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DOUBLE PENETRATION
Summary: What the title says
Pairing: Cordell Walker x Reader x Duke Culpepper
Word Count: 845
Warnings: sex dream, threesome, DVP
Square Filled: @walkerverse-bingo -free space @walker-bingo -double penetration
A/N: Part seven of Duke x Reader/Cordell x Reader series of drabbles and stories for this bingo.
A/N II: This segment is told from Walker’s POV
A/N III: Sorry took so long to get this one out but writing smut isn’t my strong suit so apologies if it sucks but I keep trying.
Bingo Masterlist
*divider by @firefly-graphics
*no beta-all mistakes are mine
We stumbled into the bedroom with Y/N between us, all biting on lips, tongues twisting and groping hands that sent buttons flying about when fingers tangled in my hair and she nips along my jaw, down my neck, finding that spot that made me moan and sucks hard enough it’ll bruise.
I felt his hand grip my hip, shifting us towards the bed, and Y/N squeals as he scoops her up, then set her over my hips steps back, stroking himself, watching her line up my cock, slowly sliding down as its girth stretches her inner walls to accommodate it. When our hips meet, the sensation of finally being encased inside her wet heat is so intense the sounds of pleasure escape from my lips.
He climbs on the bed and grips her jaw, twisting her head to plunder her mouth while his other trails over her torso, teasing as his hand travels downward.
Then I felt familiar, long fingers exploring where we were connected when our fingers met. He peers down at me, smirks, and begins working a finger into her tight channel alongside me, pumping the digit in the same in/out tempo with me as I continue rubbing her clit.
Y/N writhes between us as he inserts another, stretching her further, both of us feeling her inner walls start intermittently fluttering; she’s edging close to her first orgasm, begging, “Pleeease, I want to cum!” He sternly growls in her ear, “You better not cum till we say, got it” That made Y/N, striving to hold off cumming, full body shudder and squirt.
Removing his fingers made her whine about feeling empty; he slapped her rear in admonishment before resettling between my thighs and lining up, slowly pushing inward against the resistance of her hole Y/N bit down on her bottom lip at the burning stretch as inch by inch, he works his cock inside and my back arches at sensations unlike anything I'd ever felt, watching her features morph into pure ecstasy at being filled to the limit.
Y/N’s body twitched in tempo as we moved in unison, her inner walls spasming around our cocks started fucking her harder, seeking release when he wrapped a hand around Y/N’s throat and squeezed, she began silently gasping when he suddenly released her and then rushed of oxygen sent Y/N over the edge, cumming so hard her inner muscles milk us, our cum mixing, filling her till overflowing. He growls, “Gotta claim on you, Sassygirl, you belong to us.”
Y/N wobbles like a newborn foal as we lead her into the shower. Reaching for the knobs, she misses the hot water hitting the cold, and its spray hits my overheated skin. I jump, banging my head on something metallic.
“Fuck!”
“You kiss your mama with that mouth?”
Opening my eyes my, I feel confused and disoriented seeing the mountain range ahead and Y/N quizzically glancing over, holding the steering wheel in one hand and a half-empty water bottle in her other had me asking, “Did you dump that on me?”
“No,” Her eyes briefly cut to my crotch before returning to the roadway; I hear amusement in her voice. “I knew Duke could also be as overly talkative but in bed? Daaaamn.”
Pieces of my dream start coming back. “I uhh, what’re you talking about?”
“Walker, I’ve been around you long enough to pick up the subtle differences between you and your alter egos' speech patterns. It sure sounded like you guys were having a lot of fun.” My jeans are starting to stick as my cum is drying, ran out of clean underwear. Shifting uncomfortably, Y/N notices. “You need me to pull off so you can deal with that?”
I shook my head no, face burning in embarrassment. “Already been in these for three days. I can wait till we stop.” Needing to switch this conversation, ask, “Where are we? Last thing I remember was driving by that big T-Rex on the curb in Sanderson.”
