Watched all 4 episodes. I love how David Lynch has zero respect for the audience's time and patience. It's beautiful.
Really, this is Lynch at his Lynchiest. I'm assuming there were several talks where the Showtime execs were like "David, we can't air this. This is television, not MOMA" and Lynch was like "Bitch, contract lets me do what I want" and the execs be like "Fuck..."