Mapping The Unknown: Twin Peaks & The Dragon’s Lore with Micki Pellerano of Time Lord TV

The astrologer and magician joins me for a deep dive into the show’s mythic roots and its resonance with our current moment

“During one meal at Du-par’s, a diner where they had regularly met, Lynch flipped over a place mat and drew a map to help solidify the hazy contours of their magical town: which is, Frost says, what led to the show’s name. ‘As we talked through all the elements, we started to place where they were on a map as he sketched them,’ says Frost. ‘We didn’t have a name for the town, but we had these two mountains, White Tail and Blue Pine, on either side. And I said, ‘Well, why don’t we call it Twin Peaks?’ It hit us on the head like a two-by-four. We said, ‘Yeah, that works.’’ For both writers, the town was becoming real. ‘We knew where everything was, and it helped us decide what mood each place had, and what could happen there,’ said Lynch. ‘Then the characters just introduced themselves to us and walked into the story.’” (Scott Meslow, A Place Both Wonderful and Strange)

Twin Peaks, the unlikely child of TV veteran Mark Frost and film director David Lynch, made its debut on April 8th, 199…