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…
During my quest to identify every Twin Peaks filming location, there are times when I just get lucky. After watching a brief scene between Beverly and Tom Paige in Part 7 from Season 3, I decided to find this home. Using the street address prominently featured on the home’s exterior, it didn’t take me long to…
For the opening scene of Twin Peaks – Part 7 on Showtime, Jerry Horne is seen looking dazed and confused while sitting in the woods. This scene, like his appearance watching Dr. Amp in the woods from Part 5, was shot in Olallie State Park outside North Bend, Washington. It took five visits to Weeks Falls…
During a recent trip to Washington state in January 2020, I wrote an article about some of my “White Whale” film locations I was hopeful to find. One of them was a scene from Twin Peaks – Part 7 where Deputy Andy Brennan waits for The Farmer. Thankfully, a fellow Bookhouse Boy answered the call with…
Music has always played an important part of my Twin Peaks obsession as the original soundtrack album was my gateway to the show in 1993. Years later, thanks to the efforts of Dean Hurley, a longtime David Lynch collaborator who operated and managed Lynch’s Asymmetrical Studio from 2005-2018, we were blessed with the release of…
This Setting the Stage article examines the exterior locations of Lucky 7 Insurance in Las Vegas, Nevada. With it’s bronze statue of a Western-dressed man pointing a pistol, this location appears in six episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return on Showtime beginning with Part 5.
I recently shared how the aerial footage of the FBI jet in flight from Twin Peaks Parts 7 and 9 was taken from promotional footage provided by Gulfstream Aerospace. The interiors for this location were shot using a set provided by Air Hollywood located in Pacoima, California. Here’s how I discovered this location.
In Twin Peaks Parts 7 and 9, aerial footage of a Gulfstream G450 jet in flight is shown. This jet is carrying FBI Agents Gordon Cole, Albert Rosenfield and Tammy Preston along with Diane Evans. As it turns out, this footage is actually part of a promotional video originally from Gulfstream Aerospace.
In several episodes of Twin Peaks Season 3 on Showtime, Janey-E Jones, wife of Dougie Jones, is seen carrying a red handbag. The first appearance of this handbag is in Part 6 when she visits a local park to pay back loan money to Tommy and Jimmy. I identified the handbag thanks to a gold…
I’ve been exploring the various locations used for Yankton Federal Prison in Twin Peaks: The Return on Showtime. This time, we stop by Warden Dwight Murphy’s office as seen in Part 7. Like several other scenes that take place in the prison, the office set is located at Sybil Brand Institute in Los Angeles, California.