Well, my title is a bit misleading - actually Twin Peaks Season 2 is coming to DVD on April 3, and I tell ya, it's like the Dalai Lama coming home to Tibet (a little Peaks humor there).

Yes, I admit it, in addition to being a huge Star Wars fan, I am an unabashed Peaks freak. I know, I know -- the show only lasted a season and a half between 1990-91, but there's something so seductive about it -- a murder mystery among the Douglas firs, where a cup of coffee, donuts, and a slice of cherry pie are your ticket to a postmodernist dream world of red rooms, dancing little men, scorched engine oil, and a supernatural psycho named BOB -- how can you not love this stuff?

Anyone who's a Peaks fan knows that we've been clamoring to get the show's 20-plus-episodes from the second season on DVD for years now, ever since the first season debuted over five years ago. Granted, Season One was a compressed and cohesive 7 episodes that laid the groundwork for the series, and overall has been more highly acclaimed than the neglected second season (the series reached some embarrassing lows around episode 20), but there are many reasons to love Season Two -- the intoxicating 16th episode where a second murder takes place, the revelation of BOB's host on earth, Cooper's return to the red room, etc. I can't wait to see these again - it's literally been over 10 years since I foolishly dumped my old videotapes in a move, and regretted it ever since.

I've found it interesting that almost every Peaks fan I know is also a Star Wars fan - maybe it has to do with the fantasy components, or the groundbreaking vision shared by their creators, or the intensely visual experience they both provide. In any case, it's great fun, and you're guaranteed to be sucked in after the first episode. Highly recommended, if you care to take the plunge. And if you do, I'll see you in the trees...