15 Facts About Twin Peaks

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Twin Peaks is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch.

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Original run was followed by the 1992 feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which serves as a prequel and sequel to the series.

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3.

Twin Peaks is often listed among the greatest television series of all time and has received universal acclaim from critics and audiences.

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Twin Peaks's was cheating on her boyfriend, football captain Bobby Briggs, with biker James Hurley, and prostituting herself with the help of truck driver Leo Johnson and drug dealer Jacques Renault.

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5.

Twin Peaks takes a gold ring off Cooper's finger and explains that when Cooper understands the three premonitions, his ring will be returned.

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6.

Twin Peaks now engages Cooper in a twisted game of chess during which Earle murders someone whenever a piece is captured.

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7.

Twin Peaks is greeted by the Man From Another Place, the Giant, and Laura Palmer, who each give Cooper cryptic messages.

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8.

Twin Peaks left the position in March 1989 as Lynch went into production.

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9.

Score for Twin Peaks has received acclaim; The Guardian wrote that it "still marks the summit of TV soundtracks".

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10.

FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper states, in the pilot episode, that Twin Peaks is "five miles south of the Canadian border, and twelve miles west of the state line".

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11.

Twin Peaks was up against the hugely successful sitcom Cheers.

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12.

Critics have noted that Twin Peaks began the trend of accomplished cinematography now commonplace in today's television dramas.

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13.

In 2004 and 2007, Twin Peaks was ranked 20th and 24th on TV Guides Top Cult Shows Ever, and in 2002, it was ranked 45th of the "Top 50 Television Programs of All Time" by the same guide.

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Twin Peaks served as an inspiration for the 1993 video game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, with director Takashi Tezuka citing the series as the main factor for the creation of the "suspicious" characters that populate the game, as well as the mystery elements of the story.

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Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack is a LaserDisc that plays like an elaborate music video.

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