becoming friends with...inland empire

Lynch, Loops & Losing Your Mind…Am I Watching a Movie or Having a Psychic Break?!!!??!

Three dudes. One Lynch film. Infinite confusion. This week, the boys accidentally watched Inland Empire and now they’re not sure if they’re still in it. What starts as a David Lynch discussion quickly dissolves into a full-blown metaphysical panic attack—screaming Laura Dern faces, cursed rabbit sitcoms, and at least one semi-serious theory involving Polish ghosts and haunted camcorders…all leaving the boys wondering if they’re all just characters in someone else's Inland Empire?

But first, there’s an hour of beautifully unhinged warm-up. The gang drifts through aging stoner reflections, weird body pains, local TV fever dreams, and snack-based existentialism. A mysterious VHS tape resurfaces—familiar to all, though no one recalls renting it… or returning it. Reality starts to wobble before Lynch even shows up.

Eventually, they tackle the film. They try to track the story, talk Lynch’s digital grime obsession, and praise Laura Dern for holding the whole surreal mess together with sheer force of will. But the deeper they go, the more unglued things get—time loops, emotional spirals, and Chris possibly merging with a lamp.

If you’ve ever found yourself barefoot in a dream version of your own house, holding a remote that doesn’t work while a woman sobs on TV and a laugh track echoes from nowhere—this episode’s for you. Press play, light up, and hope you come out the other side. It’s maddening, hypnotic, borderline nonsense—but it sticks with you. Wait…is that about this episode or the movie? You tell me, Bucky.