January 2021 Patreon podcasts: LOST IN TWIN PEAKS #24 - Season 2 Episode 16 and LOST IN THE MOVIES #75 - Twin Peaks Cinema: Rebel Without a Cause (+ Twin Peaks Reflections: Hardy, Mountie, Harry's cabin, high school, Super Nadine/Dune & more)

My main podcast episode this month kicks off with an update on Journey Through Twin Peaks explaining why, yet again, I'm offering a more pared-down episode (since the Mark Frost video is taking up most of my time) but also why I can reasonably expect the long-delayed chapter to finally go up soon. In fact, today is the sixth anniversary of when I finished presenting the first Journey series in 2015, and it seems likely that I'll finish my work right on that mark (the exporting will probably take so long that I'm not expecting to upload until tomorrow; still, keep your eyes on my YouTube channel or Twitter feed...).

In another surprise last-minute pick, "Twin Peaks Cinema" focuses on the iconic James Dean classic, whose most obvious influence on Twin Peaks is the moody motorcyclist James Hurley, although its impact can be felt in more subtle ways too. My archive reading highlights another Nicholas Ray-directed fifties film set in Los Angeles and starring a soon-to-be-deceased mythic legend, while "Twin Peaks Reflections" settles on some minor characters, brief but evocative locations, and the pairing of one of the wackiest comic subplots with one of Lynch's more humorless films.

My newest Lost in Twin Peaks episode this month (between $1 and $5/month patrons, I'm bracketing the midseason) is an unexpected two-parter. There's a lot of plot to digest before Josie ends up in that drawer pull, but I also dig deep into the C.O.O.P. campaign to bring the show back (as well as the subsequent political career of one of its founders) and contemporaneous events like the release of The Silence of the Lambs and the breakthrough of Tonya Harding. There is a mini-history podcast inside every Twin Peaks episode recap!

Lost in Twin Peaks #24A - S2E16, Part 1 (The Condemned Woman/"Episode 23")

Lost in Twin Peaks #24B - S2E16, Part 2 (The Condemned Woman/"Episode 23")

NOW AVAILABLE: Lost in Twin Peaks #18 ("Dispute Between Brothers") open to all patrons

Lost in the Movies patron edition #75: Twin Peaks Cinema - Rebel Without a Cause (+ Twin Peaks Reflections: Hardy, Mountie, Harry's cabin, high school, Super Nadine/Dune, In a Lonely Place & more)

Podcast Line-Ups for...

Lost in Twin Peaks #24A

INTRO

THE OPENING OF THE EPISODE

DIRECTOR/WRITER

PRODUCTION & TV CONTEXT
(when it aired, ratings, surrounding shows)

HISTORICAL CONTEXT
(#1 movie: The Silence of the Lambs, Tonya Harding's triple Axel w/ aside on her '94 scandal, assassination of Contra leader, Gulf War including TIME cover)

TWIN PEAKS HIATUS & C.O.O.P.

(w/ aside on C.O.O.P. founder's subsequent career)

MEDIA COVERAGE

FAN RECEPTION

(Usenet quotes, dugpa forum comments & my own personal reactions)

THE FEEL OF THE EPISODE

THE STRUCTURE OF THE EPISODE
(including "previously on" recap & top storyline)


Lost in Twin Peaks #24B

SCENES ORGANIZED BY STORY
Laura & James / Horne family / Ghostwood project / James & Donna / Ed & Norma / Hank's enterprises / Josie & Harry / Albert vs. Twin Peaks / Josie, Eckhardt & Andrew - including Cooper's shooting / Windom Earle & Cooper's history / Bobby's new job / Leo's shooting / Super Teen Nadine / James & Evelyn / retiring Ben's crack-up

NEW: Audrey & JJW / Norma's sister

LOCATIONS

CHARACTERS
(introductions, first interactions, rankings, absences, returns)

COFFEE, PIE & DONUTS
(+ other food & smoking)

THE MYTHOLOGY

WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?

WHO IS AGENT COOPER?

WHO IS LAURA PALMER?

CLIPS/READINGS FROM MY OTHER WORK

LOG LADY INTRO

- no next time preview

CNN SEGMENT AIRED DURING THE HIATUS

SPOILER SECTION
(for future episodes)

CHARACTER/DIRECTOR/WRITER MILESTONES & EPISODE RANK

READING FROM MY OTHER WORK

ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS

Lost in the Movies #75

INTRO

WHY THE BIG PODCAST IS POSTPONED AGAIN

MONTHLY UPDATE (recently published): public podcasts on Spirited Away & River's Edge; Great Expectations visual tribute; accidental character series introduction; clip from upcoming Mark Frost video; 2020 archive page; picture gallery update

MONTHLY UPDATE (behind the scenes): Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 35 - Mark Frost w/ passages on 6 Messiahs, other film/TV, Buddy Faro & Mulholland Drive TV pilot + collecting sports clips

TWIN PEAKS REFLECTIONS: Hardy, Mountie / Harry's cabin, high school / Super Nadine + Dune

TWIN PEAKS CINEMA: Rebel Without a Cause

OPENING THE ARCHIVE: miscellaneous Rebel Without a Cause/James Dean clips, short excerpts from other pieces, featured images etc

OPENING THE ARCHIVE: In a Lonely Place full review

OUTRO