Billy Clanton is a recurring character in Season 4 of Wynonna Earp.
Biography[]
Billy moved to Purgatory during the eighteen months in which Wynonna Earp, Waverly Earp, and Doc Holliday were missing. He struck up a friendship with Rachel Valdez, the refuge of Nicole Haught. This friendship would have been frowned upon by his mother, who hated the Earp's and all "Earp lovers" for what happened at the O.K. Corral in the 1800s. Billy never played into the family grudges but kept his friendship with Rachel from his mother and siblings.
History[]
Season 4[]
In Afraid, Rachel is at an abandoned diner with a boy, Billy, who gives her a mug but she states no one needs mugs anymore. She asks if anything substantial came up in their haul and gives him something for when he kills chipmunks at his ranch but he claims they only eat squirrels. He gives her a jacket that might look cool on her and tries to kiss her but she pulls away and trades him a hubcap for the vest.
They walk to their homes together as she explains they eat vegan most times and she’ll come over to his house for rodents. She tells him that it’s crazy at the Homestead with so many Earp’s but she loves it. He doesn’t want her to come over as his place is sad and his mom is a hoarder. Sometimes she feels like he’s keeping her a secret and he tells her one day, calling her a mug lover, and she walks off muttering that what she loves is mugs.
Rachel finds Billy at Magpie's Junkyard, which is owned by his mother Margo. Billie warns her that he’s mom is super strict with Rachel saying that even though his family sucks he doesn’t. She blurts out that she’s confessing a crush and he tells her not to say that here. He tells her to leave and she snaps back that there are easier ways to tell her he isn’t interested. As she’s walking away he mutters that isn’t what he said.
Margo is carving a dagger when Billy walks in and she scolds him for bringing Earps and an Earp lover onto their land. He knows what has to happen now and he asks for the chance to make things right. She found the photo of Billy and Rachel in the bunk and comments that she will reap that girl if he doesn’t handle things.
Rachel is in the barn of the Earp homestead when Billy enters and takes her hand. He tells her they can’t hang out anymore and she snaps at him for taking her hand. She pulls a rock out of her jacket and Billy claims Rachel has been marked even though “she” said he could make it right. At some point, Rachel screams so Nicole and Waverly run in to see Rachel holding a knife while Billy asks if she can see the Reaper - if she can see it then it’s coming for her. She is confused with Billy telling Nicole and Waverly to stay away or the Reaper could harm them too.
Nicole warns Billy to stay away. Waverly realized that Billy is a Clanton but he claims he’s poisoned and cursed. He won’t hurt them. He closes his knife and turns it into pliers and then pulls one of his teeth out of his mouth. He claims a soul for a soul. His soul for her soul. He exclaims they are rooted together enemies and kin, but he severs that root and offers himself. The rock in his hand glows blue and his eyes turn black as he falls over.
Rachel runs to Billy who used his one pass to save Rachel who should be safe now. Nicole asks what she’s safe from. He tells them that the Clanton’s are only his brother Holt, his sister Cleo, and their mother. There are others who won't stop coming for them. Billy kisses Rachel’s cheek and walks out of the barn. Nicole holds Rachel as she cries.
Waverly explains to Doc, Nicole, Rachel, and Wynonna that the Reaper, that only Wynonna could see, is under the sway of Wyatt Earp’s greatest enemies. Wynonna realizes the C is for Clantons. Doc remarks that he always knew they were a plague with no cure. Nicole remarks that the Clanton’s run the town now - Sheriff Holt is a Clayton and so is Cleo. The creature was sent after only Wynonna and hated her. Their bullets were useless as the creature only stopped when Billy pulled something out of his mouth. He thought it was coming for Rachel but it wasn’t as the jacket wasn’t even Rachel’s, but Wynonna’s. Rachel claims it’s called a reaper and they have to save Billy. Rachel has a plan to stab everyone until they make Billy’s family pay. She doesn’t want to work with a team and storms off.
At the Clanton residence, Margo looks at Billy who is chained up by Margo who isn’t going to kill Rachel. A reaper appears as Margo claims Billy will kill Rachel. Billy screams as the Reaper stands over him. Sheriff Holt listens to the screaming from inside the house when Margo enters. Cleo claims they can teach Billy to respect tradition and Holt doesn’t want to begin while Billy’s still out there but eventually concedes.
In Holy War Part One, Rachel goes looking for Billy who is still imprisoned by his mother at Magpie's Ranch. She calls his phone and listens to it ring as it leads her to a barn. As she is walking around, Billy appears behind her look very ill.
In Holy War Part Two, Rachel fears the Clanton's have killed Billy, not knowing yet that he's a reaper. That day, Holt admits that Mam turned Billy but that he didn't deserve it.
In Love's All Over,
In Better Dig Two,
In Old Souls,
Relationships[]
Rachel Valdez[]
Relationship: Friend, crush, girlfriend
In Afraid, Rachel and Billy are revealed to have met during the eighteen months that the Earps were missing from Purgatory. They spent their days stealing from abandoned businesses and then trading their contraband amongst each other as they found something the other could use. They became friends, though they both developed romantic feelings for the other but were too afraid to admit it. For Billy, admitting the relationship would be dangerous as his mother hates the Earps and anyone who is an "Earp lover". For Rachel, her heavily guarded demeanor kept her from admitting anything. Billy believed his mother sent a Reaper after Rachel and used his one pass, which required pulling out his own tooth, to save her life, and command the Reaper to stop. As he went to leave, he kissed her cheek and when he was gone she broke down in Nicole's arms as Waverly comforted them. Rachel was adamant in saving Billy from his wicked mother and family who were punishing him for saving her.
In Holy War Part One and Holy War Part Two, Rachel is persistent in her search for Billy and desire to seek justice for him, believing that the Clanton's might have killed him. Billy, unbeknownst to her, was turned into a reaper by his mother which forced them apart. When Doc and Holt spoke about the duo's relationship, Doc admitted to thinking the two were in love. He hopes that their story can have a happier ending then their ancestors had.
Appearances[]
| Season Four appearances: 7/12 | |||
| On the Road Again: Absent |
Friends in Low Places: Absent |
Look at Them Beans: Absent |
Afraid: Appears |
| Holy War Part One: Appears |
Holy War Part Two: Appears |
Love's All Over: Voice is heard |
Hell Raisin' Good Time: Absent |
| Crazy: Mentioned only |
Life Turned Her That Way: Appears |
Better Dig Two: Appears |
Old Souls: Appears |
Trivia[]
- Billy is most likely named after his ancestor, the 19-year-old Cowboy Billy Clanton, who was killed during the gunfight at O.K. Corral in 1881 by Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and Doc Holliday. Billy was noted as having been one of the few Cowboys during the gunfight who was able to empty the entirety of his gun barrels, dying perched up under a window, still trying to fire his empty guns at the Earps and calling for more cartridges while his older brother Ike Clanton ran from the fight.
- Billy Bryk is the real-life son of actor, Greg Bryk, who previously portrayed Jack of Knives.
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