One thing I remember from my original viewing of Twin Peaks in the early 1990s was the unexpected long shots of things like trees, traffic lights, and the ceiling fan at the Palmer house. Prior to Twin Peaks, I hadn’t seen these kinds of shots in a television show. These lingering images added a sense of…
It’s time for a journey through an empty Palmer family house in the latest Vacant Peaks article. The first two parts of this series included looks at the home from Season 1 and Season 2. For the third story in this series, I examine the home as seen in my favorite David Lynch film, Twin…
Grab a booth and order a Cherry Coke as we return to an empty Double R Diner in Twin Peaks. This Vacant Peaks article highlights scenes without people from Seasons 1-3 as well as a brief moment in The Missing Pieces from Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me.
“Blow the whistle, Josie. It’s quittin’ time.” What does the Packard Sawmill look like without people? As a follow up to a Setting the Stage article, I’ve compiled images from the Mill for a new Vacant Peaks story. The images are taken from the Pilot Episode, Episode 1007, Episode 2001, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and The…
According to the “Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town,” the Packard Sawmill is located on Sparkwood Road near Black Lake Falls. The mill played a critical role in most of the first season of Twin Peaks before being destroyed by a fire set by Leo Johnson. This article takes a look at the exterior locations of The…
For years, I longed to see the deleted scenes in my favorite David Lynch film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Before The Missing Pieces was released in 2014, the closest I got to “seeing” these scenes was a script-to-screen comparison on Dugpa.com. One of those scenes included Special Agent Phillip Jeffries checking into The…
In Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me, there are two scenes that take place at the FBI field office located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Monochromatic flashbacks from this location also appear in Parts 14 and 15 of Twin Peaks Season 3 on Showtime. In reality, these scenes were captured at a now demolished building in downtown…
The spotlight shines on the Hayward House for this Vacant Peaks article. This continuing series captures glimpses of buildings, sets, props or details without people. Below are images from Seasons 1 and 2 of Twin Peaks, as well as Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces. The Hayward House was not used in Season 3 on…
This Setting the Stage article about the Hayward House exteriors surprised me. For some reason, I thought I would find more exterior shots of the home in Twin Peaks. Unlike the Palmer House, only a handful of exterior shots were seen throughout Seasons 1 and 2, and Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me.
Let’s return to the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department for Part 4 in a series the Vacant Peaks series featuring this location. This first part in this series covered the Pilot Episode, Season 1 and Episodes 2001 and 2002 in Season 2. The second article covered Episodes 2003-2007 in Season 2. Part 3 explored the emptiness found in Episodes…