In June of last year I was performing my daily-scroll through Tumblr and stumbled upon a gifset of two brunette ladies looking all badass, confident and strong. After some delving into the tags I found it was for a new show called ‘Wynonna Earp’. My initial reaction? ‘Sign me up!’
So after a bit of Googling I found out that the series would be airing in the UK the following month, so I waited with bated breath for the series to premiere. My god I am so glad I hopped along for the ride.
‘Wynonna Earp’ first started out as a comic series, created by Beau Smith. The concept for a TV series was picked up by Emily Andras (famed for showrunning ‘Lost Girl’). Based in the quirky town of Purgatory, Wynonna Earp (Melanie Scrofano) works alongside her bookworm sister, Waverly (Dominique Provost Chalkley) to seek out the truth behind the illustrious ‘Earp Curse’. With the help of Agent Dolls (Shamier Anderson) and Doc Holliday, yes, that Doc Holliday (Tim Rozon), Wynonna is determined to hunt-down the revenants (evil demon cowboys returned from the dead) pillaging her town.
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