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Twin Peaks

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Twin Peaks

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Twin Peaks

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ABC | SHOWTIME | BB2 | Release Date: April 8, 1990

Starring: James Marshall, Mädchen Amick, Warren Frost, Dana Ashbrook, Lara Flynn Boyle, Kyle MacLachlan, Ray Wise, Peggy Lipton, Kimmy Robertson, Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Beymer, Piper Laurie, Joan Chen, Michael Ontkean, Jack Nance, Everett McGill, Michael Horse, Kenneth Welsh, Russ Tamblyn, Harry Goaz, Sheryl Lee, Eric Da Re, Dan O'Herlihy

Summary: "She's dead. Wrapped in plastic."
Date: Friday, February 24, 1989:
Homecoming Queen Laura Palmer is found dead, washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic sheeting. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate the murder of this young woman in the small, Northwestern town of Twin Peaks. What he doesn't know is that in Twin"She's dead. Wrapped in plastic."
Date: Friday, February 24, 1989:
Homecoming Queen Laura Palmer is found dead, washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic sheeting. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate the murder of this young woman in the small, Northwestern town of Twin Peaks. What he doesn't know is that in Twin Peaks, no one is innocent.Twin Peaks was created by TV veteran Mark Frost (Hill Street Blues) and edgy filmmaker David Lynch, Academy Award nominated director of The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr. It aired on ABC from 1990 - 1991. The series, with a few exceptions, followed the interesting convention that one episode equaled one day in the town of Twin Peaks. This means that after 30 episodes, the series covers just slightly more than one month.After Twin Peaks was canceled by ABC, David Lynch went on to make the prequel film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the story of the last seven days of Laura Palmer.… Expand

Creator: Mark Frost (I) and David Lynch and David Lynch (I)

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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S2:E27. Part 11
Air Date: October 9, 2018
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Air Date: October 8, 2018
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Air Date: October 1, 2018

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Metascore

83

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39

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Critic Reviews

100

Orlando Sentinel

Staff [Not Credited]

Feb 21, 2013

Season 1 Review: Twin Peaks is like the horrific, teasing fever nightmare that takes you to the head of the darkened staircase and throws you off, leaving you frozen in midflight at an exquisite peak of terror and wordless exhilaration. [8 Apr 1990, p.G1]

100

Entertainment Weekly

Ken Tucker

Jun 7, 2013

Season 1 Review: How pleasurable it is to really care about a TV series, to the point of (national) obsession. Read full review

100

The A.V. Club

Emily L. Stephens

May 22, 2017

Season 1 Review: If you, like me, had heard whispers that this revival was going to be Lynch’s vision almost entirely unconstrained by network notes--if you, like me, were buckled in for two hours of uncompromising surrealism and horror, this premiere delivered. Read full review

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Philadelphia Daily News

Ron Miller

Feb 21, 2013

Season 1 Review: This show is so deliciously perverse that washing up afterward just seems the natural thing to do. [6 Apr 1990, p.75]

80

Washington Post

Hank Stuever

May 22, 2017

Season 1 Review: The show immediately finds just the right balance between challenge and pleasure. Read full review

75

USA Today

Robert Bianco

May 23, 2017

Season 1 Review: You got two hours that were often gorgeous, sometimes goofy, frequently disturbing and far more graphically violent than the original--filled with performances that ranged from amusing to disquieting to the flat-out amateurish. Read full review

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TVLine

Michael Ausiello

May 21, 2017

Season 1 Review: It’s hard not to feel like I’ve been completely, utterly duped. The two-hour kickoff did not repair the damage wrought by Season 2. ... To say I was disappointed by the revival’s indulgent, incomprehensible, taxing opening act would be a towering understatement. Read full review

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Gittoplo

May 13, 2020

The greatest show of all time that shaped television, audiences, actors involved and gave me numerous sleepless nights even as an adult. Seminal moment in tv history. Dark, mysterious, quaint and oh so moreish. Season 3 - 25 years later - adds to the mythos. Religious watching. One ofThe greatest show of all time that shaped television, audiences, actors involved and gave me numerous sleepless nights even as an adult. Seminal moment in tv history. Dark, mysterious, quaint and oh so moreish. Season 3 - 25 years later - adds to the mythos. Religious watching. One of Lynch's finest moments. Fire Walk With Me!… Expand

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madmar

Apr 30, 2020

Most fascinating and disturbing thing in the world. It changed the story of television, and series 3 continued to do so.

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Boonie2000

Jun 14, 2019

The weirdest craziest and unbelievably atmospheric tv show. David Lynch and Mark Frost are geniuses. By today this may be a boring show but it still in my heart!

