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Podcasts made up a huge part of many fans’ experiences of Twin Peaks Season 3 last summer. In our feature, Pod People, we talk to the people behind the microphones of our favorite podcasts to find out what they’ve been up to and where they’re going next. “Welcome to Deer Meadow Radio. Where the owls are still …
Without Hill Street Blues, there is no Twin Peaks. That’s not only because Hill Street Blues had such a major impact on the police procedural TV genre, which Twin Peaks is heavily indebted to; or because Hill Street Blues was, like Twin Peaks, one of the first TV shows to receive such critical praise that …
“Black Lodge/White Lodge” is the occasional 25 Years Later version of the popular point/counterpoint style of debating, wherein two sides take opposing views and hash it out on stage. Here, we’ll be debating the finer points of Twin Peaks lore, in writing, for your reading pleasure. Today’s debaters are: Brien Allen and Paul Billington The …
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In the Fall of 1998, Buddy Faro (created by Mark Frost, and starring Dennis Farina, Frank Whaley, Allison Smith, and Charles Robinson), premiered on CBS. There was some excitement about it at the time. Though it had been several years since Twin Peaks had been cancelled, there was certainly remembrance when it was in its …
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Twin Peaks writer / producer as well as Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me co-writer Bob Engels. Bob was extremely gracious with his time and we spoke for just over an hour. We covered a lot of ground that hopefully Twin Peaks fans will enjoy reading. As …
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What is the first film you think of when you hear Jennifer Jason Leigh's name? For some, I imagine Fast Times at Ridgemont High was a quintessential film from their youth. Am I right? For others, it could be something as recent as The Hateful Eight, which unquestionably became her most critically acclaimed work when …
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Author’s note regarding spoilers: Granted, this book has been out for 25 years now, so the statute of limitations on spoilers expired, oh, about 24 years ago. However, I realize that there are still quite a few Twin Peaks fans who might only be now discovering that Frost wrote a few other books before the …
Throughout our "Return Rewatch", we've had a different Twin Peaks cast or crew member on the site every week for an interview. For Parts 17 and 18, that cast member is none other than Kimmy Robertson. I can't think of a better person than Kimmy to close out our "Return Rewatch". Her character Lucy is truly …
Podcasts made up a huge part of many fans’ experiences of Twin Peaks: The Return last summer. In our latest feature, Pod People, we talk to the people behind the microphones of our favourite podcasts to find out what they’ve been up to and where they’re going next. Ben Durant and Bryon Kozaczka have been unwrapping multiple …
June 10th, 1991: Twin Peaks Season 2 ends with its final 2 hours being shown back to back on ABC. The first hour features much more of the cast with the second hour being primarily focused on Agent Cooper, where he is reunited with Laura Palmer (in Doppelgänger form) in the Red Room. Cooper's journey in …
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