Episode 1 • The Ring • Twin Peaks Analysis
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- Premier episode of Take The Ring, a Twin Peaks theory and analysis show. This video covers the history of the Owl Cave Ring, its role in Fire Walk With Me, and the theme of complete circles. #TwinPeaks #TakeTheRing #DavidLynch
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Like in the mythology that informs twin peaks and its structure, symbols have multiple meanings. The ring itself can represent the moon linked to Bob, whose nature appears to encompass various pan-like elements as well as those of a werewolf, it can also represent a "portal" and the ring of sycamore trees that serve as one, it can link us to the gold orb used to create Laura in the first place a and, importantly, it links us to eternity and the depiction of time not just in Twin Peaks but in Lynch's work as a whole. In terms of the symbol, I always assumed this to be a mere pictogram of an owl, and given its link to the owl cave this is probably in part the case, now it's very clearly to me also a crude representation of "the devilish one", i.e. Judy. Particularly in seeing more focus on this malevolent spirit or one may even say a "god" in a sense in the books we see her as this mother of darkness figure that may even be a source of worship and obedience within the black lodge and its spirits. Given his apparently malevolent nature I would say this is true of the Arm, hence why Mike cut him off to purify himself when he saw the "face of god" (the fireman? or Laura Palmer even?), and his reference to wedding Bob perhaps links to what I have read about this Babylonian demon utug that wandered the Earth and who, if unified in marriage on Earth in female and male forms, would great a far more dangerous being. It appears Bob is closer to Judy that anyone, and we may even see a "marriage" from the start between them if it is the case that Judy inhabited Sarah all along, and that both spirits fed on the fear, pain and sorrow of that family and of their hosts. Before I even noticed the link between the owl cave symbol and Judy's image, I decided that in Fire Walk With Me Laura is actually killed in an act of ritual sacrifice in the end, and that this is ultimately the purpose the ring serves, with Mike's reasons for sabotaging Bob's plan still being somewhat ambiguous, and though more benevolent than the Arm, we still wonder if he is more concerned with saving others or with harvesting what Bob "owes him". Like any chthonic deity and deities in general though, he is naturally "grey" and ambiguous. We may look at Hades as a example of a god that was both worshipped and deeply feared. As the black lodge is the "mirror" realm or dark otherworld, it would be wrong to consider any beings that inhabit it as opposed to the white lodge to be entirely benevolent. Father Time (Chronos) and Hades are merciless figures. Evidently, so is Mike when he guarantees Laura's death that a more caring Dale tries to avoid by telling her to not take the ring.
I would say likewise the ring also has multiple functions, as it appears to alternately condemn people to ritual sacrifice, provide them with passage to the black lodge and signify servitude to Judy and a "membership" of the black lodge, depending on the context.
One thing that strikes me about the shot of The Arm trying to give Laura the ring in her dream is that the ring is placed directly over his right eye in the shot. I’m not sure if David had a specific intention with that or he simply did it for aesthetic purposes but it really adds to the shot nonetheless.
Pure Magic! Please don’t ever stop doing these!
Incredible production here and a great sense of clarity. Look forward to future episodes. I would recommend tagging Twin Peaks in the description or title because this video doesn't come up when I search for recent Twin Peaks videos.
will do! thanks for the feedback!
Both of your videos have been incredible. Keep it up!
The way mike delivers his lines is maddd
That intro is reason enough to like
These are really good dude. Please continue. You wade through so much trash on TH-cam, you're a breath of fresh air.
Cooper doesn’t want her to take the ring because he wants her to live, perhaps he believes that if she were possessed then that could be fixed. His goal is to save her, and his willingness to let evil in to do that is also what happens in episode 17 of season 3; they were suppose to destroy Judy, but Cooper and Diane wanted to take it a step further and save Laura, but in doing so they face the consequences, which is whatever the hell that reality they’re in is.
