Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier Hardcover – October 31, 2017

While a bit short, the format of this "wrap-up" to the series is compelling. You bounce between Agent TP's notes on various persons and places of interest, which gives each topic some breathing room to be explored. Of particular interest are the ways it fills in the knowledge gaps on various characters between Season 2 and the revival, including Annie.Toward the back half of the dossier, Agent TP reflects and theorizes on some (but not all) of the more supernatural events that occur throughout the series. You get the sense that, especially with the events of the series finale, TP is like the viewer: overwhelmed with details that make no physical or logical sense, yet compelled to examine closer and find an answer. The book carefully and expertly balances TP's search for answers with the Twin Peaks creed of leaving many things unanswered. TP proposes a few theories that walk this extremely fine line. Are they canon because they were suggested here by Mark Frost? Are they merely suggested paths of inquiry for the viewer to start with, to ultimately be discarded in favor of your own theories?In any case, TP's notes and theories gave me A) closure on several characters, B) tantalizing morsels about others, and C) a new, *slightly* more concrete perspective on the final happenings in Twin Peaks. For that, it was riveting, and a five-star read.

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier is a must-have for all Twin Peaks fans (as is the History of Twin Peaks)! Tamara Preston of Blue Rose fame narrates, as in Secret History (difference being SH was a compilation of info & documents, while FD is set in a narrative format and is a lot shorter). I suggest watching S3, The Return, prior to reading this-there are a few spoilers & explanations leading back to events that happened in S3. It’s definitely worth purchasing the hardcover versions of both books-as obsessed as I am with my kindle, I tried Secret History on there first & found the maps and pictures too small-they are much nicer in an actual book-both books are beautiful! Secret History explains the background & sci-fi elements they didn’t have time to delve into in S1 & S2, & Final Dossier reviews/summarizes the Blue Rose’s findings throughout the past 20 years. These books give thise extra puzzle pieces to get “glimpses behind the curtain.” Certain mysterious characters from the series such as: Phillip Jeffries, Judy/Joudy, the Glass Box, the little girl in the desert who swallowed the frog-bug thing after passing out, the gas station...these are all better explained in this book. I love everything about Twin Peaks in its entirety, and both of Mark Frost’s books are no exception-I recommend both! I never thought I’d get another chance to experience the most truly amazing & iconic show ever created, and was ecstatic to get a 2nd opportunity to revisit the fascinating people & mysterious world of Twin Peaks that I fell in love with decades ago. I hope for more seasons, but if not, this time I at least feel like I got some closure & answers-Agent Cooper trapped in the Black Lodge is far worse than being trapped in an alternate reality. Probably.

Spoiler free from a lifelong fan.So we finally have it. A dutifully administered work of clarity, a welcome bit of texture, and a vague sense of closure. It is, indisputably, much more of a literary procedural than any of the other TP books (canon and otherwise.) All the principals are here, and by that, meaning not just the characters we grew to love and miss (and dare dream of their fates even as we all hurtle towards our own) but also the principal sense of ATMOSPHERE. It does feel like a silver thread between all prior screen and page narratives, providing context, and a bit of curtain pulling. There are no less than 3 chilling revelations that are worth the price of admission.Mr. Frost has pulled off what can only construed as a minor miracle; He brings Lynch's cinematic portents into focus. However these two "parents" sought to handle "visitation rights" to arguably one of the most vital creative "children" in the history of media entertainment, they certainly knew what roles they both can offer. If Lynch is truly the Dreamquester, then Frost is the Sentinel. It is to our delight and awe that the balancing act he finishes not only comes with a sense of an accomplished encore, but leaves you envisioning a mystical circus that could return again another day.What works best? The vigilant cohesiveness and fan friendly dedication to flesh out simple details. The sharpened crafting of Tamara Preston as an intriguing (if occasionally hyper-theoretical) chronicler in lockstep with her screen portrayal. Some playful jabs at prior events we all find consensus on (I'm looking at you, Mrs. Marsh) and the scholarly justification of some discrepancies in other TP media offerings (The OTHER Peaks author named Mr. Frost receives gentle reprieve.) And without a doubt, answers.Some loving critiques; The volume is disappointingly short in relation to its' predecessor, scarcely 120 pages... with an astonishingly surprising amount of original series character omissions. There's an ample retread factor here, with a few expository recaps that could have been dismissed in favor of manufacturing some actual narrative-- some missed opportunity to recapture us, the readers, with a new recounting of old friends (and fiends.) The photographic bells and whistles are minimal and do not possess the visual intricacy of the Secret History of Twin Peaks. And I'm just going to call it out; while our beloved caustic, verbal blunt force trauma spewing Special Agent Rosenfield might have considered himself "one of the happy generation," it's slightly characteristically anachronistic that his 1989 verbiage would give notice of trigger warnings,or ruminate on the potential for a microbrewery's success given the era.When it's all read and done, make no mistake---it's, excuse me, a damn fine denouement. A true bookend to an experience that we all thought we would never have again. It's hard to reconcile another goodbye. But if this is to be it, thank you Mr. Frost. Your gift should never be understated.Now please direct all 18 episodes of season 4, will you? You nailed S1 finale and you can take 50% of Lynch's storyboards and use 10% of them and fill in the glorious details for us with fresh pages written the day of shooting and...aw, there I go dreaming again.But then, that's what we live inside anyways, right?

I realized this was a short book and was delighted for it to be (in my lighting) perfect condition and not a single flaw that was visible to anyone here.Excellent and crucial addition if the series and movie are important to you or anyoneDid take about 50 mins to read, but a fine deal and a fine addition to the twin peaks aswesomeness!