Twin Peaks (2017 TV series)

Twin Peaks
Genre
Created by
Written by
  • Mark Frost
  • David Lynch
Directed by David Lynch
Starring Kyle MacLachlan
Opening theme "Falling (Twin Peaks Theme)"
Composer(s) Angelo Badalamenti
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Mark Frost
  • David Lynch
  • Sabrina S. Sutherland
Location(s) Washington
California
Paris, France
Cinematography Peter Deming
Editor(s) Duwayne Dunham
Running time 55–60 minutes
Production company(s)
  • Rancho Rosa Partnership Production
  • Lynch/Frost Production
Distributor Showtime Networks
Release
Original network Showtime
Original release May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21) – present
Chronology
Preceded by
External links
Website www.sho.com/twin-peaks

Twin Peaks, also known as Twin Peaks: The Return, is an American serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch, a continuation of the 1990–91 ABC series of the same name. The limited series consists of 18 episodes and premiered on Showtime on May 21, 2017,[1] following a world premiere on May 19, 2017, at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.[2] The series was developed and written by Lynch and Frost over a number of years, and directed by Lynch.[3] An ensemble of returning and new cast members appear,[4] led by original star Kyle MacLachlan.[5]

Set 25 years after the original Twin Peaks, the series focuses on a number of storylines, many of which are connected through association with FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan). Unlike the original series, which predominantly took place in the fictional Washington town of the same name, the storylines span several locations, primarily the titular town, Las Vegas, and South Dakota. Showtime president David Nevins stated that "the core of [the series] is Agent Cooper's odyssey back to Twin Peaks".[6]

Cast

Twin Peaks

  1. 1 2 These actors played these characters in the original series but are not officially confirmed as they have yet to appear (and may be playing new characters).
  2. ↑ In the original series, Olkewicz portrayed Jacques Renault.

Government

Las Vegas

South Dakota

Supernatural

Michael J. Anderson did not reprise his role as The Man from Another Place, who is instead depicted as a computer-generated effect and voiced by an uncredited actor.

  1. ↑ In the original Twin Peaks, Augustine portrayed Ronette Pulaski.
  2. 1 2 These actors appear in archive footage only.
  3. ↑ In Part 1, Eynon was credited as "Experiment Model".
  4. ↑ Carlton Lee Russell played Jumping Man in the film Fire Walk with Me. His role in the new series is not officially confirmed as he is yet to appear and may have a new character.
  5. ↑ In the original series, Struycken was credited as "The Giant".

Other

New York

New Mexico 1956

  • Leslie Berger as New Mexico Wife[4]
  • Cullen Douglas as Disc Jockey[4]
  • Tikaeni Faircrest as Girl[4]
  • Tad Griffith as New Mexico Husband[4]
  • Xolo Mariduena as Boy[4]
  • Tracy Philips as Receptionist[4]

Philadelphia

Montana


Yet to appear

Musical artists

Most episodes contain musical performances at the Roadhouse, a bar in Twin Peaks.

