Episode 1 (Twin Peaks)

"Episode 1"

Twin Peaks episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 2

Directed by

Duwayne Dunham

Written by

David Lynch
Mark Frost

Original air date

April 12, 1990

Running time

46 minutes

Guest appearance(s)

Grace Zabriskie as Sarah Palmer
Don Davis as Major Garland Briggs
Mary Jo Deschanel as Eileen Hayward
Charlotte Stewart as Betty Briggs
Gary Hershberger as Mike Nelson
Wendy Robie as Nadine Hurley
Kimmy Robertson as Lucy Moran
Catherine E. Coulson as Margaret Lanterman / "The Log Lady"
Al Strobel as "The One-Armed Man"
Frank Silva as Killer BOB (uncredited)

Episode chronology

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"Pilot"

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"Episode 2"

List of Twin Peaks episodes

"Episode 1", also known as "Traces to Nowhere", is the second episode of the first season of the American mystery television series Twin Peaks. The episode was written by series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost, and directed by Duwayne Dunham. "Episode 1" features series regulars Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, and Richard Beymer.

Dunham was offered the role of directing the episode by Lynch, who wanted Dunham to edit his next film project, Wild at Heart (1990). Dunham continued to use several stylistic elements in his direction that he had observed in Lynch's work on "Pilot", including largely static camera work and the use of reddish color tints. The episode also marks the first appearance of Killer Bob, who was played by set decorator Frank Silva after Silva had been accidentally caught on camera.

"Episode 1" continued the investigation of the series' main plotline, the murder of schoolgirl Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), with Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) interviewing several suspects connected to the victim. The episode was viewed by approximately 14.9 million households upon its initial airing, which represented over a quarter of the available audience. Since its broadcast, the episode has earned positive reviews from critics.

The small town of Twin Peaks, Washington, has been shocked by the murder of schoolgirl Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) and the attempted murder of her classmate Ronette Pulaski (Phoebe Augustine). Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) has come to the town to investigate, and initial suspicion has fallen upon Palmer's boyfriend Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) and the man with whom she was cheating on Briggs, James Hurley (James Marshall).

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