I strive to be like Coop, instant acceptance but I appreciate how the writers have Dept. Hawk initially not shake hands but by the time Denise leaves he's like, 'that's a good color for him', that's growth.
@@TtotheCizzel point to all these supposed to shows with trans actors starring as the main character, who is also trans. Tell me what they are since you think trans people so scary and all-consuming of culture. Moron.
In the begin of the episode, I was reading the names of the actors and I jumped from the chair and I cheered, yelling like this: "Mulder is on twin Peaks, this show qualifies to be my favorite!" (after the XFiles). Then I saw he was trans and I started laughing like an idiot.
2021 and Cooper’s reaction to Denise is still the nicest and most respectful I’ve seen on media between a cis person and their newly out trans friend. It warms my heart as a trans person too. I love Cooper and Denise and Twin Peaks
Fun-fact: David and the long-haired officer act together in an X-files' season two episode, where they play Mulder and a cherokee reserve sheriff respectively. I laughed myself out when I saw them both again, but this time as two male characters :D
He's so amazing, he plays a woman really well. So feminine, without it being flashy or exaggerated. He's such a great actor. I had heard that he had played a woman on Twin Peaks, but I always thought he was suppose to be undercover. I had never seen the scene before, so I hadn't realized he's actually playing a transgender. And he actually looks pretty as a woman, lol.
Man do I wish we a had a spinoff where Dale worker with Mulder, they are without a doubt two of the most iconic TV characters ever! Lol at Hawks reaction XD
X-Files is my favorite show of all time, but it was definitely inspired by Twin Peaks. The two best TV characters ever for sure. I like how Dale is super cool and super accepting about it. Maybe the Twin Peaks locals are a little weird about it but no one ever really makes fun of Denise or anything. Great show.
Long time Twin Peaks nerd, I was showing this scene to my transgender friend the other day (as well as Denise's scene in The Return) and we were both absolutely marvelling at Coop's response. "Okay." Perfection. And from then on he immediately refers to her as Denise without even having to think about it. Coop is a true gent and for 1992 (The 90s were not kind to LGBT people. I know, I was there) this was ingenious. Fix your hearts or die.
The look right after he say goddbye to the deputy, that's SO like a little girl. ^^ A little shy, deep look and then lowering the gaze and walking out of the room quite elegantly. Guys, I hate to say that, David never was my kind of guy but as a woman he's smokin' hot!
I love how Coop just rolls with everything, it rules. Oh hey you're a chick now? That's cool, let's go get some pie. If we can never have a TP/X-Files crossover, can Denise get transferred to New Mexico and help Hank catch Walter on Breaking Bad?
Hawk's matter-of-fact attitude is one of the best things about the original Twin Peaks. The new Twin Peaks is just too much continual darkness with hardly any break. I couldn't make it past episode 4. The original Twin Peaks could be dark, but it also knew how to make you smile and laugh too.
OMG...I either never saw this or just blocked it out of my memory!!!!...well, it's back in there for good now. I'll get my friend Steve back for sending me this.
This is so oddly ahead of its time. Like, yeah I think it is supposed to be strange in that Twin Peaks-style way and I don't like the misgendering right there at the end, but I love how chill they are. She comes in, corrects him on her name, and they just roll with it because Dale really respects her. Also, David Duchovny has zero camp and mad futch energy. This guy knows the lady he is playing.
You know, until just now I never noticed the misgendering. I always heard "a good color for her." Kinda disappointing. The futch thing, though... I can see that.
I understand the upsetting nature of that but unfortunately it’s more realistic since a room full of cops unfortunately they would probably misgender her. I do like cooper being just accepting probably since he respects Denise so much. Also cooper is just a good man.
I remember my thought progress when i saw this for the first time What the hell is that a lady? What the hell is that David Duchovny? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT DAVID DUCHONVY DRESSED AS A LADY?!
@MrNickWright There's a later scene where he explains he was working undercover to a dealer who only worked with Transvestites. He ended up liking the dressup.
DAMN, i miss the 80s and 90s when a transgender character wasn't shown cause the director was "pushing a progressive agenda on young kids brains!" it was just... a transgender character. and in this case, one of our favorites!
I agree completely. Nowadays, people care more about the race/gender/sexual orientation of the character, as opposed to the character themselves. Back in the 90s, characters were better written because creators were more focused on who the characters were as individuals, and less about their "identity".
