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75-643: FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper states, in the pilot episode, that the town of Twin Peaks is "five miles south of the Canadian border, and twelve miles west of the state line". This places it in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness . Lynch and Frost started their location search in Snoqualmie, Washington , on the recommendation of a friend of Frost. They found all of the locations that they had written into

150-550: A San Fernando Valley warehouse. The frequently seen Double R Diner is owned and managed by the character Norma Jennings , portrayed by actress Peggy Lipton . Twin Peaks character Shelly Johnson , portrayed by actress Mädchen Amick , works there as a waitress, alongside Heidi portrayed by Andrea Hays . When filming began on the original Twin Peaks series in 1989, the Mar-T Cafe located in North Bend, Washington

225-471: A prequel that details the last week of Laura Palmer's life. At one point while experiencing a strange dream involving the Black Lodge and its residents, in the non-linear realm Laura encounters Cooper at a point after he has become trapped there. Cooper implores her not to take "the ring," a mysterious object that gives its wearer a sort of connection to the Black Lodge. Shortly thereafter, Laura also has

300-621: A book that writer Mark Frost 's brother Scott Frost wrote as a companion to the series, titled The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes. The book is catalogued as ISBN   978-0-330-27280-3 . Early in the second season of Twin Peaks , Simon & Schuster Audio released Diane ... The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper, a cassette-only release that Kyle MacLachlan also performed. The tape consists of newly recorded messages from Cooper to his (then) never-seen assistant, Diane, mixed in with monologues from

375-671: A broken heart from someone in her past. Cooper helps her to prepare for participation in the Miss Twin Peaks contest. However, during the contest she is kidnapped by Earle, who takes her to the Black Lodge and uses her fear to open the gateway. Guardian of the Threshold The Guardian of the Threshold is a menacing figure that is described by a number of esoteric teachers. The term "Guardian of

450-465: A chair and places electrodes on her, while the wife sits across from her in a similar chair. The man tries to stimulate Daphne by rubbing her legs and having a puppy lick her face while the wife seems to feel what the woman does. The wife quickly returns to a catatonic state, while the assistant carries Daphne off and takes her picture in front of a backdrop that resembles the Red Room. As the video ends,

525-534: A coma. Upon awakening, however, Cooper returns with his senses intact and with the assistance of the Mitchum brothers, he heads back to Twin Peaks. Although Cooper is unable to arrive at the Twin Peaks sheriff's station before his doppelgänger, the doppelgänger is killed by Lucy Brennan ( Kimmy Robertson ) and BOB is destroyed by Freddie Skyes ( Jake Wardle ), allowing Cooper to return his doppelgänger's spirit to

600-509: A deep bond emerges between the two; Truman even deputizes Cooper during the latter's brief suspension from the FBI. Cooper's strongest relationship outside of the townspeople is that of his friendship with his colleague, Agent Albert Rosenfield . Though he has strong respect and admiration for Rosenfield's medical skills, and is seemingly not intimidated by Rosenfield's sarcastic manner, he has little tolerance or patience for Rosenfield's treatment of

675-454: A going away gift and ties the ribbon with her tongue; Leland Palmer , played by Phil Hartman , who requests that Cooper dance with him; Nadine Hurley ( Jan Hooks ), who wants Cooper to take her silent drape runners to the patent office; The Log Lady , also played by Hooks, following Truman's observation that there were only two female SNL cast members; and finally Leo in custody of Deputy Andy Brennan ( Conan O'Brien ). Cooper protests that

750-408: A man and his wife, with the latter appearing to be a paraplegic . The man bathes, feeds, and dresses his wife, puts her in the backseat of a car and drives down Hollywood Boulevard . The man picks up a woman off of the street, Daphne (played by Jenna Elfman ), with his assistant drugging her and taking her to an empty building. The assistant dresses Daphne up to look like the wife then straps her into

825-520: A mysterious woman called "Diane" into his microcassette recorder that he always carries with him, that often contain everyday observations and thoughts on his current case. In an interview with Scouting Magazine , Lynch said that Cooper is likely an Eagle Scout , the highest rank of the Boy Scouts of America (which incidentally Lynch also holds), and that this is the root of Cooper's courteous yet determined nature and natural leadership skills. In

