Cut. Mr. Belushi, do i need to bring you to the Principals Office . Director david lynch and why he kept this project so secretive. But first the nightline 5. Tried hard to quit smoking. But when we brought our daughter home, thavms it. Now i have nicoderm cq. Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Best thing that ever happened to me. Every great why needs a great how. Shoulders dont just carry pads, they carry a fans passions, hopes and dreams. And maybe the chance at greatness. Because shoulders were made for greatness, not dandruff. Number one in just 60 seconds. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. It could be a growing addiction. Potentially stunting the development of children. One doctor uses the term digital heroin to describe the compulsion to stare into screens for hours. Tonight youre about to see firsthand in familymade video diaries the devastating impact of digital obsession and the road to rehabilitation. Heres abcs Elizabeth Vargas. Reporter walk down any street, any mall, any hallway, everyone is bowing to their screen. Our devices are beeping, buzzing, begging us to swipe, like, love, tweet, retweet, send, reply, forward. But altal and christina from michigan think their 14yearold son josh has a real problem. They say he wont stop, cant stop, playing video games online. Whats a typical day in joshs life . Sleeping in till 11 00, 12 00. Then he would be on until like 1 00, 2 00 in the morning. 12 hours. Easily, easily 12. Yeah. Reporter josh says hes playing up to 60 hours a week. Josh has been in his room since 4 00, nearly five hours, gaming. Why didnt you just take the computer away . I dont understand. Because when we did take it away, there was a lot of problems in our house with his behavior. Reporter they confiscate the computer. Shut down the wifi. Even remove the router and lock it in the car. Junior respo josh responds by punching walls or worse. A lot of anger. Lots of anger. Emotional outbursts. Yeah. Sounds completely out of control. Yeah. It was. Josh, you need to get off. Okay. Duh. Reporter midnight. 1 00 a. M. 2 00 a. M. You know, its after 3 00. And i told you to get off at 1 00. Stop reporter josh is part of a growing trend happening all over the world. What some call digital addiction. A hotly debated topic within the scientific community. You have used the term digital heroin. Really . Digital heroin . Is it that bad . Maybe theres some shock value to that, maybe i am trying to shock parents to say, this is a potentially addictive device. Be careful. Reporter josh begins skipping school. I dont care about school. Reporter al and christina wonder if joshs brain can give them clues as to what is wrong. They take him for a functional mri as part of a new study by dr. David rosenberg. His theory, yet to be proven, is that excessive gaming may change brain activity. You press the response pad for the letter m. Reporter dr. Rosenberg highlighted areas in red he says represent brain activity involving memory, attention, and decisionmaking. Joshs brain scans are troubling. This is the brain Processing Center of the brain. There should be much more activity. There should be more red . More red. You looked at this and thought, this is a kid in trouble . This is a kid in trouble. Reporter his parents decide to take a drastic step. Its kind of stupid. I just play video games and i have to go to rehab for it . Reporter they send him into the utah wilderness and a program called unplugged at outback therapeutic expeditions. He and a group of boys will camp for weeks in this rugged terrain. There is no running water, no electricity, no screens. The only thing that glows in the dark, a campfire and the moon. Josh isnt the only one in need of intervention. But for this ohio family the problem isnt the kids. Its the dad. Chris was still playing video games so we ended up coming to the park. Reporter maria, 40 years old, attorney, mother of four. Shes not a single mother. It just seems that way. She has a husband, chris, aged 44. But on any given evening, he is down in the basement, taken prisoner by a pastime. Youre done. How many hours a day does he spend playing games . Hell take a whole saturday and go into the evening. From the time he wakes up to the time he goes to bed. So 18 hours . Possibly. Its 2 00 a. M. And i just checked in on chris. And hes still playing video games. Reporter ever since they got married, more than a decade ago, maria says chris is often a noshow for much of their life. Happy thanksgiving. Im headed up to our familys football game. Chris opted not to play with us. He is going to be playing video games instead. Reporter chris works in i. T. When he gets home from work, there is a little bit of family time. Its tough, okay, go ahead and read out the problem. Reporter before going downstairs to play video games. I keep returning as this machine gun guy, i play terribly as this dude. Do you think youre