“About an hour from Van Horn. I know a place that should be safe to stay a few days. So,” there’s that smirk in her voice. "How’d you enjoy tag-teaming with Duke?”
“Can you be any more inappropriate?”
“You know I can.” Still amused, Y/N glances over, and her eyebrows go up, “So, how did y'all fuck little ol’ me?” She started rattling on about what various sexual positions we might have tried, finally making me snap.
“We DVP’d you alright!”
“Oh.”
“That’s all you’ve gotta say, oh? I had a very graphic sex dream in which we..me..did things that should disgust you!”
“Are you angry because you're disgusted about having a sex dream with Duke and me? Or because I’m not?” My flash of anger turned into disbelief at what she asked because she was right.
“Walk…Cordell, if Duke hadn’t been hooking up with Twerp, this,” Y/N waves a hand between us, “Whatever this is, I would have taken the chance to be with you.”
SPN TAGS: @donnaintx @lyarr24 @flamencodiva @lassie-bird @nancymcl @spnbaby-67 @leigh70
Sam/Jared: @idreamofplaid
#walker#cordell walker#duke culpepper#cordell walker x reader#duke culpepper x reader#cordell x reader x duke#micki ramirez#larry james#walkerbingo#walkerversebingo
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Free Choice
Enjoy.
#walker month#walkerverse#walker wednesday#walker#omg this week#duke culpepper#jared padalecki#cordell walker
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The Hoyt/Cordi scene 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 letters for the kids omg
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It's "thinking too much about small character details" hours-
Is there any significance to Cordell using the "Duke Culpepper" alias while undercover, almost 20 years after he got it from Cooper? And does it matter at all that "Duke" was very similar to Cooper (alone, no family, no commitments, happy to fuck over a few innocent people for his own gain, etc.)
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January Fic Recs
I wanted to show some love and appreciation for the amazing fic writers we have here on tumblr, so I've decided to start a reading rec list for the fantastic fics I read each month 💗
Many of these fics and blogs are 18+ only, and NSFW please heed the author's individual fic warnings and requests regarding no minors. I am not responsible for your media consumption.
Supernatural
Sam Winchester
In The After Chapter 5 @sams-sass
Authors Summary: This takes place after the finale. You are blurry wife. This is you and Sam’s story
In The After Chapter 6 @sams-sass
Authors Summary: This takes place after the finale. You are blurry wife. This is you and Sam’s story.
I’ll Stop the World & Melt With You @justagirlinafandomworld
Dean Winchester
My Brother's Girl @cockslutpadalecki
Authors Summary: When Dean returns from Purgatory, he hopes to be reunited with his long term girlfriend Y/N and Sam after five long years without them. But when he shows up at Sam’s door unable to locate her, Dean realises he doesn’t need to look much farther to find her.
Everlong @impala-dreamer
Authors Summary: Y/N has everything she's ever wanted - the love of a good man, a best friend she can lean on, drama, magic, and heroics. But everyone knows, things aren't always what they seem.
Dean's Birthday Surprise @jawritter
Authors Summary: Y/N get’s Dean a kinky surprise for his 44th Birthday!
The Boys
Soldier Boy
Safe Haven @that-sarcastic-writer
Authors Summary: Series summary: You're a paramedic and you find Soldier Boy at the wreckage at Vought Tower. He forces you to help him get away, so you take him home.
Fading Colors @impala-dreamer
Authors Summary: Soldier Boy gets what he wants and tonight it's to feel all of you again and again...~
Walker
Duke Culpepper
Rider @negans-lucille-tblr
Authors Summary: Duke is talked into getting a dance from the bull rider at the bar, and one thing leads to another - you know what, it’s really hard to summarise what’s basically porn, okay?
Cordell Walker
Safe and Sound Part 2 @thinkinghardhardlythinking
Authors Summary: Y/N has worked for the wealthy Harland family for a long time and when the dynasty’s Ranch is targeted by thieves, a handsome Ranger arrives to protect her.
