S1, E8: The Last Evening
We did it, people! We’ve reached the season finale of Twin Peaks, Season 1, “The Last Evening,” which originally aired 5/23/90. (As ever, watch the ep before listening!) It’s a busy night in Twin Peaks. Our character spotlight shines on Piper Laurie, the show’s Catherine Martell; Damon unlocks a cabinet of monsters and horror film tropes; Jonathan addresses the show’s complex portrayal of violence; Jennifer ponders the preponderance of heartbreak; and Colin circles back, exploring genre, fate and the puzzle that is Twin Peaks. In “The Twist,” we’re all about those cliffhangers and characters arcs.
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S1, E8 NOTES:
Mark Frost (episode writer and director)
Piper Laurie (Catherine Martell)
Margaret White in Carrie (character for which Piper Laurie was nominated for an Oscar in the 1976 film, directed by Brian de Palma)
Sarah Packard in The Hustler (Piper Laurie’s character in the1961 film, directed by Robert Rossen)
Lesli Linka Glatter (series director appearing as the One-Eyed Jack’s hunchback)
Hawaii Bound (1972, three-part episode of the Brady Bunch ABC TV series, featuring guest star Vincent Price)
Lost (2004-2010, ABC TV series)
Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks (2014, book, by Brad Dukes)
Wild at Heart (1990, film, directed by David Lynch)
Blue Velvet (1986, film, written and directed by David Lynch)
Return of the Jedi (1983, film, directed by Richard Marquand)
The Tempest (~1610-11, play, written by William Shakespeare)
The Maltese Falcon (1941, film, directed by John Huston)
The Rewatchables (film rewatch podcast, hosted by Bill Simmons)
Wendy Robie (Nadine Hurley)
James Marshall (James Hurley)
Saboteur (film, 1942, directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
Jabberwocky (poem, included in the 1871 novel “Through The Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There,” by Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll)
Mimsy Farmer (born 1945, actress and cinema effects sculptor)
Riot on Sunset Strip (1967, film, directed by Arthur Dreifuss)
Midge Wood (character played by Barbara Bel Geddes in the 1958 film Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock)