Here is the story so far:
Wirt is pissed with Beatrice, and Gregory is...just being Gregory (which is just great). Just as he and Greg finally went to Adelaide's, they have been pulled into a horrible trap in which she plans to use them as child slaves, and Beatrice wanted a pawn so she can be human again, something, after warming up to the boys, she doesn't want happening. This severed their friendship for good (like the pair of scissors Adelaide owned. Owned is the key word, because she later died from the night air, like...you know)
We left off Beatrice is still at the crime scene hurt and ashamed in herself, and as the brothers continue walking on their journey back home.
As we start Chapter 7: The Ringing of the Bell,
Meanwhile, Wirt and Greg are walking in the rain. Greg talks to Wirt about Beatrice, which the latter does not want to do. Then Wirt is trapped by the Woodsman, who continues his cryptic sermon of Beware, Untrue, Terror and Tree-killing. But Woodsman is actually trying to warn them of further danger when still going through the forest. By kicking his lantern away, Wirt escapes in time before the Beast appears.
The two run into the house of a witch doctor named Auntie Whispers, who uses hypnotism to command people to do things (as she does here with her "niece", Lorna) just by ringing a magical bell. (It's just in the title).
Lorna is sick, but Whistles could not ask others make her well. When she goes upstairs, Wirt and Greg help her with her chores, and just then, Wirt begins a crush on her. When Greg tries to catch his ever-renamed frog upstairs, they wake Whispers, who wants to eat them for trespassing and wants Lorna by her side, which doesn't happen. They hide in the closet; BIG MISTAKE. Lorna turns into a spirit-possessed monster and almost kills the brothers before Wirt throws himself and Greg out the window and escape. Because the New WB Frog swallowed the "Ringing of the Bell" Bell earlier, they (well, mostly Wirt) found the chance to defeat the spirit and save Lorna, who is now well. She and Whispers thank the two for their heroic deed, and, grateful for the love and care Whispers gave to her, Lorna decides to stay with Whispers. Wirt is saddened. At the end, Woodsman chats with The Beast, wanting it to stay away from the brothers, with Beast warning that this would not help him, as his daughter's life is at stake.
If you thought that Whispers would be the threat of the episode (including me), you were wrong. Horribly wrong. If Woodsman wanted to keep the two away from the Unknown, he should've said so. He associates himself with The Beast anyway, and he causes some of the crap on them, so what use is there to say all these things? Oh that's right, he loves his daughter. And the Woodsman is just the biggest anti-hero I've ever seen.
In the next chapter, Babes in the Woods,
Greg looks into the the stars and recites and old folklore, and dreams of a colorful, magical land of happiness and deity above the clouds, with angels and animals and singing abound. Later on after all the happiness, The Queen of the Clouds comes to Greg and tells him that Wirt is hopelessly in failure and refuses to come back to reality. Greg then asks for a way back home, and the Queen gives him one. As it turns out, the Queen is actually The Beast, brainwashing Greg into joining him in the Unknown. When Wirt finally wakes up and snaps out of his morose state, he realizes his carelessness put his brother in danger. He desperately looks for Greg, but slips on snow and falls to the ground, knocked unconscious, but gets back up, only to fall through thin ice and into cold, frigid water, nearly drowning. Fortunately, he is saved by a net, which is pulled into a boat by the fishing fish...which Beatrice is in. Bea tries to get Wirt to come to and ask where Greg is, but it's no use...Chapter ends, Hearts broken, Countdown to the end begins.
This half hour is just "Let's See How Much We Can Make Wirt Sad, Part 2 & 3" (Part 1 was Chapter 6). Wirt is realizing that hiding his feelings and running away from his problems and fears are beginning to come back bite him, and although he's finally toughened up and has done thing things on his own, he goes back to old characterization, which screws him over hard later on. Meanwhile, I just love Babes in the Woods. The animation and songs remind me of the classic cartoons of the by animators like Tex Avery and . The parts after the homage truly ramps up the intense fear and, with Greg going with The Beast, Wirt looking for him and failing hard, and Be being genuinely worried for both of them. This really shows how close these three have become since the beginning of the series, and I love how everything just kills any hope we have of them going home again and just realize that we have a couple chapters left before it does happen. Plus, they reach The Unknown.
Random Thoughts:
Chapter 7:
--Greg may have powers; no he doesn't. It's still cute though.
--Dear God, Auntie Whistles is huge! It's like her stature already tells us that she's already Someone needs to get her some toothpaste.
-- From seeing Whispers eat a black turtle, I can say as happy as I am, "Thank God Lorna is not related".
--Wirt and Lorna seem wonderful together. I can tell from the shapes of their noses. The song they sing "Like Ships" is just a beautiful love ballad.
--It seems like when we all thought Whispers would be the threat...
--It seems Auntie Whispers may be related to Adelaide.
--Tim Curry was amazing as Auntie Whispers, completely different from his many other roles (I swear I didn't know he was in this before calling Enoch in Chapter 2 "Pumpkin Pennywise".)
Chapter 8:
--fish fishing for fish. Logic is screwed-up.
--Suddenly, I'm craving for the classic cartoons I enjoyed watching when I was a kid. Dollar-store DVDs, here I come!!
--Thank God I know that they'll be back together tomorrow.
Well, folks, the time has come. In less than 20 hours, the story of Over the Garden Wall comes to an end. The final battle begins, the reunion of (but I swear to God, I haven't seen it yet.) I gonna cry. See you tomorrow. Good---goo-goo-good...(sniff) Niiiigghhttt. (cries)
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