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Mahmus

Oct 29, 2020

David Lynch is my favorite director. Dale Copper is my favorite TV character. Twin Peaks is my favorite TV show. I love this show with all my heart.

Quirky, creepy, surreal and terrifying. It's hard to put into words just how good this show is. Like all of Lynch's work, it enters your mindDavid Lynch is my favorite director. Dale Copper is my favorite TV character. Twin Peaks is my favorite TV show. I love this show with all my heart.

Quirky, creepy, surreal and terrifying. It's hard to put into words just how good this show is. Like all of Lynch's work, it enters your mind and never leaves.

It's true that it struggles a bit during the second half of season two, but it gets a lot better towards the end and ends on one of the best cliffhangers ever.

This is a damn fine show.… Expand

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kyle20ellis

Mar 19, 2022

After hearing nothing but great things about Twin Peaks(although there were criticisms of the second season not being as good and some being underwhelmed by the ending) I finally checked out the show and the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me as somebody who appreciates David Lynch hugelyAfter hearing nothing but great things about Twin Peaks(although there were criticisms of the second season not being as good and some being underwhelmed by the ending) I finally checked out the show and the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me as somebody who appreciates David Lynch hugely and love almost all his films, and it was time well worth spent. It's true that the first season is better than the second, but that is not to knock the second season because it is still great, if not as well paced and maybe the main plot line was wrapped up a little too quickly(the only negative personally against the series), but the first season is a masterpiece and some of the best television has ever seen. There have been criticisms about the reveal of the final episode being underwhelming, initially it is a head-scratcher but I am with those who considers the episode on the whole one of the scariest episodes seen on television.

Twin Peaks looks incredible, quite easily one of the best-looking TV series personally watched; the photography is so good that you have to check that it's for a television show and not a film and the costumes and sets are colourfully surreal and positively eye catching. Twin Peaks is also one of the best scored television series, the music enhances the atmosphere so well and better than a lot of other shows and it really haunts the mind, again like the visuals it can easily be mistaken for a score written for a film. The dialogue is very thought-provoking with moments of tension and a lot of hilarious humour that has David Lynch's style of humour all over it. The episodes are all compelling and multi-faceted in atmosphere, even the weakest episodes are much better than a lot of TV shows today at their best and worst, while the show tackles a very dark subject with subtle horror, genuinely disturbing scenes like the entire ending, quirky humour that at its best is side-splittingly hilarious and a real emotional wallop.

The characters are not only interesting with more than one dimension to them but more than memorable as well, Agent Cooper and Ben Horne being especially so, sure a few appear, disappear and re-appear but you never forget them. Twin Peaks is superbly directed and acted throughout, with the performances Kyle MacLachlan in his most famous role(perhaps) is at his best and the same can be said for Richard Beymer. Sheryl Lee and Sherilyn Fenn are poignant, Ray Wise is much more sensitive than he is in the film and one mustn't forget the scene-stealer that is Piper Laurie nor Frank Silva as one of the most frightening characters television has ever seen. Strictly speaking the acting is outstanding all round, you'd be hard pressed to find a television series with no actor is bad and with this level of consistency. To conclude, at its best Twin Peaks really is one of the greatest television series ever. The film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is not as good but is still very good and undeservedly under-appreciated. 10/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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10

LowMerc

Mar 22, 2022

Through the darkness of future's past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds "Fire walk with me" The first season promises a series nothing would ever rival. The second season veers on redundance. And the third season: the first two seasons are so competentlyThrough the darkness of future's past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds
"Fire walk with me"

The first season promises a series nothing would ever rival. The second season veers on redundance.

And the third season: the first two seasons are so competently well-made, you will sit through it and hate Lynch for finishing it. But hey we all have.… Expand

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manicure

Nov 23, 2020

There is a difference between unique and influential products. While unique works tend to keep their edge and traits for years after release, influential works are strongly related to the time they were created. What was felt as fresh and innovative back then tends to become stale andThere is a difference between unique and influential products. While unique works tend to keep their edge and traits for years after release, influential works are strongly related to the time they were created. What was felt as fresh and innovative back then tends to become stale and trivial over time as it gets endlessly imitated by later products. "Twin Peaks" has a little bit of both. I got a chance to rewatch the series after decades and could feel both its unique and influential elements. It felt a bit old and trite at times, but after getting back into the mood I thought the show still holds pretty well. The exaggerated soap opera elements are hilarious, but are well-balanced by the crime fiction storyline and uncanny, surreal elements. The first season has very little action and takes its time to introduce Twin Peaks and its inhabitants. Quality is not so uniform as different directors and writers took part in the project, but overall everything is well-balanced and, despite the slow pace, hooky enough. Attention lowers a bit towards the end, but the intense and over-the-top season finale manages to effectively bring us back on board. Donna and James' story was the only thing that felt a bit tired, sometimes even painful to watch though. Did anyone really care about them?

