All episodes & show notes for my podcast coverage of Twin Peaks season 3 parts 1 & 2
May 21 - 27, 2022
(illustrations for storylines, character rankings, locations, TIME cover & all categories)
To jump right to the Apple Podcast links (which are also embedded/linked below along with details on each episode): Welcome to Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 / Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Out of Town / Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Back in Town / Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Mythology / Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Current Events / Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 in the Weeds / Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Archives
Welcome to the Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 (The Return - "My Log Has a Message for You"& "The Stars Turn and a Time Presents Itself") - How was Twin Peaks created?
Episode 32A: S3 format, Laura Palmer, the feel of the episode, episode structure & production context
on Saturday, May 21
including other podcast activity...
(& REFLECTIONS FROM A 2018 REWATCH)
21:20 PRODUCTION CONTEXT
Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Out of Town - What is happening elsewhere?
Episode 32B: New York City, South Dakota, Mr. C & Las Vegas scenes
on Sunday, May 22
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0:00 SCENES IN NEW YORK CITY
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10:23 SCENES IN BUCKHORN, SOUTH DAKOTA
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16:18 SCENES W/ MR. C
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19:28 SCENES IN LAS VEGAS
Laura in the Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Back in Town - What is happening in Twin Peaks?
Episode 32C: Twin Peaks scenes
on Monday, May 23
0:00 SCENES ORGANIZED BY TWIN PEAKS STORYLINE
...introduced in Part 1
Ben & Beverly (1:59)
...introduced in Part 2
7:12 RETURNING ORIGINAL SERIES STORYLINE...
...introduced in the pilot
...back after a 5-entry absence, first time since S2E18
Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Mythology - What is happening in the spirit world?
Episode 32D: Spirit World scenes & Lodge lore
on Tuesday, May 24
0:00 SCENES ORGANIZED BY SPIRIT WORLD LOCATION...
brief mention of Giant's room (3:13)
3:44 LODGE LORE including...
Experiment & Ruth's body
Hawk in Glastonbury Grove (4:35)
Image on Mr. C's playing card (5:52)
Mr. C talks to "Jeffries" (6:41)
Naming the Black Lodge (7:46)
Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Current Events
Episode 32E: #1 film this weekend, other TV shows this summer, in the news this day & TIME cover this week
on Wednesday, May 25
0:00 INTRO to new era w/ clip from...
1:11 #1 MOVIE
Alien: Covenant
TV CONTEXT FOR WHOLE SERIES including...
Ratings (3:38)
Showtime lead-outs : Ray Donovan& I'm Dying Up Here
Cable counterprogramming: Game of Thrones (4:59), The Leftovers& its Lynch connections, The Defiant Ones, Fear the Walking Dead, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Parts Unknown, The Nineties, American Gods, Power
7:46 WORLD EVENTS
(episode image discussed at 8:23)
Status of the Trump presidency, Trump's orb in the Middle East w/ aside on Lynch's Trump comments from 2018 (8:44), BTS wins Billboard award (9:35), final Barnum & Bailey circus (10:39)
13:44 TIME COVER
"The World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic" (+ my post 2020 hindsight)
(browsable visual copies of Time issues end in 2015 so linked articles will be text only)
21:28 FINAL THOUGHTS + setting up clip & next time
Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 in the Weeds - Which elements are highlighted?
Episode 32F: Order of events, character statistics, coffee/pie/donuts & more
on Thursday, May 26
...Wednesday, September 21, 2016:
...Thursday, September 22, 2016:
...Friday, September 23, 2016:
...Saturday, September 24, 2016:
...Monday, September 26, 2016:
3:13 CHARACTERS...