#winchestergirl2 reads#winchestergirl2 recs#fic recs#sam winchester x reader#dean winchester x reader#soldier boy x reader#walker x reader#duke culpepper x reader#cordell walker x reader
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Katheryn Howard
Katheryn Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, remains one of the most tragic figures in Tudor history. Born around 1523 in Lambeth to Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, Katheryn's early life was marked by the complexities and struggles of her noble but impoverished family. Her father, a son of the 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and her mother, with previous children from a previous marriage, navigated a challenging aristocratic landscape.
Katheryn's early years were tainted by relationships that would later haunt her. Her relationship with the music tutor Henry Manox during her time under the Dowager Duchess's care caused the duchess herself to intervene. Subsequently, she engaged in a consummated affair with Francis Dereham, a member of her uncle's household, before catching the eye of King Henry VIII.
Her marriage to the ageing monarch in 1540, immediately following the annulment of his union with Anne of Cleves, led to Katheryn being in a position of prominence. Described as Henry's "rose without a thorn," she faced hostility from courtiers, given her past indiscretions. The Howard family's rise to power through her union only fueled resentment.
However, Katheryn's most significant misstep came in the form of her relationship with Thomas Culpeper, a favourite of the king. Despite her previous entanglements, Katheryn's connection with Culpeper during her brief marriage to Henry was perceived as treasonous. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, brought her premarital liaisons to light, leading to her confession and subsequent condemnation.
On February 13, 1542, Katheryn Howard faced execution at the Tower of London. Despite her youth—some speculate she was only 18—she approached her fate with dignity. Five centuries later, her innocence is debated and it is often speculated if her tale was of tragedy or temptation.
A letter from Katheryn to Thomas Culpepper https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/sixwives/inherwords/ch_words.html
Catherine, according to French ambassador Charles de Marillac, was "a young lady of extraordinary beauty" and of "superlative grace."
#history#women in history#the tudors#katherine howard#katheryn howard#catherine howard#tudor history#english history#16th century#tudors#tudor era
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@howaerds asked:
" He's a kid, he's proud and stupid. " { from @howaerds after he finds the phone in auggie's bed 😭 }
"Yeah...He's definitely proud of himself. But he doesn't know the can of worms he's just opened by making contact with Twyla. Now I'm gonna have to go back undercover again, one last time. It's that or have my loyalty questioned." Cordell replied, closing his eyes and taking a breath. He had been trying to get that time out of his mind. The person he had become, or had to pretend to be. All fresh out of the death of his late wife.
It wasn't something he was in any hurry to relive. There were so many risks by going back there. Just when he thought he'd finally hung Duke Culpepper up for good.
"Who knows how long this'll take ontop of everything else. I was gone for months, nearly a year the last time I had to do this...."
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HOUSE OF THE FALLEN
[Hardy Manor, Newsoms 1:01 PM WST]
Delores Bryant [Private Secretary]: What do you think, Your Majesty?
Rowena, Queen Mother: (hesitant) It's.. It's a lovely property.
Delores [P.S.]: Be honest.
Rowena, Queen Mother: It has enough rooms. It's just... the art... it's going to need a lot of updating!
Delores [P.S.]: Well, the manor has been vacant for about 107 years, ma'am. At such a discount, the Hardy noble family seems eager to sell it.
Rowena, Queen Mother: (somber) I don't understand why I can't just stay at Highpark House. I hate the other vacant royal residences. I wasn't expecting to use all the money George left me to now buy and remodel a home.
(cell phone rings)
Rowena, Queen Mother: (to caller) "Hello?"
??: Your Majesty?
Rowena, Queen Mother: "Yes? Who is this?"
Mother LaKisha [Nun]: "This is Mother LaKisha from Saint LeSun Convent. You gave us your private number for emergencies. It's your mother. She's dying."
Rowena, Queen Mother: (gasps) Oh no! I'm on my way!