Well it is good for certain groups to be represented in media when they are usually excluded. The issue is that this exclusion has created a market for inclusion which is being capitalised upon.
The great thing about Denise is she is 1. Presented as a competent professional 2. Someone who is not over the top in how she acts but still conveys as feminine 3. Is in a field where being a trans woman would be extremely difficult
I don't see why not. It's very common for actors just starting out and that cannot act very well to get parts on tv. Lynch or the person in charge of casting decided to give him a chance. I'm sorry if you find something wrong with that.
i like how cooper makes the transition to denise so easily and doesn't care less
Yes! ❤️
It's kind of awesome how Hawk even accepts it by the end of the scene, too. He's like "I don't get it... But I don't have to get it."
Brilliant scene, love Twin peaks
Cooper is a compassionate good person. He respects Denise first and foremost
I love how Cooper is just like: "Denise. Okay, cool. BUT OMG THERE IS THIS AMAZING FUCKING PIE AND COFFEE IN TOWN..."
You should double up on your meds.
LOLL SO TRUE
@@kimberlyguyton9130whiny snowflake detected.
I love how this show from over 20 years ago is more enlightened than most shit on TV now. instant acceptance.
FranBMan Exactly!!!
I strive to be like Coop, instant acceptance but I appreciate how the writers have Dept. Hawk initially not shake hands but by the time Denise leaves he's like, 'that's a good color for him', that's growth.
now theyed demand a real trans person and then demand they are a main character in the show
@@TtotheCizzel point to all these supposed to shows with trans actors starring as the main character, who is also trans. Tell me what they are since you think trans people so scary and all-consuming of culture. Moron.
@@seemsfishy23 its more what people are demanding then the shows. learn to read. idiot
Mulder was never quite the same after his alien abduction.
Or his stint in the band POISON.
Godzilla52 haha, My Brain shouted "Mulder!" the second he steped in :'D
In the begin of the episode, I was reading the names of the actors and I jumped from the chair and
I cheered, yelling like this: "Mulder is on twin Peaks, this show qualifies to be my favorite!" (after the XFiles). Then I saw he was trans and I started laughing like an idiot.
It was all going fine & dandy with the alien abduction until they did that damned anal probe . . .
2021 and Cooper’s reaction to Denise is still the nicest and most respectful I’ve seen on media between a cis person and their newly out trans friend. It warms my heart as a trans person too. I love Cooper and Denise and Twin Peaks
😃💖
*”And when you became Denise, I told all your colleagues, those clown comics, to fix their hearts or die.”*
- Gordon Cole
@@Rena_2000 I do.
@@Rena_2000 troll harder next time lol
The fact this was made in the early 90s is insane to me. Easily the best rep for a trans woman in the 90s
Maclachlan is the most beautiful man who ever walked on planet Earth..
DD for sure :)
The way Coop bends when he first sees Denise kills me 😂😂
Fun-fact: David and the long-haired officer act together in an X-files' season two episode, where they play Mulder and a cherokee reserve sheriff respectively. I laughed myself out when I saw them both again, but this time as two male characters :D
:D well said!
Good catch! Season 1, episode 19
He's called Hawk.
I know, that episode was called "Shapes".
Windom Earle, Major Briggs, and Ben Horne also show up on X-Files
He's so amazing, he plays a woman really well. So feminine, without it being flashy or exaggerated. He's such a great actor. I had heard that he had played a woman on Twin Peaks, but I always thought he was suppose to be undercover. I had never seen the scene before, so I hadn't realized he's actually playing a transgender. And he actually looks pretty as a woman, lol.
You are so right! I was impressed by his acting in this scene. I wish there was a whole show about Denise. 😃
@@lisamikky1696 Lol! I can’t believe I got a response 8 years later! Yes I would love a whole show on just Denise!! 🥰💕🥰
Man do I wish we a had a spinoff where Dale worker with Mulder, they are without a doubt two of the most iconic TV characters ever! Lol at Hawks reaction XD
X-Files is my favorite show of all time, but it was definitely inspired by Twin Peaks. The two best TV characters ever for sure. I like how Dale is super cool and super accepting about it. Maybe the Twin Peaks locals are a little weird about it but no one ever really makes fun of Denise or anything. Great show.
Does Scully know about this?
