BWW Recap: Jessamy Keeps Stirring the Pot on Tonight's THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER

Welp. Jessamy's acting weird. Must be a Tuesday. Last week's episode ended, you may recall, with Ventrishire's resident besotted kook walking in on her paramour getting all snuggly with Lady Love in the chapel. Tonight it becomes very clear that Jessamy is jealous, as well as delusional. When Wilk, Maddy, whatever she wants to call him, tells her that he and Toran are off on a boys' trip to trade some grain, Jessamy totally gives him the side-eye. "Oh, yeahhhh? Any pretty girls gonna be there? Hmmmm?" You can practically see the "What are you wearing, 'Jake from State Farm'?" in her face, it's actually a bit fantastic. And when Father Ruskin announces to the village that Lady Love's pregnant, man oh man, daggers just about shoot out of her eyes. It's wonderful. She's so wacky.

Moving on. Of course Wilk lied to Jessamy--he and Toran are actually going to meet up with the Wolf and have a bunch of weapons buried under the grain in their wagon. Everything appears to be going smoothly, until, don't you know it, a couple of knights just happen to be in the area and are kind enough to offer the traveling pair protection from the rebels. Daw. How sweet. One knight remains with Wilk and Toran, and right away you know that he has to die. That's literally the only way this could possibly end. So of course, not two seconds later, Wilk and Toran's wagon goes over a bump that sends the weapons in the back rattling in a very un-grain-like way. Bada bing, bada boom, down goes the knight. Despite the rocky start to their journey, Wilk's meeting with the Wolf seems to go pretty well. The rebel leader promises to keep Wilk and his friend's safe, and ensures him that he had no part in that attack against Lady Love & co. three episodes ago, and that no harm would fall upon her in the future.

CUT TO Lady Love and gal pal Isabel getting kidnapped. Okay, not kidnaped, per se, but snatched up in a rough manner, for sure! And who's responsible? The Wolf! HA! But wait, what's this...Lady Love seems to be awfully familiar with this guy. Oooh! Plot twist! Turns out they're half brother and sister! Who knew! Their conversation, however brief, offers some important insight. We get just enough exposition to establish their dynamic as siblings, with both falling on opposite ends of the social spectrum: Lady Love, the educated nobility, and Gruffudd the lowly rebel. Other than this glaring contrast in status, however, the two aren't so different. They both want change, they both want a free Wales--Gruffudd just believes in more aggressive tactics. He asks his sister to help fund his revolution, and Lady Love's like, ha, okay, bro, maybe. Later, we find that Lady Love does agree to help him out. If nothing else, it'll make future family dinners a lot less awkward, am I right?

Back at the castle, Wilk is frantically trying to round up his boys---who have since been released from the dungeon and placed into servitude--because oops, he killed a knight, soooo time to goooooo. But then, of course, who should pop up to mess with Wilk's escape plans? Jessamy. Jessamy, Jessamy, Jessamy. Once again, Wilk tries to knock some sense into her. I am NOT Gawain Maddox. I am NOT Luca's father. And actually, I MURDERED a guy today. But does Jessamy pack her bags like she's told? Nope. Instead she goes straight to Milus Corbett--who, henceforth, I shall affectionately be referring to as Corbie, and Corbie only, or y'know, at least as often as I remember to. Jessamy tells our favorite slippery chamberlain that Wilk allegedly wants to seek revenge on some knights for, ahem, making advances towards her, and suggests to Corbie (I'm sorry, but that's hilarious) that Wilk be locked up until he gets his head straight. The fact that we only hear this from Milus and don't actually see that scene played out is kind of a bummer, because in my head, any scene with Jessamy and Milus just has the potential to be pure comedy, but oh well. Rather than lock Wilk up, Milus makes Wilk and Toran a proposition. He brings in one of the knights who was there the night the village was destroyed and offers him up for torture, murder, whatever you kids want! Knock yourselves out! They want revenge; Milus wants men to work for him. Fair trade? Okay cool, just don't touch the reeve, 'kay? Oh, and by the way, Jessamy's crazy. Corbett OUT. Toran ends up torturing the guy quite a bit, desperate to know the name of the knight who killed his wife. Finally the knight tells Toran that it was Locke, and begs Wilk to kill him.

The episode ends with another tender moment between our budding love bugs, Wilk and Lady Love, in the chapel. Wilk continues to be angsty and tortured and overly appreciative of Lady Love's kindness. Wilk brings up that other time they were in the chapel. C'mon, Love, you remember! That time you touched my wound and whatnot? And Lady Love's like, of course, I remember! We both saw vision of a baby boy being born! Remember, Wilk? Remember? Awkwardness upon awkwardness, Wilk doesn't seem to remember that specifically. I, um, didn't see anything...um...Bye! So where exactly are we with these two? Who knows.

And finally, Annora and the Dark Mute are still strange, with thorns or some such nonsense poking out all over Annora's person and the Dark Mute opening up a secret closet of weapons and armor. To quote a favorite SNL skit of mine...WHAT UP WITH THAT?!

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