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TWIN PEAKS. The picspam. People, places, and things.

Spoiler-free, image-heavy. For fans and hopefully soon-to-be fans alike.

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What is Twin Peaks? In the event that this seminal television series has passed you by completely, Twin Peaks was a prime time ABC drama that premiered in 1990 and was created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. It ran for 30 episodes before being canceled (for several reasons that don't need detailing), and thought its run was brief, Twin Peaks had a great deal of influence on primetime tv drama to follow and, at its most popular, was the most watched show on American television. Ask anybody who watched the series as it aired about the zeitgeist that was "Who killed Laura Palmer?" and about the run on cherry pie that occurred in 1990.

Plot in a nutshell: After local Homecoming Queen Laura Palmer is found murdered ("dead, wrapped in plastic"), FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper and his idiosyncratic ways arrive in the small town of Twin Peaks, Washington to investigate the crime. Coop's investigation gets him all a-tangle in the various goings-on of this off-kilter town and into the lives of its eccentric and now even more unhinged denizens.

If you're familiar with David Lynch's work, Twin Peaks sits right near the top as some of his finest (and most accessible) to date (and, of course, is a collaborative effort with co-creator/producer Mark Frost and their team of writers and directors), with the pilot being one of the greatest ever made for TV (I promise, all of this is not hyperbole). And the 1992 prequel film Fire Walk With Me is a fantastic complementary piece to the series (it's a film that can only be appreciated/understood with a knowledge of the series first, so don't watch it without having seen Twin Peaks). As in many of his films, Lynch explores the issues closest to him as an artist (think of that succinct encapsulation in the opening sequence of Blue Velvet), and his aesthetic (think Norman Rockwell meets Salvador Dali, kind of...) is utilized to great effect in this series about small town America where under the surface everything really isn't what it seems. Some of the most dazzling sequences in this show also are the most brutal filmed for television (premium cable included, and keep in mind, this aired 20 years ago on primetime ABC), but also some of the most emotionally resonant. Twin Peaks is full of amazing characters, quirky and dark humor, mysterious mysteries, romance and that requisite Lynchian weirdness, while also being one of the most powerful explorations of good and evil you might ever see. I shall stop with the gushing, but it's just what happens with me when I start on about Twin Peaks. Its distinct mix of many genres, and lack of resolution between, may leave you confuzzled and full of unease, but in a good way. If any series should be required television viewing, Twin Peaks is it. You haven't experienced TV until you've let this show get under your skin.

ANYWAY NEVERMIND ALL THAT. LOOK! SHINY PICTURES BELOW. Hopefully, this SPOILER-FREE (please to keep the comments as so) spam will equate to intrigue for those who have yet to see Twin Peaks, while also serving as a nice trip down nostalgia lane for those of you who already love this damn fine series. THERE IS A SECOND PART TO THIS, a picspam of the pilot, which I shall link to here and below, with links to download. I do recommend watching this series, especially particular episodes, on DVD and in the dark, not on your computer, but. For US viewers only (I'm assuming...), the entire series minus the pilot are streamed here. It's VITAL to watch the pilot first, which is not included on the CBS site for whatever miserable reason. BUT GET YOUR HANDS ON THE DVDS AND WATCH THIS THING IN THE DARKNESS OF YOUR LIVING ROOM (w/ Log Lady intros). OKAY I SHALL SHUT IT NOW. ON TO THE THING.

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THE PEOPLE

One of the best aspects of viewing Twin Peaks is getting to know the people who inhabit said town and watching as more and more layers of their crazy, multifaceted selves are exposed. From the quirky, sweet, silly, idiosyncratic, and sexy, to the eccentric, weird, mean, bizarre, and/or just plain terrifying. And usually a combination of some or all of these descriptors at the same time. The list of people you'll come to know and love (or want to run far, far away from) goes on for days, and I might have gone overboard with the spamming but everyone brings something to the series, be they in all the episodes or just one memorable scene (also, pardon my favoritism [witness the number of photos for certain characters], but I had to stop myself somewhere. ;)).

P.S. Watch out for the fab clothes and hair and glasses. Oh, 1990 mixed with Lynchian 1950s-ness. 10 bucks says you'll be wanting a pair of saddle shoes after falling in love with Audrey Horne.

