TWIN PEAKS - #0 LAURA PALMER: PART II (1990)

The Score: 10 out of 10

After Ronette Pulaski wanders across the Washington-Idaho state line, the FBI assigns a special agent to take command of the investigation at Twin Peaks. Special Agent Dale Cooper enters the scene as a genius detective on the order of Sherlock Holmes, who in spite of some humorous eccentricities, establishes himself quickly as a strong and competent lead investigator. The rest of the series primarily revolves around his investigation of Ronette's assault and Laura Palmer's murder.

Agent Cooper's Intro

CLEAN PLACE, REASONABLY PRICED

"Diane, 11:30 AM, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks. It's 5 miles south of the Canadian border, 12 miles west of the state line. Never seen so many trees in my life. As W.C. Fields would say, 'I'd rather be here than Philadelphia.'"

David Lynch brought to Twin Peaks (1990-91) many actors from past projects, including his lead actor from Dune (1984) and Blue Velvet (1986), Kyle MacLachlan. Agent Cooper is easily the best role of MacLachlan's career, bringing an innocent and child-like sense of wonder to the part while never betraying the character's core strength and impressive intellect.

Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry S. Truman Form an Effective Partnership
Analogous to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

Agent Cooper has been waiting for new leads on a murder case from a year earlier when another young woman named Teresa Banks was murdered in a town further south of Twin Peaks. Cooper believes Laura Palmer might be the second victim of the same murderer, so he jumps at the opportunity to look into her case. He soon discovers irrefutable similarities between the two murders, so he partners with Sheriff Truman indefinitely until he catches Laura's killer.

Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman Look for Answers from Ronette Pulaski

But Ronette's Doctors Inform Them She Suffered Head Trauma and Fell into a Coma
A Common Soap Opera Trope

For a Reason Nobody Understands at First, Agent Cooper Investigates Ronette's Fingernails
Even Though She Already Had Her Nails Scraped for Skin Particles Earlier

Agent Cooper is the audience proxy, a stranger to the town who at first is unfamiliar with the townspeople and their social dynamics. But as his investigation continues, he becomes acquainted with everyone in town and gradually begins uncovering their secrets. David Lynch explained, "The murder of Laura Palmer was the center of the story, the thing around which all the show's other elements revolved – like a sun in a little solar system." In this analogy, Agent Cooper would be comparable to an astronomer who delves deeper and deeper into the mysteries surrounding Laura Palmer's murder.

Al Strobel Plays Phillip Gerard, a One Armed Man Originally Intended as a Subtle Homage to The Fugitive (1963-67), But Grew in Importance as Lynch Developed a Closed Ending for the Pilot 

After Visiting Ronette Pulaski, Cooper and Truman Go to the Morgue 

But They are Delayed by a Quirky Psychiatrist, Dr. Jacoby, Who Asks if He Can Accompany Them to Inspect Laura's Body

Agent Cooper Denies the Request, and After an Awkward Discussion, Learns Dr. Jacoby Had Been Treating Laura Palmer without Her Parents Knowledge

After Shaking the Strange Psychiatrist, Cooper Inspects Laura Palmer's Fingers in the Same Way He Investigated Ronette's Moments Ago

Mark Frost Argued with Standards and Practices When They Tried to Get Him and David Lynch to Truncate These Shots of Cooper's Forensic Probing of Her Fingernail

But Frost Eventually Won the Argument and the Scenes Remained Uncut

Agent Cooper Discovers Something this Time

And Pulls Something Out from Under Laura's Fingernail

It Turns Out to be a Small Piece of Newsprint

Containing the Letter "R"

Morbidly Excited by the Prospect of Finding the Killer He Has Tracked for the Past Year, Cooper Reveals to Sheriff Truman that Teresa Banks Had a Similar Piece of Newsprint Under the Exact Same Fingernail with the Letter "T"

Agent Cooper's investigation leads him down several concurrent paths, each providing new evidence leading him closer to Laura's killer. And as his understanding deepens about the townspeople and their individual secrets, he grows into a powerful ally for some and a dangerous liability for others. In this video clip below, you will find a contemporary puff piece on Twin Peaks. Kyle MacLachlan shares some interesting things about himself and the success he found as Agent Cooper.