He apparently knows everything about Judy before he got trapped in the waiting room, according to Cole, and it seems reasonable that he knows how the ring works to some extend (in the return, which implies all he’s done sit frozen for all those years) he seems to know exactly what he’s doing until the very end. So him misunderstanding the ring doesn’t make sense.
that's an interesting perspective. I never thought of it that way, that if she became possessed there is still a chance to save her. thanks for the comment!
Thanks man, great video!
I never comment on TH-cam videos but I had to say please keep making these. Amazing videos so far!
Dean Allen thanks! appreciate it!
Brilliant video! I always just took Mike at his word that he had changed sides and wanted to stop Bob from killing people for selfless reasons.
The Arm and Mike seemed to use the pain and sorrow caused by Laura's death to weaken Leland's self control so that his increasingly erratic behavior would expose him as the killer.
Perhaps Laura's death was the only way to set Bob up for his ultimate defeat? What did happen to Bob in the alternate timeline Cooper created, anyway?
These are some of the best breakdowns I’ve seen on the series thus far. Great job.
Blown away by the production value. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your series
I am SOOOO glad I found your videos. They are amazing.
Wow, this is incredible. Please keep it up.
The most underrated twin peaks channel!!!! SO glad I’ve found this, and honestly astounded that you don’t have a larger following! 🤩
Your videos are amazing! Please keep up the great work!
Great Stuff !!!! Twin Peaks For Life !!! Keep The Vids Coming !!!
These videos are awesome! I've been on a David Lynch binge this month, and these videos are as sweet as a slice of pie.
The more Lynch you experience the more it all ties together, from the earliest work to the latest. Good analysis here and a nice clarification of some details.
Fantastic. I think you on to something. I'll be looking forward to seeing the next.
How does this channel not have a larger following? Your breakdowns of the show are the best I've seen. Simply amazing content.
Thank you!
You killed this. Keep it rolling.
Dude, these videos are brilliant and there wasn't really anything like this on TH-cam when I got into Twin Peaks 10 years ago. I hope to see more from this series of breakdowns and deep dives 👍
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That intro kills it man !!!!! Loved it, this video is epic and very well made. Well done and thank you. Another new subscriber here
This is excellent! Thank you for making these videos! Please keep it up. :)
Lovely stuff!
Perfect video!
I really needed this , please make more!
Awesome, awesome, thanks for that analysis!
Yeah great stuff man
Get this man more subs! Great quality!
Talking about circles, have you read "The Circular Ruins" by Borges?. There you'll find the time loops, the magician, the fire, the dreamer and the dream.
Thanks! Know about it, will check it out soon!
I'll check it out too ^_^ Thanks!
Very cool! Another interesting thing, most of the female characters in the new series, wear rings around a necklace. Except Carrie Paige, who wears a horseshoe on her necklace. ;)
Ian Ballard hmmm, that's fascinating. Never noticed! I'll have to pay more attention to that...
Some people think it's an Omega symbol instead of a horseshoe, if you place the symbol for alpha inside Omega and turn it upside down you get a symbol very similar to Judy's symbol.
Horseshoes are also symbols of luck. When worn like a U it catches luck, when upside down it is unlucky. Unfortunately Carrie had hers upside down.
This was terrific and I am sad I only just now found your channel.
Who’s the one person who disliked this? Honestly
Twin Perfect
Fantastic video!
The editing is really great, love the intro.
amazing video, so good at tying everything together! hope you continue :-)
By far the most comprehensive take on the world of Twin Peaks. Good stuff.
thanks!
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Amazing video! Thanks so much!!!!
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Love the intros especially
While I've followed you on Twitter, I'm finally catching up on your TH-cam videos, color me impressed
Jason Sowers we should do some videos together
GREAT JOB!
Damn good video!
this is so fucking dope. please don't ever stop. also - the intro is awesome 👍
just found this series. time for a binge!!! so excited
welcome
finished my binge. loved every minute, will defo come back and do it again
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This is fantastic thanks so much!
Outstanding research.
Now I have to rewatch the whole thing
wonderfully explained, even for TP veterans.
