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Twin Peaks
Pilot
Directed by
David Lynch
TV-14
S1 • E1
Apr 7, 1990
1h 35m
8.9
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The small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic.
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Cast of Pilot
Kyle MacLachlan
Dale Cooper
Michael Ontkean
Harry S. Truman
Mädchen Amick
Shelly Johnson
Dana Ashbrook
Bobby Briggs
Richard Beymer
Benjamin Horne
Lara Flynn Boyle
Donna Hayward
Sherilyn Fenn
Audrey Horne
Warren Frost
Will Hayward
Peggy Lipton
Norma Jennings
James Marshall
James Hurley
Everett McGill
Big Ed Hurley
Jack Nance
Pete Martell
Ray Wise
Leland Palmer
Joan Chen
Jocelyn Packard
Eric DaRe
Leo Johnson
Piper Laurie
Katherine Martell
Harry Goaz
Andy Brennan
Michael Horse
Tommy 'Hawk' Hill
Sheryl Lee
Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson
Russ Tamblyn
Dr. Jacoby
Kimmy Robertson
Lucy Moran
Wendy Robie
Nadine Hurley
Grace Zabriskie
Sarah Palmer
Al Strobel
One-Armed Man
John Boylan
Dwayne Milford
Mary Jo Deschanel
Eileen Hayward
Troy Evans
George Wolchezk
Robert Davenport
Johnny Horne
Jessica Wallenfels
Harriet Hayward
Roberta Maguire
Maria Pulaski
Frank Roberts
Father Hutchings
Jane Jones
Margaret Honeycutt
Shelley Henning
Alice Brady
Arnie Stenseth
Sven Jorgenson
Rick Tutor
Janek Pulaski
Marjorie Nelson
Janice Hogan
Ben DiGregorio
Max Hartman
Catherine E. Coulson
The Log Lady
Brett Vadset
Joey
David Wasman
Gilman White
Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Dr. Shelvy
Dorothy Roberts
Mrs. Jackson
Diane Caldwell
Hotel Employee
Andrea Hays
Heidi
Charlotte Stewart
Betty Briggs
Jan D'Arcy
Sylvia Horne
Julee Cruise
Singer
Rodney Harvey
Biker Scotty
Gary Hershberger
Mike 'Snake' Nelson
Phoebe Augustine
Ronette Pulaski
Don S. Davis
Garland Briggs
David Lynch
Director / Writer
Mark Frost
Writer
David Latt
Producer
Pilot Ratings & Reviews
Ray Hopkin
March 10, 2025
I can't believe I've never seen Twin Peaks. It came out when I just couldn't commit to watching a TV show, what with being in university and singing and dancing in the bars of Carmarthen! With the passing of David Lynch I decided to watch his body of work, and seeing as I've seen a lot of his movies, this show seemed like the logical starting point. I loved this pilot episode, setting everything up nicely, and the series is just getting better every episode. I can understand its reputation as groundbreaking. The score, cast, writing, everything, is incredible. It really does pull you in.
Rogues Portal
Stephanie Cooke
The music is very distinct and original. If anyone were to play any of this music out of context, it would immediately make you think of the show.
Birth.Movies.Death.
Meredith Borders
This first episode does an astonishing job of establishing a labyrinthine nexus of characters, and pacing each of their storylines beautifully.
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Rumsey Taylor
Cooper's precision will be challenged by the increasingly supernatural mystery. He is the most appropriate avatar for Twin Peaks, modulating continually between a peculiar humor and the plain peculiar.
Observer
Drew Grant
Big in the 90s was the trend where teenagers would start spontaneously start crying and running around screaming right before the transference of bad news.
Film School Rejects
H. Perry Horton
Twin Peaks does an exceptionally good job of establishing its characters as well as their secrets and indeed their motivations, taken or not taken, for killing Laura, or at least wanting her dead.
New York Times
Noel Murray
If you haven't watched the pilot in a while, know this: It's still about as effective an opening salvo as TV has ever produced.
Nerdist
Eric Diaz
David Lynch and Mark Frost's pilot episode for Twin Peaks is still one of the best pieces of television ever made for a network.
AV Club
Keith Phipps
Another actor might have overplayed the part, but I love MacLachlan's performance here. He's gleefully enthusiastic about his new surroundings, yet professional to the last.
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