Cappy
White Lodge
- Aug 4, 2022
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I’ve been thinking about Nadine’s brief appearance in S3. I think it works at face value, it’s sort of zany and heartfelt like her character on the original series. And it’s comforting to achieve a kind of closure to her love triangle with Ed and Norma.
But I also wonder if, on a different level, we can view her as the antithesis to Cooper’s S3 arc. Watching Coop’s fumbles as he tries to revisit both Twin Peaks and the past is frustrating — I feel like they could do 3 more seasons and he’d still be making the same errors. Nadine, herself no stranger to delusional nostalgia, seems to almost provide an example of a person who lets go of their past and moves forward.
I don’t think any of the other characters in S3 are able to do this. James, Bobby, Shelly, and Ben Horne are all either stuck trying to live as their younger selves would, or tied down to some old love that prevents them from fully moving on.
But somehow Nadine of all characters manages to beat this. If S3 can be viewed as meta commentary on the pitfalls of nostalgia, then Nadine Hurley somehow emerged as its only conquering hero.
But I also wonder if, on a different level, we can view her as the antithesis to Cooper’s S3 arc. Watching Coop’s fumbles as he tries to revisit both Twin Peaks and the past is frustrating — I feel like they could do 3 more seasons and he’d still be making the same errors. Nadine, herself no stranger to delusional nostalgia, seems to almost provide an example of a person who lets go of their past and moves forward.
I don’t think any of the other characters in S3 are able to do this. James, Bobby, Shelly, and Ben Horne are all either stuck trying to live as their younger selves would, or tied down to some old love that prevents them from fully moving on.
But somehow Nadine of all characters manages to beat this. If S3 can be viewed as meta commentary on the pitfalls of nostalgia, then Nadine Hurley somehow emerged as its only conquering hero.