![]() ![]() No matter your level of Twin Peaks expertise, there’s always more to learn about this infamously intricate show. Can Twin Peaks thrive in a world where it’s not the oddball? Or did it gain so much of its power from the simple fact that it aired in 1990, on ABC, where no one would have ever thought to look for it? It’s weird, sure, but it’s also basically a primetime soap with a huge heart.Īnd now it’s coming back - or, if you’re a Twin Peaks fan, it is “happening again.” But it’s returning as a series that has so successfully permeated the culture that virtually every TV show on the air owes some debt to it. It’s one of the greatest TV series ever made, but also way more approachable than you might expect it to be from the years of hype. ![]() Twin Peaks changed television history, but almost had to die to do so. It’s the surface of Twin Peaks, but not the core. It misses what made the show such a critical and (brief) ratings sensation, what garnered it tons of Emmy nominations. Above all, it’s super weird, right? Too weird for network TV, and even too weird for many of its die-hard fans.īut all of the above misses what made Twin Peaks such a lightning bolt when it debuted on ABC - a big, big broadcast network - in the spring of 1990. It’s the body of a beautiful young woman wrapped in plastic, or an FBI agent coolly dictating memos to an unseen “Diane” on a miniature cassette recorder. It’s “damn fine coffee” or a dwarf dancing in a red room. The show seems to have been filtered down to an essence of weird catchphrases and images over the 26 years it has been off the air. If you’ve never seen it, Twin Peaks isn’t what you think it is. ![]()
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