Damn! Twin peaks was visionary
So Denise is how I realized I was Transgender
She made something in my brain just click
Holy crap Lois
😮😮😮
I named myself after Agent Dale Cooper because I admired the way he treated Denise!
That's awesome to hear!
gender dysphoria is great! it's "awesome to hear!"
the show was far ahead of its time for transgender characters
When David says "Coop!", it's so perfect hahahahhaha
wtf hes pretty!!
He is !! :D
Faith McKay prettier than me and I'm a real woman 😂😂
I know, right? I never would've thought DD would make a pretty woman!
that's a good color for him
I wanna a fucking entire show dedicated to Denise
Everyone needs a friend like Coop.
I just love everyone's reaction in this clip, lol.
This show was so ahead of its time. What a fox!
I love Hawk's reaction :)
Spooky Mulder! :D
I find the acting spot on,honestly!
I knew it, X-Files Universe is connected with Twin Peaks universe. Now all makes sense.
Long time Twin Peaks nerd, I was showing this scene to my transgender friend the other day (as well as Denise's scene in The Return) and we were both absolutely marvelling at Coop's response. "Okay." Perfection. And from then on he immediately refers to her as Denise without even having to think about it. Coop is a true gent and for 1992 (The 90s were not kind to LGBT people. I know, I was there) this was ingenious. Fix your hearts or die.
I'm so in love with Cooper
David Duchovny as a woman - wow, he pulls that off!
David and the writers did a great job.
1:20 - Priceless. That's why I love this show.
It's actually funny because the guy looking at him funny guest starred in the 1st season of X Files, in the episode where the kid got killed.
The look right after he say goddbye to the deputy, that's SO like a little girl. ^^ A little shy, deep look and then lowering the gaze and walking out of the room quite elegantly.
Guys, I hate to say that, David never was my kind of guy but as a woman he's smokin' hot!
I've been wondering who Iggy Azalea reminds me of and I finally realized it's Denise, haha. She has the same eyes, nose and square jaw
Holy shit, I can't stop seeing the resemblance now!
Either Denise or one of the two girls from the movie "White Chicks", haha.
I love how Coop just rolls with everything, it rules. Oh hey you're a chick now? That's cool, let's go get some pie.
If we can never have a TP/X-Files crossover, can Denise get transferred to New Mexico and help Hank catch Walter on Breaking Bad?
Those aliens really fucked with Mulder
Hawk's matter-of-fact attitude is one of the best things about the original Twin Peaks. The new Twin Peaks is just too much continual darkness with hardly any break. I couldn't make it past episode 4. The original Twin Peaks could be dark, but it also knew how to make you smile and laugh too.
I'm in episode 5 and hate how cooper still can barely function and nobody bothers to help him. Can they not see he has a serious problem?
That's why the FBI put Mulder in the basement.
i'm shocked there's not a ton of fanfic about this... he's playing an fbi agent again after all >_>
I know, right! When I first saw Denise I was like "Mulder, what the fuck?!" and the idea was born instantly.
Think he's a DEA agent.
For those who don’t know, that is Agent Fox Mulder from X-Files
David Duchovny's Denise is great
Love the sheriff reaction at 0:35
Hawks face😂
0:35 did he said "drag enforcement agency" ?
😃😅🤣
That perfectly describes the things going on today.
Absolutely insane that this is *1991*. This is still better trans representation than a lot of TV 30 years later
This was one of the most hilarious segments of Twin Peaks.
Whats funny about it?
@@wowno5763 its completely unexpected. there's no way to predict this would happen.
Musta blotted this one out of my mind because I don't remember this at all ! and I thought I was a twin peaks fan back in the day !
"I may wear lipstick now, coop, but I still put on my panties one leg at a time if you know what I mean"
"... I don't"
Denise almost looks like Peg Bundy.
I think Mulder has handled one to many X-Files.
OMG...I either never saw this or just blocked it out of my memory!!!!...well, it's back in there for good now. I'll get my friend Steve back for sending me this.
This is so oddly ahead of its time. Like, yeah I think it is supposed to be strange in that Twin Peaks-style way and I don't like the misgendering right there at the end, but I love how chill they are. She comes in, corrects him on her name, and they just roll with it because Dale really respects her.
Also, David Duchovny has zero camp and mad futch energy. This guy knows the lady he is playing.
You know, until just now I never noticed the misgendering. I always heard "a good color for her." Kinda disappointing.
The futch thing, though... I can see that.
