"One of These People Murdered Laura Palmer" Advert

A short advertisement that aired the night Laura Palmer's killer was revealed in episode 14 (Lonely Souls, 2.007).

[@nealcomstock1958]

The real murderers of this show were they executives who made them wrap up the mystery

[@simonfeakes]

Imagine having to complete a story within only one season, what a tragedy!! Instead we should stretch all stories out so long that they no longer mean anything to anyone, that's a wonderful idea

[@TortssMacKenzie]

@@simonfeakes you're going to anger a lot of anime fans with that one XD

[@simonfeakes]

@@TortssMacKenzie good. it's a shit medium that champions filler series and stretched out nonsense. fuck it.

[@cinemaniac-br5qg]

​@@simonfeakes Imagine ridding the show of it's core premise halfway through second season and desparately trying to find something to do for our main characters for the remainder. What happens then? Stretching everything out so long, it no longer means anything to anyone anymore?

[@simonfeakes]

@@cinemaniac-br5qg I have no idea what point you're trying to make. Are you agreeing with me?

[@ZachSMarsh]

Obviously it was the Denver Broncos who killed Laura Palmer

[@DoubleE5135]

Was it… James Hurley!… Bobby Briggs!… Leland Palmer!… Audrey Horne… the Denver Broncos!… Benjamin Horn!… or Officer Barbrady!

[@rad4924]

The real murderer was the friends we made along the way.

[@MaskMan191]

Richard Beymar looking like a mob boss

[@Romazio7]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jeremytitus9519]

If mares eat oats, and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy-a kid’ll eat ivy too…

[@ShaunCloudSwain]

Wouldn't you?

[@HansonZhang-ri2lj]

The real mastermind is actually Shelly the waitress, even Kyle MacLachlan confirmed it. Shelly wanted to kill Laura because back when Laura was still doing Meals on Wheels with her, Laura suddenly saw the freaky Grandma and the little kid and left Shelly alone to pick up all Laura's shits. She didn't get paid extra!

[@reguluspastor]

She certainly picked up those about Bobby…

[@antoinepetrov]

Didn't know "shit" had a plural. The more you know

[@HansonZhang-ri2lj]

@@antoinepetrov Ahhh, here comes the grammar master

[@greyeyed123]

@@antoinepetrov I don't give two shits about plurals.

[@OddOneOut665]

Wasn't Lynch's plan for Laura's Murder was for it to NEVER be solved?

[@gonzoGnostalgic]

Yeah, the studio was like "Nah," and made him wrap it up super early to keep viewership numbers high. If I had to guess, I think that's why there's so many mysteries in The Return that aren't solved. Because the resolution to the mystery isn't the point-it's a trip through the world.

[@CaptainHugoAhoy]

@@gonzoGnostalgic and originally Mark Frost wanted to focus on the Audrey-Cooper relationship following the reveal but after Donna's actor (who was dating Cooper's actor at the time) vetoed it they had to scramble to come up with new storyline ideas.

[@mikekelly8279]

Yes. That never would have been able to happen, though, he was always going to be forced to do it at some point, but I think he wasn't expecting to have to reveal it not even halfway through Season 2. The execs at ABC figured the viewership would start to fall if they didn't solve the mystery quickly, which might have been true, but it ultimately backfired because the viewership of the show collapsed after Episode 9 and only barely recovered by the end of the Season, when Lynch became more involved again. Most people saw the show as just being about the Laura Palmer mystery, and so when that was done they couldn't really think of a reason to keep watching, and the episodes in the middle of Season 2 certainly didn't give them one.

[@greyeyed123]

He qualified "never" with "for a very long time." The mystery is what electrified everything. It was meant to recede into the background for a long while, but it took on a life of its own (culturally, business wise, etc). Mark Frost promised ABC to solve the mystery in the first season finale, and instead delivered an episode with five cliffhangers and no solution to the mystery. He basically TRICKED ABC into a 2nd season. But at least they had 8 or 9 episodes of breathing room before they had to solve the mystery in season 2. (And with all the flaws of the rest of season 2, it still has its charms for me.)

[@masterzombie161]

And thus changed the entire course of the story that doesn’t really get resolved until over 20 years and even then it just sort of ends.

[@chuckielover06]

That thumbnail knows whats up

[@Ren_J]

I always forget that "The Man and Woman" from The People Under The Stairs are in this show 😂❤️

[@greyeyed123]

Twin Peaks was first. THEN came the allegory of the Reagan years, lol.

[@herzbeton]

gorbachevs gonna be excited for this one

[@ilbroducciore]

The beginning of the downfall of Twin Peaks

[@George_]

incredible

[@concept5631]

Is that Peter Cullen?

[@lovelo8780]

It is

[@concept5631]

@@lovelo8780 Dope

[@Zjwex]

Nice