[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Dark Winds Season 3 Episode 4, “Chahalheel (Darkness Falls).”]
Darkish Winds made manner for a brand new love triangle as Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) discovered herself caught between Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and new colleague Ivan Muños (Alex Meraz) in Season 3’s newest installment, “Chahalheel.”
After Bernadette’s official border patrol photograph is discovered amid against the law scene, Chee calls her up and conveys concern concerning the state of affairs, noting that she might be focused by whoever is behind the obvious drug trafficking scheme. Whereas all indicators level to Tom Spenser (Bruce Greenwood), every little thing is merely hypothesis till the investigation uncovers something additional.
Whereas Chee’s telephone name is considered, he takes his considerations to an excessive by driving out to go to Bernadette on the border tons of of miles away. Unaware of Bernadette’s kindling romance with coworker Ivan, Chee drops in on her at work, and she or he signifies he ought to comply with her to the weigh station for her shift.
There, they chat concerning the particulars surrounding their doubtlessly overlapping circumstances and make amends for life as outdated emotions linger underneath the floor. As viewers will recall, the duo briefly had a relationship and parted methods with an emotional kiss in Season 2, however Ivan’s arrival in Bernadette’s life has shifted her focus.
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When Bernadette and Chee convey their reunion to the native bar, Ivan stops by their desk to introduce himself, with Chee considerably unaware of the person’s function in her life. The crossing of paths for Gordon and Meraz onscreen could also be a primary for his or her characters, however is extra of a reunion for the actors who memorably made a splash as a part of the Wolf Pack in Twilight‘s sequel, New Moon.
Taking part in Embry and Paul in that movie franchise’s different sequels following their New Moon debut, Gordon and Meraz discover themselves within the main love triangle now.
“It’s so humorous. It’s nearly come full circle. Bella and Edward, and Jacob have been of their love triangle, and take a look at us now,” Gordon marvels. “Now we’re in our personal love triangle.” For many who want a refresher, Bella (Kristen Stewart) was a teen woman on the heart of a love triangle between vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) within the supernatural romance blockbusters from the 2010s.
As for going toe-to-toe along with his costar Meraz on this newest season of Darkish Winds, Gordon says, “I really like the dude. He’s been an older brother to me each step of the best way. And it’s actually cool to see us play on one thing once more. And it’s on this present, which is simply so nice and really serendipitous proper now,” Gordon provides.
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“Yeah, I really feel like I lastly acquired to be… like Rob [Pattinson] and Taylor [Lautner]… We needed to do our little Twilight model of it, but it surely was enjoyable,” Meraz echoes. “I loved it. I really like Kiowa, he’s like simply household.”
When it got here to this trio, Matten recollects chatting with costar Zahn McClarnon concerning the casting, “I used to be like, it might be actually cool to convey the 2 Twilight wolves into this, proper? That may be a tremendous throwback to the Twilight followers of getting two of these wolves right here and having this love triangle with Bernadette. And it labored out brilliantly,” Matten gushes.
As viewers see within the episode, Bernadette ultimately confesses to Chee that she and Ivan have began a relationship of types, and initially, he’s seemingly accepting of the state of affairs, till he bursts into her room that evening to beg her to return house with him and go away the border. She refuses and finally finally ends up knocking on Ivan’s door earlier than the episode concludes.
The irony Gordon factors out is that Chee isn’t capable of see the romantic stress between Bernadette and Ivan, and doesn’t understand the person as a menace. “I don’t even notice that he’s the brand new man in her life till later, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m such an fool. I shouldn’t have been good. I shouldn’t have shaken his hand in any respect.’”
So, the place does Bernadette’s coronary heart actually lie? Followers must wait and see, however Matten admits, “She doesn’t know which solution to go… She’s not totally trusting anybody right here. And but on the similar time, she so desperately desires to divulge heart’s contents to them, she desires love, and she or he’s simply hitting this place of confusion of not realizing who to belief.”
Whereas Meraz believes Ivan’s “honest,” he admits there’s “a bit thriller” to him. “I’ve been enjoying unhealthy boys and villains and stuff, so it was form of scary to play a love curiosity man,” Meraz says. “I had no concept the right way to play it with out being tacky. It was enjoyable.”
His costar, Gordon, then again, praises his work onscreen as a romantic curiosity, “It’s good for Alex to actually flex his charming muscle mass that he has. And with Jessica, she’s only a riot on a regular basis. They usually have been simply goofing round quite a bit, particularly once I got here round, they’d at all times tease me.”
So, whereas there could also be some competitors onscreen, Gordon guarantees, “It’s so enjoyable to play, and I’m simply grateful that we get to try this with the individuals we love.”
Darkish Winds, Season 3, Sundays, 9/8c, AMC and AMC+