FBI Special Agent Dale Bartholomew "Coop" Cooper was the lead fictional character in the influential television series Twin Peaks (1990-1991), created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. The character was played throughout both seasons by Kyle MacLachlan, who also briefly reprised the role for the prequel film Fire Walk With Me. Image File history File links Publicity photo of Kyle MacLachlan as Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ... The shield and spear of the Roman god Mars, which is also the alchemical symbol for iron, represents the male sex. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Twin Peaks is an American Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody and Golden Globe-winning serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, which first aired in the United States on April 8, 1990 and ended on June 10, 1991. ... Mark Frost (born 25 November 1953) is an American novelist, television/film writer, director, and executive producer. ... David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker. ... Kyle MacLachlan as Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks Dune (1984) Kyle MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959 in Yakima, Washington) is an American actor of Scottish descent, best known for his work with American film director David Lynch. ... A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. ... Fire Walk With Me is a 1992 movie directed by David Lynch and starring Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, Ray Wise, Chris Isaak and Kiefer Sutherland. ...

Cooper arrives in Twin Peaks to investigate the brutal murder of the popular high-school student, Laura Palmer, and falls in love with Twin Peaks and gains a great deal of acceptance within a tight knit community. He displays an arrary of quirky mannerisms such as giving a 'thumbs up' when satisfied, sage-like sayings, distinct sense of humour, along with his love for a good cherry pie and a "damn fine cup of coffee". One of his most popular habits is recording spoken-word tapes to a mysterious woman called 'Diane' into his dictaphone that he always carries with him, that often contain everyday observations and thoughts on his current case. Laura Palmer is a fictional character played by Sheryl Lee on the David Lynch/Mark Frost television series Twin Peaks. ... “Cherry tree” redirects here. ... A cup of coffee Workers sorting and pulping coffee beans in Guatemala Mature coffee fruit still on the plant Coffee is a widely consumed beverage prepared from the roasted seeds — commonly referred to as beans — of the coffee plant. ... Dictaphone is an American company that makes dictation machines —sound recording devices most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print. ...

Cooper is a graduate of Haverford College. He is also revealed to be something of an introverted personality, due to his profound interest in the mystical, particularly in Tibet and Native American mythology. Much of his work is based on intuition and even dreams; this is in contrast to other fictional detectives who uses logic to solve their cases. Like many television detectives, however, he sometimes bends the rules or goes outside the law. Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous home to the Tibetan people. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... “Dreams” redirects here. ...

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History

Conceptual history

History within the show and feature film

Prior to arrival in Twin Peaks

On joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dale Cooper was based at the Bureau offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was here Cooper was partnered with the older Windom Earle, a veteran of the Bureau who taught the young Cooper everything he knew about the FBI. (Cooper later refers to his former partner as having a "brilliant" mind). At some point, Cooper would be based under the authority of FBI Bureau Chief Gordon Cole, who dealt with the mysterious 'Blue Rose' cases. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Windom Earle is a villain in the American tv series, Twin Peaks. ... FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole is a fictional character on Twin Peaks played by (show co-creator) David Lynch. ...

Some time after joining the Bureau, Earle's wife, Caroline was a witness to a federal crime. Earle and Cooper were assigned to protect her, and it was around this time that Cooper began an affair with Caroline, unbeknowst to his partner. However, one night, whilst in Pittsburg, Cooper let his guard down - and Caroline was murdered by her husband by way of a knife wound to the aorta. Cooper's former partner and mentor had "lost his mind" (and may have indeed been the perpetrator of the federal crime Caroline witnessed), and was subsequently sent to a mental institution. Cooper was absolutely devastated by the loss of the woman he would later refer to as "the love of my life", and swore to never again get involved with someone who was a part of a case he was assigned to. Pittsburg was at one time a common spelling of the city now always written as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... The aorta (generally pronounced or ay-orta) is the largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and bringing oxygenated blood to all parts of the body in the systemic circulation. ...

