In Twin Peaks Part 18 on Showtime, Richard/Cooper searches for a missing waitress named Carrie Page that worked at Eat at Judy’s in Odessa, Texas. After obtaining an address from a co-worker, he drives to a rundown home somewhere in the desert. In reality, this home is located in the southern California desert and it took countless hours of searching on Google Maps to find it.
This film location article will be a little different than previous stories. I debated a long time about sharing the actual address of this spot. One of the main reasons I hesitated about including the address is the owners have been noted as not-friendly to Twin Peaks location seekers like myself. Out of respect for their wishes and since their home is private property, I haven’t included the actual address.
I can say, however, that the home is located in the southern Californian desert near a few other Season 3 film locations. To find it, I literally searched every street in the area via Google Street View until I found the match. It was an exhausting, multi-week search but, as you will see, it revealed some incredible details.
This overview image highlights the location of a few key scenes from Part 18. But let’s take a close look at screen caps from the episode and their corresponding Google Street View image. The 1,134-square foot home was built in 1985 and contains three bedrooms. It was last sold in July 2011.
The scene opens with Richard/Cooper driving a black 2003 Lincoln Towncar down the street with a Texas license plate – V52-168R.
Here is the same street via Google Street View.
Interestingly, a black 2003 Lincoln Town Car is also seen in Part 2 at the Self Storage Unit and Part 4 at the Yankton Federal Prison. Most likely, one car was used for all three scenes and only the license plates were changed.
Richard/Cooper stops the car and looks at the home. Behind him is a metal fence with trees.
The scene cuts to a white and pink ranch home that has the address 1516 above the white front door. The Google Street View image is from July 2015.
The home didn’t always look like it did in the series. Thanks to images from Realtor.com from July 2011, we can see the home used to have trees and grass in the front yard.
I can tell you that the actual street address is not 1516 – believe me, I started my search with that number.
Richard/Cooper then spots a familiar looking utility pole with the number 6 that resembles one seen at the Fat Trout Trailer Park in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. I discussed this utility pole and it’s counterparts in this Twin Peaks Blog article.
The camera pans up to the top of the utility pole.
He parks the Towncar and walks toward the front door. The yard is covered with trash … very much like how the yard appears in Google Maps.
Taking Richard/Cooper’s point of view, the camera slowly walks toward the front door. There is a green chair and a spare tire on the front porch. It looks like the SAME GREEN CHAIR is seen in Google Street View!! Wow.
A reversed shot of Richard/Cooper walking shows the Lincoln Towncar parked on the street.
More details behind Richard/Cooper including giant trees and other homes across the street.
One more shot of Richard/Cooper walking toward the front door. We can see what appears to be the top of a black car in the yard. The same car piece is found in Google Street View. Crazy!
The front door of Carrie’s house. It appears to be the same one from Google Street View.
Following a long conversation with Carrie at the front door, Richard/Cooper is invited inside.
While Carrie is gathering her things, Richard/Cooper surveys the great room and spots a dead man on a chair.
Realtor.com had some additional images from the actual home circa July 2011.
Before leaving the home with Carrie, Richard/Cooper spots some things on a mantle above the fireplace. Realtor.com had a photo of the actual fireplace sans mantle and other props. Incredible!
The scene ends with Carrie Page closing the front door and it fades to Richard/Cooper leaving Odessa, Texas. I discuss where this scene was shot in this Twin Peaks Blog article.
