a nest to ease our suffering

1. Episode Four begins with an explicit homage/reference to David Lynch’s Blue Velvet in reverse: instead of the camera closing into the hol...

Quick note: As you‘ve no doubt noticed (if you‘ve read this far), I have no interest in doing an interpretation of the episodes, rather I l...

1. Barbershop Quartets are an invention of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Like many American musical inventions, they are a mix...

Hey there! Just a quick prefatory note: I'm going to try and drop one of these essays (one essay per episode) every week on Tuesday or ...

These essays on the second season of Twin Peaks are first and foremost dedicated to my parents, who are now both dead. Both of them loved T...