Wylo posted:

I've been thinking about it after a rewatch and I'm leaning towards the other conclusion.

Lots of weird things aren't easily explained away: the Lynchian poo poo going on in Red and Mandy's bedroom during the abduction, the unnatural way Red's truck flips when he runs over the biker, Red's vision of the broadcast tower that leads him to the Chemist, various instances of inhuman strength or durability... As far as I could tell Cosmatos never drops hints about what the "real" versions any of those events were. (He does kind of pull a trick like that just before the end, where there's a shot of Mandy sitting in the car which cuts to Red making the face which then cuts to a view into the car from outside that shows Red by himself so maybe his mind's completely hosed by that point but even then the "real world" shot still has the otherworldy red glow.)