Wynonna Earp Review 106: ‘Constant Cravings’
The Revenants, The Stone Witch, Doc, Wynonna, Waverly and Dolls have all been craving various things. Some of those cravings are more easily satisfied than others. Some of those cravings shouldnโt be satisfied.
If you havenโt seen โConstant Cravingsโย yet, you can watch it (with your Syfy provider) &/or the Official Recapย will catch you up. This post is FULL of spoilers!
Now we know more about what those cravings are:
We already knew that Bobo and the other Revenants crave escape from Purgatory, to eat โeveryone and everythingโ.
Mama Tate has been craving the taste of human flesh. Yet, she wonโt eat Dolls, because heโs โspoiledโ. (More on that in a minute.)
The Stone Witch (CC Stone) craves the resurrection of her sons. With all her abilities, she canโt locate and retrieve their bones herself. That must be a torment for her.
I think most of us would agree that these three lots of cravings shouldn’t be satisfied! More acceptable cravings include:
Doc still craves revenge on Constance Clootic (CC Stone), but now heโs also craving Wynonna.
Wynonna has been craving love, especially from Waverly. Waverly finally pays her a compliment this episode: โwhat a beautiful soul you areโ.
Waverly has been craving respect, wanting to be important. Now sheโs โmarried to a skullโ, making her a very important part of โall things Purgatoryโ: โKeeper of the Bonesโ. And a target.
Dolls is craving whatever drug he gets from The Black Badge lab. Without it heโs becoming quite ill. With it, heโs becoming reptilian? (Or is it feline?) Was Wynonnaโs comment to the Blacksmith foreshadowing a future revelation, perhaps linked to the earlier sรฉance, and the final scene?
Heโs not used to actingโฆhuman.โ
Clearly there is a lot more to the story!
The Black Badge has cut off Dollsโ supply because of something he did. How nasty must the Black Badge bosses be, to keep their demon-hunter in agony, not supplying a drug that they obviously know he needs? Because thatโs whoโs โupstairsโ, isnโt it? That guy couldnโt have been referring to โheavenโ as โupstairsโ. The Black Badge are the good guys. Right?
Perhaps, itโs simply as Dolls told Wynonna: HQ want a Revenant alive, a โresultโ as โquid pro quo for the resources they provideโ. It seems that Dolls is compelled to work for The Black Badge by more than heroism. Iโm looking forward to finding out more about that!
It also looks like Dolls appreciates more than Wynonnaโs ability with Peacemaker. Both Doc and Dolls must want Wynonna, to have that face-off! I wonder if either of them love her, or if they just need her. A pity, since working together they could achieve so much more, in terms of defeating the demons, the Witch and whatever else is going to rear its ugly head in Purgatory.
Dolls seems quite tuned in to Wynonna these days: he commented when they were training that sheโd limbered up, but that it wasnโt from Yoga. He was probably referring to her more relaxed (but not peaceful) attitude. On the other hand, Dolls is strung out, and quite sick, from whatever is happening inside him.
Doc noticed Dollsโ discomfort, and correctly recognised withdrawal. Wouldnโt it be nice if they were actually friends, and could trust each other? At least Doc has decided to distance himself from the Revenants and commit to Wynonna and Dolls as allies instead. He finally took a stand with Bobo, which is remarkably brave: He could have just disappeared without announcing it.
Weโre learning more about the supernatural powers harnessed in Purgatory.
The Stone Witch seems to have a number of fetishes and supernatural abilities, besides those evoked by spells and incantations. Weโve seen her use some kind of force to paralyse Doc and Bobo.
The Revenants, apart from healing from gunshots (but things donโt grow back), they have superspeed and superstrength, along with a menacing growl and glowing red eyes.
Bobo has something like telekinesis: he got Peacemaker from Wynonna at the Police Station. Although it burned his hand, he maintained control. This episode he activated the drill and moved the Revenantโs arm. Has he learned these from The Stone Witch, or are they a manifestation of being a demon who has completed the Hell/Purgatory/Earp cycle a number of times?
โThe Blacksmithโ has some kind of spiritual ability, maybe like a Seer or Witchdoctor. She also has a sense of humour, and a mean streak: she let Wynonna balance on that landmine, thinking it was live, while they carried out their introductions.
She knew that Wynonna was an Earp, and she recognised that Dollsโ โsoul is being tornโ, without being told anything. (Iโm hoping he goes back later for that Salve. Pride and trust issues can be overcome.)
The Blacksmith also recognised Curtis McReady (spelling?) from a skull in a box under Waverlyโs arm. For some reason, the skull โnever told [her]โ who it came from, when she โbonded itโ with Curtis, but this time, it did. That seems to make a difference to the Blacksmith and Waverlyโs safety, and The Stone Witch being able to find and target them. Presumably salt keeps the witch at bay, like it does snails and slugs? Iโm pretty sure the Stone Witch would have the power to burn a building down from outside it, though.
Waverly โbeing oneโ with the son of the Stone Witch really seems like a bad idea! Is it supposed to stop the Witch finding the skull? From what the Blacksmith said, itโs going to lead her to it! Is it supposed to stop him being resurrected, because his soul is bound to Waverlyโs? Itโs all pretty scary stuff! Letโs hope next episode shows us what it all means, as well as Waverlyโs escape clause!
Something that confused me was Wynonna shooting Hetty. Wynonna cuffing her was presumably about keepingย a Revenant alive for โThe Black Badge HQโ. But then, she shot her anyway! Dolls was not bothered about Mama Oliveโs death (which was necessary), but very angry about Hermanโs death, so it was surprising that he didnโt complain about Hetty. There was the opportunity for Dolls to turn in a โresultโ and get โun-cut-offโ. Maybe Dolls was just grateful to have survived the day, so he didnโt yell at Wynonna again.
We often see reckless Wynonna, mouthy Wynonna and immature Wynonna. Yet, amongst all the hilarity and action, we sometimes see โWise Wynonnaโ:
The trouble with glorious timesโฆthey donโt tend to stick. But friends do.โ
Reminds me of Forrest Gump: โIโm not a smart man, but I know what love is.โ
However, this episode Wynonna didnโt have the best line, Doc did:
ย Only one death scared me, and it didnโt take.โ
Itโs also a reminder of Dollโs comment:
I know what you areโฆThe enemy.โ
After this episode itโs harder to tell who is human and who isnโt, whoโs โgoodโ and whoโs โbadโ. Whatever they are, theyโve all got cravings.
Iโm craving the next episode of Wynonna Earp!
The live Tweeting while the show aired on Friday night was fun. There were/are some great comments!
Have Twitter open while you watch next week, to enjoy the shared experience!
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