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In July 2013, it was revealed that a Blu-ray version of the complete series would be released. In January 2014, Lynch confirmed the Blu-ray release and that it would contain the pilot, season 1, season 2, new special features, and possibly the film. It was announced on May 15, 2014, that the Blu-ray box set containing the complete series of Twin Peaks, the film Fire Walk With Me, and The Missing Pieces, the long-awaited release of 90 minutes of deleted scenes from the film, would be released on July 29, 2014.

Twin Peaks: From Z to A, a 21-disc limited edition Blu-ray box set, which includes all the television episodes, Fire Walk with Me, The Missing Pieces, previously released special features, six hours of new behind-the-scenes content, and 4K versions of the original pilot and episode 8 from The Return, was released on December 10, 2019. Additionally, Twin Peaks: The Television Collection, a Blu-ray and DVD collection of the original series, The Return, and all previously released special features, was released on October 15, 2019.

Online, the original series is available through Paramount+ in the United States, while The Return is available with Showtime's "Anytime" service for pay-TV subscribers and its over-the-top separate service. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is available on Max.

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During the show's second season, Pocket Books released three official tie-in books, each authored by the show's creators (or their family), which offer a wealth of backstory. The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, written by Lynch's daughter Jennifer Lynch, is the diary as seen in the series and written by Laura, chronicling her thoughts from her twelfth birthday to the days leading up to her death. Frost's brother Scott wrote The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes. Kyle MacLachlan also recorded Diane: The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper, which combined audio tracks from various episodes of the series with newly recorded monologues. Welcome to Twin Peaks: An Access Guide to the Town offers information about the history, flora, fauna, and culture of the fictitious town and was published in the same format as a then-current real-world series of travel guides.

Twin Peaks: Visual Soundtrack is a LaserDisc that plays like an elaborate music video. The show's entire soundtrack album is played over silent video footage shot by a Japanese TV crew visiting the Snoqualmie, Washington, locations where the series was shot.

Published a year before the series return to TV, The Secret History of Twin Peaks, a novel by series co-creator Mark Frost, "places the unexplained phenomena that unfolded in Twin Peaks in a layered, wide-ranging history, beginning with the journals of Lewis and Clark and ending with the shocking events that closed the finale". It was published on October 18, 2016.

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier was released October 31, 2017. A follow-up to The Secret History of Twin Peaks, it was also written by Frost. The novel fills in details of the 25 years between the second and third seasons, and expands on some of the mysteries raised in the new episodes.

Twin Peaks VR, a virtual reality game developed by Collider Games and Showtime in collaboration with David Lynch, was released on December 13, 2019. Players can explore familiar locations while solving puzzles to help Special Agent Cooper and Gordon Cole. The game is available on Oculus Rift, Vive and Valve Index.

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Influence
Writing for The Atlantic in 2016, Mike Mariani wrote that "It would be tough to look at the roster of television shows any given season without finding several that owe a creative debt to Twin Peaks", stating that "Lynch's manipulation of the uncanny, his surreal non-sequiturs, his black humor, and his trademark ominous tracking shots can be felt in a variety of contemporary hit shows." In 2010, the television series Psych paid tribute to the series by reuniting some of the cast in the fifth-season episode "Dual Spires". The episode's plot is an homage to the Twin Peaks pilot, where the characters of Psych investigate the death of a young girl in a small town called "Dual Spires". The episode also contains several references to the original show. Twin Peaks actors that guest-star in the episode are Sherilyn Fenn, Sheryl Lee, Dana Ashbrook, Robyn Lively, Lenny Von Dohlen, Catherine E. Coulson and Ray Wise. Prior to the airing of the episode, a special event at the Paley Center for Media was held, where the actors from both shows discussed the episode.

Reviewers and fans of four seasons of Veena Sud's U.S. TV series The Killing have noted similarities and borrowed elements from Lynch's Fire Walk with Me and Twin Peaks, and compared Sud and Lynch's works.

Carlton Cuse, creator of Bates Motel, cited Twin Peaks as a key inspiration for his series, stating: "We pretty much ripped off Twin Peaks... If you wanted to get that confession, the answer is yes. I loved that show. They only did 30 episodes. Kerry [Ehrin] and I thought we'd do the 70 that are missing."

Twin Peaks served as an inspiration for the 1993 video game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, with director Takashi Tezuka citing the series as the main factor for the creation of the "suspicious" characters that populate the game, as well as the mystery elements of the story. The show has also influenced a number of survival horror and psychological thriller video games—most notably Alan Wake, Deadly Premonition, Silent Hill, and Max Payne. The 1998 open world adventure video game Mizzurna Falls was reminiscent and an homage to Twin Peaks. In development is also a fan-made game titled Twin Peaks: Into The Night.

The American animated show Gravity Falls repeatedly referenced the Black Lodge along with other elements of Twin Peaks throughout its run.

The TV series Atlanta has been cited by its creator, Donald Glover, as being inspired by the show, labeling it as "Twin Peaks with rappers".

