Episode 1: 'Traces to Nowhere' (Story Code '1001') by Mark Frost and David Lynch

F.B.I. Special Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman continue their investigation into the murder of Laura Palmer, uncovering more of the young girls’ troubled life. Bobby Briggs, Mike Nelson and James Hurley are released from the town jail. Big Ed Hurley reveals that he was drugged at The Roadhouse. Josie Packard is questioned over Laura’s death. Audrey Horne and Donna Hayward resolve to discover the identity of their friend’s murderer. Doc Hayward releases his autopsy report on Laura. Doctor Jacoby conceals some important information. Catherine Martell plots to take control of the Packard sawmill. Sarah Palmer experiences a terrifying vision of a ferocious, grey-haired man in her daughter’s room.

Kyle MacLachlan (Special Agent Dale Cooper), Michael Ontkean (Sheriff Harry S. Truman), Madchen Amick (Shelly Johnson), Dana Ashbrook (Bobby Briggs), Richard Beymer (Benjamin Horne), Lara Flynn Boyle (Donna Marie Hayward), Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey Horne), Warren Frost (Doctor William Hayward), Peggy Lipton (Norma Jennings), James Marshall (James Hurley), Everett McGill (Ed Hurley), Jack Nance (Pete Martell), Ray Wise (Leland Palmer), Joan Chen (Jocelyn ‘Josie’ Packard), Piper Laurie (Catherine Martell), Eric Da Re (Leo Johnson), Harry Goaz (Deputy Andy Brennan), Michael Horse (Deputy Tommy ‘Hawk’ Hill), Sheryl Lee (Laura Palmer), Russ Tamblyn (Doctor Lawrence Jacoby), Grace Zabriskie (Sarah Palmer), Don Davis (Major Briggs), Mary Jo Deschanel (Eileen Hayward), Charlotte Stewart (Betty Briggs), Gary Hershberger (Mike Nelson), Wendy Robie (Nadine Hurley), Kimmy Robertson (Lucy Moran), Catherine E. Coulson (Margaret Lanterman [Log Lady]), Alan Ogle (Janek Pulaski), Michele Milantomi (Suburbis Pulaski), Jill Rogosheske-Engels (Trudy), Al Strobel (One-Armed Man) Frank Silva (Killer Bob)*
*(Uncredited)

Directed by Duwayne Dunham
Produced by Gregg Fienberg
Executive Producers Mark Frost and David Lynch

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US TX - 12th April 1990

Notes:
*Featuring FBI Agent Dale Cooper, Sheriff Harry S. Truman and the townsfolk of Twin Peaks