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Twin Peaks – Season 1, Episode 3 Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer

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Agent Cooper shows the sheriff's department an uncommon deductive technique; Benjamin and Jerry Horne visit One-Eyed Jacks; Donna and James make a commitment; Leo holds Bobby at gunpoint.
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Kyle MacLachlan

Special Agent Dale Cooper

Michael Ontkean

Sheriff Harry S. Truman

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Shelly Johnson

Dana Ashbrook

Bobby Briggs

Richard Beymer

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Twin Peaks — Season 1, Episode 3

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Vinnie Mancuso Observer 05/19/2017
I didn't sign up for this. Okay, I totally did but not for this. Just when I try to go and make a note of something that happened on Twin Peaks, some other surreal dreamscape/missing-appendage-ghost/blood-curdling scream distracts me. Go to Full Review Noel Murray New York Times 05/19/2017
Though it is best known for the way it ends, this defining episode of Twin Peaks is packed with many wonderments. Go to Full Review Keith Phipps AV Club 05/14/2017
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The series never really topped what it does here. Go to Full Review Stephanie Cooke Rogues Portal 08/21/2018
A show that is trying too hard to be weird for the sake of being weird. Go to Full Review Brian Collins Birth.Movies.Death. 06/13/2017
Also, Leo is easily the most terrifying character I've seen on a major network TV show. I don't believe he killed Laura Palmer, but I doubt whoever DID will terrify me as much as the sight of Leo with a soap-filled sock. Go to Full Review Jenny Jediny Not Coming to a Theater Near You 05/31/2017
Following the incredible dream sequence ending episode two, there are no answers given in the third episode, but rather the tools to find them. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Agent Cooper shows the sheriff's department an uncommon deductive technique; Benjamin and Jerry Horne visit One-Eyed Jacks; Donna and James make a commitment; Leo holds Bobby at gunpoint.
Director
David Lynch
Screenwriter
Mark Frost, David Lynch
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 19, 1990