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As ‘Twin Peaks’ Turns 35, the Mystery Is Still the Message for a World of Fans

David Lynch and Mark Frost revolutionized TV with ‘Twin Peaks,’ a series that even now exudes paranormal cool. In the wake of Lynch’s death, our reporter dives into the show’s chaotic creation—and its extraordinary afterlife.

Sherilyn Fenn’s Audrey Horne was supposed to have a love affair with Agent Cooper in Season 2, but Kyle MacLachlan, who was dating Lara Flynn Boyle at the time and angling for a career as a leading man, nixed the storyline.ABC Photo Archives/Disney/Getty Images. A decade earlier, CBS had run a wildly successful advertising campaign for its evening soap Dallas with the tagline “Who Shot J.R.?” Now ABC put its marketing muscle behind the question “Who Killed Laura Palmer?” It worked, and millions of Americans were soon demanding an answer. In March, a few days before the Oscars, I sat in a booth at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank and split a slice of cherry pie with Josh Eisenstadt and Adele Jones, who played Lieutenant Cynthia Knox in The Return.

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