[Cue “Deer Meadow Shuffle”] I’ve previously shared how much I love for the first 30 minutes of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. There is something mesmerizing about the interactions between FBI Agents Chester Desmond and Sam Stanley. Shortly after Gordon Cole introduces them, the Agents head toward Deer Meadow, Washington to examine the body of…
In the Twin Peaks pilot episode, Bobby Briggs offers to drive Shelly Johnson home from the Double R Diner. As it turns out, this scene is similar to other driving scenes in the series – it’s a combination of four different film locations in the Snoqualmie, Washington area.
Twin Peaks Part 8 on Showtime opens with Ray Monroe and Mr. C driving. after leaving Yankton Federal Prison. Unlike the 1989 comedy-drama that inspired the title of this article, Ray and Mr. C are on their way to the Farm. I stumbled onto the location where this scene was filmed by accident. I had…
Special Agent Dale Cooper wakes up at a hospital in Twin Peaks Part 16 on Showtime. He quickly departs with Janey-E and Sonny Jim in a 2015 BMW M4 F83 Convertible heading to meet the Mitchum Brothers at the Silver Mustang Casino.
In Twin Peaks Part 18 on Showtime, Dale Cooper and Diane Evans drive 430 miles to a spot in the desert. I found the location on the morning of September 4, 2017, the day after Part 18 first aired. This location was easy to find thanks to a previously identified film location. More on that in…
In Twin Peaks Part 18 on Showtime, Carrie Page leaves Odessa, Texas with Richard/Cooper and heads to Twin Peaks, WA. The actual location of their journey out of “Odessa” takes place in Littlerock, California.
In Twin Peaks Part 18 on Showtime, there is a short nighttime transition scene of Richard/Cooper and Carrie Page leaving Odessa, Texas. While the scene lasts only eight seconds, I located it on September 11, 2017 thanks to a road sign.
One of the first locations I recall finding from Twin Peaks Season 3 on Showtime was the site of Mr. C’s Car Crash in Part 3. The episode originally aired on Showtime Anytime on May 21 and was subsequently broadcast on May 28. By June 3, I had found the location on Google Maps.
“Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24. Entering the town of Twin Peaks. It’s 5 miles south of the Canadian border, 12 miles west of the state line. Never seen so many trees in my life. As W.C. Fields would say, ‘I’d rather be here than Philadelphia.’” Enter Special Agent Dale Cooper. He rides into town in…