Remember when the women of ‘Twin Peaks’ made nostalgia new again?

Before Netflix, before sagas like “Game of Thrones” — before high-speed internet — there was “Twin Peaks.” David Lynch’s weird police procedural, which aired 35 years ago, brought gothic Americana into the mainstream.

Before Netflix, before sagas like “Game of Thrones” — before high-speed internet — there was “Twin Peaks.” Director David Lynch, whose death at age 78 was announced Thursday, will rightly be remembered as the surrealist master behind feature films like “Mulholland Drive” and “Eraserhead.” But he also transformed television as we know it. It’s not a stretch to say that without “Twin Peaks,” there would be no “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” no “Riverdale,” and, arguably, no “Gilmore Girls.” Setting the blueprint for edgy TV drama, Lynch’s trailblazing police procedural, which first aired on April 8, 1990, brought gothic Americana into the mainstream. Equal parts “Twilight Zone” and “Dynasty,” “Twin Peaks” was a departure from the conventional plot lines of popular prime-time dramas like “L.A. Law” and “MacGyver.” Its legacy transcends its short run (two seasons, until a third was released in 2017) and cult status, creeping onto the covers of Time and Rolling Stone, and into water cooler conversations around the world. But it wasn’t only the unsolved mystery of who killed homecoming queen Laura Palmer that kept viewers coming back to the haunting — and haunted — West Coast town, teeming with backstabbing, sexual escapades and a fabled “darkness” lurking in the nearby woods. Shot on film, the show had a cinematic feel that was unusual for TV at the time, with Lynch’s signature psychosexual surrealism (seen in earlier indie releases like “Blue Velvet” and “Eraserhead”) ratcheting up the tension of each visually and emotionally saturated scene. This tone owes a huge debt to the show’s costuming, helmed by long-time Lynch collaborator Patricia Norris. Simple staples from decades past were updated and worn with modern ease, while trends that would define the next decade could be glimpsed in their infancy, making “Twin Peaks” a period piece outside time.