It Is Happening Again Twin Peaks

7th episode of the second season of Twin Peaks

"Episode fourteen"
Twin Peaks episode
Leland Palmer inhabited by Killer BOB. The scene is the beginning of one which reveals the answer to the long-running plot arc for the series.
Episode no.	Flavor 2 Episode seven
Directed by	David Lynch
Written by	Mark Frost
Production code	2.007[i]
Original air engagement	November 10, 1990 (1990-11-10)
Running fourth dimension	47 minutes[ii]
Guest appearances
Grace Zabriskie as Sarah Palmer Wendy Robie every bit Nadine Hurley Al Strobel as Phillip Michael Gerard / MIKE David Lynch as Bureau Chief Gordon Cole Fumio Yamaguchi as Mr. Tojamura Gary Hershberger every bit Mike Nelson Catherine E. Coulson as Margaret Lanterman / "The Log Lady" Carel Struycken every bit The Giant Hank Worden as The Elderly Room Service Waiter Frank Silva equally Killer BOB (uncredited)
Episode chronology
←Previous "Episode 13" Adjacent → "Episode 15"
List of episodes

"Episode fourteen", also known as "Solitary Souls",^{[nb ane]} is the seventh episode of the second season of the American mystery boob tube series Twin Peaks. The episode was written by series co-creator Marking Frost and directed by series co-creator David Lynch. It features serial regulars Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Ray Wise and Richard Beymer; and guest stars Frank Silva (uncredited) as Killer BOB, Hank Worden every bit The Waiter, Julee Prowl as Singer, and David Lynch equally Gordon Cole.

Twin Peaks centers on the investigation into the murder of schoolgirl Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in the small rural town in Washington state after which the series is named. In this episode, during the ongoing investigation into Laura's decease, FBI special agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) and Sheriff Truman (Ontkean) continue to search for her killer, the demonic BOB, who has possessed a man host. Aided by Mike (Al Strobel), Cooper and Truman arrest Benjamin Horne (Beymer), assertive him to be inhabited past BOB. Later that nighttime, The Giant (Carel Struycken) warns Cooper "it is happening again," while BOB'south real host, Leland Palmer (Wise), murders Madeline Ferguson (Lee).

"Episode 14" was first broadcast on Nov 10, 1990, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and was watched by an audience of 17.2one thousand thousand households in the United states of america, about twentypercent of the available audience. The episode was well received, garnering positive reviews subsequently its initial broadcast and in subsequent years. Bookish readings of the entry have highlighted the theme of duality and the cinematography in the revelation scene.

Plot [edit]

Background [edit]

The small fictional boondocks of Twin Peaks, Washington, has been shocked past the murder of schoolgirl Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) and the attempted murder of her friend Ronette Pulaski (Phoebe Augustine). FBI special agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) has been sent to the town to investigate,^[iv] and has come to the realization that the killer was possessed by a demonic entity—Killer BOB (Frank Silva).^[5] MIKE (Al Strobel), a similar spirit, has spoken to Cooper and his FBI superior, Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole (David Lynch), explaining the nature of their existence.^[6]

Meanwhile, Madeline "Maddy" Ferguson (Lee), Laura'south cousin, has arrived in Twin Peaks from Missoula, Montana, and helps Laura's friends Donna Hayward (Lara Flynn Boyle) and James Hurley (James Marshall) investigate the killing. Donna finds Harold Smith (Lenny Von Dohlen), one of Laura's friends to whom she had given a secret diary, and Donna and Maddy try to steal information technology from him.^[six]

Events [edit]

It is forenoon at the Sheriff's Station. Amanuensis Cooper, Chief Gordon Cole, Sheriff Harry S.Truman (Michael Ontkean), Deputy Andy Brennan (Harry Goaz), Deputy Militarist (Michael Horse), and Phillip Gerard (Al Strobel) are drinking coffee in the vestibule. Truman informs that preparations accept been made for them at The Corking Northern. Gerard, currently possessed by MIKE, mutters his description of Bob'south current location. Truman tells Hawk to search Harold Smith's apartment. Cooper tells Hawk to search for Laura Palmer's hole-and-corner diary. Cole bids all adieu and leaves for Bend, Oregon.

Cooper, Medico Hayward (Warren Frost), Brennan, and Gerard / MIKE are in the lobby of The Great Northern Hotel attempting to notice BOB's human host. The hotel is hosting a contingent of sailors who are billowy safe balls in the hotel lobby. MIKE is seated while hotel guests are brought to him one past one for "inspection". One after some other, MIKE turns each abroad. An aroused Benjamin Horne (Richard Beymer) enters the vestibule demanding to know what is going on. Just so, Gerard enters a fit and collapses while grasping at his missing arm.