In memoriam

Some episodes include an on-screen "In memory of" credit, commemorating cast members who have died. Several of these actors filmed new material before their deaths, while others who died before the start of filming appear only via archival footage from the original series and film.[27]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [28]U.S. viewers
(millions)
311"Part 1"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchMay 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)0.506[29]
Dale Cooper remains trapped in the Black Lodge. In another scene, Cooper speaks with a giant-like man, who mentions "Richard and Linda" and says that "it is in our house now". In Twin Peaks, Dr. Jacoby receives a shipment of shovels. At the Great Northern, Ben Horne introduces his brother Jerry to his new secretary, Beverly. Deputy Chief Hawk gets a call from the Log Lady, who tells him some evidence relating to Dale Cooper is missing. In New York City, Sam Colby sits in a warehouse observing a glass box, when Tracey Barberato visits him. With the security guard absent during Tracey's second visit, Sam lets her into the room. As they have sex, a pale androgynous entity — the Experiment — materializes in the glass box and murders them. In Buckhorn, South Dakota, Cooper's doppelgänger — a sinister, long-haired man with black irises — retrieves two associates, Ray and Darya. Police find the severed head of Buckhorn librarian Ruth Davenport placed on the headless body of a John Doe. Local principal Bill Hastings's fingerprints are found and he is arrested. Bill denies guilt, but fumbles his alibi.
322"Part 2"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchMay 21, 2017 (2017-05-21)0.506[29]
Bill Hastings's wife, Phyllis, accuses him of having an affair, while Phyllis has been having an affair with Bill's lawyer, George. A ghostly entity occupies another cell. Phyllis is murdered at home by Cooper's doppelgänger. In Las Vegas, businessman Duncan Todd sends money to an unseen woman for a future job and expresses misgivings about his equally unseen client. The doppelgänger employs Darya, Ray, and another associate, Jack to obtain information from Hastings's secretary. Perceiving that his associates have turned on him, the doppelgänger murders Jack and Darya. He also reveals that he is due to return to the Black Lodge but has a plan to avoid this. The doppelgänger has a telephone conversation with someone he thinks is missing FBI agent Phillip Jeffries. The supposed Jeffries asks about Major Briggs and tells the doppelgänger: "You're going back in tomorrow and I will be with BOB again" before hanging up. Later, the doppelgänger sets out for a federal prison in South Dakota where Ray has been jailed. Hawk continues his investigation and approaches Glastonbury Grove, the entrance to the Lodge near Twin Peaks. Inside the Lodge, Cooper encounters Laura, MIKE and a skeletal tree with a featureless head (an evolved form of MIKE's severed left arm. Laura tells Cooper that he can go out now but the tree says that his doppelgänger has to return first. After an encounter with the tree's doppelgänger, the floor of the Black Lodge gives way and Cooper falls into the glass box in New York — just as Sam is outside to welcome Tracey — then into space. In Twin Peaks, Shelly is meeting friends at the Roadhouse; she flirts with Red while her friend Renee notices James Hurley staring at her.
333"Part 3"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchMay 28, 2017 (2017-05-28)[lower-alpha 1]0.195[31]
Cooper lands in a house above a purple sea, where two women protect him from an unseen entity making a noise outside until he leaves through a portal. At the same time, both his doppelgänger, who is driving a car, and a second doppelgänger, Dougie Jones, who just had sex with Jade, a Las Vegas prostitute, become sick and see the Black Lodge's red curtains. The first doppelgänger crashes and is apprehended by the police while Dougie is drawn into the Black Lodge, where he dissolves into a golden bead. Jade finds the real Cooper, who has taken Dougie's place in Las Vegas, in a disoriented state, and drops him off at a casino. Criminals who are pursuing Dougie place a bomb under his car, still parked outside Jade's house. Cooper wanders around the casino and plays slot machines marked by hallucinatory images of the Black Lodge, winning megajackpots every time. At the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department, Hawk, Andy and Lucy are unable to discern what is missing. At the FBI headquarters in Philadelphia, Agent Tammy Preston is debriefing Gordon Cole and Albert Rosenfield when Cole receives a phone call stating that Cooper has been found in South Dakota.
344"Part 4"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchMay 28, 2017 (2017-05-28)[lower-alpha 1]0.195[31]
Cooper wins 28 consecutive megajackpots at the casino, totaling $425,000, then is driven to Dougie's home. Dougie's wife, Janey-E, is upset about her husband's three-day disappearance, but she is relieved that they can pay his $20,000 gambling debt ($52,000 after interest). Still near-catatonic, Cooper settles into life as Dougie. While getting dressed, he sees a vision of MIKE, who informs him that either he or his remaining doppelgänger must die. At the Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Frank Truman gets an update on Hawk's investigation, and Deputy Bobby Briggs recalls that Cooper was the last person to see his father, Major Garland Briggs, before his death. Andy and Lucy's son Wally Brando arrives at the Sheriff's Office to pay his respects to his ill godfather, Harry Truman. Gordon, Albert, and Tammy travel to South Dakota to interview Cooper's doppelänger, who claims to have been working undercover with Phillip Jeffries. Gordon and Albert discuss their misgivings and decide to contact a woman they think can help them.
