Two Twisted
Encyclopedia
Two Twisted is an Australia
n TV
mystery anthology drama
which premiered on the Nine Network
on 14 August 2006. Narrated by Bryan Brown
, who also produced the series' predecessor, Twisted Tales
, each episode of the series contains two short half-hour stories, that have a twist ending. Also present in each episode is a link or connection between the two tales.
Rather than draw on a pool of experienced writers, the producers of the series issued a call to up-and-coming writers to submit screenplays. Some 2,400 entries were received and from these, 14 finalists were chosen. Directors were chosen in a similar fashion. A mix of experienced and emerging directors were chosen to shoot each episode.
Each episode was shot over a period of four days with each director given another four days to edit.
Here are the links in each pair of episodes:
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
mystery anthology drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
which premiered on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
on 14 August 2006. Narrated by Bryan Brown
Bryan Brown
Bryan Neathway Brown, AM is an Australian actor.-Early life:Brown was born in Sydney, the son of John Brown and Molly Brown, a house cleaner who worked as a pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet. He grew up in the south-western Sydney suburb of Bankstown and began working at...
, who also produced the series' predecessor, Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales (TV series)
Twisted Tales is an Australian television Anthology and Mystery drama which screened on the Nine Network in 1996. Each episode was narrated by Bryan Brown, who also produced the follow-up series, Two Twisted, in 2006. Each episode of the series contains a twist ending.-External links:*...
, each episode of the series contains two short half-hour stories, that have a twist ending. Also present in each episode is a link or connection between the two tales.
Rather than draw on a pool of experienced writers, the producers of the series issued a call to up-and-coming writers to submit screenplays. Some 2,400 entries were received and from these, 14 finalists were chosen. Directors were chosen in a similar fashion. A mix of experienced and emerging directors were chosen to shoot each episode.
Each episode was shot over a period of four days with each director given another four days to edit.
Episodes
- There's Something About Kyanna — Starring Melissa GeorgeMelissa GeorgeMelissa Suzanne George is an Australian film and television actress who has worked in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Melissa is perhaps best known for her role as Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away...
. George stars as an author who one day loses a sock that eventually leads to a greater mystery. - Finding Frank — Starring Garry McDonaldGarry McDonaldGarry George McDonald, AO is an Australian stage and screen actor.-Early life and career:McDonald was born in Sydney and was educated at Cranbrook School and National Institute of Dramatic Art....
and Steve BisleySteve BisleySteve Bisley is an Australian film and television actor, who attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art .-Acting career:...
. McDonald plays a security guard on his last day before retirement. Nerves not being what they used to be, he has a hard time with his fellow security guard, Frank, constantly putting him on edge with pranks during the shift. - Call Back — Written by Matthew Macknamara and directed by Graeme Burfoot stars Tom LongTom Long (actor)-Early life:Long was born on 3 August 1968 in the United States when his Australian parents were there at the time, and grew up on a farm near Benalla, Victoria...
and Lisa McCuneLisa McCuneLisa McCune , is a four-time Gold Logie Award winning Australian actress, best known for her role as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle in Blue Heelers, and as Lt...
. With a simple phone call Karl Wells has the opportunity to erase the past and this time save the lives of his brutally murdered wife and son. The only problem is he needs to convince his past self that he is for real. Shot over four days in Sydney, Australia in early 2006 the episode deals with regret and how we each deal with it. - Heart Attack — Written by David Chidlow and directed by Rachel WardRachel WardRachel Claire Ward, AM is a British actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter who has primarily pursued her career in Australia.-Early life:...
. Whilst exercising, a doctor suffers a series of heart attacks. He's admitted to intensive care and placed on life support. His dead heart is removed and sent for testing. Whilst his wife waits through the night in the hospital for news, the gruesome truth about his condition emerges. - Von Stauffenberg's Stamp — Written by James Robertson and directed by Glendyn Ivin. A genteel stamp trader (Sam NeillSam NeillNigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, DCNZM, OBE is a New Zealand actor. He is well known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III....
), a docile barber (Roy BillingRoy BillingRoy Billing is a New Zealand television actor, now based in Sydney, Australia.-Career:Billing has starred in many television shows and had main roles on Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Dossa and Joe and Hell Has Harbour Views...
), his rude alcoholic wife (Wendy HughesWendy Hughes-Career:Hughes began her career on television in the early 1970s with appearances in Homicide, Number 96, Matlock Police and in 1976, ABC Mini-Series, Power Without Glory...
) and a fabled stamp... will authentication lead to murder? - A Date With Doctor D — Rolly Schwartz (Alex DimitriadesAlex DimitriadesAlex Dimitriades is a Greek Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Dimitriades was born in Sydney, the son of first generation Greek immigrants and is the youngest of three siblings . He grew up in the suburb of Earlwood...
) thinks it's just another average morning until he discovers the nightmare lurking in his bedroom closet. His associate (Asher Keddie) doesn't make anything easier. - Soft Boiled Luck — Written by James Robertson and directed by Brendan Donovan. Bryan BrownBryan BrownBryan Neathway Brown, AM is an Australian actor.-Early life:Brown was born in Sydney, the son of John Brown and Molly Brown, a house cleaner who worked as a pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet. He grew up in the south-western Sydney suburb of Bankstown and began working at...
and Deborah MailmanDeborah MailmanDeborah Mailman , is an Australian television and film actress. She was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role...
play detectives investigating a murder mystery involving clones (Aden YoungAden YoungAden Young is an Australian actor. In recent years he has also turned his hand to filmmaking, directing and writing short films The Rose of Ba Ziz and The Order .- Life and career :Young was born in Toronto, Canada...
