Spoilers

“The Condemned Woman”

The ending of this episode of Twin Peaks was the weirdest I can remember. It was the resolution, kinda, of the storyline of Josie Packard. The one where she just dies before having her ‘spirit’, shall we say, trapped in the bed stand drawer. We see Killer Bob again, taunting Cooper and we see the dancing dwarf from the Red Room dancing on the bed. Did Bob imply that he killed Josie?

What was even stranger was I do not think they mention this Josie story again in the rest of the show. If they do, it is just in passing.

Just not sure how this was intended to play into the overall story of the White Lodge, but it was certainly intended to do so. I wonder if there were contract issues with the actress playing Josie that led to this bizarre twist. (FYI- doing some research, I found that the actress Joan Chen, who played Josie had asked to be written out so she could go film a movie, Turtle Beach, which was a critical and financial flop).

Of course, we learn about Josie’s shooting of Agent Cooper and how the husband she thought she killed, Andrew Packard, was actually alive. It was heavily implied that she had killed Jonathan and we see her kill Eckhardt, who was angry with her over her supposed betrayal since Andrew was alive.

Windham Earle took a bit of a backseat this episode, though he was trolling Donna, Audrey and Shelly as his “three queens” for a gathering of “the angels.” He had sent each an invite to the Roadhouse and part of a poem torn into three. Earle continues to be a big time creeper.

He also continues to taunt and torture Leo, which Leo deserves completely.

James is still a dumbass. He and Donna kind of broke up as James is still out there doing God knows what with the Walsh case. Donna needs to move along. She is way too good for him.

Nadine tells Ed she wants to split up and that she had a night of love with Mike. Ed is surprised, but Nadine said that he and Norma had done it. Ed say, “Well, there’s that.” LOL

Norma stands up to Hank, who is in jail for multiple crimes and parole violations. She will not support his lie of an alibi. Yay! You go girl. I think my memory is that she caves… but I hope I am wrong.