Overview
- ARTE's Mediathek now offers the complete series, including the 2017 continuation The Return, at no cost.
- Debuting in 1990, Twin Peaks drew about 35 million U.S. viewers and fused soap opera, mystery, surrealism, and deadpan humor that influenced later TV such as The X-Files.
- Current coverage reexamines the network pressure at ABC to resolve the central mystery, which preceded Lynch's departure in the middle of season two.
- The Return arrived as an 18-hour work premiered at Cannes and is noted for its experimental ambition within Lynch's body of work.
- ARTE is also streaming the documentary "David Lynch, der Meister des Rätselhaften," offering additional context on the director's legacy.