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900-579: A new interior that looked nothing like the Double R Diner. As of September 2015, as part of the production of the 2017 season of Twin Peaks , the series production company restored the interior of Twede’s Cafe to the original Double R Diner interior. The renovations were reportedly permanent and remained in place after filming wrapped. Much of the series takes place in The Great Northern Hotel. The lead character, FBI Agent Dale Cooper ,

975-433: A place of almost unimaginable power, chock full of dark forces and vicious secrets. No prayers dare enter this frightful maw. The spirits there care not for good deeds or priestly invocations, they're as likely to rip the flesh from your bone as greet you with a happy "good day". And if harnessed, these spirits in this hidden land of unmuffled screams and broken hearts would offer up a power so vast that its bearer might reorder

1050-466: A skipping jazz record attempts to convince them to give in to the Black Blood's madness. The Red Room is also parodied as "The Sitting Room" in multiple episodes of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated , first accessed by Scooby-Doo in a dream and later accessed by all of Mystery, Inc. under mass hypnosis. A helper figure similar to The Man from Another Place appears there, and, like the original Man,

1125-593: A vision of a bloody Annie Blackburn beside her in her bed, who tells her: "My name is Annie. I've been with Dale and Laura. The good Dale is in the Lodge, and he can't leave. Write it in your diary." A year prior to Laura's murder, Cooper witnesses missing FBI Agent Phillip Jeffries ( David Bowie ) appear in Cole's office before mysteriously disappearing again. He then investigates the disappearance of Agent Chester Desmond ( Chris Isaak ), who went missing while tasked with solving

1200-651: Is a fictional character who is the protagonist of the ABC and Showtime television series Twin Peaks , and plays a supporting role in the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me . He is portrayed in all his appearances by American actor Kyle MacLachlan . An idiosyncratic FBI agent, Cooper arrives in Twin Peaks in 1989 to investigate the brutal murder of popular high school student Laura Palmer , and begins to uncover several bizarre mysteries around

1275-625: Is a resident of the hotel for the length of the original series. The exterior of The Great Northern Hotel is the Salish Lodge in Snoqualmie, WA . (In 1988, the building was completely remodeled and reopened as the Salish Lodge.) The lodge that inspired The Great Northern Hotel is the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington . The Kiana Lodge was built in the late 1920s and is furnished with alder bentwood pieces dating from that era. The hotel

1350-416: Is accomplished by crossing through another set of red curtains that lead to a narrow hallway. The floor is a chevron pattern of brown and white, and all sides of any room and all walls of any hallway encountered are covered by identical red curtains. In the final episode, a second room in the Lodge is seen, identical to the first. Between the two rooms is a narrow corridor which has the same floor and "walls" as

1425-614: Is based on intuition and even dreams . On joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation , Cooper was based at the Bureau offices in Philadelphia . It was here that Cooper was partnered with the older Windom Earle ( Kenneth Welsh ). At some point, Cooper would be placed under the authority of FBI Chief Gordon Cole ( David Lynch ), which sometimes meant being handed the mysterious 'Blue Rose' cases. Some time after Cooper joined

1500-410: Is clearly attracted to Audrey, but he is quick to rebuff her advances when she turns up in his hotel bed. Cooper explains she is too young, but he does genuinely want to be her friend. Following her rescue, there remains a close and affectionate friendship with the two, most notably when Audrey arrives to his hotel room for comfort following her father's arrest and her sad farewell when she believes Cooper

1575-510: Is dethroned or dead." According to Max Heindel , the Dweller on the Threshold must be confronted by every aspirant—usually at an early stage of his progress into the unseen worlds—and is one of the main causes of obsession. In Rudolf Steiner 's play The Guardian of the Threshold , first performed in 1912 and the third in a series of four "Mystery Dramas", the appearance of the Guardian

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1650-541: Is known as Glastonbury Grove. It is said that the key to gain entrance to the Black Lodge is fear—usually an act of brutal murder. This is in contrast to the key to the White Lodge, which is love. Another requirement to enter the Black Lodge through the entrance in Glastonbury Grove is that it may only be entered "...when Jupiter and Saturn meet..." When the above requirements are met and one approaches

