"Episode 14" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American mystery television series Twin Peaks. Featuring Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Ray Wise (pictured) and Richard Beymer, it centers on an investigation into the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in a rural town in Washington state. In this episode, FBI special agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) and Sheriff Truman (Ontkean) continue to search for Laura's killer. Cooper and Truman arrest Benjamin Horne (Beymer), believing him to be possessed by a demon, but later that night the demon's real host, Leland Palmer (Wise), murders Madeline Ferguson (Lee). "Episode 14" was first broadcast on November 10, 1990, by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and was watched by an audience of 17.2 million households. The episode was well-received. Academic readings of the entry have highlighted the theme of duality and the cinematography in the revelation scene.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1940:

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck the Vrancea region of Romania (rescue efforts pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Vrancea_earthquake

1945:

Indonesian National Revolution: Following the killing of Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby a few weeks earlier, British forces retaliated by attacking Surabaya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Surabaya

2007:

At the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, King Juan Carlos I of Spain asked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez "Why don't you shut up?" after Chávez repeatedly interrupted a speech by Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%BFPor_qu%C3%A9_no_te_callas%3F

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

sumac: 1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria). 2. Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes. 3. A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sumac

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say "what kind of tea?"   --Neil Gaiman https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman