Relatable Character of the Month: Twin Peak’s Road Rage Lady “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WE’RE TRYING TO GET HOME… WHY IS THIS HAPPENING????”

Some days, it all feels like too much. Tiny things, otherwise insignificant, build up just long enough to cause the mother of all meltdowns. As the college term picks up pace, it’s very easy to collapse in a big way. Deadlines, essays, and study all catch up with each other, and it can take the smallest inconvenience to cause a breakdown. Twin Peaks: The Return features an unnamed woman played by character actress Laura Kenny who perfectly encapsulates just this.

Though she appears only fleetingly, Road Rage Lady (as the character has become known) is someone students can relate to. When her car gets stuck in a traffic jam caused by an errant gunshot, all she wants to do is get home for dinner on time. Bad-boy-turned-good-cop Bobby Briggs comes to the car asking her to cease beeping the horn, but it just leads to a disintegration of Plinian proportions. No matter how hard she shouts, and how much she gesticulates, Briggs just doesn’t get her struggle. Add a vomiting zombie of a child to the mix, and it’s possibly the worst traffic delay on television.

Road Rage Lady reminds us that it’s okay to freak out sometimes. It doesn’t help the situation much, but sometimes it’s just what you need.

Most likely to say: “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WE’RE TRYING TO GET HOME… WHY IS THIS HAPPENING????”

Least likely to say: This is a minor inconvenience, but I’ll work through it as best I can.”

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