I smashed that LIKE button :)
Definitely subscribed. Great stuff!
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Twin Perfect is to this awesome channel as Cooper’s doppelgänger is to Cooper.
What does that mean
Thank you for the tremendous effort you put into your videos! They're much appreciated!! Has anyone put this on the twin peaks reddit yet?? we need to flood this channel with views and engagement!
Please do! I post on reddit sometimes but don't get a lot of traction. Any sharing, posting, etc is much appreciated! Thanks for your kind words!
you just got a new sub!
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Great video although my personal interpretation is a bit different. Bob has a deal with the Arm to torment Laura. Through her suffering the Arm gets garmombozia. Then Bob gets obsessed with Laura and wants to inhabit her, at which point she would no longer feel pain or sorrow, and hence be source of garmombozia. Arm wants to give her the ring so Bob can't possess her as he would get transferred to the Black Lodge. Seing ring on her finger he loses it and murders her. Cooper does not want Laura to get the ring as this is Cooper that is already on the plan to kill Judy, and they need Laura to do it (we know that time is not exactly linear in the Black Lodge/waiting room).
interesting viewpoint, never thought of it that way. thanks for the comment!
brilliant editing!
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Damn algorithm keeping me from the good shit for so long. I'm loving this series, I hope you stick around and make more 👍.
thanks! almost done with episode 4. look for it in about a month!
This is the fix i needed
I just finished the whole series and loved it but man was I confused lmao, thanks for these.
The one thumbs down is from Judy.
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Noir at its best, Subscribed✔
Well done.👍🍩☕
Very nice surprise,indeed! And thanx for all of that fact´s about the ring,which I forgot (shame on me,I have both great books from M.Frost and I obviously don´t get it all the details) and now it has more sense to me. Although I personaly understand after 3.s.TP that the ring is basically transportation device into the lodge/another place etc.
thanks for watching! that's why I made the video, to try and get all of the information in one spot. all of the details about the ring in the books are buried and hard to find, so hopefully this video helps people!
@@TakeTheRing Me,cerntainly does.:) Oh,and btw...what about name-don´t take the ring, instead this?:))) It would by more precise.;-)
@@michalslatina8004 that's what it was originally! but taking the ring sends you to the Black Lodge, and Laura does take the ring, and this series is like taking you on a journey through all the things Twin Peaks.
@@TakeTheRing Oh,I get it. But me personaly,I never take that ring!:) Sorry.:))) But,I like watching (of course) others in TP whoever does.
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Splendid quality. Thank you for this analysis. Any chance to see a list of music from this video? I would love to download these tracks. Also heard jazzy Sycamore Tree in ep.3. Is there a link maybe please?
I don't have a list at the moment. All music is snips from original series, FWWM and The Return soundtracks and show
@@TakeTheRing great hint anyway! I appreciate what you do, these analyses, and a lovely trip to twin peaks filming area!
Since Twin Peaks always seems to grapple with dualism, I always interpreted the ring as being one's ability to finally marry one's light (good) and dark (evil) sides. I'm not sure all of that works with the lore, but it's my take.
I like this take
@@TakeTheRing That it looks like an owl always seemed incidental to me. It looks more like a completed diamond between two peaks. TWIN peaks, perhaps lol
@@onlythequestion ha! I agree. I mean, it's referenced that it looks like an owl in the book and the image is in owl cave. but, it looks like an opening between two world's, between the two mountains
@@TakeTheRing One chance out between two worlds! I suppose our lives are something of a careful navigation between the peaks. Ah! Love this series.
In the return the cashier woman who givea dougie change to call for help is wearing the green ring as well i believe. And its the actress from they live meg foster
Hmm. I'll look into that, thanks! Meg Foster is also Evil Lynn in Masters of the Universe!
@@TakeTheRing hmm never seent it. I can they live and twin peaks being in the same universe haha
I wonder if the ring causing numbness is in reference to The Arm which MIKE cut off since it is worn on the left hand and also The Arm and MIKE both seem to offer the ring to people
Could Mike have another reason for wanting the ring on Laura's finger, maybe to insure she goes to the lodge after death?
