David Lynch and Mark Frost, the creators of Twin Peaks, asked fans to stop taking pictures of the ongoing production for the show’s third season…and they agreed.
The last time a new episode of Twin Peaks was on the air, it was 1991. It was a simpler time then, a time when many Americans probably didn’t even realize that George Bush even had a son, and when ABC was willing to let an absolute lunatic like David Lynch make show for network television.
Over 20 years later, it was announced that Twin Peaks would return for a third season, but a whole lot has changed in the meantime. Nowadays, people have little cameras installed in their mobile phones, and spoiling what’s going to happen on an upcoming season of television is as easy as visiting the set where its filming, aiming, and hitting a button. Hell, there’s a small industry devoted to uncovering what’s going to happen on Game of Thrones next year, so what chance do David Lynch and his Twin Peaks team have?
Weirdly, they might have a better chance than you might think. While there are indeed many pictures floating around the internet that threaten to uncover the mysteries of Twin Peaks Season 3, Lynch and his co-creator Mark Frost recently went on the offensive…by politely asking the people who were taking these pictures to stop.“We’re so happy people are excited about being back to where it all began,” they wrote. “Like any good mystery, it’s all suppose to be top secret, and would love it if everyone helped keep it that way!”
Even weirder, the fans actually agreed. The Twin Peaks Archive had previously dedicated itself to collecting all of the Season 3 production pics it could, from every quirky storefront to every strangely menacing picket fence, but it yielded after Lynch and Frost asked the fans to stand down. Here’s the website’s statement:
"All things must pass. Whilst up in Washington watching the filming of the new Twin Peaks, we heard through the grapevine that David Lynch was unpleased that fans were taking photos of the filming and uploading them to various sites on the internet. Even though everyone I witnessed was being courteous and staying on public sidewalks etc, apparently this was just too much for Lynch. So, we decided to abide by Mr. Lynch’s wishes. We will post stills of the filming process once the final episode of the series airs. I know many of you are disappointed by this, but hey, it is what it is."
I can hear a little passive aggression in there, what with the lines about everybody who was watching the filming being “courteous and staying on public sidewalks,” but this does look to be the end of Twin Peaks Season 3 spoilers. Either that, or it opens a window for some slightly less scrupulous fans to swoop in and operate the Twin Peaks spoiler pipeline. After all, it’s not 1991 anymore, and the internet tends to find a way…
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