Beyond Life and Death

"Episode 29"
Twin Peaks episode
The elderly waiter offering Dale Cooper coffee in the Black Lodge.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 22
Directed by	David Lynch
Written by	Mark Frost Harley Peyton Robert Engels David Lynch (uncredited)
Production code	2.022
Original air date	June 10, 1991 (1991-06-10)
Running time	50:26
Guest appearance(s)
Heather Graham as Annie Blackburn Grace Zabriskie as Sarah Palmer Wendy Robie as Nadine Hurley Don Davis as Major Garland Briggs Charlotte Stewart as Betty Briggs Gary Hershberger as Mike Nelson Mary Jo Deschanel as Eileen Hayward Catherine E. Coulson as Margaret Lanterman / "The Log Lady" James V. Scott as the Black Lodge performer Dan O'Herlihy as Andrew Packard Carel Struycken as The Giant Hank Worden as The Elderly Room Service Waiter Michael J. Anderson as The Man from Another Place Frank Silva as Killer BOB Phoebe Augustine as Ronette Pulaski Jan D'Arcy as Sylvia Horne
Episode chronology
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"Episode 29", also known as "Beyond Life and Death", is the twenty-second and final episode of the second season of the American mystery television series Twin Peaks. It was also the second hour of the two-part series finale. The episode was written by the series co-creator Mark Frost, producer Harley Peyton and regular writer Robert Engels and was directed by series co-creator David Lynch, who also allegedly rewrote parts of the script. It features series regulars Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Richard Beymer and Kenneth Welsh; and guest stars Frank Silva as Killer Bob, Michael J. Anderson as The Man from Another Place, Carel Struycken as The Giant, and Heather Graham as Annie Blackburn.

Twin Peaks centers on the investigation into the murder of schoolgirl Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in the small rural town in Washington state after which the series is named. In this episode, after the kidnap of Annie Blackburn, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) and Sheriff Truman (Ontkean) follow Windom Earle (Welsh) to the entrance of The Black Lodge—an evil place which exists on an alternate plane of reality. Upon entering, Cooper encounters tests of courage from Killer Bob, The Man from Another Place, Earle and a number of doppelgängers.