Three years before his arrival to Twin Peaks, Cooper has a dream involving the plight of the Tibetan people, and revealed to him the deductive technique of the Tibetan method. Deeply moved by what he saw in this dream, it is indicated it was this event that formed the basis of his unconventional methods of investigation. Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་; Wylie: Bod; Lhasa dialect IPA: [; Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 西藏, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zàng; also referred to as 藏区 (Simplified Chinese), 藏區 (Traditional Chinese), ZàngqÅ« (Hanyu Pinyin), see Name section below) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the indigenous home to the Tibetan people. ...

In February 1988, Dale Cooper reveals to his boss, FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole of the portents of a strange dream - whilst at the same Agent Chester Desmond is investigating the bizarre murder of Theresa Banks in the town of Deer Meadow, north-east Washington. While conducting an experiement involving security camera monitors in the corridor outside his office, Cooper is shocked by the sudden bizarre appearance of Agent Phillip Jeffries in Cole's office - having vanished in the field two years before. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole is a fictional character on Twin Peaks played by (show co-creator) David Lynch. ... FBI Special Agent Chester Desmond (Chris Isaak) FBI Special Agent Chester Desmond is a character played by Chris Isaak in the David Lynch movie, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. ... Theresa Banks, a fictional character, is a 17 year old drifter and cocaine addict referred to in the ABC television drama Twin Peaks (1990-1991). ... FBI Special Agent Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie) Special Agent Phillip Jeffries is a character played by David Bowie in the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. ...

Hurrying towards Cole, and in front of Cooper and his colleague, Agent Albert Rosenfield, Jeffries starts raving in a loud and disturbed manner, referring at one stage to Cooper and yelling “Who do you think this is, there?”. Jeffries refers to names and incidents that are unfamiliar to those listening, before suddenly disappearing into thin air. Suddenly, the three recieve a phone call telling of Agent Desmond's sudden disappearance in Deer Meadow. Albert Rosenfield is a character in the television series Twin Peaks The Albert Rosenfield character was played by Miguel Ferrer, in the David Lynch television show Twin Peaks. ...

Following up on this, and sensing a connection, Cooper retraces Desmond's steps through Deer Meadow - but is unable to discover the fate of his colleague or Theresa Banks' murderer. In a recording to Diane, Cooper refers to his deep conviction that the killer will strike again, "but as the old saying goes, who knows where or when?"

Roughly a year later, in 1989, Cooper tells Rosenfield in the Philadelphia offices of how he senses Banks' killer will strike again soon, and that his victim will be a young woman, who has blonde hair, is sexually active, using drugs, and is crying out for help. (And that Rosenfield will help him solve the case). Rosenfield is quick to dismiss Cooper's notion, however, reminding Cooper he is "talking about half the high school girls in America!" Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

On arrival in Twin Peaks

On February 24th 1989, Cooper is called into to investigate the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer in the town of Twin Peaks, in north-west Washington. (Following the potential second victim, Ronette Pulaski emerging across the state line). Cooper's initial examination of Laura's body reveals a tiny typed letter 'R' inserted under her fingernail. He recognizes this as the "calling card" of the killer who took the life of Teresa Banks in Deer Meadow. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Laura Palmer is a fictional character played by Sheryl Lee on the David Lynch/Mark Frost television series Twin Peaks. ... Look up R, r in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Alongside Sheriff Harry S. Truman and his deputies, Cooper quickly establishes that Laura's character and relationships are not as they first appear, and that she's far from the wholesome homecoming queen that those closest to her believed her to be. It is revealed that Laura was two-timing her boyfriend Bobby Briggs with sullen biker James Hurley, a fact known to Laura's best friend Donna Hayward. Cooper also finds traces of cocaine in Laura's diary, indicating a drug habit she shared with Bobby. Sheriff Harry S. Truman is a fictional character on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks, played by actor Michael Ontkean. ... Bobby in the episode The Black Widow. ... James Hurley James Hurley is a fictional character on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks. ... Donna Hayward (Lara Flynn Boyle) is a fictional character in the television series Twin Peaks). ...

