All episodes & show notes for my podcast coverage of the Twin Peaks pilot
October 1 - 8, 2021
(illustrations for storylines, character rankings, locations, TIME cover & all categories)
To jump right to the Apple Podcast links (which are also embedded/linked below along with details on each episode): Show format / Welcome to the Pilot / Pilot Mystery / Pilot Subplots / Pilot Critics & Fans / Pilot's Current Events / Pilot in the Weeds / My Pilot Archive (+ Shape of the Show)
Introducing the podcast (show format)
Episode 0
on Friday, October 1
0:00 EXPLAINING THE FORMAT
4:08 THE DAILY SCHEDULE EACH WEEK
12:16 OPENING MINUTE OF THE PILOT
14:52 OUTRO
Welcome to the Pilot: How was Twin Peaks created?
Episode 1A: The 3 questions, the feel of the episode & production context
on Saturday, October 2
...Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pinecast & most other podcast platforms
0:00 INTRO
2:00 WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?
6:16 WHO IS LAURA PALMER?
8:30 THE FEEL OF THE PILOT
(Goddess, One Saliva Bubble, The Lumerians)
21:18 ORIGINS OF TWIN PEAKS
(Peyton Place, town vs. dead girl, Hazel Drew mystery, death of Frost family friend, writer's strike)
27:07 PRE-PRODUCTION
(casting, location, Sheryl Lee)
33:00 PRODUCTION
(Laura home movie, alternate ending)
35:28 PROMOTION
(director's screening, season 1 greenlit, media coverage)
Pilot Mystery - Who killed Laura Palmer?
Episode 1B: Clues, episode structure & Laura scenes
on Sunday, October 3
0:00 SECOND INTRO
(other podcast activity - Blade Runner 2049)
2:34 WHO KILLED LAURA PALMER?
including...
New clues: discovery of body, parental explanations, relationship to Bobby, was home the night before, phone rang, second girl emerges from woods, seeing a psychiatrist, "R" letter under fingernail, picnic video, diary ("J", key, cocaine), train car crime scene (hammer and bloody towels, half heart necklace, "fire walk with me" note on dirt mound), other half of necklace, safety deposit box ($10,000 & cocaine, Flesh World w/ Ronette connection & Leos truck), serial killer pattern, James' last encounter with her (including rumor about Bobby)
Investigative threads: Bobby, Ronette, crime scene, criminal world, serial killer, James
Conclusions & the big picture
12:16 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PILOT
(commercial breaks, different acts, James/Donna arc as the most complete)
19:27 TOP STORYLINE by number of scenes:
Laura & James19:26 SCENES ORGANIZED BY LAURA STORY...
starting w/ Laura's murder
Pilot Subplots - What is the town up to?
Episode 1C: Title sequence, subplot scenes & the uncanny
on Monday, October 4
0:00 PILOT TITLE SEQUENCE
2:31 SCENES ORGANIZED BY NON-LAURA STORY...
(Audrey's rebellion & Johnny's condition)
"Bobby killed a guy"
Pilot Critics & Fans - How did viewers react?
Episode 1D: Press clippings, fan memories, my response
on Tuesday, October 5
0:00 CRITICAL RECEPTION
(reading excerpts of press coverage)
9:09 FAN RECEPTION OVER THE YEARS
10:24 INITIAL FAN & PERSONAL RECEPTION
(memories from dugpa's World of Blue fan forum including my own...)
...of the pilot
Pilot's Current Events
Episode 1E: Other TV shows this night, #1 movie this weekend, in the news this day & TIME cover this week
on Wednesday, October 6
0:00 TV CONTEXT
when it aired: April 8, 1990 - Sunday Movie of the Week; ratings: 21.7 rating, 33% share, 34.6 million viewers; lead-in: Life Goes On/America's Funniest Home Videos; counterprogramming: Murder She Wrote, Crossing to Freedom, Married...with Children, Open House, Booker, Jesus of Nazareth
6:35 HISTORICAL CONTEXT including...
#1 MOVIE: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TIME COVER: Richard Nixon
(browse a visual copy of this issue)
WORLD EVENTS
Scandinavian Star ship fire, New Democracy wins Greek elections, collapse of the Communist world, Jose De Vega's and Ryan White's deaths from AIDS
10:27 OUTRO clip from...
(video w/ Dan Rather news clip at the end)
updated 10/14
Pilot in the Weeds - Which elements are highlighted?
Episode 1F: Character statistics, featured locations, coffee/pie/donuts & more
on Thursday, October 7
CHARACTER RANKINGS
#1 Laura Palmer
about 41 minutes including references
(onscreen for about 6 minutes, would be #9 on that basis)
TOP OF THE SUPPORTING CAST: Donna
Bank
My Pilot Archive (+ The Shape of the Show) - What is my previous work?
Episode 1G: Readings/clips from previous work, where is Twin Peaks headed (no spoilers) & opening minute of the next episode
on Friday, October 8
0:00 READINGS/CLIPS FROM MY OTHER WORK...
(includes spoilers - but not in this podcast's excerpt)
(includes spoilers - but not in this podcast's excerpt)
THE SHAPE OF THE SHOW...
(without any plot spoilers that viewers of the time wouldn't know)
(& alternate end disclaimer)
17:15 READINGS/CLIPS FROM MY "SHAPE OF THE SHOW" WORK...
15:41 LOG LADY INTRODUCTION
17:15 READINGS/CLIPS FROM MY "SHAPE OF THE SHOW" WORK...
(touching on the film's subject)
(includes spoilers - but not in this podcast's excerpt)
19:54 OUTRO w/ clip from...
19:54 OUTRO w/ clip from...
(includes spoilers - but not in this podcast's excerpt)
21:37 OPENING MINUTE OF THE NEXT EPISODE
(only spoiler in this podcast)
•
more of my pilot coverage:
(too many spoilers to include an excerpt in this podcast)
(too many spoilers to include an excerpt in this podcast)
(the girl Frost knew was in fact murdered, and he discusses the incident further in David Bushman's book Conversations with Mark Frost which came out after this clip was recorded - I recently interviewed Bushman on YouTube about that book and other material, including his research into the Hazel Drew mystery)
The Ryan White Story (1989) (video)
OTHER COMMENTARY ON THIS DIRECTOR & THESE WRITERS...
(the following links may contain Twin Peaks spoilers)
...from MY OTHER PODCASTS
Storyville (written by Frost)
...from MY VIDEO ESSAYS
clips/quotes from Frost's other work in Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 35
written or directed by David Lynch...
public podcasts:
Blue Velvet / Introducing Eraserhead & Inland Empire & 10 Connections between Eraserhead & Inland Empire / Lost Highway / Mulholland Drive / Mulholland Drive (TV pilot version) / The Straight Story / ranking his films w/ a group & comparing the top-ranked to his best Peaks episodes
Patreon podcasts:
clips from his other work in my Journey Through Twin Peaks video essays:
+
focused equally or entirely on DAVID LYNCH'S non-Twin Peaks work
My other podcasts include...
My Journey Through Twin Peaks video essay series is on YouTube (in 36 chapters as of now)
& Vimeo (in 5 parts as of now)
Original introduction (not updated/complete until Sunday, October 3):
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