Interview with Kyle MacLachlan

After Agent Cooper's completely unique introduction to the series, we weave in and out of all the other characters's stories once more as they become increasingly intertwined and complex. Donna Hayward wants to speak with James Hurley, Laura's secret boyfriend, but she cannot find him anywhere. She looks for him at the gas station owned by his uncle, Ed Hurley. In a tender exchange, Ed comforts Donna about the loss of her friend Laura and passes a message from James for her to meet him at the Road House tonight.

Ed Hurley Comforting His Nephew/Ward's Friend Donna Hayward

But Donna Has a Problem...

Her Controlling and Hostile Boyfriend Mike. Ed Scares Mike Away, But Donna is Embarrassed by Her Bad Taste in Men

And in a Comic Moment, Ed Hurley's Wife Nadine Pops Out of their House Across the Street and Commands Ed with a Deranged Voice to Hang Up the New Drapes in the Living Room 

After Seeing How Thoroughly Whipped He is, Ed Laughs with Donna, "Guess I know how to pick 'em, too"

Donna's boyfriend Mike is the best friend of Bobby Briggs, who is Laura Palmer's ostensible boyfriend. Mike has been looking for Donna all day and wants her to join him at the police station in support of Bobby. Of course Donna is not concerned with supporting Bobby, who potentially killed Laura. But Mike yells at Donna to get in his car. Ed Hurley orders Mike to back off and leave Donna alone while they are on his property. But to cap off this moment of masculine behavior, Ed's wife Nadine yells at him and bosses him around in front of Donna.

Shooting the Pilot on Location in Washington State Makes the Show Achieve a Heightened Sense of Reality

Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman Analyze Some of Laura Palmer's Personal Effects

Unable to Find a Key to Laura Palmer's Diary, Agent Cooper Breaks the Diary's Lock so He Can Read the Contents. Although this Action is Completely Rational and Justifiable, There's a Small Part of the Audience that Feels a Little Shocked and Uncomfortable with the Move.

As an Outsider, Agent Cooper is Willing Do What is Necessary to Get Answers When the Local Officers Might Hesitate Out of a Misplaced Sense of Respect

Agent Cooper Frequently Reveals Important Facts Via His Recordings to Diane, an Anonymous Secretary Back at FBI Headquarters Who Helps Cooper Conduct His Business. Diane Never Appears on the Show, Making Her an Effective Narrative Device to Allow Cooper's Internal Thought Process to be Shared with the Audience

This is the First Time David Lynch Uses a Safety Deposit Key to Represent an Important Secret. He Will Do So Again in the Last Episode of the Series and Once More in Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Agent Cooper Informs Sheriff Truman that the Bag Containing the Safety Deposit Box Key Also Contains a White Powder Residue, Likely Cocaine

Sheriff Truman Cannot Believe Laura Could be Involved with Drugs. Cooper's Response: "Have you ever been surprised?" To Which Truman Responds: "You didn't know Laura Palmer." Cooper Politely Avoids an Argument and Carries on Professionally with His Investigation. But We Can Almost Feel Cooper's Thoughts: "Apparently, neither did you."

This brings us to an important theme of Twin Peaks. To nearly everyone else in town, Ed Hurley is a man's man, a morally centered man of principles who is not afraid to endanger himself to protect others. But when it comes to Ed's relationship with his wife Nadine, Ed Hurley is a coward. Ed can stand up against hoodlums, punks, criminals, and murderers, but the man is scared of his wife. Although we will need to wait until the Season 2 Premiere to learn why Ed married Nadine in the first place, we understand in the pilot that Ed Hurley is two different people. He is one way with his wife and a different way with others. Nearly everyone in Twin Peaks has secrets and leads a double life of one kind or another.

