Twin Peaks: mythology & other topics
view by other subject: original series • Fire Walk With Me/The Missing Pieces • season 3 • spin-offs & related books • characters • David Lynch's other work • film/TV comparisons, random mentions & more
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THE MYTHOLOGY
(overlaps w/ other categories)
Before the Season 2 finale
Journey Through Twin Peaks video series chapter 17 - Theosophy & the Lodge lore
Season 2 finale
Journey Through Twin Peaks video series chapter 19 - Cooper in the Black Lodge
"Meta" theory on Cooper, Windom, and Bob
Fire Walk With Me/The Missing Pieces
Character study: The Spirits of Twin Peaks
Journey Through Twin Peaks video series chapter 22 - Owl Cave ring
Journey Through Twin Peaks video series chapter 23 - spirit/human connection, electricity, Owl Cave ring, Bob, Mike & the Arm, Theosophy & Hinduism
Journey Through Twin Peaks video series chapter 25 - Owl Cave ring, angels, Hinduism
First Time Viewer Companion commentary: The Ending - angels
"Back Door to the Black Lodge" - relationship of human & spirit story (from conversation w/ Tony Dayoub)
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Round-up of my forum comments:
Judy, killer's identity
Round-up of my forum comments:
My interpretation of the film's ending, killer's identity
Round-up of my forum comments:
Mike/Phillip Gerard theories, Owl Cave ring, killer's identity, where Twin Peaks could have gone after resolving the central mystery
Character study: Phillip Gerard
Character study: Phillip Jeffries
Round-up of minor or "hidden" characters - angels
During/after Season 3
Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment - Red Room & Room above convenience store (Patreon)
THE MYTHOLOGY
(overlaps w/ other categories)
Before the Season 2 finale
Season 2 finale
Fire Walk With Me/The Missing Pieces
(Patreon - $5/month tier until February 2022)
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Judy, killer's identity
My interpretation of the film's ending, killer's identity
Mike/Phillip Gerard theories, Owl Cave ring, killer's identity, where Twin Peaks could have gone after resolving the central mystery
During/after Season 3
Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment - Rewatch-on-acid Reddit thread & "Judy cage bomb" theory (Patreon)
+ "The Uncanny"/"Spirit World" segments in each Lost in Twin Peaks podcast episode (including Patreon)
discussions of mythology are also mixed into many relevant episode reviews, essays, conversations and more
OTHER TOPICS
Actors & other collaborators passing away
Al Strobel - podcast segment (Patreon)
Documentaries & Fan films
w/ Part 2 on Patreon - $5/month tier
"European version" alternate ending to pilot
Fan culture
Georgia Coffee commercials
The Hazel Drew Mystery
(overlaps w/ spin-offs & related books category)
w/ Part 2 on Patreon - $5/month tier
(overlaps w/ other categories)
Incest as a theme
Journey Through Twin Peaks: making the video series
Upcoming plans & Fall 2020 schedule for Journey Through Twin Peaks (Patreon)
Completion of Part 5 (Patreon)
(overlaps w/ other categories including Lost in Twin Peaks below)
(overlaps w/ other categories including Lost in Twin Peaks below)
Locations
Lost in Twin Peaks going public
Historical context for 2017 podcasts (Patreon)
Preparing for season 3 (Patreon)
(overlaps w/ other categories including Journey Through Twin Peaks above)
Episode/current event icons (Patreon)
(overlaps w/ other categories including Journey Through Twin Peaks above)
Mark Frost's involvement with the show
(overlaps w/ Fire Walk With Me/The Missing Pieces & season 3 categories)
Music
Other podcast/website processes
Talking about my last appearance on Twin Peaks Unwrapped (Patreon)
Politics
Storylines
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The Packard Saw Mill Fire
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ The Access Guide (Patreon)
Nadine's Drape Runners
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 13 (Patreon)
Cocaine in Twin Peaks
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 6 (Patreon)
Albert vs. Twin Peaks
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 9 (Patreon)
The Ghostwood Deal
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 1 (Patreon)
Dr. Jacoby's tapes
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 5 (Patreon)
Who shot Cooper?
