Twin Peaks
The villains ofTwin Peaksare often more than just one - dimensional evil characters . They are drive by complex motivations , shaped by their experiences and entangled in relationship that define both the politics and the atmosphere of misgiving in the town . Some are driven by greed and power , while others are consumed by darkness and desperation . irrespective of their motives , they all contribute to the unsettling atmospherethat permeate the series , as well as theunsolved closed book ofTwin Peaks .
Twin Peaksis famous for dissentious persona , not least its complex and multifaceted villain . From the sinister machinations of business tycoons to the haunt presence of supernatural entities , the show offers adiverse array of antagonists that repulse the show ’s tale .
After a twenty - six year wait , Twin Peaks Season 3 finally answer what happen to Dale Cooper after the last of Season 2 .
10Jacques Renault
Played By Walter Olkewicz
Jacques Renault – or“Re - nolt,”as pronounced by Andy Brennan – left a memorable mark onTwin Peaks . His iconic line,“Bite the smoke , baby,”for instance , is among Twin Peaks ' many memorable quote . This shot was used for the previous and enceinte Walter Olkewicz ’s audition for the show and his line delivery , stress by the extreme finis - up of his mouth , is cool .
Jacques also plays a significant part in theTwin Peaksprequel movieFire take the air With Me . As if his“bite the bullet”anecdote as told to Dale Cooper is not enough to portray him as anodious less baddie in Laura ’s humanity , FWWMfeatures dreadfully prophetic line such as,“Guess what ? There ’s no tomorrow!”This is particularly sinister , know Laura ’s story can only end one way . to boot , without Jacques , there would not have been Andy ’s heroic vista where he accidentally shoots Jacques in the arm , after recounted to affect Lucy .
Walter Olkewicz also sport inTwin acme : The Return , but as a relation of Jacques , Jean - Michel .
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9Hank Jennings
Played By Chris Mulkey
Hank Jennings is not the chief villain in the townspeople , but he always seems to appear near fuss . He has a redemptive plot line following his handout from prison that is obviously artificial and his scenes with his married woman Norma during this part of the show are diffuse with apprehension . The backstory about him being a Bookhouse Boy in the past give to the overall theme of corruption inTwin Peaks , paint him as a dark mirror to Harry Truman .
Another scene that demote Hank into the villain ranking is a speech sound call where he is creepily sucking on a domino for reason unidentified . Perhaps the domino is a metaphor for the effect of a lowly natural process , showingHank is methodical in his villainy , unlike less intelligent villain like Leo . On the other helping hand , it chew over many of Hank ’s scenes in the show – his actions do n’t betray an obvious motivation , make him all the more sinister . Sometimes he makes a head of doing immoral things for no ripe grounds , like stealing Shelly ’s Zippo Venetian weak .
8Josie Packard
Played By Joan Chen
Josie Packard is an uncomfortably ambiguous character . She has a tragic backstory , having been trafficked – however , the way she maintain her victimhood is disturbing throughout the show , and it ’s indecipherable what her true purpose are . She fake Harry Truman and uses her connection to the Sheriff ’s Department to her vantage in her power play with Catherine Martell . In these shot with Truman , she is believably fearful about what Catherine and Ben have plan for her – however , in other scenes in the show , she is shown to play the game of double - ford that ’s so prevalent in the town .
Josie Packard , originally conceived as Giovanna Pasqualini , was going to be dally byBlue Velvetstar Isabella Rossellini .
It ’s in Josie ’s scenes with Benjamin Horne that her masquerade party fall and she provides a glimpse at the skills she has honed to survive . This throw her a compelling baddie because , for a long while , she can guard her own with the smarmy men of the plot . Another rationality Josie ranks well is revealed in theTwin Peaksbook by Jennifer Lynch , The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer . In her diary , Laura reveals that Josie is one of the many people using Laura . The English language lessons seem to be an excuse to be close to her .
The comparing between Twin Peaks and The X - Files have exist for years , thanks in part to the handsome law of similarity between the two TV series .
7Catherine Martell
Played By Piper Laurie
Catherine Martell ’s villain ranking owes a lot toPiper Laurie ’s smart as a whip actingof this conniving character . Hersass and edge are evocative of old movies , reveal Lynch ’s distinctively noirish sensibility . Laurie ’s memory is honored byTwin Peaksviewers , who appreciate what her character adds to the show . She is pragmatic and stale until her redemptive development , play up specially by the fire at the sawmill – as Shelly panics at the fire close in , Catherine says,“Quiet – I ’m thinking . ”She is figure at every turn of events , and watching her outfox Benjamin Horne is satisfying viewing .
Another part of her brilliance is her cryptic disappearance after the flack and reappearance in an unrecognizable camouflage that fools even her husband , Pete , who she has a love / hate relationship with . Catherine is consistently captivatingthroughout the show and her double - hybridise intrigue in the mill subplot add to the Ithiel Town ’s overall atmosphere of dissimulation .
6Benjamin Horne
Played By Richard Beymer
Ben Horne is an representative of an unexpected character transmutation , especially inThe Return . viewer would be forgive for viewing his redemptional arc in season 2 of the original serial with some suspicion – however , it continues into season 3 , with Ben seemingly having exchange his slipway . irrespective , he remains one of the upright villains of the original series and his dialog is among the most charismatic and screaming in the show . Thishumor makes it jarringly well-fixed to blank out how evil he really is , with his lumbering involvement with One Eyed Jacks .
The Horne brothers are broadly speaking free-base on brothers who own a whorehouse in the neighborhood of areal - life murder grammatical case that inspiredTwin Peaks . Their fictional counterparts arethe backbone of the trafficking and corruptionin the underbelly of the town . Richard Beymer does an fantabulous job of playing Ben to his full nefarious , yet ridiculous , likely . His humor is goofy and childly , which provides an clever contrast to his action throughout the show . Plus , his Confederate cosplay is funny enough to make theunderratedTwin Peaksseason 2more palatable for critics .
