{"id":36146,"date":"2018-04-02T21:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T01:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=36146"},"modified":"2022-01-17T21:07:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T02:07:55","slug":"twin-peaks-the-final-dossier-a-deep-dive-review-and-analysis-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/2018\/04\/02\/twin-peaks-the-final-dossier-a-deep-dive-review-and-analysis-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier – A Deep Dive Review and Analysis (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier<\/em> is recommended especially for the fans of Twin Peaks<\/em> who didn’t like The Secret History of Twin Peaks,<\/em> but is good for all Twin Peaks<\/em> fans, even the ones who want to keep the mystery alive. The book, on its surface, is that popcorn book that people wanted from Secret History<\/em> but didn\u2019t get, with just enough mystery left intact to not be completely mistaken for a Twin Peaks Book of Answers. If you\u2019d like a review without spoilers, click here for Lindsay Stamhuis\u2019 spoiler-free review<\/a>, but if you\u2019re looking<\/i> for spoilers and analysis, you\u2019ve got the article you want right here.<\/p>\n

In short, this is the book early marketing for The Secret History of Twin Peaks<\/em><\/a> promised us rather than the intense puzzle box that we did get. The Final Dossier<\/em> picks up almost all the plot threads the Season 2 finale had left dangling since June of 1991: we learn about Annie\u2019s (and even Leo\u2019s) fate, the fallout from Ben Horne and Will Hayward\u2019s fireplace fight, Audrey\u2019s fallout after the Bank explosion, and even what Briggs and Cooper\u2019s Double were likely up to between the finale and the Season 3 premier. The book also proposes answers\u00a0from Season 3, such as who the 1956 Girl is, Judy\u2019s “literal” identity, and where exactly the coordinates were supposed to lead DoppelCooper in Season 3 (and it’s not the Palmer house).<\/p>\n

If you want my opinion in a nutshell, this book is half dessert course, half self-help book, and it both puts the mystery to bed and keeps it alive (depending on your point of view).<\/p>\n

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HOW DOES THIS BOOK STACK UP AGAINST THE OTHER TWIN PEAKS BOOKS?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s easy to love or<\/em> to hate this book. I\u2019m not going to rank like that. What I will do is say there\u2019s balance at work between the non-series Peaks entries: Fire Walk With Me<\/em> and Secret Diary of Laura Palmer<\/em> are one and the same. Secret History<\/em> is most like the Access Guide<\/em>. And The Final Dossier<\/em> is most like The Autobiography of Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes<\/em>. Which should horrify me (though in reality it does not) as that book does not sit well with me, but the books have moments of apt comparison:<\/p>\n