355"Part 5"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchJune 4, 2017 (2017-06-04)0.254[32]
Janey-E drops Cooper at Dougie's workplace, where he reacts to a statue outside, the smell of coffee, and the words "agent" and "case files". After a light illuminates his colleague Anthony Sinclair's face, Cooper accuses him of lying, angering his boss, Bushnell Mullins. The criminals who planted the bomb under Dougie's car contact their superior, Lorraine, who expresses fear of being killed if the job isn't completed and types "argent 2" into her phone, setting off an alarm in Buenos Aires. Later, Dougie's car explodes when car thieves trigger the bomb. The Mitchums beat up and fire the casino supervisor, accusing him of complicity in Cooper's winning streak. Jade drops Cooper's Great Northern Hotel room key in a mailbox. In Twin Peaks, Frank Truman argues with his wife. Shelly lends money to her daughter Becky, who leaves with her husband and takes drugs. Dr. Jacoby broadcasts conspiracy theory videos to sell his golden shovels, with Jerry Horne and Nadine Hurley among his viewers. At the Roadhouse, Richard Horne bribes Deputy Chad and molests a young woman. At the Pentagon, Colonel Davis is informed that the fingerprints on the Buckhorn body match Garland Briggs's – the sixteenth set of his prints they have found in 25 years. In Buckhorn, an autopsy of the decapitated body reveals Dougie's wedding ring in its stomach. Cooper's doppelgänger recognizes BOB while looking in the mirror. Later, he makes a phone call in prison that makes the security system go haywire. Tammy discovers that one of his fingerprints is the reverse of the real Cooper's.
366"Part 6"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchJune 11, 2017 (2017-06-11)0.270[33]
Police take Cooper to Dougie's home and Janey-E receives a photo of Dougie with Jade from two criminals demanding Dougie's gambling debts plus interest, totaling $52,000. Janey-E meets them, lambasts them and gives them $25,000, her "first, last and only offer". Cooper draws cryptic images on the case files, guided by lights on the pages. Bushnell recognizes a pattern in the drawings and thanks Cooper. Cooper has another vision of MIKE telling him "Wake up! Don't die!". Duncan Todd sends an envelope marked with a black spot to hitman Ike "The Spike" Stadtler, ordering him to kill Lorraine and Dougie. Ike kills Lorraine and her coworkers, demolishing his signature "spike" weapon in the process. Albert finds Diane, Cooper's erstwhile assistant, in a bar. In Twin Peaks, Red, who is a drug supplier, charges Richard Horne with a delivery. Richard speeds recklessly in his truck, running over and killing a young boy. The incident is witnessed by Carl Rodd, who comforts the boy's mother, and kindergarten teacher Miriam. Hawk drops a coin in the restroom and finds several pages torn from Laura's diary hidden inside a stall door.
377"Part 7"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchJune 18, 2017 (2017-06-18)0.294[34]
Hawk and Frank Truman examine the torn pages, which describe a dream in which Annie tells Laura that the good Dale is trapped in the Lodge. Frank calls Doc Hayward, who recounts his memories of the day Cooper returned from the Lodge. Lt. Knox arrives in Buckhorn and is stunned to learn that Garland Briggs's fingerprints come from a body in its late forties, not seventies. Albert and Gordon convince Diane to speak to Cooper in prison. She is upset by the conversation and tells Gordon the man is not Cooper. Cooper's doppelgänger blackmails Warden Murphy into releasing him and Ray. Police visit Cooper at Dougie's workplace to question him about his destroyed car. As he leaves with Janey-E, Ike runs at them with a gun, but Cooper expertly disarms him while having a vision of the skeletal tree). In Twin Peaks, Andy arranges to meet the owner of the truck driven by Richard Horne in the hit-and-run, but he never arrives. Beverly tries to locate the source of a mysterious hum in Ben Horne's office, then returns home to her terminally ill husband, Tom. Roadhouse owner Jean-Michel is discussing prostitution business on the phone.
388"Part 8"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchJune 25, 2017 (2017-06-25)0.246[35]
Ray shoots Cooper's doppelgänger. Ghostly men tear at his body, revealing a sac with BOB's face. Ray flees, leaving Jeffries a message that the doppelgänger may have survived. Later, the doppelgänger awakens. In 1945 New Mexico, the first atomic bomb is detonated. A convenience store is occupied by ghostly men. Floating in a void, the Experiment spews a stream of smoke; one orb contains BOB's face. In the house above a purple sea, the giant-like man observes the events and levitates, emanating a golden mist and an orb containing Laura Palmer’s face. His companion, Señorita Dido, sends the orb to Earth. In 1956 New Mexico, a woodsman descends to the ground, enters a radio station and repeatedly broadcasts a mysterious message, rendering listeners unconscious. A bug/frog-like creature hatches from an egg, enters an unconscious girl's room and climbs down her throat.
399"Part 9"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchJuly 9, 2017 (2017-07-09)0.355[36]
Cooper's doppelgänger meets hitmen Hutch and Chantal at a farm and orders them to kill Warden Murphy. He sends a text to Diane and calls Todd to ask if he has done "it" yet. Dougie's boss says that Dougie sometimes has episodes due to a car accident. The Las Vegas police discover no record of Dougie Jones before 1997 and take fingerprints and DNA from his coffee mug. They arrest Ike "the Spike", who has left a phone message for "JT". Bobby visits his mother with Truman and Hawk to ask about Cooper; her husband Major Briggs long ago foretold their arrival, and she gives them a cylinder containing a location, date, and Cooper's name written twice. The FBI stops in Buckhorn to examine the body with Briggs's fingerprints. Hastings tells Tammy that he and Ruth visited Briggs in another dimension, where he had been "hibernating" for years, and witnessed his beheading as he was saying Cooper's name. Johnny Horne injures himself, and Jerry Horne hallucinates his foot is talking to him.
