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- 1990
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- ABC
- 1990
- TV-MA
- ABC
Summary "She's dead. Wrapped in plastic." Date: Friday, February 24, 1989: Homecoming Queen Laura Palmer is found dead, washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic sheeting. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate the murder of this young woman in the small, Northwestern town of Twin Peaks. What he doesn't know is that in T...
- 1990
- TV-MA
- ABC
- 1990
- TV-MA
- ABC
Twin Peaks
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 8, 1990
9.0
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Summary "She's dead. Wrapped in plastic." Date: Friday, February 24, 1989: Homecoming Queen Laura Palmer is found dead, washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic sheeting. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate the murder of this young woman in the small, Northwestern town of Twin Peaks. What he doesn't know is that in T...
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
83
89% Positive
40 Reviews
40 Reviews
9% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
83
89% Positive
40 Reviews
40 Reviews
9% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
If you, like me, had heard whispers that this revival was going to be Lynch’s vision almost entirely unconstrained by network notes--if you, like me, were buckled in for two hours of uncompromising surrealism and horror, this premiere delivered.
It's a riveting indication of what Lynch can do without words. Simple shots of traffic lights and waterfalls are enough to send chills up the spine.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 940 User Ratings
9.0
93% Positive
874 Ratings
874 Ratings
3% Mixed
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
4% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 940 User Ratings
9.0
93% Positive
874 Ratings
874 Ratings
3% Mixed
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
4% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
Through the darkness of future's past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds
"Fire walk with me"
The first season promises a series nothing would ever rival. The second season veers on redundance.
And the third season: the first two seasons are so competently well-made, you will sit through it and hate Lynch for finishing it. But hey we all have.
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After hearing nothing but great things about Twin Peaks(although there were criticisms of the second season not being as good and some being underwhelmed by the ending) I finally checked out the show and the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me as somebody who appreciates David Lynch hugely and love almost all his films, and it was time well worth spent. It's true that the first season is better than the second, but that is not to knock the second season because it is still great, if not as well paced and maybe the main plot line was wrapped up a little too quickly(the only negative personally against the series), but the first season is a masterpiece and some of the best television has ever seen. There have been criticisms about the reveal of the final episode being underwhelming, initially it is a head-scratcher but I am with those who considers the episode on the whole one of the scariest episodes seen on television.
Twin Peaks looks incredible, quite easily one of the best-looking TV series personally watched; the photography is so good that you have to check that it's for a television show and not a film and the costumes and sets are colourfully surreal and positively eye catching. Twin Peaks is also one of the best scored television series, the music enhances the atmosphere so well and better than a lot of other shows and it really haunts the mind, again like the visuals it can easily be mistaken for a score written for a film. The dialogue is very thought-provoking with moments of tension and a lot of hilarious humour that has David Lynch's style of humour all over it. The episodes are all compelling and multi-faceted in atmosphere, even the weakest episodes are much better than a lot of TV shows today at their best and worst, while the show tackles a very dark subject with subtle horror, genuinely disturbing scenes like the entire ending, quirky humour that at its best is side-splittingly hilarious and a real emotional wallop.
The characters are not only interesting with more than one dimension to them but more than memorable as well, Agent Cooper and Ben Horne being especially so, sure a few appear, disappear and re-appear but you never forget them. Twin Peaks is superbly directed and acted throughout, with the performances Kyle MacLachlan in his most famous role(perhaps) is at his best and the same can be said for Richard Beymer. Sheryl Lee and Sherilyn Fenn are poignant, Ray Wise is much more sensitive than he is in the film and one mustn't forget the scene-stealer that is Piper Laurie nor Frank Silva as one of the most frightening characters television has ever seen. Strictly speaking the acting is outstanding all round, you'd be hard pressed to find a television series with no actor is bad and with this level of consistency. To conclude, at its best Twin Peaks really is one of the greatest television series ever. The film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is not as good but is still very good and undeservedly under-appreciated. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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But the best stuff easily reminded true blue fans--and only true blue fans--why they loved this so deeply to begin with.
This show is so deliciously perverse that washing up afterward just seems the natural thing to do. [6 Apr 1990, p.75]
It is a splendid, focused and wholly assured resurrection.
The thing that struck me most immediately about the premiere is how relatively cogent it was, with a clear emphasis on "relatively." What premiered on Sunday was as accessibly scary, disturbing and audaciously funny as many of the best parts of the original Twin Peaks, and nowhere near as hallucinatory and subtextually distilled as the prequel film Fire Walk With Me. ... That does not mean that I could tell you in any linear description what happened in the two hours.
It’s hard not to feel like I’ve been completely, utterly duped. The two-hour kickoff did not repair the damage wrought by Season 2. ... To say I was disappointed by the revival’s indulgent, incomprehensible, taxing opening act would be a towering understatement.
гармонбозия гармонбозия гармонбозия.... я слышу эти слова в своей черепной коробке каждую ночь... я вижу это лицо, лицо девида линча... он говорит мне где закопана лора палмер...
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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David Lynch is my favorite director. Dale Copper is my favorite TV character. Twin Peaks is my favorite TV show. I love this show with all my heart.
Quirky, creepy, surreal and terrifying. It's hard to put into words just how good this show is. Like all of Lynch's work, it enters your mind and never leaves.
It's true that it struggles a bit during the second half of season two, but it gets a lot better towards the end and ends on one of the best cliffhangers ever.
This is a damn fine show.
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The greatest show of all time that shaped television, audiences, actors involved and gave me numerous sleepless nights even as an adult. Seminal moment in tv history. Dark, mysterious, quaint and oh so moreish. Season 3 - 25 years later - adds to the mythos. Religious watching. One of Lynch's finest moments. Fire Walk With Me!
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On retrouve dans cette série un certain nombre de tics des films de David Lynch, ses obsessions du bizarre et de la folie et le fait que tous les personnages de Twin Peaks soient -tous- cinglés (à des degrés divers) n’est décidément pas pour déplaire.
A cet égard, la première saison est assez réussie, puis la seconde qui n’en finit plus de s’étirer et de se tordre dans tous les sens a raison de notre **** faut dire que contrairement à un film, nous voilà embarqués pour des plombes et des plombes dans un enchevêtrement de complots et de cabales à dormir debout entre les nombreux protagonistes de ce patelin de péquenots.
On se fait promener d’épisode en épisode et de rebondissement en rebondissement, on se laisse embrouiller volontiers… mais au bout d’un temps, une lassitude irrémédiable s’installe. Et ce n’est pas la fin qui nous contentera, bien au contraire : mais qui a tué machine au fait ?!…
Drolatique à ses débuts, Twin Peaks finit donc par nous les briser, car sous la folie de Lynch (et de Frost), sous les excentricités se cache une structure trop faiblarde pour tenir sur une telle distance.
Si les actrices sont ravissantes (et excellentes), si les acteurs sont brillants dans leur non-sens, le jeu de piste interminable nous gave considérablement. Alors, nous laissons les fous à eux-mêmes et refermons les grilles de l’asile !
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Production Company:
- Lynch/Frost Productions
- Propaganda Films
- Spelling Entertainment
- Twin Peaks Productions
Initial Release Date: Apr 8, 1990
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 18 Nominations
Soap Opera Digest Awards
• 14 Nominations
