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“Harold’s world was in his words. The suicide note has to be a message.” These were the words spoken by Donna Hayward to Agent Dale Cooper after the body of Harold Smith was found hanged in his orchid nursery. His home was trashed, pages of Laura Palmer's secret diary torn and scattered across the floor. …
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Welcome back to our column showcasing the art and artists inspired by Twin Peaks, and in some cases other Lynch works. This time we talk to one of our own, Gisela Fleischer (also known as Garmonbozia) who aside from writing illuminating articles here on 25YL, has released numerous Season 3 reaction videos on her Youtube …
"This is the water, and this is the well, drink full and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes and dark within." Those words, now legendary among fans of Twin Peaks, in many ways the all new 'Fire Walk With Me' poem, will be dissected for years to come no doubt, and I'm …
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Welcome to my new column, Listening Post Alpha, which will be published every Wednesday evening. This week, I'm returning to the world of Superstition and Folklore for a Part 2 of what I intend to be a four part series. If you haven't seen Part 1, published before The Return, you can find that here. For the …
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BY ALI SCIARABBA Of the many mysteries raised in The Return, the question of what exactly is happening with Sarah Palmer is the one I find the most fascinating. Sarah has always been one of the gifted and damned. She has always had supernatural visions and some connection with the Black Lodge. I don’t believe …
In place of Homeward Bound this week, I've decided to pursue the scariest thing on television since BOB crawled over the couch. Both, ironically, were preceded by James Hurley singing Just You, and I. Coincidence? Well, we all know what Dale Cooper has to say about coincidences... We’ve had only a handful of scenes with Sarah …
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I believe that the elk skin map that Hawk showed Frank Truman in part 11 is a key in Twin Peaks, The Return. Because of that, here I will make an in-depth visual interpretation of its details and of the map as a whole. In the original run of Twin Peaks, we had the Owl …
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