5Leo Johnson
Played By Eric Da Re
Leo Johnson ’s fate is unresolved inTwin Peaks , but his villainy ranks extremely among viewers . There are layers to how high on the list he is . First and world-class is his simple cruelty toward Shelly . This is exemplify in the show with unrelenting starkness and also prepare himthe ultimate violent Clupea harangus . In one aspect , he is about to drum Shelly with a bar of easy lay inside a wind sock , designedly on - the - nose with how domesticated violence is present in the show . Shelly distribute back and lands in a pile of plastic , draw parallels to Laura Palmer ’s body“wrapped in plastic ” – a assumed clue pointing to Leo as the independent scoundrel .
More layers are added after Leo has been shot . Shelly and Bobby find a way to exploit Leo ’s brain combat injury , like Windom Earle does subsequently . This refine Leo ’s villainy because it lend an factor of sympathy to this scurrilous criminal . It also contribute extreme uncomfortableness to scenes between Bobby , Shelly , and Leo – at point , it is ill-defined how lucid Leo is , adding excitability to those situations , a reminder of his role in Laura ’s suffering and how grievous he is left uncurbed .
4Windom Earle
Played by Kenneth Welsh
Windom Earle is a terrific baddie because of his yesteryear with Dale Cooper , according to whom his"mind is like a diamond . It ’s cold , and hard , and brilliant . “At many compass point in the Windom Earle storyline , he is express to have the computing of a chess player but with anunhinged capriciousness in the mix . After the reveal ofLaura Palmer ’s killer inTwin Peaks , it seems the show require another major scoundrel insert other than the nonobjective villain of the Lodge – Earle correspond the bill as a eccentric chesty enough to think he can take onTwin Peaks ' Black Lodgewith no consequences .
The subplot with Windom Earle and the Miss Twin Peaks contest is brightly done and portrays the newly - innovate villain as a major threat to the women of the show . The performing cards motif is a atavism to the One Eyed Jacks plot line in season 1 and continues to set up that , similarly to the Bromus secalinus motive , Earle is play games with the residentsof the townsfolk and they ’re pawns in his plan . finally , his world power is only overshadow by Killer BOB , who wants Dale Cooper for himself and vote out the time of year ’s supervillain like he is a common pestilence .
3Leland Palmer
Leland Palmer is not only a compelling baddie but also one ofthe bestTwin Peakscharactersoverall , body forth the cyclic nature of misuse . Some TV audience felt that the original serial absolved him of responsibleness for his actions , suggesting that the evil spirit BOB was to blame . The prequel , Fire Walk with Me , offers a more nuanced depiction . While acknowledging the influence of BOB , FWWMultimately places the blame on Leland , play up his awareness and culpability in the ill-usage of his girl . This sack aligns more intimately with the complexness of trauma , avoid the simplistic trope of external evil as the sole movement of harmful behavior .
One of the most sinister fit inTwin Peaksis when Leland has Maddie ’s torso in his trunk . When pull over , he shows Cooper the golf game cabaret that he also maintain in his car . have it away he is the killer adds a novel tension . Ray Wise does an incredible job of playing the two side of meat of Leland . Although he was give away too early as Laura ’s killer due to internet pressures , the scenes when he is at the stature of his possession by BOB are among the better – particularly as the other characters marvel if it is a part of his grieving .
2Mr. C
Played By Kyle MacLachlan
Mr. C is Cooper ’s doppelgänger in season 3,Twin tip : The Return , and is rated very closely behind Killer BOB by looker . His are among thescariest scenes inTwin Peaks . He is a cold and ruthless character reference originating from Black Lodge , where Dale got trapped at the end of the original series . This doppelgänger get away the Lodge and ran amok for over 20 geezerhood before the events ofThe Return . Unlike the maniacally express mirth possessed Cooper from the original serial finale , Mr. C has had old age of villainy to harden him , even bore him , making him expressionless and stoical . This is emphasise by his black eyes .
The Return ’s Mr. C substantiate the darker , more selfish side of manhood . While everyone possesses a blend of selfless and selfish qualities , Cooper ’s dark doppelgänger ’s action aredriven primarily by self - interestingness . As Mark Frost note in an audience , Cooper has fail to integrate with his shadow - ego , a crucial concept in Jungian psychological science ( via25YL ) . In the surreal humans ofTwin Peaks , this shadow - ego has attest physically , wreak havoc and highlighting Cooper ’s intragroup conflict .
1Killer BOB
Played By Frank Silva
necessarily , Killer BOB is thebest scoundrel ofTwin elevation – and with honorable intellect . The backstory of the casting ofFrank Silva , who was originally aTwin Peaksset decorator , is entrancing . The fact that one of the chilling villain inTwin Peakswas an stroke adds to Lynch ’s deception . He was solidified as a mainstay when archival footage of BOB was used inThe Return . David Lynch is an expert at getting under the viewer ’s skin and Killer BOB ’s scene where he climb over a couch toward the camera is a prime example . The scene is drawn out and has a circumscribed POV , adding to its sentience of dread .
Killer BOB is pure wickedness in the show .
Frank Silva died tragically young in 1995 , but his unintentional depicting of Killer BOB forever made him a legend . Killer BOB is pure evil in the show , thriving on other characters ’ pain and distress . He is“the wickedness that men do”personified – and his killing of Laura is all the more fell for having made her abide for years prior , through her own Church Father no less . His relishing in immorality and cruelty with his laughter makes him the chilling villain inTwin Peaksby far and part ofwhyTwin Peakschanged TV forever .
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