During his investigation, Cooper stays at the Great Northern Hotel owned by the Horne family. The Hornes' sultry daughter Audrey develops a crush on Cooper that initially appears to be mutual. However, Cooper later rebuffs her advances, on the grounds that she is a high schooler and she is involved in the case he is working on. With Audrey's help, Cooper traces Laura's cocaine usage to a brothel called One-Eyed Jack's, which Audrey later infiltrates on Cooper's behalf. It is revealed that Laura had also been working as a prostitute there. Audrey Horne, played by Sherilyn Fenn Audrey Horne is a fictional character in the television series Twin Peaks, played by Sherilyn Fenn. ...

Agent Cooper, The Man from Another Place, and Laura Palmer in the "red room" of Cooper's dream, later revealed to be part of the Black Lodge.

Cooper also experiences a bizarre dream, in which he sees a one-armed man called Mike, who chants a strange poem: "Through the darkness of future past / The magician longs to see / One chants out between two worlds / Fire walk with me." Mike tells Cooper about another man called Bob, and how they went "killing together." Bob also appears as a man with long grey hair, dressed in denim, who swears to Cooper, "I will kill again." As the dream continues, Cooper finds himself twenty-five years older, sitting in a mysterious red-curtained room. It is here he meets the diminutive Man From Another Place who intones clues to Cooper in the form of strange phrases and then proceeds to dance to a jazzy beat. Also present is the spirit of Laura Palmer, who kisses Cooper and then whispers into his ear the name of her killer. When he awakes, Cooper is unable to recall the killer's name. Image File history File links Twinpeaks4. ... Image File history File links Twinpeaks4. ... Agent Cooper, The Man from Another Place and Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge The Black Lodge is a fictional place from the television series Twin Peaks. ... The Man from another place also known as The Dream Dwarf is a character in the Mark Frost and David Lynch television series, Twin Peaks, which aired over 29 episodes on ABC from 1990-91. ...

Cooper and the local police force are then able to track down Mike, whose full name is Phillip Michael Gerard. Gerard appears to be nothing more than a shoe salesman and claims to know nothing of the Bob that Cooper describes. However, it eventually becomes clear that Gerard is possessed by an "inhabiting spirit" (the true 'Mike') who reveals to Cooper and his colleages the true nature of Bob - Bob is a fellow inhabiting spirit who has possessed someone in Twin Peaks "for over forty years." The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus (breath). Spirit- also the name of a popular musical group (rock genre) from the sixties. ...

Cooper is also visited by an apparition of a mysterious Giant who provides him with further clues in the murder investigation. All this information that Cooper has gained from psychic and empirical means, including the mysterious utterances of an eccentric local woman known as The Log Lady, leads him to a number of suspects; but when he discovers the existence of Laura's second, secret diary, he realizes that therein lies the key to solving the mystery. Harold Smith, a local man who was one of Laura's confidants, holds this diary. The secret diary reveals that from a very early age Laura was abused by a figure called 'Bob', and that her use of drugs and sex are the means she has used to numb herself and escape from him. The Giant is a fictional character in the television series Twin Peaks. ... Margaret Lanterman, better known as the Log Lady (Catherine E. Coulson), is a fictional character in the television series Twin Peaks. ...

On the night before she is to leave town, Maddy is brutally murdered by Laura's father, Leland, who is revealed as the man who is possessed by 'Bob'. Cooper and Truman apprehend him, and as they interrogate the crazed Leland, it becomes clear that Leland has little to no memory of his grotesque actions while under Bob's influence. After confessing to two murders, Bob forces Leland to smash his own head against the wall of his cell. As Cooper and Truman rush to his side, Leland's memories of what he has done return to him, and in his dying moment, Leland claims to see Laura. However, as Cooper and the others note, if Bob has truly left Leland's body, it means his spirit is now loose in the woods of Twin Peaks.

