Waverley has been
taken by a Revenant - a cannibal mountain man revenant who likes traps. He also
has the ability to steal voices to send a reassuring message to Nicole to stop
her looking for them
Wynonna is stuck half
way up a cliff with her imaginary mother reminiscing of the time her mother
took her camping and taught her how to survive in the wilderness. I don’t know
if imaginary mother is anything like her real mother but she’s practical, gives
lots of good advice and also is very very sassy and sarcastic
Everyone on this show
is sassy and sarcastic. This is why the show is awesome.
This gives us some
nice insight into the whole Earp family and relationships which is a nice lens
to see through. There’s also some ominous warnings about not relying on other
people which is something Wynonna has got past in the last couple of seasons
and I really don’t want to see her backtrack here
Wynonna manages to
agonisingly climb back up to the road, having to leave Peacemaker behind on the
cliff to begin tracking down Waverley.
Waverley may be
voiceless and stuck in a cage with a murderous cannibal coming in and out - but
thanks to a helpless hunter walking into one of those traps she’s able to
non-verbally communicate to Wynonna where the traps are. With charades. And the
path to booby traps that way is just hilarious
Revenant who was
super scary ends up rather casually murdered in one of his own traps by Wynonna
luring him -guess she doesn’t always need Peacemaker to get stuff done.
The rest of the gang
are doing some demon research - the demon doing sacrifices to Balshure may have
super duper speed - and dealing with issues. Doc is angsting because his recent
brush with death sent him to hell - which he thinks is kind of unfair because
of all the heroing he’s done. He angrily talks about it with Dolls who seems to
think the key here is redemption - but Doc doesn’t buy that because all this
heroing is just having them kill more people. Dolls rejects the comparison
between them - but does reassure Doc they’re going to be ok. There’s definitely
a mixed but positive relationship between the two.
Dolls himself is
having issues with his medication which Jeremy wants to tell the others about -
if nothing else then because having an unstable dragon around is just not a
great idea. Dolls nixes the idea.
When Nicole finds a
lost hunter (whose son walked into the cannibal’s trap) she gets to follow a
trail leading the others to Wynonna and Waverley (though I do like Doc’s “I
trust Wynonna’s judgement” and Nicole’s answering “I helped her kill a revenant
she was sleeping with”. They may all love Wynonna but they have no illusions
about her) and everyone is reunited - they just need Nicole with the climbing experience
to go down and retrieve Peacemaker.
And Wynonna tells
Waverley about their mother in a secure medical unit and causes a lot of bad
feeling for keeping this a secret for so long which is Not Ok for Waverley.
Family drama is
called because this is when Bulshar’s minion arrives
And he’s powerful and
smart. He cuts the rope holding Nicole, leaving Wynonna holding on stop her
plummeting to her death (Nicole urges Wynonna to let go - but that’s not
happening). He knocks Doc unconscious after Doc ineffectual leaps through him
teleporting around
What kills him is
Dolls arriving going full dragon - the minion is consumed in dragon fire
But Dolls himself
seems to die
And I think he is
dead but I’m clinging to that “seems”. Dolls is an excellent character with his
own powers and history and role to play in this and I am not remotely ok with
the show killing him off in the second episode when the story of this season
has barely even begun. Not ok, Wynonna Earp I expect resurrection miracles next
episode
But I don’t think
it’s going to happen. His death scene came with so much drama and angst and
goodbyes..
