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David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’ Turns 35: The Series’ 15 Best Scenes, From a Plastic-Wrapped Laura Palmer to Ed and Norma’s Happy Ending
The 15 best scenes in ‘Twin Peaks,’ from a plastic-wrapped Laura Palmer to Ed and Norma’s happy ending.
Image Credit: Spelling Entertainment/courtesy Everett Collection It was the defining moment in the series: Pete Martell (Jack Nance), embarking on a morning fishing expedition, stumbles across the body of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) on the bank of Twin Peaks, Washington’s Wind River. He promptly calls Sheriff Harry Truman (Michael Ontkean) and announces: “She’s dead… wrapped in plastic.” Immediately underscoring how unimaginable the crime is in this town that’s been hidden from the rest of the world, Pete’s unsettled delivery of those words set in motion one of the greatest murder mysteries in television history. But the writing of that revelation by Harley Peyton, Robert Engels and “Twin Peaks” co-creator Frost absolutely sticks the landing with a scene that fully encapsulates the series competing dynamics between evil and goodness, accountability and forgiveness, shoe-leather investigation and spiritual transcendence.
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