Twin Peaks

2. Definition - A theory seeking to explain a disputed case or
matter as a plot by a secret group or alliance rather than an
individual or isolated act.
"I felt that the '90s are going to be the 'conspiracy decade,' that a
belief in conspiracies was going to be the predominant way of
the thinking in the national Zeitgeist."
-Jonathan Vankin (Senior Editor at Vertigo Comics and author
of The Fifty Greatest Conspiracies of All Time: History's Biggest
Mysteries, Cover-ups, and Cabals)

3.  The Roswell UFO Incident involved the recovery of materials
near Roswell, New Mexico, on July 7, 1947, and since the early
1980s has become the subject of intense speculation, rumor and
questioning.
 The military maintains that what was actually recovered was
debris from an experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon
belonging to a classified program named "Mogul."
 Many UFO conspiracy theorists maintain that a crashed alien
spacecraft and bodies were recovered, and that the military
engaged in a cover-up.
 The incident has turned into a widely known phenomenon, and
for some, Roswell is synonymous with UFOs.

4.  UFO CRASH AT ROSWELL (1991) by Kevin D. Randle and Donald
R. Schmitt
 Crash at Corona (1992) by Stanton Friedman
 The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell (1994) by Kevin D.
Randle and Donald R. Schmitt
 The Roswell UFO Crash: What They Don't Want You To Know
(1997) by Kal K. Korff

6.  A large secretive military airfield in southern Nevada.
 Conspiracy theorists state:
 It’s a storage facility for crashed alien spacecraft.
 Government has meetings and allegiances with alien life-forms.
 The development of exotic energy weapons for things such as
weather control.
 The development of technology for teleportation and time
travel.
 Existence of a secret government agency.

8.  President Clinton lied about his sexual involvement with
Monica Lewinski
 Worldwide Football Hero OJ Simpson is accused of
murdering his wife Nicole and Ron Goldman.
 Michael Jackson is accused of child molestation

9.  There are
conspiracy
theorists who
still believe that
Kurt Cobain may
not have killed
himself.
 Courtney Love or
Other Parties
may have been
responsible for
his death.

10. 
There were never any pictures released of Tupac in the hospital.
In the song "Life Goes On", Tupac raps about his own funeral.
The video "I ain't Mad at Cha" was released only a few days after his death. "I ain't Mad at Cha" is track 13 on
the album All Eyes On Me. The video shows Tupac as an angel in heaven. In the video, Tupac was shot after
leaving a theater with a friend, which is very similar to how he was shot in real life. Interestingly, Tupac dies
in his last video released under the name "Tupac". His new video "Toss It Up" from the new album was
released under the name "Makaveli".
The second video to be released by the name Makaveli is "To Live and Die in L.A." But how could they shoot
the second video when he is "dead". Do you really think the video was shot 4 months ago, back in August of
'96? Think about it.
In most of his songs he talks about being buried, so why was he allegedly cremated the day after he "died"?
And since when do they cremate someone the day after death without an autopsy? Furthermore, it is illegal
to bury someone who has been murdered without an autopsy.
Tupac's alias is Makaveli. Though the spelling is different, Machiavelli was a 16th century italian philosopher
who advocated the staging of one's death in order to evade one's enemies and gain power.
In Machiavelli's book Discourses Upon the First Ten Books of Titus Livy, in Book 2 Chapter XIII he says "a
prince who wishes to achieve great things must learn to deceive". This is Machiavelli's main idea and is the
connection between Tupac and the writings of Machiavelli.
In the video "Hail Mary" released under the name Makaveli, there is a gravestone that says Makaveli. But the
gravestone is cracked and there is a hole right in front of it, inferring that Makaveli rose from the dead.

11.  Detective Munch –
conspiracy theorist
 In real life-Munch’s
portrayer Richard
Belzer wrote a book
entitled "UFOs, JFK,
and Elvis: Conspiracies
You Don't Have to Be
Crazy To Believe.“ (1999)

14.  Created by David
Lynch (Eraserhead,
The Elephant
Man,Blue Velvet)
and Mark Frost.
 Aired on ABC from
April 8, 1990-June
10, 1991
 (29 episodes)

15.  Homecoming Queen Laura Palmer
is found dead, washed up on a
riverbank, wrapped in plastic
sheeting.
 FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is
called in to investigate the murder
of this young woman in the small,
Northwestern town of Twin Peaks.
 As the investigation ensues, the
audience learns that virtually
nobody can be trusted. Even the
victim herself lead a double life.

16.  Volunteered at Meals on
Wheels
 Loved by the town and was
perceived as pristine and
innocent
 she was the high school
homecoming queen
 Had football captain
boyfriend-Bobby Briggs
 she was seemingly adored
by her parents

17.  Cocaine abuser
 Victim of child abuse from
BOB (who inhabited her
father’s body)
 had secret lovers-James
Hurley and others
 worked as a hooker in a
secret brothel in the
casino One-Eyed Jacks.

18.  We learn that Leland is possessed by an
evil spirit named BOB who molested
Laura as a child and through her
teenage years.
 He suffered from numerous breakdowns
after Laura’s death—he begins to sing
and dance uncontrollably in certain
instances.
 After killing a suspect in Laura’s murder,
his hair turns completely white.
 Leland also kills Laura’s cousin Maddie.

19.  Benjamin Horne-Town’s Business mogul—morally ambiguous, also
had sexual and emotional relationship with Laura
 Audrey Horne –sexually promiscuous and deceitful.
 Bobby Briggs—drug dealer—was used by Laura for his cocaine
connections
 Josie Packard-appears innocent, but committed murderous acts to
gain control of the town mill. She also attempts to kill Agent
Cooper. She also had a sexual relationship with Laura.

