Twin Peaks (population 51,201), a sleepy every-town USA where everyone's lives intersect with everyone else's, lies just five miles from the Canadian border. The town wakes up one morning to find one of its brightest young inhabitants, beautiful Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) murdered ...Twin Peaks (population 51,201), a sleepy every-town USA where everyone's lives intersect with everyone else's, lies just five miles from the Canadian border. The town wakes up one morning to find one of its brightest young inhabitants, beautiful Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) murdered and wrapped in plastic, down by the river.
Local Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean) and tearful Deputy Andy (Harry Goaz) are out of their depth with such a murder case and an FBI agent is assigned to investigate. Youthful, charismatic and somewhat otherworldly in his approach to policing, Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) arrives to try and solve the case.
Cooper's appearance causes ripples in the community and in turn he discovers that Twin Peaks is a small town full of secrets.