4010"Part 10"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchJuly 16, 2017 (2017-07-16)0.267[37]
Richard Horne confronts Miriam, who tells him she has written to Sheriff Truman about the hit-and-run. He attacks her and leaves her for dead in her trailer, then has Deputy Chad intercept the letter. The Mitchums see a news story about Ike's arrest, and recognize Cooper as "Mr. Jackpots". Janey-E notices that her husband's physique has improved and has sex with him. Nadine Hurley watches Dr. Jacoby's latest broadcast from her drapery store. Richard attacks his grandmother Sylvia in her home and robs her. She calls Ben and demands money from him. Duncan Todd orders Anthony Sinclair to frame Dougie for the denial of an arson insurance claim that lost the Mitchums $30 million. Gordon has a vision of Laura. Albert informs him that the FBI has intercepted a text message from Diane informing someone of Hastings's arrest. Tammy shows them a photo that links Cooper's doppelgänger with the glass box in New York. Hawk receives another call from the Log Lady, who tells him "Laura is the one."
4111"Part 11"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchJuly 23, 2017 (2017-07-23)0.219[38]
A group of children discover Miriam crawling from the underbrush. Becky learns Steven has been cheating on her with Gersten Hayward. She drives to Gersten's apartment and shoots through the door, but the couple are elsewhere. At the diner, Becky's parents, Shelly and Bobby, discuss the incident with her. Red arrives and Shelly leaves to kiss him. A child fires a gun through the diner window, causing a commotion. At the location where Hastings met Briggs, the FBI finds Ruth's body with coordinates written on one arm. Gordon sees woodsmen in a portal and is drawn back by Albert. One of the woodsmen sneaks up on Hastings and kills him. While Hawk and Truman study an ancient map, the Log Lady calls Hawk and tells him "There's fire where you are going." Dougie's boss sends Cooper to give the Mitchums a $30 million check after realizing their claim is legitimate. The Mitchums plan to kill Cooper, but after Bradley has a prophetic dream, they decide he is not their enemy and take him for drinks, where Cooper reacts to the words "damn good" while eating cherry pie.
4212"Part 12"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchJuly 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)0.240[39]
Gordon and Albert recruit Tammy and deputize Diane to the Blue Rose task force. Sarah Palmer has an unsettling experience in a grocery store, which leads Deputy Chief Hawk to check on her at her house, where he hears a sound behind Sarah. Albert interrupts Gordon and his French lady friend to show him a text message Diane received asking about Las Vegas. Cooper and Sonny Jim play catch. Audrey Horne demands that her husband, Charlie, help her find Billy, her missing lover. He reluctantly phones Tina, and is astonished by what she tells him, but does not tell Audrey what Tina said. Chantal and Hutch assassinate Warden Murphy. Frank Truman visits Ben Horne to tell him his grandson Richard killed the boy in the hit-and-run, and then attempted to kill the only witness, Miriam. Ben gives Frank the key to Room 315 as a memento for Harry, and agrees to pay Miriam's medical costs. Diane finds that the coordinates on Ruth Davenport's arm point to Twin Peaks.
4313"Part 13"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchAugust 6, 2017 (2017-08-06)0.280[40]
The Mitchum brothers thank Dougie and Bushnell with gifts. Ordered by Duncan Todd to kill Dougie, Anthony Sinclair poisons Dougie's coffee, but throws the coffee away and confesses his collusion with Todd to Bushnell. The Las Vegas police dismiss Dougie's fingerprint analysis, which identifies him as a fugitive and missing FBI agent. Cooper's doppelgänger arrives at a building in Montana where Ray and a gang (Richard Horne among them) await him. The doppelgänger defeats the gang boss in an arm-wrestling match, then kills him. Ray reveals that the doppelgänger's death had been ordered by Phillip Jeffries and surrenders the coordinates. The doppelgänger forces Ray to put on an Owl Cave ring, then shoots him, sending him to the Black Lodge, where MIKE takes the ring. Hutch and Chantal drive through Utah. At the Double R, Big Ed and Bobby have dinner while Norma meets with Walter, who has helped her franchise her business. At his gas station, Big Ed burns a piece of paper. Nadine and Dr. Jacoby meet for the first time in seven years. Sarah Palmer watches a loop of a boxing match at home. Audrey tells Charlie she doesn't know who or where she is and can't leave the house. James, performing at the Roadhouse, moves Renee to tears.
4414"Part 14"[41]David LynchMark Frost & David LynchAugust 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)TBD
4515"Part 15"[42]David LynchMark Frost & David LynchAugust 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)TBD
4616"Part 16"[43]David LynchMark Frost & David LynchAugust 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)TBD
4717"Part 17"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchSeptember 3, 2017 (2017-09-03)TBD
4818"Part 18"David LynchMark Frost & David LynchSeptember 3, 2017 (2017-09-03)TBD
  1. 1 2 Parts 3 and 4 were made available immediately after the premiere of parts 1 and 2 through Showtime's digital platform.[30]

