In my previous post, I shared a lot of information about my family and our fascination with the television show Twin Peaks. In the series, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper stays at a hotel call the Great Northern Hotel. His room number is 315. Many key scenes in the series take place in the hotel room including the season one finale where Agent Cooper is shot. There are several scenes where references are made to Agent Cooper’s room number 315. In the reboot of the series, the key and keychain for this room play a significant role in pulling the story together. The reboot was filmed about 25 years after the original series and is supposed to take place 25 years after the events in the original. When the keychain, with the promise of paying the postage if dropped in a mailbox, shows up in the new series, it is a throwback to simpler times before the advancement of hotel room technology.
Some fans have tried to place some significance on the number 315, but I seen anything to convince me. The people marketing the reboot of the show decided they could make a few bucks by selling replica keychains to fans like me. My wife bought me one of these for my birthday a few years back. It’s placement in our printer’s drawer is a reminder of our family spending happy times watching this series together.