After "The Mod Squad", Lipton did no full-time acting for 15 years. In March 1988, she returned to television as the star of an ABC movie, "Addicted to His Love". She eventually regained major attention for her performance as Norma Jennings in David Lynch's TV series "Twin Peaks" (1990–1991) and subsequently appeared in many TV shows, including recurring roles in "Crash" and "Popular". In 2017 she reprised her character of Norma Jennings in the "Twin Peaks" revival. Also in 2017, she appeared in an episode of "Angie Tribeca" as the mother of the title character played by her daughter Rashida Jones.