1725-537: Is leaving Twin Peaks for good. Audrey later gives Cooper a kiss when she discovers evidence that clears him of drug charges, and they later dance at the Milford wedding. Following his reinstatement to the FBI, Cooper meets Annie Blackburn , the sister of Norma Jennings ( Peggy Lipton ), and falls in love with her. Annie is established as being a kindred spirit, experiencing the world with curiosity and wonder. Much like Cooper's pain over Caroline Earle, Annie also nurses

1800-405: Is occupied by a different family. As Cooper asks what year he is in, Carrie hears Sarah shouting Laura's name, causing her to scream and the lights in the house to go out. The series then ends with an image of Laura whispering into Cooper's ear. The feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me subtly expands on the events of Cooper's fate in the series finale, while at the same time functioning as

1875-411: Is owned by Ben Horne , a business associate of Leland Palmer ; the death of his daughter Laura Palmer is the catalyst for the series. The Black Lodge is an extradimensional place that seems to include, primarily, the " Red Room " first seen by Agent Cooper in a dream early in the series. As events in the series unfold, it becomes apparent that the characters from the Red Room, the Black Lodge, and

1950-581: Is played by Michael J. Anderson . The Sitting Room appears to be a spirit realm where both helpful and malicious entities can dwell, as well as pieces of the souls of those tainted by the Treasure of Crystal Cove. A parody of the Red Room is featured as "The Club" in Gravity Falls , Season 1, Episode 4 "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel". In an interview, Atlus co-founder Kazuma Kaneko confirmed that

2025-474: Is the key to solving Laura's murder. Eventually, Cooper deduces that Laura's father, Leland ( Ray Wise ), murdered her while possessed by BOB. When BOB forces Leland to commit suicide, Cooper helps him transition into the afterlife by reciting a Buddhist prayer for the dead . Cooper helps the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department in investigating other cases as well, even during a brief suspension from

2100-620: Is the result of the wicked thoughts and acts of the age in which any one may live, and it assumes to each student a definite shape at each appearance, being always either of one sort or changing each time" "This Dweller of the Threshold meets us in many shapes. It is the Cerberus guarding the entrance to Hades ; the Dragon which St. Michael (spiritual will-power) is going to kill; the Snake which tempted Eve , and whose head will be crushed by

2175-657: The Giant , Laura Palmer (passing through the Red Room before ascending to the White Lodge), and Dale Cooper. The spirits can possess humans if they are let in: Bob possesses Leland Palmer but not Laura, who refuses to let him in. Later, Bob possesses Dale Cooper's doppelganger (not Cooper himself); The Giant and an elderly waiter from the Great Northern Hotel were "one and the same". Mike and The Man From Another Place (Mike's arm) possess Phillip Gerard. In

2250-582: The Masonic historian archeologist David Harrison notes in his article on Twin Peaks , the floor resembles a zig-zag version of the Mosaic Pavement in a Masonic lodge , hence the names Black Lodge and White Lodge , which consists of squares in the middle, but of triangles at the borders. As the focus of the series is on how to pass through from one surreal realm into the other, or how to transcend from one level of fear of this metaphysical realm to

2325-575: The Black Lodge was the main source of inspiration for the Velvet Room's design in the Persona video game series, though the color of the room was altered to blue in reference to David Lynch 's film Blue Velvet . The cult classic video game Deadly Premonition , that was heavily influenced by Twin Peaks, also has a Red Room of sorts that the protagonist Agent York Morgan visits on his dreams. The video game The Evil Within 2 frequently uses

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2400-537: The Black Lodge, as well as Diane ( Laura Dern ) in her Naido form, Cooper is finally able to leave. Due to outside interference, however, Cooper replaces Douglas "Dougie" Jones, a Las Vegas insurance agent, instead of his doppelgänger. Upon his return to the natural realm, he is left in a near- catatonic state, unable to perform basic tasks without assistance and rarely speaking besides repeating words he hears. Only slight traces of Cooper's personality appear, such as his passion for coffee and cherry pie. Cooper also becomes

2475-481: The Black Lodge, he encounters his evil doppelgänger , who is in league with BOB. Earle appears and says he will let Annie go if Cooper gives him his soul. Cooper agrees, and Earle stabs him in the stomach. Seconds later, BOB appears and reverses time in the Lodge. BOB tells Cooper that Earle cannot ask for his soul, and then kills Earle and takes his soul. BOB then turns on Cooper, who flees, pursued by BOB and Cooper's doppelgänger. BOB allows Cooper's doppelgänger to leave

2550-442: The Black Lodge, while Cooper remains there. In the show's final scene, the doppelgänger smashes Cooper's head into a mirror and starts laughing hysterically; BOB's face looks back at him in the broken mirror. Twenty-five years after the events of the original series, Cooper remains trapped in the Black Lodge, while his doppelgänger continues to assume his identity in the natural realm. With help from entities both inside and outside of

2625-455: The Black Lodge. He also reunites with Diane, freeing her from her Naido form. With BOB and the doppelgänger defeated, he then visits Phillip Jeffries ( Nathan Frizzell ), who sends him to the night of Laura Palmer's death. Cooper is successful in preventing her murder, but while leading Laura to the Fireman 's ( Carel Struycken ) realm, she abruptly disappears. Using information given him by

2700-489: The Bureau, Earle's wife, Caroline, was a witness to a federal crime. Earle and Cooper were assigned to protect her, and it was around this time that Cooper began an affair with Caroline. However, one night, while in Pittsburgh , Cooper let his guard down, and Earle murdered Caroline in a jealous rage. Earle was subsequently sent to a mental institution. Cooper was devastated by the loss of the woman he would later refer to as

2775-597: The Earth itself to his liking. As the Black and White Lodges become more prominent in the story, Major Briggs claims that during one or more of his disappearances, he had visited the White Lodge and goes on to offer advice regarding it. Although the Red Room began exclusively as a location within Agent Dale Cooper 's dreams, the inhabitants began appearing in other locations in the town, inciting other elements in

2850-457: The FBI. While in Twin Peaks, he learns of the mysterious places called the Black Lodge and the White Lodge and the various spirits inhabiting them, including MIKE and The Man From Another Place ( Michael J. Anderson ). He also resolves to protect the town from Earle, who has become a serial killer . In the final episode of Twin Peaks , Cooper enters the Black Lodge to rescue his new girlfriend, Annie Blackburn ( Heather Graham ), from Earle. In

2925-460: The Fireman, Cooper travels to Odessa in search of Laura, initially accompanied by Diane. He eventually finds a woman who resembles an older Laura, but identifies herself as Carrie Page (Lee). Nevertheless, certain that she is Laura, Cooper convinces her to travel to Twin Peaks to reunite with Sarah Palmer at her household. Upon arriving at the Palmer household, however, Cooper discovers that the house

3000-616: The Red Room motif, in association with one of the primary antagonists, Stefano Valentini. On an episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden in September 2017, the opening segment featured actor Kyle MacLachlan having turned his dressing room into the Red Room, including speaking in the warped backwards manner. It is also referenced in All Hail King Julien in the third episode of season three "Dance, Dance, Resolution" in which Mort speaks backwards to King Julien in

3075-538: The Threshold") as a literary invention of the English mystic and novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton is found in his romance Zanoni (1842). After the founding of the Theosophical Society in 1875, the term gained wide currency in theosophical circles. The Guardian of the Threshold is a spectral figure and is the abstract of the debit and credit book of the individual. "It is the combined evil influence that

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3150-415: The Threshold", often called " Dweller on the Threshold ", indicates a spectral image which is supposed to manifest itself as soon as "the student of the spirit ascends upon the path into the higher worlds of knowledge". The Guardian of the Threshold is also the title of the third play (of a tetralogy of Mystery Dramas ) written by Rudolf Steiner in 1912. The "Dweller of the Threshold" (or "Guardian of

3225-441: The White Lodge, are connected. At first, it is revealed that there is a mysterious dark presence in the woods that the town's Bookhouse Boys have been combatting for generations. Although they do not know what it is, Native American policeman Deputy Hawk says that the Black Lodge is from the mythology of his people, describing it as: The shadow-self of the White Lodge. The legend says that every spirit must pass through there on

