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Return to the complete Twin Peaks index Written by Harley Peyton Directed by David Lynch Airdate: 6 October, 1990 The scariest thing I’ve ever seen in any audio-visual medium (and I know I’m not alone in this) comes near the end of Episode 9 of Twin Peaks. If you know the show well enough to […]

Return to the complete Twin Peaks index Teleplay by Mark Frost Story by Mark Frost & David Lynch Directed by David Lynch Airdate: 30 September, 1990 Despite its reputation as the buzzy show to end all buzzy shows, Twin Peaks was only a genuinely huge Zeitgeist hit for about half of its very short first […]

Return to the complete Twin Peaks index Written by Mark Frost & David Lynch Directed by David Lynch Airdate: 19 April, 1990 It is with its second regular episode that Twin Peaks truly becomes Twin Peaks. I have all the affection in the world for the series pilot, which I think is one of the […]

Season 1 Pilot (8 April, 1990) A+ Episode 1 (12 April, 1990) A Episode 2 (19 April, 1990) A+ Episode 3 (26 April, 1990) A- Episode 4 (3 May, 1990) B+ Episode 5 (10 May, 1990) A Episode 6 (17 May, 1990) A- Episode 7 (23 May, 1990) A Season 2 Episode 8 (30 September, […]

Return to the complete Twin Peaks index Written by Mark Frost & David Lynch Directed by David Lynch Airdate: 8 April, 1990 To start things off by noting that Twin Peaks was the weirdest thing to ever air on American television at the time of its 1990 premiere is to engage in the laziest of […]

A review requested by Gabe P, with thanks for contributing to the Second Quinquennial Antagony & Ecstasy ACS Fundraiser. Spoilers are going to be crawling up and down this post like ants. If you haven’t seen Mulholland Dr., know that I give it a perfect 5/5, and if I were making a list of the […]

William H. Macy is in INLAND EMPIRE for one shot lasting less than twenty seconds, and his single line ends with this phrase: “Hollywood, where stars make dreams and dreams make stars.” That’s probably not true, and it ignores a question near and dear to David Lynch’s heart: what about nightmares? Certainly, the film seems […]