- - - - - LATER - - - - -
[Buckingsim Palace, Buckingsimshire 1:39 PM WST]
Alfred Culpepper [Estate Manager]: Good afternoon, Your Majesty.
Rowena, Queen Mother: Hello, Alfred. I'm here to see the Queen.
Alfred [E.M.]: Of course, ma'am.
[Aide #2]: and these are the urgent patronages needing new royal leadership, since your ascension.
[Aide #3]: Many of which, we believe, the Earl and Countess of Boykins would be a great fit for.
Queen Katherine: These are the patronages listed here?
[Aide #3]: Yes, Your Majesty.
Martin Lavelle [Private Secretary]: (whispers) Pardon me, ma'am. The Queen Mother is here to see you. She says it's urgent.
Queen Katherine: (stands) Stay seated! I'd like to see a few of those patronages given to the new Duke and Duchess of Hastings. Take some time to rearrange the list. I'll be right back to discuss.
[All]: Your Majesty.
(Queen Katherine exits)
[The Queen's Library, 1:52 PM WST]
Queen Katherine: (confused) Mom? Is everything okay?
Queen Katherine: What's so urgent you pulled me from a meeting?
Rowena, Queen Mother: Oh, darling! It's granny Niema! She's dying! Mother LaKisha called me while I was out looking at Hardy Manor.
Queen Katherine: Granny Niema! Are you okay? Oh, mommy!
Rowena, Queen Mother: I knew this day would come. I'm happy she was able to tell her story while her memory remained. She's the last of her family, the last of the House of Zulu. I'd like to borrow the helicopter to fly to Forgotten Hollow. Your approval is needed for its use.
Queen Katherine: Never be afraid to ask to use the royal fleets. You are still a Queen.
Rowena, Queen Mother: ...with no place to live.
Queen Katherine: Oh! Royal Lodge. I'm sorry, mommy. Let's talk when you return.
Queen Katherine: (stands) How quickly would you like to leave? Usage approved! I can clear my schedule and go with you, if you'd like.
Rowena, Queen Mother: No, Lady Sonja will go with me. Plus, I know how excited you are about attending Royal Ascot tomorrow. Duty first!
Queen Katherine: I will have the flight plans requested with a departure time of 3 o'clock. I love you, mommy! Give grandma Niema my love.
Rowena, Queen Mother: (somber) Thank you. I love you too.
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#simshousewindsor#simshousewindsor ts4#simshousewindsor story#ts4 story#simshousewindsor monarchy#ts4 royalty#simshousewindsor royalty#ts4#sims 4 royalty#simblr#simshousewindsor simblr#ts4 simblr#ts4 royal simblr#the sims 4#sims 4 story#thesims4#sims 4 royal family#sims 4 monarchy#rustycc
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La molher de la nèu
In the 16th century, a Hufflepuff muggle born woman, Adbugissa Camula Tudor, a descendant of royalty changed the Wizarding World.
She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine Howard, born in the Royal Palace in 28 May 1541, but she was raised by Callum duke of Argyll and his mother Ella Alba Bonnie of Scotland, daughter of Blanche Marie Sforza and Maximilian I, and who married Rory Alistair of Argyll, an illegitimate son of James III and Elantia Navia- a Gaulish woman from Burgundy, who had been Edward IV's mistress before meeting James-.
Adbugissa resembled her maternal grandmother Joyce Culpeper and had her mother's honey brown hair, and her names were Occitan as her mother was avid of the Occitan french culture.
In her youth Adbugissa learned the Occitan language and fell in love with it, however Adbugissa was born blind.
Her being a female and not the spare male heir her father wanted, as well as being born blind and the fact that they could not hide it was a key factor in her parents' marriage drift and her mother's subsequential affair with Thomas Culpepper which resulted in her beheading.
Her father hid every evidence of her birth and sent her to Scotland to be raised by his old friend Ella of Scotland and her son Callum who later in life dedicated to the Protestant cause in Scotland.