With the murder investigation concluded, Cooper is then all set to leave Twin Peaks when he is framed for drug trafficking by the criminal Jean Renault and is temporarily suspended from the FBI. Renault holds Cooper responsible for the death of his brother Jacques, who was murdered by a grieving Leland Palmer when Jacques was under suspicion for Laura's murder. The Renault brothers are a trio of fictional characters on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch/Mark Frost They are Franco-Columbians and heavily involved in various kinds of crime, especially drug running. ... The Renault brothers are a trio of fictional characters on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch/Mark Frost They are Franco-Columbians and heavily involved in various kinds of crime, especially drug running. ...

After Renault is killed in a shoot-out with police and Cooper is cleared of the charges, his former FBI partner and mentor Windom Earle comes to Twin Peaks to play a deadly game of chess with Cooper, in which each piece of Cooper's that he takes means someone dies. As Cooper explains to Truman, during his early years with the FBI alongside Earle, Cooper had begun an affair with Earle's wife, Caroline, while she had been under his protection as a witness to a federal crime. Earle went mad and killed Caroline, tried to gut Cooper with a knife, and was subsequently committed to a mental institution. Now having escaped and come to Twin Peaks, Earle hides out in the woods so he may go about plotting his revenge scheme. Windom Earle is a villain in the American tv series, Twin Peaks. ...

As this is going on, Cooper continues to try to track down the origins and whereabouts of Bob, and learns more about the mysteries of the dark woods surrounding Twin Peaks. It is here he learns of the existence of the White Lodge and the Black Lodge, two mystical extradimensional realms whose gateways reside somewhere in the woods and which are occupied by spirits, that appear in Cooper's dreams and visions (metaphorically referred to as owls - "The owls are not what they seem"). Cooper also falls in love with a new girl in town, Annie Blackburn. Agent Cooper, The Man from Another Place and Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge The Black Lodge is a fictional place from the television series Twin Peaks. ... Annie Blackburn, b. ...

When Annie wins the Miss Twin Peaks contest, Windom Earle kidnaps her and takes her to the Black Lodge, which Cooper realises has been Earle's goal all along. The Black Lodge then is revealed to be the place where Bob, the Little Man From Another Place and the Giant come from, and where the red-curtained room of Cooper's dream is located. Cooper follows Earle into the Lodge and has a set of bizarre encounters with doppelgangers of dead characters, including Caroline Earle and Leland Palmer. During Cooper's journey, Windom Earle is 'killed' by an enraged Bob, but Annie's fate is unclear. Cooper then tries to escape, but cannot find the exit in the nonlinear path of the Black Lodge. He is also chased by his own smiling doppelganger as he tries to find a way out. The doppleganger catches him, and Cooper returns to the woods, unconscious. He awakens in his room at the Great Northern Hotel and says "I wasn't sleeping," in an ominous tone of voice. In the final shot of the television series, Cooper slams his forehead into the bathroom mirror, and his reflection is that of Bob. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Post-series finale

The feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me subtly expands on the events of Cooper's fate in the series finale, while at the same time functioning as a prequel that details the last week of Laura Palmer's life. Fire Walk With Me is a 1992 movie directed by David Lynch and starring Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, Mädchen Amick, Phoebe Augustine and Dana Ashbrook. ... A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. ...

At one point while experiencing a strange dream involving the Black Lodge and it's residents, in the non-linear realm Laura encounters Cooper at a point after he has become trapped there. Cooper implores her not to take "the ring", a mysterious object that gives it's wearer a sort of connection to the Black Lodge. Shortly thereafter, Laura also has a vision of a bloody Annie Blackburn beside her in her bed, who tells her: "My name is Annie. I've been with Laura and Dale. The good Dale is in the Lodge, and he can't leave. Write it in your diary." It is unknown if Laura did in fact transcribe this to the diary in her possession at the time. (Though, it has been said had the series continued in some fashion, this plot would have followed up on).

At the film's conclusion, Laura's spirit sits in the Red Room, and is looking up at Cooper whose hand is resting on her shoulder, and is smiling at her. Shortly thereafter, Laura's angel appears before them both and the film ends. The meaning behind Cooper's prescence alongside Laura, and indeed, his ultimate fate - if he ever escaped the Black Lodge - is unknown.