3300-477: The air. And when it rained, it rained sweet nectar that infused one's heart with a desire to live life in truth and beauty. Generally speaking, a ghastly place, reeking of virtue's sour smell. Engorged with the whispered prayers of kneeling mothers, mewling newborns, and fools, young and old, compelled to do good without reason ... But, I am happy to point out that our story does not end in this wretched place of saccharine excess. For there's another place, its opposite:

3375-454: The black lodge, you can see the mythical pineapple shadow on the red curtains and King Julien's parents there, to which King Julian asks "Mort why are you talking backwards!?", Mort then does a strange forward walk that also seems somewhat backwards to which King Julien's parents clap, King Julien then tries to please his parents which then turns into Maurice, then King Julien awakes. Twin Peaks' score conductor Angelo Badalamenti helped write

3450-441: The camera cuts to a shot of a board with several dozen pictures of other women who went through the same ordeal that Daphne did. The band members briefly appear in the video, showing up in quick shots in the Red Room. All tracks are written by John Bush, Scott Ian, Frank Bello, Charlie Benante, and Angelo Badalamenti, except where noted Dale Cooper Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper

3525-552: The case can not be over so soon and insists in vain that he and Truman perform several pointless tasks in order to aid him in the already solved investigation, including going to a graveyard at midnight disguised as altar boys. As everyone begins to leave, Cooper declares that they can not leave because they still do not know who shot him at the end of Season One. Leo, however, confesses to shooting Cooper, adding that Cooper himself saw him do it. Cooper reluctantly goes to sleep as The Man from Another Place ( Mike Myers ) begins to dance at

3600-428: The favor of the Mitchum brothers, Rodney ( Robert Knepper ) and Bradley ( James Belushi ), the gangsters who own the local casino. Cooper eventually starts to come out of his near-catatonic state after hearing Gordon Cole's name spoken while watching the film Sunset Boulevard . The reference to his boss' name prompts Cooper to stick a fork into an electrical socket, electrocuting himself, and initially putting him into

3675-571: The final episode of Twin Peaks , Cooper meets The Man from Another Place, who refers to the Red Room as the "waiting room". This echoes Hawk's claim that every spirit must pass through the Black Lodge on the way to perfection and that the Red Room leads to the White Lodge as well. The red curtains, zig-zag floors and bright spotlights of the White and Black Lodges have also appeared in several of David Lynch 's other films, suggesting that Lynch may view their influences as ongoing in his narrative worlds. As

3750-455: The foot of his bed. Upon his arrival in Twin Peaks, Cooper is enchanted with the place and forms an instant rapport with many of the townspeople - most particularly Sheriff Harry S. Truman and his deputies, Deputy Tommy "Hawk" Hill and Deputy Andy Brennan ( Harry Goaz ). While Truman is initially skeptical of Cooper's unconventional investigation methods and other-worldly ideas, he is most often willing to accept Cooper's judgment. Over time,

3825-536: The heel of the woman; the Hobgoblin watching the place where the treasure is buried, etc. He is the king of evil, who will not permit that within his kingdom a child should grow up, which might surpass him in power; the Herod before whose wrath the divine child Christ has to flee into a foreign country, and is not permitted to return to his home (the soul) until the king (Ambition, Pride, Vanity, Self-righteousness, etc.)

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3900-549: The height of Twin Peaks ' popularity, the episode contained many references to the series throughout. Also featured was a sketch parodying the show and in particular Dale Cooper. Cooper is portrayed in the sketch as being extremely attentive to detail in his messages to Diane, including informing her of how many hairs he found in his shower the night before. Sheriff Harry S. Truman ( Kevin Nealon ) then visits Cooper, telling him that Leo Johnson ( Chris Farley ) has confessed to

3975-446: The incident described the perpetrators as burglars who had set the cafe ablaze to cover up their theft of $ 450. In an interview from May 2015, Kyle Twede described the arsonists as kids who had broken into the cafe to mess around and drink wine coolers and, fearing they would get in trouble, chose to set the place on fire. The interior was destroyed, while the exterior neon sign and the structure remained; Twede’s Cafe reopened in 2001 with

4050-519: The love of his life, and swore to never again get involved with someone who was a part of a case to which he was assigned. Three years before his arrival in Twin Peaks, Cooper has a dream involving the plight of the Tibetan people , which also reveals to him the deductive technique of the Tibetan method. Deeply moved by what he saw in this dream, this event forms the basis of his unconventional methods of investigation. Cooper reveals to his boss, Cole, of

