List of Twin Peaks episodes
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This article contains episode information and plot summaries from the television show Twin Peaks. Dates shown are the original air dates.
Twin Peaks ran from April 8 1990-June 10 1991. The total number of episodes during the series run was 30.
Main and recurring cast can be found on the main Twin Peaks page.
''Note that the episodes as released in the United States didn't officially have episode names. These are the names translated from the titles given to the episodes in German.
Episodes
Season 1: (
| Image | Title | Writer (s) | Director | Original Airdate | # |
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| "Pilot" originally entitled Northwest Passage | Mark Frost and David Lynch | David Lynch | 8 April 1990 | 00 |
| This episode is a two hour "movie". Laura Palmer's body is discovered, wrapped in plastic; Ronette Pulaski wanders out of the woods; FBI Agent Dale Cooper arrives and finds an unusual clue on Laura's body; Audrey Horne disrupts her father's negotiations with some Norwegian businessmen; Cooper and Sheriff Truman discover the grisly murder site in the woods, and warn the town that the killer may be from their community; tempers flare at the Roadhouse. | |||||
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| "Traces to Nowhere" | Mark Frost and David Lynch | Duwayne Dunham | 12 April 1990 | 01 |
| "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer" | Mark Frost and David Lynch | David Lynch | 19 April 1990 | 02 |
| Cooper has a strange dream involving Mike and Bob. | |||||
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| "Rest in Pain" | Harley Peyton | Tina Rathborne | 26 April 1990 | 03 |
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| "The One-Armed Man" | Robert Engels | Tim Hunter | 3 May 1990 | 04 |
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| "Cooper's Dreams" | Mark Frost | Lesli Linka Glatter | 10 May 1990 | 05 |
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| "Realization Time" | Harley Peyton | Caleb Deschanel | 17 May 1990 | 06 |
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| "The Last Evening" | Mark Frost | Mark Frost | 23 May 1990 | 07 |
Season 2: (
| Image | Title | Writer (s) | Director | Original Airdate | # |
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| "May The Giant Be With You" | Mark Frost and David Lynch | David Lynch | 30 September 1990 | 01 |
| This episode is a two hour "movie". A shot and bleeding Agent Cooper has visions of a giant; Audrey is imprisoned at the casino/bordello One-Eyed Jacks; Donna gets an odd message; Josie and Catherine are missing; a stirring Ronette relives Laura's murder. | |||||
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| "Coma" | Harley Peyton | David Lynch | 6 October 1990 | 02 |
| Cooper learns his ex-partner, Windom Earle, has escaped from a mental asylum; Major Briggs gives Cooper a message; Donna meets an eerie old woman and her grandson; Ben orders Leland killed; Deputy Andy thinks he's sterile; Audrey learns more about Laura, but is uncovered by a vengeful Blackie. | |||||
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| "The Man Behind Glass" | Robert Engels | Lesli Linka Glatter | 13 October 1990 | 03 |
| Donna finds a diary of Laura's at Harold Smith's house; Blackie holds Audrey hostage, and plots with Jean Renault; James and Madeleine become close, to Donna's dismay; Lucy lunches with Dick Tremayne; Dr. Jacoby undergoes hypnosis, leading to an arrest. | |||||
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| "Laura's Secret Diary" | Jerry Stahl, Mark Frost, Harley Peyton and Robert Engels | Todd Holland | 20 October 1990 | 04 |
| Cooper is stymied by an unusual request from Ben Horne to save Audrey's life; Josie introduces her "cousin" Jonathan from Hong Kong; Renault deals with Battis. | |||||
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| "The Orchid's Curse" | Barry Pullman | Graeme Clifford | 27 October 1990 | 05 |
| Cooper and Truman stage a raid on One-Eyed Jacks; Leland's court hearing is attended by the man himself; Donna and Madeleine plot to steal Laura's secret diary from Harold Smith; Ben gets a business proposition. | |||||
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| "Demons" | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels | Lesli Linka Glatter | 3 November 1990 | 06 |
| Donna and Madeleine fear an very angry Harold Smith; Shelly and Bobby host a "welcome home" party for the comatose Leo; Cooper's boss, Gordon Cole, visits to warn Cooper of threats; Josie strikes a deal with Ben and leaves with Jonathan; the one-armed man reveals some information about "Bob". | |||||
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| "Lonely Souls" | Mark Frost | David Lynch | 10 November 1990 | 07 |
| Ben is brought in for questioning after Audrey confronts him about One-Eyed Jacks and passes the information to Cooper; Andy ponders the meaning of Harold Smith's note; having misjudged the money due them, Shelly and Bobby are cash-strapped; Bobby finds a microcassette of Leo's; Madeleine prepares to go home; Pete learns Tojamura's plans. | |||||
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| "Drive with a Dead Girl" | Scott Frost | Caleb Deschanel | 17 November 1990 | 08 |
