In this work, we analyse character networks in the cult TV show Twin Peaks. In the small-scale community network of Twin Peaks we discovered a new storytelling network phenomenon we called the Dale Cooper Effect, a phase transition in network structure. It is a sharp demarcation between the two statistically and topologically distinct networks of characters, where the point of demarcation is the protagonist himself (Special Agent Dale Cooper) introduced as a median character.
@article{arxiv.2108.09516,
title = {Networks of Twin Peaks: the Dale Cooper Effect},
author = {Harun Šiljak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.09516},
year = {2021}
}
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Submitted for review and publication in Mathematical Intelligencer