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The Nextlander Watchcast 051: Twin Peaks: Northwest Passage and Traces to Nowhere
🕑 Added 2023-07-10 19:06:28 +0000 UTCAfter a couple of weeks away, the Nextlander Watchcast is making its triumphant return, and we're kicking off our exploration of the first season of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:01:27) - Intro.
(00:03:11) - The day has finally arrived. We're watching Twin Peaks!
(00:08:32) - Some immediate love and fascination with Agent Dale Cooper.
(00:11:23) - Getting into the history of how Twin Peaks came to be.
(00:17:46) - Talking about the cast.
(00:20:36) - Angelo Badalamenti's music.
(00:24:37) - Launching into the pilot, AKA Northwest Passage.
(00:32:32) - The aftermath of discovering Laura.
(00:41:24) - Meeting a bunch of the townsfolk (and finding out who they're sleeping with).
(00:47:17) - Catherine and Josie.
(00:50:25) - Ronette Pulaski arrives, and here comes Dale Cooper.
(00:56:06) - The investigation begins.
(01:03:51) - Audrey Horne: Agent of Chaos.
(01:08:22) - The town meeting, and Donna and James' meeting.
(01:19:46) - The burying of the locket, and Sarah's vision.
(01:22:54) - Break!
(01:23:41) - We're back, and Coop is upside down.
(01:30:45) - Shelly discovers Leo's bloody shirt.
(01:33:21) - The interrogation of James.
(01:36:49) - Bopping around between different folks.
(01:43:01) - Fishy is in the coffee, and Ben and Catherine have a plan.
(01:46:42) - Donna visits the Palmers, and we meet the man in the mirror.
(01:52:19) - Touching on the episode's director and his influence on the Coop/Audrey storyline.
(01:53:39) - Our veneration of Major Briggs.
(01:58:48) - HOW many pieces of cherry pie?!?
(02:01:18) - Leo sucks ass, James is having a nice family dinner, and Dr. Jacoby is up to some stuff.
(02:06:57) - Talking about episode cliffhangers, and whether answers await us for the show's many questions.
(02:10:26) - Final thoughts.
(02:11:58) - Outro.
Comments
ogre
Been looking forward to this since the Deadly Premonition endurance runs, in which Jeff & Ryan kept dropping Twin Peaks references and Brad & Vinny kept not getting them.
Jack Sacks
The intro Log Lady monologue radically switching gears and transitioning into the funky Watchcast theme was very funny
csl316
The Endurance Runs constantly had comments talking about Twin Peaks, which is when I bought the box set. And how I became a Lynch fan, honestly. So I'm really, really looking forward to Vinny and Brad realizing how much Deadly Premonition took from this show.
Tristan Best
Fellas, don't drink that coffee!! 🐟☕
Daniel
Burns's suit! Burns's suit!
Jay Keller
Been a hard mental health week and this podcast has helped immensely in distracting me. The care Alex puts into every episode is highly appreciated! Thanks to all of you for your hard work on this series, it's quickly become my most anticipated listen every week.
Alasdair Duncan
I was 10 when Twin Peaks came out, so I never saw it at the time, I had to wait until the 1st season DVD boxset came out. But I did listen to that Moby song that sampled the theme tune, a hell of a lot.
Damon Fabian
I have always ordered my eggs over hard, I am sorry to offend.
jaq515
I only watched this for the first time probably 6-7 years ago and boy it blew my mind. Sort of ironically as this show was the seed why shows like lost happened (which obsessed me for years). This blows it out the water sooo good
Thomas Lin
One of my favorite shows of all time
Russell Robinson
I recently binged the 1st 2 seasons, movie and finally the 3rd season over the past 2 weeks. Overall I loved it despite the uneven 2nd season. I need more. Also Dale Cooper quickly became one of my favorite characters.
Zeemod
After all these years, excited to finally watch the live action Deadly Premonition adaptation.
TheGrayingTech
Alex touched upon this, but I had a similar thing happen in my small town. The local movie theaters refused to play Kiss The Girls because of it. One was in my neighborhood and one was close friends with my GF at the time. Never a fun thing to remember.
SomeBloke
This is a DAMN FINE return from hiatus. Thrilled to have an excuse to rewatch this show.
Harith
I also can’t believe Funko made a Laura wrapped in plastic figurine.
Harith
She’s deeaad. Wrapped in plastic.
Kevin Kuenn
Can't wait to listen to this one, but especially can't wait for next week. Episode 3 (aka Episode 2) is really when Twin Peaks emerges into its true form...