From an early age, Adbugissa displayed a powerful force of magic and by the age of 11 she went to Hogwarts where she was sorted in Hufflepuff.
She was the best student in her class and thanks to her Hufflepuff won the House Cup in a row of 7 years and even though she was blind, she was able to outsmart everyone by her resourcefulness, she created the Wizarding version of the Braille and received her classes in that way.
Later in life when Adbugissa was 31 years old, she married Philip William, Prince of Orange in 17 July 1574 in secret.
She used to dye her hair in orange color and gave Philip a necklace with both their initials.
She had built a castle in Orange for the commoners, as well as another castle in which she founded a school.
"La Molher de La Nèu"
She was the headmaster of the school and to keep the secrecy she taught her students Occitan language and all the classes as well as the spells were in Occitan, so that no one could find them nor relate them to wizardry, as many wizards were being killed back then in charges of heresy.
Adbugissa also had the Hufflepuff badge built in front of the school and placed a great number of spells to hide it from muggles and was a great advocate for Muggle Borns rights.
After she died in 24 October 1578 her daughter Zoe Catarina of Orange took the charge as headmaster.
PD: I took the liberty to write about a possible daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine Howard, and depict her story, there are many theories whether they had a child, as you can see in this article.
Credits to "Guest Post: Katherine Howard Pregnant by Henry VIII in 1540? By Sylvia Barbara Soberton- Adventures of a Tudor Nerd
I also made up the fictional characters of history as Blanche Marie and Maximilian never had any children James III never had a(n unknown) mistress.
#hufflecrew#hufflepuff queen#hufflepuff#hufflepride#muggleborn#wizarding society#magical history#the wizarding world of harry potter#wizarding world#magical royalty#wizarding schools#hogwarts houses#hogwarts#harry potter headcanon#harry potter
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Haunted Mansion voices headcanons
Not putting the Ghost Host, Madame Leota, Little Leota, Constance, the Singing Busts, the Deaf Ghost, the Coffin Occupant, the Opera Singers, the Duke and the Duchess because they DO speak or sing in the ride lol
Hatbox Ghost : Scar from the Lion King musical
Faceless Bride/Emily : Lady from Lady and the Tramp
Corpse Bride : Candace from Phineas and Ferb
Little Blue Bride/Millie : Fluttershy from My Little Pony
Spinster Bride : Ursula from The Little Mermaid (minus the evil)
Tokyo Bride : Shego from Kim Possible
Ezra : himself in House of Mouse
Phineas : himself in the 2003 movie
Gus : himself in the 2003 movie
The caretaker : Mervyn Pumpkinhead from the Sandman (fear replacing grouchiness)
The caretaker's wife : Mrs Potts from Beauty and the Beast
Master Gracey : the guy who says "he's got to be the nest Pirate I've ever seen"
Tightrope Girl : the Beating Heart Bride ftom the 2003 video game (ironic I know)
Birthday Ghost : Morgana from Darkwing Duck
The Organist : Dick Dastardly from Scoob
The Mummy (I know he speaks in Grim Grinning Ghosts but his voice is muffled in bandages... which is odd since his mouth is visible and wide open) : Jafar from Aladdin (minus the evil)
The Woman in Black/May : Bambi's mom
Victor : Little Vampire from the movie
Beheaded Knight : Fowler from Chicken Run
The Mariner/Culpepper Clyne : John Silver from Treasure Planet
Medusa : Shriek from Skeleton Warriors
The Werecat Girl : Eartha Kitt's Catwoman
Etc because they are 999 ghosts in total lmao maybe I'll make a part 2 one day
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Crown Princess Inspects Troops
This morning, Her Imperial Highness, Crown Princess Ophelia, addressed the Britechester Naval Brigade in her role as Princess of Britechester.
