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Watch Twin Peaks’ pilot episode live with Kyle MacLachlan
By Jake Hall | Film+TV | 8 April 2020

Top image: still, ‘Twin Peaks’ dir. David Lynch

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 30 years since Twin Peaks first graced our screens. David Lynch‘s trailblazing, surreal series has become a firm cult classic over the last few decades, despite spanning just two original seasons. Fans have been teased over the years with Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, a 1992 prequel, as well as a 2017 reboot, but rumours of a fully-fledged return are still swirling, driven largely by fan demand.

To honour this legacy, Kyle MacLachlan – otherwise known as FBI Agent Cooper – is celebrating the anniversary by watching and live-tweeting the pilot episode alongside Mädchen Amick, who played beloved waitress and leading character, Shelly.

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Both actors have asked fans to submit their questions to be answered on the Instagram Live, scheduled to start at 13:20 PST (21:20 in the UK). The live-tweeting will begin a few hours earlier, at 11:30 PST (19:30 GMT).

https://twitter.com/Kyle_MacLachlan/status/1247207051295670272?s=20

The show’s many unsolved mysteries are likely to remain unanswered – Lynch is a notoriously elusive auteur – but fans are sure to gain more insight into what it was like to work on one of TV’s most fabled sets, as well as a few easter eggs likely to please the show’s loyal fandom. So pour yourself a coffee, cut a slice of cherry pie and prepare to get lost all over again in one of Lynch’s most intriguing worlds.


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