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• The pattern on the floor of the Black Lodge is similar to the pattern on the floor of the lobby of Henry's house in Eraserhead (1977), also directed by David Lynch. The Black Lodge version of the pattern is much larger.
  
  
• Director Trademark: [David Lynch] [singer] Julee Cruise.
  
  
• There was a 1991 Twin Peaks calendar that Hallmark refused to release due to Sherilyn Fenn's appearance in Playboy.
  
  
• In Sheriff Harry S Truman's office there is a buck's head mounted on the wall and a plaque reading "the buck stopped here"; a reference to President Harry S. Truman's famous motto, "the buck stops here."
  
  
• Hank Jennings' prisoner number was 24601 - the same as Jean Valjean's in Les Miserables.
  
  
• The one-armed man's name, Gerard, is the same as the detective in "The Fugitive" (1963) looking for Richard Kimble who was looking for a one-armed man.
  
  
• The character of Mike the one-armed man, was originally only to appear in a walk on role in the pilot as an homage to "The Fugitive" (1963). However, after David Lynch wrote the closed ending for the European version of the pilot, he decided to use the character to recite in infamous "Fire Walk With Me" poem. Highly impressed by the performance of Al Strobel, Lynch decided to make the character integral to the series mythology and give Strobel a recurring role on the show.
  
  
• It is never revealed who actually attacked Jacoby in episode 7, but, according to Mark Frost, it was the same person that killed Laura Palmer.
  
  
• David Lynch's character Gordon Cole was named after an incidental character in the film Sunset Blvd. (1950). Lynch has acknowledged Sunset Blvd. as a major influence, most notably in the similarly named Mulholland Dr. (2001).
  
  
• There were plans to spin Sherilyn Fenn's character Audrey Horne off into her own series, that didn't come off. Apparently, Audrey inspired David Lynch for Laura Harring's character in Mulholland Dr. (2001), as Fenn said in an interview in 1997 about the Audrey Horne spin-off, "David was talking about 'Mulholland Drive', he talked about like 'Audrey goes to Hollywood'. She's driving along Mulholland in this convertible car... But it didn't end up happening."
  
  
• David Lynch and Mark Frost were originally working on a screen adaptation of the Marilyn Monroe biography 'Goddess'. When they failed to get the rights to the book, the project they embarked upon instead, 'Twin Peaks', contained many elements of Marilyn Monroe's story - particularly the fact that she is killed just before she mentions in her diary that she is going to tell the world the truth about the famous and important man she is having an affair with (Ben Horne).
  
  
• The series was originally to be titled "Northwest Passage". The character of Josie Packard (played by Joan Chen) was originally named Giovanna "Jo" Pasqualini Packard, and was intended to be played by Isabella Rossellini, who was dating David Lynch at the time.
  
  
• The weird vocal effects used during the "Black Lodge" sequences were achieved by having the actors learn their lines backwards. The result was then played backwards, meaning the lines came out forwards, but sounded bizarre and otherworldly.
  
  
• The character of Madeleine Ferguson (Laura Palmer's lookalike cousin, played by the same actress) was created because Lynch was so impressed by Sheryl Lee that he wanted to have her on the series full-time.
  
  
• The population of Twin Peaks was originally only supposed to be 5,120. However, ABC requested this figure be increased 10-fold, and so the population is given as 51,201.
  
  
• The homecoming photo of "Laura Palmer" is Sheryl Lee's actual prom photo.
  
  
• Sheryl Lee plays two characters: Laura Palmer and her cousin, a blonde and a brunette. In Vertigo (1958)'Kim Novak' plays two characters, a blonde and a brunette. One character is called Madeleine, and James Stewart's character is called John Ferguson. The name of Laura Palmer's cousin is an amalgamation of these two names: Madeleine Ferguson.
  
  
• Kyle MacLachlan refused to further develop the storyline about his character Dale Cooper's relationship with Audrey Horne ( Sherilyn Fenn), because he found it inappropriate that an honest FBI agent would have an affair with an underage girl.
  
  
• Some scenes that explored the relationship between James Hurley (James Marshall) and his mother were filmed but finally never included in any episode.
  
  
• The pilot was originally shown as one two-hour TV movie, but was later broken into a two-part episode for the series. There was also a theatrical version of the pilot released in Europe. See "Twin Peaks" (1990).
  
  
• Ranked #20 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Top Cult Shows Ever!" (30 May 2004 issue).
  
  
• The insurance agent that comes to see Catherine concerning the forged insurance deal is named Walter Neff. The crooked insurance agent played by Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944) is also named Walter Neff.
  
  
• In Germany, broadcasting network RTL canceled the show after 20 episodes due to bad ratings because rival network SAT1 told the audience the identity of Laura's murderer before the first episode aired.
  