Could be. Don't both Mike and his host want to stop Bob?
@@nebojsadurmanovic2268 mike make a pact with bob, i think the ring seals that agreement. Bob take souls and put sorrow in people to produce garmambozia. On the meeting sesion, one of the 'spirits' says "animal life" to justify this, like in nature, for example when, a lion kills a zebra to feed (they feed on garmambozia). I think bob broke that's agreement and stole all garmambozia for himself (he has the fury of his momentum, acting for himself), for that reason mike want to stop him. But you know, everything is very ambiguous ...
ps.: We will not talk about Judy... In fact, we will not talk about Judy AT ALL! ;)
Slight correction: the ring is made of Formica, not Jade. You can see the part of the formica table where the ring is cut from in Fire Walk With Me
I don't understand a lot of twin peaks but your vids are helping me A LOT. One question, is the Arm good or bad? I would love a good explanation of what exactly the Arm is. Or isn't? Thanks for your wisdom!!
I think The Arm and Mike are probably neither good nor bad. They're selfish and have their own motivations. Mike and The Arm want their creamed corn and don't really care about Laura in FWWM, but they also help Cooper in The Return because the Doppelganger being out has upset the balance of everything. I'll be exploring the Arm more at some point! Thanks for watching!
@@TakeTheRing wow!! Thanks for answering so quickly! Please keep making these Twin Peaks videos! I am subscribing to your channel right now ♥️
I find myself treating myself to this often.
How did you make the trump conection with the ring.i only have the first book?
It's kind of hinted at in both books. The Final Dossier it's a little more clear: Lana moved to NY, started sleeping with a real estate guy with bad hair, and Tammy says something like 'I wonder whatever happened to that guy?' - something like that ...
@@TakeTheRing thank you for exploring and expanding on that cool idea xx
Do more vids this shit is great
Hello, this looks very interesting, but before I listen to it I want to ask: Will this have spoilers from season 3 or should I wait til I watch that? I just finished Seasons 1 and 2 and Fire Walk With Me, but not Season 3 yet. Thanks :)
hey! yes, all my videos have spoilers for everything Twin Peaks as I try to include the whole universe in the discourse. maybe Episode 4 "The Town of Twin Peaks" doesn't have Season 3 spoilers, but I would wait to watch Season 3 before watching any of my videos.
Please check out the norse old symbols of Othala and The Valknut. Remember that in one of the first episodes of season one Norwegians was having a meeting at the Great Northern.
Islandic myths
Cool intro
Thank you for this thoughtful video! If the ring is one of three artifacts from the Lodges, what do you think the other two artifacts are?
great question! I have no idea, though it could be fun to speculate
@@TakeTheRing - It’s always fun to speculate; that’s what Twin Peaks is for! 😀 Seriously, your videos are great; I’d love one on this topic.
Speaking of speculation, this video has made me reconsider the murder of Teresa Banks. Originally, I thought Leland/BOB killed her just to protect Leland from her blackmail efforts, but now I think the ring might have something to do with it. Might BOB have wanted the ring to return to the waiting room to put it “out of play” while he worked on possessing Laura?
@@robertbusek30 interesting theory, never thought about it that way before!
I’m curious to know what happened to the rings they used as props. Who has them? I’d really like to know If any one has any info
The secret diaries made me think that it was Laura's strength that stopped BOB from being able to posses her, so resorting to killing her. That always stuck as beautiful and empowering in a way. Then in FWWM it felt like it was all the ring, which really took away what I'd thought the diary was trying to say. Am I wrong?
no, I don't think so. it is her strength for sure. the ring is more or less a symbol. meaning, it has a function (taking spirits to the red room) and it's part of the lodge beings deal with Bob. and we don't really know if Laura really knows what it means, but she puts it on maybe out of instinct? but she resists Bob until the end, she's a fighter, and the Diary book really, really fleshes all of that out. watch my Laura video!
