11 Pop Culture Releases You Need to Know About in May

3. Twin Peaks

The ‘90s series has come back to television screens, with Showtime picking it up for a continuation (not unlike, one can’t help but think, Fox’s resurrection of The X-Files, which just snagged a renewal itself). Rather than talk in terms of episodes, Showtime’s press has instead emphasized its hour count: 18.

Here’s their explanation of how things will go down. On May 21, the first two hours will air, but then subscribers can watch the third and fourth hours immediately online, and then those same two hours will air the next week. After that, fans will only get one more hour a week.

That same press release also details what the series will look like. It’ll start 25 years after the events of the original two seasons. David Lynch has directed every single one of the new episodes, and yes, Kyle Maclachlan is back as Agent Dale Cooper. With art for the series featuring the tagline “It is happening again,” it seems like the town of Twin Peaks has probably gotten stranger since Laura Palmer was murdered.

Then again, was it even normal to begin with? The answer to that is “probably not.” Right now, you can catch the original two seasons on Showtime or on Netflix, just in case you want to start watching the next 18 hours alongside everyone else.