The interplay between and dark secrets that lie beneath the supposedly-perfect all-American nuclear family is an important recurring theme in David Lynch's work, but especially in Twin Peaks. Whereas most of the families in the show are dysfunctional at the very best, and are murdering at the very worst, all the families that appeared throughout the show's production were actually quite friendly. And boy was there a lot of them. Lynch enlisted his daughter Jennifer to write the tie-in book The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, with co-creator Mark Frost getting his brother Scott to pen The Autobiography of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper. On the show, meanwhile, Kyle MacLachlans brother Craig worked as a production assistant and appeared on-screen as Windom Earles first murder victim in the second season. The grandson of one of Laura Palmer's Meals on Wheels clients, with his hands full of creamed corn, was played by Lynchs son, Austin Jack. Meanwhile Frosts father, Warren, played town doctor Will Hayward, Leo was played by casting director Johanna Rays son, and producer Robert Engels' wife played Trudy the waitress,at the Double R diner. Meanwhile Jack Nance (Pete Martell) and Catherine Coulson (The Log Lady) were exes, having been married from 1968-1976. Awkward.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