The Fog and Dense Cloud Cover Constantly Reinforce the Central Mysteries of Twin Peaks

After a Thorough Search, Sheriff's Deputies Discover the Location Where Laura Palmer is Murdered

After Witnessing the Crime Scene, Andy Begins Crying Again Over the Horrible Experience Laura Suffered. The Station Office Manager/Operator, Lucy Moran Intimately Soothes Him Over the Radio

Andy Asks Lucy to Lie to the Sheriff and Say that He Did Not Cry this Time

Agent Cooper Questions Bobby Regarding His Relationship with Laura Palmer

Major Briggs and His Wife Arrange for Their Son to Have a Lawyer Present for Questioning

Agent Cooper's Judgment of Character and Ability to Peel Back Defensive Layers is Beautiful to Watch

Bobby is Hostile Throughout the Interview, Prompting the Lawyer to Keep His Client in Check

Agent Cooper is Amused by Bobby's Stubborn Declarations of His Innocence

Now that Bobby Has Been Properly Prepared, His Emotional State Raw and Unfiltered

Agent Cooper Plays the Video Tape from Laura's Camcorder, Showing Laura and Donna Dancing Up in the Mountains

Not Remembering this Incident, Bobby's Suspicions are Piqued

Interestingly Enough, Sheryl Lee's Role in the Series was Originally Intended to be Limited to this Video Footage and the Discovery of Her Body Earlier, But David Lynch was so Impressed with the Actress that He Wrote in Creative Ways to Continue Including Her in the Show

Bobby Pieces Together Information from the Video to Help Him Figure Out Who Laura's Secret Boyfriend Might Be

Audrey Horne is a Bit of an Anarchist

She Likes to Find Ways to Strike Back at Her Parents, so When an Employee of Her Father Warns the Concierge to Make No Mention of Laura Palmer's Murder Lest the Norwegians Panic and Leave Twin Peaks

Disgusted by the Hypocrisy of Covering Up Laura's Death to Promote a Business Deal, Audrey's Mind Goes to Work on How to Use this Information to Strike Back at Her Parents

So Audrey Creates a Distraction by Unplugging the Hole in the Coffee Cup

And Wanders into the Norwegians' Meeting 

Under the Pretense of Eating at their Smörgåsbord

But She Stands Conspicuously in the Room, Trying to Look Despondent

The Norwegians Inquire Why a Young, Pretty Girl Like Her is So Upset

Audrey Reveals the Fate of Her Dear Friend Laura Palmer, Who was Found Murdered Naked. Audrey Successfully Causes the Norwegians to Rethink their Real Estate Investment

Meanwhile Bobby Enlists Mike to Go After James Hurley

When Major Briggs Invites Bobby to Spend the Evening with Him to Mourn His Girlfriend's Loss, Bobby Ignores His Father and Walks Away... A Literal Expression of How Bobby Has Long Turned Away from His Parents for Help

Major Briggs's Attempts to Meaningfully Connect to His Son Lead to Some of the Funniest and Most Touching Moments of the Series. And on an Unrelated Note, the Production of Twin Peaks Would Move from Washington to L.A. Once the Series Was Picked Up by ABC, Making Beautiful Washingtonian Vistas Like this Rare

Agent Cooper Looks for Direct Answers from Donna Hayward

He Shows Her the Video Tape of Her and Laura in the Mountains

Cooper Wants to Remind Donna About Her Friend to Prepare Her to Open Up

Donna is Conflict, Not Wanting to Give Away James Hurley's Identity

Agent Cooper is Unsuccessful in His Attempts to Get James's Name from Donna

Cooper Dismisses Donna Until She is Better Prepared to Cooperate with Him. But Lucy and Sheriff Truman Share a Discovery Lucy Made While She was Sitting Near the Water Cooler

Agent Cooper Beats Her to the Punch and Explained that Bobby and Mike Were Looking for a Biker

Truman and Lucy are Confused by How Cooper Could Know that Already

So Cooper Fasts Forwards the Video to the Moment in the Video When Bobby's Eyes Went Big Earlier

Sheriff Truman and Lucy Moran Begin to Understand How Intelligently Agent Cooper Has Been Manipulating All the Witnesses in the Case to Help Cooper Learn the Truth by Following the Witnesses After Revealing Key Pieces of Information to Each of Them

Meanwhile Audrey Rejoices in Her Success in Derailing Her Father's Business Venture with the Norwegians

Ben Horne Begs the Norwegian Leader to Stay, But the Gravity of Laura Palmer's Murder is Too Much for these Skittish Foreign Investors

