
On the hunt for some truly unmissable telly but don’t know what to watch next? Let our essential selection nudge you in the right direction… This week, TWIN PEAKS.
What do you get if you cross David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan and some serious weirdness? Well it could be a number of 90s projects, but the king of which would be the surrealist dream Twin Peaks.
Set in the idylls of the eponymous town, a small made-up Washington State outpost, the action begins when FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper arrives to delve into the murky case of mudered homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) which leads him to disturbing truths about the community as a whole.
Introducing us to the talents of Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey Horne) and Lara Flynn Boyle (Donna Hayward), not to mention a young Heather Graham (as waitress Annie), this became the go-to-show for hot young up-and-comers with a serious streak, and a wild side, owing to creators Lynch and Mark Frost's darkly comic scripting.
Growing odder and odder by the episode, the first season was by far the most notable, but it also spawned the "explanatory prequel" film spin-off Fire Walk With Me which is also well worth a look.
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