You Need To Visit Twin Peaks - Part One (Preview)
Secrets & Symbolism of the Masterpiece That Changed Television Forever
Since its original broadcast in 1990, the primetime television series Twin Peaks remains in a league of its own across all media.
Maybe once or twice in a decade an exceptional classic appears, such as The Simpsons, Seinfeld or Friends. Even if you aren’t a fan of those three you can acknowledge they had a massive impact on countless shows that followed. The best elements that made them runaway hits are now token go-to formulas that have spawned so many descendants they can almost be considered specific genres, possibly; animated social satire (cartoons for grown-ups), snarky awkward situational banter bounced around everyday oddballs (“What’s the deal with…?”) and the big city fantasy life (hang out, hook up, repeat).
The same genre-establishing influence should be credited to Twin Peaks, a cliffhanger action-comedy labyrinth of twists, turns, clues and wow! Did you see what happened on the show last night?
While it’s still not as well known as Homer Simpson’s “D’oh!”, George Costanza’s Larry David-isms or Rachel Green’s side-parted bob cut, Twin Peaks is certifiably an overall artistic masterpiece.
It remains an enduring body of rich, layered work that is deservedly the subject of study in major universities. Twin Peaks is to television what the iconic band The Velvet Underground was to subversively popular alternative music of the 1970’s and forever more.
We are going to explore the production history, the glass onion layers of symbolism and mythology, and the enduring mystery of Twin Peaks in a three-part series starting this Friday, May 10th.
Overall this review will be spoiler-free. If you’ve never watched a single episode, we hope you will be inspired to do so. The secrets and clues and payoffs along the journey are golden moments we would never dare to ruin by early reveal. If you already know the story arc these articles will be a reunion with old friends and enemies, a stroll down the dark path of intrigue hidden deep in the forest that winds between the White Lodge and the Black Lodge.
These posts will only focus on the thirty episodes that comprise Season One (broadcast from April 8, 1990 to May 23rd, 1990), Season Two (broadcast from September 30th, 1990 to June 10th, 1991) and the feature film prequel Fire Walk With Me that premiered on August 28th, 1992.
Season Three, alternately known as Twin Peaks: The Return and Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, aired on the Showtime network in 2017 and will be discussed sometime in the future at a later date.
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YOU NEED TO VISIT TWIN PEAKS - PART ONE
*Check out the trailer for the original DVD release here: