Wynonna Earp 1x03 Leavin’ On Your Mind
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Stray thoughts
1) I already ship this… Is this a thing? Please, don’t tell me!
I can’t really tell if Wynonna is truly being flirtatious or if this is her way of figuring him out because she doesn’t trust him. I mean, you can be attracted to someone who you don’t trust, so there’s that.
2) Oh, wow, don’t you just hate it when you’re fumbling with your bag and a bloody chopped off hand falls and everyone sees it? #awkward
So what do these guys need Dixon’s diary for? And why are they carrying a chopped hand around as if it was a freaking tampon?
3) So… revenants just have a thirst for murder? I haven’t seen them feeding off anyone, but they do seem to get off on killing people right?
4) Sounds like Giles…
5) Ha!
6) Oh shit indeed!
7)
DOC: “Bravery” is just a fancy word for “stupid”.
I predict I’ll see him do tons of stupid things, then.
8) Yep, Doc is definitely giving me Spike vibes…
9) The guy’s hand is being chopped off and all Wynonna can think is that he’s going to miss his bus!!
10) Okay, so these revenants need three things – the voice of a mute, the hand of an innocent murderer, and something else paradoxical – to perform a spell that will let them out of the limits of the Ghost River Triangle. Cool, cool, cool.
11) Waverly is quite clever, actually. She has figured out “Henry’s” fib, but instead of calling him out on it, she’s playing along to see what else she can get out of him. Like, why is he pretending to be someone he isn’t?
12) Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, how convenient… Wynonna decides to visit her dad’s and sister’s graves at the same time the revenant is trying to find something for the spell…
13) “Look at that body. I call dibs!” I’m guessing he’s not talking about fucking him, right? So, he’s either going to kill him or eat him. Or… Can revenants switch bodies?
14)
DOLLS: Give this to whoever's in charge. And…
WYNONNA: Never get into a vehicle, never move to a second location.
DOLLS: You've been in a hostage situation before?
WYNONNA: Sort of…
What does this mean? And why is she smirking? Was she a hostage or did she hold someone hostage? I need to know!
15) Dolls keeps giving me Giles vibes, but then again, Giles would never do this with Buffy…
16) I’m guessing Waverly is going to get super pissed at Wynonna putting herself in danger without even considering how this could affect her sister… (edit: Never mind, she didn’t get pissed because of this, she just wanted in on the action.)
17) They’re not releasing all the hostages because they need three of them… Three humans? For the spell, right?
18) Oh… so this is why Bobo is the Big Boss…
DOC: See, unlike your type, I can roam far and wide. Although from what I hear around your little enclave, some of your cronies, oh, they're itching to wander too.
BOBO: Well, they can try, but the only way out of the Triangle is with me.
19) So, this “Stone Witch” is the woman Doc was trying to find on the newspapers? And knowing her name gives you some sort of power? Is that why Bobo can walk out of the boundaries? Was she the one who put the spell that set the boundaries in the first place? So many questions!
20) So the Stone Witch chose these three backward revenants to perform the spell… They said they needed three of them… are they going to switch bodies with humans so that they can walk outside the boundaries of Ghost River Triangle? Could that be?
21) What kind of life has Wynonna been living, though? How does she know how to open a fucking safe?
22) Waverly has figured it out, right?
Is this the name of the Stone Witch? And why is she called the Stone Witch?
23) Doc is acting all tough and trying to humiliate and scare Waverly, but I bet her words will resonate with him…
WAVERLY: I know what you're supposed to be. You're supposed to be a hero. You're supposed to be Wyatt Earp's best friend! You're supposed to be here to help us!
I don’t want my instincts to be wrong about him. I really hope he turns out to be one of those morally ambiguous characters who eventually choose to fight the good fight.
24) So a loveless heart was the third item… Rather poetic…
25) Okay, so they needed the three hostages to use them as shields, forget all my previous speculation.
26)
REVENANT: You know Marty here's been put down three times?
WYNONNA: Third-generation revenant?
REVENANT: Three times down south, you'd go a little psychotic too.
I really like this tidbit of mythology, how the revenants get more evil with each reincarnation. It makes sense, too. Spending that much time in Hell, and then being back… I would also be hella pissed at those who sent me down there. I also wonder if we will meet revenants who’ve been put down more than three times. How evil can you get, you know?
