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Twin Peaks was an American television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The show is titled after the fictional town in northeastern Washington State wherein it is set.It aired on the ABC network in the United States from April 8, 1990 until June 10, 1991. Some episodes were written/directed by Lynch and Frost, but most were directed by others who were invited by Lynch to guest-direct. The show was co-produced by Aaron Spelling's production company and ran for 29 episodes over two seasons.
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Twin Peaks tells the story of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper and his assignment of finding the killer of a young, popular local girl, Laura Palmer among the town folk of Twin Peaks. The program portrays small-town America via an imaginary tight-knit community of unsophisticates. The pilot was filmed in the real-life town of Snoqualmie, Washington, not far from Seattle, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.
The gradual unraveling of the tale necessarily exposes each Twin Peaks inhabitant to unwelcome scrutiny from Agent Cooper and his men from the department. As with much of Lynch's other work (such as Blue Velvet), Twin Peaks explores the relationship between the veneer of respectability and the seamier side of life that lies beneath it, as in dreams. Certainly, the program borrowed generously from American soap operas in its melodramatic presentation of its character's morally dubious activities. However, like all Lynch's previous and subsequent work, there exists a strong moral seriousness that informs the totality of the production.
The series is particularly memorable for the performance by the actor Kyle MacLachlan as Special Agent Dale Cooper, who had the most famous line from the series (which became a catch phrase): "That is a damn fine cup of coffee."
After the TV series had ended, Lynch made a prequel movie, Fire Walk With Me, co-written with Robert Engels (a writer from the series).
In September 2002, the first season (episodes 1-7) of Twin Peaks was released as a DVD box set. The box set was noted for being the first TV show to have its audio track redone in DTS. The set did not contain the pilot episode due to ownership problems. However, the pilot episode is included in the box set released in Europe.
The second season has not yet been released on DVD, possibly due to ownwership complications.
The European version wraps up the story by showing Mike, the one-armed man, shooting Bob who admits to the murder.Overview
Soundtrack
Composer Angelo Badalamenti, a frequent contributor to Lynch projects, scored the series and provides the leitmotif "Laura's Theme", the famous title theme and other evocative pieces to the soundtrack. Julee Cruise added ethereal vocals that complimented the otherworldliness that typified Twin Peaks during its run.Variant versions
The pilot episode, first screened on TV in the US, was also released theatrically in Europe as a stand-alone story. The European version is 20 minutes longer than the TV pilot with a different ending added to bring closure to the story (see below the spoiler warning).
| Grouping | Name | Description | Played by |
| The FBI | Special Agent Dale Cooper | Investigates Laura's death | Kyle MacLachlan |
| Albert Rosenfield | Abrasive forensics expert | Miguel Ferrer | |
| Chief Gordon Cole | Cooper's stone-deaf boss, shouts all the time | David Lynch | |
| Diane | Cooper's never-seen secretary | ||
| Twin Peaks Police Department | Sherriff Harry S. Truman | Lover of Josie Packard | Michael Ontkean |
| Deputy Andy Brennan | Dorky sidekick, lover(!) of Lucy | Harry Goaz | |
| Deputy Hawk, Tommy Hill | Tracker | Michael Horse | |
| Lucy Moran | Ditzy receptionist | Kimmy Robertson | |
| The Sawmill | Josie Packard | Widowed sawmill owner, lover of Sherriff Truman | Joan Chen |
| Catherine Packard Martell | Scheming with lover Ben Horne to burn the mill | Piper Laurie | |
| Pete Martell | Long-suffering husband of Catherine | Jack Nance | |
| The Palmers | Leland Palmer | Laura's father | Ray Wise |
| Sarah Palmer | Laura's psychic mother | Grace Zabriskie | |
| Laura Palmer | Murder victim, connected to almost everyone in town | Sheryl Lee | |
| Maddie Ferguson | Laura's cousin | Sheryl Lee | |
| The Johnsons | Leo Johnson | Brutish trucker, drug-runner, had sexual relationships with Laura Palmer | Eric Da Re |
| Shelly Johnson | Wife of Leo, lover of Bobby Briggs | Mädchen Amick | |
| The Briggses | Major Garland Briggs | Air Force officer involved in Project Blue Book | Don Davis |
| Betty Briggs | Unassuming wife and mother | Charlotte Stewart | |
| Bobby Briggs | Rebellious teenager, boyfriend of Laura Palmer, lover of Shelly Johnson | Dana Ashbrook | |
| The Hornes | Benjamin Horne | Wealthy businessman, owns hotel, department store | Richard Beymer |
| Jerry Horne | Ben's playboy brother | David Patrick Kelly | |
| Audrey Horne | Ben's sultry teenage daughter | Sherilyn Fenn | |
| Johnny Horne | Ben's mentally handicapped son, tutored by Laura | Robert Bauer III | |
| The Haywards | Dr Hayward | Coroner, performs autopsy on Laura Palmer | Warren Frost |
| Eileen Hayward | His wife | Mary Jo Deschanel | |
| Donna Hayward | Laura's best friend, lover of James Hurley | Lara Flynn Boyle | |
| Harriet Hayward | Donna's sister | Jessica Wallenfels | |
| The Hurleys | Big Ed Hurley | Gas stop owner, lover of Norma Jennings | Everett McGill |
| Nadine Hurley | Ed's drape-obsessed wife | Wendy Robie | |
| James Hurley | Ed's nephew, secret love of Laura Palmer, lover of Donna Hayward | James Marshall | |
| The Jenningses | Norma Jennings | Diner owner, lover of Big Ed Hurley, organiser of meals on wheels with Laura Palmer | Peggy Lipton |
| Hank Jennings | Her husband, paroled criminal, conspirator with Josie Packard | Chris Mulkey | |
| The Renaults | Jacques Renault | Canadian, croupier, drug-runner, had sexual relationship with Laura Palmer | Walter Olkewicz |
| Jean Renault | Criminal brother | Michael Parks | |
| Bernard Renault | Murdered brother | Clay Wilcox | |
| Others | Dr Lawrence Jacoby | Psychiatrist, therapist of Laura Palmer | Russ Tamblyn |
| Blackie O'Reilly | Brothel madame | Victoria Catlin | |
| Harold Smith | Agoraphobic horticulturist, Laura's friend | Lenny Von Dohlen | |
| Margaret Lanterman | The Log Lady, mystic, widow who divines through her ubiquitous log | Catherine E. Coulson | |
| Windom Earle | Psychopathic ex-partner of Cooper, desires the powers of the Lodges, | Kenneth Welsh | |
| The People from the Lodges | The Man From Another Place | Enigmatic dwarf | Michael J. Anderson |
| The Giant | A giant who helps Cooper | Carel Struycken | |
| Phillip Michael Gerard | AKA Mike, the one-armed man | Al Strobel | |
| Bob | malevolent presence who haunts Laura | Frank Silva |
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