Howdy, valued listeners! Welcome to our new regular post day, Thursday, a loving nod to the Peaks’ regular night back in the day. Here’s our hot take on the cold fish that is Season 2, Episode 11, “Masked Ball”—and we even found a few things to like! We’re cockeyed optimists like that. Jonathan covers what’s not working in this episode; Damon highlights characters haunted by their pasts; Jennifer shines a light on what did work; and Colin uses these doldrums to think about supernatural TV. In the Twist, we start to examine the show’s treatment of the character Denise Bryson (David Duchovny). LISTEN: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | BuzzSprout | Spotify | RSS | and more! S2, E11 NOTES:  Duwayne Dunham (episode director) Barry Pullman (episode writer) Dan O’Herlihy (1919-2005, Andrew Packard) Tony Jay (1933-2006, Dougie Milford) James Marshall (b. 1967, James Hurley) Wendy Robie (b. 1953, Nadine Hurley) Annette McCarthy (b. 1958, Evelyn Marsh) John Boylan (1912-1994, Mayor Dwayne Milford) Luke Perry (1966-2019, Beverly Hills 90210’s Dylan McKay) Cousin Oliver Syndrome (television trope of adding a precocious child actor, sometimes considered a subset of Jumping the Shark) Charlotte Stewart (b. 1941, Betty Briggs) David Duchovny (b. 1960, Agent Denise Bryson) The X-Files (1993-2002, Fox TV series, starring David Duchovny, featuring sci-fi themes) Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75, ABC TV series with supernatural themes) Darren McGavin (1922-2006, beloved American actor) Dark Shadows (1966-71, ABC TV series, gothic soap opera) The Twilight Zone (1959-64, CBS TV series focusing on the supernatural) Dr. Who (1963-89, 2005-present, BBC TV series) Tom Baker (b. 1934, English actor known for, among other things, portraying The Fourth Doctor) “Meglos” (1980, 4-part episode of the BBC’s Dr. Who) Cisgender (also “cis”; gender identity descriptor where one identifies with their sex assigned at birth) Complete notes at our website: BackToTheDoubleR.com!