S1, E4: Rest in Pain

Back to the Double R: A Twin Peaks Rewatch

We’ve arrived at Season 1, Episode 4 of Twin Peaks, “Rest in Pain,” which originally aired 4/26/90. Remember to watch before listening, as we might discuss any episodes to this point in the series.

In this installment: Damon picks some ringers at Laura Palmer’s funeral; Jonathan grapples with Bobby Briggs and talks secrets and honesty: Jennifer shows how insiders and outsiders see Twin Peaks and how it’s primarily a male concern; and Colin takes on doubling, mirror images, and echos. Other topics this week include soap-within-a-soap “Invitation to Love,” and what’s funny-ha-ha in Twin Peaks.

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NOTES:

Tina Rathborne, episode director

Zelly and Me (1988, film, written/directed by Tina Rathborn, feat. Isabella Rossellini, David Lynch)

Harley Peyton, episode writer

Royce Applegate (minister at Laura Palmer’s funeral)

Dana Ashbrook (Bobby Briggs)

Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris of Saved by the Bell)

Richard Ramirez (real-life serial killer, known as The Night Stalker)

Don S. Davis (Major Garland Briggs)

Holden Caulfield (protagonist in the novel 1951 novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger)

Twin Peaks Z to A (box set feat. episode recaps from Lucy Moran,” Kimmy Robertson)

Vertigo (1958, film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock)

Wendy Robie (Nadine Hurley)