Denise Bryson

Question number 17 in Dragula.

What actor portrayed Denise Bryson, a transgender DEA agent across several seasons of Twin Peaks?

James, were you a Twin Peaks fan?

I can't say I was.

You know, in that span of three episodes, I know like two episodes later that he's in his third episode, They introduce Evelyn, little Nikki, the Milford wedding, Nadine's crush on Mike.

It also introduces Denise Bryson, which is the best of the introductions.

And of course, Denise will not only be pivotal in Ernie's arc later, but she has a nice dance with Andy at the wedding.

I remember a couple years ago, Liz and Michelle on the Between Two Worlds podcast, they weren't really too big on the characters that were introduced early on in season two, like Judge Sternwood or anything along those lines.

But no, it's relevant in the sense that I think Ernie doesn't realize or he's trying to make out whether or not Denise is really a man.

And, like, who is this person in front of me? Who's this beautiful woman sitting across from me who's really making me nervous? Yeah.

When I did my Denise Bryson episode with Willow, she actually thought that Ernie had a bit of an attraction.

I kind of looked at it as almost like confusion because I think of like when Denise is introduced like, you know, to the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Station, there's like this like kind of universal apprehensiveness outside of Cooper.