ScorebearTwin Peaks

Story chronology

Timeline

Key beats for Twin Peaks in story order, linked back to episodes.

  • 5 milestone events

  1. Feb 23–24, 1989

    Laura Palmer is murdered

    inciting

    Homecoming queen Laura Palmer is killed; her body is wrapped in plastic and left by the river.

    S1S01E01

  2. Feb 24, 1989

    Body discovered

    inciting

    Pete Martell finds Laura. Sheriff Truman secures the scene and requests FBI assistance.

    S1S01E01

  3. Feb 24, 1989

    Cooper arrives

    investigation

    Special Agent Dale Cooper drives into Twin Peaks, immediately bonding with Truman over coffee and pie.

    S1S01E01

  4. Late Feb 1989

    Red Room dream

    revelation

    Cooper dreams of the Red Room; Laura whispers the killer's identity — a clue he cannot yet hold onto.

    S1S01E06

  5. Late Feb 1989

    Cooper is shot

    cliffhanger

    After Jacques is captured, an unseen gunman shoots Cooper in his Great Northern room.

    S1S01E07