Andrew Grevas
Recently myself and a group of 14 other Twin Peaks scholars, authors & podcasters came together with one simple goal: To rank every single Twin Peaks episode. Now you might be asking yourself why? Art is subjective & Twin Peaks is an ongoing narrative. The answer is simple: Most major outlets that do these kinds of rankings don’t have passionate fans & subject matter experts working on them. We do. Our Twin Peaks episodes ranked list comes from people who love the show as much as you and have been studying it for years too.
A few notes: We will be using the classic numbering of Twin Peaks episodes, with the Pilot as Episode 0. The Return’s episodes will be listed as “Part” instead of “Episode”. We will also include the names of the episodes, to eliminate any confusion. Without further ado, here’s our Twin Peaks episode ranked list.
48: Episode 19 “The Black Widow”
47: Episode 22 “Slaves and Masters”
46: Episode 21 “Double Play”
45: Episode 24 “Wounds & Scars”
44: Episode 18 “Masked Ball”
43: Episode 17 “Dispute Between Brothers”
42: Episode 25 “On the Wings of Love”
41: Episode 23 “The Condemned Woman”
40: Episode 26 “Variations on Relations”
39: Episode 20 “Checkmate”
38: Episode 10 “The Man Behind the Glass”
37: Episode 11 “Laura’s Secret Diary”
36: Part 10 “Laura is the One”
35: Part 12 “Let’s Rock”
34: Part 7 “There’s a Body Alright”
33: Episode 12 “The Orchid’s Curse”
32: Part 5 “Case Files”
31: Episode 28 “Miss Twin Peaks”
30: Episode 13 “Demons”
29: Episode 15 “Drive with a Dead Girl”
28: Part 13 “What Story is that, Charlie?”
27: Part 11 “There’s Fire Where You Are Going”
26: Part 6 “Don’t Die”
25: Episode 6 “Realization Time”
24: Episode 27 “The Path to the Black Lodge”
23: Part 9 “This is the Chair”
22: Part 4 “Brings Back Some Memories”
21: Episode 9 “Coma”
20: Episode 4 “The One-Armed Man”
19: Episode 1 “Traces to Nowhere”
18: Episode 3 “Rest in Pain”
17: Part 2 “The Stars Turn and a Time Presents Itself”
16: Episode 5 “Cooper’s Dreams”
15: Part 1 “My Log has a Message for You”
14: Part 16 “No Knock, No Doorbell”
13: Part 3 “Call for Help”
12: Part 14 “We Are Like the Dreamer”
11: Part 15 “There’s Some Fear in Letting Go”
10: Episode 16 “Arbitrary Law”
9: Part 18 “What Is Your Name?”
8: Episode 7 “The Last Evening”
7: Part 17 “The Past Dictates the Future”
6: Twin Peaks Pilot
5: Episode 14 “Lonely Souls”
4: Episode 2 “Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer”
3: Episode 8 “May the Giant Be with You”
2: Part 8 “Gotta Light?”
Carel Struycken and Joy Nash in a still from Twin Peaks. Photo: Suzanne Tenner/SHOWTIME
1: Episode 29 “Beyond Life & Death”
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