The late David Lynch loved how his ABC drama “Twin Peaks” began in the early 1990s. But the second part of the supernatural murder mystery didn’t exactly qualify as “awesome” in the legendary filmmaker’s opinion.
“The pilot is the only thing I’m particularly, extremely proud of,” Lynch told TVLine in 2017. “There were a lot of good moments along the way. The second season sucked.”
“Twin Peaks”, which Lynch co-created with Mark Frost, describes life in a small town after the death of a teenage girl shakes the community. The series is responsible for some of the scariest TV moments in the history of the medium and is still beloved by fans today.
Like most of Lynch’s works, “Twin Peaks” is full of dark humor, but the first season is the most disturbing and has a tight, focused story. Second installment? Not so much. Season 2 often strays into silly territory, which can be attributed to Lynch not supervising some episodes as well as network executives adding their own opinions into the mix. However, Lynch didn’t let the same mistakes happen when he returned to lead the “Twin Peaks” revival series in 2017.
David Lynch was adamant on not repeating the mistakes of Twin Peaks season 2 with the revival series
The “Twin Peaks” revival series takes place 25 years after the events of the second season, with Agent Dale Cooper (played by Kyle MacLachlan) still trapped in the Black Lodge dimension while his evil doppelganger wreaks havoc in the real world. This is the general gist of the story, but the series is full of bizarre subplots that showcase Lynchian weirdness in its fullest form. To avoid what happened with Season 2, David Lynch directed every episode.
“I wanted it to be cohesive,” he told TVLine. “I look at it as a film. (And you) don’t stop it (a film) in the middle and let someone else (direct). It has to be followed through from the beginning to the end.”
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