After escaping Windom Earle, Major Briggs is found wandering out of the woods by Deputy Hawk in Episode 2021. Like many scenes from Season 2 (Glastonberry Grove, Audrey and Jack’s picnic, etc.), this brief interaction was shot at Franklin Canyon Park in Los Angeles, California. I visited this location on July 13, 2010 and here is what I found.
The scene was shot around 2300 Franklin Canyon Drive, which is further south from where those aforementioned scenes were captured. It’s also located next to Owl Pipe as seen at the end of Episode 2009 (more on that location in a different article).
The scene begins with Major Briggs climbing out of a ditch. At the time I visited, I didn’t think to take a shot that matched this angle.
After getting out of the ditch, Briggs stumbles toward the road.
The spot between the two white carrots is the approximate location where Briggs walks. As you can tell, the area is now overgrown.
I love this shot of Major Briggs who is clearly drugged up as he stumbles out of the woods. Don Davis did such a fantastic job playing this part. The bottom image of the tree behind Briggs is from Google Maps, circa February 2018. I again did not think to take a photo from that angle ala “InTwinPeaks.com style.”
The scene cuts to Deputy Hawk driving the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department vehicle down Franklin Canyon Drive. The area in the background is a little farther north of the spot where Major Briggs exits the woods.
Hawk spots Briggs from his vehicle as he slowly approaches a bend in the road. The bottom image above is from my visit in July 2010.
I placed the image from Episode 2021 over the location image to give you an idea of where Briggs walked.
Hawk slowly inches closer to Briggs. The bottom image is again from my visit to Franklin Park on July 13, 2010.
Another image overlay from Episode 2021 with the location image.
Deputy Hawk stops his vehicle as Major Briggs walks onto the road. I had not mastered the art of taking screen accurate location photos in 2010 but the bottom image gives you an idea where the scene took place. It seems like the camera for the show was placed closer to the ravine Briggs originally climbed up.
The scene ends with Hawk approaching Major Briggs before taking him back to the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department.
Special thanks once again to InTwinPeaks.com who helped me locate this spot. You can read about the location used for Owl Pipe in Episode 2009 (#16) in this article.