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A Dugpa or perhaps The Watcher in the Woods? Season 2 Episode 17 Written by: Tricia Brock Directed by: Tina Rathborne Original Air Date: December 8th, 1990 Three Days Later At the Palmer's house, Sarah refuses to take a sedative from Doc Hayward prior to Leland's funeral. She says she needs to be there for both Leland and Laura. Sarah sadly notes, "today I bury my husband, next to my only child." Dale Cooper sits with her and says that there are things dark and heinous in this world; things that are too horrible to tell your children about. He explains that Leland fell victim as a child to one of those things. Sarah concurs and thinks of her vision of Bob and his disgusting hair. Dale assures her that Bob is gone. Sarah replies, "so is everything I loved." Dale tries to comfort her by explaining that in Leland's last moments he was sorry and saw Laura. Dale believes that Laura forgave him and Leland died at peace. His words s...

You may think I've gone insane, but I promise I will kill again! Season 2 Episode 16 Written by: Mark Frost, Harley Peyton & Robert Engels Directed by: Tim Hunter Original Air Date: December 1st, 1990 "Stand on the rim of the volcano, stand alone and do your dance." After discovering Maddy's dead body, Albert, Cooper, Truman and Hawk take a walk in the woods and discuss the case. Albert shows them the letter O from under Maddy's nail and says there was white fur from a dead animal clutched in her right hand. Harry wants to contact Maddy's family, but Dale asks for 24 hours to finish his investigation. Albert pulls Cooper aside and tells him that he's the only one with the coordinates in his hardware to find the killer. Albert takes Cooper by the shoulders and says, "Stand on the rim of the volcano, stand alone and do your dance." He advises Dale to take whatever vision quest he has to. Then Albert walks away. Coope...

Last night I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Frost at his book signing event in New York. It was an intimate gathering at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square and also the first stop on his book tour for The Secret History of Twin Peaks . Mark read from the book and also played clips from the audio version, before he began signing. Getting to speak with him and shake his hand was a thrill for me. I found him to be very charming, gracious and sincere.  In addition to meeting Mark Frost, I got to meet @FrancineD @TwinPeaksUnwrap @DeerMeadowRadio and @ThatsOurWaldo. I love to talk with other fans and discuss the different ways that Twin Peaks inspires them to be creative. Everyone is expressing themselves in their medium of choice, but all unified in their devotion to Twin Peaks and I just love it! Twin Peaks fans really are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.  As for what's inside The Secret History of Twin Peaks, well...I'm not g...

Every day, once a day, give yourself a present!         Ben Durant and Bryon Kozaczka from the Twin Peaks Unwrapped Podcast were gracious enough to answer 13 questions for me about their "blossoming" friendship, their terrific podcast and their favorite elements from Twin Peaks. These guys work hard to put out a show every week and as someone who has listened to them from the beginning, I've enjoyed seeing their Twin Peaks podcast evolution. They've had me on their show as a guest and they've been very supportive of this blog, which I really appreciate. I've also noticed that they are supportive of the Twin Peaks fan community in general, which made me want to know more about how they put their podcast together.         Since Ben and Bryon took the time to make a recording of their answers for me and after listening to it, I knew it should be heard as is. Plus there was no way I could write this out and keep the charm of their conver...

Maddy Ferguson Season 2 Episode 15 Written by: Scott Frost Directed by: Caleb Deschanel Original Air date:  November 17th, 1990 "Don't forget to sign us up for Glenn Miller night." At the Palmer's house, Leland putts a large amount of golf balls in the living room. Then James and Donna knock on the door looking to say goodbye to Maddy. Leland tells them that he dropped Maddy off at the bus stop 20 minutes ago and Maddy was disappointed that they didn't come by last night. Donna and James giggle at the abundance of golf balls in the living room when Leland excuses himself to check on Sarah. Their laughter seems to stir him when he walks back downstairs. After he suggests that Donna and James write to Maddy. When they leave, Leland looks in the mirror and we see Bob looking back at him. Sarah calls from upstairs telling him to sign them up for Glenn Miller night at the country club. Then we see Leland take his golf club bag from the clos...

"I knew how to wear a mask and keep a secret."         In the spring of 2016 I wrote a piece on my blog called,  Laura Walked With Me . It was basically a personal reflection piece on why I think I felt so connected to Twin Peaks and, particularly, to the character of Laura Palmer growing up. At the time I was very hesitant to post it, because I feared veering into anything too personal on this blog. However to my relief, people responded very positively about it and also shared similar connections. I can't say I was surprised to learn that the Laura phenomenon is still extremely powerful even all these years later, but I did feel a little less weird for my own continuing obsession.  When I attended the Twin Peaks Festival the summer of 2016, I met the lovely and talented, Courtenay Stallings. I had wanted to talk to her about writing, Twin Peaks and working with the Red Room Podcast . I was incredibly flattered when she said she wanted to talk t...