Episode #1.7 (17 May 1990)

Agent Cooper lets the seductive Audrey down easy by having a night-long talk with her about life and love. The following day, Agent Cooper and Bookhouse Boy Big Ed decide to pay a special ... See full summary »

Director:

Caleb Deschanel

Writers:

Mark Frost (creator), David Lynch (creator),

Stars:

Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Special Agent Dale Cooper
Michael Ontkean	...	Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Mädchen Amick	...	Shelly Johnson (as Madchen Amick)
Dana Ashbrook	...	Bobby Briggs
Richard Beymer	...	Benjamin Horne
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Donna Hayward
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Audrey Horne
Warren Frost	...	Dr. Will Hayward
Peggy Lipton	...	Norma Jennings
James Marshall	...	James Hurley
Everett McGill	...	Big Ed Hurley
Jack Nance	...	Pete Martell
Ray Wise	...	Leland Palmer
Joan Chen	...	Jocelyn Packard
Piper Laurie	...	Catherine Martell

Storyline

Agent Cooper lets the seductive Audrey down easy by having a night-long talk with her about life and love. The following day, Agent Cooper and Bookhouse Boy Big Ed decide to pay a special visit to One Eyed Jacks to find Jacques Renault. Unknown to Cooper, Audrey goes undercover as a hostess at One Eyed Jacks and persuades Blackie to hire her. Josie Packard shares her suspicions with Truman about Catherine Martell's intentions. But Catherine learns that both Ben Horne and Josie are planing to murder her. A wounded Leo, now a fugitive, learns about Jacques Mina bird at the police station and plots to kill it. Lucy continues to treat Deputy Andy coldly. Meanwhile, Leo Dr. Jacoby receives a phone call from the dead Laura Palmer so he thinks while James, Donna, and Maddy plot to lure him away from his office so they can search it. Jerry and Ben Horne take the Icelandic businessmen to One-Eyed Jacks to get them to sign the Ghostwood Estates business deal, while Ben makes a call to Leo to ...

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Plot Keywords:

woman naked under covers | cherry stem | female attempts to seduce male | talking bird | female amateur detective

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 1990 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Agoura Hills, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

Waldo the mynah bird was voiced by Sheryl Lee.

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Goofs

While Agent Cooper is interrogating Jacques Renault at the table during his visit to One Eyed Jacks, Jacques Renault finishes one of the beers that he has in front of him. At the start and end of that scene he has two half-filled beers in front of him.

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Quotes

Special Agent Dale Cooper: Harry, what's on your mind?
Sheriff Harry S. Truman: I'm worried about Josie. She's been afraid, really afraid.
Special Agent Dale Cooper: About what?
Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Ben Horne and Catherine Martell. They've been seeing each other on the sides, it's been going on for years. Josie just found out. She thinks that they are going to try to burn down the sawmill, and somehow get rid of her too.
Special Agent Dale Cooper: Do you belive her?
Sheriff Harry S. Truman: Well... I know that Ben Horne wants that land around the sawmill for Ghostwood Developments, and Josie won't sell. So, yeah. I believe her.
Special Agent Dale Cooper: Well, how much ...
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Connections

References Double Indemnity (1944)

User Reviews

Crossing the border

This episode begins where the previous one ended; with an apparently naked Audrey in Agent Cooper's bed; nothing happens though as he gently extricates himself from the situation without hurting her feelings. The police investigation continues as they take a witness into custody... that witness is Waldo; the talking myna bird! Waldo's days are numbered though as Leo Johnson is listening to the police radio when news of a witness is mentioned. With suspect Jacques Renault over the border at One Eyed Jacks Cooper suggests that The Bookhouse Boys pay the establishment a visit; he doesn't know somebody else is going undercover there; Audrey is trying to get a job there as a hostess. While this is going on north of the border Donna, James and Maddy have listened to Laura's cassettes and believe Dr. Jacoby was involved with her so lure him out of his house so they can have a look around.

As the first season of Twin Peaks approaches its dénouement it does look as though the investigation is getting somewhere; they are certainly getting close to criminals but which, if any of them, killed Laura remains to be seen. All this doubt keeps the mystery as interesting as ever. As well as being a fine episode overall there were also some great individual scenes; particular favourites being when Cooper orders a fine cup of coffee explaining that one should give oneself a present every day and the famous scene where Audrey puts a cherry stalk into her mouth and ties a knot in it with her tongue.