You know, it's funny...I was just thinking today about starting a Twin Peaks thread. I picked up the box set about a year ago, having only heard of the show and that it was from the amazing mind of David Lynch. I watched the entire series in the span of a week. I actually just started watching it again over the weekend because, like Lost, the show gives me a lot to think about.
I look at Twin Peaks as the precursor to the X-Files and Lost. There's some really weird, yet fascinating, mythology. The show isn't just about Laura Palmer and who killed her. It's kind of a twisted soap opera that examines a town where everyone has a secret. I'm pretty sure I read that Lynch and Mark Frost were trying to mimic a soap opera--cheesy dialogue and all.
The second season isn't as good because Lynch and Frost left the show to concentrate on other projects, a result of the studio forcing them to reveal the killer prematurely. I’ll admit, after the killer is revealed, the story slows down a little, but there’s still a lot of mystery to the show. For me, the question wasn’t “who” killed Laura Palmer, but “what” killed her. I was hooked until the final episode.
If you like Lost there’s a pretty good chance you’ll enjoy Twin Peaks. But a word of caution. Twin Peaks is an incomplete story. Story lines are left unresolved without any clue as to how they might have concluded. I don’t regret watching the show—it’s about the journey, not the destination—but sometimes I wish there was some form of an ending. If anything, like most of Lynch’s work, it’ll leave you with plenty to think about.
