Skip to Content
Prestige Prehistory

‘Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces’ Recap: When You See the One That’s Meant to Help You, You Will Weep with Joy

This is a mainline injection of the Lynchian supernatural.

12:41 PM EDT on July 7, 2026

David Bowie screaming

In PRESTIGE PREHISTORY, Pop Heist critic Sean T. Collins takes a look at classic TV shows that paved the way for the New Golden Age of Television — challenging, self-contained series from writers and filmmakers determined to push the medium forward by telling stories their own way.

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
World Premiere: July 16, 2014
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Writers: David Lynch & Robert Engels
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Phoebe Augustine, David Bowie, Eric DaRe, Miguel Ferrer, Pamela Gidley, Chris Isaak, Moira Kelly, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Jürgen Prochnow, Kiefer Sutherland, Grace Zabriskie, Kyle MacLachlan, Jack Nance, Joan Chen, Wendy Robie, Everett McGill, Warren Frost, Mary Jo Deschanel, Michael Horse, Harry Goaz, Michael Ontkean, Russ Tamblyn, Don S. Davis, Charlotte Stewart, Kimmy Robertson, Heather Graham, Frances Bay, Catherine E. Coulson, Michael J. Anderson, Frank Silva, Walter Olkewicz, Al Strobel, Gary Hershberger, Sandra Kinder, Rick Aiello, Gary Bullock, Vitor Rivers, Chris Pederson, Ed Wright, Kimberly Ann Cole, Stefano Loverso, Carlton L. Russell, Calvin Lockhart, Jonathan J. Leppell, Andrea Hays