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Twin Peaks - Pilot Episode (TV)

Twin Peaks - Pilot Episode

1990

David Lynch

Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Piper Laurie, Joan Chen ...

8.1

29,643

Mystery. Thriller. Drama The small town of Twin Peaks, in Washington, is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) is called in when Ronnette Pulaski, who attended the same high school as Laura, is found wandering on a bridge before lapsing into a coma.

	Author	Review
Spain	FilmAffinity	The pilot episode, first shown on TV in the U.S., was released on home video in Europe in 1989. The European version is 20 minutes longer than the TV pilot, with a different ending added to bring closure to the story.	DIS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"It’s impressive how neat a job the pilot does in introducing a fairly sprawling cast of characters. It helps that most have an unmistakable defining trait, even if it’s just the name."	POS
United States	Noel Murray The New York Times	"It’s still about as effective an opening salvo as TV has ever produced (...) [It] grabbed viewers with fascinating secrets, an eclectic cast of characters and a fresh take on a familiar genre."	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"The structure of the episode slowly unveils a tone that cannot be copied, just as it introduces the large and ever-growing cast, methodically moving from one strange, suspicious, or simple individual to another."	POS

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