Flashback!
Basically to remind us that way back in the day (1887) when Bulshar was first
defeated with an alliance of Juan Carlos (a priest and angel), Bobo and
Constance. But there was also another woman present recording Juan Carlos’s
memories. This will be relevant soon. They also refer to a Champion
In
the present Bobo is imprisoned and so broken than even he doesn’t want to be
released. He is barely making sense but bringing extra levels of bleakness for
Wynonna who is very very very hopeless. And research isn’t Wynonna’s thing
either so she leaves it to Jeremy and Waverley (who are despairing and
recapping everything because it’s all getting a bit conmplicated) and takes her
Quintiple shot latte to go spend some time with Charlie
Charlie’s
kind of sad at being kind of sidelines and hot firemen are not used to being
sidelined. While he has a point, Wynonna has way way more going on than
Charlie’s feelings or their relationship. She pretty much tells him that
they’ll pick this up in Spring and he slopes off in a huff. Look it’s not like
he’s not informed here, he knows about the supernatural, he knows about the
woo-woo, he knows what’s at stake - he needs some perspective here.
Anyway
relationship drama aside, Wynonna has a visit from Kevin, a woman and heir to
basically the Powers That Be who watch but don’t interfere. Except they totally
interfere because THEY ALWAYS DO. This is a genre rule. People who can’t
interfere constantly interfere but then have weirdly arbitrary limits so they
can’t use their super powers to make things easy.
Oh
and Kevin is played by Anna Silk. And one of her reasons for helping is that
she’s sick of the powers that be boy’s club.
Not
that Kevin is especially confident with Wynonna Earp and Wynonna isn’t arguing
at all about being clueless, under trained or an alcoholic. But she has a lead
on a weapon that can kill Bulshar - his arm. His arm which he lost when he was
entombed in a dangerous rickety mine (he got a new one). So that’s Waverley and
Wynonna off on a road trip.
They
arrive at the mine to find a revenant that Waverley remembers from her research
- he’s a one armed Revenant who was trapped in the mine long ago. But he also
has both arms - because apparently Revenants and Bulshar can share body parts.
So they need to take his arm back … except this mine is a uranium mine. And the
Revenant is radioactive. When Wynonna touches him she’s burned and staggers
back sick and ill
I’m
no expert, but I assume anything that radioactive that it causes this much
damage on a touch is probably not going to be great to stand in close proximity
too anyway.
This
also means that Waverley can’t touch the radioactive revenant with her super
powerful ring. So they run and drop in on Mercedes
Yes, more Mercedes love from me because she’s so very very very awesome. She’s super happy to have her face back (which they recap, with lots of credit) and totally blase about Revenants following them because she’s Mercedes and this is Purgatory. The revenant arrives but thankfully Waverley discovers some new super powers from the ring - she can control his Bulshar arm and make him strangle himself. After which Wynonna can rip off his arm because he’s only radioactive when he’s alive? Apparently?
Anyway
Kevin arrives to say the arm isn’t technically a weapon… and Wynonna announces
she better be joking or she better have good health insurance - which is an
excellent line. But it turns out this is a test for the Champion
And
that Champion is Waverley. Because by using the ring - Julian’s ring, an
angel’s ring - she’s proven she has the power to defeat Bulshar despite being
only half angel (also supported by her healing Mercedes - a miracle).
But
there’s a catch. While they do some research as a group and realise that
Bulshar is actually the Snake from the Garden of Eden so a big bad awfulness.
That sets the stakes now we hear the cost- because Kevin reveals to defeat
Bulshar Waverley will turn to stone… something Wynonna isn’t here for. And nor
is Waverley, she doesn’t want to die
Of
course Kevin dumps a whole load of guilt on them but I quite like to see a
character who doesn’t jump on the martyrdom train as soon as it arrives. Good
on Waverley, not wanting to die isn’t selfish. Of course Waverley feels guilty
especially since she’s pretty sure that Wynonna would sacrifice herself -but
Wynonna is adamantly insistent that she is going to be selfish - Waverley will
not sacrifice herself, they will find another way.
While
this has been happening, they also get a clue about Maeve - the woman recording
Julian, the Angel’s, memoirs and records. Following Bobo’s ramblings Nicole
goes to see Doc Holiday who fills in the gaps about Maeve Purdy. But Doc is
having problems: he’s got a blood shortage and is having trouble keeping
control and not killing people: Nicole carries a gun with wooden bullets just
in case which he appreciates. He directs them to the Purdy homestead which has
been abandoned (the Purdies are another of the many families mentioned on this
show) and fills Nicole in on Maeve’s history - she was burned as a witch for
helping women. Nicole is duly disgusted
Inside
isn’t entirely empty though - there’s the ghost of Maeve Prudy. And she does
remember the book, she also has access to it. But she’s not a happy angry
teenaged pyromaniac ghost. And she wants a body - and possesses Nicole to do
so. She wants someone freshly killed and tries to provoke Doc into biting her.
Doc calls Jeremy (who is eating lunch with Robin and reminds Doc that he’s
pissed with him because of the whole biting Robin thing. Robin says hi)
to come join them. The possessed Nicole proves she does have the journal
by regurgitating a page and she tries to possess Jeremy but only long enough to
praise his muscle tone before fleeing back to Nicole because Jeremy is not
human enough for her
More
subtle hints about Jeremy being different and having woo-woo. Stop hinting Wynonna
Earp!
They
dodge around talking Maeve out of killing Nicole before finally finding the
book - and ghostly Maeve responds by burning the house down which is a problem.
The
firebrigade is called - including Charlie - and he rescues Doc… but the blood
starved vampire who just escaped a fire snaps and bits Charlie
By
the time Nicole and Jeremy get out they find Charlie is dead… and Nicole has a
heart breaking scene where she is furious at Doc and how she was the last
person to trust him - she drives him off at gun point
With
the big drama of Doc fleeing and Waverley trying to live, the fact Robin and
Bobo are bonding over Jazz (and the eternal question about whether Bobo is a
good man or not) seems minor and absent. Though I do wonder how back to normal
Robin is.
And
Mercedes is kidnapped… she better live!
