Season 1

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  8.9/1019,387 votes

  Pilot

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/1990

  The small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic.

  Director: David Lynch

  Writer: Mark Frost, David Lynch

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  8.2/108,221 votes

  Traces to Nowhere

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/1990

  Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry Truman discover more about the troubled secret life of the murdered Laura Palmer.

  Director: Duwayne Dunham

  Writer: Mark Frost, David Lynch

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  8.9/108,700 votes

  Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/1990

  Agent Cooper demonstrates an unusual deductive technique for the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department.

  Director: David Lynch

  Writer: Mark Frost, David Lynch

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  8.2/107,264 votes

  Rest In Pain

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/1990

  The people of Twin Peaks gather together to attend the funeral of Laura Palmer.

  Director: Tina Rathborne

  Writer: Harley Peyton

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  8.1/106,948 votes

  The One-Armed Man

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/1990

  Cooper and Truman try to find The One-Armed Man.

  Director: Tim Hunter

  Writer: Robert Engels

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  8.4/106,824 votes

  Cooper's Dreams

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/1990

  Cooper and Truman discover a crime scene in the woods.

  Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

  Writer: Mark Frost

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  8.4/106,670 votes

  Realization Time

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/1990

  Dr. Jacoby gets a phone call from Laura Palmer.

  Director: Caleb Deschanel

  Writer: Harley Peyton

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  9.0/107,417 votes

  The Last Evening

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/1990

  The investigation of Laura Palmer's murder reaches a terrifying conclusion.

  Director: Mark Frost

  Writer: Mark Frost