History YMMV / TwinPeaks

** Audrey is one of, if probably not THE most popular characters aside from ol' Coop. Sherilyn Fenn's charisma shines through every scene with her combination of SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl, HeroicSeductress, and AmateurSleuth. The fact she was one of the more three-dimensional characters also helped her win over audiences.

** Notably, it's done excellent almost everywhere ''but'' Germany. The reason for this is infamous as dueling networks engaged in TrollingCreator behavior with an announcement of Laura Palmer's killer by one as soon as the other started airing the show. Which is a dick move worthy of Creator/EricBischoff.

* SpecialEffectsFailure:

* WTHCastingAgency: Chrysta Bell as Tammy Preston, due to being a singer rather than an actress. This is not exactly deserved since Music/DavidBowie and ChrisIsaak - both singers themselves - have had major roles in ''Twin Peaks''.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Everyone was sure that a 25 year old show that a bunch of people didn't remember getting a continuation in a decade full of so many competitive [=TV=] shows that it has been referred to as "The Golden Age of Television" for nearly a decade, whose low point had especially been reboots and remakes of old series, especially when you consider SeinfeldIsUnfunny would absolutely fail. And it did! If you're looking from the ratings and award-winning aspect, that is. On the other hand, the show totally delivered for its fans and for critics, it was declared the best show of the year/decade by several review magazines, even won awards as Best MOVIE on some others, and in artistic circles it became a new source of inspiration just as the original had been.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: [[AvertedTrope A major worry of the fanbase and critics before the premiere]] was: How was Twin Peaks going to compete against nearly three decades of [[Series/TheSopranos original]], [[Series/{{Lost}} weird]] and even [[Series/StrangerThings indirectly]] or [[Series/TrueDetective directly]] [=TV=] shows inspired by the original? [[MindScrew Thankfully,]] our [[GainaxEnding fears were unfounded.]]

** Windom Earle is a LargeHam CardCarryingVillain with a lot of traits straight out of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' or ''Series/{{Batman}}'' like killing people and putting them in giant chess pieces. However, he's at least having FUN in the latter half of Season 2, which a lot of people felt was missing. The fact [[AssholeVictim he brutalizes Leo]] to the point of him almost becoming TheWoobie helps with Earle's enjoyability to some viewers too.

* CompleteMonster: [[AxCrazy Killer BOB]] (Beware of BOB) is an entity native to the Black Lodge with a horrifying tendency towards rape and murder. Created long ago as a byproduct of the Trinity nuclear tests, BOB accesses the material plane by [[DemonicPossession possessing]] hapless victims and forcing them to engage in sprees of rape, torture, and serial murder to [[EmotionEater nourish himself off of their agony]]. Responsible for the murder of Laura Palmer that drives the series, BOB committed the deed by possessing Laura's father Leland when Leland was a child, resurfacing to have Leland molest his own daughter through her youth before using him to finally rape and murder Laura. When cornered, BOB [[PsychicAssistedSuicide forces Leland to kill himself]], and later saddles onto Dale's doppelganger at the end of the first series while leaving Dale trapped for decades within the Black Lodge in its stead.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilDoppelganger The Doppelgänger]], aka "Mr. C.", born from Cooper's entrance to the Black Lodge at the end of the original series, cut a slew of human suffering across America for 25 years. He houses the previous BigBad, BOB, and the pair [[EmotionEater gorge themselves on the pain they cause]]. Upon his emergence, he tracks down [[spoiler:Major Briggs]], one of the few to realize his deception, and kills him. He later visits the [[spoiler:comatose Audrey Horne and rapes her, conceiving Richard Horne]], before dropping off the grid. When he reemerges, he poses as Cooper to get close to Coop's old secretary, Diane, manipulating and raping her before imprisoning her in the Black Lodge. From there he builds a criminal empire with a number of extortions and murders to his name. When he learns that his girlfriend Darya is plotting against him, he beats and murders her. When Cooper reappears he orders his subordinate, Duncan Todd, to kill him and when Todd fails The Doppelgänger has [[YouHaveFailedMe Todd and his assistant killed]]. When he encounters [[spoiler:his son, Richard]], years later, he puts the young man into a trap meant for him and watches emotionlessly as the latter is electrocuted to death.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilDoppelganger The Doppelgänger]], born from Cooper's entrance to the Black Lodge at the end of the original series, cut a slew of human suffering across America for 25 years. He houses the previous BigBad, BOB, and the pair [[EmotionEater gorge themselves on the pain they cause]]. Upon his emergence, he tracks down [[spoiler:Major Briggs]], one of the few to realize his deception, and kills him. He later visits the [[spoiler:comatose Audrey Horne and rapes her, conceiving Richard Horne]], before dropping off the grid. When he reemerges, he poses as Cooper to get close to Coop's old secretary, Diane, manipulating and raping her before imprisoning her in the Black Lodge. From there he builds a criminal empire with a number of extortions and murders to his name. When he learns that his girlfriend Darya is plotting against him, he beats and murders her. When Cooper reappears he orders his subordinate, Duncan Todd, to kill him and when Todd fails The Doppelgänger has [[YouHaveFailedMe Todd and his assistant killed]]. When he encounters [[spoiler:his son, Richard]], years later, he puts the young man into a trap meant for him and watches emotionlessly as the latter is electrocuted to death.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

