April 8, 1990: David Lynch and Mark Frost pretty much changed television production standards forever. Twin Peaks premiered 20 years ago tonight, and our eyes were then opened to what TV
could be, but still mostly isn't. For the next year, the world got to know Agent Dale Cooper, Sheriff Harry Truman, the Palmers, the Log Lady, and so many more fascinating characters run around in the brooding, mysterious swallow of Twin Peaks. A show that more than defied genre, it manically swallowed them all, it had us laughing, then shivering, then scratching our heads like no other show past or present.
Here are some great Twin Peaks-related links (and obviously spoilers abound):
NPR's John Powers' retrospective
Then and now, shot-by-shot comparisons of Twin Peaks shooting locations
CBS streaming full-length, HQ episodes
An incredible on-set photo set shot by Richard Beymer (Ben Horne)
Not Coming to a Theater Near You's commemorative Guide to Twin Peaks