- laura! - and that haunting music was so dark and so beautiful. - ♪ then i saw ♪ ♪ your smile ♪ [dialogue audio plays in reverse] - what on earth is essentially a art film doing in prime-time television? - american network television has long been considered the home of the bland, the cautious, and the predictable. so it was with some trepidation that the abc network recently launched a new series that was none of those things. "twin peaks" has already been described by one critic as, "the series that will change tv." it's directed by david lynch. - david lynch was a filmmaker known for his taste in the eccentric and memorable.