Production

Background and development

The first series of Twin Peaks, an American serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch, premiered on April 8, 1990, on ABC. It was one of the top-rated series of 1990, but declining ratings led to its cancellation in 1991 after its second season. In subsequent years, Twin Peaks has often been listed among the greatest television dramas of all time.[44][45][46][47][48] A prequel film directed by Lynch, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, was released in 1992. Lynch planned two more films that would have concluded the series' narrative, but in 2001 stated that Twin Peaks was as "dead as a doornail."[49]

In 2007, artist Matt Haley and Twin Peaks producer Robert Engels began work on a graphic novel continuation of the series, to be included in the "Complete Mystery" DVD box set. Haley stated: "Bob and I had a number of discussions about what the story would be, I was keen to use whatever notes they had for the proposed third season. I really wanted this to be a literal 'third season' of the show." Lynch vetoed the project, stating that he respected the effort but did not want to continue the story of Twin Peaks.[50]

In 2013, rumors that Twin Peaks would return were dismissed by Lynch's daughter Jennifer Lynch (author of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer) as well as by Frost.[51] Cast member Ray Wise recounted what Lynch had said to him about a possible continuation: "Well, Ray, you know, the town is still there. And I suppose it's possible that we could revisit it. Of course, [your character is] already dead... but we could maybe work around that."[52]

In January 2014, a casting call for a "Twin Peaks promo", directed by Lynch, was revealed to be the filming of a featurette for the Twin Peaks: The Complete Mystery Blu-ray set.[53] In September 2014, Lynch answered a question about Twin Peaks at the Lucca Film Festival by saying it was a "tricky question", and that "there's always a possibility... and you just have to wait and see."[54]

Announcement

Poster featuring Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper.

