Twin Peaks

[satellite]

I had a wonderful last week for a TP fan! I got the Gold Box as an early holiday gift and I got the Season 2 Music and More CD as a late birthday gift! I haven't started watching yet since I have the S1 and S2 sets. I'm trying to go to the Twin Peaks fan fest next summer and I want to send the souvenir postcards to people while I'm there. Yes, I'm a dork.

[proper stranger]

<------------------ In the spirit of this thread.

How is the Season 2 soundtrack? I've been spending way too much money lately, but I really want it.

I've been watching my new DVDs all week. James and Donna are as idiotic as ever. I'd forgotten about their dumb plan in S1 to lure Dr. Jacoby out of his office so they could recover the other half of Laura's locket. Um, why not just stake out the place and break in when he leaves? Was the whole Maddy-as-Laura phone call AND dress-up necessary? Plus, it might have been partly responsible for Jacoby's heart attack. I want to re-watch the entire series, beginning to end, but it's really difficult for me not to hit the FF button whenever those two come onscreen.

On the plus side, Coop, Audrey and Ben Horne are always awesome.

I got an Annie postcard in my Gold Box DVD set. Lame.

[satellite]

It's your typical Lynch/Badalamenti soundtrack- the jazzy stuff, the part where Donna's little sister was playing the piano at the end of that episode-called "Hayward Boogie". My favorite track is "Blue Frank" one of those bluesy grinds with the little surf-style guitar chord. It reminds of the song playing when they're all at the Canadian club in "FWWM" or "Mountains Falling" from the Mulholland Drive soundtrack. It has "Just You" (and I) -the song that James, Donna, and Maddy did together, "Hook Rug Dance" from when Ben and Jerry were reminisicing about that girl dancing in their room when they kids, etc. There are samples on amazon.com.

[Smilla]

I have a dorky-ass confession to make. I really want to revisit my Peaker days with the new merchandise, but the last time I totally Peaked Out, um, er...we had September 11th. I know, I know, it's not rational to worry that another terrorist attack is going to take place simply because I watch Twin Peaks on DVD, but...

'Kay, maybe that shoulda gone in the TC thread over in All About Us...

[ahenobarbus]

I don't think Sherilyn Fenn really merits her own thread, so I'm posting this here.

LOS ANGELES -- Former landlords of ex-"Twin Peaks" star Sherilyn Fenn, already alleging she owes thousands of dollars in unpaid rent, said she trashed the Hollywood Hills home before leaving, court papers show.

Lawyers for Fenn and ex-landlords Sumie Mishima and Leslie Militzok told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jane L. Johnson on Friday that they failed to settle the lawsuit in a session before a mediator in July.

Johnson then scheduled a mandatory settlement conference for Oct. 4 in a last-ditch attempt to reach a resolution of the case without a trial.

But on Sept. 11, Johnson also allowed Mishima and Militzok to amend their complaint -- originally alleging breach of a lease agreement -- to add new allegations of destruction of real property and fraud, and gave them the go- ahead to seek punitive damages.

Fenn's lawyer, David M. Almaraz, was not immediately available for comment.

According to the original lawsuit, Fenn and the two women entered into an agreement in July 2003 for the actress to move into a home on Laurelmont Drive. The parties signed a six-month extension in June 2006 at $3,800 a month, the suit states.

But Fenn moved out last September and failed to pay the $15,200 still due under the contract extension, as well as thousands of dollars more in overdue rent and late fees, the landlords allege.

According to the new allegations in the suit, Fenn caused more than $18,100 damage to the home in what one of her landlords maintains is a repeat of her behavior at a property she previously rented.

In a declaration filed with the court in February, Fenn talked about dealing with what she admitted were diminishing job opportunities, the ordeal of caring for her son, a special needs student, and being pregnant at age 42.

"I attribute my neglect of the complaint to the stress of Myles' education to the debilitating [morning sickness] caused by my pregnancy, extreme financial pressure and a faltering career," the declaration states.

In her own declaration, Militzok said she had trouble renting the home after Fenn left. One prospective lessor departed almost as soon as he arrived, saying he could not put up with the odor, according to Militzok.

"I showed the house a few times in September [of 2006,] but quickly realized that it was a waste of time," Militzok's declaration said. "The house was such a mess with so much clutter everywhere that you could not see the actual house properly."

She also claims the home reeked with the scent of incense and perfume.

"We knew at this point that we would have to locate the source of the odors and thoroughly clean the house before we could show it again," Militzok said. "However, we had no idea of the extent of the damages."

In 2003, Fenn filed for bankruptcy, listing debts and unpaid taxes of more than $500,000, according to copies of bankruptcy records filed with the plaintiffs' court papers.

Militzok says in her court papers that she reviewed Fenn's bankruptcy documents and found the name of a previous landlord who remodeled a Los Angeles home and rented it to the actress under a two-year deal in 2003.

Fenn left the home in July 2003 to move into the Hollywood Hills rental property home owned by Mishima and Militzok, but did not tell her then- landlord, Militzok alleges.

When the homeowner found out from a neighbor that the actress had left, he drove to the home and "was shocked by what he discovered," Militzok's declaration states.

"His newly remodeled home was not only abandoned, it was also trashed. He said the smell of urine was so strong he could barely stay in the house to look at the damage."

In an alleged breach of her agreement with the previous landlord to have no more than one dog, she had at least four to six canines and several cats, Militzok said.

In her declaration, Fenn said she signed the six-month rent extension with Militzok and Mishima under pressure from the women. She also claimed she told them in August 2006 that she would be leaving.

According to Fenn, she had to remove her 13-year-old son from a private school to home teaching and eventually a public school because she could not afford the annual $20,000 private tuition.

"Myles' transition into public school proved to be very difficult for him, which in turn continually occupied my time and thoughts, and caused me significant stress," she said.

Johnny Depp's onetime fiance, among the most recognized actresses on television in the early 1990s because of her role as a high school femme fatale on "Twin Peaks," said her financial problems were further affected by unrealized prospects for a guest spot on "Gilmore Girls" and a recurring role on the quickly-canceled crime drama "Smith."

Fenn also claims that her pregnancy "did not allow me to focus on my day-to-day business affairs," including a proper follow-up on the status of the Mishima-Militzok lawsuit.

Fenn claimed she gave a copy of the suit to her business manager, who did not forward it to the actress' lawyer.

Currently, Fenn is an executive with CosmiKids, a community-based learning center, according to the plaintiffs' court papers.

[proper stranger]

I'm way too excited about this: Psych pays homage to Twin Peaks 20th anniverary on December 1.[/color]

I can't believe it's been 20 years!

[kostgard]

I may have to watch Psych again for this.

[eclair]

I, too, loved Twin Peaks when it aired. I read through the whole thread, and seriously? No mention of David Duchovny as Special Agent Dennis/Denice? I didn't really watch the X Files, so he'll always be Denise to me.

[Smilla]

Has anyone else been thinking about the fact that it's almost been "25 years"? Is it remotely possible the series could be rekindled sometime soon, given the gimmicky opportunity a network would have to get it started again?

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A Twin Peaks thread! I've been re-watching this lately (it's available at tv.com, all free and legal and stuff), and I remember watching this when it was first on - 20 years ago?! I feel old. I'm halfway through season 2, where my memory about the show gets hazy, and the story lines are starting to drag.

It's awful that it fizzled out so quickly, but I suspect that it was just too much ahead of its time in some of ways, and the network interference really didn't help either. I think if it had aired 15 years later, it could have been another Lost.

I really, really hope they don't ever try to remake it.