It’s almost impossible to qualify the impact when David Lynch’s Twin Peaks debuted on ABC in 1990, especially when watching the first Lynch-overseen season again now. It’s tame compared to prestige TV du jour, and far soapier than you may recall, but its mutant DNA is still evident as Kyle MacLachlan’s buoyant FBI agent investigates a mysterious teen murder in the title burg. Why Sherilyn Fenn failed to rule the world remains perhaps the biggest mystery.
