Traces to Nowhere

I juste discover Twin peaks with that and Il like it, its actually possible to jump in the story from that point, the Pilot is important but even without it you Can understand within 2 episodes. Anyway agreat episodes, I already love Agent Cooper, sugar addict like me 😁

A high school girl known and beloved all over the town of Twin Peaks is murdered and the weirdest detective in the FBI is looking into the matter.

After the pilot episode, one of the most brilliant moments of TV to that time, the series nestles in and a study of the town and its denizens begins in earnest.

Everyone in town has some dark secret. It's the darnedest soap opera ever, with an increasingly wacky cast of characters.

Cooper himself is one of the oddest ducks in town. It's as if he came from there. He's a perfect fit.

All the relationships are difficult to keep straight without Binging. But it's worth it.

Every time I re-watch this episode, I'm surprised by how many classic scenes are in it. The episode itself never leaves much of an impression of its own (likely because it is sandwiched between two Lynch episodes), yet it has some of my favourite scenes. It has the fish in the percolator, the first meeting of Cooper and Audrey, the Log Lady's first dialog, the first physical appearance of cherry pie, Cooper's first time saying "damn fine coffee," the first appearance of BOB, and more.

Yet despite all of these classic scenes, the episode is not one of the show's best or most memorable episodes. It is not the sum of its parts, but rather a collection of parts that work best as a part of the series rather than as a part of the episode.

Following the bleak, if sometimes comical Pilot, this episode is very lighthearted. It definitely has its fair share of dark moments (including the first appearance of BOB), but a majority of this episode is funny, amusing, entertaining, and engaging. There's plenty of memorable, iconic, and essential scenes without, including the classic "damn fine coffee" sequence that is immediately followed by the extremely sensual first meeting between Audrey Horne and Agent Dale Cooper (two characters who most fans agree to be the best and most enjoyable on the show) as well as an absurd encounter with the log lady and a brief, hilarious moment in which Pete reveals some...unflattering information about his percolator.

I loved this episode. As Cooper downs three pieces of pie and drinks coffee that had a dead fish in the percolator, things begin to buzz in all directions. Each of the young people focused on have some pretty interesting baggage. Those two delinquent types, Bobby and his buddy, are downright nuts. Bobby's mom and dad are a couple of weird ones. Then we have the lady with the log and the other one with the drapes and the cotton balls, obsessed with pulling the drapes but keeping them quiet. Of course, more central to the plot are the goings on at the mill, the rapes of young women, the not-so-hidden necklace, Audrey (my goodness), the psychologist (Russ Tamblyn), and on and on. This town is terrific and I will continue to plow my way through. I watched the whole series back in the Nineties but can't remember how it plays out. Having only watched the Pilot and the first regular episode, I am once again convinced that television has the potential for some of the greatest artistry, and that most of what we see is really not worth our time. Now that all kinds of stuff is produced by non-network sources, we have so much to occupy us.