Dark Winds
In theDark Windsseason 3 finale , Agent Washington has a surprising moment prior to her difference back to Washington , D.C. , when she gives Joe the mag tape of Emma ’s interrogatory . Washington and Emma ’s conversation in the previousDark Windsepisodewas pivotal , as it killed any chance the FBI factor had of make up charge againstJoe regarding what he did to B.J. Vinesstick . Washington ’s face at that moment express she recognise it was over .
But the scene was also crucial in another way , as it finally yield us a chance to see howEmma Leaphorn has been faring inDark Windsseason 3 , and the response is : not well . Her tearful confession to Washington about how lonely she ’s been showed just how much she still loves her husband , but also how recondite Joe has allowed the rotting in their married couple and in himself to go . That may be why Agent Washington made such an unexpected gesture inDark Windsseason 3 ’s termination .
Agent Washington Thought Emma’s Tape Would Help Joe Get Back On The Right Path
It Was Sylvia, The Human Being Acting, Not Agent Washington, The Federal Agent
Agent Washington giving Joe Emma ’s tape says a stack about who she is as a person . It allege every bit as much that she only did so after telling Joe that she knows what he did to B.J. Vines , that she knows how he did it , and that she know why he did it , but she does n’t excuse his actions . In her mind , Joe commit a crime when he acquire the law into his own hands – which , to be fair , he did – and he should have to face justice for it in the form of an stop and a fair visitation . It ’s not that she in person dislikes Joe , but that , as a Union agent , she conceive in following the rule of practice of law first and foremost .
But her sense of obligation to the law does n’t make her unfeeling and heartless . On a human level , she translate that Joe and Emma have suffered a tremendous departure and have been torn aside by grief , peradventure forever . Only a monster would n’t empathize on that level , and she clearly does . Agent Sylvia Washington is n’t a bad mortal . She ’s just doing her problem , but that does n’t mean she ca n’t be a human being who recognise a skillful man who merit buyback while she ’s doing it , even if she disagrees with what he ’s done .
Since she ca n’t get a win on a professional stratum , she might as well get a win on a personal one , which is why she offer Joe the olive leg of the tape .
It ’s also potential that Emma ’s accusation that she , Agent Washington , has only get along to their community for her own aspiration and does n’t handle about them strike directly at the center of the agent ’s moral sense . Since she ca n’t get a win on a professional spirit level , she might as well get a win on a personal one , which is why she offers Joe the olive limb of the magnetic tape . She ’s not cash in one’s chips to bring him to Department of Justice for what he did to B.J. Vines , but at least she can perhaps help him avoid doing anything like that again .
Why Joe Kept Replaying Emma’s Mention Of Forgiveness On The Tape At The End Of Dark Winds Season 3
Despite The Evidence To The Contrary, Joe Has Not Yet Given Up Hope
Joe play Emma ’s tape over and over again , specifically the section where she says that she hopes one day she can forgive him , is a really authoritative here and now for what it symbolizes . As Emma says in the mag tape itself , Joe has been so fall behind to his grief that he ’s stop living , stop spot that he still has good in his life story in the form of her and their matrimony . He has hold on hop . Joe repeating the words and the time of year terminate on " I trust " suggest that perhaps the first whirl of light has seem in the dark burrow in which Joe has launch himself since their son ’s death .
Zahn McClarnon has been first-class for a very prospicient time , but Dark Winds season 3 , installment 6 makes it impossible for award vote torso to dismiss him .
In doing so , it subtly confirm a thread that ran through the entirety of theDark Windsseason 3 finale . Gordo toldJoe not to give up promise that a reconciliation with Emma is possible inDark hint . Joe ’s forefather , Henry , also said the same , that he ca n’t give up on her . Joe play Emma ’s line , " I trust one mean solar day I can forgive him " designate that , for the first clock time in a long time , maybe he also has n’t give up Bob Hope on something , and that it is her .
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