Product Details

• Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer
• Writers: David Lynch, Mark Frost
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Language: Afrikaans, English, Icelandic, Norwegian
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Republic Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 23, 1995
• Run Time: 243 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302914213
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,324 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Strong Finish to the Series, September 22, 2000

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Richard Berndt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twin Peaks - Episodes 25-29 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

These are the final five episodes of the "Twin Peaks" series; they are somewhat of a redemption after some weak episodes immediately preceeding these. The plots are much stronger, especially those focusing on Agent Cooper. His attraction to Annie Blackburn is nicely played (with a strong romantic piece by Angelo Badalamenti). The Windom Earle plot becomes intriguing as it becomes bigger than Earle (who is overplayed by Kenneth Welsh) and delves into the supernatural (and, as mentioned in another review, becomes an inspiration for the X-Files).

The other plotlines are also strong. Especially intriguing is the Andrew Packard character, as he (along with Catherine and Pete) deals with the mysterious black box. Dan O'Herlihy has a great stage presence as Packard; I wish he could have been featured more in the series.

The build up to Episode 29 is nicely done -- Lynch's direction of the final episode has that first season feel to it (though a little darker). It would have been a great season-ending cliffhanger (I would have been interested to see if Major Briggs went to the rescue at the Black Lodge), but remains an odd end to the series.

For these espisodes, the only major complaint is that they deserve to be on DVD. For the future, I would love to see some sort of continuation of the story nearly ten years later. It would be fun to have a Lynch/Frost/Chris Carter collaboration on a movie combining "Twin Peaks" with the "X-Files." It probably won't happen, but this series deserves more.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget 27 and 28, I'm here to talk about THE END (sob), May 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Twin Peaks - Episodes 25-29 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Okay, I will mention 27 and 28, because they are top episodes, what with Cooper finding lurve, Wyndham Earle being deranged, etc., etc., but by far the most important of these episodes is number 29. Um, don't read this if you don't want want to know what happens at the end.

To sum it up, it doesn't feel quite right: we don't really know what happened to Cooper, and we don't know who got killed in the explosion at the bank. Though admittedly the series was cut short because of the wicked American public and their lamentably short concentration spans, it somehow feels right that the series concludes without ever feeling totally conclusive. Cooper goes to The Other Place, but we don't really know what happened to him there, and for all the talk of 'The Black Lodge', we still don't really know what the other place is. We have to assume Pete, Andrew, and probably Audrey died in the explosion at the bank, but we don't really know. Without going into the symbolism of the whole thing, I would suggest the inconclusive note is one of this ephisodes strongest points. There is no saccharine ending where they all live happily ever after, but at the same time we don't know anybody is dead. Lynch ends the series on an entirely appropriately bleak note, while to some extent keeping the fates of his character doubtful, as opposed to definate. It would feel wrong if Cooper was entirely successful, but at the same time, to know he was dead would be unbearably heartbreaking. A worthy end to the greatest TV series ever.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A couple of average episodes lead up to the most chilling hour of television ever., March 5, 2006

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Jim Reed "Jim Reed" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twin Peaks - Episodes 25-29 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After it was revealed who killed Laura Palmer the series didn't seem to have any clear direction.This may be one of the things that led to the show's decline and cancellation and if that wasn't bad enough David Lynch ends the series with the most nightmarish episode ever leaving fans choking on their damn fine cups of coffee.The next to last episode ends with an eerie strobelit confrontation but it's the last episode itself that delivers the real chills.Agent Coopers journey into the mysterious otherworldly Red Lodge is supremely creepy.Beginning with the hypnotic song Under the Sycamore Trees(Which you can find on the Twin Peaks:Fire Walk With Me soundtrack)to agent Cooper being pursued from room to room by his evil dopelganger.Masterfully directed by David Lynch it's equal to any of his best creepy movies like Lost Highway.Like being woken up in a middle of a nightmare it will leave you hanging but will stay in your mind forever.I don't remember T.V. shows I've seen last night but the final episode of Twin Peaks still haunts me 15 years later.