I was asked by Jill Watson, a fellow Bookhouse Gal, on Twitter about the tall tree painting in the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department. It’s a topic that has been on my list of things to cover on Twin Peaks Blog as you know how I like to obsess over these little details. As it turns…
The Vacant Peaks series explores places and scenes in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks without people. In this second article of a multi-part series exploring the Palmer house, I examine the second season episodes including 2.001, 2.003, 2.007, 2.008, 2.009, and 2.010. After episode 2.010, the Palmer homestead is not shown again until…
“And, uh, what can we add to the menu? Some specials, maybe?” Upon hearing M.T. Wentz is coming to town in Twin Peaks episode 2.004, Hank Jennings asks Norma Jennings what items can they add to the menu as he plans to trick the Double R Diner out like “Christmas on the Fourth of July.”…
In Episode 1.002 of Twin Peaks, Audrey Horne tells Donna Hayward at the Double R Diner that “Agent Cooper loves coffee.” Fueled by multiple cups of coffee on National Coffee Day 2018, I spent all day examining just how much Cooper enjoys a cup o’ joe that is “black as midnight on a moonless night.”
Calhoun Memorial Hospital in Twin Peaks get the Vacant Peaks treatment in this story. The hospital is used as a setting in several episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 including the Pilot, 1.001, 1.007, 2.001, 2.002, and 2.003. A scene in Episode 2.009 also takes place outside the hospital. This article includes moments at the…
While researching Twin Peaks High School, I’ve discovered there were five film locations used in the series. The schools in Pilot Episode and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me were filmed in Washington state. Van Nuys High School served as the backdrop for Episodes 2010-2012 in season 2. This brings me to the bathroom scenes…
The brief exchange in the Pilot episode between Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman about traffic lights in Twin Peaks was the perfect summation of what viewers could expect from the sleepy little town with a population of 51,201. To paraphrase Sheriff Truman in Episode 1.003, Twin Peaks is “different” and a “long way from the…
One Eyed Jacks is a casino and brothel located in Canada, near the Washington border. For this Vacant Peaks article, I’m taking a look at the empty spaces from this establishment without people.
The Palmer residence is one of the most iconic homes in Twin Peaks. For this Setting the Stage article, I’m taking a closer look at the exterior scenes from Seasons 1 and 2.
In Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Mrs. Tremond and her grandson meet Laura Palmer outside the Double R Diner while she is preparing a Meals on Wheels run. This is one of those scenes I can’t get enough of in David Lynch’s masterpiece – it’s spooky and surreal. Naturally, I was delighted to visit…