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\u201cTwin Peaks\u2019s plot is sparked by the murdered body of seventeen-year-old Laura Palmer, washed up on the bank of a river. Palmer\u2019s corpse is Twin Peaks\u2019s truly memorable image: river-wet hair slicked around her perfect porcelain face, blue with death but still tranquil, lovely. One question, \u201cWho killed Laura Palmer?\u201d spawned a genre\u2014Veronica Mars, The Killing, Pretty Little Liars, How to Get Away with Murder, and The Night Of are truly notable descendants of Twin Peaks. All Dead Girl Shows begin with the discovery of the murdered body of a young woman. The lead characters of the series are attempting to solve the (often impossibly complicated) mystery of who killed her. As such, the Dead Girl is not a \u201ccharacter\u201d in the show, but rather, the memory of her is.\u201d

\u2014 \u201cToward a Theory of a Dead Girl Show\u201d in Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession, by Alice Bolin \n\n\n\n

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