20.  Incomprehensible characters
are integrated into the
narrative to increase the
paranoia and distrust.
 These characters work to
increase the paranoia,
because nobody knows what
they anyone is thinking,
what their motives are, or
even if they are a sane and a
reliable source of
information.

21.  Even the perceived
heroes become a
source of
unreliability.
 Agent Cooper is
always confiding
into a tape recorder
to someone named
“Diane.”
 However, the
audiences never sees
Diane, which leads
the audience to
question his
motives, and even
his sanity.

23.  Aired September 10-1993
thru May 19,2002
 202 episodes
 2 feature films “Fight the
Future”(1998) and “I Want to
Believe” (2008)

24.  This long running FOX
drama on the exploits of
FBI Agents Fox Mulder,
Dana Scully, John Doggett
and Monica Reyes and
their investigations into
the paranormal.
 From genetic mutants and
killer insects to a global
conspiracy concerning the
colonization of Earth by
an alien species, the series
created by Chris Carter
has been one of the world's
most popular sci-fi/drama
shows.

25.  Fox Mulder was the
believer.
 Dana Scully was the
skeptic.
 The show explored
urban legends,
 sci-fi/horror b-movie
plots

26.  The show resonated
with the anti-government
stance
taken by conspiracy
theorists.
 Smoking Man, Well-
Manicured Man, Alex
Krycek were some of
many duplicitous
characters to create
paranoia within
narrative.
 In composing fan-fiction,
the fans
themselves invented
their own conspiracy
theories.

28.  Aired March 10, 1997 – May 20, 2003 on the WB/UPN
 The horror composition of duality is presented most significantly
in four pivotal characters that have a close relationship with the
show’s protagonist Buffy Summers.
 Angel and Spike are the two prominent loves of Buffy’s life
whose duality resulted in relationships fraught with volatility.
 Buffy’s best friend, Willow Rosenberg’s duality was manifested
after the death of her lover Tara.
 Finally, Faith’s duality was not only presented within her own
self, but was also mirrored in her relationship with Buffy.
 The show adheres to the notion that identity is never stabilized.
Buffy can play fast and lose with plausibility, using supernatural
triggers as metaphoric means to throw characters into identity
confusion.

29.  Aired on NBC from July 5, 1989 –May
14, 1998
 The untrustworthy concept is
magnified in the fact that Jerry,
George, Elaine, and Kramer are the
central unit-whereas everyone else in
the world becomes suspect.
 The distrustful element takes on a
greater dynamic since the foursome
are capable of deceit as well.

30.  Newman is constantly making Jerry’s life miserable while also being Kramer’s
partner in schemes.
 Frank and Estelle Costanza –George holds them responsible for his failures.
 Kenny Bania—Jerry’s nemesis-also stand-up comedian
 Susan Ross—George’s late fiancée who hated Kramer, Elaine, and Jerry.
 The Soup Nazi.

31.  Aired on NBC from September
22, 1994 to May 6, 2004
 Utilizes the same “central-unit”
concept as Seinfeld.
 Example “Kathy” Joey’s
girlfriend.
 She causes distrust in the group
when Chandler takes a liking to
her.
 Eventually, Chandler’s paranoia
leads to Kathy cheating on him

32.  Aired on ABC September 24,
1997-April 30, 2002
 Dharma was homeschooled
 Unfamiliar with Western
Culture
 Naïve with Trusting
Strangers
 She is the opposing force to
the distrust that exist in her
environment

33.  Myron Lawrence "Larry"
Finkelstein, Dharma's father
 Sixties radical who frequently
rants about various
conspiracies.
 He also thinks he's wanted by
the FBI.
 When Greg discovers he's not,
his family goes to great lengths
to prove to him that he still is
because, oddly, this is a source
of great pride to him.

34.  Dharma’s friend Jane hates and distrusts men
 Greg’s friend Pete is a terrible and lazy lawyer
who failed the bar exam seven times before
passing it in Barbados.
 Dharma’s Mother in Law Kitty is initially a
manipulative and controlling woman.

35.  Aired on NBC from
March 4, 1997 thru
August 16, 2003.
 Despicable characters
that worked at a
fashion magazine
called Blush.
 Even though they
engaged in deceit, they
were still a central unit
outside of the
workplace.

36.  Aired on ABC from
September 13, 1995 thru
September 8, 2004
 Drew and Mimi constantly
are playing practical jokes
on each other in the office
which resulted in comic
destruction (shredded
clothes, destroyed vacation
requests, etc)
 Mr. Wick (The Boss at
Winfred-Lauder) is a former
cocaine addict, unorthodox
firing procedures—would
always seem to fire someone
named Johnson)

37.  With its open-ended storytelling style-serialized
drama requires its writers to generate a multitude
of plot lines. Conspiracies can supply those plots.
 “Its easy to take down one bad guy, but if you have
a nice, long proliferating conspiracy, you don’t
know who you can trust, which lends itself to doing
24 episodes a year.
-Damon Lindelof (co-creator and executive
producer of LOST)

38.  The Shield –distrust of police
 The Sopranos-distrust of the family
 LOST-distrust of characters and narrative

39.  Desperate Housewives-distrust of
outsiders
 NCIS-distrust within military
 Damages-distrust of the legal system

40.  Post-911 Paranoia and Distrust
 24, Battlestar Galactica, Jericho,
Flashforward

41.  The Hills-Distrust in friends
 Reality Television-Distrust in Opponents