Arrow Season 5 Episode 19 Review

Oh my gosh guys! Arrow is killing it this back end of the season! It's definitely the best DCTV show on the CW right now and it's giving me life cause as you know, I fell in love with Arrow first and it's always got a special place in my heart. Not only is Prometheus the scariest villain but we've got such a rich history to play with! Let's jump in!

So first up, did you all notice there wasn't any flashbacks? I totally didn't until the end of the episode and I was like huh I did not miss them. The show does not miss anything without them, in fact it's better cause one of the struggles I had early on was that there were way too many new characters and not enough time to flesh them out so now that we have more time, we can focus on more characters like the C story with Rene and his daughter.

Speaking of, it was precious. I loved seeing Rene and his daughter see each for the first time in a while and it was heartbreaking that all his daughter wanted was to go home with him but she can't cause he doesn't have the right to be with her. I'm sure this problem will be solved in the end but it might lead to Rene leaving the team cause between his day job as assistant to the deputy mayor and his night job as Wild Dog, he might not have enough time for his daughter. I did love that Lance was the one to push Rene into seeing his daughter cause he knows. He's lost 3 daughters even though he only has 2. Also while we're on the subject, why is the show pretending like Laurel is his only daughter? He has a picture of Laurel and he talks about Laurel but never Sara. Like I know Sara's alive but still.

The B story was with Lyla and Diggle and again, this breaks my heart. I love these two together and I really really really hope that they'll be okay in the end cause I don't want them to break up. I understand where Lyla is coming from and I understand why Diggle's so upset about it and it's so true to their characters that I can't even complain. Of all the relationships across the DCTV, Lyla and Diggle are one of the best written and most believable and that's what makes me love them so. I hope Diggle comes around to Lyla's thinking cause I do think their world has gotten a lot worse since Arrow first started and they need a badass Lyla to run Argus.

Curtis and Dinah were around and had fun but they weren't majorly focused on this week which was fine with me. Curtis's jokes keep getting worse and of all the characters that should be leaving next season, it should be him. Dinah had a great line about not touching a woman without her permission and I cheered.

So now to the nitty gritty! This was a Felicity centric episode and one of the reasons that I think I loved it so much. Felicity is one of my favorite characters and I do adore Original Team Arrow so any time they have the focus, I'm a happy clam. I loved everything Felicity said this week and it was all true in my opinion. If Oliver or Diggle did any of this, it would have been a normal day but because it was Felicity, everyone was freaking out. I mean do we remember Oliver Season 3 with Ra's Al Ghul or even earlier this season when he worked with the Bratva? I am glad though that Felicity was frozen out of HELIX tonight which surprised me cause I really expected HELIX to be a bigger deal than it was or for them to be evil. Did anyone else notice that the guy they were trying to save from Argus was never unmasked? I don't think we're done with this....

There were so many excellent Olicity moments tonight and I loved every minute. My favorite Olicity moments are the small ones where you can see how much these two really care for each other and how they're best friends before anything else. I loved how Felicity told Oliver that she was trying to take some of the burden off of his soul and I loved the talk between Diggle and Oliver about Felicity loving him. The cliffhanger was super intense and it makes me smile that despite everything, Oliver still waited around the bunker for Felicity to return and despite everything, he still tried to protect her from the blast.

Next week is going to kill me and I may not be alive for the review. Oliver and Felicity stuck in the bunker by themselves? Felicity's spinal implant going out? Oliver passing out/getting really hurt so Felicity crawls to him in fear? SIGN ME THE HELL UP! I wonder if Chase really will be down in the bunker with them or if that EMP was from HELIX.... Either way, I'm going to be dead. I hope we get a long talk between them after which they will have aired out all their problems from last season and hopefully be back together cause Felicity is to Oliver like Iris is to Barry and you cannot convince me otherwise.

I'll see you all again on Monday for my Supergirl review!

xoxo Allie

Agents of SHIELD Season 4 Episode 19 Review

Another pretty awesome episode of SHIELD aired tonight and let's jump right in!

The opening of the episode with May and Daisy trying to get out of the Triskelion was so badass and I almost forgot how much I missed Daisy with her Quake powers. The parallels between when Daisy first got her powers in season 2 and when she got her powers now were fun to see. I also loved the awkwardness between Daisy and Ward and the talk they had. You could just see Ward's heart break when Daisy first appeared in the base and he saw that it wasn't his Skye but Daisy who held the same beliefs as Jemma. I really loved their talk in the broadcast center cause it really does show us that people are their circumstances. In this world Ward was saved by Victoria Hand which made him good and in the real world it was Garrett who brainwashed him. Ward was never a true believer of Hydra in the real world, he just believed in Garrett who believed in Hydra.

