Dark Winds
After shortchanging her character all time of year , Dark Windsseason 3 lastly did Department of Justice to Emma Leaphorn ( Deanna Allison ) with one specific shot . The last few instalment ofDark Windsseason 3 have made it open that while Agent Washington ( Jenna Elfman ) does n’t have enough to cling Joe ( Zahn McClarnon ) – yet – she ’s getting frightfully close . She lie with Joe did it , and Joe roll in the hay she recognize he did it , but as the hearing , we know that all the grounds the FBI broker has so far is circumstantial . It ’s not enough to make any charges stick .
That ’s why she ’s been butter up Emma all season , coming to her with a well-disposed smile and simulated fellow feeling , feigning hurt over what she has to do because she knows how it will devastate Emma . At first , it seemed as though Washington really did sympathize with Emma ’s plight , but the last few episodes have shown her true colors to the audience : it ’s all an act meant to get Emma to trust her , trust her enough to give her the piece of imply evidence she finally require to arrest Joe for B.J. Vine ’s execution . alas for Agent Washington , it turns out that Emma Leaphorn has been able to see what we see , and it opened the door for her best scene of the season inDark Windsseason 3 , episode 7 .
Dark Winds Season 3 Episode 7 Proved Emma Shouldn’t Be Underestimated
She Turned The Tables On Agent Washington
InDark Windsseason 3 , episode 7 ’s most intense scene , Emma and Agent Washington square off . A moment that is ab initio framed as pivotal , in which it seems that a broken Emma ca n’t comport the guiltiness and will confess the true statement about Joe to Agent Washington , is bright flipped . She walks out after not render Washington what she want , having saved her estranged husband and kept her own sense of morality integral . It ’s unmortgaged Emma know how she ’s see by the FBI factor , and perhaps the world at large , and she uses it to her advantage .
When Emma finds out Joe is behind BJ Vines ' decease in Dark Winds time of year 3 , her furious reaction is layer with spiritual and emotional meaning .
Emma use her exposure to consist a trap for Agent Washington , lulling the overambitious federal agent into a false sensory faculty of confidence before springing it on her . Emma Leaphorn may be blue by nature , but she has teeth , and she shows them to Agent Washington when she looks immediately at the agent , hardened resolve showing through her tears , and says , " Yes . He was . " to the factor ’s statement that Joe was n’t with Emma all night on the night of B.J. Vines ' disappearing . Washington ’s expression is a mix of frustration , ruefulness , and - perhaps - grudging respect . She ’s been play , and she knows it .
Like others in Emma ’s sprightliness , Washington made the mistake of confusing Emma ’s mildness for weakness , but Joe ’s wife is not one easily push around .
Like others in Emma ’s life , Washington made the mistake of confusing Emma ’s softness for impuissance , but Joe ’s wife is not one easily push around – not by her husband , and certainly not by a nosy white cleaning woman hail down from D.C. to advance her career at the expense of their spirit . Emma has a moral codification , but that moral code extends to protect her people , just like her husband . In her mind , the greater good is not allowing this FBI agent who does n’t give a damn about their Navajo community to rip open up its sometime wounds , even if her husband ’s actions have alsodestroyed Emma and Joe ’s marriage ceremony inDark Winds .
Emma Proves She’s As Strong As Joe, Just In A Different Way
She Allows Herself To Feel, Unlike Joe, Who Doesn’t Let Himself Feel At All
The scene emphasize something that has gotten lost in the make ofJoe ’s haunting Ye’iitsoh storyline inDark Windsseason 3 : Emma is just as resilient and strong as her husband , she just goes about it in a different way . In fact , one could argue that she ’s even stronger . Emma had been just as devastated and heartbroken about losing their Logos , J.J. , and it rip her open all over again when B.J. Vines was revealed as his killer and again when his body was find , just like it did to Joe . But , unlike her husband , Emma select not to let her vengeance consume her .
It ’s gentle to permit the worst , most primal parts of one ’s nature to have free rein , which is exactlywhat Joe did when he drive B.J. Vines into the desert and left him to dieat the terminal ofDark Windsseason 2 . As Emma expose to Agent Washington , she was just as angry , full of just as much rage and need for retaliation as her husband . But unlike Joe , she did n’t leave it to master her , instead turning to her Navajo spiritual beliefs to work through the grief in a healthy , holistic fashion .
Emma & Joe ’s marriage flavour headed for the ending in Dark Winds season 3 , but the most late episode suggest there may be a paring of hope – a lean one .
It ’s not that she is n’t still grieving , but she ’s not frozen in a time ejector seat at the moment of J.J. ’s death in the way Joe is . He ’s refused to move from his sorrow . He ’s refused to subsist , whereas Emma has accepted that life demands we keep on subsist , even when part of us has snuff it . Allowing oneself to feel the heartbreak while still continuing to live takes a lot more metier than reject to find the grief at all , which is what Joe is doing . As Emma herself pronounce , Joe has been faint , and she blames him for not finding the same inner lastingness she did when she want him most .
Dark Winds Season 3 Needed To Redeem Emma’s Arc
She’s Been Underutilized In A Season Where She Could Have Shone
The masterful scene between Emma and Agent Washington was long overdue . Dark Windsseason 3 has sideline Emma , sharply deoxidize her screen clock time in the first few episodes and then only allowing her to subsist in relation to Joe ’s actions ; her intact storyline has revolved completely around her husband . Unfortunately , Emma has simply been corroborative damage from Joe ’s decision with B.J. Vines . It ’s especially disappointing seeing her great plot line in time of year 2 , which gave her agency and an independent narrative arc of her own .
The verbal terpsichore between her and Agent Washington at last reminded viewer that there is so much more to Emma Leaphorn than fulfill the eye , and it ’s a substantial shame thatDark Windshasn’t explored her in more profoundness as a character .
The verbal terpsichore between her and Agent Washington lastly cue viewers that there is so much more to Emma Leaphorn than meets the optic , and it ’s a real shame thatDark Windshasn’t explored her in more depth as a fibre . In particular , her Navajo spiritual beliefs and practices could have really been effective this season had they been dug into more deeply , considering what Joe is going through . As her final scenery of the episode involved her leaving Joe and take away , it ’s unlikely she ’ll rejoin in the final sequence of the season . If she does n’t give back forDark Windsseason 4 , AMC ’s marquee show will be poor for it .
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