Laura Palmer

Against the backdrop of a silky, bubblegum-pink curtain, the abused, traumatised, and emotionally broken teenage homecoming queen, Laura Palmer, the pivotal character of Twin Peaks (1990), and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), seems lost in thought. What does she see? What does she hear? As the ill-fated student struggles to harness lingering questions, the haunting theme of Angelo Badalamenti intensifies the elaborate mystery, and the tragedy of loss concludes with a climactic close-up of once-happy Laura Palmer.—Nick Riganas