After Finishing their First Round of Questions with their Witnesses, Truman and Cooper Visit the Crime Scene Where Laura was Murdered

They Discover a Heart-Shaped Locket Placed on Top of a Mound of Dirt

Truman and Cooper Also Make Another Discovery Even More Alarming

Beneath the Half-Heart Pendant

Is a Note Written in Blood that States: "FIRE WALK WITH ME"

As Mentioned Earlier, Sweeping Vistas Like These Will Become Far Less Frequent in the Regular Series

Agent Cooper Makes it a Priority for the Sheriff to Help Him Find the Other Half of the Locket

James Haplessly Holds on to His Half of the Necklace as a Reminder of His Love for Laura

Meanwhile, We Get a Glimpse of Audrey's Depressing Life at the Horne Home

Audrey's Mentally Disturbed Older Brother Johnny Becomes Depressed When He Does Not Receive His Regular Visit from Laura Palmer

Laura Palmer Helped Tutor Johnny Horne and the Concept of Laura Dying Prompts Him to Bang His Head Repeatedly Against his Dollhouse

The Head of this "9 Point Buck" Fell Off the Wall Mounting Earlier and No One at the Bank Has Had the Chance to Fix it Yet

Sheriff Truman and Agent Cooper Receive their Court Order to Open Laura's Safety Deposit Box, which Contains $10,000 in Cash

And a Copy of Flesh World Magazine, Which Features Personal Ads

Laura Palmer Marked a Page and Circled a Picture of None Other than Ronette Pulaski

Leo Johnson's Truck Appears in Another Flesh World Ad, Leading Us to a Scene in Which He Aggressively Confronts Shelly with the Presence of Strange Cigarette Butts in the Ash Tray

Shelly Lies About Smoking a New Brand, Avoiding a Violent Response if Leo Discovered She Had Been Unfaithful to Him with Bobby Briggs

Leo Johnson Threatens Shelly's Life if She Ever Smokes a Different Brand of Cigarettes Again

It Turns Out Ed Hurley is Having an Affair

Norma Jennings, the Proprietor of the Double "R" Diner, Calls Ed and Asks to Meet with Him that Night

Ed Agrees to Meet Her that Night at The Roadhouse, Knowing that Donna and James were Planning a Meeting There Later that Night, Too

Ed Looks Across the Street at his Wife Nadine Who Obsessively Opens and Closes the Drapes He Has Just Installed

In a Way, Nadine Symbolically Demonstrates How People Tend to Block Out the Things they Do Not Want to Think About

And Selectively Choose What to Openly Acknowledge

Double lives leads us to the concept of doppelgängers, ghostly counterparts of living persons, often representing evil alter egos. We can draw a correlation between this and the concept of the shadow developed by the psychoanalytic genius Carl Jung. Jung posited that the repressed desires and instincts of our subconscious follow us around in the background of our lives, like a shadow. The more we repress these desires in our conscious lives, the more dangerous and unwieldy our shadow self becomes. A fictionalized version of this concept can be seen in Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Truman and Cooper Set Up a Town Meeting to Reveal Some Details of their Investigation and Recommend the Institution of a Town-Wide Curfew for Anyone Under 18 Years of Age

As the Meeting Assembles, Sheriff Truman Names Different Prominent Citizens in Attendance. Cooper Asks About the Lady with the Log. Truman Responds, "We call her the Log Lady." She Became So Iconic that David Lynch Later Filmed a Series of Stream-of-Conscious Prologues Featuring Her Before Each Episode Aired on Bravo

The Aged Mayor Milford Attempts to Convene the Town Meeting to Order

But his Age Gets the Better of Him as He Begins Rambling. Sheriff Truman Politically Relieves the Mayor of the Microphone and Gives it to Agent Cooper

Agent Cooper Reveals the Connection Between Laura Palmer's Murder and the Year-Old Murder of Teresa Banks

He Urges the Leaders of the Community to Exert a Calming Influence to Avoid an Escalating Witch Hunt

The Principal Town Business Rivals are Sitting in Frame Together. Ben Horne Wants the Packard Saw Mill to Help Him Expand His Ghostwood Estates

Agent Cooper Explains that the Enforcement of a Curfew on Teenagers Can Help Them Learn a Degree of Caution that Could Save their Lives in the Days Ahead

Agent Cooper Ends His Remarks with this Ominous Phrase...