P.P.S. To keep in mind: in a town like Twin Peaks, no one is innocent.


LAURA PALMER
She's filled with secrets.



Donna: Do you think that if you were falling in space
that you'd slow down after a while, or go faster and faster?
Laura: Faster and faster. And for a long time you wouldn't feel
anything. Then you'd burst into fire. Forever. And the angels
wouldn't help you, because they've all gone away.




SPECIAL AGENT DALE "COOP" COOPER
DAMN good coffee, and HOT!





AUDREY HORNE
I'm Audrey Horne and I get what I want.




MADELEINE "MADDY" FERGUSON
Do you see these glasses that I'm wearing? I hate them!
I'm never wearing these again.




DONNA HAYWARD
James: When did you start smoking?
Donna: I smoke every once in a while; it helps relieve tension.
James: When did you get so tense?
Donna: When I started smoking.




JAMES HURLEY
You're not a turkey. A turkey's one of the dumbest birds on the earth.




BOBBY BRIGGS
All you good people, you want to know who killed Laura?
YOU DID! We all did, and pretty words aren't going to bring her back,
man, so save your prayers. She would've laughed at them anyway.




DEPUTY ANDY BRENNAN
Listen to me, Lucy Moran, you just listen. When the Tacoma Sperm Bank was looking for donors, naturally I applied.
It's my civic duty and I like whales.




LUCY MORAN
Truman: Morning Lucy, what's going on?
Lucy: Er...thanks to Jade, Jared decided not to kill himself,
and he's changed his will leaving the Towers to Jade instead of Emerald,
but Emerald found out about it, and now she's trying to seduce Chet to
give her the new will so that she can destroy it; Montana's planning to
kill Jared at midnight so the Towers will belong to Emerald and Montana,
but I think she's going to double-cross him and he doesn't know it yet.
Poor Chet.
Truman: What's going on *here*?




LELAND PALMER
We have to dance. We have to dance for Laura.




SHELLY JOHNSON
I've got one man too many in my life and I'm married to him.




SHERIFF HARRY S. TRUMAN
There's a sort of evil out there. Something very, very strange
in these old woods. Call it what you want. A darkness, a presence.
It takes many forms but... its been out there for as long as anyone
can remember and we've always been here to fight it.




BIG ED HURLEY
I'm living my life, Norma. I just don't like it much.




PETE MARTELL
Fellas, don't drink that coffee! You'd never guess.
There was a fish... in the percolator! Sorry...




DEA AGENT DENIS/DENISE BRYSON
That gets into a delicate area. But on the other hand I'm trying
very hard lately to be more in touch with my feelings. Oh, David Duchovny.




MAJOR GARLAND BRIGGS
I'm not at liberty to divulge that information.




MARGARET LANTERMAN a.k.a. THE LOG LADY
One day my log will have something to say about this.
My log saw something that night.




FBI REGIONAL BUREAU CHIEF GORDON COLE (David Lynch)
COOPER. YOU REMIND ME TODAY OF A SMALL MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA.



AND THERE'S MORE. (Sorry, Ben and Jerry, peoples' bandwidths are
hating on me already and I'm so absurd I've included both wee Hayward
sisters, so. One each from here on out.)




The Man from Another Place. The Giant. There are some folks who...
well, maybe some things are best left seen, and not explained.
And yes, that is David Bowie. And like him, I'm not going to talk
about Judy. In fact, we're going to leave her out of it.




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PLACES

Smell those trees! A defining characteristic of Twin Peaks is its incredible sense of place; an atmosphere of both cozy comfort as well as dread and anxiety, as only David Lynch can render. There's your requite neighborhood diner where Laura Palmer started up the Meals on Wheels program, while five miles away across the border is the infamous One-Eyed Jack's. Twin Peaks may look like an ordinary American small town, but scratch below the surface and nothing is quite what it seems. When you watch this show, these are the places you'll be spending all of your time, and their names (The Double R Diner, The Great Northern, and The Roadhouse to note just a few) will become as familiar to you as your own favorite hometown hangouts. But just as important to the physical places in Twin Peaks are the ones that exist just outside our frame of reality. The Waiting Room, The Black Lodge and the White Lodge. After seeing episode 3 and the season 2 finale, your ability to sleep soundly might be a bit challenged for a while.




