In Episode 1001, Norma Jennings pays a visit to the Twin Peaks General Store where she runs into the cotton ball-obsessed Nadine Hurley. This is the only time that the General Store appears in the entire series. In reality, the location used for this store – Valley Hardware Toys & Trains – was found in…
After finishing dinner last night, I retired to my bedroom to get caught up on happenings of the day via Twitter. While scrolling through my timeline, my heart sank upon seeing a tweet from the Los Angeles Times Movie News – “Actress Peggy Lipton, star of ‘The Mod Squad’ and ‘Twin Peaks,’ dies at 72.”…
In the Pilot Episode of Twin Peaks, there are two short scenes of James Hurley sitting on a mountain overlook holding a necklace with half a gold heart.   In reality, this scene was shot outside of Snoqualmie, Washington at a spot now known as Snoqualmie Point Park.
In Twin Peaks Part 18 on Showtime, Richard/Cooper searches for a missing waitress named Carrie Page that worked at Eat at Judy’s in Odessa, Texas. After obtaining an address from a co-worker, he drives to a rundown home somewhere in the desert. In reality, this home is located in the Southern California desert and it took…
I’ve recently been exploring the film locations in Washington and California that were used for The Bookhouse in Season 1 and 2 of Twin Peaks. For this third article, I take a deep dive into the set created in Van Nuys, California for Episodes 2.006, 2.017, and 2.018.
The second of three locations for The Bookhouse appears in Episode 1003 of Twin Peaks. Sheriff Truman, Deputy Hawk and Big Ed Hurley take Special Agent Dale Cooper to this location shortly after enjoying pie and coffee at the Double R Diner. Unlike the Pilot Episode, the interior for this scene was shot in southern California…
In Twin Peaks episode 1.003, Sheriff Truman and fellow Bookhouse Boys, Big Ed Hurley and Deputy Hawk, take Special Agent Dale Cooper inside The Bookhouse. He tells Cooper that it’s the place where they have gathered together for the past 20 years and that the coffee is free. But the location they visit is just one…
Bunny rabbits have been a part of Twin Peaks since debuting on April 8, 1990. From boxes of chocolate bunnies in the Pilot Episode to Jack Rabbit’s Palace from Season 3, here’s a round up of bunnies found in this place both wonderful and strange. This time it really is all about the bunny.
One of my favorite storylines and sets from Twin Peaks Season 2 – Windom Earle’s cabin – gets the Vacant Peaks treatment in this article. The cabin appears in Episodes 2014 through 2021. Here is a look at scenes from the cabin minus former Agent Earle, Leo Johnson, Major Briggs, and the Heavy Metal Youth. Apologies in…
In a previous article, I detailed how I picked up the Twin Peaks Season 2 Music and More for Record Store Day on April 13, 2019. Once I returned home, I took a closer look at the soundtrack, which was wrapped in plastic (of course).