4125-448: The murder of Laura Palmer and that he can go home. Cooper raises concerns that the investigations may not be over because he had a dream last night in which "A hairless mouse with a pitchfork sang a song about caves." He discards Leo's confession in spite of the overwhelming evidence against him. He is then visited by several Twin Peaks residents all played by SNL cast members: Audrey Horne , played by Victoria Jackson , who gives Cooper

4200-546: The murder of Teresa Banks ( Pamela Gidley ), but finds only the words "Let's Rock" written on the windshield of Desmond's car. Later, Cooper confides in Agent Albert Rosenfield ( Miguel Ferrer ) that he suspects Teresa's murderer will strike again, correctly describing Laura as the killer's next victim, but Rosenfield dismisses Cooper's prediction. At the film's conclusion, Cooper appears in the Red Room beside Laura's spirit, smiling and comforting her. During

4275-466: The one associated with love and that both are a way to come to a cumulative, final interpretation on the matter of reality itself, reachable from both sides of the medal , the condensation and reduction of the symbolism to a zig-zag floor makes sense in context of the series' themes. The Black Lodge and White Lodge are home to many spirits and people alike, including Bob, Mike , the Man from Another Place ,

4350-423: The original broadcasts. The tape begins with a prologue monologue in which Cooper discusses his pending trip to Twin Peaks, continues with the initial monologue heard in the pilot, and continues to a point after his recovery from being shot. For his work on this release, MacLachlan was nominated for a Grammy Award for best spoken-word performance . When Kyle MacLachlan guest hosted Saturday Night Live in 1990 at

4425-413: The other two rooms. Although the Lodge inhabitants speak English, their voices are warped and strangely clipped and their movements are unnatural (this effect is accomplished by the actors performing in reverse and the footage is then played backwards). Residents often speak in riddles and non-sequiturs . The main inhabitants of the Lodge are The Man from Another Place , The Giant and Killer Bob . In

4500-408: The pilot episode. The towns of Snoqualmie, North Bend and Fall City – which became the primary filming locations for stock Twin Peaks exterior footage – are about an hour's drive from the town of Roslyn, Washington , the town used for the series Northern Exposure . Many exterior scenes were filmed in wooded areas of Malibu, California . Most of the interior scenes were shot on standing sets in

4575-594: The plot, to the point where the Red Room and White/Black Lodge stories became one. After discovering a mysterious map in Owl Cave, it becomes evident to Earle and Cooper—both independently and with different motivations for wanting to visit it—that the entrance to the Black Lodge is located in Ghostwood Forest which surrounds the town of Twin Peaks, at a pool of a substance that smells like scorched engine oil and surrounded by 12 young sycamore trees . This area

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4650-539: The pool in Glastonbury Grove, red curtains appear, which the person walks between before the curtains vanish once again. There is little furniture in the Red Room aside from a few armchairs, a wheeled table and a couple of floor lamps. There is also a statue of the Venus de Medici , easily mistaken for the Venus de Milo (the Venus de Milo can be seen in the hallway). There are no doors to speak of; movement from room to room

4725-453: The portents of a strange dream. On February 24, 1989, Cooper comes to the town of Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer ( Sheryl Lee ). Initially, the prime suspect is Laura's boyfriend Bobby Briggs ( Dana Ashbrook ), but Cooper quickly determines he is innocent. Cooper meets Phillip Gerard ( Al Strobel ), a shoe salesman who is possessed by an evil spirit called MIKE ; MIKE tells him that another demon, BOB ( Frank Silva ),

4800-491: The same interview, Lynch said that Sheriff Harry S. Truman was probably also a scout as a child, yet one that only made it to the rank of Life Scout , Scouting's second-highest rank. Born on April 19, 1954, Dale Cooper is a graduate of Germantown Friends School and Haverford College . He is quirky and intellectual, with a profound interest in the mystical, particularly in Tibet and Native American mythology. Much of his work

4875-407: The second season of Twin Peaks , Simon & Schuster 's Pocket Books division released several official tie-in publications, each written either by its creators or members of their family, which offer a wealth of character back-stories; Cooper's, in two such publications, is one of the best-developed of these back-stories. Many of the details of Cooper's history as previously cited are drawn from

