Leland Palmer

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Leland Palmer
Sarah Palmer (wife)
Laura Palmer (daughter, deceased)
Beth
(sister-in-law)
Maddy Ferguson
(niece-in-law)[1]
OriginSeattle, Washington[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Washington[1]
Date of birthFebruary 26, 1944[2]
Date of deathMarch 11, 1989 (1989-03-11)[a]
February 24, 1990 (1990-02-24)[b]

Leland Palmer is a fictional character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He also appears in the prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.[5] He is portrayed in all his appearances by Ray Wise.

Leland is an

Sarah (Grace Zabriskie) and his daughter Laura (Sheryl Lee), his family seems to be perfect. When Laura is murdered, however, Leland's psychological foundations begin to crumble, and it is gradually revealed that extreme dysfunction, including incest
, lies beneath the Palmer family's idyllic surface.

Appearances

Twin Peaks

In the pilot episode of the series, Leland is called into the morgue to identify Laura's body. The grief pushes him over the edge; he throws himself into the grave at Laura's funeral and has to be dragged out, and for the next few weeks he manically asks people - even complete strangers - to dance with him as Laura had, all while sobbing hysterically.

When

Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean) that he does not pose any danger to the community. Leland's behavior at times appears abnormal - manically happy at times, exhibited by singing the 1940s popular nonsense song "Mairzy Doats", before crashing into grief. The arrival of his niece-in-law[1] Madeline "Maddy" Ferguson, who looks almost exactly like Laura (both roles are played by Sheryl Lee
), is of great help to him in learning how to deal with his daughter's death.

It is eventually revealed that, as a boy, Leland met a strange neighbor who turned out to be a

molested him as a child. It is difficult to tell when and if Leland is truly in control of himself and when he is being possessed by BOB. It is implied that Leland killed Renault on his own – not under BOB's control – and that Leland is lost from that point: he is no longer able to stop BOB and is completely taken over, physically manifested by the change of hair color and a dramatic change in behavior. Finally, BOB takes control of Leland and murders Maddy. The changes in Leland from this point help Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan
) to finally identify him as BOB's "host".

Leland is eventually exposed as the murderer of both his daughter and his niece Maddy and is arrested by Cooper and Truman. He later dies in custody following a bizarre interrogation on the night of his arrest. BOB takes control of Leland and forces him to run headfirst into the metal door of an interrogation room. At the moment of his death, Leland remembers the crimes he committed under BOB's control, and cries out in agony. After Cooper recites the last rites from the

Tibetan Book of the Dead, Leland sees a vision of his daughter Laura and dies. Later on, Cooper explains to the widowed Sarah that he believes the vision was of Laura forgiving Leland and welcoming him into the afterlife
.

In the

Black Lodge
, who says "I did not kill anybody."

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

The prequel film Fire Walk With Me, which depicts the last week of Laura's life, reveals that BOB had begun raping her when she was 12 years old while possessing Leland. The abuse drives Laura into a life of drug addiction and promiscuity, and she begins working as a

Ronette Pulaski (Phoebe Augustine
). He pays Banks and leaves, but comes back later that night and beats her to death.

A year later, he sees Laura having

MIKE (Al Strobel
), BOB's former partner in murder.

Series relaunch

When Twin Peaks was revived in 2017, Ray Wise confirmed that he would appear in the new series, once again portraying Leland Palmer.[6] In the second episode of the renewed series, Leland appears in the Black Lodge imploring Cooper to "find Laura". In Part 18, he also repeats his instructions to Cooper when he returns to the Black Lodge. Due to time alterations following Part 17, it is said that Leland committed suicide on February 24, 1990, one year after his daughter's disappearance (she was never confirmed to have been murdered in the changed timeline).[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Original timeline death as seen in Episode 16.[3]
  2. ^ Altered date of death due to time alterations in Part 17.[4]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-250-07558-1
    .
  2. ^ "1991 Star Pics Twin Peaks #59 - Leland Palmer". The Trading Card database. April 20, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  3. ISBN 978-1495015861
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1509802043
    .
  5. ^ Leland Palmer (character) on IMDb
  6. ^ Calvario, Liz (July 23, 2016). "'Twin Peaks' Revival: Release Info Revealed & David Lynch Directing All 18 Episodes". IndieWire. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
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