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4.0 out of 5 stars
Agent Cooper finds out more about Laura Palmer & Twin Peaks, June 19, 2005
This review is from: Twin Peaks 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
To be clear, "Episode One" of "Twin Peaks" is not the two-hour pilot movie but the first regular episode. That is why "Episode One" is often listed as the second episode of "Twin Peaks," with the "Pilot" movie being the first episode, unless you have a list that counts the "Pilot" movie as "Episode Zero." "Episode One" is also known as "Trace to Nowhere," although that title does not come from the show's writers, but, from being shown in Germany. So "Trace to Nowhere" is the English translation of "Spuren ins Nichts."
"Episode One" (Written by Mark Frost & David Lynch, Directed by Duwayne Dunham, First aired April 12, 1990) finds FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper enjoying the comforts of the Great Northern Hotel before finding out more about the secret life of Laura Palmer when Doctor Hayward releases her autopsy report. Bobby Briggs and Mike Nelson are released from jail and are intent on taking vengeance on James Hurly. Meanwhile, Big Ed Hurley figures out he was drugged at the Roadhouse, Catherine Martell reveals her plans to take over the Packard sawmill, and Doctor Jacoby is hiding information about Laura. Cooper and Sheriff Truman interview Josie Packard, Donna Hayward and Aundrey Horne are determined to track down Laura's murder, and, most importantly, Sarah Palmer has a vision of a wild looking man.
This is also the episode where Cooper has his first "damn fine cup of coffee" at the Double R Diner. I was "there" last week (it is really Twede's Diner in Great Bend, Washington) and while I had the cherry pie I went with milk because I do not drink coffee (but my wife does, and did, in a mug proclaiming "Home of TWIN PEAKS Cherry Pie and 'A Damn Fine Cup of Coffee'." The episode is something of a let down after the pilot movie, which is to be expected given how compelling our introduction to "Twin Peaks" was in the first place. In retrospect you can see that the episode is trying to get us interested in other mysteries besides "Who killed Laura Palmer?" But what was just supposed to be the hook for the series overwhelmed everything else. There is much more out there. As Agent Cooper poses to Diane: "What really went on between Marlyin Monroe and the Kennedys? And who really pulled the trigger on JFK?"
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3 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely enchanting & nerve tingling!, July 8, 1999
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This review is from: Twin Peaks 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This movie is one of the best! from Laura Palmers day to day good girl, bad girl personas to "BOB's" nightly visits to the small seemingly innocent town of Twin Peaks this is a must see for horror, fantasty movie lovers. a definate 5 star movie. David Lynch has a way to catch his veiwers attention with the exploits of Laura Palmer & the town of Twin Peaks & the evils that lay under it! this is a mix between Twilight Zone & the X-files
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1 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
David Lynch created Laura Palmer, June 11, 2000
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There is a short flash-back intercut in this episode that made me love the world of Twin Peaks. The flash-back when James remembers Laura, starring Sheryl Lee. She was the one.
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