Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast

S2E22 “Beyond Life and Death” (Part 1)

Blue Rose Task Force: A Twin Peaks Obsessive Podcast

Show Notes

So we’ve made it to an ending for the original series of Twin Peaks. In this first half of our coverage of Episode 29, your host John walks you through how the episode was written —and then rewritten by David Lynch— before parsing through the final Log Lady Introduction. Then he takes you through the endings of all the storylines anchored to the town of Twin Peaks, including supernatural connections and the contents of the original script. 0:00:42 Intro 0:03:10 When the episode was written and filmed 0:05:30 Cancellation 0:07:50 David Lynch changing the script 0:13:15 Bringing back the Red Room 0:18:45 Personal reaction 0:26:30 Log Lady Intro HOW DID LYNCH’S SCRIPT CHANGES EFFECT THE STORY? 0:32:52 Going back to the Pilot and characters returning 0:37:55 Act One, script vs screen 0:41:32 Act Two, script vs screen 0:45:00 Act Three, script vs screen DOES LOVE HEAL ALL WOUNDS? 0:47:22 Lucy Moran and Andy Brennan 0:50:32 Shelly Johnson and Bobby Briggs 0:53:35 Mike Nelson 0:56:35 Love out of balance, Ed Hurley and Norma Jennings HOW DOES DARKNESS REVEAL ITSELF? 0:59:50 Major Briggs, script vs screen 1:03:40 Who is Sarah Palmer’s voice? 1:07:02 Audrey Horne 1:10:10 Andrew Packard and Pete Martell 1:13:10 Ben Horne and Donna Hayward 1:17:10 Head wounds, Nadine Hurley 1:21:48 Doc Hayward 1:24:28 Harry Truman, script vs screen 1:32:20 Anchor points Production by Mitch Proctor and Area 42 Studios and Sound Additional audio editing John Bernardy www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork www.25yearslatersite.com Instagram: BlueRoseTaskForce Twitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsN Twitter: @BlueRoseTFpod https://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio Email [email protected] Email [email protected]

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