Twin Peaks
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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Sheriff Harry Truman takes the call from Pete Martell at the police station, a reflection of a seated crew member wearing headphones (it actually looks very much like David Lynch!) is visible in the glass divider of the office the Sheriff enters to answer the phone. Clear as day. (00:05:13)

Jack Vaughan

Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: At the diner, when Bobby asks Shelly if she needs a ride home, the reflection of a boom microphone is visible in the horizontal glass mirror behind Bobby (far left of the screen). (00:16:15)

Jack Vaughan

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Bobby is released by the police, he speaks to his friend in the hallway of the station about the possible identity of Laura Palmer's killer. To avoid eavesdropping, Bobby tells his friend that they should speak outside. As they walk through the glass doors towards the exit, Bobby encounters his father and two other people. Tape markers are visible on the floor placed at their feet. (00:55:53)

Jack Vaughan

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: At the very end, Sarah is alone while she's lying down, but when she has the sudden vision of Laura's necklace being dug up, the reflection of a crew member is visible in the round mirror. (01:32:50)

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Episode Two - S1-E2

Visible crew/equipment: Just before Norma bumps into Nadine inside the store, there is a shot that follows a model train running on a track. At one point, a crew member wearing a white shirt is reflected in a mirrored panel in the store's main window. (00:21:12)

Jack Vaughan

Episode Four - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: After the court hearing scene, Cooper and company drive up to the veterinary clinic. Just before they arrive, we see a stationary shot of two petrol pumps. In the glass display on the pump on the left-hand side, a crew member is reflected. Cooper's vehicle then drives into view, and the same crew member is reflected again on the car door. (00:19:49)

Jack Vaughan

Episode Four - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When James is on the phone to Donna, Madeleine walks into the diner and stands at the counter. As the camera pans from James to show this, a white tape marker is visible on the floor near Madeleine in the right-hand corner of the shot. (00:31:16)

Jack Vaughan

Episode Nine - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: The necklace James took from the coconut in Dr. Jacobi's office in the previous episode had a gold chain. When he gives it to Agent Cooper in this episode, it's on leather.

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Dale Cooper: I believe I was visited by a giant last night. Twice.
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Trivia: Laura Palmer's murder was supposed to remain unsolved, but ABC demanded that the murderer be revealed. Many people believed that that moment was when the series jumped the shark.

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Chosen answer: Killer BOB is a demonic entity that emanates from a realm of pure evil known as the Black Lodge, a place that exists on an alternate plane of reality. BOB feeds on human pain and suffering and can travel on earth by possessing human beings and also as an owl. While possessing humans, he commits horrible acts to elicit pain, fear, and suffering from those who are around him, using that as nourishment. BOB possesses Leland Palmer, later forcing him to abuse, rape, and eventually murder his own daughter, Laura, and later to commit suicide.

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