27) Okay, so they’re only doing the spell for the Stone Witch so that she will let them out of the boundaries. I guess I suck at predicting storylines, good.
28) Well, I didn’t mention this before but I swear on my dog that I did know Wynonna would be carrying a GPS device or a microphone or something…
29) DAMN IT I WAS RIGHT!!!
REVENANT: The old man's not gonna make it. Cowboy's the only good one left.
WYNONNA: That's why you need Champ's body? For some sort of, like, possession?
CHAMP: What? In my body?! Wynonna, I don't even put gluten in this!
WYNONNA: Then you can walk across the line in human form.
(BTW, I loved Champ’s gluten line)
30) I DIED!
31) I’m sorry, Shorty, but it totally made sense for him to be the one to suck in the revenant’s “soul” or whatever. He was about to die, after all.
32) “Give me straight-up death instead of being sent to hell and back over and over.” This totally makes sense. I wonder if there are revenants who actually feel like this, who would prefer to be put down forever – even if forever means forever in hell – rather than being brought back every few years or so only to be sent back to hell again, rinse and repeat. I mean, being teased with life on earth – even if you’re an evil demon – only to have it taken away from you time and again…? It somehow seems more hellish than hell itself…
33) Dolls tried to shoot Sam but the gun didn’t work. Does that mean that Wynonna is literally the only person who can shoot it? And what made him think he could use it?
34) I guess we’re not meeting the Stone Witch today…
35) Ouch, my feels…
36) When will Waverly dump Champ, though? It doesn’t make sense for her to be with this douche?
37) Hmmm, Dolls is sounding more and more like Giles… (and Wynonna is sounding a lot like Buffy, btw…)
WYNONNA: The hell took you so long?
DOLLS: I was always there. But I just needed to see if they could actually do it.
WYNONNA: Even if it meant Shorty had to die?
DOLLS: Collateral damage. This is a war. You want to avenge your sister and your dad, right? And this is what victories… might have to look like.
WYNONNA: And what about our failures?
Hmm, this also raises another question. Not only was he waiting to see if the revenants could pull off the spell, but he also tried to shoot Wynonna’s gun. Given his pragmatical mentality, I’m guessing he was testing out if Wynonna was actually dispensable. If he could use the gun himself, then Wynonna was expendable. If something were to happen to her, then he could carry on without a hiccup. I wonder if these different views will make them collide.
38) I’ve got to say, I’d be disappointed if this hadn’t been her response…
With all the shit I've done in my life Dolls, working with you I don't think I can look in the mirror.
This is the hero mentality, heroes need to believe wars can be won without “collateral damage”, they need to believe they can save everyone, that is what drives them. But I’m sure that this won’t be the last time this mentality is tested, and I’m guessing Wynonna will need to make other sacrifices or be forced to walk a grey moral line...
39) Ugh, fucking Doc…
DOC: The fact is, I have not properly introduced myself. You can tell your sister she is right. I am… was friends with your great-great-grandpappy. My name is John Henry, but most people just called me Doc.
WYNONNA: "Doc"? Doc Holliday?
DOC: Wynonna Earp, I am at your disposal.
WYNONNA: Well, shit.
He’s a conniving son of a bitch, isn’t he? He only came clean because Waverly had already figured out who he was, but he did it in a way that made it look like he beat Waverly to the punch (that’s why he tells Wynonna to tell her sister that “she was right.”) Besides, introducing himself as a friend of their great-great-grandfather automatically establishes a bond between them, even some trust. He is saying, “hey, you can trust me, I’m here to help you.”
However, he’s obviously doing Bobo’s bidding – this is exactly what Bobo asked him to do. I do have a feeling Doc is the type of character who would do what others tell him if it’s beneficial for him but who can also very quickly switch sides if it suits him better, you know? I think, for now, he’s playing it by ear to see what and who will benefit him more.
The thing is, for now, he’s playing Wynonna. So I feel I’ll have to hate him a little bit before he makes me love him.
Who am I kidding? I already love him, but you know what I mean, right?
40) This episode definitely felt more Monster-of-the-Week than the previous two, but I still felt enough things were introduced in order to build the season arc – the Stone Witch and Doc’s identity being revealed. Can’t wait to watch the next one!
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