable, up-to-date and taken over by the young. And it freaks her out.

That’s not the only thing bothering Sarah, of course. She has a long history of psychic disturbances, dating from the original run of “Twin Peaks.” Later, when Deputy Chief Hawk Hill stops by to check on her, Lynch makes sure to show the Palmer house’s ominous ceiling fan, which spoke menacingly to Laura Palmer in the movie “Fire Walk With Me.” And while Hawk’s at the doorstep, he hears an unexplained noise in the house that Sarah waves off as just “something in the kitchen.” Clearly, all is not well there.