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| “ | Well now, I'm not gonna talk about Judy; in fact, we're not gonna talk about Judy at all, we're gonna keep her out of it! | „ |
| ~ Philip Jeffries. |
Judy, originally known as Jowday, is the overarching antagonist of the Twin Peaks franchise.
She was said to be a powerful negative force from ancient times, studied and hunted by the FBI's Blue Rose Task Unit and Dale Cooper's doppelganger. Her identity is unknown, but according to Phillip Jeffries, she is apparently familiar to Cooper or his doppelganger.
Known History[]
Origins[]
In stories from ancient Sumerian mythology dating to at least 3000 BC, Joudy was the female form of the utukku, an escaped, wandering demon that feasted on human suffering. It was said that if the female and male form (known as Ba'al) ever married while on Earth, the union would produce an even more malevolent being, hastening the end of the world.
Over time, the being Joudy came to be known as "Judy."
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me[]
Before his disappearance, the Blue Rose team leader, Phillip Jeffries told his superior Gordon Cole that he was following a lead on Judy. In 1987, Jeffries inquired after "Miss Judy" at the Palm Deluxe hotel in Buenos Aires. The desk clerk gave him a letter that "the young woman" had left for him.
During his sudden appearance at the FBI headquarters in 1989, Jeffries initially stated to Gordon Cole that he did not want to talk about Judy, but later emphasized that she was "positive about this," and that he had found something "in Seattle, at Judy's."
A monkey, possibly in the Black Lodge, spoke Judy's name.
Major Garland Briggs shared his discovery of Judy with FBI agents Gordon Cole and Dale Cooper, and the three devised an elaborate plan to track it down. However, Briggs and Cooper both disappeared in 1989, leaving Cole uncertain as to how, or if, the plan was unfolding.
Twin Peaks: The Return[]
25 years later, Dale Cooper's doppelganger found Jeffries at his hiding place at the Dutchman's, and asked to know who Judy was and whether they wanted something from Cooper. Jeffries replied that he had already met Judy, and manifested a series of coordinate numbers which Cooper wrote down.
Days later, the real Cooper visited Jeffries, who showed him where he could find Judy. The symbol found in Owl Cave floated out of Jeffries' spout and transformed into an infinity symbol, with a bead modulating around its lower half. Finally, it stopped, and Jeffries exclaimed that he had found it. In a burst of electricity, Cooper was transported to the woods outside Twin Peaks on the night of February 23, 1989 - the night of Laura Palmer's murder. There, he attempted to lead Laura to a portal on Blue Pine Mountain.
After crossing with Diane Evans, Cooper traveled to Odessa, Texas, and came across Eat at Judy's, a coffee shop. Cooper later met one the waitresses at Judy's, Carrie Page, whom he believed was actually Laura Palmer.
Theories & Speculation[]
- Judy is the unknown entity seen manifesting in the glass box in "Part 1", breaking out of the box and viciously tearing apart Sam and Tracey, and is seen again vomiting up an orb containing BOB and a number of egg-like objects in "Part 8".
- Judy was the one who created BOB, as well as most of the other Black Lodge entities.
- The "Miss Judy" mentioned who left a letter for Phillip Jeffries was one of the hosts of Judy through one of the many eggs the Experiment released that Phillip Jeffries was investigating.
- The mysterious voice that called up Cooper's doppelganger to say goodbye to him before he was due to return to the Black Lodge, and voices a desire to be reunited with BOB, which he mistakes for being Phillip Jeffries until he meets Jeffries and confirms it wasn't him, was Judy.
- The recurring pale horse seen by Sarah Palmer and Agent Cooper is a form, avatar or symbol of Judy's.
- Judy is the evil spirit possessing Sarah Palmer, who was the little girl who swallowed the frog-moth entity that emerged from one of the eggs the Experiment spewed out into the world in "Part 8".
- Her pain that she carried out throughout the years since Laura's murder may have made her ripe for an entity for the Black Lodge to feed upon.
- It is Judy the Woodsmen are under the command and direction of, with her sending them out to do her bidding, including reviving Cooper's doppelganger whenever he is killed, to help BOB within him, who also commands the Woodsmen.
- Agent Cooper's final goal in Twin Peaks: The Return may have been to try and defeat Judy through saving Laura Palmer. However, when Dale Cooper attempts this, Laura disappears and Cooper winds up having to search for her in an alternative reality. It's highly possible this was caused by Judy, who stole Laura away into her own realm to imprison and feed upon her suffering while trying to make her forget her true identity and purpose.
Within Development[]
In early drafts of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me's script, it was mentioned by Jeffries that Judy had a sister and writer Robert Engels confirmed that this sister could have been Josie Packard, whom BOB murdered during the original series. Since this detail was left out of further drafts, it is assumed to be non-canon. An open letter written by Joan Chen (in character as Josie) to David Lynch in 2017 indicated that she was also aware that Judy was at some point to be Josie's twin sister.
Showtime's closed-captioning for Fire Walk with Me erroneously states that the monkey saying Judy's name is speaking with Jeffries' voice.
In Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces, Jeffries notably asks for "Ms. Judy" at the hotel desk, and the clerk responds that "the young woman" left a letter for him. In the Missing Pieces version of the FBI office sequence and in "Part 15," Judy is never referred to by a female pronoun.
In Twin Peaks: The Return, Judy's actual nature is revealed. It is implied, but not confirmed, that Judy is the Experiment entity seen vomiting up BOB in "Part 8." The closed captioning for "Part 17" gives the ancient spelling as "Jowday." In Chinese, 叫得 (jiào dé) means "screamed" or "called out."
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BOB | Cooper's doppelganger (Woodsmen, Hutch, Chantal Hutchens, Duncan Todd, Anthony Sinclair) | Judy | Windom Earle | Leo Johnson | The Arm | Richard Horne | Jacques Renault | Jean Renault | Bernard Renault | Steven Burnett | Hank Jennings | Thomas Eckhardt | Blackie O'Reilly | Mitchum Brothers | Chad Broxford | Evelyn Marsh | Malcolm Sloan | Jonathan Kumagai |