S1 E1
Status
Ended
Network
ABC (US)
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Season 1  "Pilot"  1x1

Aired 34 years ago - Apr 08, 1990

The small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in when Ronnette Pulaski, who attended the same high school as Laura, is found wandering on a bridge before lapsing into a coma. Cooper believes there is a connection between Laura's death and the death of another girl named Theresa Banks that happened a year earlier. Cooper discovers a small piece of paper with the letter "R" on it shoved under Laura's fingernail. He reveals to Sheriff Truman that under the nail of Thersa Banks he found a "T." There's little doubt the same killer has stuck again. Meanwhile, the rebellious Audrey Horne ruins a business deal for her father Benjamin; Twin Peaks sheriff Harry S. Truman arrests Laura's boyfriend Bobby, who is secretly seeing a married woman named Shelly; Laura's best friend Donna and secret boyfriend James discover a mutu

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And who really pulled the trigger on JFK?
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The Sheriff's in the conference room. It's the door across from the...
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Harry, as you know, I delivered Laura.
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Within the last...
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OK.
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Be a good girl and save me a piece of pie.
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No. I tried to get her to stop. And she did. For a while.
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I didn't see her again.
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Where's that shirt?
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When did you see him?
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Don't mention one word about Leo Johnson. You do not know...
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Because we realised...
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Hey, Ed, how's that coconut?
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About last night at the Roadhouse, something's not right.
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I can recommend a place for lunch: The Lamplighter Inn.
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I was inventing a noiseless, completely silent drape runner.
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because if anything happens to him, we're coming for you.
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Forget it. Catherine was wrong yesterday. Period.
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I'll pour that for you.
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Something was bothering her, but we didn't have a heart-to-heart on it.
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Nonsense, mischief, often a deceitful or treacherous trick.
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I'm no schoolgirl, either.
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All that dry timber lying around...
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Take this now.
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I miss her so much. I miss her so much.
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Excuse me.
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Julie tells me that you were in with the Norwegians,
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And while I was in there, I happened to mention that I was sad.
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I lost you years ago.
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In other words, Robert, I respect your rebellious nature.
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Robert, you and I are going to work to make yours real clear.
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Husband's a trucker, Leo. Minor rap sheet.
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Thanks, Norma. See you tomorrow.
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Why don't you fellas sit down at the table and I'll check on the roast.
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