Shelly.

It's sunny out today in Twin Peaks,A town where everyone knows everyone and nothing is what it seems. You enter the local "Double R Diner" oblige the cute waitress leaning against the bar,twisting her auburn hair with her finger,and smacking her gum. Her name is Shelly Johnson, and she is played by Mädchen Amick for those who might remember the short lived 2 seasons of David Lynch's Twin Peaks in the early 90s. Maybe not...although the ratings might have failed, there still remains a loyal fanbase.

The Show concentrated on the mysterious murder of local girl, Laura Palmer and the Detective assigned to her case, Agent Cooper played by Kyle MacLachlan.The faint plot in these episodes are enigmatic,and puzzling. If you start off on an episode in mid-season, your out of the loop. But if you are following it, you can't wait for the next one...and it all build's up to a memorably creepy finale somehwhere between The X-Files and Friday the 13th:The Series.

Shelly does not start out as a concentrated charater for the show, but she ain't half bad either. In the beginning you see her as a plain bored housewife by night,heartbreaker of the town by day.The story unfolds and we go in and out of her troubled relationships;beaten by her husband,nearly killing him,and finally rising as one of the central characters of the show.In the end,she was happy...Shelly deserved it. You might have also seen Mädchen Amick as the lead girl in the Horror movie 'Sleepwalkers'...or on the also short lived series 'Fantasy Island'.Here tonight I have an excerpt from the Twin Peaks Soundtrack Vol. II devoted entirely to her by the same composer who scored A Nightmare on Elm Street 3:Dream Warriors.




David Lynch & Angelo Badalamenti - Shelly