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Set 25 years after the events of the original Twin Peaks, the season follows multiple storylines, many of which are linked to FBI agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) and his 1989 investigation into the murder of high school student Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).
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(promoted as Twin Peaks: The Return) is a revival and direct continuation of the original Twin Peaks television series, often regarded as its third season. The season follows several interconnected storylines set twenty-seven years[note 1] after "Episode 29", all connected either directly or thematically to FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) and Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). All eighteen episodes were written and produced by David Lynch and Mark Frost and directed by Lynch.
The series premiered on May 21, 2017 and concluded on September 3, 2017, and was released on home media as Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series. It received widespread critical acclaim for its unconventional narrative and structure, emotional performances, and striking visuals, and has often been hailed as one of the greatest television series of the 2010s.
Cooper's escape
Over twenty-five years after entering the Black Lodge, Dale Cooper remains trapped inside. As she told him she would years before, Laura Palmer appears to him, confirming that she is indeed Laura and that she is dead, yet she lives. After whispering in Cooper's ear, Laura suddenly begins to scream and disappears. Mike then takes him to the arm, who tells Cooper that his doppelganger must be returned to the Lodge in order for him to leave. In the years since his escape from the Black Lodge, the doppelganger has become involved in numerous criminal activities and is currently in search of a set of coordinates with the help of Ray Monroe and Darya. He soon becomes aware that the pair are deceiving him, having been hired by someone claiming to be missing FBI Special Agent Phillip Jeffries. After killing Darya, he contacts "Jeffries," who tells him that he will be returned to the Lodge the following day. Due to the interference of the arm's doppelganger, Cooper is released from the Lodge and eventually finds himself in the midst of a purple sea. He enters a room, where he meets an eyeless woman who leads him to the roof. She pulls a lever and falls into a void, where Cooper sees Major Garland Briggs' head saying "blue rose." Going back inside, Cooper meets another woman, who begs Cooper to leave before her mother comes.
Las Vegas
Cooper enters a mechanism, which transports him out, but instead of swapping places with his doppelganger, he instead takes the place of Las Vegas insurance salesman Dougie Jones, a tulpa created by the doppelganger. In addition to this, he remains in a catatonic state for several days, being confused for Dougie by Dougie's family, friends, and co-workers, all while avoiding assassination attempts orchestrated by the doppelganger. After hearing the name Gordon Cole – his former supervisor – in the film Sunset Boulevard, Cooper sticks a fork into an electrical socket and slips into a coma. He later wakes up and sets off for Twin Peaks.
South Dakota
As Cooper and Dougie are transported, the doppelganger becomes violently ill and crashes his car in South Dakota. He is taken into police custody and the FBI Blue Rose Task Force – Deputy Director Gordon Cole and Agent Albert Rosenfield – are alerted to this arrest, believing him to be the original Dale Cooper, who they have not seen in over two decades. Upon visiting him with Agent Tammy Preston, Gordon and Albert immediately sense something is wrong and classify it as a Blue Rose case. They decide to recruit the help of Cooper's former secretary, Diane Evans, who speaks with the doppelganger and also notes that something is not right. While en route back to Philadelphia, Cole is informed that Major Briggs' body was found in Buckhorn, South Dakota. The plane is re-routed so they can investigate. Upon arrival, they learn that Briggs' headless corpse was found with the severed head of Ruth Davenport and inside was a ring inscribed "To Dougie, with love, Janey-E." Preston interrogates the prime suspect in Davenport's murder, William Hastings, learning that he and Davenport had an interest in alternate dimensions and met Briggs in one. Hastings leads them to where he entered the alternate dimension, spotting woodsmen in the area as well as in a vision Cole has. Shortly after the group finds Davenport's headless body, Hastings is suddenly killed by a woodsman. Diane tells the task force that she recognizes the names on the ring found in Briggs' body, Janey-E being the nickname of her half-sister Jane and Dougie being Jane's wife. Gordon contacts the Las Vegas FBI offices, ordering the arrests of Dougie and Janey-E for suspicion of double homicide. A distressed Diane recounts to Gordon, Tammy, and Albert an encounter with Cooper's doppelganger a few years following his disappearance. She explains that after sexually assaulting her, the doppelganger took her to an "old gas station." She then declares that she is "in the sheriff's station" and not herself before drawing a gun. Tammy and Albert quickly react, shooting her dead, causing her to disappear, revealing that this Diane was actually a tulpa of the real Diane. In the aftermath, Gordon confides in Tammy and Albert of an entity known as "Judy" that he, Cooper, Briggs, and Jeffries had investigated. Shortly after, Gordon is informed by Las Vegas FBI agent Randall Headley that Dougie Jones has left the hospital. Bushnell Mullins then relays a message to Gordon from Dougie, which informs him that Dougie is actually Cooper. The message also tells him that Cooper is headed for Twin Peaks, so the group leaves Buckhorn.
Main article: Twin Peaks (2017) cast
The entire cast of 217 (with a few omissions) was announced on April 25, 2016. In December 2016, costume designer Nancy Steiner stated that there were 238 speaking roles in the new series, 21 more than previously reported.