addicted to these games . Id say id say addiction is there. Reporter chris says hes considering cutting back. Quit for good . Never. I cant stop forever. That just seems like even though you know that it hurts your wife and your children . Yeah. Every next thing i say will sound more and more like a scared addict. Reporter chris and maria are hoping for a game changer. We arrange for a house call from therapist nick carderas, author of glow kids. My whole purpose is to find out where hes at on his addiction. Does he acknowledge it as a problem . Reporter the first assignment, get the video games out of the house for 90 days. Are you willing to take this opportunity . Not next month. Yeah. Ill ill step up. Ill try it. All right, here we go. Reporter while maria looks on, chris packs up his games and consoles. Weeks later, he returns to the basement at our request. I dont make it down here much. Its just kind of a place for the kids to play right now. Reporter visiting his former gaming closet triggers intense emotions. I was just tight in the chest. Its a little tough to think about even now. Its making me feel some feels right now. Reporter he documents his struggle to stay out of the game, day by day. On day two of this 90day detox, boredom, monotony, agitation. Reporter week by week. It is amazing. This probably is the first week gamefree in years. Years and years. Reporter slowly it gets easier. Chris is out of the basement and killing it in the kitchen. One morning, several days earlier, maria recorded another video diary, her birthday. Imagine the surprise when i came downstairs to this. He got me a gift and beautiful flowers and a really nice card. Im really feeling a lot of hope and just some happiness. Thanks so much. Yay. Reporter at unplugged, outback therapeutic expeditions in utah, josh shows me how he and the other boys live. Carrying their few belongings in a homemade backpack. Building shelter. Preparing meals. Nothing gourmet. Out here, Peanut Butter is a delicacy. How is that going to help you in life, do you think . Its an example, like my anxiety. At first it was super hard for me to hike. Reporter learning to overcome physical challenges here is a lesson josh can take with him and apply to life challenges back home. So youre learning to push yourself . Yeah. Are you worried at all about going home and falling back into your old habits . Yeah. Like ive had dreams at night where im just playing video games. Its kind of like scary when i wake up. Reporter after ten weeks unplugged in the wilderness, time to go home. I guess i can sleep on in a warm bed instead of on the ground in a sleeping bag. Reporter a big welcome in michigan. His computer has been safely locked away. Welcome home. You still smell like sage. Reporter his parents take josh for a followup brain scan with dr. Rosenberg. The mri results confirm his seemingly amazing transformation. What you can see here is, yeah, this is an oh wow effect. Same boy . Same boy. Before treatment, after treatment. What is that telling you . He was completely shut down. When we talked with him here, he was exuberant, a different child. Reporter its not the only change. Josh is happier. He feels taller. And with a new haircut, hes a different boy. That looks good. Reporter for nightline, im Elizabeth Vargas in michigan. Next, twin peaks returning to television after 25 years. How the cast and director went to extremes to keep the plot line secret. I sure had a lot to think about. What about the people i care about . Including this little girl. And what if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me . So i asked my doctor. And he recommended eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Both made me turn around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. If you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily. And it may take longer than usual for bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. Plus had less major bleeding. Both made eliquis the right treatment for me. Ask your doctor if switching to eliquis is right for you. 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February 24th. Entering the town of twin peaks. Reporter a place full of riddles wrapped in enigmas and sometimes earnestly cradling a log. My log saw something that night. Reporter the shows central mystery was the death of beauty queen laura palmer. And in a final twist in the plot, the very last words we hear from her in the final episode of twin peaks ill see you again in 25 years. Reporter now are coming true. Twin peaks is back for a third season, 25 years later. Sunday nights on showtime. We last saw you bloodied. Bl cackling with laughter. Yeah. Hows annie . Yeah, yeah. A great way to end. The longest cliffhanger in history. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, without question. Reporter the cast full of familiar faces plus a newcomer or two. As surprised as any of us to be reunited again. We met up with a few of them at the Lambs Club Bar in midtown manhattan. Im relieved after 25 years of pie two more pieces of this pie, mm. Youre not a diabetic . I know, i take my blood sugar every day. You must exercise a lot. Im happy i fit back in the suit. Reporter for those who werent watching back in the day, twin peaks was a cop drama like no other. Diane, im holding in my hand a small box of chocolate buddies. Reporter filtered through the mind of david lynch, twin peaks was a huge hit worldwide. Didnt gorbachev ask george bush who killed laura palmer . Evidently the queen as well was a big fan at the time. I heard she dismissed herself from an event on her birthday, she went upstairs because she had to watch twin peaks. Wow. Capture and incarcerate. Reporter thats david lynch, so secretive about this reboot of the show. All music is a little twin peeksy. Reporter hed only talk to us by telephone. Hey, david. Reporter his answers to most of our questions almost mono si sill labbic. I know you cant give anything away. What bread crumbs can you give sinus. Sunday night, may 21st, well start the thing. Right. Then in september, youll have finished. Reporter its not personal. That level of secrecy serves a purpose. Nowadays people on trailers, youve seen the whole film by the time youve finished the trailer and its really ridiculous. The film sls tis the thing. People will see it when it airs. And just let it unfold the way its supposed to. Reporter and it extends even to the stars of the show. We have to wear capes on the set to cover our costumes. Superhero capes . Kind of. Reporter jim belushi as new addition to the ensemble. You got in trouble for ad libbing . There was one scene. I cant tell you whos in it. In the middle of that, i threw in a line. And, cut mr. Belushi yes, sir . Do i need to bring you to the Principals Office . No, sir all right, lets do it again. Reporter Kimmie Robertson plays the daffy secretary, lucy moran. Its pete marttell up at mill. Thats your real voice . Actually, david had me speak in a higher register than normal. So lucy talks a little more up here. And im way down here. Yeah, yeah. Big difference. Reporter dana ashbrook, the resident bad boy of twin peaks. David made the cool character, he wrote this call according i got to kind of play. Surfing on a car while youre drinking a beer. You didnt do that in high school . No, i was a geek, total geek. Reporter twin peaks was such a phenomenon it inspired the creators of tons of tv that followed. All these shows that have come after, the creators and show runners say theyre basically stealing from david lynch. Youve got lost, the sopranos. Certainly been an influence. I think when twin peaks happened, everything changed. It was beautiful life, beautiful music, looked like a movie. Reporter so much of it created almost by accident. By david lynch. The casting of killer bob, for example. I was on my hands and knees, upstairs in Laura Palmers house. Some girl said, frank, dont lock yourself in that room. Because frank was the set dresser and he was just moving a big bureau in front of the door. But i suddenly pictured frank in Laura Palmers room. Then i said, okay, frank. You go down to the foot of the bed, grab onto those metal bars at the foot of the bed, and stare right at the camera. Oh my god. Those things were the birth of bob. Wow. By accident. By accident. Reporter this week in brooklyn, fans of the show lined up around the block to participate in a twin peaks popup tribute event. Many of them in costume. My cast name is special agent dale cooper. He looks just like kyle mclocklin. Reporter taking in twin peaksinspired burlesque. And ill see you i am so beside myself that its coming back. Beside myself. It was so wacky, some of it. Its like life, you know. How do you mean . Life has these same things. I dont know many log ladies. Well, you know. Theyre not a lot of them but theyre here and there, im sure. 25 years later, is it hard to get back to that place . For me, the most exciting thing about this coming back to twin peaks was the chance to work with david again in this world. Because i hadnt had that experience for a long time. And that relationship i missed a great deal. Reporter as for whats in store sunday, perhaps agent dale cooper said it best. I have no idea where this will lead us. But i have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange. Reporter im david wright for nightline in new york. Well be right back. From the day i arrived, i wanted to see this great country. My last wish is for you to do it for me, as a family. Love, grandpa. Let us be lovers, well marry our fortunes together older grandaughter itll be alright. I know. Grandson how did you meet grandpa . Grandmother actually on a blind date. [ laughter ] i wish he was on the trip with us. Hes sitting right between the boys in the back of the car. 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