S2, E1, PART 1: May the Giant Be With You

Come get a DOUBLE HELPING of Back to the Double R! The Season 2 premiere is so jam-packed with Peaksian goodness, we needed two podcasts just to wrangle it. As ever, plot details for this ep are fair game; watch before listening! “May the Giant Be With You” aired 9/30/90, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch. In Part 1, Damon breaks down the opening scene; Jennifer notes a disturbing family reunion; Colin tracks Leland’s surprising glow up; and Jonathan gives Donna Hayward a closeup. Also: TP's cultural impact  and our dream directors.LISTEN: BuzzSprout | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | and more!S2, E1 PART 1 NOTES: Usenet (1980-2005)Henry Jenkins (b. 1958, USC professor)“Twin Peaks: How the Show’s Original Fans Created the Internet as We Know It Today” (2017,  article at IndieWire by Liz Shannon Miller)Twin Peaks-inspired photo shoot (1990, Sassy Magazine)Custom Audrey Horne doll (by remy/rogue) Twin Peaks Usenet newsgroup (2014, archived at LostIntheMovies.com) NES Twin Peaks video game (2020, article in TheGamer.com by Isaac Diaz)“Fuck Twin Peaks” (1993, 2014, song from Bikini Kill album Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah)Hype! (1996, film, dir. Doug Pray)Dir. Guy Maddin (The Saddest Music in the World, 2003)Dir. Sofia Coppola (The Bling Ring, 2013; The Virgin Suicides, 1999)Dir. Sally Potter (Orlando, 1992)Dir. Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry, 1999)Dir. Atom Egoyan (Exotica, 1994)Dir. Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004)Hank Worden (Waiter) (1901-1992, appeared in The Searchers, 1956, directed by John Ford)Carel Struycken (Giant)Ray Wise (Leland Palmer)