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 8 (Patreon)
Audrey at One Eyed Jack's
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 18
Shelly & Bobby & Leo
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 11 (Patreon)
Harold and the diary
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (Patreon)
Lucy's pregnancy
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 4 (Patreon)
Hank's criminal activities
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 10 (Patreon)
Cooper and Audrey
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Wild at Heart (Patreon)
Palmer family breakdown
w/ Part 2 on Patreon - $5/month tier
(overlaps w/ other categories)
Music
My general coverage/interest
(overlaps w/ season 3 category)
(overlaps w/ season 3 category)
(overlaps w/ season 3 category)
(overlaps w/ season 3 category)
w/ Part 2 on Patreon - $5/month tier
(overlaps w/ season 3 category)
Politics
Storylines
(overlaps w/ other categories)
The Official Laura Palmer Investigation
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ The Elephant Man (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ The Elephant Man (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ The Access Guide (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 13 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 6 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 9 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 1 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 5 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 8 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 18
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 11 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 4 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 10 (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Wild at Heart (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Season 3 Part 2 (Patreon)
Norma's mom as MT Wentz
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ The Final Dossier (Patreon)
The One-Armed Man
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ Blue Velvet
Theories
Wrapped in Plastic & Blue Rose Magazines
Interview w/ John Thorne, publisher of Wrapped in Plastic
Interview w/ John Thorne, author of The Essential Wrapped in Plastic: Pathways to Twin Peaks
PODCAST LISTENER FEEDBACK
Windom Earle's scheme
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ My Life, My Tapes (Patreon)
- Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment comparison w/ My Life, My Tapes (Patreon)
Theories
Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment - Rewatch-on-acid Reddit thread & "Judy cage bomb" theory (Patreon)
Twin Peaks Cinema going public
Viewing habits
Weird Fiction connections
Western mythos & history
Wrapped in Plastic & Blue Rose Magazines
PODCAST LISTENER FEEDBACK
(Patreon unless otherwise noted)
in Episode 66: my Journey Through Twin Peaks teaser (Dark Dreams on the Radio), Carmen Sternwood & more in The Big Sleep, Rebel Without a Cause & Natalie Wood (FREE in public Rebel Without Cause podcast), Conversations with Mark Frost, "The Experiment," Natural Born Killers clip, What Did Jack Do, YouTube comments ("curtain call" scene in Pt. 18, Side by Side video on Fellini, Cinepoem: What the Soul Desires, Windom Earle/Annie/Mr. C & tulpas, Solaris, the Journey Through Twin Peaks series, killer's reveal)
in Episode 63, part 1: Lost Highway & Twin Peaks (FREE in public Lost Highway podcast), Laura & Ronette (FREE in public Lost Highway podcast), James Marshall at Eraserhood, Donna's memory of the Pink Room, captivity & freedom in Twin Peaks, Lynch's involvement with season 1, ordinary characters as mythological analogs, noir/Lynch/Evelyn Marsh, replying to ordinary/mythological character connections, symbolic ownership in Twin Peaks, Laura's desk/Fred's cell/"primal scene" locations, Lynch/Frost partnership (including the New Mexico girl), suggestions for Twin Peaks Cinema, Sherilyn Fenn interview, does it matter what you call the Red Room?, season 3 influence on new TV (including Too Old to Die Young), Sherilyn Fenn on season 3, Twin Peaks books, Twin Peaks YouTube channels, Lynch on Lynch/Reflections/The Essential Wrapped in Plastic, the end of Fire Walk With Me & one to many/many to one, "we live inside a dream" (Cooper & Twin Peaks as Laura's projection), 2D vs 3D aesthetics & Gordon Cole as obfuscator, Laura's personae in season 3: Naido/Diane/Audrey (+ Cooper's hotel), Cooper crawling to the socket, male/female dichotomy or archetypes in Twin Peaks, approaching/reflecting Twin Peaks for first-time viewers