As featured in spin-offs

Published by Pocket Books in 1991, the official tie-in book The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes by Scott Frost (the brother of Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost) features a collection of transcripts from Cooper's audio tapes, from his early childhood to the day he is assigned to Laura Palmer's murder. It reveals that Cooper was born on April 19, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and details his first stumbles with love, obsession with the FBI and the relationships between himself, his parents, Windom Earle and Earle's wife, Caroline. Many of these tape transcripts are dictated to "Diane", though a later tape states that Cooper enjoys the thought of Diane listening to his tapes so much that he will address all tapes to her, whether she will ever listen to them or not. It also reveals how Cooper investigated the murder of Theresa Banks in the town of Deer Meadow - a fact that could not be reconciled following the release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me a year later. Twin Peaks has spawned several successful books due to its success. ... Scott Frost is a graduate assistant coach at Kansas State. ... Mark Frost (born 25 November 1953) is an American novelist, television/film writer, director, and executive producer. ... Theresa Banks, a fictional character, is a 17 year old drifter and cocaine addict referred to in the ABC television drama Twin Peaks (1990-1991). ... Fire Walk With Me is a 1992 movie directed by David Lynch and starring Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, Mädchen Amick, Phoebe Augustine and Dana Ashbrook. ...

Like all Twin Peaks spin-off media, it's canonicity in relation to the television series is unclear.

Relationships

Much like how he relates to the town itself, Cooper gains an instant rapport with much of the townspeople on arrival to Twin Peaks - most particularly Sheriff Harry S. Truman and his deputies, Deputy Tommy "Hawk" Hill and Deputy Andy Brennan. While Truman is initially skeptical of Cooper's unconventional investigation methods and other-worldly ideas, he is most often willing to accept Cooper's judgement. (Even referring to Cooper as "the finest lawman I have ever known" to agents investigating Cooper's alleged drug-running to Canada). Overtime there emerges a strong bond between the two, and a fierce loyalty to one another, most notably when Truman assists Cooper in rescuing Audrey Horne from One-Eyed Jacks, Cooper becoming a deputy following his suspension from the Bureau, and then Truman waiting patiently for two days at Glastonberry Grove for Cooper to emerge from the Black Lodge in the series finale. Sheriff Harry S. Truman is a fictional character on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks, played by actor Michael Ontkean. ... Deputy Tommy Hawk Hill is a fictional character on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks, portrayed by Michael Horse. ... Andy Brennan is a character in the television series Twin Peaks. ... Audrey Horne, played by Sherilyn Fenn Audrey Horne is a fictional character in the television series Twin Peaks, played by Sherilyn Fenn. ... Agent Cooper, The Man from Another Place and Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge The Black Lodge is a fictional place from the television series Twin Peaks. ...

Cooper's strongest relationship outside of the townspeople is that of his friendship with his colleague, Agent Albert Rosenfield. Though he has strong respect and admiration for Rosenfield's medical skills, and is seemingly unintimidated by Rosenfield's sarcastic manner, he has little tolerance or patience for Rosenfield's treatment of the town's citizens - most particuarly his animosity towards Sheriff Truman. (Which notably thaws over time). Albert Rosenfield is a character in the television series Twin Peaks The Albert Rosenfield character was played by Miguel Ferrer, in the David Lynch television show Twin Peaks. ...

Love Life

Prior to Twin Peaks, Cooper's strongest romantic relationship was his affair with Caroline Earle, the wife of his former partner, Windom Earle. Caroline had been under Cooper and Earle's protection for witnessing a federal crime, but on one night when his guard was down, Caroline was murdered by Windom when his former partner "lost his mind." Caroline's death and the his failure to protect her continues to haunt Cooper on his arrival to Twin Peaks, referring to a "broken heart" when discussing women with Truman and his deputies. He also relates the story of Caroline to the teenage Audrey Horne. Windom Earle is a villain in the American tv series, Twin Peaks. ...