). - Arkham's Curios and Wonders — Written and Directed by Tony D'Aquino. Vincent (Edmund Cinis) orders items through the mail to try to overcome the fact that everybody is leaving. Lisa HensleyLisa HensleyLisa Hensley is an Australian actress who first came to prominence with a leading role in the television mini-series Brides of Christ. She went to high school at Brigidine College, St Ives, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
plays Vincent's mother(s) and Bill HunterBill Hunter (actor)William John "Bill" Hunter was an Australian actor of film, stage and television. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two Australian Film Institute Awards.-Early life:Hunter was a son of William and Francie Hunter...
stars as Vincent's zombie grandfather. - A Flash Exclusive — A reporter for a tabloid magazine rents a room at a woman's (played by Peta WilsonPeta WilsonPeta Gia Wilson is an Australian actress and model. She is best known as Nikita in the television series La Femme Nikita.-Early life:...
) house to get the inside scoop. - Delivery Man — A woman (Susie PorterSusie PorterSusie Porter is a multiple award winning Australian television and film actress.-Television:Susie Porter began her acting career in one episode of House Gang, a short lived television program. She then had small roles in other Australian television programs in the late 1990s, including Big Sky,...
) affected by her husband's death, refuses to leave the house. During a harsh storm, she is visited by a strange delivery man (Sam WorthingtonSam WorthingtonSamuel Henry J. "Sam" Worthington is an English born, Australian actor. After almost a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Worthington gained Hollywood's attention by playing Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation and the lead role, Jake Sully, in James Cameron's science...
) who may have more than just groceries to deliver. - Jailbreak — Directed by Nick Tomnay. A date rapist (Kick GurryKick GurryChristopher "Kick" Gurry an Australian actor born in Melbourne, Australia.-Early life:Gurry got his nickname when his brother could not say Christopher so he said Kicker...
) plots to escape prison by paralysing himself and posing as a dead inmate (Gary Waddell). - Saviour — A woman whose daughter is aging rapidly due to a rare disease devotes her whole life to finding a cure. She may have found one in the blood of a mysterious prisoner, but when she applies the cure to her daughter things start to go wrong...
- Love Crimes — A man (Vince ColosimoVince ColosimoVincenzo Colosimo is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States.-Personal life:...
) invites his secretary (Kestie MorassiKestie MorassiKestie Morassi is an Australian actress born in Adelaide, South Australia, where she lived until she was 13 years old. She studied at the National Theatre, Melbourne Drama School, graduating in 1994, and another five years at Drama with a Difference....
) to his house and begins to seduce her. She initially resists him, then ties him up as part of foreplay. She has to escape when he breaks free and grabs a knife, but the couple isn't really what it seems. - Grand Final — Dan is a boy who gets visions and information from touching another person. He tries to prevent a boy from dying and inadvertently causes it himself.
Ratings
| Week | Viewers nationally |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,100,000 |
| 2 | 830,000 |
| 3 | 790,000 |
| 4 | 650,000 |
| 5 | 642,000 |
| 6 | 540,000 |
Episode Pair Links
In each pair of episodes in Two Twisted, there is a link between them (Like an object or a name that's in both episode).Here are the links in each pair of episodes:
- There's Something About Kyanna & Finding Frank
- Mid way into the first episode, the camera moves over a book titled Trespassers.
- About the same way through the second episode, the main character Frank, looks at a picture. Behind it is the same book, Trespassers.
- Call Back & Heart Attack
- Toward the end of the first episode, an ambulance blocks the road as it tends to a fallen bicyclist.
- In the second, the lead male suffers a heart attack while on his bike, the same model seen in the previous episode.
- Von Stauffenberg's Stamp & A Date With Doctor D
- In the middle of the first episode, an offer was made to buy the barbershop.
- In the second, Rolly broke a coffee cup that had underneath it a corporate proposal to buy the barbershop in the first episode.
- Soft Boiled Luck & Arkham's Curios and Wonders
- Near the start of the first episode, a red cube puzzle is used as "a cognitive test for the shrinks, part of the psych report".
- In the second, the puzzle is seen in Vincent's bedroom, on a shelf, beside a plasma ball. The puzzle is never shown in clear focus during the episode, but is seen in the "Rik Bitta" segment for the week.
- A Flash Exclusive & Delivery Man
- Man and Van which visits the first woman to deliver groceries are the same ones in the next episode.
- Jailbreak & Saviour
- In the start of the first episode, the doctor is stitching up a man as Jenkins walks in.
- This same man is the immortal man in the second episode.
- Love Crimes & Grand Final
- In the start of the episode, Vince Colosimo's character sees a note on the fridge from 'Mason', stating that he will be late at basketball training.
- In the second episode, Dan's friend is called Mase (obviously short for Mason), and plays basketball, so it's the same boy.