I’m Going to Rave About Twin Peaks Now

I tried to watch it when it was on originally, but I worked at a restaurant and usually was scheduled for Saturday night. I remember being THRILLED when I'd get a chance to see it. My husband had it on video when we met. When we moved in together we watched an episode (or two!) during dinner every night until we got through the entire run. Every couple of years, we watch it again. Oh, man, how we love that show! And, we've also done this with Moonlighting (which I watched originally) and Miami Vice (which I'd never seen, but now love). And, Harper's Island rocked, too.

I watched Twin Peaks for the first time a few years ago, and fell in love from the very first scene. It's funny to become a fan so late in the game because I kept going around trying to talk about it with people, and of course they weren't excited about it like they had just seen it for the first time, so I was googling and reading discussion threads from like 96. That episode, where they reveal Laura's killer, always makes me sad because it feels like such a break from what the show was actually like. Like reading fan fiction where the writer has some character you know and love do something they would never do. My last re-watch of the show, I just stopped there. But the Windom Earle arc does pick back up, you're right, so maybe on rewatching I'll keep going past that episode where everything is weird.

I watched Twin Peaks for the first time a few years ago, and fell in love from the very first scene. It's funny to become a fan so late in the game because I kept going around trying to talk about it with people, and of course they weren't excited about it like they had just seen it for the first time, so I was googling and reading discussion threads from like 96. That episode, where they reveal Laura's killer, always makes me sad because it feels like such a break from what the show was actually like. Like reading fan fiction where the writer has some character you know and love do something they would never do. My last re-watch of the show, I just stopped there. But the Windom Earle arc does pick back up, you're right, so maybe on rewatching I'll keep going past that episode where everything is weird.

Just reading this and watching this –

– makes me want to frequent more diners that sell pie.

Only just came across this post, and man did it make me smile. I was about 12 or so when Twin Peaks first came out, and back then my cousin and I thought that Agent Cooper was just about the coolest thing that ever walked the face of the earth. A friend of her dad used to tape it for us, and we would watch it in batches, like early series slumming. Then the soundtrack came out, and we had to have it… later when we were teenagers, the book came out and the movies too.

I loved it back then (even if much of it went over my head), and last night when I finally got hold of the complete series box set, I fell in love all over again. The theme song, the weirdness, the warped humour… and Agent Cooper. If anything, he’s way cooler than I remembered!