Meanwhile, Deputy Hawk visits the residence of Harold Smith and finds him hanging dead amongst his orchids. Maddy announces to her Uncle Leland (Ray Wise) and Aunt Sarah (Grace Zabriskie) that she is leaving Twin Peaks to return to her habitation in Missoula, Montana. Cooper, Truman, and a police team arrive at Smith'due south residence. They discover the torn-upward remains of Laura Palmer's secret diary strewn about, and a suicide note that reads "J'ai une âme solitaire." Cooper translates, "I am a lonely soul".

Elsewhere, Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) and Shelly Johnson (Mädchen Amick) discuss their financial concerns regarding Shelly'southward catatonic husband Leo (Eric Da Re). Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn) confronts her father Ben over his ownership of the brothel One Eyed Jacks. He confesses that he and Laura Palmer had a sexual human relationship. When Audrey asks him if he killed her, he replies "I loved her." After, Shelly arrives for piece of work at the Double R Diner and tearfully tells Norma Jennings (Peggy Lipton) she has to quit the diner to intendance for Leo full-time. Ed Hurley (Everett McGill) and his wife Nadine (Wendy Robie) enter the diner. Nadine, assertive she is an 18-year-one-time high school student, asks Norma about her relationship with Ed, to their embarrassment. Nadine then accidentally shatters her milkshake glass. At the Johnson residence, Bobby Briggs and Mike Nelson (Gary Hershberger) interruption open the heel of Leo Johnson's boot, discovering a microcassette hidden within.

Cooper examines the remains of Laura's cloak-and-dagger diary at the police station, finding repeated references to BOB, and a clarification of sexual abuse since childhood. Laura wrote that BOB was a friend of her father, and in another entry wrote, "Anytime I'k going to tell the earth about Ben Horne." Audrey then enters and tells Cooper most Ben and Laura's affair. After she leaves, Cooper reminds Sheriff Truman of The Giant's message, "Without chemicals, he points".^[5] Cooper states that MIKE manifests when his human host, Philip Gerard, is not medicated,^[vii] and that MIKE fainted that morning just equally a certain person approached him. Cooper exclaims to Truman, "Harry, we demand a warrant... a warrant for the arrest of Benjamin Horne!"

Later that evening, Benjamin Horne is meeting with Mr. Tojamura at The Smashing Northern. Mr. Tojamura gives Horne a check for $5million to purchase the lands of the Packard Sawmill. Immediately after accepting the check, Sheriff Truman, Deputy Hawk, and Agent Cooper enter Horne's role. Truman arrests Horne for murder. Horne attempts to flee but is restrained and handcuffed. At the Palmer abode, a severely impaired Sarah Palmer crawls down the stairs, crying to Leland for help. A phonograph is spinning in the background, its needle skipping at the end of the record.

Later jailing Horne at the Sheriff'due south Station, Cooper and Truman encounter the Log Lady (Catherine E. Coulson), who tells Cooper, "...there are owls in The Roadhouse." Cooper replies, "Something is happening, isn't it, Margaret?" The moon is full, partially obscured by a dark and cloudy sky.

At the Packard residence, Pete Martell (Jack Nance) is fixing himself a midnight snack. He encounters Mr. Tojamura in the dark, who roughly embraces and kisses him, causing Pete to driblet and shatter his plate. In a loftier dudgeon, Pete orders Tojamura to get out. Tojamura coyly reveals that he is actually Catherine Martell (Piper Laurie) in disguise. The two cover as Pete emotionally dissolves.

Sarah Palmer crawls into her living room. She sees a vision of a pale white horse then passes out. Leland Palmer is fixing his tie in the mirror, ignoring her.

Cooper, Truman, and The Log Lady visit The Roadhouse, which is filled with sailors. Donna Hayward (Lara Flynn Boyle) and James Hurley (James Marshall) are seated together discussing Harold'southward death and Maddy's difference from Twin Peaks. Bobby Briggs is seated at the bar next to the sometime waiter (Hank Worden) from The Bang-up Northern. While a singer and band perform, Cooper has a vision of The Giant standing alone on stage. The Giant says to Cooper, "It is happening again." He repeats this alert.

