Twin Peaks: Episode 29 / Beyond Life and Death

Twin Peaks: Season 2, Episode 22

We've reached the final episode of Twin Peaks run on network television. We knew it was coming, and it's arrived in all its glory, our discussion of the second part in the Twin Peaks series finale, Episode 29, "Beyond Life and Death." 

Directed by David Lynch and written by Mark Frost, Harley Peyton, Bob Engles, and David Lynch.

Sources:

• "How the Hell Did David Lynch Get Away With the Twin Peaks Finale?" by Scott Meslow - https://www.gq.com/story/david-lynch-twin-peaks-finale
• "An oral history of Twin Peaks by its unforgettable stars: ‘I put my waitress uniform on and began bawling" by Steve Rose -https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/23/an-oral-history-of-twin-peaks-david-lynch-madchen-amick-joan-chen
• Frank Silva discussing Josie in the Red Room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAPbjmqRJwI&t=36m57s
• Les Enfants du Paradis, "Meanwhile" gesture - https://americanlibraryinparis.org/leslie-taubman-les-enfants-du-paradis-an-appreciation-of-a-landmark-film-in-the-history-of-french-cinema/ 
• ASL sign for "Tree" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr39EDcSNYg

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