In the eyes of ABC, Twin Peaks presented one supreme question: Who killed Laura Palmer? After a season and a half, the television network demanded David Lynch – decidedly not your average network television director – resolve that central mystery, and the enrapturing, form-challenging series lost steam. This prequel makes clear Lynch’s true focus was not on who killed Laura Palmer, but who Laura Palmer was: a teenage girl, played with pitch-perfect intensity by Sheryl Lee, whose light was blown out by childhood sexual abuse. Unceasing yet empathetic, Fire Walk With Me breathes life into a ghost and distills the best of Lynch’s compassionate storytelling. – Carys Anderson