The Britechester Brigade is a special, smaller, naval task force that historically has been used for special missions and elite rescues. Among the soldiers standing at attention this morning on the docks of Evergreen Harbor were many familiar faces, including the Crown Princess' own father- Prince Matthew Norton, brother, Prince Benedict Ivanov, and boyfriend, Cadet Luke Marin. Also numbered among the ranks are Wendelin Humphrey, Duke Whitland, Terry Harden, Earl Culpepper, Francisco Castille, Marquess Cedarworth, Simon Milner, Earl Alto, and Princess Emilia's fiance, Petty Officer Gabriel Micheletti.
HIH addressed her troops with a heartening speech about their honor and duty, as well as thanking them for the sacrifice they're making in serving the greater good of the Simsdom Empire. She then wished them luck and "godspeed" on their endeavors, and admitted that she was praying heartily for their safe return.
With the Britechester Brigade being known for undertaking dangerous and secretive missions, many in the Empire are wondering what they could possibly be heading out to do. Though some are pointing to the perfect timing of the New Windenburg Empire being distracted by Emperor Victor's secret family scandals as the time when this mission was launched. Was it a calculated move by the Tsarina? Or just lucky timing that the NWE is distracted from internal problems while the Simsdom Empire launches a secret mission?
Who can say for sure; we'll just have to wait and see if there's a favorable outcome to the Brigade's launch today.
Good luck boys!
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Cordell to Duke. Yes, please.
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I just tried to grab Cordell's letters to the kids from 4x06, but I could only get Stella's. Half of it was blurry, so I figured it out with shape and context. No matter how much I try, Augie's is just a blur lol. But omg, this Stella letter???
Stella my advice to you is simple yet profound. Cherish every moment. hold onto the love and laughter and let them be your guiding lights. Pursue your dreams with unwavering determination and never let anyone dim the light within you. Life is unpredictable and I want you to live it with purpose and passion.
Remember my darling that you are never alone. Our bond transcends time and space and my love for you will endure no matter what challenges lie ahead. Carry the best of our family legacy with you and know that you are the heartbeat of my existence.
With all my love
DAD
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4x06 Review
"We All Fall Down" was another pretty apt title and it only has me concerned for future episodes. The promo for this episode made me think it would be a lighter one but I really should've known better.
This time, I'm going to take this review in order of which plots occupy my brain, in order from least to most Brain Spin-age.
We're starting off with the only actually fluffy part of the episode: Liam and Ben! They don't have much of a role but it does well in progressing their relationship.
We start with Liam doing PT under Ben's supervision. When Cordell comes in to voice his concerns over Stella and August potentially avoiding him and Geri, Ben speaks up about Normal Teenager Behavior but lets Liam steer the conversation toward Cordell's own insecurities about his future.
Later in the episode, we get a sweet moment between them discussing their own future. Ben says he wants to quit his job at the liquor store and start doing event planning with Abby full time, which is likely going to lead to him moving to the ranch as well. Liam is happy about this but cautions him that eventually his parents are going to retire and Ben will probably have to take on more when that happens. Luckily for him, it seems Ben was aware of that and doesn't mind at all.
This was a sweet break in the middle of all the angst we go this episode. Speaking of....
Let's talk about what our Amateur Investigators were up to.
After a thrilling flashback of Hoyt stealing the necklace five years ago with his friend, Mehar, we find out that Stella and August have been continuing their search by asking Cordell and Geri pointed but non-suspicious questions and going on their own little adventures trying to find where Hoyt might have hid it. When Geri points them to Mehar, Stella sneaks his phone number out of Geri's contacts to set up a meeting.
While August is still mostly on board, he is starting to question if it's smart to do this on their own. Do they really want the first adult to ask for help to be a known criminal? Stella is too frustrated by the situation to really listen to him and insists she's all the adult supervision they need.
Side note: They're probably going to have to come clean eventually and I very much look forward to the fallout.
They get their meeting with Mehar but he's not inclined to help them. Fortunately, Stella thought ahead and decided to set him up for a robbery, prompting him to steal her wallet for her university ID to break into an exhibit.
