Twin Peaks

One of the most important themes of the works of horror writer Stephen King is the idea that people have a dark half, prone to disorder and evil. I've never seen a better narrative in support of this theory than David Lynch's television program Twin Peaks. Amidst the mysteries of the Pacific Northwest, the murder of a young woman uncovers the absurd antics of the citizens of the small town of Twin Peaks. I have never experienced a more realistic existential horror than I did while watching Twin Peaks nightly before bed. What presents itself as a quirky soap opera emerges as the best meditation on the human encounter with evil that I've seen, quickly becoming one of the most significant television dramas of all time.