I understand the upsetting nature of that but unfortunately it’s more realistic since a room full of cops unfortunately they would probably misgender her. I do like cooper being just accepting probably since he respects Denise so much. Also cooper is just a good man.
Hawk is like "WTF" trough the entire scene. xD
coopers my hero because of things like that.
he had really right face, so much ideal, that hard to find is a man actually
LOL, I love "mmm" at 1:35
mulder was in a dark place before he was assigned to the x-files
Agent Cooper would be disappointed in you.
I SCREAMED XD such a great moment!!
"That's a good color for him" LOL!
Truman and Denise would have made a better couple than Truman and Josie.
Sweet Denise!!
🤗💞
He as Denise is my wallpaper :')
The face of Hawk LOL
Did anyone else notice that the deputy is actually a Sheriff in an X-files episode as well? God that must've been a terrible privilege for him haha
So that's why they call him "Spooky" Mulder.
im curious if he was able to make his voice slightly higher pitched and feminine or it something edited...he has such a deep voice as mulder!
They should’ve cast Kyle Maclachlan in XFiles during the seasons when Mulder was missing.
My whole entire ass is dumb, I had no idea that was Agent Fox Mulder
Hahah, hilarious! I expected a young Hank Moody and got Mrs Moody insted!
Anyone else think of Fig from Orange is the new black when you see Denise? !
OH MY GOD.
All the more incentive to watch this show. Scully would be rolling on the floor in laughter if he ever did that when she was around.
I don't doubt it for a second.
Scully I got bad news for you
@szubanator He plays a sherriff in everything. He was one in Roswell too.
He looks a little like the actress who played Kimmy Glibber on Full House, lol.
He does! 😮😮😮
@@lisamikky1696 ☺️
Denise, you’re in for a real surprise
So are they…😏
???
@@lisamikky1696 1:18
@@lisamikky1696 didn't even watch the video you're commenting on? lmaooooooo
Go home mulder ur drunk!!!!
Agent Cooper would be disappointed in you.
David Duchovny looks cute in this
@szubanator
right! I nearly fell out of my chair when I noticed that!^^
The truth is out there 😂
Fuckin' Denise, Denise the Piece...
K
This was the past transvestite of Agent Mulder.
Agent Cooper would be disappointed in you.
This would never air on today's television
It would but Denise would snap at cooper for calling her the wrong name instead of politely ask.
@@carybeweary7209 If you take a moment to think you'll realise you can't name a single example of that.
They brought this character back in the 2017 reboot of the series, so, yeah it would.
I remember my thought progress when i saw this for the first time
What the hell is that a lady?
What the hell is that David Duchovny?
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT DAVID DUCHONVY DRESSED AS A LADY?!
What a (wo)man!
@MrNickWright There's a later scene where he explains he was working undercover to a dealer who only worked with Transvestites. He ended up liking the dressup.
Ah, the 90s.
two legends of FBI
He plays a women very well
im in love
Lmfao! David, Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
the indian lookin guy in the sherrifs uniform was in an x-files episode in the first season!!!!! and he played a sherriff in it too
Ahah hawks 'glance 😆😆
DAMN, i miss the 80s and 90s when a transgender character wasn't shown cause the director was "pushing a progressive agenda on young kids brains!" it was just... a transgender character. and in this case, one of our favorites!
"pushing a progressive agenda on young kids brains!" is more or less what people said about LGBT people in media back in the day.
I agree completely. Nowadays, people care more about the race/gender/sexual orientation of the character, as opposed to the character themselves. Back in the 90s, characters were better written because creators were more focused on who the characters were as individuals, and less about their "identity".
Well it is good for certain groups to be represented in media when they are usually excluded. The issue is that this exclusion has created a market for inclusion which is being capitalised upon.
The great thing about Denise is she is 1. Presented as a competent professional
2. Someone who is not over the top in how she acts but still conveys as feminine
3. Is in a field where being a trans woman would be extremely difficult
I'd let him, baby.
I don't see why not. It's very common for actors just starting out and that cannot act very well to get parts on tv. Lynch or the person in charge of casting decided to give him a chance. I'm sorry if you find something wrong with that.
that damn lipstick though ...
Hank Moody!!!! HANK MOODY!!!!
👍👍👍👍 Twin peaks.
Damn he looked hot as a chick!
I'm out of the loop. Who's muldar?