They ditch family dinner for the robbery and Stella creates a distraction by blaming August for stealing her wallet so that she can approach Mehar and offer him help in exchange for information. This all miraculously goes off without a hitch, promptign Mehar to tell them everything he knows, which is unfortunately not much- except that he met with a man named Duke before fully ditching him and losing the necklace. That being, Duke Culpepper.
We get two more flashbacks that relate to this story. The first is a flashback of Hoyt meeting with "Duke". Cordell is 3 months undercover and he's not doing well, so he called Hoyt to ask him to deliver some letters to Stella and August, just in case. Hoyt takes the letters but refuses to deliver them, because Cordell will make it back.
The second flashback is Hoyt visiting Emily's grave with the necklace and running into Geri. I love a lot about this scene but the main things that stick out to me is 1) the reference to Hoyt and Emily having their own friendship outside of Geri and Cordell and 2) showcasing that Geri was clearly considering stepping out of her relationship with Hoyt before she'd even considered a relationship with Cordell. It's a nice touch.
Side note: We all agree Hoyt hid the necklace in Emily's grave, right?
We pick back up with the kids when they come home to their missed family dinner, which leads us right to our next plot: Cordell's inability to handle and empty nest and how he's taking that out on everyone else in his life.
In this episode, Cordell is excited at the prospect of asking Geri to move in. He's been trying to get this train rolling all of winter break but Stella and August seem to be avoiding him and he thinks it's because they don't like where his relationship with Geri is going. He tells them to be back for dinner that night as a last ditch effort to have this conversation and make it happen.
Unfortunately, they don't show up as they're busy with Other Things and Cordell starts letting some of his frustration show. Geri tries to calm him down and while they talk he lets it slip that he wants her to move in. Geri is initially ecstatic about this idea and accepts when he finally asks her.
But the night only gets derailed from there, both with James coming in and with the kids finally making their way home. Cordell is beyond pissed at them and starts finally letting some of his frustrations show. He admits that he never really agreed with letting them have their "space" and "independence" and just did it because he believed he should. He also lambasts them for having a "problem" with him and Geri getting more serious and announces that she WILL be moving in, no further discussion, which is a surprise to everyone in the room- including Geri. Stella and August try to get a word in but he's not having it, instead demanding that they both be home more because he's tired of them always running away.
Side note: Really proving your brother's point there Cordell.....
The next day he seems awfully proud of himself for how he handled all that and hands Geri a furniture catalog so that she can start decorating, which will surely make everything better. No way that could go wrong :)
Geri instead pumps the breaks on her moving in. She does want to move in, but she didn't want it to come out the way it did. She wanted Cordell to talk to his kids and get their blessing, not drop a bomb on their relationship. She says they'll talk when she gets back from OKC but he needs to get a handle on himself first.
This is, of course, not what Cordell wants to hear and shortly after she leaves, he starts gravitating toward James personal notes on the Jackal case.
Finally, we need to talk about James and how poorly he's handling this case.
We start this plot out with Cassie and Trey setting up a meeting room for the Jackal Survivors Network to meet with the rangers on the case. While they set up, they speculate about the nominations for the new lieutenant position. Before they can talk too much about it, they're interrupted by James who gives them the agenda for the day. Cassie will be meeting the JSN with him while Trey meets up with the crime labs to put together a psych profile with the new evidence they've received.
Later, we see the meeting isn't going too well but James seems to be mostly holding it together. During a break, Cassie approaches James about the new position and appears to think she's a shoe-in for the role. James firmly reminds her that he can't give her any guarantees, which Cassie takes offense too since she gave up a great opportunity with the FBI because he promised her more opportunities here.
Side note: between this scene and her reaction to Luna asking if she'd ever worked a serial killer case before, I have a feeling we're going to see her get her ego checked a bit later in the season.
