Dick Tremayne

Richard "Dick" Tremayne was an employee at Horne's Department Store who briefly dated Lucy Moran in 1989, possibly resulting in her pregnancy.

Biography[]

Tremayne was born in Twin Peaks, delivered by Doctor Will Hayward.^[2]

He attended Eton College in England.^[1]

By February 1989, Dick began seeing Lucy Moran while she and Andy Brennan were on a break.^[3]

In early March, Dick went to the sheriff's station to pick up Lucy, for their planned lunch date. Deputy Hawk broke Dick's cigarette and refused to acknowledge his introduction, then Dick and Lucy went to lunch at the Double R Diner.^[4]

At the diner, Dick talked a lot about his work at the department store and the way he used his fork. She asked him why he had not called her in weeks and he made the excuse that he lost her number. He explained a way he could make it up to her before she suggested a maternity dress, for she was pregnant.^[4]

The next day, he went to the sheriff's station to speak with Lucy, saying that he had been miserable thinking about his own behavior. He gave her $650 for an abortion, which upset her. She kicked him out of the station with his money and wished to never speak to him again.^[3]

Several days later at the sheriff's station, Lucy took him to a room with Andy. Like him, Andy was also possibly the father of her child. She told them she wanted full cooperation with both of them throughout her pregnancy.^[5]

The next day, he told Lucy he quit smoking and was completely open to the idea of fatherhood. Andy came and said they should not fight. They shook hands.^[6]

Dick returned to the sheriff's station the next day with Nicky Needleman, an orphan who he had temporarily adopted from the Happy Helping Hand program. He wished to take Lucy for a malted with him and Nicky. Andy told him she was at the Great Northern Hotel helping prepare for the wedding of Dougie Milford and Lana Budding. Instead, Andy offered to go with them.^[7]

They went to the diner. Dick and Andy ordered pie and Nicky got the malted he was promised. However, Nicky blew whipped cream off of the top into Dick's face. When Andy stood to get a napkin for Dick, Nicky spun his stool, causing him to fall when he sat back down, much to Dick's amusement.^[7]

He entered the sheriff's station the following day and was introduced to Judy Swain, Nicky's case manager from the Happy Helping Hands organization. She told Dick and Andy that Nicky may perhaps carry trauma by various events in his life such as the death of his parents under mysterious circumstances.^[8]

As Dick tried to figure out what was wrong with one of the wheels on his car, Nicky tampered with the car, disturbing Dick's work. After Nicky turned on the windshield sprayers, Dick told him to get out of the car. After Nicky walked away, the wheel fell off the car, frightening him.^[8]

Dick returned to the sheriff's station to speak with Andy. He told Andy that Nicky was the devil and may have killed his parents. He then spotted Lana Milford and was taken by her charms enough to quote Romeo and Juliet.^[8]

The next morning, Dick met Andy at the station. Andy was late because he had been getting a cat out of a tree. Dick revealed to him that Nicky's records were sealed, but he had a plan to retrieve them.^[9]

They broke into the Happy Helping Hand's files and Dick found the one belonging to Nicky. A couple identifying themselves as the Brunstons came in, eager to see a little boy named Donnie.^[9]

Doctor Hayward forced he and Andy together the next day for a meeting to dismiss their accusations about Nicky murdering his parents. Hayward told them that Nicky was conceived by a rape, his mother died in childbirth, and his adoptive parents were killed in a car accident.^[2]

A few days later, Dick admired two women at the Great Northern until Audrey Horne approaches him, concerned about Tim Pinkle's presentation about the endangered pine weasel for the Stop Ghostwood campaign to take place that evening.^[10]

At the campaign meeting, Dick hosted the fashion show, in which Lucy and Andy were models. After the fashion show, he called out Pinkle, who introduced the audience to the pine weasel. Pinkle convinced Dick to give the weasel a kiss and it bit his nose. The weasel became loose and caused a panic among the crowd.^[10]

With his nose bandaged, Dick approached Benjamin Horne a couple of days later, concerned about the upcoming wine-tasting event he was hosting, as Audrey was not present. Horne told him to get the concierge's help. He later hosted the wine-tasting event, where he displayed his expertise on fine wine.^[11]

Two days later, alongside fellow judges of the Miss Twin Peaks Contest, Norma Jennings and Mayor Dwayne Milford, he observed Pinkle teach choreography to the contestants. Norma turned away his attention to ask what qualities they should be looking for in Miss Twin Peaks and he suggested poise, sophistication, and breeding. Norma left and when the contestants took a break, Lana approached him, requesting to help her "find something in the storage room."^[12]

After the speeches at the contest, Lucy pulled Dick and Andy aside to tell them she had chosen Andy to be the father of her baby. He congratulated Andy and went to cast his vote for the contest winner. He voted for Annie Blackburn, having been moved by her speech. She won and chaos ensued.^[12]

In a Q&A, Mark Frost indicated that Tremayne was a real estate salesman in Bellingham, Washington as of the 2010s, adding: "He once tried to get in touch with Wally Brando [Lucy and Andy's son]. Wally ignored him."^[13]

Behind the scenes[]

Dick was played by Ian Buchanan, who later starred as Lester Guy in Mark Frost and David Lynch's short-lived television series On the Air, alongside Miguel Ferrer and David L. Lander.

At one point, Buchanan was considered to reprise his role in The Return, but plans changed for unknown reasons; possibly because of his unavailability.^[14]

Trivia[]

• In Twin Peaks: Access Guide to the Town, one of the players on the 1968 Twin Peaks High School football team is identified as David Tremayne. It is unknown if he is related to Dick.

Appearances[]

• Twin Peaks Collectible CardArt
• Twin Peaks – season 2
  • "Episode 10"
  • "Episode 11"
  • "Episode 16"
  • "Episode 17"
  • "Episode 18"
  • "Episode 19"
  • "Episode 20"
  • "Episode 21"
  • "Episode 24"
  • "Episode 26"
  • "Episode 27" (Mentioned only)
  • "Episode 28"

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