Season finale time -
and time for a whole lot of epic! And yes it certainly brings the epic.
Beginning with an
epic speech from Wynonna to her army of Revenants. And it’s a really excellent
speech acknowledging her murdering past how she’s loved killing them all, how
she’s really good at it and how she’s really giving up a lot by putting down
her gun. Without it she’s a woman with “stellar hair, loaded last name and
tired liver”. And as they’ve shared a curse she’s willing to share her land -
removing the wards on the homestead which kept them out. She constantly refers
to “us”
It really is an
excellent scene
This is when she also
reunites with Waverley where they both blow each others’ minds with all the
revelations of what has been happening. There’s a lot to digest. Angels,
sleeping with Waverley’s dad, Doc eating Charlie, revenant armies et al.
Wynonna and Julian
have a moment which is rather awkward - he tells how much he loved Michelle and
how she was the one who lured him from Eden. He’d never left or even endered
Eden before. He does explain that they choose Wyatt to be their champion and
gave him the flaming sword
But Bulshar has his
own plans -he needs to be mortal to get into Eden and for that he needs
Wynonna’s blood. But first he sends out his minions to cause some damage
They attack Nicole
and Kate - and Nicole is still there telling Kate she needs to dump Doc because
these two could be such fun together. Especially with them gunning down lots of
minions - which they do. But Nicole is injured. Mercedes shows up, is utterly
blase about everything including the vampire living in her house, but she
agrees to stay with the injured Kate while Nicole goes to Waverley
Except Nicole is much
worse hurt than first appeared and instead passes out on the road - only to be
saved by Doc and taken to the Homestead. Which is crowded and complicated. Bobo
has briefly visited for a heart to heart with Waverley who is not amused by him
and he and Julian have a tense moment. What is awesome is how both of them make
clear that Waverley is a wonderful, awesome person who owes that to herself and
her mother - not her angelness.
This episode just has lots of awesome moments like that.
Doc does have a sword
he found in the greenhouse he gives to Julian - a special sword (Wyatt’s
champion sword?) which Julian notes Doc couldn’t even touch if there wasn’t
some hope for his sword. And Wynonna appeals to Julian to heal Nicole - the
love of his daughter’s life. And yes, appealing to an angel to heal a woman on
the bases of her same-sex romance is another awesome moment. Even if it does
leave Julian so weak in the aftermath he gives up his ring to Waverley.
While this is
happening Jeremy and Robin are being super cute together and trying to research
which isn’t going so well - Jeremy also has one of his unexplained psychic
buzzes that Doc is not ok.
They are attacked by
the beekeeper minions and Nedry arrives with guns. Nedry is always awesome -
and I even kind of like the biplay about Ru Paul’s drag race.
At the Homestead,
Bulshar and his army attack. There is a lot of shooting, big guns, small guns,
sacrificing revenants and lots and lots of shooting and fighting
And then wynonna is
captured by Bobo and cut so her blood can be claimed by Bulsharr for his
ritual. There then follows a queue of people to try and kill her - Julian saves
her first but he’s too weak to face Bulshar and Bobo Kills him. Then Doc
arrives to fight Bobo who reminds everyone that mortal weapons can’t kill him.
So Waverley melts his brain. Killing her dad doesn’t make her a happy person
but she faces him with epic disappointment more than anger which is somehow so
much more painful
Who wants Waverley to be disappointed in them
Wynonna gathers her
army to face Bulshar and be ready to defeat him with her curse breaking touch -
but he beats her too it and breaks the curse. The Revenants disappear, their
undead lives ended now they’re no longer cursed. Without the curse Bulshar is
mortal and can enter Eden. Technically he can be killed - but he vanishes.
That leaves everyone
super bleak and sad with Charlie dead, and no known way to stop Bulshar.
Wynonna and Doc have a moment where it’s clear a) they still passionately love
each other and b) that she doesn’t trust him: she traps him with holy water in
the barn. Nicole and Waverley have a beautiful moment that has Waverley
proposing to Nicole which is, of course, extremely sweet
Robin and Jeremy do
show up with his woowoo and are cheerful and happy (and calls Waverley his best
friend which is… odd? I mean has Jeremy and Waverley really spent that much
time together?) - he’s managed to make a potion to hide them from the
beekeepers.
So they gather for a
battle plan and… Wynonna drugs everyone. She can’t accept losing any more of
the people she cares about and doesn’t want anyone to come with her
Except Waverley.
There were two angels defending Eden before and now there are two new
champions. Sisters. And yes it’s yet another excellent moment in this excellent
episode
They sneak past the
guards to confront Bulshar who is getting more and more snaky as he becomes
mortal and killable. Wynonna and Bulshar fight and it doesn’t go very well for
her - but it does allow Wynonna to climb the Eden stairs (which Wynonna still
can’t see) and manages to pull out a sword, a flaming sword
It is the role of an
angel to declare a mortal champion and arm her. So Julian taught her. And
Wynonna is named that champion.
And it’s flaming
sword and a well stabbed Bulshar time - but as he dies he bites Wynonna,
injecting her with his venom. She collapses and Waverley is stuck on the Eden
stairs, a red shield stopping her leaving…. She can’t help Wynonna.
But Doc arrives and
sucks out the venom. Doc and Wynonna’s relationship continues to be
complicated.
And now we have
another problem - Eden shoots out vines and roots that drag Waverley in.
Because the garden of Eden is going to be next seasons big bad? The force field
keeps Wynonna out but not Doc - who disarms himself and follows Waverley into
Eden to protect her. Which is kind of a gut wrenching end to the season
Back in town everyone
has vanished - we presume the Eden plants got them too. But There’s Nedry -
Nedry who openly declares his trust and confidence in Wynonna and he asks her
to tell him what to do.
And can there be any
better development than Nedry following Wynonna
It’s the season
finale so who knows what Eden will bring next season. I am confident we will
get what is so special about this show - the excellent, awesome relationships
between these many characters (including many women who are friends with each
other, love each other and are no rivals). It has some of the best snark and hilarious
lines of any show I watch and I just love it with every season that comes.
These people just work so well together. I like how, even when they have issues
with each other, there’s a level of respect
I am really glad to
see Jeremy meet Robin and begin to develop a character. Begin to - I’m not
giving it more than that and I think they really need to be careful with the
gay comic relief trope they’re playing up more than a little. But it’s
improving
And the relationship between Waverley and Nicole is just perfect. It’s loving, unfetishised, caring, deeply built on constant connections between them. Both have storylines and conflicts beyond being in a relationship - they’re not “Lesbian Sharks” by any means - but at the same time the idea that their lives aren’t all about their relationship doesn’t, in turn, mean the writers have downplayed or dismissed their relationship. It’s a constant, vital part of their lives. It doesn’t utterly define them but it IS a defining part of their daily existence. That’s the excellent balance so many shows need to hit! Having LGBTQ characters who aren’t blink-and-you-miss-it but also aren’t solely defined by being LGBTQ. And every episode we see this and every episode it’s beautiful.
I am still aren’t
happy Dolls died but I do appreciate that the show made a distinctive concerted
effort to mark that moment with emotion and meaning that was not convoluted or
misplaced.
I am also pleasantly
surprised that Kate is hanging around - now she needs a storyline beyond Doc
very very much. I like that Nicole is working on that
It’s all just so much
fun! But the wing effects were still lacklustre