Introductions:
Sam & Tracey, Beverly, Otis, Beulah, Darya, Ray, Experiment spirit, Marjorie, Officers Douglas & Olson, Hank the maintenance man, Ruth Davenport, Detective Macklay, Constance, Phyllis Hastings, Bill Hastings, Harrison the state cop, Officer Boyd, George the lawyer, Duncan Todd, Roger (his assistant), Chantal, Chromatics band, Renee (James' crush), green-gloved Freddie, Red (pointing at Shelly), Jean-Michel Renault the bartender
Re-introductions of old characters in season 3
(*return after 4+ entries of absence, as discussed later):
Spirits (Mike, the Giant, the Arm), Agent Cooper/Mr. C, Dr. Jacoby, Ben & *Jerry Horne (8 entries since S2E16), Lucy (now Brennan), the Log Lady, Deputy Hawk, Deputy Andy, Laura Palmer, maybe Phillip Jeffries, Leland Palmer, Sarah Palmer, Shelly (still Johnson?), James Hurley
(+ no first interactions this time)
CHARACTER RANKINGS
PART 1
#10 Phyllis Hastings
about 3 minutes
first time in top 10
#9 Otis
about 3 minutes
first time in top 10
#8 The Spirits
about 4 minutes
fifth time in top 10
#7 Marjorie Green
about 4 minutes
first time in top 10
#6 Detective Harrison
about 4 minutes
first time in top 10
#5 Officers Douglas & Olson
about 6 minutes
first time in top 10
#4 Agent Cooper (& the doppelganger Mr. C)
about 7 minutes (including about 4 for Mr. C)
thirty-second time in top 10
#3 Bill Hastings
about 8 minutes
first time in top 10
#2 Detective Macklay
about 13 minutes
first time in top 10
#1 Sam Colby & Tracey Barberato
about 17 minutes
first time in top 10
PART 2
#10 Ray Monroe
about 2 minutes
first time in top 10
#9 Deputy Hawk
about 2 minutes
eighth time in top 10 (last time was 10 entries ago - S2E14)
#8 Bill Hastings
about 3 minutes
second time in top 10
#7 Jack
about 3 minutes
first time in top 10
#6 Phyllis Hastings
about 4 minutes
second time in top 10
#5 Bands
about 5 minutes
first time in top 10
#4 Laura Palmer
about 6 minutes including references
sixteenth time in top 10
#3 The Spirits
about 6 minutes
sixth time in top 10
#2 Darya
about 11 minutes
first time in top 10
#1 Agent Cooper (& the doppelganger Mr. C)
about 25 minutes (including about 9 for Mr. C)
thirty-third time in top 10
TOP OF THE SUPPORTING CAST:
Sam & Tracey in Part 1...
+ Darya in Part 2
(aside from the core lead Cooper)
Who has a streak of high screentime?
Cooper has over 5 minutes for the thirty-second entry in a row
(+ Laura's thirteenth non-consecutive time overall; Spirits fifth; Darya, Spirits, Bands, Sam/Tracey, Macklay, Hastings & Douglas/Olson only in a single episode)
(Spirits drop off in Part 1 after 2 entries)
Characters with the most screentime on the show so far has not changed based on this episode...
THIS CATEGORY WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED
(to avoid spoiling the final top 10 in the character series)
Milestones: Cooper reaches 9 hours / Spirits reach 1 hour / Log Lady reaches 20 minutes / Macklay reaches 15 / Darya & Hastings reach 10 / Phyllis reaches 5 (as does Jeffries if you count the voice on the phone) / (specific spirits: Mike reaches 5 / Horse reaches 1)
Jacoby would have a full-length original episode
THIS CATEGORY WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED
(to avoid spoiling the final top 10 in the character series)
Character absences WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED
LOCATIONS WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED
12:58 COFFEE...
(no featured PIE & DONUTS this episode + food & smoking sections discontinued)
My Season 3 Parts 1 & 2 Archive - How did I react?
Episode 32G: Readings/clips from my previous work & opening minute of the next episode
on Friday, May 27
0:00 READINGS/CLIPS FROM MY OTHER WORK...
4:59 OPENING MINUTE OF THE NEXT EPISODE
(only spoiler in this podcast)
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Cast Of The 'Twin Peaks' Chats Showtime Reboot - GMA (video featuring actor from upcoming part)
David Lynch: The Rolling Stone Interview by David Breskin
(includes speculation + spoilers for the 1944 film Laura)
My other podcasts include...
