An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
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Waldo the myna bird is shot and killed because he "saw too much" on the night of Laura Palmer's murder, and might "talk". Also: (dead) fish in the percolator. But no dogs are harmed
There’s multiple shots where the camera is from the point of view of someone following someone from a distance away, with deep breathing. It's very creepy.
Very much so. The most prominent is the abuse between a woman and her boyfriend, but there is also abuse between a daughter and her father, and a separate daughter who is neglected and emotionally abused by her father. Healthy parental and domestic relationships are few and far between and there is a *lot* of near-abuse manipulation between almost all of the depicted couples.
Prior to the start of the series, Leland Palmer was sexually assaulted by a pedophile who turned out to be the demon BOB. It is strongly implied, and shown in the Fire Walk With Me film, that Leland later abused Laura Palmer, his own daughter, after being possessed by BOB.
As described in other TWs here, there are frequent depictions of child abuse, as well as abuse of 17-18 y/o characters who still live with their parents and are seen as children, thus. The entire show revolves around abuse in a roundabout manner.
Characters are implied to use and sell cocaine, as well as syringed drugs. There is forced-drug usage implied as well, abuse casual occurrences of alcohol abuse.
S2E17 event scene with the ferret, I don't know any "behind the scenes", but she looks real and scared, which actually made me anxious about the making of this scene
S2E17 This guy brings a ferret to the enviromental event, to show "endangered species" and he's holding her and showing to the audience, she looks kinda scared and uncomfortable, I had to skip this scene as it was too much for me, but I think she somehow managed to escape
A lot of mention of much older men being with highschool girls, as well as talks of girls being assaulted by their fathers at unspecified ages. While most of the romantically-toned interactions between Audrey and Cooper are initiated by Audrey and pushed away by Cooper, they can still be a bit discomforting to watch for some viewers, as Audrey is still in highschool.
the character whose murder serves the basis of the series was also raped, as was the other girl that was with her on the night of her death. this is discussed a number of times, particularly in the first season.
There are a few instances of this which are only implied in the original two seasons of Twin Peaks. (SPOILERS) Two different female characters who were kidnapped are found to have been raped by multiple men before the show's timeline starts. There is also inferred sexual assault/abuse between a few couples who are in either abusive or generally unhealthy relationships.
Not explicitly, but there is a character whose character largely revolves around the fact that he only has one arm. There is discussion of this, and therefore while the amputation is not shown, it may still be unnerving to viewers sensitive to this subject.
No. However, similarly, the lock on a teenage girl's diary is broken in order for it to be read. This may upset viewers who are sensitive to the misuse or abuse of children's toys or personal belongings.
In the original series there is no vomit though a brain-damaged character spits out his food pretty graphically which may be triggering for emetophobes.
The show revolves around trying to solve the murder of a teenage girl. As such, a few of the main cast are cops and the very lovable main protagonist is an FBI agent.
I'm pretty sure when Audrey is kidnapped by Blackie, and other people at One Eyed Jack's they inject her with something?? I know they drug her at least.
Scars from a suicide attempt are shown, and a character bashes their head into a mirror, causing them to bleed. There is also both implied and depicted instances of excessive recklessness/self-destructiveness which could be read as a form of self harm.
While no character is explicitly labelled as autistic, at least two are heavily coded as such. The adult son of a family is described as having "emotional problems," and being in the 3rd grade despite his age. He is present in the show only as a nuisance or a caricature of neurodivergence. Similarly, a supporting character is characterized by her "oddness," and strange obsessions and/or interests. She is looked down upon and sometimes demonized for this, and is lied to and emotionally neglected by her husband. When she expresses childlike emotions, she is treated poorly.
A character has a pencil stuck in a styrofoam cup and twists it around. The sound bothered me. A little later in the episode a bell is rung many times in a row.
Inadvertent mistreatment of implied mentally ill people, as well as a lot of negligence and mistreatment of an implied-autistic character and a character with brain damage.
A trans woman character appears in the second season and gets deadnamed initially. I wouldn’t call her a transphobic joke character since she does get her own personality and plot and is generally treated more respectfully then many trans characters in the 90s. She is played by a cis man though. Trans viewers tend to have more mixed feelings on her like in this article: https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-made-twin-peaks-denise-such-a-radical-trans-character-on-tv
It’s hard to explain fully without getting into spoiler territory, but there is stated to be a teenager who is molested and later sexually assaulted by her father. Nothing is explicitly shown in the show, but it’s stated by the characters and a major plot point. There’s another instance where a father is attracted to his daughter unknowingly because she’s wearing a mask.