What is the title of the Twin Peaks episode in which Agent Cooper dreams of the Red Room?

Agent Cooper dreams of the Red Room in Episode 2, “Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer.”

The episode follows the pilot and introduces one of Twin Peaks’ defining surreal sequences. Cooper dreams of an older version of himself in a red-curtained room, where a backwards-speaking figure and a mysterious woman provide cryptic clues. The dream becomes a major gateway into the show’s supernatural mythology.

The episode was written by Mark Frost, David Lynch, and Harley Peyton, and directed by Lynch. Its imagery established visual ideas that later became central to the Black Lodge and related locations. The Red Room is therefore not merely a dream setting; it becomes a recurring symbolic and supernatural space.

Some references call the installment “Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer,” while episode guides may also identify it simply as episode two. That numbering distinguishes it from the feature-length pilot, which is often listed separately from the regular season episodes.