= Returning from previous series or film
✝ = Reused footage only
See all: Twin Peaks (2017) crew
Bold = Previous Twin Peaks crew members
•Showtime Presents
•A Rancho Rosa Partnership Production
•Casting by Johanna Ray and Krista Husar
•Music Composed by Angelo Badalamenti
Original season 3 plans
In the third season's original plans, BOB and Mike were from a place or a planet made of creamed corn which moves backward. They fell out with each other when BOB stole a can of corn and escaped pursued by Mike. The chase began on December 31, 1951 or on the night of Eisenhower inauguration with insects and garmonbozia appearing on the presidential table when the inauguration was stopped for half an hour (though it actually was because of the broadcast of the I Love Lucy episode where she has a baby). Every character would have had a doppelganger who lived in a reality for two minutes or nanoseconds behind the other reality. Regarding Cooper's situation, the original intention would have been played as if the good Coop was possessed by BOB and eventually reveal it to be his doppelganger instead. To rescue Dale from the place and the return the spirits to their place, Truman would open a portal by driving his jeep backward through a corn field, going back in time. Major Briggs would be the only choice to save Cooper due to his White Lodge experience. The cliffhanger would be solved before the commercial break of the first episode, with then a time skip of some years getting away from the high school setting. Cooper being the pharmacist and having left the FBI, Truman being a recluse, Sheryl Lee returning as a new character with red hair and to possibly be killed by BOB as well. Laura's diary entry about her vision of Annie saying "the Good Dale is in the Lodge" would have been found. Additionally, the novel The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes was conceived at a time when season 3 was in its early stages and some elements from it might have been reused. In particular, Emmet Cooper was a last-minute addition and Mark Frost commented that actor Roger Rees would be ideal for the role.
Cancelled graphic novel
In 2007, artist Matt Haley was tasked with the project of a Twin Peaks graphic novel that would serve as a continuation of the television series. Writer Robert Engels was also heavily involved and planned to use story ideas originally planned for the canceled third season. Cooper, who may or may not be possessed, starts serial killings, including a red-haired portrayed by Sheryl Lee. Truman, still broken by Josie, would drive backwards through a corn field with the One-Armed Man to go to the Lodge and rescue Cooper. Engels wished to steer the show away from the high school setting and years later, following the resolution of Cooper's possession by BOB, Cooper was to have quit the FBI and have become Twin Peaks' local pharmacist, Truman became a recluse and stopped being sheriff, being replaced by Andy, the comatose Annie never returned, Ben gave away his money and stayed with the wheel-chaired Audrey in a convalescent home following the bank explosion, Josie is haunting the Great Northern, James is still missing. The graphic novel was to be released in Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition, but plans fell through when David Lynch vetoed the idea, wishing to not continue the story of Twin Peaks in any way.
Showtime
The series was first announced on October 6, 2014, as a limited series of nine episodes that would premiere on the Showtime cable network in 2016. All scripts were written by original series creators Mark Frost and David Lynch. The series was described as revisiting the town of Twin Peaks and its inhabitants twenty-five years after the events of the original series. Parts of the original blueprints of the 1990s season three were reused for the revival series. On January 12, 2015, it was confirmed that Kyle MacLachlan would reprise the role of Dale Cooper. Four days later, Sheryl Lee and Dana Ashbrook also announced their casting in the 2016 series. They also implied the return of Sherilyn Fenn. On September 18, 2015, it was revealed that Amanda Seyfried would have a recurring role on the new series as a "pivotal new character." Two days later, it was reported that Balthazar Getty was part of the cast. On March 14, 2015, Lynch stated that there were contract negotiation "complications" impeding the progress of the production. On April 5, 2015, Lynch announced that he was pulling out of the series because Showtime was not offering enough money to properly fund the production of his scripts. Showtime stated that they still intended to proceed with the production. On May 15, 2015, Lynch announced that he was returning to the project and Showtime confirmed as much. Showtime also stated that Lynch would direct every episode and that there would be more than the initially announced nine episodes. After completing the original script, which was estimated to run nine episodes, Mark Frost began writing The Secret History of Twin Peaks, while Lynch wrote some additional material to make use of the extended episode order. These scenes were sent to Frost and approved prior to filming. Sheryl Lee and Sherilyn Fenn spoke at a panel at Seattle's Crypticon convention on May 23. They revealed that Lynch would direct eighteen Twin Peaks episodes for Showtime, that Angelo Badalamenti would return as the composer and that the new series would shoot on location in Washington State. Filming began in September 2015 and wrapped in April 2016. The series takes the form of a movie divided into eighteen "parts," which should not be called "episodes." Lynch stated, perhaps jokingly, that the parts could be viewed out of order.
The series received a DVD and Blu-ray release titled Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series from CBS Home Entertainment on December 5, 2017. It was later included in Twin Peaks: The Television Collection and Twin Peaks: From Z to A.
A further continuation of the series has been discussed by Lynch, Frost, and Showtime. However, in 2017, Lynch stated that it is "too soon to tell if a fourth season is going to happen."
In 2024, on the possibility of more Twin Peaks, Frost indicated that he and Lynch were satisfied with the ending, adding, "you never say never, but we haven't talked about anything going forward at this point." When asked if the finale was intended to be the end, executive producer Sabrina Sutherland stated, "I personally hope there will be more. As for the intention, I don’t know. I know that David has more ideas for another season, but I don’t know about Mark."
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