At the Palmer habitation, Leland smiles at himself in the mirror. BOB stares dorsum at him from the reflection and cackles madly. Leland dons a pair of latex gloves. Maddy comes downstairs complaining of a burning smell and sees Sarah unconscious on the flooring. She sees Leland smile at her, and so sees BOB appear in Leland's place. She screams in terror and attempts to flee. Leland chases Maddy upwards the stairs, and drags her to the living room. He strangles and punches her, then taunts and chases her effectually the living room. He corners her and punches her in the confront until she is catatonic. He dances with and cries over her limp body, calling her "Laura", while Bob kisses her. Leland / BOB so becomes enraged and screams, "Leland says y'all're going back to Missoula, MONTANA!" as he rams her caput into a glass movie frame, the words "Missoula, Montana" in the lower corner of the motion picture. Maddy collapses, bloodied and dead. A crazed Leland places a cutout of the alphabetic character "O" nether the nail of Maddy's left ring finger.

Cooper's vision of The Giant ends, replaced by the singer and ring. The erstwhile waiter walks over to Cooper and says, "I'm so sad." Donna begins to sob. James comforts her, to no avail. Bobby Briggs turns from the bar, overcome past a mysterious sadness. Cooper stares out, bewildered, equally the ring repeats a melancholy refrain.^[v]

Product [edit]

"Episode 14" was written by serial co-creator Marker Frost, who had written six previous episodes and directed the outset-season finale, "Episodeseven".^[viii] Frost co-wrote three further installments—"Episodesixteen", "Episode26" and Episode29"—and all the episodes of the 2017 limited series.^[8] This episode was directed by Lynch, the fifth such episode of Twin Peaks; he subsequently directed "Episode29", the series' finale, and all the installments of the express series.^[9] Lynch has later said he feels he was able to show more on screen in the episode than he expected the network's standards and practices office to allow. He credits this to the unusual imagery used, adding "if information technology's non quite standard it sneaks through, merely it could be that the 'not quite standard' things make information technology even more than terrifying and disturbing."^[x]

The bandage of Twin Peaks did non know who would exist revealed equally Palmer's killer for some time. Wise had hoped his character Leland would not be the eventual murderer; as the parent of a young girl he was disturbed by the thought of portraying a man who had murdered his daughter. Wise was chosen to a coming together with Lynch, Frost, Sheryl Lee and Richard Beymer, during which Lynch told those assembled that Leland Palmer was the killer: while addressing Wise, Lynch said "Ray, it was you, information technology was ever you."^[11] However, Wise felt the end issue was "cute" and that it left him and his character "satisfied and redeemed".^[11] Before this coming together, the only people to know the killer'due south identity were Frost, Lynch, and Lynch'southward daughter Jennifer, who had been given the data so she could author the 1990 tie-in novel The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer.^[12]

Lynch has mentioned that he tried to avoid thinking about the morality of the narrative, or how it would be received past censors or critics, feeling that if he immune that worry to bear upon him it would ultimately bulldoze him to create something that made him uncomfortable, preferring instead to simply produce the episode he wanted to and be prepared to defend it if necessary.^[13] He has likewise compared the search for Laura'southward killer to the central narrative of the 1960s television series The Fugitive, which featured an ongoing search for a ane-armed man. Contrasting the 2, Lynch stated "each week, you know, they [the writers for The Fugitive] inappreciably ever dealt with that. And that's the beautiful thing. You keep wondering, 'When will he notice this guy and prepare everything straight?' Simply and then you knew it would be the terminate."^[xiv]

Cinematography [edit]

The climactic murder of Madeline Ferguson in the episode features extensive use of spring cuts to portray Leland Palmer'south spirit possession, switching apace betwixt actors Ray Wise and Frank Silva.^[15] The scene is unusually long for a murder on television, lasting over four minutes.^[16] Some of its elements, including the insertion of a paper letter under Ferguson's fingernail and the employ of leap cuts to events in the Roadhouse bar, are intended to echo similar aspects of "Airplane pilot".^[17]

Erica Sheen and Annette Davison, in their book The Cinema of David Lynch: American Dreams, Nightmare Visions, have drawn attention to the apply of mise en scène early in the episode. A scene featuring Ferguson, Leland and Sarah Palmer sitting in the Palmers' living room pans beyond the family's bric-a-brac. This technique draws attention to the painting with which Ferguson will be assaulted, and it highlights the similarity between Ferguson and Palmer by focusing on "the famous homecoming queen shot" of Palmer while Ferguson'due south confront is visible.^[18] Sheen and Davison argued that the scene highlights the "emotional claustrophobia" felt past Ferguson, and that the ready surrounding her was deliberately assembled to create this feeling.^[xviii]