On October 6, 2014, Showtime announced that it would air a nine-episode miniseries[55] written by Lynch and Frost and directed by Lynch. Frost emphasized that the new episodes were not a remake or reboot but a continuation of the series. The episodes are set in the present day, and the passage of 25 years is an important element in the plot. As to whether the miniseries would become an ongoing series, Frost said: "If we have a great time doing it and everybody loves it and they decide there's room for more, I could see it going that way."[56]

In March 2015, Lynch expressed doubts about the production due to "complications". Showtime confirmed the series was moving forward, stating: "Nothing is going on that's any more than any preproduction process with David Lynch. Everything is moving forward and everybody is crazy thrilled and excited."[57] In April 2015, Lynch said he would not direct the nine episodes due to budget constraints.[58] He and Showtime came to an agreement, with Lynch confirming on May 15, 2015, that he would direct, and that there would be more episodes than the originally announced nine.[3] At a Twin Peaks panel in Seattle, cast members Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee said that the new series would consist of 18 episodes and Angelo Badalamenti would return as composer.[59]

Casting

On January 12, 2015, Kyle MacLachlan was confirmed to return to the series.[5] In October 2015, it was confirmed that Michael Ontkean, who portrayed Sheriff Harry S. Truman and has since retired from acting, would not return for the revival. In October 2015, it was reported that the role of town sheriff would be filled by Robert Forster, later confirmed as playing Frank Truman, brother of Harry. Forster had been cast as Harry in the 1990 pilot, but was replaced by Ontkean due to scheduling issues.[13] Also in October, David Duchovny teased his return as Agent Denise Bryson.[19] In November 2015, it was reported that Miguel Ferrer would reprise his role as Albert Rosenfield and that Richard Beymer and David Patrick Kelly would return as Benjamin Horne and Jerry Horne respectively.[10] In December 2015, Alicia Witt confirmed she would reprise her role as Gersten Hayward.[18]

Russ Tamblyn underwent open-heart surgery in late 2014 and was still recovering in 2015. Lynch and Frost were still hoping Tamblyn would join the cast for the new season.[60] On September 28, 2015, Catherine E. Coulson, who was planned to reprise her role of the Log Lady in the new series,[61] died of cancer.[62] Both Tamblyn and Coulson were later confirmed as part of the cast, as Coulson had filmed a few scenes before her death.[4]

The series' first teaser trailer, released in December 2015, confirmed the involvement of Michael Horse (Tommy "Hawk" Hill).[63] In January 2016, it was reported that Sherilyn Fenn would reprise her role as Audrey Horne in a "major presence."[64] In February 2016, it was reported that Lynch would reprise his role as Gordon Cole.[20] Frequent Lynch collaborator Laura Dern was cast in a "top-secret pivotal role",[65] which eventually proved to be Diane, the previously unseen character to whom Cooper frequently dictated taped messages during the show's original run. In April 2016, a complete cast list was released, featuring 217 actors, with actors returning from the earlier series marked with asterisks.[66]

Before his death in January 2016, David Bowie had intended to make a cameo appearance as FBI Agent Phillip Jeffries, his character from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.[67] In January and February 2017, respectively, cast members Miguel Ferrer and Warren Frost died, but both appear in the new series.[68][69]

Filming

In July 2015, Frost suggested that the series would premiere in 2017 rather than 2016, as originally planned.[70] The series began filming in September 2015, and Showtime president David Nevins said, "I'm hoping we make 2016. It's not clear. It's ultimately going to be in [series co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost's] control."[27] Nevins also stated, "I don't know [how many episodes there will be]. They're going to decide, I expect it to be more than nine, but it's open-ended. I know what the shooting schedule is and then we'll have him cut into it however many episodes it feels best at."[71] In January 2016, Nevins confirmed that the series would premiere in the first half of 2017.[72] The series was shot continuously from a single, long shooting script before being edited into episodes. Filming was completed by April 2016.[4]

Release

Twin Peaks premiered on Showtime on May 21, 2017, with a two-hour episode. After the airing, the premiere and an additional two episodes became available online, and the series will be shown in weekly increments from that point onwards (at Lynch's insistence). Overall, the series will consist of 18 episodes.[1] It will conclude on September 3, 2017, with a two-part finale.[73]

In the United Kingdom, Sky Atlantic simulcast the first two episodes beginning at 2:00 am British Summer Time on May 22, 2017,[74] and the next two episodes were released on Sky UK's on-demand service after the premiere.[75] In Nordic Countries, the series is broadcast on HBO Nordic, with the two-hour premiere airing on May 22, and subsequent episodes being made available the day after its U.S. airing.[76] In Canada, the series is available on CraveTV and The Movie Network, and debuted simultaneously with the U.S. broadcast.[77][78] In Australia, episodes of the series are available to stream on Stan the same day as the original U.S. broadcast.[79] Two episodes were screened at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[80] In Japan, the series airs on the satellite television network Wowow, which also aired the original series.[81]

Reception

Critical reception

Based on the first two episodes, the series has garnered positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, it has a score of 74 out of 100 based on 26 reviews.[82] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 95% rating with an average score of 7.7 out of 10 based on 67 reviews. The site's critical consensus is, "Surreal, suspenseful, and visually stunning, this new Twin Peaks is an auteurist triumph for David Lynch."[83]

Sonia Saraiya of Variety wrote "Twin Peaks: The Return is weird and creepy and slow. But it is interesting. The show is very stubbornly itself—not quite film and not quite TV, rejecting both standard storytelling and standard forms. It's not especially fun to watch and it can be quite disturbing. But there is never a sense that you are watching something devoid of vision or intention. Lynch’s vision is so total and absolute that he can get away with what wouldn't be otherwise acceptable."[84]

The Hollywood Reporter's Daniel Fienberg commented that "The thing that struck me most immediately about the premiere is how relatively cogent it was, with a clear emphasis on 'relatively'. What premiered on Sunday was as accessibly scary, disturbing and audaciously funny as many of the best parts of the original Twin Peaks, and nowhere near as hallucinatory and subtextually distilled as the prequel film Fire Walk With Me." Fienberg also wrote about the series' format: "It's obvious this Twin Peaks is going to be an 18-hour unit. There was no discernible separation between hours and if credits hadn't rolled, the second hour could probably just as easily have flowed into the third. This isn't episodic TV. It's another thing."[85]

In her "A" grade review, Emily L. Stephens of The A.V. Club wrote regarding its possible reception from critics and viewers: "This two-part premiere is going to be wildly difficult for any two people to agree upon, in part because a viewer's assessment of the revival will depend upon what they hoped for. If you were looking forward to a return of the sometimes campy, sometimes cozy humor of the original two seasons of Twin Peaks, this premiere could come as a shock. If you were anticipating that once jolting, now familiar blend of genres, this is... not that." She called the two-part premiere "pure Lynchian horror".[86]

At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Lynch screened the two-hour premiere of the series and received a five-minute standing ovation from the crowd.[87]

Ratings

The two-hour premiere on May 21, 2017, received 506,000 viewers on Showtime, which Deadline.com called "soft for such a strongly promoted prestige project". Ratings increased to 626,000 after the encore broadcasts that night and the premiere also had over 450,000 viewers via streaming and on-demand.[88] Viewership for the premiere increased to 804,000 in Live+3 ratings, and it had a viewership of 1.7 million across streaming and on-demand platforms.[89] Showtime announced that the weekend of the Twin Peaks premiere had the most signups to their streaming service ever.[90]

Twin Peaks : U.S. viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEp. 1Ep. 2Ep. 3Ep. 4Ep. 5Ep. 6Ep. 7Ep. 8Ep. 9Ep. 10Ep. 11Ep. 12Ep. 13Ep. 14Ep. 15Ep. 16Ep. 17Ep. 18
The Return506506195195254270294246355267219240280253TBDTBDTBDTBD
Source: Nielsen Media Research[91]

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