That was rather
unexpected - did not see a lot of that coming - well done Wynonna Earp
for being most unpredictable
So, Nicole and
Waverly are dealing with the super awfulness of Charlie being dead by Doc’s
fangs and wondering how they tell Wynonna. Nicole has to leave because as a
precaution she’s having the town evacuated in case Bulshar causes badness to
happen (and can I say how much I love Nedry calling her Sheriff?). Alone, a
very upset Waverley touches Charlie
And he comes back from the dead.
Now I thought Charlie
as rival love interest and all was perfectly placed to be a sacrificial pathos
character. Did not expect resurrection.
This throws another
spanner in the works because Waverly is rethinking the whole sacrifice thing. I
mean it’s one thing to think you have a magic ring doing weird stuff and kind
of dodging the whole specialness of that. But when you start bringing the dead
back to life it kind of makes your reassess things. Wynonna catches on to this
and, after walking past Charlie walking around in a daze (which nearly pole
axes Nicole) she goes and tracks Waverly down by the Eden stairs that Wynonna
can’t see. Waverly is determined to sacrifice herself and Wynonna can’t stop
her
So Wynonna knocks her
out. And plans to have someone drive her out of Purgatory. She can’t do it, she
has Bulshar to fight. Nicole can’t do it because she’s sheriff and also she
can’t tell Waverly no because awwwwwwwww. So they enlist an extremely confused
Charlie to do it. While Nicole continues to be dumbstruck by the whole being
alive thing
Waverley and Charlie
have a few sacrificial conversations, she doesn’t want to die but she will
sacrifice herself as a last resort. And he takes her to her mother’s
greenhouse… which he shouldn’t know about. More on this later
Because Wynonna has
another problem - without Peacemaker she is vulnerable and is kidnapped by some
Revenants who want to offer her to Bulshar as tribute as one of his bridges.
This comes with witty banter, creepy guy making her wear his dead wife’s dress
and gay Revanant doing her hair (Wynonna Earp, look Nicole and Waverly
are awesome but you’ve still only just started treating Jeremy as a character
and he and Robin are still largely comic relief. Basically you don’t have
nearly enough banked to get away with this throwaway stereotyped bullshit).
She’s presented to
Bulshar to find that Mercedes is already there. Voluntarily. And she makes a
passionate defence of cowardice, survival and how she’s totally going to
survive this and if this means being team Bulshar then so be it. And I kind of
applaud Mercedes for this - sorry, I love her and I love her unabashed,
unashamed willingness to look after herself, to protect herself, to resist her martyrdom
without the slightest hint of shame.
Also her take on the
Titanic is absolutely awesome. I worship Mercedes
Oooh oooh, who wants
a tv show that somehow manages to connect Delle Sayah from Killjoys and
Mercedes just going out there and being gloriously terrible people together?
You’d watch it. You’d know you would.
Bulshar wants a
lieutenant - and Wynonna seems to listen to Mercedes because she offers
herself. She wants her family to live. She wants Waverley to live. And to do
that she will serve Bulshar, she even offers to beg, she even kneels before him
offering service… until she nearly touches him and he recoils in actual terror
from her touch and has her locked in a cage
Oooooh yes Wynonna
and Mercedes both notice that. And yes Mercedes is onside again because Wynonna
always pulls her in and they’re just fun together. They notice Bulshar was
afraid of her touch and the hairstyling revenant theorises it could be because
of the curse. The cost of the curse that he put on the Earps to keep killing
Revenants could make her touch terrible for him
This also leads to
another point - after Wynonna escapes she manages to recruit the Revenants -
yes it sounds way out there that the Revenants, doomed to be killed by the Earp
heir every generation and constantly sent back to hell would ever help and Earp
- but as Wynonna points out, they’re both cursed. The Earp curse makes them
suffer as much - or more - than they do. And if they want to fight the curse
they need to oppose Bulshar, not Wynonna
And yes, this leads
to Wynonna leading an army of Revenants against Bulshar who flees. Yes did not
see this coming but it’s kinds of awesome.
Now for a bad point -
to my great surprise, Kate returns to find Doc who is seriously struggling with
his blood lust despite having snacked on Charlie. He lures two more people,
having learned to glamour and he and Kate drain them dry. He complains about
her breaking his toys but she seems to actually disapprove of the idea that
they’re toys and puts it down to his own hunger -- which is unnatural. Even for
a vampire. He should be sated but he’s obsessed with hunting down Charlie and
drinking his blood.
He and Kate try to
track him down at the fire station in a confrontation which has the chief try
to quick draw Doc which… well… never goes well. The chief ends up shot despite
co-operating - and so does Kate. Doc doesn’t even hang around to see if she’s
ok, he continues to hunt Charlie.
This leaves Kate to
call Nicole for help for both her and the chief. And I love this - because I
was so sure that Kate was put on the bus last episode and was gone for good.
But here she is - not only is she here but Nicole is helping her and even
talking to her about how she should completely dump Doc for clearly being
waaaay more into Wynonna than he is into her. Nicole and Kate are bonding,
becoming friends! Make this happen! Keep Kate around
Kate is also doing
tarot over and over showing endless Death Death Death Death. Which isn’t
reassuring.
At Waverly’s mother’s
greenhouse we learn something of Charlie’s past: he’s an amnesiac. He remembers
stumbling into town and just knowing he wanted to help people - no family, no
memories.
Until Waverley
touches him with her ring and he remembers that moment, sharing it with
Waverley. He freaks out at this and freaks out still more as he notices flowers
bloom in the greenhouse. Yes it’s becoming increasingly obvious who Charlie is
even as he runs and hides from his memories despite Waverley’s pushing and
finding another memory: of Charlie saying goodbye to his love, Michelle.
Waverley and Wynonna’s mother. Yes, Charlie is Waverley’s angelic father. And
Waverley realises he’s slept with her mother and her sister because Wynonna
Earp
And then Doc arrives
with his unnatural hunger craving Angel blood. They try to hide but Doc won’t
stop and he threatens Waverley. Until he’s thrown across the room and knocked
out by Julian who reclaims his ring. Yes, a memory restored angel is not to be
trifled with. But those wing effects are POOR. Wynonna Earp, do better!
I demand better wings!
Juan Carlos could
have pulled this earlier, just saying
Kate’s death tarot
now shows hope…
Julian encourages Waverley
to come with him - which is good and clearly they’re heading to Eden but
there’s definitely an edge of contempt to humanity - and even more towards
vampires - there
Robin and Jeremy do
exist. And Jeremy may have a plan. This concludes their involvement in the
episode
And Bulshar finds his
lieutenant: Bobo