Riverdale, an American teen drama, is noted for its many homages to Twin Peaks. Along with many thematic similarities and direct references, Mädchen Amick appears in both series. In an interview promoting the second season of Riverdale, showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa remarked that "all roads on Riverdale lead back to Twin Peaks".

The song "Laura Palmer" by the band Bastille was influenced by the "slightly weird, eerie" atmosphere of the show.

While the series is not usually described as science fiction, it has been noted to have been influential on that genre.

In 2018, the mayors of Snoqualmie and North Bend, which were both used for filming the series, declared Twin Peaks Day to be held on February 24. That was in recognition of the date mentioned in the first episode of the series.

Influence on television industry
Writing for The Atlantic in 2016, Mike Mariani wrote that "It would be tough to look at the roster of television shows any given season without finding several that owe a creative debt to Twin Peaks," stating that "Lynch's manipulation of the uncanny, his surreal non-sequiturs, his black humor, and his trademark ominous tracking shots can be felt in a variety of contemporary hit shows."

In an interview commemorating the 25th anniversary of The Sopranos, David Chase elaborates upon the twenty-first century's "Golden Age of Television." Other shows from this age include Breaking Bad, The West Wing, Mad Men, Succession, and 2017's Twin Peaks: The Return. Prior to this, in 2015, Chase also stated, "Anybody making one-hour drama[s] today who says he wasn’t influenced by David Lynch is lying."

In 2010, the television series Psych paid tribute to the series by reuniting some of the cast in the fifth-season episode "Dual Spires."

Carlton Cuse, creator of Bates Motel, cited Twin Peaks as a key inspiration for his series, stating: "We pretty much ripped off Twin Peaks," while Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the showrunner for Riverdale, remarked that "all roads on Riverdale lead back to Twin Peaks" given its thematic similarities. The TV series Atlanta has been cited by its creator, Donald Glover, as being inspired by the show, labeling it as "Twin Peaks with rappers." Additionally, the American animated show Gravity Falls repeatedly referenced the Black Lodge along with other elements of Twin Peaks throughout its run.

Reviewers and fans of four seasons of Veena Sud's U.S. TV series The Killing have noted similarities and borrowed elements from Lynch's Fire Walk with Me and Twin Peaks, and compared Sud and Lynch's works.

Music
The show's score, helmed by Angelo Badalamenti, Julee Cruise, and David Lynch, was a notable influence for many genres of music, specifically dream pop. Cruise's compositions inspired the likes of Lana Del Rey and the score of the show was a direct inspiration for dream pop duo Beach House, who have a history of paying homage to the show. The show's legacy of honoring dream pop and indie rock compositions is observed in Twin Peaks: The Return with its inclusion of performances from contemporaries such as Sharon Van Etten, Nine Inch Nails, and The Veils.

Bands like Bastille have penned songs in honor of the show like "Laura Palmer," which was influenced by the "slightly weird, eerie" atmosphere of the show. Xiu Xiu completed and released a 2017 tribute album titled "Plays the Music of Twin Peaks," where they performed several tracks from the show's main soundtrack and leaned into a more experimental sound.

Video Games
Twin Peaks served as an inspiration for the 1993 video game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, with director Takashi Tezuka citing the series as the main factor for the creation of the "suspicious" characters that populate the game, as well as the mystery elements of the story.

The show has also influenced a number of survival horror and psychological thriller video games—most notably Alan Wake, Deadly Premonition, Silent Hill, and Max Payne. The 1998 open world adventure video game Mizzurna Falls was reminiscent and an homage to Twin Peaks. In development is also a fan-made game titled Twin Peaks: Into The Night.

Race and LGBT+ Legacy
Denise Bryson (David Duchovny) is a transgender FBI agent who is introduced in season 2. When she is reintroduced to audiences in Twin Peaks: The Return, she has a conversation where Gordon Cole (David Lynch) tells Bryson that he told her transphobic colleagues to "fix their hearts or die." Over the years, this quote has been co-opted by the LGBT+ community, particularly those in the trans community, with Bryson becoming a cult icon for transgender women.

However, through the run of Twin Peaks, there is a limited cast of characters of color. Lynch's narratives for both television and film are often centered around white men and women, with people of color acting as secondary figures. Frank Guan stated that "Lynch’s focus on archetypes and myths necessarily ties him to stereotype," specifically referring to the treatment of Black and Asian characters within his work. Josie Packard (Joan Chen) was a recurring character in seasons one and two of the original show's run who suddenly dropped dead and transformed into a doorknob. Yellowface is also present in season two with Catherine Martell (Piper Laurie) masquerading as a Japanese businessman named Mr. Tojamura for several episodes. The secret of Laurie's true "identity" of being Mr. Tojamura was a closely kept secret between her and Lynch on set. Deputy Hawk (Michael Horse) was another recurring character who functioned to be a "generic Native American tasked with ameliorating settler guilt" through stereotypical cryptic dialogue, particularly in The Return.