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"Twin Peaks" (1990) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1990-1991

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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

Overview

User Rating:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
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:
Absolutely a must see!!! more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
47 min (29 episodes)
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
It is never revealed who actually attacked Jacoby in episode 7, but, according to Mark Frost, it was the same person that killed Laura Palmer. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the first season, Doc Hayward reveals that the blood in the Leo's shirt is a "rare type AB-", and says that this is Jacques Renualt's blood type. In the second season premiere, when Albert Rosenfield and Cooper explains the Laura's murder, they said that the blood of the killer is "AB-, not of Ronnette, Leo or Jacques". more
Quotes:
Dale Cooper: In the grand design, women were definitely drawn from a different set of blueprints. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (#1.8)" (2005) more

FAQ

Who attacked Dr. Jacoby in the Season one finale?
Doesn't the series end on a cliffhanger?
What is the "European Pilot?"
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20 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Absolutely a must see!!!, 24 March 2007
10/10
Author: jacquesf-1 from Czech Republic

Twin Peaks... a very famous series - that really deserves all the praise it gets!

The story begins as special FBI agent Dale Cooper (perfectly impersonated by Kyle MacLachlan) comes to the little town of Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of the local beauty queen, Laura Palmer.

As the series proceed, Laura's killer is eventually found and the main plot line turns and twists to eventually end in a place where you would never expect it to be...

Twin Peaks begins as a crime story with quite a lot of comical moments, the picturesque characters of this little town where everybody knows each other are very nicely sketched out and developed in a very interesting way, most of them having quite a lot of secrets, thus providing secondary story lines that come and go, more or less intertwined with the main one.

As the story proceeds, the comical tone slowly fades away, slight touches of sci-fi and paranormal events come in and as you grow more and more fond of all those lovely people of Twin Peaks, a much darker and intriguing plot comes to the surface, dipping the whole series into an ever more and more mysterious and sometimes even scary atmosphere...

And there suddenly comes the final episode. Of course, everyone expects the final episode to be something special, but no one could expect THIS! I will not get into the details of the story so as not to include any spoilers, but the final episode is a must see! It is a must see! Never ever in my life have I witnessed such an ending!!! surprising, unhappy, happy, good, bad... the ending of Twin Peaks is far beyond that. The only word I can find to describe it is ABSOLUTELY AND UTTERLY NEGATIVE, not leaving the faintest little spark of hope... I was still schocked by the end even a couple of hours after having seen it and still feel somewhat uneasy just recalling it... I admire the person (D. Lynch and M. Frost) who got the idea and - most importantly - had the guts to write a finale like that...

See if you have the guts...

See how far you can go...

See if you can cope with Twin Peaks...

A must see!

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