I was looking forward to Jemma seeing Daisy but she was off with Trip on recon and although she figured out where the base was, the machine they're building is the real world and not the Framework. I did like that they mentioned the Darkhold again cause that's what makes this Framework so hard to break out of and without mentioning it, people may have forgotten why this simulation felt so real. It also helps tie in this arc to the previous ones. I loved Jemma figuring everything out and accidently word vomiting all over Trip only to have him believe her almost immediately. I miss him so much.

Guys I love Iain but I'm seriously starting to miss our Fitz and I loved him being evil and ruling Hydra but it's gone on a bit long and I'm starting to not enjoy his part of the Framework anymore. His father is such a piece of work though and it really makes me wonder if we'll see him in the real world cause I would love our Fitz to give him a piece of his mind. Fitz's father apparently somehow knows that this world isn't real though cause when he interrogated Radcliffe, he told him that and it makes me wonder if that's Fitz's father playing along or if he's been programmed to know the truth so that he could help AIDA control Fitz. I did love how AIDA explained that people are who they are at the core and that Fitz was a romantic and it's true. Fitz would do literally anything for the woman he loves and she was smart to pick him to be by her side in this world. He mentioned wanting to go with her which makes me wonder if she'll make him a real body and put this conscious in that body so they'll be two of Fitz or maybe they'll find a way to kill the real Fitz so the Framework conscious  can take his body. Either way, our Fitz cannot be killed or I will kill someone!!

Coulson is taking over the resistance now that Mace is gone and I loved seeing him be the boss again cause he thrives there. It still all feels a bit pointless cause we'll be leaving this world soon but it was still fun seeing the team try to fight Hydra again cause it's like we're going back to our roots. And seriously, every time this show does the thing with flashing the SHIELD badge and the SHIELD music swells, my heart pounds and I have to smile. But as much fun as all this is, now that Daisy is back and knows where the exit is that Radcliffe programmed, we have to be going there next week right? So we can leave right?

Did anyone else notice how when Framework Coulson was talking about the man who tried to get him into SHIELD that he didn't mention that the man was Fury? It really makes me wonder if this show has somehow got a gag order from the Marvel higher ups cause even though the Marvel TV and Marvel movies are supposed to be in the same universe, we didn't get any comments about the Avengers or Fury or other SHIELD agents even in this fake world.... I understand why the actors can't appear cause duh they're too busy filming and they're too expensive for the show but not even a mention? Why can't Maria Hill appear? Colbie isn't doing anything right now!

I also really liked that we got so much of the real world this week cause I feel like we're almost done in the Framework so it makes sense to ease us back into the real world where the real problems are. It was nice to see Zach Mcgowan back and looking as amazing as ever even though I dislike his character (and not in a fun way!) His LMD body apparently can't kill cause AIDA was programmed not to kill and it was hilarious cause he was so pissed about it. I hope we get to see YoYo next week trying to fight his men or something cause if they're targeting Daisy and Jemma's bodies in the real world, we have to spend some time outside of the Framework right?

Next week's promo was hard to understand what was happening but it looks like a bunch of fighting and that we'll be trying to get to Radcliffe's secret exit while Radcliffe is tortured by Fitz. I hope he stays firm cause our team needs all the help it can get!

Don't forget to check out my Arrow review tomorrow night!

xoxo Allie

The Flash Season 3 Episode 19 Review

Okay so I really wanted to like this episode but I had so many problems with the premise of the episode and it's one of my biggest struggles with this show this season. The ideas are fun on paper but in reality, they make so little sense!

Okay so Iris is killed by Savitar and because of that everything and everyone has a meltdown? I get that Iris is the love of Barry's life but seriously he could not do anything but fall apart? I feel like part of the reason I don't like Barry as much as I should is that I feel like Barry is way too dramatic and honestly he needs to learn how to either manage his emotions. Like Oliver has lost just as many people as Barry, maybe even more, and he's never had epic meltdowns like Barry does. Barry's dad dies, Flashpoint. Iris dies, the world implodes. Jeez. Barry literally focuses all his energy into stopping Savitar which I get and then he becomes a hermit. Unfortunately he never found out who Savitar was which is lame and kinda defeats the whole purpose of our Barry traveling to the future.

I did like seeing where everyone ended up but it was also super pointless cause obviously this future can't happen so we've basically been spoiled as to what's not going to happen. Caitlin never coming back and Killer Frost aligning with Savitar to destroy Cisco's hands? Nope. Wally becoming paralyzed? Jesus I hope not. And now after seeing Barry's epic meltdown after losing Iris, there's no way the show can kill her off unless we want seasons upon seasons of broken Barry and broken Team Flash. Before this I was on the fence as to whether the show would go the route of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey (sorry sorry I know that's Marvel and we're in DC world but the parallels work!) but now I'm 100% sure she'll be fine. Although after a full episode with no Iris, I can see that it would have been a terrible idea to kill Iris off cause I really missed her!!