4950-457: The segment, Yeardley Smith recorded the part backwards and it was reversed. Several other parts in the segment are direct references to Twin Peaks , including a moving shadow on the curtain, and Wiggum's hair standing straight up after waking. In the manga series Soul Eater , the Red Room is used as a motif when Soul Eater and Maka Albarn are infected with Black Blood. A demon who dances backward (similar to The Man from Another Place ) to

5025-417: The song "Black Lodge" on the 1993 Sound of White Noise album by Anthrax . The song was released as the album's third single on August 19, 1993. The sound of the song differs greatly from the band's earlier thrash metal tracks, with AllMusic 's Dave Connolly describing it as "cooled-down". A music video was created for the song, being directed by past filmmaker Mark Pellington . The video centers on

5100-617: The target of an assassination plot organized by corrupt businessman Duncan Todd ( Patrick Fischler ) on orders from his doppelgänger. The attempts on Cooper's life fail, partly through circumstance and assistance from MIKE and The Man From Another Place. Assistance from supernatural forces also leads to Cooper inadvertently obtaining money to pay off Dougie's debt to loan sharks, exposing a ring of corruption in Dougie's office, improving Dougie's relationship with his wife Janey-E ( Naomi Watts ) and boss Bushnell Mullins ( Don Murray ), and winning over

5175-407: The town's citizens - most particularly his animosity towards Sheriff Truman. Prior to Twin Peaks , Cooper's strongest romantic relationship was his affair with Caroline Earle, the wife of his former partner, Windom Earle . Caroline had been under Cooper and Earle's protection for witnessing a federal crime Earle committed when he lost his mind, but on one night when Cooper's guard was down, Caroline

5250-512: The town, including some supernatural ones. Co-creator David Lynch named Cooper in reference to D. B. Cooper , the pseudonym of an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft on November 24, 1971. MacLachlan has stated that he views Cooper as an older version of his character in Blue Velvet (1986), a previous David Lynch collaboration. "I see my character as Jeffrey Beaumont grown up. Instead of being acted upon, he has command on

5325-405: The two-part Simpsons episode, " Who Shot Mr. Burns? ", Chief Clancy Wiggum has trouble solving the case and falls into a dream sequence in which he sits in the Red Room with Lisa Simpson , who speaks backwards. She gives him clues in reverse-speak, but Wiggum is unable to understand her until she gives up in frustration and speaks normally. As with Twin Peaks , while recording Lisa's lines for

5400-614: The way to perfection. There, you will meet your own shadow self. My people call it 'the Dweller on the Threshold ' ... But it is said, if you confront the Black Lodge with imperfect courage, it will utterly annihilate your soul. During the second season, Windom Earle relates a story about the White Lodge: Once upon a time, there was a place of great goodness, called the White Lodge. Gentle fawns gamboled there amidst happy, laughing spirits. The sounds of innocence and joy filled

5475-405: The world." Lynch has stated Cooper's character was developed as "a grown-up Jeffrey Beaumont". Cooper displays an array of quirky mannerisms such as giving a "thumbs up" when satisfied, sage-like sayings, and distinctive sense of humor along with his love for a good cherry pie and a "damn fine cup of coffee" which he takes black. One of his most popular habits is recording spoken-word tapes to

5550-467: Was murdered by Windom. Caroline's death and his failure to protect her continues to haunt Cooper on his arrival to Twin Peaks, referring to a "broken heart" when discussing women with Truman and his deputies. On arrival to Twin Peaks, Cooper becomes quickly aware that 18-year-old Audrey Horne ( Sherilyn Fenn ), the daughter of local businessman Benjamin Horne ( Richard Beymer ), has a crush on him. Cooper

5625-524: Was used as the Double R Diner location in the series pilot and the prequel film Fire Walk With Me and served as the model for the Hollywood sound stage set where all other Double R Diner interior scenes were filmed. The restaurant was sold in 1998 to Kyle Twede ( / t w iː d i / TWEE -dee ), who renamed it Twede's Cafe. A fire gutted Twede's Cafe in July 2000 and was the result of arson. News of

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