Welcome to Twin Peaks. My name is Margaret Lantermen.
I live in Twin Peaks. I am known as the log lady. There is a story behind
that. There are many stories in Twin Peaks. Some of them are sad, some
funny. Some are stories of madness, of violence. Some are ordinary. Yet
they all have about them a sense of mystery. The mystery of life, sometimes
the mystery of death. The mystery of the woods, the woods surrounding Twin
Peaks. To introduce this story let me just say it encompasses the all.
It is beyond the fire. Though few would know that meaning. It is a story
of many but it begins with one and I knew her. The one leading to the many
is Laura Palmer. Laura is the one.
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INTRO:
FADE IN:
TUNE: TWIN PEAKS THEME
CREDITS run with the scenes of a bird in a tree, the mill machinery at work,
the road into town with the welcome sign, the hotel by the falls and the river.
TUNE ENDS: TWIN PEAKS THEME
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
EXT. LAKESHORE BY THE BLUE PINE LODGE - DAY
Dawn breaks over the lake with the sounds of birds and a distant foghorn.
Ducks can be seen on the lake.
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TUNE: LAURA PALMER'S THEME
INT. BLUE PINE LODGE - DAY
We FOCUS on a black porcelain figure of two dogs. We PAN to a nearby mirror
and see JOSIE PACKARD, a beautiful Asian woman, in the reflection. Dressed
in a pink robe, she is humming as she applies her makeup.
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INT. BLUE PINE LODGE - DAY
CATHERINE MARTELL, a stout woman with curly red hair, is sipping coffee
in the kitchen as her husband PETE MARTELL, wearing a hat and tugging fishing
gear, walks in. PETE walks up to CATHERINE, kisses his palm and pats her
on the cheek. She gives no response. In a dour voice he says ...
PETE
Gone fishing.
He raps his knuckles on the counter and walks out the door.
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INT. BLUE PINE LODGE - DAY
In her room, JOSIE hears a door close and looks around still humming.
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EXT. BLUE PINE LODGE - DAY
PETE, carrying a fishing pole and tackle box, is walking away from his house
along a walkway near the lakeshore. There is a sound of a distant foghorn.
PETE
A lonesome foghorn blows.
He stops walking, turns to look out onto the lake and from a distance sees
some plastic alongside a colossal cut tree log laying on the lakeside. He
slowly walks over to the item and discovers that it is a human form wrapped
in plastic.
TUNE ENDS: LAURA PALMER'S THEME
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INT. BLUE PINE LODGE - DAY
In the kitchen, PETE is on the phone and is visibly shaken.
PETE
Oh dear. Lucy, Lucy this is Pete Martell. Lucy
put Harry on the horn.
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INT. TWIN PEAKS SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - DAY
SHERIFF HARRY S. TRUMAN is pouring himself a cup of coffee. LUCY MORAN,
in her office, tells SHERIFF TRUMAN which phone to pick up and he stands
bewildered in the process.
LUCY
Sheriff its Pete Martell up at the mill. I'm going
to transfer it to the phone on the table by the red chair ... the red chair
against the wall ... the ... the little table with the lamp on it. The
lamp that we moved from the corner. The black phone not the brown phone
The black phone rings and SHERIFF TRUMAN answers it.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
Morning Pete. Harry
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INT. BLUE PINE LODGE - DAY
PETE