On This Day in 1989, Someone In Twin Peaks Killed Laura Palmer

‘Diane! 11:30 a.m., February 24. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.’Those words, spoken into a […]

September 5, 2017, 8:05pm

“Diane! 11:30 a.m., February 24. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.”

Those words, spoken into a hand-held cassette recorder, was how audiences met Dale Cooper, the FBI agent played by Kyle MacLachlan in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s TV classic Twin Peaks in 1991.

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Because of the precise date being not only given but spoken so clearly and as part of MacLachlan’s iconic “welcome to Twin Peaks” monologue, fans online have taken to making February 24 a kind of unofficial Twin Peaks day — and this one of course is special since it’s the last February 24 that will happen before new episodes of Twin Peaks air on American television for the first time in almost 25 years.

The murder of Laura Palmer — which happened in the early morning hours on February 24, 1989 — was the mystery at the heart of Twin Peaks for the first chunk of episodes (a season and change).

The fact that the mystery wasn’t solved at the end of the first season hung over the show, and in spite of being a massive hit in season one, it suffered in season 2 — not just because of fan disappointment, but that was part of it — and numerous shows with similar mysteries — like The Killing and Veronica Mars — have tried to figure out the perfect balance of dealing with such long-term stories since.

Mark your calendars for May 21 at 9:00 PM, as the series’ continuation will kick things off with a two-hour episode. Immediately following the premiere, episodes 3 and 4 will be available on Showtime‘s digital platform.

Showtime’s president David Nevins also confirmed that the series will get a whopping 18 episodes, which is ten longer than the show’s first season and two shorter than the show’s second season.