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Cult favorite 'Twin Peaks' to return as Showtime event

Michael Ontkean, left, and Kyle MacLaughlin starred in the original “Twin Peaks.”(Photo: ABC via Getty Images)

Get ready for some more “damn fine coffee” and cherry pie.

Twin Peaks, ABC’s cult soapy murder mystery that aired a mere 30 episodes in 1990-91, is returning on Showtime in 2016 for a nine-episode run that could continue beyond that. Co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost will write every episode, with Lynch directing.

The series starred Kyle MacLachlan as quirky FBI Agent Dale Cooper, who arrived in a small town in the Northwest to investigate the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. Along the way, he unearthed secrets about the eccentric townsfolk, from one-eyed Nadine to the Log Lady, and Laura’s look-alike cousin, Maddy.

Though Lynch once said he’d never revisit Peaks, the idea has been “percolating for years,” Frost says, and “really caught fire for us about three years ago, when we found the sparks that led us to where the story should go and what we could do with it.” He’s not telling what that is: “Fans would love it, but they’d also hate me for it. I’d rather keep the surprise.”

Though Peaks was a cult favorite, it was never a ratings success, and once the Palmer murder was solved midway through the second season, ratings declined further. But the series maintains an influential place in pop-culture history. The cast also included Sheryl Lee as Laura and Maddy, Sherilyn Fenn as frisky Audrey Horne, Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Ontkean (the town sheriff) and Lynch himself, who showed up occasionally as Cooper’s bureau chief. No word on which cast members might return, but it’s a safe bet MacLachlan will be among them: In the original series, Cooper had a dream in which he visualized himself 25 years in the future.

“We’re very mindful of his participation and hopeful we’ll have some news about that sooner rather than later,” Frost says.

Showtime was the only outlet with which they discussed a return; its programming executive, Gary Levine, developed the series at ABC. The pay-cable network will re-air existing episodes (released on Blu-ray last July), ahead of the show’s return, which it’s teasing with a video featuring the show’s haunting theme song, composed by Angelo Badalamenti.

New episodes will be set in present day and provide closure to the loose threads that set up a third season that didn’t happen. (A 1992 movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was a prequel, and didn’t provide any.) “It’s not a reboot, it’s not a remake; it’s a continuation, and we plan to get to the bottom of almost everything we put on the table,” Frost says.

“Twenty-five years later, we have a chance to revisit it, and we’re hoping it’s an equally cool, pardon the expression, peak experience for everyone.”

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Cult favorite 'Twin Peaks' to return as Showtime event

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