TWIN PEAKS: FROM Z TO A 15 1990 – 2017 OUT 20 JANUARY BD, 4K EXTRAS Deleted scenes, 4K episodes, Featurettes, Intros, Location guide, Music performances, Gallery, Art cards
What Is Your Name?’ S3, Ep 18
With a question for a title, David Lynch and Mark Frost hold true to Peaks’ founding principles for its finale. As some mysteries unfold, others mount: time, place and identity emerge scrambled in an uncompromising send-off that eschews reassuring resolutions.
Most Lynchian moment A name, a scream: Peaks returns to Laura Palmer.
‘There’s Some Fear In Letting Go’
S3, Ep 15
Peaks devotees are rewarded in an episode of autumnal love, heart-rending farewells and electricity metaphors fulfilled. Plus, Bowie’s Phillip Jeffries returns as a kettle-type thing.
Most Lynchian moment Catherine E. Coulson’s speech packs an emotional punch. ‘Gotta Light?’
S3, Ep 8 Included in 4K in the boxset, S3’s showstopper is all Lynch-mares rolled into one. Crackling electricity and the nighttime road herald a thrillingly dense, delirious meditation on nuclear trauma, bugs, BOB and worse…
Most Lynchian moment The Woodsman’s radio takeover oozes dread.
‘My Log Has A Message For You’ S3, Ep 1
A man patiently observes a glass box, with terrifying results. The opening salvo of Peaks’ 25-years-on revival steels us for a long-haul tale full of shocks. Evil Coop – killer stare, killer Kyle MacLachlan performance – heightens the sense of occasion.
Most Lynchian moment Hey, Judy: Lynch’s horror chops roar as the box opens…
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Damned on release, Peaks’ 1992 big-screen prequel holds power as a tragedy of youth destroyed. Lynch plots the knotty pathway to murder as a long, dark journey of sex and the psyche, designed to distress.
Most Lynchian moment BOB behind the dresser is a chillingly invasive vision.
‘Beyond Life And Death’ S2, Ep 22
S2’s Lynch-directed climax is so strong it makes you forgive the season’s faults – even the ‘weasel’ episode. As Coop returns transformed from his Lodge foray, enough questions emerge to busy us for 25 years. How is Annie? Most Lynchian moment Coop, the mirror… Suddenly, nothing seems certain anymore.
‘Lonely Souls’
S2, Ep 7
Lynch directs a S2 barnstormer revealing Laura’s BOB-possessed father Leland as her murderer. Lynch beats TV thrillers at their own game, letting us think Ben Horne is guilty. Then Laura’s cousin Maddy smells something in the Palmer home…
Most Lynchian moment Surreal, sad, savage: Maddy’s death hits hard on all fronts.
‘May The Giant Be With You’ S2, Ep 1
Who knew deferred explanation could be so thrilling? Lynch refuses to resolve who shot Coop but expands on Peaks’ metaphysical (giants, possession) and human (Major Briggs’ tear-jerking speech) elements for S2’s opener.
Most Lynchian moment Corridors hum, Laura screams: ‘Scariest TV Moment’ history is made.
‘Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer’
S1, Ep 3
The characters get clearer, the mysteries murkier. From Cooper’s singular investigation techniques to the notorious red room scene (Laura whispers, a dwarf dances), ‘Zen’ helped bank Peaks’ spot in TV notoriety.
Most Lynchian moment The weirdly endearing Tibetan dream-deduction technique is Coop distilled.
‘Northwest Passage’
S1, Ep 1
“Have you seen Laura?” Mixing reconstructed soap, everyday surrealism and home-based horrors in service of a murder-mystery, Lynch/Frost retuned TV to an auteurist key for their trip into terror and transcendence. It starts as it means to end: with Laura.
Most Lynchian moment “Damn good food!” Coop is someone to trust – for now... KH