This promised all-new information to the show, and was promised to present enough clues to figure out the true killer of Laura Palmer if you were a careful enough reader. This secret diary had not been mentioned in the course of the show up until that point, and was being held by a character who had not yet been introduced. The key word in the title is “Secret,” as this diary is not the same diary that was found by Hawk in the pilot episode. Two weeks before the two-hour season 2 premiere, Pocket Books released a spin-off novel, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. At the end of the season, the series was pointing fingers at Leo Johnson, but purposefully left the show on a cliffhanger. Famously, David Lynch’s original plan was to never reveal Laura Palmer’s killer, having the mystery of Laura Palmer’s murderer function as the perpetual suspense machine for the run of the series, however long that may have been. The phrase on the tips of so many people’s tongues was “Who Killed Laura Palmer?” She was found dead in the first five minutes of the series, and, seven weeks later, nobody had the answer. The season finale had an estimated 18.7m viewers, ranking the series in the top 25 Prime Time network series of the year, a feat considering it was going head to head with Cheers, CBS’ long term juggernaut. After a short 7-episode first season, there were enough people who had caught Twin Peaks fever.
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