Themes [edit]

The revelation scene, in which Bob is shown to have inhabited Leland Palmer, has been noted for its sense of duality, a common theme throughout Twin Peaks. In Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks, David Lavery wrote that upon The Giant'southward appearance to Dale Cooper, "The Giant has transmuted the public identify into something individual". Lavery added that the murder scene is "in the living room, the public within the private".^[19] He summarized that the ambiguity between the public perception and the private perception—"the outer and the inner"—"reverberates" throughout the scene.^[19] In his view, Maddy Ferguson was Laura Palmer's "double" and Leland is "doubled" by Bob. Yet, Lavery referred to the duality of Leland and Bob every bit a "subjective formation" and added that the use of jump cuts "could be Maddy'due south view of Leland just equally much every bit Leland's view of himself".^[xx]

This scene has also been noted by critic Sue Lafky from the Journal of Film and Video as i of several in the series that propose incest and necrophilia. She speculated that "Leland/Bob may have raped the dead or dying Maddie",^[21] comparing this to the "necrophilic fantasies" that Laura Palmer's corpse evokes, and Ben Horne'southward unwitting brush with incest when he encounters his girl Audrey at a brothel.^{[21] [22]} Earlier in the episode it is revealed that Laura had been subject to sexual abuse by BOB, and implicitly Leland, which was further explored in the 1992 prequel movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.

Broadcast and reception [edit]

"It's a promise of sorts that nosotros've still got a reason to be with the evidence, and it sets us up for the centre portion of this bike. This good will is carried through episodes 15 and 16, as the killer is finally unmasked, and as the Log Lady tells us in her intro, shifts the queries from who to why."

—DVD Talk'south Jamie S. Rich on the episode's identify in the series^[23]

"Episode 14" first aired on the ABC network on November ten, 1990. The initial broadcast was viewed by 17.iimillion households in the The states, making it the fifty-first most-viewed broadcast episode for the week. These viewing figures represented 20percentage of the available audience and 10.4percent of all households in the land.^[24] This represented a significant rise in viewing figures compared to the preceding episode, "Episodethirteen", which was seen by 11.threemillion households.^[25] However, the following episode, "Episode15", suffered a drop in viewing figures, attracting 13.3million households.^[26]

The episode was well received critically. Writing for the Chicago Dominicus-Times, Richard Roeper noted that fans and critics had begun to lose interest in the serial by this point, just he felt that "fifty-fifty at its most strained and obtuse, [Twin Peaks] displays more imagination and effort than almost everything else in Television land."^[27] He added that viewers may take been put off by the serial' frame of fourth dimension, explaining that only two weeks of narrative time had elapsed since "Airplane pilot", a slow step contrasted with the "fast-forward, instant payoff philosophy of most idiot box".^[27] AllRovi's Andrea LeVasseur described the installment every bit "pivotal", noting that it "answers some of the series' long-running questions".^[28]

Writing for The A.V. Guild, Keith Phipps rated the episode an "A", adding "it's not like there's whatsoever shortage of action."^[29] He felt the effects used in the episode were effective and frightening while still seeming low-key. In his view, the episode'due south blending of surrealism and horror was similar to scenes from Lynch's 2001 film Mulholland Bulldoze. Phipps described the climactic murder equally "one of the most disturbing moments in the Lynch filmography", adding that it was a recurring Lynchian theme to represent the end of innocence as an bodily death.^[29] IGN'southward Matt Fowler included the murder at number16 in a list of the "Top 20Creepiest Moments on TV", describing it as "nightmare fuel".^[xxx] Fowler felt the depiction of the killing was "savage" and unusually long for a television scene; however, he added that the rampant speculation equally to the identity of the killer meant the revelation would be "somewhat expected".^[thirty]

Keith Uhlich, writing for Camber Magazine, described the episode as "quintessential Lynch, maybe his finest work", noting that the climactic murder scene was more powerful because of its necessary employ of implication and suggestion.^[31] However, Uhlich felt the installment was "a tough human action to follow", arguing that the just subsequent installments that competed with it were the series' finale and the 1992 psychological thriller picture Twin Peaks: Burn down Walk with Me, which is based on Twin Peaks.^[31] DVD Talk'southward Jamie S. Rich described the installment as "a violent, agonizing revelation".^[23] Rich felt the entry's supernatural elements assured the audience there was "a grander scheme to the Laura Palmer story", elevating the series' long-running murder plot beyond "only a random night partying with drug dealers gone wrong".^[23]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Although the series did non originally accept episode titles, when it was broadcast in Germany, the episodes were given titles, which are now used by some fans and critics.^[three]

References [edit]

1. ^ "Twin Peaks (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
2. ^ "Twin Peaks, Season 2". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved Baronial 27, 2012.
3. ^ Riches 2011, p. forty.
4. ^ David Lynch (writer and manager); Marker Frost (writer) (April 8, 1990). "Pilot". Twin Peaks. Season i. Episode i. ABC. {{cite episode}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. ^ ^{a b c} David Lynch (author & director); Marker Frost (writer) (September thirty, 1990). "Episode eight". Twin Peaks. Season two. Episode 1. ABC. {{cite episode}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors listing (link)
6. ^ ^{a b} Lesli Linka Glatter (director); Harley Peyton & Robert Engels (writers) (Nov iii, 1990). "Episode thirteen". Twin Peaks. Season 2. Episode half-dozen. ABC. {{cite episode}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
7. ^ Lesli Linka Glatter (director); Robert Engels (author) (October thirteen, 1990). "Episode 10". Twin Peaks. Season 2. Episode 3. ABC.
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9. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "David Lynch movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography". AllRovi. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved Baronial 9, 2012.
10. ^ Rodley & Lynch 2005, p. 178.
11. ^ ^{a b} Hyden, Steven (December 4, 2008). "Ray Wise | Tv set | Random Roles". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
12. ^ Jennifer Lynch, 00:09–00:41
13. ^ Rodley & Lynch 2005, p. 179.
14. ^ Rodley & Lynch 2005, p. 180.
15. ^ Odell & Le Blanc 2007, p. 75.
16. ^ Odell & Le Blanc 2007, p. 76.
17. ^ Odell & Le Blanc 2007, pp. 75–76.
18. ^ ^{a b} Sheen & Davison 2004, p. 99.
19. ^ ^{a b} Lavery 1995, p. 75.
20. ^ Lavery 1995, p. 76.
21. ^ ^{a b} Lafky, Sue (October 1, 1999). "Gender, ability, and civilisation in the televisual world of Twin Peaks: A feminist critique". Journal of Film and Video. University Movie and Video Association. Retrieved Baronial 9, 2012. (subscription required)
22. ^ Marker Frost (writer and director) (May 23, 1990). "Episode 7". Twin Peaks. Flavor 1. Episode 8. ABC.
23. ^ ^{a b c} Rich, Jamie South (March 27, 2007). "Twin Peaks—The Second Season: DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk. Internet Brands. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
24. ^ Donlon, Brian (November 14, 1990). "Nielsens: 'Cheers' Sweeps upwards for NBC". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 10, 2012. (subscription required)
25. ^ Donlon, Brian (Nov seven, 1990). "Nielsens: NBC Wins with Fewer Viewers". Us Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 10, 2012. (subscription required)
26. ^ Donlon, Brian (November 21, 1990). "Nielsens: ABC Pulls Past CBS in Sweeps". Usa Today. Gannett Visitor. Retrieved Baronial 10, 2012. (subscription required)
27. ^ ^{a b} Roeper, Richard (November 15, 1990). "'Twin Peaks' however piques a devoted fan's interest". Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times Media Grouping. Archived from the original on March ix, 2016. Retrieved August ten, 2012. (subscription required)
28. ^ LeVasseur, Andrea. "Twin Peaks: Episode 14 (1990) Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllRovi. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August x, 2012.
29. ^ ^{a b} Phipps, Keith (February 6, 2008). "'Episode 14' | Twin Peaks | Television set Gild". The A.V. Lodge. The Onion. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
30. ^ ^{a b} Fowler, Matt (October 29, 2009). "The Top 20 Creepiest Moments on TV". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
31. ^ ^{a b} Uhlich, Keith (Apr 3, 2007). "Twin Peaks: The Second Flavour | DVD Review". Camber Magazine . Retrieved August 10, 2012.

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• Lynch, Jennifer (2010). Interview with Jennifer Lynch (DVD). Los Angeles: Universal Home Amusement.
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• Riches, Simon (2011). "Intuition and Investigation into Some other Place: The Epistemological Part of Dreaming in Twin Peaks and Beyond". In Devlin, William J.; Biderman, Shai (eds.). The Philosophy of David Lynch. Lexington: Academy Press of Kentucky. ISBN978-0-8131-3396-6.
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External links [edit]

• "Solitary Souls" at Kickoff
• "Episode 14" at IMDb

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