"Visual Reference" isn't really the right term. I couldn't think of a better term. Maybe a visual side-bar. It's like the bit with the kid dancing. That has nothing to do with the plot of episode and it's not even acknowledged during the episode. It's just a funny little bit that Lynch threw in...
I was noticing that as well and how amazing that machine worked so flawlessly.
I think that's David Lynch and how he directs things. He's very good at just keeping the camera on inanimate objects giving them life. There's a few scenes where he just focuses on the ceiling fan in Laura's house...
Pilot.
In the small logging town of Twin Peaks Washington a dead girl's body wrapped in plastic washes up near the house of local logger Pete Martell. Sheriff Harry Truman and Doctor Will Hayward show up to investigate and they identify the girl as local prom queen Laura Palmer. We're...
I usually judge our t.v. episodes like this:
10-Outstanding in every way, transends t.v. entertainment.
9-Excellent
8-Very Good
7-Good
6-Above Average
5-Average
4-Below Average
3-Bad
2-Very Bad
1-Dreadful, Awful.