But where did that leave our heroine, Wynonna? Jeremy ( Varun Saranga) chose to put off Black Badge Division responsibilities for another day in order to go on a first date, and Nedley ( Greg Lawson) prepped to head off on a relaxing fishing trip with both Rachel ( Martina Ortiz-Luis) and Billy ( Billy Bryk) in tow. Some (like Tim Rozon's Doc Holliday) decided it was finally time to saddle up and ride out past town limits, while others (Nicole and Waverly) promised to keep the homestead fires burning, especially now that Sheriff Haught has literally been given the divinely appointed role of the Angel Shield. Even while the B-plot of Waverly's cursed wedding dress added a light, low-stakes element throughout (with a surprise cameo appearance by Charlotte Sullivan, another gentle wink to Earpers and fans of Canadian TV), most of the story was simply about everyone stepping back and taking a breath before making big next-step life decisions. As Team Earp made the final preparations for the wedding between newly-reinstated Purgatory Sheriff Nicole Haught ( Kat Barrell) and Waverly Earp ( Dominique Provost-Chalkley), it wasn't just the anticipation of a significant next step for two beloved characters who lit up the screen at first busted beer tap it was the crux of a tender, quietly beautiful conclusion that the show has been working towards for its entire run.Įach of these characters has had their own evolutions, though, and nowhere is that rendered more clearly than in this episode, which felt like the perfect coda to the season. Whatever supernatural circumstances reared their terrifying heads, the series' devoted fanbase (who gave themselves the name "Earpers") could always rely on the fact that Wynonna ( Melanie Scrofano) would be backed up not just by her tried-and-sometimes-trusty gun Peacemaker, but also the team that had come to be known as family, bonded in struggle if not necessarily in blood.Īnd yet last night's season finale, "Old Souls," also served as a reminder of how much this motley group has changed - not merely in their own respective journeys but in how they can lean on one another, too. Over the course of its four seasons, Wynonna Earp has been a show about a lot of things - demons, curses, inheritance, legacy, but at its core, it's persistently circled back to its most important facet: family.