An in-depth, episode by episode look at the cult classic TV series Twin Peaks. Join co-hosts Jeremy Smith and Allie Goertz as he walks her through the twists and turns of David Lynch's serial drama for her first time. Now covering Twin Peaks: The Return.
Film critic and writer Damon Houx is finally rewarded for making himself scarce for the podcast’s entire run until now. Your reward is that Allie watched a David Lynch movie in addition to this episode, and she reveals more about her Lynchian music-making plans.
Crack open a Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Episode 21 (22 including The Pilot, or S02E14).
Read MoreActor/raconteur/bon-vivant Noah Segan joins Allie and Jeremy to talk about an episode that he has not seen in many years. In the same way that Episode 20 opens in a semi-surreal dreamscape, the format you know and love is thrown entirely out the window in this back-from-hiatus episode of the show.
Episode 20 (21 including The Pilot, or S02E13).
Read MoreWriter/comedian Julia Prescott almost joins the show as a regular co-host, pushing either Allie or Jeremy out in a dramatic ouster (or not, or does she?)! Find out who dies so that she can reign supreme! Also: can/should we accept the transition to Tame Flannel Cooper?
In this podcast, the gang discusses Episode 19 (20 including The Pilot, or S02E12).
Read MoreAlex Hirsch created Disney XD's Gravity Falls, which does not owe its origins to Twin Peaks, despite what you might assume! He joins Allison and Jeremy to discuss filler, and how to do it without boring an audience.
In this podcast, the gang discusses Episode 18 (19 including The Pilot, or S02E11).
Read MoreDC Pierson is an author, actor, and, in a first for one of our guests, just-as new to Twin Peaks as Allie! He joins Allison and Jeremy to discuss the first episode to come after another landmark moment in the series.
In this podcast, the gang discusses Episode 17 (18 including The Pilot, or S02E10).
Read MoreEmily V. Gordon is a producer (The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail), podcaster, and a former family therapist, which makes her a damn fine guest at this point in the show. She joins Allison and Jeremy to discuss one of the more satisfying episodes in a while (along with the big reveal episode).
There's something about guys in the 90's with wet hair...
In this podcast, the gang discusses Episode 16 (17 including The Pilot, or S02E09).
Read MoreJay Bushman is a writer, producer, director, and a true student of television as it bleeds into the transmedia age. He joins Allison and Jeremy to discuss the troubling "backgrounding" of Cooper, feeling the filler, and the uphill struggle after the reveal of who killed Laura Palmer.
Save us, Shirtless Cooper.
In this podcast, the gang discusses Episode 15 (16 including The Pilot, or S02E08).
Read MoreBenDavid Grabinski is a writer, director, and one of the best people you can discuss the Fast and the Furious franchise with, bar none. He joins Allison and Jeremy to discuss the biggest reveal of the show thus far. A "Special Guest Star" from Twin Peaks makes a cameo, so stick with us to the very end of this week's show.
In this podcast, the gang discusses Episode 14 (15 including The Pilot, or S02E07).
Read MoreJosh Weinstein was a writer on The Simpsons during what many consider the show's Golden Age. He joins Allie and Jeremy to discuss Twin Peaks as well as how it influenced Simpsons classic cliffhanger "Who Shot Mr. Burns?"
If you are a fan of The Simpsons at all (not even necessarily a die-hard), this episode might make your brain explode in joy.
WARNING: Contains spoilers for "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", including the name of the shooter.
A couple of recording breaks can be heard in the recording due to noise interrupting our intrepid trio, but thankfully, zero content was lost.
Read MoreRuss Fischer writes for Slashfilm, and has known Jeremy since "The CHUD Days." He joins Allison and Jeremy to discuss the good notes of Twin Peaks season 2, being on the fence about the 2016 return of Twin Peaks, and the out-of-print and hard-to-find Autobiography of Dale Cooper.
In this podcast, the gang discusses Episode 13 (14 including The Pilot, or S02E06).
Program Note:
The beginning of the second segment of the show (after the introduction of Russ) sounds abrupt: as if the result of an error in editing. It is abrupt, but not the result of anything other than tech issues outside our control eating a few minutes of audio. Those minutes are sadly lost, never to be heard again. Allison and Jeremy picked the discussion up in a way that still makes sense, but that sounds odd based on previous episodes.
In retropsect, this whole show should have been recorded on good old reel-to-reel tape.
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