LET'S ROCK!: RANDOM THINGOS

According to Dale Cooper, The Double R is where cherry pies go when they die. From coffee, donuts, and pie to the Bookhouse Boys, here's a random smattering of images that are part and parcel of the Twin Peaks world. What does that white horse stand for? What events are unfolding on Invitation to Love, and who do Jade and Emerald remind you of? What does Waldo the Myna bird know? What exactly is creamed corn? And remember, the owls are not what they seem.




THE RED ROOM (Cooper's First Dream)

Through the darkness of future past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds
Fire walk with me

David Lynch's distinct style left its mark on the landscape of television. While it's commonplace today to consider TV as an art form, this is due in large part to shows like Twin Peaks (amongst other factors), and its cinematic, Lynchian visuals and sound. In the third episode of season 1, Cooper experiences his first taste of what is initially referred to as The Red Room. With its red curtains, sparse art deco style, statues, music, lighting and crazy vocals (ex.> dialogue in the Red Room was spoken by the actors backwards and then played reversed, creating an unnerving way of speaking and, hence, the subtitles you see below), The Red Room is only best experienced within the full context of the series itself, but I couldn't resist including a bit of it here.

Suddenly it was twenty five years later. I was old sitting in a red room.
There was a midget in a red suit and a beautiful woman. The little man told
me that my favorite gum was coming back into style and didn't his cousin
look exactly like Laura Palmer, which she did. She's filled with secrets,
sometimes her arms bend back, where she's from the birds sing a pretty
song and there's always music in the air. The midget did a dance, Laura
kissed me and she whispered the name of the killer in my ear.





Cooper: I know who killed Laura Palmer. No, Harry. It can wait until morning.



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PILOT PICSPAM + DL LINKS:





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[info]hollywoodgrrl

November 23 2009, 06:46:45 UTC 2 years ago

DAMN FINE PICSPAM! AND THOROUGH!


Watch Twin Peaks.
THIS!

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:02:25 UTC 2 years ago

WHY THANK YOU!

Took me long enough. :P

[info]tokenblkgirl

November 23 2009, 07:05:59 UTC 2 years ago

Oh, this is amazing! I forgot how much I love this show. :)

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:04:21 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you! I'm all over this show like crazy right now -- glad to have reminded you of your Twin Peaks love. :D

[info]silentwilight

November 23 2009, 07:12:02 UTC 2 years ago

Cool picspam! I've always wanted to just have a marathon of this show and see what all the fuss is about :)

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:05:36 UTC 2 years ago

Thankee! If you do, and your anything like me, once you start you'll pretty much want to watch through mid-s2 as fast as you can. :)

[info]wondergirl9847

2 years ago

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[info]lastbestwest

November 23 2009, 07:24:44 UTC 2 years ago

I was JUST listening to Angelo Badalamenti's soundtrack for Twin Peaks! It's my favourite tv show, absolute billiance. Thanks for the awesome picspam!

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:09:57 UTC 2 years ago

The music, oh. The music! The score for TP has to be one of my all time favorites -- it's just so evocative, and utilized to amazing affect and its just this brilliant connective tissue that weaves throughout the entire thing and yes. Love it, and the songs sung by Julee Cruise as well. I keep adding shows to my list of favorites, but Twin Peaks shot its way to the top pretty damn fast. (And you're most welcome! Thank you for the comment!)

[info]vikikat

November 23 2009, 07:31:11 UTC 2 years ago

Lovely picspam!

I watched the show in 1990, I was 13 years old. It was so scary to me (and my friends). I watched again a few years ago, and it was so funny! I couldn't understand its humor back then.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:13:50 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you!

HA, I've had that experience, going back and watching shows you loved as a kid and then seeing just how much you didn't quite comprehend. I did the same type of thing with the early seasons of The X-Files which I had originally watched when it first started airing in '93. One of the best aspects of Twin Peaks is how amazingly it can simultaneously hold on to the scary + humor. :)

[info]pennilesspoet17

November 23 2009, 07:58:46 UTC 2 years ago

oh i love this very, very much.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:15:31 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you! :D

[info]bold_seer

November 23 2009, 08:30:42 UTC 2 years ago

Amazing! I love the Coop spam (the llama!) and the Audrey spam and the places spam and the random objects spam. And, er, everything.

Norman Rockwell meets Salvador Dali, kind of

That's an... apt description! :)

I think I need to go and re-watch the series.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:18:17 UTC 2 years ago

RE-WATCH YES! [Recruiter post is also a secret "rekindle the fandom love and make people revisit the series* post as well. ;)]

And thank you! Glad you like! And I came across that description in an essay of sorts but tacked on the kind of, heh. It gets the general idea across, methinks.

[info]dubhesigrid

November 23 2009, 09:20:45 UTC 2 years ago

Great publi!post/picspam that goes straight to memories :) Thanks for posting this, TP is one of the best TV shows ever. Great performances, great script, and crappy 2nd season IMHO :/

Smiles!

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:26:17 UTC 2 years ago Edited:  November 24 2009, 01:27:24 UTC

Snaps, thank you muchly! IA so hard that it's one of the best series ever and the rest. OH THE SECOND SEASON. OH. The first half of the season is pretty damn great still (up to the episode after that dazzling bit of television with the *insert giant spoiler here* which I don't even have words for) and then after that yeah, it just does a deflating thing. Some good things scattered throughout, and then a fantastic payoff for your perseverance with the series finale, but, yeah. I have come up with several ways in which it could have not gone so haywire, but I second your :/ face.

:DDDDD

[info]dubhesigrid

2 years ago

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[info]abouttoexpire

November 23 2009, 10:12:23 UTC 2 years ago

Amazing, thanks so much for this <3

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:30:08 UTC 2 years ago

Oh, no worries at all. I got to stare at all the pretty. And thank you!

[info]fran___

November 23 2009, 11:33:31 UTC 2 years ago

OMG! This is epic! One of the most wonderful picspams I've ever seen. Kudos!

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:36:21 UTC 2 years ago

*bows* THANK YOU!! I shall look to this comment whenever I think I'm spending much too much time on a picspam. ;) :DDD

And I'm suddenly lamenting my lack of a Dead Like Me icon. Woe. Need to remedy that.

[info]bunny_boghart

November 23 2009, 11:40:53 UTC 2 years ago

I just bought the first season (because it was on my list of must see things) but haven't watched yet, know it makes me wanna watch it even more !
Thank you for this wonderful picspam !

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:38:47 UTC 2 years ago

No worries! And thank you! If this picspam makes you watch Twin Peaks sooner rather than later, then mission accomplished! Many snaps to you for having bought it -- it's worth it, you'll see. :)

[info]crosleys

November 23 2009, 11:50:15 UTC 2 years ago

The Log Lady continues to be everything I ever aspire to be in life.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:43:47 UTC 2 years ago

*sends you some pitch gum* If I could pull off those glasses my outlook on life and the world would be immediately improved.

[info]deej

November 23 2009, 11:57:58 UTC 2 years ago

I struggled with the first viewing of the pilot last month, but reckon it'd be a million times more enjoyable to watch at home with my Dad, in the living room on an actual tv, as you say.

BUT UM. PICSPAM. Yeeowzer! David Lynch, David Duchovny, David Bowie — whattupp, Davids? :P

The Lucy quote is so great! The delicious build up of slowly discovering she's talking about a tv show, lulllzz. (Her little speech isn't some slanty-side-ways hint at the TP plot at the time, is it?)

Btw, love reading you. You write like an academic, sprinkled with fangirl squee. AWESOME.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 01:58:37 UTC 2 years ago Edited:  November 24 2009, 03:20:23 UTC

It's challenging! TP demands a lot from its audience, its true, but as a television watching experience for me it was just so rewarding. I want people to watch this thing, hence DLs and such like, but its really one of those things where you've got to hunker down, have the right atmosphere working for you and a nice big screen to watch it on. It's just got so much going on!

LOL DAVIDS. It's a good name it seems! :DDD

Hmmm, re: speech. Not telling? :P ETA: Nevermind re: what I said before. Imitation to Love, the soap within Twin Peaks (which is itself utilizing/commentating on the soap opera genre) does have actual resonance with the plot, especially when you actually see clips from it when characters watch.

