TWIN PEAKS: EPISODE 8: MAY THE GIANT BE WITH YOU {SEASON TWO PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
One in this drama series that reveals David Lynch's sinister, surreal portrait of small-town life. In this episode, Agent Cooper is lying on the floor, bleeding, as a senile waiter shuffles around for several minutes. Agent Cooper receives a visit from a giant, who lists three predictions and then removes the FBI agent's ring. Other highlights include the following: Audrey eludes her father at One-Eyed Jacks; Agent Cooper recovers and learns he missed a shooting, a strangling, a suicide attempt, and the sawmill fire; Maddy has a disquieting vision; Leland sports a new hair color and performs a loony rendition of "Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats"; Harry and Agent Cooper study evidence from the shooting in Leo's home, where Hawk finds a copy of Flesh World and Andy inadvertently uncovers cocaine and a pair of boots; Donna and Maddy try to shed their old identities; Leo is eliminated as a suspect in the death of Teresa Banks, whose death paralleled Laura's; James recalls Laura describing a "mystery man" named Bob; Andy and Lucy are ordered to search through a stack of Flesh World magazines for evidence; and Agent Cooper demands that Dr. Jacoby explain how he acquired half of Laura's heart necklace.
Plagued by awful hospital food such as bubbling creamed corn, hospital patients in Twin Peaks endure the following events: Dr. Jacoby recalls the stench of scorched engine oil when Jacques was strangled; Bobby and Shelly declare their mutual love; and Ed, with Nadine in a coma, tells Agent Cooper how he loves Norma but married Nadine out of spite. At the Double R diner, Bobby and his secretive father, Major Garland Briggs, try to overcome their communication gap, while Hank tries to do the same with Norma. Other highlights include the following: Agent Cooper summarizes their knowledge of Laura's final night; a weeping Andy chastises a smug Albert; Pete and Harry learn that Josie has left town, and Catherine, last seen in the fire, is missing; Hank updates Jerry and Ben on their role in the fire and Leo's shooting; Audrey is held against her will at One-Eyed Jacks; Donna volunteers to take over Laura's Meals on Wheels route; and Kirstin and Harriet Hayward play the piano for the Palmers and read a poem about Laura. Later, Leland sings "Get Happy" until he collapses. As the program concludes, Audrey begs Agent Cooper for help via telepathy, the giant appears in Agent Cooper's room with a reminder, and in the hospital, Ronette has a terrifying recollection of Laura's murder. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: September 30, 1990 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:58:56
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:19707
- GENRE: Drama, night-time serial
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, night-time serial; Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1990-1991, 2017-
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Miller's Crossing" feature film
- TV - Commercials - 104.3 K-BIG-FM
- TV - Commercials - AFL-CIO for National Health Care Reform
- TV - Commercials - AT&T Universal Card
- TV - Commercials - AT&T phone service
- TV - Commercials - Bud Dry beer
- TV - Commercials - Burger King fast food
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- TV - Commercials - Cheese
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- TV - Commercials - Kentucky Fried Chicken
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- TV - Commercials - Mazda Navajo automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Oldsmobile automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Pizza Hut
- TV - Commercials - Post Raisin Bran cereal
- TV - Commercials - Swatch products
- TV - Commercials - Tropicana juice sparkler
- TV - Commercials - Ultra Slim Fast
- TV - Promos - "ABC Monday Night Football"
- TV - Promos - "Coach"
- TV - Promos - "Cop Rock"
- TV - Promos - "Eyewitness News"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "Growing Pains"
- TV - Promos - "Head of the Class"
- TV - Promos - "MacGyver"
- TV - Promos - "Roseanne"
- TV - Promos - "The Wonder Years"
- TV - Promos - "When You Remember Me"
- TV - Promos - "Who's the Boss"
- TV - Promos - "thirtysomething"
- TV - Promos - Partnership for a Drug-Free America
CREDITS
- Mark Frost … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- David Lynch … Executive Producer, Director, Created by, Writer
- Gregg Fienberg … Supervising Producer
- Tim Harbert … Coordinating Producer
- Robert D. Simon … Co-Producer
- Philip Neel … Associate Producer
- Angelo Badalamenti … Music by
- Kyle MacLachlan … Cast, Special Agent Dale Cooper
- Michael Ontkean … Cast, Sheriff Harry S. Truman
- Madchen Amick … Cast, Shelly Johnson
- Dana Ashbrook … Cast, Bobby Briggs
- Richard Beymer … Cast, Ben Horne
- Lara Flynn Boyle … Cast, Donna Hayward
- Sherilyn Fenn … Cast, Audrey Horne
- Warren Frost … Cast, Dr. Will Hayward
- Peggy Lipton … Cast, Norma Jennings
- Everett McGill … Cast, Ed Hurley
- James Marshall … Cast, James Hurley
- Jack Nance … Cast, Pete Martell
- Ray Wise … Cast, Leland Palmer
- Eric Da Re … Cast, Leo Johnson
- Harry Goaz … Cast, Deputy Andy Brennan
- Michael Horse … Cast, Deputy Tommy "Hawk" Hill
- Sheryl Lee … Cast, Laura Palmer, Madeleine "Maddy" Ferguson
- Russ Tamblyn … Cast, Dr. Lawrence Jacoby
- Grace Zabriskie … Cast, Sarah Palmer
- Chris Mulkey … Cast, Hank Jennings
- Miguel Ferrer … Cast, Agent Albert Rosenfeld
- David Patrick Kelly … Cast, Jerry Horne
- Wendy Robie … Cast, Nadine Hurley
- Don Davis … Cast, Major Garland Briggs
- Victoria Catlin … Cast, Blackie O"Reilly
- Mary Jo Deschanel … Cast, Eileen Hayward
- Catherine E. Coulson … Cast, Margaret "The Log Lady" Lanterman
- Gaylyn Gorg … Cast, Nancy O'Reilly
- Al Strobel … Cast, Phillip Michael "One-Armed Man" Gerard
- Carel Struycken … Cast, Giant
- Phoebe Augustine … Cast, Ronette Pulaski
- Stephen C. MacLaughlin … Cast, Pie Eater
- Charles Miller … Cast, Doctor
- Mak Takano … Cast, Jonathan
- Alicia Witt … Cast, Kirstin Hayward