| Norma's visiting mother introduces her new husband, unaware of his connections to Hank; Lucy returns, with her sister; Bobby decides to blackmail Ben, who also gets a tape-recorded ultimatum; the one-armed man leads to a grisly discovery. | |||||
| "Arbitrary Law" | Mark Frost, Harley Peyton, and Robert Engels | Tim Hunter | 1 December 1990 | 09 |
| From a piece of Laura's secret diary, Cooper discovers he and Laura shared the same dream, with her message in it leading him to her killer; Catherine tricks Ben into signing away the mill; Lucy, Andy and Tremayne confront each other over her pregnancy. | |||||
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| "Dispute Between Brothers" | Tricia Brock | Tina Rathborne | 8 December 1990 | 10 |
| As Cooper says his goodbyes, an FBI agent arrives to suspend him and investigate the unauthorized One-Eyed Jacks affair; the publisher of the Twin Peaks Gazette argues with his brother, the Mayor; Renault recruits Hank and Ernie to frame Cooper; Nadine, deluded that she's a teenager, enrolls in high school; Major Briggs, fishing with Cooper, has a strange encounter in the woods. | |||||
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| "Masked Ball" | Barry Pullman | Duwayne Dunham | 15 December 1990 | 11 |
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| "The Black Widow" | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels | Caleb Deschanel | 12 January 1991 | 12 |
| Cooper finds cocaine at a deserted house Renault uses; Andy and Tremayne confront concerns of Nicky's past; a mentally decaying Ben has Bobby tail Hank; Dougie Milford dies under unusual circumstances; superstrong Nadine joins the wrestling team; Major Briggs returns. | |||||
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| "Checkmate" | Harley Peyton | Todd Holland | 19 January 1991 | 13 |
| Cooper is held hostage by Renault; Andy and Tremayne pry into Nicky's past; Catherine professes her love for Ben; James succumbs to a treacherous Evelyn; Ed and Norma succumb to each other; Hank confronts Big Ed; Cooper's ex-partner Windom Earle makes a move. | |||||
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| "Double Play" | Scott Frost | Uli Edel | 2 February 1991 | 14 |
| Cooper confides to Truman his past experiences with Windom Earle; Earle meanwhile takes in Leo; Audrey strikes a business deal with Bobby; James realizes he has been set up; Josie's dangerous old lover, Thomas Eckhardt, appears. | |||||
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| "Slaves and Masters" | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels | Diane Keaton | 9 February 1991 | 15 |
| Cooper finds some evidence about who shot him, and gets help from the town's resident chess master in matching wits with Windom Earle in the deadly chess game; Donna makes a desperate plea to save James; Nadine surprises Ed and Norma; Catherine uses Josie to lure Eckhardt. | |||||
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| "The Condemned Woman" | Tricia Block | Lesli Linka Glatter | 16 February 1991 | 16 |
| Ed proposes to Norma; James and Donna break up; Audrey meets a handsome, wealthy admirer from her past; Earle mails a puzzle to Audrey, Shelly and Donna; Josie makes a confession, after a dreaded encounter with Thomas Eckhardt; Cooper has another vision. | |||||
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| "Wounds and Scars" | Barry Pullman | James Foley | 28 March 1991 | 17 |
| Cooper is attracted to Norma's sister, Annie, returning to the world from a convent; Truman withdraws from everyone. | |||||
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| "On the Wings of Love" | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels | Duwayne Dunham | 4 April 1991 | 18 |
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| "Variations on Relations" | Mark Frost and Harley Peyton | Jonathan Sanger | 11 April 1991 | 19 |
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| "The Path to the Black Lodge" | Harley Peyton and Robert Engels | Stephen Gyllenhaal | 18 April 1991 | 20 |
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| "Miss Twin Peaks" | Barry Pullman | Tim Hunter | 10 June 1991 | 21 |
| Broadcast as a two-hour "movie" with episode 2x22. Cooper and Truman decipher part of the secret of the Black Lodge; Cooper helps Annie prepare for the Miss Twin Peaks contest; Major Briggs escapes from Earle; Catherine continues her battle with the black box; Lucy chooses the father of her baby; Earle interrupts the contest. | |||||
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| "Beyond Life and Death" | Mark Frost, Harley Peyton and Robert Engels | David Lynch | 10 June 1991 | 22 |
| Originally Broadcast as a two-hour movie with the previous episode. In the disastrous aftermath of the Miss Twin Peaks Contest, Cooper and Truman deduce the location of the entrance to the Black Lodge at Glastonberry Grove. Bobby and Shelly plan for their future, Donna has a devastating confrontation with her parents and Ben Horne in relation to her parentage, Nadine's memory returns much the shock of Ed and Norma, while Pete and Andrew have a rather nasty surprise waiting for them at the Twin Peaks Savings and Loan. In the meantime, Cooper embarks on a fateful and strange journey into the Black Lodge. | |||||
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