for a scrappy follow-up that made for a welcome reboot in the town of Purgatory.
EMILY ANDRAS: How mad at me are you?
I said as much in my review: it feels like there’s more story left to tell.
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ANDRAS: How much trouble do you think I’m in?
Let me put it that way.
ANDRAS: That’s the key.
Based on a comic book series by Beau Smith, Wynonna Earp tells the story of the titular heroine who is the great-great-granddaughter of Wyatt Earp. The series follows Wynonna’s return to her hometown, where she must do battle with the reanimated criminals previously killed by Earp. Aided by her sister, her great-great-grandfather’s immortal partner Doc Holiday, and a member of the US Marshals, Wynonna works to keep Purgatory safe from the revenants.
I’m going to be honest, it’s like a dance in genre.
you might’t have every death not matter, or else the stakes don’t matter at all.
I think Dalton is dead.
I think Lucado is dead.
She’s had such a rough go of it.
And also, I think that would be a really sexy journey.
I’m all for zombie Doc coming up shirtless and covered in dirt.
It won’t be the worst.
We’ll suffer through it.
I would love to tell that story, so we’ll see how it does.
But I definitely was hedging my bets, let’s put it that way.
We were not going to get a Season 5, despite rumors to the contrary.
They deserve a happy ending, particularly for their queer couple who are soulmates.
But I could not live with myself if things had been destroyed and that was it.
We needed some sense of happiness and that things were going to be OK.
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This is a new web link, a new opportunity.
We will always have those other four seasons.
Death is something we all need to deal with.
I’m going to skip it, but you guys do you.
You kind of have to read the tea leaves, which is really tricky as a creator.
I don’t really have a preference.
What I don’t want the audience to feel is tricked.
I don’t mind if they’re shocked.
We had a lot of loose threads in Season 4, too.
They don’t want to have a spreadsheet of the past four seasons.
We want everybody to be able to tune in and vaguely understand what’s happening.
This story is really a new one.
Wynonna has made so many mistakes.
So, it felt very timely for where the character is at.
ANDRAS: Tubi was amazing.
They were like, “No rules.
you could push the sexuality.
it’s possible for you to definitely push the language.”
The name of the game was elevation.
So, I was stunned.
They were such good partners.
They really understood the combination of adult grit and humor and feeling and emotion.
So, that was quite freeing.
ANDRAS: Oh my God.
Couldn’t you watch 15 episodes of that?
Yes, you’re hired.
To your point, I don’t think that Wynonna would have been Nicole’s deputy in Season 1.
ANDRAS: Saving all of Black Badge.
I’d also watch that show, by the way.
I think that’s exactly it, right?
Which I will also watch.
It’s a reinvention.
Part of it too, on some level is… look, is Alice in her future?
Is she going to be a mom who brings home a daughter?
She has to have a job.
She has to get a job at McDonald’s.
I get moved by it because my little baby’s all grown up.
But I’ll agree to your greenlit buddy comedy with Tubi.
I’m assuming this is a binding contract.
I want your outline on my desk by Monday.
How long has this really been in the works?
ANDRAS: By the time we made the Zoom announcement, everyone knew.
Unlike a lot of work where you have to wait and scheme, it sort of all happened.
In a weird way, it was actually kind of rollicking.
But I was still delighted, and I can’t pretend otherwise.
I was still pretty stunned when this happened.
Part of me still isn’t sure it happened.
You all suffered through Calgary in February to bring us this.
ANDRAS: You know what?
Buddy comedy in Hawaii.
Write that down, hey.
It’s still worth it.
I’d still do it.
My hope is that they’ll bring you all back every year to keep doingEarp.
ANDRAS: A movie a year would be amazing.
I would absolutely love that.
ANDRAS: Let’s hope.
Let’s manifest it.
Wynonna Earp: Vengeanceis streaming now on Tubi.