Also Cisco's big thing about Barry being a terrible person for not staying in the future and helping was kind of weird cause the whole point of Barry coming was so he could stop this future from existing so helping people who won't exist again was weird. I always dislike when characters end up in these alternate realities or fake situations and get distracted. Like focus. I mean ultimately it worked out cause future Barry was able to give current Barry the name of someone who helped stop Savitar.

Poor future Wally guys! When that nurse opened the door and I knew exactly how we'd find Wally and it was just as terrible as I thought. My heart broke! I always need more of him but it's such the struggle cause he's a side character so he doesn't get enough air time for me to properly enjoy him. I did love how Barry has acknowledged that Wally is faster. Slay Wally slay!!

After seeing Caitlin's reaction to whoever came out of the Savitar suit, not only does it have to be someone we know but it has to be someone Caitlin trusts and cares about more than Barry and Cisco and Julian and the only person I can think of is Ronnie? It was still a weird reaction though cause why would Killer Frost not Caitlin react the way she did when the people who mattered the most to Caitlin couldn't stop her!! This whole dragging out Savitar thing is irritating as AF and I would like it to end cause as more time goes on, the reveal is just going to disappoint us. Either way, Cailtin/Killer Frost is one of the best things about this show so whatever she's up to I'm all for.

Next week looks like we're finally going to figure out who Savitar is and for the love of everything this better not be another fake-out. There's only like 3 or 4 episodes left for the season. I've over it. There's more Killer Frost though and I do love how the show is portraying her powers so I'm all for more screentime for her!

Don't forget to tune in later tonight for my Agents of SHIELD review and my Arrow review tomorrow night!

xoxo Allie

Supergirl Season 2 Episode 18 Review

And we're finally back! Who's excited?? This was a weird episode for me cause it felt like so many people were missing and then they'd appear randomly and there were things I liked and things I was bored by. Despite all this, I did like this episode and I appreciated what it was trying to do.

I think a major part of the reason why this episode felt so strange was the fact that this was more of a reporter-centric episode rather than a superhero episode which ultimately I did love. I always joke around that Kara is not a reporter like at all. All she does is write stories on Supergirl cause she's there. She never finds sources or goes hunting as Kara and not Supergirl so it was a fun change of pace. I really enjoyed seeing Kara interviewing people and sneaking around even though she did cheat a bit with her powers. I love that she got her job back (although was their any doubt?) and it's kinda hilarious that Snapper did all this just to make Kara learn a lesson and I really hope it sticks. I also really hope we get more episodes like this where the focus is Kara not Supergirl cause that's a struggle that these DCTV shows have in that the characters get so wrapped up in their superhero personas that we forget who they are outside of that. When was the last time we saw Barry do his forensic science thing? What about Iris being a reporter? How on Earth does Felicity and the rest of Team Arrow survive without jobs? If shows want us to see these characters as people, they can't be one-dimensional. Okay rant over.

Alex and J'onn were only around for like a few minutes at the top of the episode and I think that's a huge part of my weird feeling. When was the last time that we had an episode without Alex? It would have made sense if she joined Kara at the end with Lena and Jack in the warehouse! Why doesn't Kara ever take backup with her? She could have had Alex or James or Mon El help but instead she goes off on her own and it confuses me. Also no Sanvers which was unfortunate!

Speaking of, what the actual hell happened to Mon El wanting to be a hero? One screw up and we're done with that? Maybe this storyline will come back or maybe it won't. Either way, I still love every time he shows up on screen. He wasn't in the first half of the episode at all which was kinda confusing but I loved how uncomfortable he made Jack by declaring feeling a bromance between them and how he swiped his badge. I loved him telling Kara that going to the restaurant where Lena was having dinner was creepy and stalking. I'm always a fan of seeing couples just existing and doing normal things not heaped in soap opera drama and I wish these DCTV shows would do more of that. That's one of my favorite things about Sanvers and Westallen for most of this season and Olicity in the first half of season 4 before the baby mama drama. I know I'm making a lot of comparisons across the board tonight but sorry not sorry. All these shows are connected and I don't understand how people can watch one and not the others!

James' Guardian storyline is laughable. I was hesitant about it when it first started but I was glad that James finally had something to do but now I wonder why he's even still on the show. We've seen nothing interesting coming out of this storyline and it's been almost a full season now. We could take James out of the show entirely and nobody would care which is upsetting cause I did like parts of his character last season. I wish there was a way to do a complete overhaul of his character cause the writers really screwed him from the start like Laurel although she got better as the seasons went on so here's hoping. His whole thing was that he didn't like Lyra fighting crime beside him and Lyra got mad at Winn who got mad at James and everything was fine in the end. Yay. I literally tuned out every time the show flipped back to this.

