Twin Peaks
Shares rank 45 of 60 TV series by recommenders
Recommended for David Lynch's sincere treatment of quirky characters and strong performances. Critics say the uneven quality and an overfocus on characters in season two are the main drawbacks.
Recommended for David Lynch's sincere treatment of quirky characters and strong performances. Critics say the uneven quality and an overfocus on characters in season two are the main drawbacks.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Twin PeaksThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The backgrounds are just extended shots of places in Twin Peaks.”
“It's Lynch's insistence on treating even the quirky characters as real human beings that makes all the difference.”
“some drift into it (Twin Peaks and BSG at least)”
“Series 2 did overfocus on the characters, but the eccentric characters were there at the beginning.”
“Some days that worked; some days it really didn't but mostly carried through on the strength of its performances.”
“entirely immune to the charms of Twin Peaks”
“the music from Twin Peaks wuold be ideal”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.