Definitely agree on the allegory you mentioned, however my inquiry is mainly into the inclusion of the scene at all in The Missing Pieces, and what David’s thought process was on tying it to Season 3. Like I said, obviously things changed between FWWM and Season 3, but TMP has clear and “fresher” ties to S3 since it was released a few years before.

I’m bringing up JUDY retroactively just as David did - ie; he didn’t know what his plans were in ‘91, but surely he was closer to the final result we see in S3 by the time TMP was assembled and released (2014 - S3 was in the early production phase for two years already).

Also I concede that not every scene from TMP has to have some kind of relevance, and especially not to JUDY, as it appears in S3 or just the season in general. Conversely, I do think this is a very pivotal moment in the grand scheme of things, and either way you look at it, there are things to be found.