And now onto the nitty gritty of the episode! Rahul Kohli played Jack, Lena's ex and the whole time I had such the struggle trying to see him as the bad guy! I know Rahul from iZombie and I love love love him on that show and I couldn't see him play anything but charming unlike Katie who I watched as Morgana and I can't see anything but kinda sketchy! I did love Jack and Lena together though and I'm heartbroken that he died in the end cause we can't get him back although I did figure that this was a one-time appearance due to him having a main character role on another show. I loved the twist that he wasn't the villain of the episode and that he was just being controlled and that he knew what killing the nanobots would do to him and how he told Lena to stop them anyway. I also loved the exchange with Lena and the CFO (who's name I've completely forgotten... sorry!!) about Lena not needing to stand behind a man and then punching the CFO and being like did I mention I was a Luthor? Honestly Lena was amazing every time she appeared this episode and I love the final exchange between Lena and Kara when Lena was talking about feeling cold. This would have been a great time to turn her if only Supergirl was the one to shut down the nanobots to stop them from killing Lena but since Lena did it, I feel like she'll be fine.

I am curious about what Rhea could want with Lena tbh. Wouldn't Lillian be the better option for evil?

Maybe there was so little Alex this week cause it looks like an Alex-heavy episode next week which I am loving!! I can't wait to see Maggie and Kara team up to save Alex and to see Chyler Leigh act her ass off! I also hope we get more of Rhea and what her plan with Lena is!

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for my Flash and Agents of SHIELD reviews!!

xoxo Allie

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Review

Although I recently got back into reading for fun again (as you know from my Wintersong review), I still really didn't have the time with school and what time I did have, I spent watching tv or movies cause as you know I watch a shit ton of tv. It wasn't until about three weeks ago when all my shows went on hiatus that I finally started to pick up books again and man I cannot even tell you how many I flew through and I've been on this contemporary kick because for some reason I was craving romance over my usual fantasy.

I read almost every Sarah Dessen novel she wrote, reread one of my favorites of hers and finally moved onto Everything Everything and I was so moved that there aren't any words to explain what I'm feeling right now as I type up my review. I literally just finished this book about a minute ago and I cannot explain to you how I feel. It was an incredible book which I adored to pieces despite feeling like the ending was a bit rushed and wanting another chapter at least! The main character Maddy was incredibly relatable and her love interest Olly was perfectly perfect and their romance made me melt. I would give this book a 5/5 and I would definitely definitely recommend it. The synopsis is as follows and this is the end of my non-spoiler-y section so if you haven't read this book yet, go read it and then come back cause this is a book you don't want to spoiled on!

My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.

Let's start with the way the book was written. I'm always such a sucker for uniqueness in general but when there's a fun new way that a book is written, it reels me in like in the Shatter Me trilogy when words and sentences were crossed out to show how hesitant and unsure the main character was and how as the books progressed, there was less and less of the strikeouts until in the final book, there was none. As such I loved the little notes and webpages and drawings that were placed in between characters making this feel more like a diary than a novel. I loved how much they showed you what the main character felt more than words cause heaven knows I understand that struggle with not knowing how to describe what I'm feeling.

Maddy and Olly. What can I even saw about them but that I loved their romance so much??? It felt completely believable and my heart broke right alongside Maddy as we both knew where their romance was heading and that was nowhere good. I could not stop smiling when I read their back and forth dialogue and their chemistry was palpable through the pages. I loved their trip to Hawaii and I couldn't stop crying when Maddy broke it off.

Maddy was an amazingly written character. Unlike a lot of heroines in contemporaries, she wasn't afraid to say how she felt or to feel fully. A lot of characters struggle with either realizing what they want or they struggle with saying it but Maddy wasn't like that which I loved. She was so strong and brave and I couldn't help but love her. I loved her relationship with her mom at the beginning of the book but as the book went on, I started to feel more and more suspicious of her because of how she reacted to everything that went down. I understood why she got so upset after Maddy ran out to help Olly but her reaction to that in never allowing Maddy to talk to Olly again and firing Carla the only other constant in Maddy's life and then hiring a super professional nurse just to keep Maddy isolated from anyone but her was so strange that I started to have my doubts about what kind of person she was which is the ending hit me so hard.

