Calling all Twin Peaks fans...Help!

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TALLCARDDEALER

Sunday, September 5, 2004 2:35 AM

I have just finished watching the first season of Twin Peaks on DVD (alas, no Pilot episode), and have also finished putting together a chart of the main cast/characters from said 1st season. This chart (even in work-in-progress form) helped me navigate my way through David Lynch's highly complex world of Twin Peaks. I would like to make another chart with the new characters that show up in the 2nd season of the show, so that I will be ready when I get the chance to watch the 2nd season. However, as I've never seen the second season, I have no idea exactly which characters should be included.

So, I need help. I will definitely include The Giant, Annie Blackburn, Windome Earl, Gordon Cole, Blackie O'Reilly (I know she was in the 1st season, but she seems to have more to do in the second), and Andrew Packard. Anyone else? Also, let me know which episodes these characters appear on (particularly their first), and give me some idea of how important they are, if you can.

NEEDLESEYE

Sunday, September 5, 2004 4:05 AM

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This chart (even in work-in-progress form) helped me navigate my way through David Lynch's highly complex world of Twin Peaks. I would like to make another chart with the new characters that show up in the 2nd season of the show, so that I will be ready when I get the chance to watch the 2nd season. However, as I've never seen the second season

Tallcard, thats a tall order!
This is one of my favorite shows.
Knowing the complexities of Lynch's show, telling you some of the info you are asking for might give things away. (i think)
I'm going to guess you are watching the DVD set, as it doesn't include the pilot. ???
Do you have access to the 2nd season?

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

TALLCARDDEALER

Sunday, September 5, 2004 5:55 AM

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Originally posted by needleseye:
I'm going to guess you are watching the DVD set, as it doesn't include the pilot. ???
Do you have access to the 2nd season?

Your assumption is correct. And no, I do not currently have access to the 2nd season. I'm hoping for either the release of the 2nd season on DVD or a Twin Peaks marathon on Bravo or something.

How about this: Forget about the characters from the second half of the season, let's just stick with the first half. As for spoiler worries, there's one I already know about: Andrew Packard is alive. I also know who killed Laura, but let's not worry about that.

NEEDLESEYE

Sunday, September 5, 2004 6:56 AM

I have the whole series on very old, repeatedly watched, VHS, originally aired recordings. When I got the first epi and 1st season on dvd it looked so great it got me hooked watching the series all over again. It was hard watching the last part on vhs after that.
Bravo will probabaly show it once again.
Have you tried getting the first episode dvd yet?

Do you like Lynch's other work or are you Twin Peaks only fan? I'm sort of in the middle.
I only recently saw Mulholland Drive. All I could say was a Mal-esque, "Huh."

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

BEATLE

Monday, September 6, 2004 10:29 PM

I was so mad when I bought season one and then found out it didn't include the pilot.

NERVOUSPETE

Monday, September 6, 2004 11:34 PM

I'm frankly amazed that the American versions don't include the Pilot. If any of you have multi region players, I suggest you buy the Region 2 versions, we get the pilot. Try www.amazon.co.uk ... natch.

How on earth can you tell what is going on without the pilot? I weep at the stupidity of executives.

I've only seen the First season on my trusty DVD set, is awesome. And...

*Choke*

That pilot is amazing. I weep for you, once again.

Pete

"If you can keep your head whilst others... eurgh! Ack! I've spilt my ink! Ugh! Ink on my trousers! Agh! Ink on my shirt! My only hope! The window! Aieeeeee!" (Falls to death)
- Jonathan Nash

NEDWARD

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 12:32 PM

Very odd marketing decision. I think it's something to do with the pilot being previously available on R1 DVD?

(In reverse, see also the shiny Babylon 5 "Movie Collection", which misses two of five movies on R2 because there's an older edition still out there. Grrrrr.)

TALLCARDDEALER

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 6:53 PM

I think the reason the S1 set doesn't have the pilot is simply because, somehow, Artisan did not have the rights to it.

I've been thinking about checking out Babylon 5. They just released the B5 Movie collection, which includes the pilot.

I'm in no big hurry to see the second season of Twin Peaks at the moment. Making the second character chart is just something to occupy my time.

Every well-bred petty crook knows that the small, concealable weapons always go to the far left of the place setting.

RHYMEPHILE

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 8:18 PM

Yes, the rights were the issue for the lack of the pilot on the season 1 set. But the pilot (also called "The Northwest Passage") is available on DVD as an import (from Hong Kong)with a Region 0 coding. You can find it on Barnes&Noble.com or Amazon. This version isn't the European version; this import version has the ending and killer exposed. So, I suppose you could shut it off before the end or get a region-free player and order the Euro verison.

P.S. When David Duchovny was on Twin Peaks I never saw it, and when I was an X-Files fan later I went searching for it. I traded a copy of him in Playgirl to a girl in Texas for the tape of the episodes he was in! LOL.

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TALLGRRL

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 10:28 PM

I have the fortune of owning a copy of the pilot with commercial blacks (only black where the commercials are to be dropped in...like the Firefly DVD set).
One of my friends was a buddy of James Marshall's. He brought his copy to a party where we all watched the show about 2 weeks before it aired.
(General opinion was that it was either going to be a big hit...or a big failure. Me? I loved it from the get-go.)
I borrowed the tape and people disappeared so I sort of "inherited" it.
I bought a VCR because I knew ABC was going to run the entire season for summer re-runs. Still have that VCR...still have the whole set of tapes.
I was also amazed that the pilot wasn't included in the DVD set.

"Take me, sir, take me hard."

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