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Stray thoughts
1) We got a flashback of Doc’s final moments with Wyatt Earp, and he made it look as if Wyatt didn’t believe in demons and such… how could that be? And how reliable is this flashback if Doc is the one relaying the events to Wynonna?
2) He’s a fucking show-off and I’m falling…
3) I SHIP IT SO HARD
4) Finally an explanation! Sort of…
DOC: I made a barter for eternal longevity. Cured me of chronic tuberculosis and freed me from the ravages of time, unless I catch a bullet, a knife, or an oncoming train.
But… in episode 2, with the shadow monster that was hunting Wynonna and Waverly, he did say that he wasn’t going back to hell or something like that… so… did he make this deal while he was in hell? Or did he visit the kingdom downstairs after making the deal? And what is he, exactly? He’s not a ghost, he’s not a revenant.. is he just An Immortal?
5) I mean, everyone is in purgatory because of “unfinished business”, that’s the definition of purgatory…
6) Monster of the week?
7) Why are Waverly and Wynonna having the conversation about Doc just now? That is major news, why didn’t talk about it before?
8) You do not mess with Wynonna’s sisters…
9) Why is the heir walking into revenant territory without any backup whatsoever?
10) Oh-oh…
BOBO: Now you see, that's that wild imagination, always gets you into trouble. You'd think that after all the months in St. Victoria's Psychiatric, you would know the difference between what is real - and what ain't.
So, like Buffy, Wynonna was committed to a mental institution because of her “delusions” about monsters and demons…
11) At first, I was like, why is Bobo letting them find Father Malick so easily? And then he went “tick-tock, tick-tock” just like the dude that got out of the mirror and I’m like… hmmmmm… something smells fishy here…
12) What a charming fellow…
He HAS to tell me where he gets his nails done OMG!
13) This is definitely the dude from the mirror…
I guess you can only see him in the mirror, for some reason?
14) So this monster (is it a revenant? I’m not sure, he doesn’t seem to behave like revenants and he’s crawling out of mirrors…) chases down sinners and haunts them until they repent and are forgiven for their sins?
15) I’m not gonna lie, I have a huge lady boner for Doc. Like, every time he’s on screen and he speaks with that freaking accent… I die a little.
16) I’m guessing the guy having drinks with Doc will be the next one to be killed off by razor guy.
17) Yep, he’s already listening to Kesha on the mirror.
18) Oh shit, Megan killed Samantha’s father because she took of in her boyfriend’s car because she’d caught him cheating on her with Wynonna… And that’s why she’s dead now… That’s some messed up butterfly effect…
19) Yep, and now Razor Guy is going after Doc.
I wonder whose forgiveness he will be forced to ask for in order to be spared…
20) This was… cringy…
21)
DOLLS: You know what I see in your eyes? A man who doesn't like small spaces. You been in prison? Solitary confinement, ooh.
I’m gonna go ahead and predict that the “solitary confinement” was in his coffin…
22) I guess all “sinners” are somehow connected to Wynonna…
23) Oh, shit!
RAZOR DUDE: Repent, Wynonna Earp. Two hours to find forgiveness from the souls you've hurt.
Who will she have to apologize to? And how long is her list?
24) HA!
25) This is such a Spike move!!!
DOC: Waverly, you have put together the most thorough resource on the revenants. You are one natural-born investigator, just like your great-great-granddaddy, and I reckon, the true keeper of the Earp flame. Can't blame you for being miffed
Yoko Factor much?
26) Please tell me that there is a parallel between this scene and Willow scolding Angel/Giles or Xander/Cordelia under similar circumstances…
27) Holy fuck this shit was scary!
28) She’s such a dork!
WYNONNA: OK, water! That's reflective, right? OK. So what if his body is in water? What if he's using the water to project himself?
29) I don’t get why they’re shooting the reflection, though. I mean, I would be trying to shoot where the dude is supposed to be standing in order to be reflected in the lake or the mirror or whatever surface, you know?
30) WTF!!!!
31) Fucking Doc is the one who chained and threw him into the lake. Should’ve figured it out.
32) Oh, so this is what Waverly was so miffed about…
I kind of disagree? I get that Waverly is the sister who had been preparing to be the heir. She’d done research, she didn’t run away, she was trying to find the revenants, she embraced the family curse. But ultimately, the rightful heir is… well, the rightful heir. It is destiny, and even if Wynonna is not yet totally on board with the Chosen deal, it is part of her journey. This is something that you don’t get to choose, it chooses you.
33) It’s so satisfying to watch them burn.
34) UGH I LIKE THEM SO MUCH!!!
DOC: I do not have much in this world, besides memories and regret. It would be nice for you to have more.
And he admitted that the last encounter with Wyatt he’d told her about was a big fat lie…
35) I get it, Waverly.
I spent years compiling research on the revenants. I did a four-year university degree by correspondence on ancient cultures and languages because I thought that maybe… maybe I could break the curse. And you, who's never tried to be good at anything in life, got to be the special one while I just got to be Waverly.
But… I think what they need to figure out is that they can actually do this – fight the revenants, break the curse – together. Waverly is actually the reason Wynonna came round to accepting her gig as the Heir. They’re the brains and the brawn, they make a great team, and the sooner they figure that out, the easier it will be for them to beat the revenants, you know?
36) Doc’s real last encounter with Wyatt was not as friendly as the one he’d shared with Wynonna. Wyatt could not forgive Doc for making a pact with the devil to become immortal – and what did he do, btw, sell his soul or what? – which was probably what the Razor Dud was going after him for. The problem is, he will never be able to get the forgiveness he obviously needs. But of course, he has to be so extra about his misery…
37) I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Even though it was about a Monster-of-the-week, it was super fun and said monster was used to bring up some issues among the characters as well as to bring them closer together. I really liked how they’re becoming their own Scooby Gang – Wynonna, Waverly, Dolls and Doc (is the alliteration on purpose?) Even if they’ve been forced together because of circumstance, they don’t even like each other most of the time, and they’re all so different, they still work great together. I’m very excited to see how all these relationships develop!
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