Now for the elephant in the room, the big plot twist. As I mentioned earlier, I was super unsure how this book would end cause I hoped and hoped that maybe a cure could be found to let Maddy go outside but after Me Before You, there was a distinct possibility that Maddy would die and I felt like that was okay too. I'm a sucker for happy endings but sometimes the best ones are the bittersweet ones. That's why when I got to the end, I was completely thrown. Option C never even came to my mind! Suddenly I was furious on behalf of Maddy and I got even more so when all the characters kept telling Maddy that she should forgive her mother for lying and that it was only eighteen years of her life and that she'd have plenty more. NO! Whether it was eighteen years or more, whether Maddy's mom was mentally ill or not, it was not okay in any sense of the word. Maddy lost eighteen years of her life for nothing and I was furious. The book left it kind of open ended as to whether Maddy would forgive her mom or not but if I were Maddy, I don't know if I would be able to honestly and if I did, it would take a lot of time before I found it okay.

Anyway I loved this book and I would definitely recommend checking it out!

xoxo Allie

Agents of SHIELD Season 4 Episode 18 Review

We're on our third episode of the Framework and I'm still loving every single moment! Seeing these alternate versions of our characters is so much fun and I love seeing old characters return! 

Guess who's back? Back again? Trip is back! Tell a friend! Sorry but I had to. The whole episode I knew this special friend that Mace talked about had to be someone awesome and tbh Trip was not even on my mind! I thought it would have been Hunter or Lincoln or even Robbie so I was pleasantly surprised when it was Trip! I missed him and I loved that he was back with all his Howling Commandos tech again! But does this mean that Cap still existed in the world and is now dead or was never unfrozen cause SHIELD fell? I want to know and I would love even a one-liner about the Avengers! I keep looking for Easter Eggs but I'm not finding any yet!

Daisy was still being tortured this episode but she was rooming next to Radcliffe and I know it's supposed to be terrible or whatever but straight up I snickered when AIDA was talking to Daisy and Radcliffe shouted about how she was a bitch from the next room. I knew that there had to be a way out that Radcliffe designed that AIDA couldn't stop and I was super worried that Hydra was listening to them and would kill Radcliffe before he could finish telling Daisy where this way out was but luckily he was able to. I do love Radcliffe and I'm seriously sad that we're going to lose him.

Meanwhile everyone is up in arms about what Fitz did and honestly other than Radcliffe, they really shouldn't care that much cause this isn't the real Fitz and I know all the promos and stuff keep asking about whether Fitz can be redeemed but seriously? This world isn't real and this Fitz is just what AIDA made him to be. I still don't know if AIDA was telling the truth about taking away regrets or if she molded the world to fit what she wanted but if the regrets are true then it looks like Fitz's may be that he wished his dad hadn't left? And from what it sounds like, Fitz's father is truly a horrid man and it's no wonder that Fitz turned out the way he was if he grew up with that man and never met Jemma.

Ward and Simmons interacting is still my favorite thing and I kept waiting for her to tell him what Grant Ward did in the real world but she never did. I did smile when she told Coulson that he killed Ward and that's why Coulson was getting goosebumps around him. I really need Jemma not to fall for this world cause I was so on board with her not believing in anything that's happening here cause it doesn't matter in the long run but it seems that the more time you spend in this world, the more attached you get... It was nice seeing her reaction to Mack with Hope though. I can't remember... Who knew about Mack and Hope in the real world? Was it just YoYo?

Mace is dead. I kind of expected someone to be killed off in the Framework to amp up the stakes so I'm glad it was Mace and not one of our main group. It does suck for him but also if real Mace knew what was happening, I'm sure he would love dying to protect people so it's not the worst thing in the world. His death also seemed to flip May which although seemingly fast and out of nowhere is great cause not only did it lead to a badass moment where she turned Daisy into an inhuman again but now we're only missing Fitz from our team. Also if she straight up broke the Terrigen Crystal in the room, shouldn't she have been killed too?

Next week looks fun with Daisy and May against Hydra. I'm sure Ward and the others will come help. Also as much as I'm enjoying the Framework, we're going to have to go back to the real world soon enough and I wonder how many more episodes that'll take. I also kind of want Fitz to be captured so that Jemma could get him alone cause I feel like that's the only way he'll be away from AIDA and his father who are constantly pressuring him.

All of the DCTV shows are returning next week so my reviewing schedule should be getting back to normal! I'll see you all Monday for my Supergirl review!

xoxo Allie

Agents Of SHIELD Season 4 Episode 17 Review

Ahh guys!! Another amazing SHIELD episode! I did like last week's a little better than this week's but overall it was still great!

My biggest problem with this week's episode was actually Mack's storyline. With all the cool stuff that was happening in the episode and all the familiar faces, Mack and Hope was the least interesting and I'm sorry but I've never liked kids in shows so the amount I could not care about Mack's daughter was very large. I did like that Mack tricked Daisy into revealing that she wasn't Hydra and I have to admit I was totally tricked by Mack and believed that he actually did remember but was playing along to be with Hope so jokes on me too! I'm glad that he's joining SHIELD or the resistance or whatever they call themselves. I love seeing alternate versions of everyone but it does break my heart that our team is so split apart so it makes me happy that even though Coulson is the only one who believes that the Framework isn't real, the others are slowly coming together.