"All these crimes took place at night..."

Twin Peaks explores the concept of shadow selves to varying degrees. As the story progresses, we not only become familiar with all the main characters in town but also become acquainted with their doppelgängers. The dichotomy between their outward personas and shadow selves can be comedic, as with Ed Hurley, or extremely frightening with others. But at the end of the day, Twin Peaks asks the audience to look into the mirror and confront the person staring back.

Doc Hayward is Played by Mark Frost's Real-Life Father, Warren Frost

Doc Hayward Unwisely Discusses the Particulars of the Police Investigation of Laura's Murder within Earshot of  his Daughter Donna

Donna Learns the Police Suspect that Whoever Has the Other Half of Laura's Locket Could be the Killer, Prompting Laura to Break the New Town Curfew on Under-Aged Young Adults to Meet with James at the Road House

Mike Swings by to Talk to Donna After Geting Drunk with Bobby. Doc Hayward is Not Impressed with Mike's Drunk Driving and Makes Mike Wait at the Door

Bobby is Looking to Beat Up James Hurley and Decides to Drunkenly Surf on the Hood of His Parked Car Outside the Hayward Residence

Meanwhile, Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman Stake Out the Roadhouse, the Local Biker Hangout

The Biker's Park Across the Street from the Roadhouse

Songs Written by David Lynch and Composed by Angelo Badalamenti and Sung by Julee Cruise

Norma and Ed's Romantic Meeting

They Discuss How Much they Want to Leave their Spouses and Finally Be Together

Ed is Concerned that Norma's Manslaughtering Husband Coming Up on Parole Soon Might Have Objections

As Norma and Ed Talk, they Get Caught Up in a Dreamy, Beautiful Atmosphere Provided by None Other than Julee Cruise Who is Singing the Song in the Roadhouse Herself. This Tradition of Showing Musicians Singing in the TV Show Would Be Carried on Later by Joss Whedon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)

Mike and Bobby Arrive at the Roadhouse, Ready to Beat in James Hurley's Face the Minute He Shows

Most People are Oblivious to the Impending Violence as they Dreamily Dance Away to the Music

Donna Hayward Shows Up Looking for James

But She Finds Mike and Bobby Instead

They Yell Out to Donna, Scaring Her

Mike Demands to Know What Donna is Doing Here

Ed Hurley Rushes to Donna's Rescue Again, as He Did at His Gas Station

But Norma Tries to Persuade Him to Not Get Involved

Unfortunately, Bobby Literally Has a Monkey Wrench Up His Sleeve, and Knocks Out Ed with One Hit

A Favorite American Pastime Erupts: A Bar Fight

Knowing the Police and Others Might be After Him, James Sends a Friend to Bring Donna to Him

Donna is Taken to a Safer Location Where She and James Can Talk in Private

Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman Follow Donna, But Eventually Lose Her on a Small Road

James is Secluded Off a Small Side Road

Where He Has Been Waiting for a Moment to Be Alone with Donna

At First Donna's Concern is that of a Friend, But it Quickly Develops into Something More

Donna Explains Everything She has Learned by Laura's Investigation and is Concerned About James Hiding from the Police

James Explains He was One of the Last People to See Laura Alive and that He Does Not Have an Alibi. He Shares What Laura Said to Him Before She Left. She Indicated Bobby Had Killed Someone.

As James Grieves Over His Bitter Farewell with Laura the Night Before, Donna's Comfort Transitions into Kissing

They Have a Mixture of Happiness and Guilt, Since Laura Has Not Even Been Dead a Whole Day. Donna Convinces James to Get Rid of the Locket so the Police Do Not Find Him with it. He Agrees to Bury it for Now.

They Bury the Secret

Choices between good and evil are personality defining, regardless of whether the consequences of those choices can be detected openly or can remain concealed in secret. There is more to the people of Twin Peaks than what you first suspect, and the pilot episode establishes this concept from the start. Throughout the course of the pilot, we learn of several secret love affairs, intense business rivalries, and backstabbing betrayals. In short, nearly every character in the pilot carries on a secret life in addition to their public life.

