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Stray thoughts
1) The episode kind of picks up where we left off in the season 1 finale, but I still don’t understand what’s going on… Waverly and Doc are running away from a weird-ass monster, and it seems as though Waverly was trying to shoot at it in the last shot of the finale. And now…
2) This shot feels iconic…
And it definitely reminded me of Buffy’s “I’m Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, and you are?”
3) Dolls managed to call off the missile attack on Purgatory. Well, that storyline was quickly defused.
4) “Neat freak in the streets, chaos in the sheets.” Uh. Why are you thinking about Dolls in the sheets, Wynonna? STOP IT.
5) I guess Dolls had more than one secret to hide…
6) Yep, still super into these two…
7) Uh-oh… Nicole said that Waverly tastes different. Does this mean that she is in fact possessed? And Waverly says that she’s fine, but she looks far from it…
8) “What’s worse than dead?”
Um, okay…
9) “We’ll grieve when we save him.” I was wondering when they were going to address the fact that Wynonna killed Willa and how that must have messed her up, but so far she’s proven to have what it takes to be hero, which means that she’ll put others first before herself and her own feelings. Although I doubt she’ll allow herself to grieve even when Dolls is safe and sound…
10) So, Dolls is not a man… but what the fuck is he?
Deputy Marshall Dolls is many things. He's stubborn, he's humorless, he's principled and he's strong. He's a good man. He's also not a man at all.
I also really appreciate how they haven’t pitted Dolls and Doc against each other to win Wynonna’s affection. It’s obvious both of them have feelings for her, and that she does too for them. But apart from a few barbs here and there, Doc and Dolls have built a bond of their own. They might not be friends, but they certainly respect each other and trust each other to a certain extent, regardless of who ends up with Wynonna. (I’m praying it’s Doc, though.)
11) “Your head looks naked” Girl knows to hit where it hurts most…
12) Okay, what the fuck is going on with Waverly?
And they’ve already pulled that “it looks like Waverly is about to murder someone but she actually isn’t” crap twice now, and I’m scared the third time’s the charm and she’ll actually chop someone’s head off for realsies…
13) Plan B is Waverly dressed as a Watcher and talking like Giles. I love it.
14) I can’t possibly believe this is the first time they’re having this conversation…
BLACK BADGE LADY WHOSE NAME I CAN’T BE BOTHERED TO LEARN: You left my husband to die.
DOLLS: No. Greg told me to leave him. He knew he was bleeding out.
There’s no way this is brand new information for her. It makes zero sense. Dolls had been working for her for a while before he even got to Purgatory, I’m sure this kind of messed up stuff had to come up some time before now, right? Especially considering she had in it for him.
15) This kind of looks like the Initiative. Or that lab from The Cabin in the Woods.
16) So she’s an “it”, too. I need answers.
17) Waverly is saving the day just by being her charming self and talking this young man’s ear out… Oh, and she’s just smashed his face against the computer BAD MOVE BAD MOVE THE MONSTERS ARE COMING!!!
WHY WOULD YOU KEEP A MONSTER THAT GOES INSTA-CRAZY WHEN IT SMELLS BLOOD IN A LAB WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORKING AND CAN EASILY GET HURT?! IN A GLASS CAGE???!! SURROUNDED BY A FLIMSY FENCE?!!! ZERO SENSE!!!
18) This dude is either Dolls’ BFF or he’s the nicest dude in the history of the universe… Waverly just fessed up EVERYTHING after having smashed his fucking head against the table, and he agreed to help them?
19) Wynonna! You kiss your mother with that mouth?
Alright, you don’t have a mom. Oopsie.
20) My heart can’t take this…
WYNONNA: I'm coming with you!
DOC: I will get him out. And if he is no longer the raging asshole we know and respect, I shall take care of it. It's my turn, Wynonna. You've had enough.
WYNONNA: Was this your plan all along?
DOC: Now go, save the sister you've got left.
He’s sacrificing himself so that Wynonna doesn’t have to. More importantly, he wants Wynonna and Waverly to be safe and to be together, and he wants to help Dolls.
And the heart eyes, oh, the heart eyes!!
21) “You should see what I can do naked.” Does everyone have to flirt with Wynonna? Yes, they do. They must.
22) BITCH, YOU SHUT YOUR FILTHY MOUTH!
You came alone? Curious. Foolish. But then again, you are the man who thinks he can pull off that mustache.
That mustache is precious! PRECIOUS!
23) NO.
He’d better not blow himself up, I swear to god I’ll give up on this show if they kill Doc off!
24) My baby is turning into a good guy, he just stopped Dolls from murdering the lady who deserved to die just for mocking his mustache.
25) In the words of Buffy Summers, when scary things get scared… not good.
26) Yikes, they had to have him put it in his eye…
27) WHAT THE FUCK DID HE JUST WHISPERED IN DOC’S EAR?!!!
28) !!!!
29) I really hope this science dude becomes a member of the team. He truly is ride or die!
30) WHO DID HE SHOOT??!!
Was it the bitch?! Please not the dude, I liked him!!
31) Oh, no… I liked her, too…
32) Why would Black Badge want this band of unruly misfits to work for them, though???
33) So… Wynonna just straight up asked Doc if Dolls had told him to give her a message, and he said no. So he either lied or the thing Dolls whispered in Doc’s ear was meant for someone else?
34) Wynonna just pretty much invited Doc to have a shower with her and he left. On the one hand, I’m shocked. On the other hand, I get it. Girl needs to make up her damn mind, she can’t just go back and forth between Doc and Dolls depending on whom she’s pissed at…
35) Damn…
36) Oh, Wynonna…
I stand corrected, she did allow herself to break down and grieve.
37) What does this mean? Is he gone?
38) WTF!!
Again, who are the brains working at Black Badge? Why would they put this monster in a wooden box with a big ass hole in it?
39) All in all, a solid season opener, establishing several storylines for the season. But I really hope they don’t just brush over the fallout from the events from the previous season. Turning Willa into the Big Bad and then having Wynonna kill her was momentous, and it needs to be properly addressed.
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Note: Emily Andras is amazing. I am just poking fun at the subtext. In 2x01 **** Eliza: *kicks Wynonna's ass* Wynonna *flirts* Eliza and Wynonna *kick everyone's ass* Eliza *flirts* Fandom: *Squeals * Moody: Bury your gays Tamsin I mean Eliza: Dammit not again!