It was awesome seeing Radcliffe again and I'm kind of sad that they didn't listen to Ward and tried to get Radcliffe off the island cause if they had, he would be okay and be working with the team again. Even though this whole thing is Radcliffe's fault, he was trying to do some good and his fatal flaw was trying to build AIDA cause hello robots always go bad! Poor Agnes died.

Evil Fitz is still amazing but I was super disappointed that just seeing Jemma wasn't enough to make Fitz second guess himself. I'm assuming though that like Coulson he's been getting feelings of things being wrong every time he sees or thinks about Jemma but is ignoring them cause AIDA or Madame Hydra is all up on him all the time and trying to smother him. I would die of laughter if Fitz is broken out of this by Jemma kissing him. True Love's Kiss amirite? It always makes me smile how the team describes Jemma and Fitz's relationship and when Jemma was describing how much she loved him to Ward, my heart broke a little.

All I have to say about AIDA is ugh. Since when did she have enough feelings to be pissed off that people didn't treat her as a human in the real world? Also of course they wouldn't, she's not human. She's a robot. I do like how they explained a little about the Framework and how it was actually all AIDA's fantasy world cause though it made a little sense, it wasn't fully explained how deleting one regret from everyone's lives led to Hydra ruling the world.

Ward is also the best thing ever. I kind of never want to leave this world simply cause he's here. It makes me smile every time Ward tries to say something or talk about Skye and Jemma is like no stop right there. I do like how open Ward is about his love for Skye although it's weird that he's not as stoic as he was in the real world. Ward being number 2 at SHIELD under Mace is also hilarious and I can't wait until they explain everything to him and Mace and possibly Mack. Mace is still irritating and another person who I didn't care about.

The promo for next week doesn't show too much. It looks like Fitz will be torturing Daisy and Jemma tells at least Ward the truth about the world. I still think her plan to confront Fitz would have been the best option and I hope that happens soon enough. Oh and May takes some sort of serum to make her like the Mace of the real world to fight Framework Mace. Meh.

Loved this episode and I can't wait for next week! I'll see you again next Tuesday for my next SHIELD review. After last week's OUAT, I couldn't force myself to watch this week's episode and when I finally did I figured it would be better for me to stop writing reviews for OUAT cause there's no need for my to constantly bash a show.

xoxo Allie

Agents of SHIELD Season 4 Episode 16 Review

OH MY GOD GUYS!!!! WHAT DID I WATCH???? IS LIFE EVEN REAL??? I'm sorry. Let me take a breath and stop freaking out. This was an incredible episode and I've never been more terrified for the characters. My heart would not stop pounding!

Unlike most dream worlds or alternate realities there's always a sense of this isn't real going on in that you know that even if characters die, it's not a big deal cause they're not real and they'll be fine in the real world but in this Framework, it was amazing cause I'm pretty sure if you die here you die in real life. The stakes were so high and I loved it. I was yelling at my screen every time Jemma came up cause she wouldn't play along with what was happening like Daisy. I was terrified she would die cause we know this show has no problem with letting characters go. I love the idea that one change in May caused the whole world to implode! At first I was really confused about how changing one regret would change everything but after watching the episode, it made all the sense in the world. I loved that Hydra was in charge and all of our heroes were different! It's a fun way to play what if and I can't wait to see more cause I expected them to only be in this world for an episode but the idea that they have to fight AIDA in the framework is literally one of the coolest ideas ever. I assume we're going to be trying to get the team to remember one-by-one and then killing AIDA?

Daisy was going by Skye in this world and she's dating Ward who I called was not Hydra as soon as he said there were things about him that Skye wouldn't like. It was a callback to season 1 and I figured in that world Skye was SHIELD and hated Hydra so Ward was Hydra and in this one Skye was Hydra and hated SHIELD so Ward must be something else. It was hilarious that of all the characters in the show, Ward the one who actually was bad in the real world was good in this one. At least that's what we know. Either way I am so damn happy that Brett Dalton was back.

My baby Fitz was super evil and it was awesome. I mean yeah he's horrible and whatever but like every time he was on screen I was like yes be evil, be badass. I love that he's basically number 2 in Hydra and that he became this way cause he lost Jemma. It also seems that in this world his horrible father stayed around which probably added to it. Also I was actually seriously surprised when AIDA turned around and ended up being the director of Hydra although I'm not sure why I didn't just expect it! I knew AIDA had a soft spot for Fitz so it's kind of hilarious that she programmed him to be her boyfriend. I predict that Fitz is going to see Jemma and just straight up melt cause AIDA hid her picture from Fitz so she has to be worried that Jemma will return Fitz to normal.

