Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Dark Winds season 3, episode 2.Dark Windsseason 3 changed the “pig” drawing that Bernadette Manuelito’s (Jessica Matten) investigation is built on, and it somehow thought we wouldn’t notice. In thepremiere ofDark Windsseason 3, Bernadette was given apig drawing made by the Mixtec girlshe arrested. At first, that pig drawing looked like an unintelligible bunch of scribbles, but Bernadette managed to use it to track downTom Spenser (Bruce Greenwood) and his ranch. Because it provided a connection between Bernadette’s supsicions of human trafficking and Spenser, the pig drawing has proven to be quite important toDark Windsseason 3.
While it is just circumstantial evidence, the pig drawing is the only link between theMixtec mother and daughter inDark Windsand Tom Spenser. Bernadette is also very clearly on the right track in her investigation, as Spenser employs Budge de Baca (Raoul Max Trujillo), the same man who killed Wade at the start ofDark Windsseason 3, episode 2. As important as the pig drawing is, however,Dark Windstried to pull a fast one on its viewers, and the acclaimed mystery show seemingly thought that we wouldn’t notice the new pig drawing.
Bernadette Used A Completely Different Pig Drawing To Find Spenser In Dark Winds Season 3
Dark Winds Season 3, Episode 2 Made The Pig Drawing Noticeably Easier To Decipher
When Bernadette first found Spenser’s ranch inDark Windsseason 3, episode 2, she pulled out the pig drawing she had gotten from the first episode. Taken together, it became clear that the little girl had drawn a picture of the logo of Spenser’s ranch, the letters “R” and “S” in a circle.The only problem was that Bernadette produced an entirely different drawing from the one shown in the premiere ofDark Windsseason 3. The first one appeared to be a few scribbles in a circle, but the newer one features very legible letters in a neatly-drawn circle.
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It may seem like a nitpick to criticizeDark Windsfor changing the pig drawing, and it is, but it’s also very strange.Dark Windsis a mystery show, a genre that offers much of its entertainment value in letting the audience try to guess the answer ahead of time.Changing the pig drawing makes it feel likeDark Windswas purposefully obfuscating the truth in its premiere, and it makes Bernadette’s discovery of Spenser’s ranch feel cheaper. Additionally, mystery shows likeDark Windsare always very detail-oriented, so it’s just strange that it would change the drawing and hope no one would notice.
I Don’t Know Why Dark Winds Changed Such A Big Part Of Its Mystery Between Episodes
Dark Winds Must Have Realized Some Viewers Would Notice The Different Pig Drawing
The difference between the pig drawings is very obvious once they’re put side to side, so I find it really odd thatDark Windswould make such a major change in back-to-back episodes. If the series had revisited the pig halfway through the season, I could understand making the drawing more legible for clarity purposes, but I don’t get changing it after showing the drawing two separate times just a week prior.While the new drawing does make it clearer that Bernadette is right to be suspicious of Spenser, it still feels likeDark Windsshould have trusted its viewers to make that connection with the old drawing.
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It is possible that Bernadette figured out what the original drawing was trying to represent and drew a new version herself, but if that was the case,Dark Windsprobably should have shown that moment.If she did figure out the drawing andDark Windssimply didn’t show it, then the series skipped over a major piece of Bernadette’s investigative work and asked the audience to just believe that she interpreted the drawing correctly. Bernadette’s entire case is built on this “pig,” so I feel likeDark Windsshould have explained it better than simply giving her a new drawing to work with.
