From the moment I first saw Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me in fall 1993, Walter Olkewicz, who played Jacques Renault and later Jean-Michel Renault in Season Three, left a lasting impression on me. I don’t know what it is about that “creepy Jacques,” but Walter played him exceptionally. With word of his passing on April…
From One-Eyed Jacks to Windom Earle’s doctored cards, playing cards have played an important role in Twin Peaks since the very beginning. It was no surprise to find them in the most recent season on Showtime. While researching the film location for the cheap motel in Buckhorn, I identified the card Mr. C shows Darya and soon…
After all these years of being a Twin Peaks fan, there are certain images stick out in my mind. In particular, I remember many scenes with James Marshall as Laura Palmer’s secret boyfriend, James Hurley. While some have joked about his role, he really does give an emotionally-charged and powerful performance in all three seasons plus Twin…
The archival of all things Twin Peaks continues with a look at The Television Collection set released in late 2019 and early 2020. This set was a slightly smaller version of the incomparable Twin Peaks – From Z to A Limited Edition Blu-ray collection. Let’s take a look at the announcement, worldwide packaging and artwork…
A cluster of buildings sit on a nondescript corner of a desert road outside Palmdale, California. Surrounded by Joshua trees and nestled in the shadow of a beige-colored mountain, these seemingly abandoned buildings look like something from a bygone era. Things are not what they seem, however, as the diner, gas station and motel are…
After a 25 year hiatus, we return to the Palmer House in Twin Peaks – Season 3 on Showtime. The crew returned to the original home used both in the Pilot Episode and David Lynch’s 1992 film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The establishing shots of the Palmer house in Seasons 1 and 2 were of…
To kick off a new decade, I’ve been discussing the film location for Glastonbury Grove in Twin Peaks. This is one of the few film locations used for every iteration of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show that is not a set. Here is a summary of all seven articles that explores scenes…
In Twin Peaks – Part 2 on Showtime, Deputy Hawk takes a hike in the woods as he senses something is happening. As it turns out, the crew returned to Franklin Canyon Park outside Beverly Hills, California to shoot this scene. When the episode first aired, I thought they used the same location from Season…
During my seemingly neverending quest to document all the Twin Peaks film locations, I love highlighting establishing shots like the Western Montana scenes from Part 13 in Season 3 on Showtime. While these scenes serves as great transitional shots for the series, they also have an interesting story as to how I found them.
In Twin Peaks Season 3, we’re introduced to a mysterious glass box that Sam Colby is paid to watch. This top secret experiment, funded by a unknown billionaire, was in a nondescript building somewhere in New York City. But like most things in Twin Peaks, things are always what they seem. In reality, the film location for…