The second season starts strong and offers some of the best episodes ever ("Lonely Souls", above all), but it gets completely lost after Laura's killer is revealed. The cheap soap opera elements are the only things left and it doesn't even feel like a parody anymore. Characters have completely different personalities and do silly things all the time. Ben Horne's descent into senile dementia and James new cringe-worthy love interest could be counted among the worst moments in television history. Windom Earle had some potential as the new threat, but he ends up just fooling around and acting like a weirdo with no real consequences. The last episode "Beyond Life and Death" makes little sense but is at least visually interesting. It might be what David Lynch's wanted to do but made me feel the previous 10 episodes even more useless.

Almost thirty years later, Lynch finally gets a chance to revamp the show and have full creative control. For the first time he co-wrote and directed all episodes himself. However, the final product is closer to "Fire Walk With Me" than it is to the original series. As the characters also keep saying, it doesn't even feel like the same place anymore. America changed, television changed, we changed. A lot of the events do not even happen in Twin Peaks, and most of the historical characters just got minor roles. While the original series was fairly linear and self-explicative, there is no-one helping us figure out what is going on. There will be some challenges even if you are familiar with Lynch's recurrent themes and symbolism, especially in the ending. It's one hell of self-indulgent, purely Lynchian 20+ hour movie, but I personally enjoyed it. Despite some cheap-ass CGI here and there (God, that Bob ball and glove dude scene), there are a lot of visually and atmospherically striking shots and a lot of cult moments. I would recommend it to hardcore fans only though.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

83

Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 30, 1990
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  S2:E27. Part 11
  Air Date: October 9, 2018
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  S2:E26. Part 10
  Air Date: October 8, 2018
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  S2:E25. Part 6
  Air Date: October 1, 2018
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  S2:E24. Part 5
  Air Date: September 27, 2018
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  S2:E23. Part 3
  Air Date: September 25, 2018
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  S2:E22. Episode Twenty-Nine "Beyond Life And Death" (2)
  Air Date: June 10, 1991
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  S2:E21. Episode Twenty-Eight "Miss Twin Peaks" (1)
  Air Date: June 10, 1991
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  S2:E20. Episode Twenty-Seven "The Path To The Black Lodge"
  Air Date: April 18, 1991
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  S2:E19. Episode Twenty-Six "Variations On Relations"
  Air Date: April 11, 1991
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  S2:E18. Episode Twenty-Five "On The Wings Of Love"
  Air Date: April 4, 1991
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  S2:E17. Episode Twenty-Four "Wounds And Scars"
  Air Date: March 28, 1991
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  S2:E16. Episode Twenty-Three "The Condemned Woman"
  Air Date: February 16, 1991
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  S2:E15. Episode Twenty-Two "Slaves And Masters"
  Air Date: February 9, 1991
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  S2:E14. Episode Twenty-One
  Air Date: February 2, 1991
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  S2:E13. Episode Twenty "Checkmate"
  Air Date: January 19, 1991
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  S2:E12. Episode Nineteen "The Black Widow"
  Air Date: January 12, 1991
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  S2:E11. Episode Eighteen "Masked Ball"
  Air Date: December 15, 1990
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  S2:E10. Episode Seventeen "Dispute Between Brothers"
  Air Date: December 8, 1990
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  S2:E9. Episode Sixteen "Arbitrary Law"
  Air Date: December 1, 1990
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  S2:E8. Episode Fifteen "Drive With A Dead Girl"
  Air Date: November 17, 1990
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  S2:E7. Episode Fourteen "Lonely Souls"
  Air Date: November 10, 1990
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  S2:E6. Episode Thirteen "Demons"
  Air Date: November 3, 1990
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  S2:E5. Episode Twelve
  Air Date: October 27, 1990
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  S2:E4. Episode Eleven
  Air Date: October 20, 1990
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  S2:E3. Episode Ten
  Air Date: October 13, 1990
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  S2:E2. Episode Nine "Coma"
  Air Date: October 6, 1990
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  S2:E1. Episode Eight "May The Giant Man Be With You" (2)
  Air Date: September 30, 1990
Season 1

96
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 8, 1990
Season 1

74
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 21, 2017