Poor Unfortunate Souls
Episode 6 of Fate: The Winx Saga Season 2 starts with Silva briefing the kids. Silva has made an agreement with Bavani to try and keep Bloom under control. However, Queen Luna suddenly briefs the realm via a projection, pointing out that Rosalind is dead… and Blood Witches are to blame. At least, that’s the story to the masses anyway. In reality, she knows what’s really happened. ..
Kat, a specialist in the graveyard, runs into Terra and Flora on their walk to the cemetery. They flirtingly chat until they run into Kat’s girlfriend, who is also on their walk.
Sebastian and Grey discuss the plan to strike the fairies down as Grey reveals he is with the Blood Witch. Sebastian is not happy with this development and decides to leave for now.
Bloom has a big tribunal hearing coming up. Instead of laying low, she heads out alone. Sky follows though, but Bloom tells him to keep his distance. She’s scared of her own powers and worries that she could lose control again – and hurt him. So naturally, he’s forced to leave. ..
Bloom’s future hangs in the balance as Queen Luna questions her and wants to know what really happened. Stella serves as Bloom’s advocate through all of this, pointing out about the suspicious nature of Dowling’s death. However, Luna shrugs that off, claiming it to be hearsay unless they can find proof.
The item is a book that Terra finds in the graveyard. The book has strange symbols all over it and Terra is curious to see what they mean. She opens the book to find out more about the symbols and their meaning.
Luna is not happy with the turn of events. Stella stalls for time and brings in Aisha as a character witness. Luna bites back and points out that Grey’s records have been forged, and she knows that he’s false and actually in collusion with Sebastian. Aisha is crushed at this news and leaves, with Bloom deciding to take responsibility for her actions, under the guise of self-defense. ..
Queen Luna has other plans for Bloom. She decides to put her in stasis for 20 years where she will be re-evaluated in the future. She is taken to the sanctum, with Stella shocked and helpless. However, Luna does take off that magic gem on Stella’s back and allows her daughter her powers back. ..
Flora returns to the basement and finds Bloom in a stasis. She frees Bloom and reveals that the trinket is actually a nest. ..
The fairies have resurrected Dowling’s spirit from the Convergence Crystal, and it has opened up. Dowling’s spirit is inside the object!
Dowling knew what Rosalind was planning and called on the natural world to preserve her essence, at least for a bit anyway. Dowling did so because she owes them all “one last goodbye.” She’s there to teach them one last lesson about transformation magic. I mean, she could go and tell Queen Luna or do some sort of address to point out Rosalind killed her couldn’t she? No? Oh, okay then.
Bloom and Dowling decide to head out for a walk instead, which is problematic as Bavani has figured out Bloom is gone and begins looking through the hallways. They manage to walk all the way through the academy, where they sit on a bench on the outskirts together. After a pep talk, the other fairies show up and say goodbye before Dowling disappears again.
Meanwhile, the Specialists appear at Sebastian’s compound and sneak in, prepared to stop the Blood Witches and get the upper-hand. Unfortunately, the place is completely empty. Silva realizes that Sebastian was well aware they were coming. ..
As we enter the basement, we can see that Sebastian and his gang are actually inside. And who is the mole? It’s Beatrix. She lets them in and cuts the lights, as scrapers all begin to swarm into the basement.
The Episode Review
The showrunners have made it clear that they plan to resolve many of the plot holes in the first season, but it’s hard to know if they will be able to do so in a way that is satisfying or even interesting.
After Rosalind’s death, wouldn’t it have made sense for Dowling to confess so Luna would know Bloom is innocent? Won’t she just arrest Bloom and put her in stasis again? ..
On the same note, it has been reported that Dowling and Bloom walked through the school without being noticed by anyone, not even a guard? ..
The first season of this show was not very good, and the contrivances added up to a worse experience in the second season. The characters are not well defined, the “chosen one” plot is overdone and cliched, while the plot has felt uneven and lacking throughout.
The finale of “Game of Thrones” does promise to finally give us some decent action, but we’ll have to wait and see if this show can pull that off effectively or not.
