All episodes & show notes for my podcast coverage of Twin Peaks season 1 episode 2
October 9 - 15, 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): Welcome to S1E2 / S1E2 Mystery / Laura in S1E2 / S1E2 Subplots / S1E2's Current Events / S1E2 in the Weeds / S1E2 Archives (+ Speculation/Shape of the Show)
Welcome to S1E2 (Traces to Nowhere/"Episode 1") - How was Twin Peaks created?
Episode 2A: The 3 questions, the feel of the episode, director/writers & production context
on Saturday, October 9
...Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pinecast & most other podcast platforms
3:29 WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?
5:38 WHO IS AGENT COOPER?
6:38 WHO IS LAURA PALMER?
8:04 THE FEEL OF THE EPISODE
Mark Frost & David Lynch
0:00 INTRO
(including other podcast activity - Halloween)
10:44 DIRECTOR & WRITERS...
Duwayne Dunham
S1E2 Mystery - Who killed Laura Palmer?
Episode 2B: Clues & episode structure
on Sunday, October 10
0:00 WHO KILLED LAURA PALMER?
including...
from Audrey (tutoring), Doc Hayward (time of death, cause of death, other autopsy results, Ronette's condition), Leo's shirt (blood, his concern), James (time she left home & let him), the log (hints of witness)
from James (present for picnic, secret relationship, drug use, fear, breakup), *Laura's diary (mention Day One though this was actually shown in the pilot), James' memory (reason for necklace), Bobby ($10,000 debt), Josie (English lessons, last encounter, emotional state), Pulaski parents (Ronette's absence & job), Harry's town knowledge (Shelly has "J", Leo's rap sheet), Norma (Meals on Wheels), Jacoby's tape (mailed from Laura, last recording - mystery man), Jacoby (necklace from woods)
12:30 TOP STORYLINE by number of scenes:
Laura in S1E2 - What was her life like?
Episode 2C: Laura scenes
0:00 SCENES ORGANIZED BY LAURA STORY...
Laura & Bobby (6:46)
Laura & James (9:16)
Laura & Ronette (14:41)
(nothing for Laura & the sex trade)
...NEW this episode
S1E2 Subplots - What is the town up to?
Episode 2D: Subplot scenes & the uncanny
on Tuesday, October 12
SCENES ORGANIZED BY NON-LAURA STORY...
(nothing for Teresa Banks case)
brief mention of Mike & Donna (11:16)
(nothing for Hank in prison)
(nothing for "Bobby killed a guy")
...NEW this episode
S1E2's Current Events
Episode 2E: Other TV shows this night, #1 movie this weekend, in the news this day & TIME cover this week
on Wednesday, October 13
when it aired: April 12, 1990 - first Thursday night; ratings: 16.2 rating, 27% share, 23.2 million viewers (*accidentally stated in the episode - down 11.4 million); ABC bookends: Father Dowling Mysteries/Prime Time Live; counterprogramming: Cheers, Grand, Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
6:38 HISTORICAL CONTEXT including...
#1 MOVIE: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TIME COVER: Declining white majority in U.S.
(browse a visual copy of this issue)
WORLD EVENTS
East German democratization, Greyhound strike, dolphin safe tuna, James Brown prison release
8:03 MORE ON TWIN PEAKS' TV CONTEXT
including the Grand opening theme
updated 10/14
S1E2 in the Weeds - Which elements are highlighted?
Episode 2F: Character statistics, featured locations, coffee/pie/donuts & more
on Thursday, October 14
Trudy, long-haired man (sort of), Ronette's mother
(first dialogue for Ronette's father & Log Lady)
First interactions:
Cooper w/ Audrey, Ed, Josie, Pete, Shelly & Norma; Donna w/ Eileen & Sarah; Harry w/ Ed; Norma w/ Shelly & Nadine; Hawk w/ Pulaskis; Ben w/ Audrey; James w/ Haywards
CHARACTER RANKINGS
about 3 minutes
second time in top 10
about 3 minutes
first time in top 10
about 4 minutes
first time in top 10
about 4 minutes
first time in top 10
about 4 minutes
second time in top 10
about 5 minutes
second time in top 10
about 6 minutes
second time in top 10
about 10 minutes including references
(onscreen almost 2 minutes)
second time in top 10
about 13 minutes
second time in top 10
about 17 minutes
second time in top 10
TOP OF THE SUPPORTING CAST: James
Who has a streak of high screentime?
Laura, Harry, Cooper, Donna & James all have over 5 minutes for the second episode in a row
(over 10 minutes in the pilot's case)
...only Bobby drops off following the pilot
Characters with the most screentime on the show so far...
Audrey rises 3 spots to enter the top 10 / Doc rises 2 spots from #10 & Mike rises 1 spot from #9 / Sarah slips 1 spot from #8 / Ed falls from #10 out of the top 10
6:02 LOCATIONS...
(nothing for Twin Peaks High School)
Double R Diner
Johnson house
(nothing for Packard Saw Mill)
(nothing for Ronette's bridge)
(nothing for Big Ed's Gas Farm & house)
(nothing for Road into town)
Calhoun Memorial Hospital
Mountain top
(nothing for Abandoned train car)
(nothing for Bank)
(nothing for Town hall)
(nothing for Sparkwood & 21 intersection)
Hayward house
(nothing for Bookhouse)
(nothing for Roadhouse)
(nothing for Woods)
NEW locations...
Romantic spot
General store
Timber Falls Motel
Jacoby's office
9:11 COFFEE...
PIE...
& DONUTS...
+ other food & smoking
S1E2 Archives (+ Speculation & The Shape of the Show) - How did we react?
Episode 2G: Readings/clips from my previous work, press clippings, fan memories, my response & opening minute of the next episode
on Friday, October 15
2:33 READINGS/CLIPS FROM MY OTHER WORK...
5:21 SUMMARY OF INITIAL CRITICAL RECEPTION
& FAN RECEPTION OVER THE YEARS
(memories from the alt.tv.twin-peaks Usenet board)
THE SHAPE OF THE SHOW...
(without any plot spoilers that viewers of the time wouldn't know)
8:56 INITIAL FAN SPECULATION from Usenet
11:01 INITIAL MEDIA SPECULATION
(reading excerpts of press coverage)
12:26 NEXT TIME... & LOG LADY INTRO
13:36 INITIAL FAN & PERSONAL RECEPTION/SPECULATION
(memories from dugpa's World of Blue fan forum including my own...)
16:19 READINGS/CLIPS FROM MY "SHAPE OF THE SHOW" WORK...
(includes spoilers - but not in this podcast's excerpt)
18:34 OPENING MINUTE OF THE NEXT EPISODE
(only spoiler in this podcast)
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OTHER LINKS
more of my S1E2 coverage:
(too many spoilers to include an excerpt in this podcast)
(I could not find the "Dolphin Safe" book I mentioned, unfortunately.)
OTHER COMMENTARY ON THIS DIRECTOR & THESE WRITERS...
...from MY PREVIOUS LOST IN TWIN PEAKS EPISODE
(discusses their background & other work as well)
Pilot (written by Mark Frost & David Lynch - also directed by Lynch)
(the following links may contain Twin Peaks spoilers)
...from MY OTHER PODCASTS
Halloweentown (directed by Duwayne Dunham) / Storyville (written by Frost)
...from MY VIDEO ESSAYS
clips from Halloweentown + Homeward Bound & Little Giants (both also directed by Dunham) in Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 34
clips/quotes/descriptions of virtually all of Frost's other work in Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 35
(I also mentioned Homeward Bound in a Patreon podcast for a minute-long capsule)
written 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) / 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...
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