We didn't get much of May's character tonight other than the fact that she's basically an evil robot who does everything Hydra says without care for other people's feelings. Coulson on the other hand was a teacher but on the payroll for Hydra who lectured about why Hydra was good and inhumans were bad. He seemed to have remembered who Daisy was at the end which I'm so glad for cause I want the whole team to fight together again! I also hope he gets to meet Framework Ward.

We didn't get any YoYo or Mack in this world so I'm assuming they'll be part of the Resistance? I assume we're going to be going there at some point cause Daisy and Jemma can't fight all of Hydra alone and the Resistance won't mean much to us the audience unless we see some familiar faces. It's also wishful thinking but I kind of hope Lincoln or Bobbi or Hunter are there too. I know Framework Lincoln is dead but he might have just faked his death! What? A girl can dream.

I'm so epically excited for this last part of the season and I know you can tell! Next week is the return of Mace and Radcliffe and Mack. I'm kind of embarrassed to say but I totally forgot about Mace and Radcliffe tbh so of course they're leading the Resistance. Disregard basically everything I said about the Resistance part of my review lol. I can't wait to see what we get!!!

No Arrow tomorrow so I'll see you all Sunday for my Once Upon a Time review!!

xoxo Allie

Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 17 Review

So the finale of Legends of Tomorrow happened and I could go on and on about how things didn't make sense but by now I've realized that the fun of Legends is not in thinking but in turning your brain off and watching it. I did like what I watched overall even though I think I liked last season's finale better. Let's jump in!

So the Legends from Doomworld jumped back to World War I to stop the Legion from getting the spear and there was a whole of bunch of funny hijinks regarding trying to keep the two sets of Legends from interacting. Of course this doesn't work out and they all end up meeting because Nate is overwhelmed by Amaya being alive. I have never liked this pairing and I still don't like it so every time Nate and Amaya take a pause to do dumb stuff together I just roll my eyes. I thought her and Mick had a better relationship but the show decided not to go there and unlike last season, we're also not sending Amaya back which I have a ton of issues with. Like way to go Amaya and be all fuck it to her future generations and refuse to return. At some point she's going to age in the Waverider and I don't see why they couldn't just go to 1942 together. I was so excited at the thought of losing both Nate and Amaya but instead we only lost Rip.

Speaking of, how weird was it that Rip left his own ship? Like he just peaced and was all I suck at being captain so I'm useless and I'm going to go. Why couldn't he stay and be a Legend?

I loved everything we got with Sara tonight cause she is my favorite character on the show so any time she gets screen time is great. I loved her moment with Laurel and I loved how she solved the problem by deactivating the Spear and bringing the Black Flash to them to take care of Reverse Flash. I am going to miss Eobard but I thought it was funny how confused the rest of the Legion was about the Legends simply dropping them off in their original timelines. Like if they killed them, so much of the future would be ruining and the world straight up might not have existed if Leonard wasn't around to destroy the Oculus.

I am a little heartbroken that even after everything Leonard isn't going to exist in current day. I was hoping that somehow the Spear or the time storm or something would save him cause I miss our Leonard so damn much and I miss him with Sara.

Also what the actual hell was with the end of the episode? Destroying time and bringing dinosaurs back is going to affect Flash and Arrow so they can't just do something like that without having consequences. If this happened on Supergirl fine but on Earth 1.... Sigh I'm sorry... I promised I would leave the negative stuff out....

Anyway I heard that next season there will be another new cast of Legends but that confuses me cause unlike at the end of season 1, we didn't lose any characters except Rip so there aren't really any spaces to fill.. If you add any more characters, the Waverider is going to be overfilled.

Well that's all for now! Don't forget to check out my Agents of SHIELD review later tonight!

xoxo Allie

Once Upon a Time Season 6 Episode 15 Review

Guys I am so annoyed with this episode doubly so cause I was so excited to see Aladdin and Jasmine back and this episode may have ruined a lot of the good parts with the terribly written. For the love of everything can Adam and Eddy and the writers of OUAT not be able to follow their own mythology? If I can remember stuff from the past, why can't they?