Cooper and Truman's Search Finally Pays Off

As They Spot James and Donna Driving Back into Town

The Energy of the Moving Images for this Scene Captures a Certain Mood that a Still Image Cannot Replicate, Proving David Lynch's Theory About His Theory of Paintings that Move

James and Donna Pull Over

Sheriff Truman Uses His Loudspeaker to Order James to get His Hands Up

Donna Pleads James is Innocent of Any Wrongdoing, to Which Cooper Responds, "She's probably right."

Again, the Subtle Effect of Seeing the Dark Night in the Background of These Doors is a Realistic Sight We Will Not See Again in the Series When it Transforms into a Set-Based Production Later

Doc Hayward Has Been Worried Sick Since Mike and Bobby Visited the House Looking for Donna and He Could Not Find Her Home

Donna is Allowed Home Under the Proviso She Return for Questioning

Donna Says Good Bye to James as He is Taken to a Holding Cell for the Night

They Subtly Express their Newfound Feelings for Each Other as James is Taken Away

Other Deputies Picked Up Mike and Bobby for Disturbing the Peace and Assaulting Ed Hurley and the Other Bikers at the Roadhouse

James is a Little Concerned About Staying the Night in a Cell Next to Them

When the Deputies Leave, Mike and Bobby Start Barking and Howling at James to Intimidate Him and Assert their Dominance

David Lynch's Told the Actors that they Were Like Monkeys at a Cage in a Zoo and the Actors do a Humorous and Impressive Job Imitating that Kind of Feeling

James is in for a Long Night, But He is Going to Take it Like a Man

However, despite the frequent display of mankind's duality, Twin Peaks also showcases the best of what people are capable of doing. Although people can be multi-layered, they can also be remarkably sweet, simple, and straightforward with each other, too. And just because a character is good, does not make that person weak. Interestingly enough, the strongest characters on the show are the enlightened characters who regularly confront evil within themselves and yet choose to live in a balanced state of harmony.

After a Long Day's Work, the Characters in Twin Peaks Know How to Unwind

Lucy Gets to be a Part of their Conversation Even When She has to Remain at Her Desk

We Discover Sheriff Truman and Josie Packard Have Been Hiding a Secret Relationship from Everyone

Unsuccessfully...

We Discover Catherine Martell and Ben Horne are Secretly Working Together

And Sheriff Truman and Josie Packard Look Where Laura Palmer's Body was Found Earlier that Morning

It Has Been About 24 Hours Since She was Killed. Most of the Earlier Episodes of Twin Peaks would Maintain the Pace of a Day of Narrative Time Per Episode

Many good-natured characters in Twin Peaks can be misinterpreted at first as idiotic, goofy, or silly, but really they just ascribe to more positive world views compared to the more conflicted characters. In the hands of lesser writers and directors in the series, characters like Pete Martell, Deputy Andy Brennan, and the Log Lady have the tendency to be unfairly dismissed or reduced to corny sideshows. But whenever David Lynch directs an episode, these same characters spark to life with passion and surprising intensity without resorting to simple caricatures.

And the Pilot Ends on One Final Ominous Scene as Sarah Palmer Dreams

She has a Psychic Vision of Someone Wearing Gloves Unearthing a Stone

And Taking the Other Half of Laura Palmer's Heart Locket

Sarah Palmer Wakes Up with a Shock and Screams Aloud at the Implications of Her Vision

Mark Frost and David Lynch scripted the best and strongest pilot ever aired on network television. The only surprise was how long it took the executives at ABC to realize what they had on their hands. After many internal debates, they greenlit Twin Peaks with a tentative first season order of just seven episodes. The executives felt they would need to test the waters before jumping in all the way. On April 08, 1990, Americans turned on their TV sets the night of Easter Sunday and were greeted with a beautiful depiction of the American way of life that gave us all a reason to be excited to watch television again.

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Next week we will analyze Twin Peaks Episode 1. All episodes can be found in an excellent DVD box set: Twin Peaks - The Definitive Gold Box Edition. Twin Peaks can also be found in 720p High Defition format at the iTunes Store. Many of the episodes can also be found in Standard Definition for free video streaming at IMDB, CBS, and Fancast.

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