This week, we get super dark for Season 2, Episode 5, “The Orchid’s Curse”! Remember, we’ll spoil the heck out of this ep, so watch before listening!

It’s a journey through confounding labyrinths as Damon explores the dream logic of Twin Peaks’ geography; Jonathan maps out Northwest Noir, focussing on Sheriff Truman; Colin finds eerie links between old-school Gothic hits and the show; and Jennifer exposes disturbing acts of seduction, betrayal, voyeurism, and violence. Good times!

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S2, E5 NOTES:
Barry Pullman (episode writer)
Graeme Clifford (episode director)
Talking Heads (1975-91, American rock band)
David Byrne (b. 1952, musician, Talking Heads and solo work)
Chris Frantz (b. 1951, musician, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
Tina Weymouth (b. 1950, musician, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)
Jerry Harrison (b. 1950, musician, Talking Heads and Modern Lovers)
Bernie Worrell (1944-2016, musician, Talking Heads and Parliament-Funkadelic)
Remain in Love (2020, memoir, written by Chris Frantz)
Crazy Clown Time (2011, album by David Lynch)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (film, 1975, directed by Jim Sharman)
Frances (film, 1982, directed by Graeme Clifford)
Frances Farmer (1913-1970, American actor)
Jessica Lang (b. 1949, American actor)
“Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle” (1983, song, from “In Utero” by Nirvana)
Royal Dano (1922-1994, American actor, Judge Sternwood)
Michael Ontkean (Sheriff Harry S. Truman)
Red River Valley (folk song, unknown origin)
Fae folk (mythical (?) beings)
Cultivator (garden tool, face ripper)
David Lander (1947-2020, beloved American actor, TV’s Squiggy)
Black Yukon Sucker Punch Reverse-Engineered, from Welcome to Twin Peaks (legendary Twin Peaks fan site)
Kevin Young (Toad)
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln (Disneyland experi