Line #35 Recap/WynonnaEarpS4E4Afraid


1	'''Season 4, Episode 4''':
2	!Afraid
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4	Wynonna has been recruited back to Black Badge, which is now run by a bunch of new recruits who are in ''way'' over their heads. Rachel has a possible love interest, who turns out to be from a significant family with a connection to a new and dangerous demon.
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6	!!Tropes
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8	* AbusiveParents: Mama Clanton tortures Clio via her wounded hand for acting without her orders, and gives Billy over to the Reaper for saving Wynonna.
9	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Clantons ''did'' fight the Earps at the OK Corral, but weren't (so far as anyone knows) in command of any demonic forces.
10	* ContinuityNod:
11	** Repeated references to Wynonna losing Peacemaker.
12	** Doc refers to RuleNumberOne being "don't work with the enemy," but Wynonna reminds him that (with them at least) it's [[SurprisePregnancy triple check the birth control]].
13	** Wynonna references that the Black Badge office at the Sheriff's station currently isn't under their control.
14	* EnsignNewbie: Jeremy's new boss transferred from the Department of Fisheries.
15	* FantasticRacism: Jeremy is hiding his nature and history from the new Black Badge because they hate everything supernatural.
16	* ForceFieldDoor: Wynonna walks into a circle surrounded by a force-field, trapping her for the Reaper.
17	* HeroicBSOD: Wynonna is so overwhelmed by the Reaper's pure hate for her, and her inability to fight it without Peacemaker, that she's left a trembling, tearful mess.
18	* HeroicSacrifice: Billy marks himself in Rachel's place, which stops the Reaper from attacking Wynonna.
19	* ICallItVera: Jeremy calls the {{BFG}} he gives Wynonna "Antoni".
20	* InternalReveal: Wynonna tells Jeremy that she doesn't have Peacemaker anymore.
21	* JumpScare: Waverly almost walks into a tent with the Reaper in it. Comes with FiveSecondForeshadowing.
22	* KinkyCuffs: Wynonna handcuffs herself to a crate so Doc can't steal it. Then they flirt.
23	* MamaBear: The Clanton matriarch doesn't want her son having anything to do with Earps.
24	* ModestyBedsheet: Nicole and Waverly somehow end up with this on the kitchen floor.
25	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Reaper breaks the handcuffs holding Wynonna, allowing her to escape.
26	* NoSell: Bullets only knock the Reaper down for a moment.
27	* OffWithHisHead: The Reaper decapitates a guard early in the episode.
28	* ThePowerOfHate: Wynonna can feel the pure hatred that the Reaper has for her.
29	* PrayerOfMalice: The Clantons' version of saying grace is to thank their ancestors for fueling their hatred for the Earps, and swearing vengeance on them.
30	* PrecisionFStrike: Wynonna when properly introducing herself to Jeremy's boss.
31	-->"I'm Wynonna fucking Earp."
32	* TheReveal:
33	** The Judge from the first episode hates Wynonna so much because she's a Clanton, and she's the one who dripped blood on Wynonna's photo at the beginning of the episode (marking her for the Reaper).
34	** The Reaper is Ike Clanton, who fought Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday at the OK Corral.
35	* ScreamDiscretionShot: Billy is heard screaming, but is never shown being attacked by the Reaper. Instead, the camera shows his mother walking away from him and then talking to the rest of her family inside.
36	* ShoutOut:
37	** ''Series/{{Fleabag}}'' gets two, one from Jeremy comparing the Black Badge uniforms to the iconic jumpsuit and Wynonna asking Doc if he's heard of the show [[LampshadeHanging everyone's talking about]].
38	** Wynonna compares herself to Creator/CateBlanchett in ''Film/{{Carol}}''.
39	** Billy says he found a DVD of ''Film/BringItOn'' and quotes from it.
40	** Nicole claims she's looking for a sword for her Halloween costume of [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower She-Ra]].
41	--->'''Waverly:''' gasp I would die.
42	** Jeremy's gun is named [[Series/QueerEye2018 Antoni]], because, "If you want something guac'd, you call Antoni."
43	* SomeKindOfForceField: The edges of the trap Wynonna walks into crackle with light when someone touches it.
44	* VisibleInvisibility: Only those marked for the Reaper can see it, but the audience can the whole time.

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