[info]ohvienna

2 years ago

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[info]deej

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[info]beyondtheworld

November 23 2009, 12:58:00 UTC 2 years ago

Oh this is cool! I'm planning on watching Twin Peaks soon, so this made me even more excited.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:16:43 UTC 2 years ago

Thanks! And I'm glad to have upped the anticipation factor! Hope you enjoy your Twin Peaks experience. :DDD

[info]jinggle

November 23 2009, 13:12:34 UTC 2 years ago

Wow! I think I'll like this movie! By the way, cool quotes!

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:29:50 UTC 2 years ago

Thanks!! And you should definitely check out Twin Peaks -- I'm pretty much just going to start handing out DVD box sets on the street soon. ;)

[info]scullyish

November 23 2009, 13:42:20 UTC 2 years ago

I love Twin Peaks and this picspam is amazing. I still have to finish watching the second season, but the first season alone is pretty much flawless, tbqh.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:33:35 UTC 2 years ago

Thanks! Yeah...the last half of the second season. *sigh* Persevere and the final episode will be your reward. There are good bits in those last 10 or so eps, but IA season one is perfection (and the first half of s2 is also for the win).

[info]estel_sparks

November 23 2009, 15:20:40 UTC 2 years ago

Well, damn. Now I have no choice but to watch it! This is a really impressive picspam, regardless if one has seen the show or now. Did you go to film school or something? ;)

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:37:18 UTC 2 years ago

Now I have no choice but to watch it!

*EVIL CACKLE* MWAHAHAHAHAHA.

Also thank you! -- And I went to worse than film school. ;) Cinema Studies BFA can I get a woot, woot? :P

[info]apckrfan

November 23 2009, 15:56:36 UTC 2 years ago

Both this and the pilot picspams are awesome. Thanks for sharing your hard work.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:38:53 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you! And no worries - I'm currently living to spread Twin Peaks love throughout LJ Land. :D

[info]indigoisbetter

November 23 2009, 16:22:23 UTC 2 years ago

Great picspam! :D
You've inspired me to finish the series!

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:40:36 UTC 2 years ago

Thanks!!

I'm guessing you've fallen off in s2? That bit wherein the show just sort of goes off the rails after all the amazing *SPOILERS* ahem stuff? Keep on keeping on, the final episode is EPIC.

[info]garmonbozia666

November 23 2009, 16:24:11 UTC 2 years ago

I loved it, going to save it to memories ! thanks for this !

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:41:51 UTC 2 years ago

AAAH, your username! So many points. :)

And thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

[info]hippyann

November 23 2009, 16:33:27 UTC 2 years ago

GREAT PICSPAM GOTTA LOVE THIS! *saving it to memories* Great great work!

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:42:51 UTC 2 years ago

BRB SPAZZING OUT AT YOUR ADORABLE BACKBEAT ICON.

ALSO thank you muchly!! :D

[info]elliptic_eye

November 23 2009, 16:54:42 UTC 2 years ago

Is that... David Duchovny... in drag?

I don't even know properly what this show is about yet, and already I think I want to see Dale Cooper as a crossover character in a Criminal Minds fic.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:45:15 UTC 2 years ago

YUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

I've not seen any Criminal Minds -- there is much talk of it on my flist lately, it seems. I should check out? BUT IA COOPER BELONGS IN ANY AND ALL XOVERS WITH OTHER DETECTIVES DOING DETECTING. He will add much wisdom and general absurdity.

[info]elliptic_eye

2 years ago

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[info]thelittlespy

November 23 2009, 17:36:16 UTC 2 years ago

I love both of these picspams. Love them. I really, really need to do a rewatch. Soon.

I'm entertained by Duchov-in-drag being right above the future Captain Scully.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:47:17 UTC 2 years ago

I finished the whole thing + film and promptly started over again. I'm stuck in some kind of loop. So I support and encourage your desires to rewatch!

[I may or may have done that completely on purpose. Don S. Davis! ♥]

[info]kasiowy

November 23 2009, 18:00:00 UTC 2 years ago

Great job!
Man, I love Twin Peaks SO MUCH.

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:47:59 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you! And it probs goes without saying but ME. TOO. Show!

[info]hauntingdream

November 23 2009, 18:51:47 UTC 2 years ago

Excellent picspam. I miss Hawk though :-(

[info]ohvienna

November 24 2009, 03:50:20 UTC 2 years ago

Good thing you guys can't keep a secret.

HAWK IS THE BEST. This show just has such an incredible cast, I can't even.

And thank you!
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