"Twin Peaks" Episode #1.5 (1990)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Tim Hunter

Writers:

Mark Frost (creator) &
David Lynch (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Twin Peaks" (1990)

Original Air Date:

3 May 1990 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Cooper and Truman track down the one armed man and some strange new evidence in Laura Palmers murder. Norma Jennings goes to a parole board hearing for her husband. Audrey Horne decides to begin her own investigation. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Amateur Detective | Female Attempts To Seduce Male | Murder | FBI | Soul

Cast

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

Runtime:

47 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Argentina:13

Trivia:

Madeleine Ferguson (Laura Palmer's Cousin), says her hometown is Missoula, which is Twin Peaks creator David Lynch's hometown

Quotes:

[looking at the dead body of Bernard Renault]
Ben Horne: And do we know if the late Bernard gave you up?
Leo Johnson: I told him that if he ever did, I'd kill him.
Ben Horne: Well, did he?
Leo Johnson: No, but he shouldn't have trusted me. Like I said, Bernie wasn't too bright.

Movie Connections:

References One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

"How is laura? How is Laura?" Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah.... (DVD)

I choose this specific episode to review Season 1 of Twin Peaks, because it illustrates brilliantly the "twin peaks" of this show:

First, the character of Dale Cooper (and surely, the actor behind, Kyle MacLachlan): As few movies (Spiderman), Twin Peaks makes me feel good, with clear mind, happiness, and joy for life. Being open to Zen spirit (Phil Jackson, Pirsig,...), it's great find to see its teachings practiced in full flesh: Words can be helpful but human is the ultimate experience.

With Dale Cooper, I have a unique character in television: he shows openness towards everyone, enthusiasm for nature, honesty and courage with himself as he feels pain or fear but without being incapacitated. A good example to follow.

Second, the creative writing: The authors had an original vision but haven't really planned all the ramifications. So, they were scripting the details on the moment. And the more they write, the more they could tied themselves unless they could find deeper and deeper meaning to their inspiration. What's powerful in that show is that the two authors were opposite: Frost likes logic, words, whereas Lynch prefers feelings, moods.

So, this episode marks how a Lynch idea (the red room segment) evolves into a Frost one, where every clue of the dream gets his real counterpart: the red drape, always music in the air, ....