On arrival to Twin Peaks, Cooper becomes quickly aware that 17 year-old Audrey Horne, the daughter of local businessman Benjamin Horne, harbours a crush on him. The attraction initially appears mutual, as Cooper is clearly drawn to Audrey - but he is quick to rebuff her advances when Audrey turns up in his hotel bed. Cooper explains she is part of a case he is working on and too young, but that he does genuinely want to be her friend. However, following her disappearance (orchestrated by Jacques Renault), Cooper privately confesses to Diane that in Audrey's abscence all he can think of is her smile. Following her rescue, there remains a deeply affectionate - almost close - friendship with the two, most notably when Audrey arrives to his hotel room for comfort following her father's arrest and her sad farewell when she believes Cooper is leaving Twin Peaks for good. Benjamin Horne (played by Richard Beymer) is a fictional character on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks. ... The Renault brothers are a trio of fictional characters on the 1990-1991 primetime ABC series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch/Mark Frost They are Franco-Columbians and heavily involved in various kinds of crime, especially drug running. ...

However, during the production of the series' second season, Kyle MacLachlan vetoed the possibility of a romantic relationship, as he felt his character would not sleep with a high school girl.^{[citation needed]} It is also alleged this was due to pressure from his co-star and then-girlfriend, Lara Flynn Boyle.^{[citation needed]} Following the series' cancellation, it is often said by the show's writers that the Cooper-Audrey relationship was to be the main plot following the resolution of the Laura Palmer murder mystery - and forcing them to focus more on the supporting characters.^{[citation needed]} Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress born in Davenport, Iowa, of mostly Irish descent and raised in the working-class suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. ...

Following his reinstatement to the FBI, Cooper meets Annie Blackburn, the sister of Norma Jennings, whom he falls in love with. Annie is established as being a kindred spirit to Cooper, experiencing the world with curiosity and wonder. However, she is taken to the Black Lodge by Windom Earle, and is apparently rescued by the series' end. Annie Blackburn, b. ... Norma Jennings (played by Peggy Lipton) is a character on Twin Peaks. ... Agent Cooper, The Man from Another Place and Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge The Black Lodge is a fictional place from the television series Twin Peaks. ...

Trivia

• Special Agent Dale Cooper grew up in Philadelphia (according to Season 2, Episode 18, as well as a book, The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes, written by Scott Frost, the brother of the series' producer Mark Frost, providing background information about Cooper). This is no coincidence, since this is where David Lynch lived in the Eraserhead era. Lynch has claimed many times that Philadelphia has had a strong influence on his worldview.
• Kyle MacLachlan apparently could not stand cherry pie, unlike his character. As MacLachlan said in an interview: "I hate cherry pie! Always have, always will!"^{[citation needed]}
• The name of Dale Cooper might have been inspired by the mysterious "D.B. Cooper" who, in 1971, hijacked an airliner leaving Seattle and jumped from the plane with $200,000 dollars strapped to his chest, never to be seen again.

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As depicted in popular culture

• In a Sesame Street "Monsterpiece Theater" skit, the Cookie Monster played a Dale Cooper-esque character investigating how the town of Twin Beaks got its name, unable to connect this to the fact that all the town's inhabitants (including "David Finch") are birds with two beaks.
• In The Simpsons episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two" (2F20, 17 September 1995), Chief Wiggum has a dream that resembles Dale Cooper's dream in which Lisa talks backwards to reveal clues. The chief awakens from his dream with his hair mussed like Cooper's bed hair after his awakening. In the episode "Lisa's Sax" (3G02, 19 October 1997), a flashback to 1990 shows Homer watching the show as Dale Cooper remarks, "That's some damn fine coffee you got here in Twin Peaks... and damn good cherry pie." The Giant is then shown waltzing with a horse, under a tree with a traffic light hanging from a branch. Homer's opinion of the show is "Brilliant!... I have absolutely no idea what's going on."
• In the Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends episode "Infernal Slumber," while trying to convince Terrence that the presence of Goo and the imaginary friends in Mac's apartment is part of a dream, Bloo strokes a log he is holding and speaks in a strange voice meant to sound like he's speaking backwards.

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External link

• Photo and brief bio as a Castmember & Character in Twin Peaks
• Agent Cooper Twin Peaks card