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Walker (and his Daughter) Are At “Witt’s End”

Walker (and his Daughter) Are At “Witt’s End”

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We got the sad news last week that Walker was not renewed for a fifth season by the CW, which left a very disappointed fandom, cast and crew. At a convention in Germany this weekend, fans showed EP and lead actor Jared Padalecki just how grateful they were for four years of this show, the entire audience of thousands holding up messages that said Thank You For Walker.

Other fans who weren’t at the con also took to social media to post their own “Thank You For Walker” messages, me included.

Padalecki was visibly moved, thanking the fans and exclaiming he had “all the feels”.

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I will be so sorry to see this show go, especially after this season’s dark and twisted story lines – but I am going to enjoy every single one of the final episodes until then!

Last week’s Walker saw us finding out finally one of the mysterious people we’ve been looking for – the woman who’s looking for that necklace. We also get more obsessed Cordell and like-father-like-daughter Stella, worried Augie and Liam and Trey, and for a change of pace, some adorable romantic Cassie and Luna.

Cassie and Luna Get Serious

We also get snuggling Cassie and Luna (and more shirtless Luna because this show definitely knows its fandom).

Cassie introduces him to her big brother on a double date with Liam and Ben.

Luna: Yeah Liam is big and strong, he can protect me.

I kinda love Ben and Cassie and their sibling energy.

Cassie: But don’t be weird about it, or anything else for that matter.

Ben: Who me?

Cassie: Oh no.

After a sort of interrogation courtesy of big brother, Cassie worries that maybe a long distance relationship won’t work, and Luna says he’s not sure where he’ll settle down. Ben confronts her about making sure a long term relationship is really what she wants, but she insists it is.

Cassie and Luna discuss the long term thing, but it turns out it’s not actually a problem – Luna put in a request for a transfer to Austin!

More kissing ensues. I love the way Cassie pushes Luna’s hair back, it’s so … affectionate? Hot? Both?

Ashley and Justin have some amazing chemistry, that’s for sure.

Cordell Is Not Fine

Everyone is still very worried about Cordell, and with good reason. Fresh from a CT scan from his blow to the head, Walker can’t stay away from the case or HQ.  He’s almost disappointed that Boyle didn’t turn out to be the Jackal –  he’s definitely not, though, because he’s actually dead, possibly killed by the Jackal himself.

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Walker Gets Dark with ‘Insane B.S. and Bloodshed’

Walker Gets Dark with ‘Insane B.S. and Bloodshed’

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Walker is both a family drama and a crime fighting mystery drama. So far this season, we’ve had more of the family drama, which if you’ve been reading my reviews, you know I’ve enjoyed. I’m usually not quite as drawn into the case focused episodes, but this one was an exception – the show is getting as dark as it probably has so far with the Jackal, and it’s pretty compelling.

And disturbing.

There a lot of interesting team-ups in this episode, some new and some long-standing (but maybe soon-to-be-disrupted…)

Stella and Augie Team Up With Witt

I wonder if the situation with Witt will somehow wind into the Jackal case too, or if it’s separate. The episode also saw a lot happening with Witt and Stella, after we left off the last episode with Witt holding Sadie and Stella at gunpoint and ordering them to “just drive”.

Witt, after forcing Stella and Sadie to drive him away from HQ, insists they’re on the same side. I can understand why they’d be a bit skeptical, Witt!

He says that the shady and scary woman who hired him to steal a necklace from Geri’s house (and got him shot when Stella and Sadie came back there) is after him. Turns out it was his accomplice who died in that burning car – Witt switched their wallets so he could play dead. He feels as guilty about the other man dying as Stella did when she thought she accidentally killed him.

Sadie: All this insane BS and bloodshed is over a frickin’ necklace??

Apparently yes.

Witt gives them his gun and says he wouldn’t blame them if they shot him, but he’s asking for their help finding the necklace and he’s sorry for what he put them through. Then he walks away, leaving Stella holding the gun and sobbing.

Sadie tries to console her, but all the emotions Stella has been trying to swallow all this time, believing she killed Witt, just come pouring out. I thought Violet Brinson did an amazing job showing Stella’s breakdown, the way her face just crumples as Witt walks away. Ouch.

Sadie and Stella go to HQ to tell her dad, but then Stella has second thoughts. She doesn’t want Witt to go to jail, and wants to help him instead. She now feels a connection with him, knowing what it feels like to be responsible for someone else’s death. This time Sadie is the voice of reason, but Stella prevails. Like father like daughter, Stella wants to wait until they find out more about the necklace before they tell her dad.

Sadie’s not having it.

Sadie: You insist on carrying around this misguided guilt, and I won’t carry it too. We can end this right now, I wish you’d see that.

While the two are arguing about whether to confide in Cordell, Augie and Liam are at Cordell’s waiting for Stella, who had promised to come back there but hasn’t shown up. The two decide to eat massive amounts of midnight steak nachos in some odd masculine ritual about bulking up, make themselves half sick, and make lots of jokes about stinking up the bathroom (which has to be an inside joke for Jared Padalecki, whose reputation for being “gassy” precedes him on this set too I’m sure).

Augie is worried about Stella, but Liam has been told by so many people to leave her alone that he’s reluctant to be intrusive.

Liam: I heard loud and clear that we should stop hounding her so I’m staying out of it.

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