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: The Return, 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…
In the first two parts of Twin Peaks on Showtime, we are introduced to the William (Bill) and Phyllis Hastings who live in the town of Buckhorn, South Dakota. These scenes were actually shot at a private residence in southern California. Let’s take a closer look.
In this final Vacant Peaks article about the Palmer house, we revisit the Washington state home 25 years later from Twin Peaks Season 3 on Showtime. Similar to Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the crew used the house in Everett, Washington for filming. This article shows empty scenes from the home as seen in Parts 2, 11, 13,…
In a recent Vacant Peaks article, I explored The Red Room from Season 2 and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. While the series only visited this location a handful of times in seasons 1 and 2, things were much different in season 3 on Showtime. In addition to being featured in the opening credits for each…
Season 3 of Twin Peaks on Showtime opens with Sam Colby watching a mysterious glass box in New York City. This Vacant Peaks article takes a look at this location sans people in Parts 1, 2, 3 and 10. Interesting side notes – the image above is recycled at least six or seven times throughout the…
The majestic White Tail Falls in Twin Peaks is first introduced to viewers during the opening credits of the Pilot episode. In reality, the falls are known as Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie, Washington. This Setting the Stage story takes a look at the falls as seen throughout the three seasons of Twin Peaks.
After a lively dinner conversation over spaghetti, Mr. C and Jack (Steve Baker) visit a self storage unit to switch automobiles in Twin Peaks – Part 2 on Showtime. Mr. C then says “goodbye” to Jack after squeezing his mouth for approximately 30-seconds. After searching for this location since March 2018, I finally located it…
Duncan Todd (played by Patrick Fischler) in Twin Peaks Season 3 on Showtime was an associate of Mr. C. He appeared in Parts 2, 6, 10, 13, and 15, and was often seen siting behind a desk in a spacious, modern office overlooking “Las Vegas.” As it turns out, his office scenes were filmed in the heart…
In Twin Peaks Part 2 on Showtime, Mr. C hosts a dinner party with Ray Monroe, Darya and Jack at a restaurant in South Dakota. The establishing shot for this scene was from Bell’s Motor Lodge in Spearfish, South Dakota (as seen in this article). The restaurant interior, however, was filmed in southern California. It…