Few television series have ever gotten off to a stronger start than "Twin Peaks." Created by Mark Frost and David Lynch, "Twin Peaks" was an instant sensation when ABC aired the pilot on April 8, 1990; the broadcast attracted a whopping 34.6 million viewers after getting hyped to the heavens by many of its era's leading media outlets. Frost and Lynch brilliantly baited the hook in the pilot with the mystery that would have people wildly speculating for the rest of the TV season: Who killed Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee)? They also introduced viewers to arguably the most eccentric dramatis personae of all time. Kyle MacLachlan grounded the series as the cheerily inquisitive FBI Agent Dale Cooper, who initially baffles the straight-shooting Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean) before earni

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