‘Willow’ Episode 5 Spoiler Review
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Welcome back to the world of Willow!
The gang finds themselves running from the Crone’s mutated henchmen, The Gales, which includes The Scourge, played by Star Wars veteran Joonas Suotamo. We also see Willow finally use the flame thrower that’s been teased since the first trailer was released. Which, it’s also important to note that he’s had it THE ENTIRE TIME.
As the group discusses an escape plan, it’s suggested that they go through the Wildwood, which is met with reluctance as the Wildwoods have a spirit that flows through the woods that makes its occupants become entranced and lose their own free will. Even the Gales won’t go. So naturally, they go into the Wildwood. Willow and Elora continue her training, with Elora constantly asking to use Cherlindrea’s wand and Willow denying her, stating that he doesn’t feel she’s ready.
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Surprise! The Bone Reavers ambush the group, capture them, then take them to their hidden village, where they are introduced to Scorpia, the leader of the Reavers, who looks somewhat familiar, but more on that later. Scorpia tells Boorman that she is surprised to see him alive, and it’s clear that they have a history. While he recalls his great escape, we’re treated to a 20-second shower montage, which is both comical and out of place.
Elora secretly snags Willow’s wand before the group is separated into different imprisonments. Kit and Elora are put in a bone prison, where Elora says that love is the most powerful force in the world. Naturally, Kit ridicules her right to her face, and Elora immediately gives it right back by telling Kit that it’s clear that she and Jade love each other. Kit is clearly still on her unlikeable angsty teen kick.
Willow and Graydon are taken to the Burroughs, which are a lower-level-type landscape. They come across a tiny landscape, where he immediately recognizes the houses belonging to Brownies. After being questioned by his daughter, Ganush, Rool comes out to greet Willow exactly as he is, an old friend. They make a plan to escape and defeat the Reavers, but Rool tells Willow that he will not join him on this journey as he’d rather have a snack. Classic Rool.
Jade is taken to Scorpia’s hut, where Scorpia shows Jade a brand at the nape of her neck and asks her where she got the brand that is identical to hers. She then reveals to Jade that the brand belongs to Kael and that they are both children of General Kael and are the only two surviving children out of his fifteen children. Scorpia and Jade go back and forth, with Scorpia revealing that Madmartigan killed her father at the original battle of Nockmaar, and her mother was killed by the rangers who took her to Tir Asleen.
In episode 4, when Jade was discussing her visions in the castle, she says that she was the only one who survived when her family was ambushed by General Kael and the Bone Reavers. After absorbing the evidence, Jade accepts this, and the Reavers throw a celebration in her honor, celebrating her return to her sister and her new adopted family.
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During the celebration, everyone takes truth plums, where, you guessed it, they all tell the truth about something that they’ve been keeping a secret. While the plums are kicking in, we are treated to Kit out-drinking one of the biggest men, Willow laughing so hard that he falls over, Graydon vibing out while playing a recorder-type instrument, Boorman toasting with Toth, and Elora having an out-of-body experience. It’s nice to see each character and their individuality shine through, even if it’s under a hallucinogen.
After Graydon calls Willow the “greatest sorcerer in the world,” Willow confesses to Graydon that he’s mediocre at best (Sorsha was RIGHT), that it was dumb luck that he was able to defeat Bavmorda and that he’s built his entire reputation on that one success. He is also worried that he’ll be discovered one day as the “aging, talentless hack that he is.” Elora overhears this and silently storms away, only after Willow realizes she’s overheard everything.
Kit and Jade FINALLY reveal their feelings for each other and lean in for the kiss, only to be rudely interrupted by yet another kidnapping. This time, it’s Kit who gets nabbed by trolls. The trolls surround the village, and we cut to the nearly silent credits.
Overall, this episode was absolutely chaotic in terms of pacing; it’s very up and down, and some parts seemed rushed. Instead of the end credits featuring a cover of a song, the opening scene blasts “Time for Some Mayhem” by Arre! Arre!, and the Truth Plum scene has Pom Pom Squad’s cover of the classic “Crimson and Clover.” Usually, the songs at least fit the episode, but for some reason, these missed the mark. Like Willow said, this episode was mediocre at best.
*still* waiting on Christan Slater.
Rating: 5/10
Catch new episodes of Willow Wednesdays on Disney+.
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