Hungover and Haunted Presents: Twin Peaks Day (Pilot Screening)

“Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.”

Join Hungover & Haunted on 24th February as we celebrate Twin Peaks Day, a time for coffee, cherry pie and honouring the wonderful and strange. To mark the occasion we’ll be screening the pilot episode, hosting a Lynchian quiz & crowning Miss Twin Peaks.

First aired in 1990, the Twin Peaks pilot didn’t just introduce a new series, it quietly rewired what television could be. David Lynch and Mark Frost took the familiar shape of a small-town M**der mystery and stretched it into something slower, stranger and far more atmospheric than anything else on network TV at the time. It asked viewers to sit with mood, contradiction and unanswered questions, and trusted them to keep up.

What makes the pilot endure is how confidently it blends the everyday with the uncanny. Ordinary routines continue alongside grief. Conversations drift. Music lingers. A place that looks comforting on the surface begins to feel off-kilter without ever announcing why. It’s a beginning that doesn’t rush to explain itself, and that patience is exactly what gives the show its power.

More than thirty years on, the Twin Peaks pilot still feels singular. Its influence is everywhere, but nothing has quite replaced it. Watching it now isn’t about nostalgia, it’s about revisiting a moment when television decided it could be weirder, slower and more emotionally strange than anyone expected.

📅 Tuesday 24th February
🕢 Doors at 19:30
📍 The Bee’s Mouth
💸 £6.66 donation on the door

All proceeds go to local LGBTQ+ charity Mind Out.

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