in Episode 63, part 2: Lengthy Reddit posts on the Experiment/the Atom Bomb/Fire Walk With Me, season 3 as Laura's psychodrama, Laura's "TV" in the Red Room & "offscreen", Neon Genesis Evangelion/Twin Peaks, rejecting & returning to Twin Peaks after 25 years, "Begin the Beguine", reasons for Journey Through Twin Peaks delay, the gravity of death in Twin Peaks, killer's reveal, Leland as Bob's victim, Zen view of Twin Peaks, Martha Nochimson book/interview
(episodes may also include Twin Peaks in updates, etc)
in Episode 100: Lynch & Frost; Diane, Bob, Richard Horne; generational viewing habits of Fire Walk With Me; innocence & corruption; car accidents as metaphors in Lynch work
in Episode 98: Marcus' Southland Tales podcast & David Lynch/Richard Kelly connections (FREE in public Southland Tales podcast)
in Episode 97: YouTube comments: psychologically interpreting Leland & Bob, Halloween & Twin Peaks
in Episode 96: YouTube comments: Cooper's identity & John Thorne's theories
in Episode 95: site comments: garmonbozia; YouTube comments: Cooper's different sides, differing opinions on the end of the Palmer investigation
in Episode 94: YouTube comments: my idea for Judy/Diane fanart
in Episode 93: YouTube comments: motivation to kill Laura Palmer, possible routes for late season three
in Episode 91: My response on different forms of Twin Peaks Conversations, Joan Chen in Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl & Madame Mao; YouTube comments: original viewers of Twin Peaks, achronological storytelling in The Return, discovering all of Twin Peaks in recent years
in Episode 90: Was The Return a passion project?, David Lynch film's casting/imagery connection to genre B films, varying depictions of Laura's murder, art's honesty and/or moral integrity (related to the question of Leland's responsibility), geography of Twin Peaks & Deer Meadow, Greil Marcus' quote about Fire Walk With me subverting Lynch's intentions, strains in Lynch's collaboration with Kyle MacLachlan, episodes 28 & 29 as another double album finale concept, passion play in Access Guide & early season 3 concepts, police abuse of the one-armed man & Al Strobel's performance, ironic vs. sincere responses to Twin Peaks & generation gaps, Disney & Lynch: Sleeping Beauty - Laurence's comparisons (including Anne Sexton poem), further thoughts about generation gaps in Twin Peaks viewership, Sleeping Beauty - my response (including Belladonna of Sadness & Anne Sexton), Out of order Twin Peaks viewing for emotional impact; YouTube comments: Neon Genesis Evangelion vs. Twin Peaks in light of The Return & Rebuilds, Cooper's identity in flux (vs. other Lynch films), the future of Twin Peaks, Gregg Araki's Now Apocalypse & the influence of Twin Peaks season 3, Laura's Ghost & the legacy/interpretation of Laura; site comments: theory about John Justice Wheeler
in Episode 81: Generational differences w/ Twin Peaks, passage of time in 2014 vs. 2021 & more, Field of Dreams & Twin Peaks, 25-year jump in Cooper's dream, Pro wrestling/Twin Peaks connection - Vince's daughter kidnapping (FREE in public The Wrestler podcast); YouTube comments: European ending of Twin Peaks pilot, Lynch' absence from season 2, Season 3 about the passage of time
FREE in public Episode 79, part 1: site comments: Fire Walk With Me & The Return, Q2's Fire Walk With Me fanedit, Donna & the real Mrs. Tremond; YouTube comments: Wisteria & possible Lynch/Frost collaboration, what Mark Frost brings to narrative, Twin Perfect's video analysis, the structure of Journey Through Twin Peaks, Lynchian identity loss, watching Fire Walk With Me before the series
FREE in public Episode 79, part 2: YouTube comments: more thoughts on Twin Perfect's video analysis, Part 18 theory: rescuing Laura from "Judy's nightmare", the Woodsman as Lincoln & Lynch/Frost's Americana, Lynch's view of The Tree of Life, diner continuity as intentional or accidental, Michael Mann vs. David Lynch as digital filmmakers, editing in Twin Peaks season 3, waiting to discuss season 3, Laura's angels, Laura/Donna conversation as insight into Laura's mind, Cooper's and Laura's shared dream, abandoned Cooper/Audrey storyline, Cooper's Lodge fate as test rather than failure, Leland's vs. Bob's responsibility
in Episode 76: Twin Peaks in video games, explaining the ep. 17 wake, Audrey/Cooper/Cooper's downfall, Sunset Boulevard (FREE in public Sunset Boulevard podcast), importance of season 2 subplots (w/ reference to Wally Brando & Frank Truman), did the climax of season 3 go wrong?, more importance of season 2 subplots & Mark Frost's contributions/tensions w/ Lynch, Laura (1944) (FREE in public Laura podcast), Seattle-based cast members in Twin Peaks, Cooper's empty/full coffee, anticipating Twin Peaks in 2014 & recalling that & late 80s/early 90s zeitgeist
in Episode 56: new website Twin Philosopeaks, John Malkovich's Lynch video, season 3 Cooper motifs, mothers & sons in Lynch, Lost in Twin Peaks approach, Ray Wise dugpa thread, betting odds on "Lynch Madness" brackets, trauma book, different timestreams in Twin Peaks, Bob creates Red Room, Ronnie Rocket, waiting room vs. Black Lodge, Take the Ring video, John Thorne interview, offline Peaks connections, Fire Walk With Me & availability
in Episode 53: How I research Twin Peaks & why my presentation is different now, psychology vs. spirituality in Twin Peaks, The Dead Zone & Twin Peaks, Trauma in Twin Peaks, Cooper's Failure & the Palmer house, Roses/Angels/Tibetan Buddhism, when am I continuing my Journey videos?
in Episode 52: psychology vs. spirituality in Twin Peaks, Cooper's enlightenment - end of Twin Peaks?, Lynch & analysis of intent
in Episode 51: The Missing Pieces, Mr. C's speaking style, roses disappear from Laura's painting, Ray Wise behind the scenes in season 3, Lynch & Frost collaboration/relationship, Harley Peyton writing Shelly/Gordon & abandoning the Audrey/Cooper romance, interpretations of the ring, psychology vs. spirituality in Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me as different genres, first Twin Peaks video
in Episode 50: Hands in Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me book interview, is the Evolution of the Arm a good guy?, The Return's connections to seasons 1 & 2, Maddy's murder and Laura's spirit, Red
in Episode 49: The Owl Cave ring and Annie's nurse, Sherilyn Fenn in season 3, did Lynch care about the Audrey/Cooper romance?, who is Red?, is Audrey dead?, "Mike is the man" & Halloween (FREE in public Halloween podcast)
in Episode 48: the RR counter scene, Leland/Bob, Teresa's ring, the Pink Room & the Red Room, Twin Peaks truckers
in Episode 47: my disclaimer about how I'll respond, Michael & Us covers Donnie Darko, Judy as repetition, different versions of the Palmer house, One Eyed Jack's & spirit world, Teresa & the dirt mound, Cooper leading Carrie to her death?, Laura & the ring, Lynch vs. Frost on Judy, do theories overlook flaws?
in Episode 44: Sherilyn Fenn talks about season 3, Halloween & Fire Walk With Me, what is Judy?, did Lynch become more straightforward?, Deer Meadow & dream theory, season 3 behind-the-scenes documentary, who is Linda?, Diane & Cooper's mission in Pt. 17 & 18, "federal prison" = Black Lodge, uncles & cousins, Red & Richard Horne, circuitry in the mythology, Cooper is pathetic in Pt. 16, Twin Peaks & Eyes Wide Shut (FREE in public Eyes Wide Shut podcast), ep. 17 wake fits non-response to trauma in s3, Maddy's "Fire Walk With Me" face in ep. 14, 4 Ways to Watch Fire Walk With Me
in Episode 42: Cooper & Mr. C, Leland & Cooper
in Episode 41: patrons switching places at the diner, the actor in Carrie's house is not the loan shark, Frost's knowledge of casting, season 1/2 rewatch for Twin Peaks Reflections?, FWWM early draft, I Love the 90s w/ Twin Peaks theme
in Episode 3: Mulholland Drive/Twin Peaks (FREE in public Mulholland Drive podcast)
view by other subject: original series • Fire Walk With Me/The Missing Pieces • season 3 • spin-offs & related books • characters • David Lynch's other work • film/TV comparisons, random mentions & more
