We’re exactly one month away from thenew season ofTwin Peakson Showtime, and we still haven’t seen a single second of footage from the upcoming revival. Which is kind of refreshing! It’s all being kept under a veil of secrecy, asDavid Lynchdirected 18 new hours ofTwin Peaksthat pick up the story and characters 25 years after homecoming queen Laura Palmer was shockingly murdered. To mark the one-month countdown, Showtime has released a newTwin Peaksvideo—albeit again, with no new footage. Instead, “The Darkness of Future Past” is a semi-recap of what happened in the first two seasons of the show and in Lynch’s filmTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, complete with spoilers galore.
This video is a great reminder of just how insaneTwin Peakswas, and how crazy it is that a show like this aired on network television in the early 90s. Granted, Lynch goes a tad overboard towards the latter half of the show’s second season, but it’s still a minor miracle that any of this made it to air.
It’s interesting that Showtime doesn’t really seem interested in trying to convince viewers they can watch the newTwin Peakswithout having seen the first two seasons. These new installments (which were shot like one 18-hour movie) are rumored to be very closely tied to the events of the previous episodes andFire Walk with Me, so Showtime is instead making a push to get folks to catch up on Showtime’s On Demand service.
ThisTwin Peaksrecap video is fun, but not exactly all-encompassing. Itdoes, however, make me want to rewatch this series now more than ever. Check it out below, but again beware: there are plenty of spoilers.