So let's start with what I liked. Aladdin and Jasmine were finally back and we got Jafar too which was a plus. My favorite part of the backstory section of this episode was seeing all the different moments from Aladdin the animated movie and seeing how they were rewritten for this episode! I really liked how Jafar stole the diamond ring of Agrabah (remember in the movie he used it to find the diamond in the rough aka Aladdin?) by tricking Jasmine and how we saw that Prince that tried to marry Jasmine but was turned down for being more interested in being Sultan than Jasmine. I loved how Jafar shrunk Agrabah into the ring and how he was so evil to Ariel! Speaking of, that was the one part of this that I didn't care for. It was really weird that she just appeared in Agrabah especially since she had no purpose for the plot and if the show did that just so she could pop up in the future and be known to the others, that makes no sense because Hook already knew her so why would it matter if Jasmine knew her? Also remember how I mentioned continuity problems? Why did she have a magical necklace tonight when before it was a magical bracelet?

The present day storyline with Aladdin and Jasmine was fun too. I loved how awkward they were about each other and how both of them went to Hook for advice and I died of laughter when Aladdin tried to pry Jasmine's feelings out of Hook. I'm also thrilled that Jafar is back in present day although if none of them put him in the genie lamp, who did? Also how did he break the genie curse so quickly? The only way to do that is to be wished free. I really hope we get to see him be a big bad again but we already have so many random characters that I have a feeling he'll stay as the staff. I did love that Jasmine was the one to defeat him by tricking him but I kind of wish Aladdin had done that. Aladdin is one of my favorite characters but OUAT has done him such a disservice. They keep telling us that Aladdin is a hero but he's only been a coward or doing nothing onscreen and all I want is to see him be a hero!! But everything was almost smoothed over for me by the TLK that Aladdin and Jasmine shared. Both the genie curse and the Agrabah curse were broken by it. They have so much chemistry and I hope now that it looks like Killian is stuck in Agrabah, we'll see Aladdin and Jasmine helping him so they won't be done.

Killian was a dick this episode. There's no way around it. Like I get that he was worried about Emma but hardcore he had a meltdown on everyone who talked to him. Nemo, Liam, Aladdin, Jasmine. It was super irritating. Also I don't understand why Ariel couldn't swim him back to Storybrooke cause we learned earlier that she can travel between realms. Or instead of that, if TLK could free Aladdin, why couldn't Jasmine use the last wish to send Killian back and then have Ariel rub the lamp so she's his new master (for a few seconds) and then kiss him to free him? Ugh. Terrible writing and plotholes for the win.

Speaking of terrible writing, what the actual hell was up with the way Emma and everyone acted in Storybrooke? Leroy may have seen Hook get on the Nautilus, but that doesn't explain why everyone just assumed that Killian abandoned Emma? This is the man who traveled across realms multiple times to save Emma and she literally went to the Underworld to get him back. He literally spent hundreds of years trying to get revenge on the death of his first love! They're True Love. Why would he leave without fighting? And on top of that, why would Emma think that Killian would be dumb enough to leave and not take any of his stuff? She knows he loves his ship and his rum bottle. Why would he leave them? Okay say I'll go with this and believe that Emma has been so hurt by people abandoning her that she jumped to a bad place, WHY THE ACTUAL HELL WAS EVERYONE ELSE SO CHILL ABOUT KILLIAN LEAVING? Everyone knows how much Killian loves Emma and they were all nah let's give up. No need to fight for true love. Let's all move on immediately. And Henry was all mom's sad? Who cares, let me just play video games! WHO WROTE THIS TERRIBLE EPISODE???

Oh and don't even get me started on that terrible Gideon/Aeshop thing that happened at the end. WHY DO WE KEEP GIVING EMMA RANDOM NEW SAVIOR POWERS???? Since when are her tears magical like Rapunzel's? How will having her tears stop Killian from portaling to Storybrooke? AND WHY IS GIDEON SUCH A MORON? Now his big evil plan is to blackmail Emma into helping him? What happened to trying to kill her to steal her powers? And if he really wanted her help, WHY NOT JUST ASK HER? She's friends with his mother and she's the Savior, it's literally her job to save people! Ugh.

Next week looks like it's full of more questions and writing plot holes. Yippee. Emma is helping Gideon and Hook is somehow in Neverland with Blackbeard so no more Aladdin and Jasmine I suppose. I'm so glad that we were able to truly play around with their storyline and really dig into Aladdin being a Savior before Emma. Can you imagine if all we got was a random few scenes with them that didn't mean much? I'm being sarcastic in case that wasn't coming through. I heard rumors that this may be the last season for OUAT and I kind of hope that's true cause everything we're getting is nonsense and I'd like to end this show before I end up hating it. I was so upset that we didn't get Aladdin and Jasmine for so long and now I'm wondering if it would have been better if we never got them at all cause the show cannot do justice to it's characters.

I'm sorry this review was so negative. It's just how I feel.....

All the DCTV shows except Legends are off air this week so the only reviews I will be posting this week are for the Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Finale and Agents of SHIELD which is finally back! Do keep an eye out!

xoxo Allie