BWW Recap: Wilk Opens Up to Lady Love on Tonight's THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER

A few big things happened in tonight's episode, and most of them had nothing to do with Milus Corbett. What. A. Bummer. But we're gonna talk about him anyway. I am so sorry for anyone who reads my recaps and doesn't like Milus. I'd like to actually take this moment to publically apologize to you. But he's my fav. How can you not crack up at just about everything he says? Cozying up to Lady Love like, "soooo... you're going to marry Pryce now, riiiiight?" And hey! We found the guy who killed Lady Trula! Things are looking up! TIME FOR A WEDDING! CAN I BE YOUR MAID OF HONOR, OR IS THAT WEIRD?! Okay, Corbie, simmer down. Lady Love brushes off the wedding plans for now, and asks to see the rebel who has confessed to Lady Trula's murder. Milus acquiesces, even though he doesn't know what else the guy could possibly tell the baroness. Such a sly guy, he's out of control.

When Lady Love talks to the alleged assassin, she seems immediately doubtful. One thing I love about her as a character, she's incredibly intuitive. She notices things, she reads people, she's clever, she's firm, and ultimately, she's kind. I'm all about her. Anyway, she wonders aloud why the rebel would so quickly throw the Wolf, his commander, under the bus, while refusing to give up any of the other men involved. She then describes a man who's totally not the Wolf to see how the man reacts. He's a big ol' ginge, right? The rebel's like, "yup, mhmm, yes, that's him, massive ginge." Suspicion confirmed.

Wilk soon learns that Milus found this rebel and made him an offer: take the credit for the murder, and Ventrishire will take care of your family. Milus defends the offer, saying, "Hey, the dude was headed to debtor's prison anyway! I was doing him a favor, mannnn!" --or something like that, I may be paraphrasing. Wilk calls him out on his manipulation and whatnot, and Milus' response is so very Milus Corbett, I just about spat out my drink. "Listen, Wilkie. May I call you Wilkie? Everything I do, I do for the good of Ventrishire. Heh. And I mean, I can't help it if everything I do just also happens to work about pretty great for me too." Oh GOODNESS. If Milus Corbett had a theme song, it would be the lesser known Bryan Adams song, "(Everything I Do) I Do It For Me." Slow clap for my fav. He's despicable, but at least he's self-aware.

With Trula's murder now accounted for, Wilk, Toran, and the knights are sent to quash those pesky rebels once and for all. The first stumble upon a nomadic village of non-rebels, go figure. But hey, nomads are super shady, and just because they aren't rebels now, doesn't mean they won't be later! Right? Duh, it's called logic, look it up. One of the knights kills a village woman, finds a sack of pretty things, decides he wants it, then plants the rebel symbol on the woman's slain body. Seeeee! Rebels! Let's take all their stuff! Like, um, this bag I just happened to find, it's got like fancy mugs and plates and stuff! There's an attack, as usual, which ends with one knight dead. Toran's okay with it. That's one more man involved in the massacre down. But Wilk points out that the knight was one of Reeve Leon's men, so Milus is not going to be happy about that. Toran is sure Milus will understand. HA! Yeah, okay.

Speaking of Milus, let's get back to that big ball of delightful crazy. It's not particularly important, but I just have to mention that moment when Lady Love plays her, what is that, a mandolin? I don't do instruments, sue me. Anyway, Milus watching Baron Pryce watching Lady Love is pure gold. He's shipping the two of them so hard, like, "eh?? Eh??? She's good, right? You should totally propose. Like now!" What follows is the most awkward proposal ever. "Think of the shire, Love!" is just about all Pryce can come up with. Love obviously turns him down, suggesting that they just keep on ruling separately, because that's been going so smoothly so far! Aw, sorry, Milus. You tried so hard. Moving on to a much more important scene--I know I joke about Milus a lot, but I really do think he's the most interesting character on this show, and Calo's murder showcases exactly why. We've seen him act out aggressively before, but his attack on Calo is so disturbing, and totally random--or so it seems at first, anyway. And when he tells Calo, through gritted teeth, about the priest that sexually abused him as a child, you kind of hear a lightbulb going off over your head. This guy has demons. And not like in that Wilk Brattle "oh I'm so angsty and guilt-ridden" way. Milus Corbett has some serious issues, and he is messed up as a result. It gives insight into why he is the way he is, and as he beats the innocent Calo to death as retribution for Reeve Leon's murdered knight, it becomes very clear, if it wasn't already before, that Milus Corbett can be very scary.

Skipping forward a bit to the important stuff: Wilk finally reveals his true identity to Lady Love and offers his confession. He's willing to sacrifice himself to save an innocent man from the chopping block. And that is so sweet, you guys, like couldn't you just kiss him?! Ah, yup, there we have it. Love and Wilk's first kiss. Daw. Plus! Wilk also admits that he did actually see the vision of the baby being born. And I think the baby was ours. Well. Okay, see ya at my execution! He pops back to settle some affairs at the homestead-including giving Jessamy the one thing she probably wanted more than anything else in the entire world: some sweet, sweet, Gawain Maddox/Wilkin Brattle lovin'. I had to laugh, because Jessamy just looked so happy, it immediately reminded me of that moment in TRUE BLOOD when beautiful Eric Northman finally agreed to do it (ha, IT, how old am I?) with Ginger, and it was the greatest moment of her entire vampire fangirl life. But anyway, Lady Love realizes that there's no way Wilk murdered Lady Trula on purpose, and demands to now who gave the order. In the meantime, we can still let that other guy get executed, it's cool.

Finally, Berber the Moor has told Father Ruskin--whose real time to shine I think is still yet to come, by the way-to warn Annora about the Archdeacon of Windsor and his posse, who've been going around checking everyone for heretical tattoos--of which Annora has many. Uh oh! You in danger, girl!

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