S2, E5: The Orchid’s Curse
This week, we get super dark for Season 2, Episode 5, “The Orchid’s Curse”! Remember, we’ll spoil the heck out of this ep, so watch before listening!
It’s a mysterious journey through spooky woods and confounding labyrinths as Damon explores the dream logic of Twin Peaks’ geography; Jonathan gets out the chalkboard to diagram Northwest Noir, with a special focus on Sheriff Truman; Colin finds yet more eerie links between old-school Gothic hits and the murky doings in our small town; and Jennifer pulls back the curtain on the disturbing acts of seduction, betrayal, voyeurism, and violence. Good times!
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S2, E5 NOTES:
Barry Pullman (episode writer)
Graeme Clifford (episode director)
Talking Heads (1975-91, American rock band)
David Byrne (b. 1952, musician, Talking Heads and solo work)
Chris Frantz (b. 1951, musician, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
Tina Weymouth (b. 1950, musician, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
Jerry Harrison (b. 1950, musician, Talking Heads and Modern Lovers)
Bernie Worrell (1944-2016, musician, Talking Heads and Parliament-Funkadelic)
Remain in Love (2020, memoir, written by Chris Frantz)
Crazy Clown Time (2011, album by David Lynch)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (film, 1975, directed by Jim Sharman)
Frances (film, 1982, directed by Graeme Clifford)
Frances Farmer (1913-1970, American actor)
Jessica Lang (b. 1949, American actor)
“Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle” (1983, song, from “In Utero” by Nirvana)
Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks (2014, book, by Brad Dukes)
Royal Dano (1922-1994, American actor, Judge Sternwood)
Michael Ontkean (Sherrif Harry S. Truman)
Film noir (genre)
Western (genre)
Western Bow Tie (old-timey neckwear)
Bolo Tie (distinctive fashion statement)
Red River Valley (folk song, unknown origin)
Procedural (genre)
Law and Order (1990-2010, NBC TV series)
True Detective (2014, 2015, 2019, HBO anthology series)
Gothic fiction (literary genre)
Fae folk (mythical (?) beings)
“The Sublime” (aesthetic theory from Irish philosopher Edmund Burke's "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful," 1757)
Dracula (1897, novel, by Bram Stoker)
Cultivator (garden tool, face ripper)
Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (book, 2011, by Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David Lynch; originally published 1990; 2011 edition includes Mark Frost introduction)
David Lander (1947-2020, beloved American actor, TV’s Squiggy)
The Warriors (1979, film, directed by Walter Hill)
Black Yukon Sucker Punch (notable beverage)
Black Yukon Sucker Punch Reverse-Engineered, from Welcome to Twin Peaks (legendary Twin Peaks fan site)
Kevin Young (Toad)
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, film, directed by Mel Stuart)
Disneyland (theme park)
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (Disneyland experience)
The Haunted Mansion (Disneyland attraction)