In another scene, Trey also pokes the bear about the new position and James is just as cold about it, but Trey also notices that his captain isn't doing too well. He looks tired and unfocused. James assures him he's fine, but later we see that's not true when he shows up at the Walker ranch, drunk and officially kicked out of the house.
This is the lowest point we've seen James at so far and I have to admire Colby's acting in this scene. James explains that Kelly found out he broke his promise not to fall into drinking and kicked him out of the house in front of DJ. Cordell tries to assure him they can fix this and pick his friend back up, but James is self-aware enough to know it won't be that easy. He tells Cordell he's taking a step back from the case and asks him to take over, even leaving his personal notes in Cordell's hands. Cordell takes it and again tries to assure James that they can figure this out; he picked himself up once, he can do it again.
The next day at HQ, James is looking better. Trey and Cassie both try to apologize for overstepping about the lieutenant position and he assures them that it's fine. In fact, they're both in the running. They just need to prove themselves worthy.
This episode was so much more intense than I was expecting and, since we've reached the halfway point, I can only imagine it's going to get more intense from here. Our two biggest plots are ramping up and, looking at the synopses for upcoming episodes, it's only getting crazier. And I have so many questions for how that's going to work. Is the Jackal really related to this mess with the necklace? Will the necklace be found and will that solve Stella's problems? Will Mehar return? Will Geri return after the mess Cordell made? How will James bounce back from his rock bottom? Will Cordell manage to keep a balance where James failed? Who is going to be lieutenant and why was this position not open before? And why should it be Randall?
See y'all next week
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“On 11 February 1542 she was found guilty of treason by an act of attainder. The following day she asked for the block to be delivered to her cell in the Tower. She spent the evening rehearsing her execution. The next morning, just after seven o’clock, she was led from the Tower to the scaffold. All the King’s councillors were there apart from the Duke of Suffolk, who was unwell, and the Duke of Norfolk, who was skulking at Kenninghall. Surrey took his father’s place and watched as his little cousin, to whom he owed all his recent promotions, placed her neck on the block for the last time.
It is around this time that Surrey is thought to have composed one of his most vitriolic, and autobiographical, poems. Taking the form of a beast fable, it is a thinly veiled attack on the Seymours. They were the kind of recently ennobled family that Surrey resented. He did not regard them as social equals, but, as needs must at the Henrician Court, he had helped his father in soliciting their friendship at the time of Jane Seymour’s marriage to Henry VIII and her brother Edward’s elevation to the Earldom of Hertford. […]
‘Other there be,’ the lion continues in what is surely a reference to the Howards imprisoned in the Tower for the misprision of Queen Catherine’s treason, ‘whose life to linger still in pain / against their will preserved is that would have died right fain.’ These lines bristle with aristocratic self-justification. Various family members may have been persecuted, the lion argues, but their deeds were honourable. ‘But well I may perceive,’ he tells the wolf, ‘that nought it moved you / my good intent, my gentle heart, nor yet my kind so true.’ The wolf lady cannot possibly understand the values of a Howard. She is a common interloper who represents the craven qualities of the Court. […]
Surrey’s poem tells us what he wanted to say rather than what he did say and even then he writes ‘with more despite and ire than I can now express’. But is he protesting a little too much? Two of his cousins had been officially condemned as harlots and the Howard name was bespattered with their blood. Many other Howards were languishing in the Tower. They would be pardoned the following year, but no thanks to Surrey’s father, who had sold them out to save himself. Norfolk’s letter to the King made him no better than the fawning, cowardly she-wolf that the lion savages. Surrey himself had attended the trials of Dereham and Culpepper and had watched the execution of his cousin without objection. His role in the affair was passive, but embarrassing nonetheless. […] If the Seymours had drunk innocent blood, then the Howards had allowed them to do so. In his allegory, Surrey seems to recognise this hypocrisy even as he fights against it.”
— Jessie Childs, Henry VIII’s Last Victim
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[[wait wait. The funny irony that hunters have their aliases and Cordell has his : Duke Culpepper
This amuses me]]
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