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Twin Peaks :: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer (01x03)

Episode Information

Title:

Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer

Episode #:

01x03

Production Number:

1.002

Original Airdate:

Thursday April 19th, 1990

*Also Known As:

Zen oder die Kunst, einen Mörder zu fassen ( Germany)

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Episode Crew
Director:	David Lynch (1)
Writer:	Mark Frost (1) David Lynch (1)

Episode Summary

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Donna Hayward and James Hurley confess their love for one another; Leo holds Bobby Briggs hostage; Ben Horn and his brother, Jerry, make a trip out to One-Eyed Jacks; Agent Cooper has his first of many strange and troubling dreams.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Al Strobel	played	The One-Armed Man	Recurring (third appearance)
•David Patrick Kelly (1)	played	Jerry Horne	Recurring (first appearance)
•Eric Dare	played	Leo Johnson	Recurring (third appearance)
•Frank Silva	played	Bob	Recurring (third appearance)
•Garrison Hershberger	played	Mike Nelson	Recurring (third appearance)
•Grace Zabriskie	played	Sarah Palmer	Recurring (third appearance)
•Jan D'Arcy	played	Sylvia Horne	Recurring (second appearance)
•Jill Rogosheske	played	Trudy Chelgren	Recurring (second appearance)
•Mary Jo Deschanel	played	Eileen Hayward	Recurring (third appearance)
•Michael J. Anderson (3)	played	The Man From Another Place	Recurring (second appearance)
•Miguel Ferrer	played	FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield	Recurring (first appearance)
•Robert Bauer (2)	played	Johnny Horne	Recurring (first appearance)
•Sheryl Lee (1)	played	Laura Palmer	Recurring (third appearance)
•Victoria Catlin	played	Blackie O'Reilly	Recurring (first appearance)
•Wendy Robie	played	Nadine Hurley	Recurring (third appearance)
•Charlie Spradling	played	Swabbie
•Connie Woods	played	New Girl at One Eyed Jacks
•Kim Lentz	played	Bartender at One-Eyed Jack's

Main Cast

•Kyle MacLachlan (1)	played	Special Agent Dale Cooper
•Madchen Amick	played	Shelly Johnson
•Dana Ashbrook	played	Bobby Briggs
•Richard Beymer	played	Benjamin Horne
•Lara Flynn Boyle	played	Donna Marie Hayward
•Sherilyn Fenn	played	Audrey Horne
•Warren Frost	played	Dr. William Hayward
•Peggy Lipton	played	Norma Jennings
•James Marshall (1)	played	James Hurley
•Everett McGill	played	Big Ed Hurley
•Jack Nance	played	Pete Martell
•Ray Wise	played	Leland Palmer
•Joan Chen	played	Jocelyn "Josie" Packard
•Piper Laurie	played	Catherine Martell

Episode Quotes

Jerry Horne: We had those Vikings by the horns! What happened?
Ben Horne: We're not 100% sure. They took their translator with them.

The Man From another Place: She's filled with secrets. Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song and there's always music in the air.

Jerry Horne: Did you say Leland Palmer's daughter is dead? Man... now I'm depressed...

Bob: Head's up, tails up, run your scallwags. Night falls, morning calls, I'll catch you with my death bag. You may think I've gone insane, but I promise, I will kill again!

Agent Albert Rosenfield: What the hell kind of two-bit operation they running out of this treehouse, Cooper?

Leo Johnson: You punks owe me ten grand! Leo needs a new pair of shoes!