* FairForItsDay: Denise Bryson's transgender representation has some flaws, with the biggest critique from queer viewers being that she was portrayed by a cis man, David Duchovny, which may deprive the role of some authenticity and reinforce connotations that trans women are men in costume. The original run also doesn't firmly cement that Denise identifies as a trans woman and isn't a male crossdresser who stayed with the hobby. However, for the nineties, her representation is uncommonly genuine and respectful. She's introduced onscreen as a woman and Cooper, who had just discussed her by her former presentation and deadname, is quick to accept her (and quick to apologize when reflexively deadnaming her later)--their friendship and cooperation isn't upended by her transition at all. Audrey's first response to Denise is genuine awe and delight that women are working in government law enforcement, and while Denise has some comedic scenes, she's never truly the butt of the joke and isn't reviled by the script. Later, ''The Return'' cements Denise as a trans woman and also includes David Lynch's character Gordon Cole staunchly vouching for her as a trans woman, helping to clarify her status and the positive intent behind her.

* FairForItsDay: Denise Bryson's transgender representation has some flaws, with the biggest critique from queer viewers being that she was portrayed by a cis man, David Duchovny, which may deprive the role of some authenticity and reinforce connotations that trans women are men in costume. The original run also doesn't firmly cement that Denise identifies as a trans woman and isn't a male crossdresser who stayed with the hobby. However, for the nineties, her representation is uncommonly genuine and respectful. She's introduced onscreen as a woman and Cooper, who had just discussed her by her former presentation and deadname, is quick to accept her (and quick to apologize when reflexively deadnaming her later)--their friendship and cooperation isn't upended by her transition at all. Audrey's first response to Denise is genuine awe and delight that women are working in the FBI, and while Denise has some comedic scenes, she's never truly the butt of the joke and isn't reviled by the script. Later, ''The Return'' cements Denise as a trans woman and also includes David Lynch's character Gordon Cole staunchly vouching for her as a trans woman, helping to clarify her status and the positive intent behind her.

* FairForItsDay: Denise is portrayed by a cis man and it's never quite clear whether she's a male crossdresser or a transgender woman (though ''The Return'' firmly stated that she was indeed the latter). However, she is treated with a surprising level of respect, Cooper has no problem accepting her, and Audrey is in awe of the first female government agent she's encountered.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Pretty much the general reaction to Part 8. Oddly, it's actually one of Lynch's more coherent narratives, it's just ''weird.''

* TrappedByMountainLions: A chronic issue in Season 2, especially with the James and Horne subplots.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Everyone was sure that a 25 year old show that a bunch of people didn't remember getting a continuation in a decade full of so many competitive [=TV=] shows that it has been referred to as "The Golden Age of Television" for nearly a decade, whose low point had especially been reboots and remakes of old series, especially when you consider SeinfeldIsUnfunny would absolutely fail. And it did! If you're looking from the ratings and award-winning aspect, that is. On the other hand, the show totally delivered for its fans and for critics, it was declared the best show of the year/decade by several review magazines, even won awards as Best MOVIE on some others, and in tartistic circles it became a new source of inspiration just as the original had been.

