This episode is a lot about Willa and I’m kind of torn
about the whole introduction of this character. Mainly because we have
virtually no episodes left and therefore no time to develop her or what she
means or the implications.
I think part of that means we don’t really get to explore
all of the development of her or her relationship with Wynonna and Waverley.
The speed we’ve been introduced to her also means we don’t really get a lot of
time to go through her emotional transition, her memories, going from cult
member to now out in the world, being reintroduced to her family, being
reintroduced to revenants and being the heir et al – that’s a lot of things to process
In doing that we have a lot that feels almost random – we
get brief insights to Willa and Waverley not being that close as children. We
get more hints about the deal Bobo and their father made. We get Willa going
from hating Dolls and any authority and being a one-track Revenant killing
machine and then a party loving woman the next. We can explain all of this
because humans are complex and what she’s gone through has just added to that
complexity – but we’ve gone so quickly that it all feels a little random and
rushed.
Far better is Nicole and Waverley’s relationship which is
still going strong with kissing, making out and Willa finding out that Waverley
is “a gay” which prompts so examination between the sisters. And a lot more
genuine affection between Nicole and Waverley this whole episode which I really
really like. It’s not a one off or barely mentioned part of their lives – it’s
present and it’s important.
Also interesting is Wynonna faced with the fact she’s not
the heir, especially since peacemaker is shorting out on her… the real heir is
back and she’s losing her heir-y powers. Which adds further questions to what
exactly happened to Willa
The chemistry between Wynonna and Dolls continues to
progress – I really like how it has built over the whole season and it’s because
they’ve made such an effort to built it that makes it feel so real. I feel far
more chemistry between Wynonna and Dolls than I do Wynonna and Doc because it
has grown all season, respect, affection, humour has all built between them to
make it feel very real before he kisses her
And yes, they kiss. No will-they-won’t they any more!
Except there’s still Doc.
He was kidnapped last episode by some meth taking
Revenant of less than pleasant demeanour who is still something of a fanboy of
Doc’s. I’m not sure why he even has doc except to allow Doc to spy on his
chemistry experiments – producing a substance that makes people foam at the
mouth and apparently kill themselves. It’s a rather clumsy way to push forward
the plot and reveal info
Convenient and slightly clumsy plot points also apply
with Wynonna and Willa remembering about a letter that their father hid with
Bobo has been looking for. It’s a letter that conveniently tells everyone all about
the Earp curse and how to break it, and how to free the Revenants from the
triangle left by their dear old ancestor. How does Bobo free his fellow
Revenants? By having an Earp heir willingly cross the boundary with him.
Well that sounds rather hard to achieve; especially as we
focus on the red herring of the episode and Bobo’s apparent plan to poison an
entire hotel full of party goers (finding this out involves Doc’s convenient escape
and appearance – just in time for him to see Dolls and Wynonna kiss – as well
as questioning the judge who commits suicide to get out from under Bobo’s thumb
and dealing with Waverley’s homophobic ex. Which Nicole does, awesomely) all dressed
to the nines. Naturally including Wynonna rocking a red dress.
It looks like we have a plot – as Bobo demand the entire
poisoned hotel bring him Wynonna alive – the plan seems to be to use all these
deaths to force Wynonna to cross the boundary with him
But twist – Willa meets Bobo outside and walks away with
him. She has some more of her memories back – and it looks like she and Bobo
were involved. Willa, the true heir, is likely willing to cross the boundary
willingly with Bobo. Now there’s a twist.
But where can they go with this? In the very little time we have left this season, what can they do with this plot line?
