Dark Winds
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In stories mainly devoted to unraveling a mystery, coincidences are few and far between.
Is there anything that we know that Joe Leaphorn doesnt?
So far, that has never been the case weve been deep in Joes perspective.
There, Chee finds a bulletin board with pictures of U.S. border agents, including Bern.
as he runs from Chee and Joe.
Something about Spensers vileness seems all-encompassing.
Before leaving, Bern snoops around the gas trapping house at the edge of the property.
She doesnt see anything, and her attempt to speak with a worker is unsuccessful.
She even asks him what pig means, but he doesnt engage with her.
She grabs her gun before she gets in the car with him.
Budge walks out, leaving her stranded.
Before all that can happen, though, Chiidi opens on a sequence of two kids in Shiprock.
Suspecting that the body is Viness, Washington talks Joe into going with her to check out the site.
When Chiidi opens, Chee and Joe are on the way back from the Bowlegs cabin.
Later, Joe finds out that the ranch is owned by a company called AGS Industries.
She emphasizes that Halsey gets angry often, though she doesnt say why or to what consequence.
The next morning, Joe and Chee return to the farm with half the Sheriffs department.
It looks empty at first, but Halsey appears and disappears in time.
Elsewhere on the farm, Joe finds Suzanne unconscious and barely breathing with a needle dangling from her forearm.
Joe turns back and crouches besides Suzanne.
He holds her to his chest and apologizes to her.
Im not going anywhere, he promises.
As these themes are introduced, Joe changes with them.
But as new faces begin to infiltrate the Navajo Nation, Joe changes with the tides.
Throughout season one and most of season two, he was unable to pull the trigger.
This development makes Joe come alive.
Case Notes
While Joes character is sharply written, some of the other characters feel less developed.
Im still missing some of that this season, even as Chees interiority is more explicitly foregrounded.
