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"Twin Peaks" (1990): :  -- Dr. Jacoby gets a phone call from Laura Palmer
"Twin Peaks" (1990): Season 2: Episode 21 -- Lucy chooses a father for her baby
"Twin Peaks" (1990): Season 2: Episode 22 -- In the series finale, Cooper faces his destiny
"Twin Peaks" (1990): Season 2: Episode 20 -- Cooper convinces Annie to enter the Miss Twin Peaks contest
"Twin Peaks" (1990): Season 2: Episode 19 -- Pete and Catherine open the first puzzle box

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Release Date:
8 April 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
A town where everyone knows everyone and nothing is what it seems.
Plot:
An idiosyncratic FBI Agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. full summary
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Awards:
Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 32 nominations more
User Comments:
A brilliant escape from reality; what TV shows should aspire to be more (113 total)

Cast

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Kyle MacLachlan ... Special Agent Dale Cooper (30 episodes, 1990-1991)
Michael Ontkean ... Sheriff Harry S. Truman (30 episodes, 1990-1991)

Mädchen Amick ... Shelly Johnson (30 episodes, 1990-1991)

Dana Ashbrook ... Bobby Briggs (30 episodes, 1990-1991)
Richard Beymer ... Benjamin Horne (30 episodes, 1990-1991)

Lara Flynn Boyle ... Donna Hayward (30 episodes, 1990-1991)

Sherilyn Fenn ... Audrey Horne (30 episodes, 1990-1991)
Warren Frost ... Dr. Will Hayward (30 episodes, 1990-1991)
Peggy Lipton ... Norma Jennings (30 episodes, 1990-1991)

James Marshall ... James Hurley (30 episodes, 1990-1991)
Everett McGill ... Big Ed Hurley / ... (30 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jack Nance ... Pete Martell (30 episodes, 1990-1991)

Joan Chen ... Jocelyn Packard (29 episodes, 1990-1991)

Kimmy Robertson ... Lucy Moran / ... (29 episodes, 1990-1991)
Michael Horse ... Deputy Tommy 'Hawk' Hill (28 episodes, 1990-1991)
Piper Laurie ... Catherine Martell / ... (27 episodes, 1990-1991)
Harry Goaz ... Deputy Andy Brennan (26 episodes, 1990-1991)
Eric DaRe ... Leo Johnson (24 episodes, 1990-1991)
Wendy Robie ... Nadine Hurley (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ray Wise ... Leland Palmer (18 episodes, 1990-1991)

Sheryl Lee ... Madeleine 'Maddy' Ferguson / ... (18 episodes, 1990-1991)
Russ Tamblyn ... Dr. Jacoby / ... (16 episodes, 1990-1991)

Don S. Davis ... Major Garland Briggs / ... (16 episodes, 1990-1991)

Chris Mulkey ... Hank Jennings (13 episodes, 1990-1991)

Gary Hershberger ... Mike Nelson (13 episodes, 1990-1991)

Grace Zabriskie ... Sarah Palmer (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
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47 min (29 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
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The character Maddie Ferguson is said to be visiting from Missoula. Missoula, Montana is the hometown of series creator David Lynch. more
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Continuity: The fact that there was a year's gap between the filming of the pilot episode and the first season's episode is evident in the different hairstyles sported by some of the cast. Although only a night is meant to have passed between the episodes, James Hurley, Sheriff Truman, and Deputy Brennan all have shorter haircuts by the next day. Donna Hayward, Catherine Martell and Audrey Horne (in particular) all have noticeably longer hair by the next day. more
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Sheriff Truman: Jelly donuts?
Dale Cooper: Harry, that goes without saying.
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A NOTE REGARDING THE FILM "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me."
Who is Theresa Banks, and how is she connected to the murders?
Who is the dwarf?
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41 out of 46 people found the following comment useful.
A brilliant escape from reality; what TV shows should aspire to be, 13 June 1999
Author: Opio from Oklahoma City, OK

If you get a chance to watch Twin Peaks now, and I highly recommend that you do, it may seem strange that such a show was ever on TV at all. This is because most of television is so bland and boring and repetitious while TP is fresh and original and effective. And eerily frightening. I have watched the complete series about 3 times, but the first time was the most memorable, as I screened all 29 episodes in around 4 days. I emerged from this trance completely in the show's spell and began to notice pictures of owls and references to coffee with intense interest. The point is the show can take you completely into its reality; part of this relies on the fact that each episode built on the one before it, and it is necessary to see the previous one to make sense of the next. While this might not have been ideal for network ratings, it is perfect for becoming hooked on the entire series. There are great characters sprinkled throughout, my favorites being: Ben and Audrey Horne, Leland Palmer, and of course Coop, but really they're all interesting. BOB is completely frightening, as is the incredibly bleak final episode which is also, in a way, ideal to ensure the series' cult status. Still, the final episode must be appreciated with some distance; it's likely to initially anger a viewer after all that had come before. I think the episodes that Lynch actually directed do stand out as the best. A couple of the subplots in the second season are misjudged, but the finale makes up for them and throws the show back into the hinterlands of TV surrealism. Although parts, and only parts, of the subsequent movie "Fire Walk with Me" are good, the real spirit and brilliance of the show lies within the episodes. Watch them to get a sense of true mystery, and then you can ask,

"Do you see creamed corn on that plate?"

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