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@@TakeTheRing Thanks, I've watched most of your videos (I watched this one last somehow). Yeah, I guess I can see the ring as more about taking bodies to the lodge after death, then its still about Laura's strength, ultimately. I'm just grateful that we got the Diary book because that is the best/most powerful piece of Twin Peaks work there is, I think.
I read in one analysis that the ring is not jade, but rather formica. I believe there is a scene where you see the arm set the ring on the green formica table which he had very specifically mentioned earlier. And when you look at the table just near where he lays the ring, you can see that an oval section of the table which is the exact size and shape of the green insert in the ring.
Now, I have no idea what the green formica table is supposed to be or supposed to symbolize, but from what I understand about Lynch, he wouldn't have the arm mention the table, it's material and it's color for no reason, as Lynch rarely does anything for no reason, and especially not from one of the most important characters in the show who has so few lines anyway. Nor would he deliberately have him lay the ring on the table, especially right next to a missing piece of the table that perfectly matches the green substance of the ring.
Again, I don't know what it means, but I'm sure it means something.
yes, this a popular theory and I plan on addressing this idea - the ring is going to pop up a couple more times as I do more videos. I like this theory a lot, but it's very speculative, in that you don't actually see the ring on the formica table. on the actual formica table, you see the small hole and the Arm says 'with this ring..'
in the Red Room, the table is a stone table and the ring is some sort of stone (jade in the novels). but yeah, in that Convenience Store scene, with Bob and the Arm, it makes sense that maybe the ring was formed from a piece of the table - especially since it seems to live on and keeps coming back to the table in the Red Room.
like I said, this is a theory that's been around for years. I definitely plan on mentioning it when I get to the Convenience Store part of my videos. thanks for watching my stuff and leaving a comment!
Lieutenant L. Ron Hubbard. Excellent! I often wondered how much scientology creeps out into the wild.
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So there were 3 artifacts with the Nez Perce, perhaps they were all rings with green inlays.
I'm fascinated by what those objects are as well. Could there be more than one ring? Is that how Lana took Milford's ring to New York around the same time the nurse took it off Annie's finger? Maybe that's why it pops up so frequently in history, because there's more than one? Great idea, thanks for the comment!
@@TakeTheRing Totally makes sense to me. Thanks for doing this awesome series. Put you right up there with Lost in the Movies.
have you seen the twin perfect theory? what you think about it?
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My theory, quite simply, is that Dale Cooper tells Laura not to take the ring because in fact that's not good Dale and he obviously doesn't want her to wear it
Doesnt the ring has the judy picture on it?
Lucid!
To me I hear "Once chance out between two worlds.." The only way to escape the illusion of this life is to fire walk spiritually.
Is any of the Meriwether Lewis story true, or pure invention by Mark Frost ? Couldn't find anything about it.
death is controversial, so Frost is playing with the murder/ring idea. pretty sure he was a mason though and that apron is his too. more on the death: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meriwether-lewis-mysterious-death-144006713/
I watch this video whenever i eat creamed corn
Can it be the stone on the ring "trinitite"? The glassy green residue that was formed with the Trinity nuclear bomb test, which also gave birth to Bob in the first place. Or maybe it is just a reference to trinitite. Just an idea :)
Wow, don't think I've heard that before! I like this idea very much. I refer to it as jade like the books, there's also the formica theory which I'll talk about in my Convenience Store episode ... I'll mention trinitite when talking about the bomb! Thanks man
@@TakeTheRing Wow, didn't think you'd read my comment! I haven't read the books and I acknowledge the fact that it indeed is formica but The Return added another layer on top of it in my opinion. There is a high possibility that I am over-reading this but that is why I love this show! Keep up the vidoes, and cheers!
@@dorukturkmen7063 there's a rumor that the nuclear blast was discussed possibly in the early stages of writing FWWM - that's why I like your theory even more. I'm trying to confirm that, would be amazing if true
Cream corn = pain and sorrow
Interesting.