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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A brief Twin Peaks reboot?

If IMDb tells me true, actor Kyle MacLachlan is trying to put together an effort to get the TV show Twin Peaks rebooted in a series of five-minutes episodes for internet-only viewing.

Twin Peaks is the brainchild of film director David Lynch, and ran for only two seasons in 1990 and 1991. The show was originally supposed to be a character-driven whodunit revolving around the murder of teen prom queen Laura Palmer, with FBI agent Dale Cooper (played by Kyle MacLachlan, at the time one of Lynch's leading men) heading up the investigation. I say "originally" because about halfway through the series, the murder mystery was solved at the demands of the studio, and the show had to quickly redirect itself and find a new premise upon which to continue. Luckily it found oneā€”the Black Lodge, a spiritual realm that can only be likened to Hell, which was accessible in the woods surrounding the town of Twin Peaks.

Rumors about resurrecting the show have been ongoing since the show's cancellation in 1991, and it doesn't help that the series finale had way too many cliffhangers for the average Twin Peaks fan to sleep well at night. It's already been argued that the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was David Lynch's attempt to bring the show to a semi-conclusion, but the storylines were still open-ended enough that the idea of bringing the show back to life was plausible. I'm pretty sure that Lynch has stated already that he has little interest in bringing the show back (most likely because too much time has passed), but apparently audience demand was enough to convince Kyle MacLachlan.

If he ends up pulling the production off, I wouldn't mind seeing it, if only to see where he takes the series. If it's only five-minute episodes, I can't imagine it would be more than quick vignettes that suggest what's happening on the show.

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