After an intimate night with Diane/Linda at a nondescript hotel in Twin Peaks Part 18 on Showtime, Richard/Cooper drives to Odessa, Texas in search of a waitress. He spots a coffee shop with an interesting name – Eat at Judy’s – and stops to investigate. In reality, this scene was shot at a restaurant in…
Following a long drive through the desert at night, Richard/Cooper and Carrie Page stop for gas in Twin Peaks Part 18 on Showtime. This location was pretty easy to identify as so many details were available in the shot, including the gas station’s name. I first identified this location via Twitter on September 4, 2017 shortly…
In Twin Peaks Part 18 on Showtime, there is a brief establishing shot of the city limit sign for Odessa, Texas. This is shown just after Richard/Cooper leaves the hotel where he and Linda/Diane stayed. This location is actually in Texas and thanks to Google Maps, I have some details from the area.
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.
The exploration of the film locations used for the hotel in Buckhorn, South Dakota continues with a look at the FBI Room. Seen in Parts 14, 16, and 17, this location was shot in the same building in Los Angeles as the Blue Rose Task Force meeting scene in Part 12.
In Twin Peaks Season 3 on Showtime, Gordon Cole’s FBI team stay at a hotel in Buckhorn, South Dakota. The hotel’s exterior was shot in southern California, while several interior scenes were filmed at the Los Angeles Athletic Club in downtown LA. This article takes a closer look at the hotel’s exterior as seen in Parts 10,…
In Twin Peaks Part 12, Agents Gordon Cole, Albert Rosenfield, and Tammy Preston raise a glass of wine while at a hotel in Buckhorn, South Dakota. It’s during this scene that Agent Preston is invited to join the Blue Rose Task Force. In reality, this scene was shot inside a historic building in downtown Los Angeles,…
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…
In Twin Peaks Part 16, Dougie Jones lands in Memorial Hospital in Las Vegas after sticking a metal fork into an electric socket in Part 15. In reality, this scene, along with a brief scene in Part 17, were shot inside Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, California. Thanks to some location images from the…