** The Man from Another Place's new form got a bit of this. For some, Michael J. Anderson was a crucial part of the series and it just wasn't the same having replaced him (especially because unlike other replacements due to death and retirement, Anderson's absence was because of a payment dispute with Showtime).

** Candie, one of the Mitchum brothers' girls. Despite being practically a background character and having very few lines, her sweetness and her portrayer's [[{{Adorkable}} endearingly]] [[AmbiguousDisorder odd]] performance have gained her a lot of fans.

** According to ''The Secret History Of Twin Peaks'', Douglas Millford goes from a secret agent, UFO searcher, and close friend of UsefulNotes/RichardNixon to a petty, old man who died during sex in the television series; the result is both jarring and hilarious. This is an intentional example on Frost's part...probably.

* FanNickname: Fans aren't quite sure what to call Cooper's EvilDoppelganger, and so nicknames abound, including Booper (a contraction of Bad!Cooper), Doppel Dale, and Coopelganger. In the series itself he goes by Mr. C.

* FanonDiscontinuity: After the [[GainaxEnding finale]] and other controversies of season three, some have applied discontinuity to the whole season. A milder variation is to simply disregard the last episode, preferring to end the story at episode 17. On the other hand episode 18 raises the [[GainaxEnding Gainax ending to a new artform]], providing plenty of opportunity for each and every fan to be happy with their own theory of what the heck happened - just try to find two reviews or fans who subscribe to the same interpretation.

** Agent Tammy Preston has received a lot of hatedom from fans due to her actress being a singer with no previous acting experience. Accusations of being hired for her looks and worse have been thrown at her, even to the point she's commented on them. However, many Twin Peaks fans love that she's a CanonImmigrant from ''The Secret History of Twin Peaks'' and serves as a good TheWatson to Gordon Cole and Albert Rosenfell's BunnyEarsLawyer. Also, she is damned beautiful.

** After Parts 5-8 from ''The Return'', the fanbase is pretty adamant that David Lynch is clearly {{troll}}ing the fanbase and doing whatever the fuck he wanted, even going as far as to say that Lynch has [[UpToEleven gotten]] [[SerialEscalation crazier]] since ''Film/InlandEmpire''. This comes to a head in [[MindScrew Part 8]], with the Twin Peaks Website/{{Reddit}} claiming that ''Eraserhead'' and ''Inland Empire'' weren't as crazy as that episode.

* BizarroEpisode: Lynch really outdid himself here. The revival really doubles down on the MindScrew and SurrealHorror of the original, but nothing compares to Episode 8, which is 45 minutes of wall-to-wall insanity (including mutant frogs, demon lumberjacks, and [[spoiler: an atomic explosion]]) that's freaky and strange ''[[UpToEleven even by Twin Peaks standards]]''.

** [[MemeticBadass Freddie Sykes]], the Cockney-accented security guard with his [[PowerFist magic green punching glove]]. Taken UpToEleven in Part 17 when he [[spoiler: [[TakeThatScrappy knocks out]] [[HateSink Chad]] and ''kills BOB''.]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: After the [[GainaxEnding finale]] and other controversies of season three, some have applied discontinuity to the whole season. A milder variation is to simply disregard the last episode, preferring to end the story at episode 17. On the other hand episode 18 raises the [[GainaxEnding Gainax ending]] [[UpToEleven to a new artform]], providing plenty of opportunity for each and every fan to be happy with their own theory of what the heck happened - just try to find two reviews or fans who subscribe to the same interpretation.

* UncannyValley: Everything about the Black Lodge, especially the strange, distorted voices of its inhabitants. This is taken even further in ''The Return'', where it's become a full-on EldritchLocation.

* FashionVictimVillain: [[spoiler:The Doppelganger]] with his Danzig-like mullet and leather jacket. Though in his case it arguably adds to his UncannyValley nature to make him even creepier (the costume designers explicitly stated they were inspired by the design of [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen Anton Chigurh]]).