My Twin Peaks Travelogue

A 10-part review of the franchise.

I. Intro
My history with the show

II. A Town is Born
Documenting how it all started

III. The Pilot
The 90-minute TV movie that began the story

IV. Season 1
Going through each episode of the triumphant first season

V. Season 2, episodes 1-9
Going through each episode of the Lynch-Frost period

VI. Season 2, episodes 10-16
Going through each episode of the controversial Harley Peyton period

VII. Season 2, episodes 17-22
Going through each episode of the Lynch-Frost-Engels period

VIII. Fire Walk With Me
The controversial cinema film (1992)

IX. Season 3 (The Return)
Going through each episode of the revival season (2017)

X. Outro
Conclusionary thoughts

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A 3-part investigation into how the franchise was made and received.

I. A Town is Born
Genesis of the show
The world of network television
Pilot is made (Feb-March 89)
Lynch goes off to make WAH (Aug89-Jan90)
Season 1 is commissioned. Sets built in City Studios, LA
Pilot buzz around Hollywood
[season 1 is broadcast]
Popular, but anger that the killer wasn’t revealed in the s1 finale
Controversy about whether killer will be revealed in s2 opener

II. The public, industry and media reaction
[season 2 is broadcast, episodes 1-16]
Rapidly declining viewers
ABC put the show on hiatus
The campaign to bring it back
[season 2 is broadcast, episodes 17-20]
ABC release their fall ‘91 schedule. TP is absent (axed). Journalists gloat.
[season 2 is broadcast, episodes 21-22]

III. Outro
Closing thoughts