Season 1 Finale Archives - How did we react? (+ Speculation & The Shape of the Show‪)‬ Lost in Twin Peaks

Episode 8G Notes: Readings/clips from my previous work, press clippings, fan reception, opening minute of the next episode + 2022 announcement
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0:00 MEDIA RECEPTION

13:55 INITIAL FAN RECEPTION (brief summary of long-term reaction + from Usenet)

22:32 MORE INITIAL FAN RECEPTION (from dugpa forum) to the lack of Laura resolution & Cooper's shooting

24:36 PERSONAL RECEPTION (initial for Laura/Cooper + today)

26:18 READINGS FROM MY OTHER WORK

(links to the full pieces)

The Original Episode Guide http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2008/09/twin-peaks-last-evening.html

Journey Through Twin Peaks video series chapter 4 (including previous three episodes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pvO4i_YPJI (29:42)

Guest on Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast for Season 1 generally https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-unwrapped-11-joel-bocko-spoilers/id1005628280?i=1000350107399 (30:54)

Out of order review (includes spoilers - but not in this podcast's excerpt) https://lost-in-the-movies.tumblr.com/post/131528745260/twin-peaks-out-of-order-12-episode-7-re-watching (31:33)

First Time Viewer Companion commentary https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2018/09/twin-peaks-s1e8.html (34:25)

Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment for Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-16-twin-18327693 (35:35)

Guest on Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast (w/ Lindsay & Aidan of Bickering Peaks) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-unwrapped-206-community-rewatch-s1-episode-7/id1005628280?i=1000457095272 (36:15)

Guest on Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast - picking the best episode of Season 1 (w/ Francine the Lucid Dream & John Thorne) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-unwrapped-201-season-one-madness/id1005628280?i=1000447222993 (36:49)

37:59 BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2022 SCHEDULE

THE SHAPE OF THE SHOW... (without any plot spoilers that viewers of the time wouldn't know)

38:25 RANK & INITIAL MEDIA SPECULATION

44:43 INITIAL FAN SPECULATION from Usenet

46:06 INITIAL FAN SPECULATION from dugpa

47:21 LOG LADY INTRODUCTION

48:42 READINGS FROM MY "SHAPE OF THE SHOW" WORK

more from First Time Viewer Companion

50:00 OPENING MINUTE OF THE NEXT EPISODE (only spoiler in this podcast)

55:48 OUTRO - DETAILS OF 2022 SCHEDULE

My Journey Through Twin Peaks video essay series is on YouTube (in 36 chapters as of now) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHlB-wesGPVETlNFLsGCKL-SFjW8wrJf & Vimeo (in 5 parts as of now) https://vimeo.com/showcase/7281266

OTHER EPISODE LINKS

Twin Peaks Promos & Prime Time Live (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSSEWn_N6mY

David Lynch: The Rolling Stone Interview by David Breskin http://davidbreskin.com/magazines/1-interviews/david-lynch-2/

Four Top Authors Solve the Twin Peaks Mystery by Joanna Elm (TV Guide) (includes speculation + spoilers for the 1944 film Laura) http://www.lynchnet.com/tp/articles/tvg_authors.html

Press coverage comes from https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/gone-fishin-collection-of-commentary-on.html

Fan memories come from https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/11/twin-peaks-on-internetin-1990-alttvtw