  
• This series is notorious for having one of the most torrid productions in television history. Though a major cult phenomenon and a ratings smash in the first year, the series was abruptly canceled in its second season. Both Mark Frost and David Lynch attribute this to ABC's constant changing of the show's time slot, as well as the network insisting that the murderer of Laura Palmer be revealed. Lynch also was unable to focus his full attention on the show in its second year, as he was promoting Wild at Heart (1990) at the time. After the Palmer murder was solved, ratings plummeted, and though Lynch returned to the series full time with the intention of further exploring the origins of Laura's killer, ABC canceled the series. The cable network BRAVO then tried to revive the show, even hiring 'David Lynch' to film new scenes for episodes in syndication. Still, audience interest waned. As of 2007, despite the release of the tie-in feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), high sales on DVD and several fan attempts to revive the series, David Lynch has resisted any attempt to do so.
  
  
• "Twin Peaks" takes place in and was filmed in Washington State. Two major characters in the series share the names of two legendary figures in Washington state history. FBI agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper shares the last name and first initials of D.B. Cooper, the mysterious hijacker who disappeared after jumping out of a plane over Washington State in 1971. Sheriff Harry Truman shares his name not only with the U.S. president, but also with Harry R. Truman, the 83-year-old lodge owner who was killed in the 18 May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens after refusing to evacuate his lodge at the foot of the volcano.
  
  
• The character of Bob came about when David Lynch had a sudden image of set decorator Frank Silva hidden in Laura Palmer's room. Lynch filmed the infamous shot of Silva hiding behind Laura's bed without any idea of what he would use it for. Later, when filming a shot of Sarah Palmer (Grace Zabriskie) sitting up and screaming, Lynch noticed that Silva's reflection was visible in the shot, purely by accident. Lynch then came up with the idea of BOB as an other-worldly spirit, giving birth to the series mythology.
  
  
• Dr. Jacoby is based on the late ethnobotanist, Terrence McKenna. Their physical appearance is strikingly similar, their dress style is similar and they are both in the liberal arts professions. Dr. Jacoby holidays in Hawaii and has a Hawaiian wife, McKenna lived in Hawaii. Dr. Jacoby has a notable mushroom shaped lamp, McKenna studied and wrote widely on psychedelic mushroom culture.
  
  
• The December 1990 Playboy starred Sherilyn Fenn on the cover and semi-nude inside.
  
  
• Everett McGill and Wendy Robie who play husband and wife Ed and Nadine Hurley also play husband and wife as the "Dad" and "Mom" in People Under The Stairs (1991)
  
  
• The character Maddie Ferguson is said to be visiting from Missoula. Missoula, Montana is the hometown of series creator David Lynch.
  
  
• According to an interview with Joan Chen in a featurette included with the 2007 DVD release, the character of Josie was originally written as an Italian character, with Lynch's domestic partner at the time Isabella Rossellini slated to play the role.
  
  
• Miguel Ferrer was cast as FBI Agent Rosenfeld after David Lynch saw him in RoboCop (1987).
  
  
• At the beginning of the shooting of the second season, actress Sherilyn Fenn came down with a bad case of pneumonia, making headlines that the shooting of the series might be affected or that she might have to leave the show. As writer/producer Harley Peyton said in an interview: "It looked like it could give us some really serious problems. It turned out all right. She was tremendous and recovered rather quickly and came back sooner than she had to. We had different directors shooting each day and two directors shooting in a single day and, in fact, got all of her scenes done."
  
  
• Ray Wise, Miguel Ferrer, and Daniel O'Herlihy all appeared in RoboCop (1987). However, in Robocop, only Ferrer and O'Herlihy ever shared screen time, whereas in Twin Peaks, only Wise and Ferrer ever share screen time (O'Herlihy appears later).
  
  
• Dana Ashbrook and Robert Bauer wrote a road movie script called "Driven To It" that David Lynch offered to executive produce in name only in order to help them, but Ashbrook and Bauer couldn't get financing for it.
  
  

• SPOILER: In order to prevent information about the killer leaking out, the scene of Maddie's murder was also filmed with Ben Horne (Richard Beymer) as the killer, but that alternate scene was never intended to be shown in any form.
  
  
• SPOILER: Although Episode 29 was the last of the television series, many scenes taking place after Episode 29 were originally filmed for the feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). These scenes included the much-anticipated resolution to the series finale, revealing the fate of Annie Blackburn and Agent Cooper. Due to running time, these scenes were cut, resulting in several main characters of the series not appearing in the film at all. As of 2007, David Lynch has been working with MK2 and New Line to put these scenes out on an upcoming DVD release.
  
  

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