Game Of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4
I don't think I really entirely liked this episode that much and mostly that's just cause I cannot for the life of me figure out why we can't see more than five seconds of the Starks interacting. They're the core of our show no matter what anyone thinks and the fact that we keep getting more Lannister brother interactions or Stark with a random person interactions is driving me batty. What's worse is that we keep cutting away every time a scene gets interesting. How did Arya and Sansa react to Jon's parentage? Who knows. Did Arya tell anyone she's leaving Winterfell? Doesn't matter. Did Jon say goodbye to his siblings before he left? Not that we saw. It's ridiculous and I know it has to do with the way the writers like to write this show and that's by hiding the important scenes so that we'll be shockedTM when the twists happen like with Arya killing the Night King last week but what they're not understanding is that plot twists only make sense if there's a clear path in hindsight like with Ned's death and the Red Wedding for example. Despite that I definitely enjoyed that scene in the Godswood with our Starks and I loved that Arya took Sansa's side again but I didn't love that Sansa almost immediately told Tyrion about Jon after she promised she wouldn't say anything. It was a little bitchy tbh even if I understand where she was coming from. Also can we talk about Ghost and how Jon didn't even bother to hug him goodbye and was like yeah I'm never going to see Ghost again, don't actually care that much about this direwolf who I loved for years. Ugh. We also got Brienne and Jaime hooking up which was nice but he also immediately left her to go back to Cersei after which I'm still voting on a murder/suicide type situation though Arya seems to be headed that way too so who knows who'll get there first. Gendry was legitimized as well and he asked Arya to marry him which was super sweet but Arya turned him down and really I was just surprised that his parentage didn't end up mattering the way I thought it might after all the times we heard that he needs to keep it a secret. It was smart of Dany to give him Storm's End though she doesn't know how strong his love for the Starks are so that plan might not work. I totally thought we lost Rhaegal last week but it was fine only to be killed this week by Euron which was super badass and out of nowhere and I screamed. Cersei is still the baddest bitch in this show and I live for her moments and how much more power she projects than Dany does. It's like I've said for a while but Dany is nothing without her dragons compared to Cersei who always feels like she has ten backup plans in mind while Dany just charges into things guns ablaze.
The kill list brings us Rhaegal and Missandei this week and the promo for next week looks like it should be the battle for Kings Landing. Emilia did say in an interview that it might be even more exciting that the Battle For Winterfell and so I expect Dany to burn it to the ground though I'm not sure if that'll be enough to get her supporters to change sides although it does seem that Varys is already halfway out the door. I thought for a while that Missandei's death at some point this season might change Grey Worm's allegiance but like with it happening at Cersei's hand, I don't think we'll be seeing that anytime soon. Jon is being such a doormat this season that I'm just exhausted by him so who knows what'll happen there.
The kill list brings us Rhaegal and Missandei this week and the promo for next week looks like it should be the battle for Kings Landing. Emilia did say in an interview that it might be even more exciting that the Battle For Winterfell and so I expect Dany to burn it to the ground though I'm not sure if that'll be enough to get her supporters to change sides although it does seem that Varys is already halfway out the door. I thought for a while that Missandei's death at some point this season might change Grey Worm's allegiance but like with it happening at Cersei's hand, I don't think we'll be seeing that anytime soon. Jon is being such a doormat this season that I'm just exhausted by him so who knows what'll happen there.
Arrow Season 7 Episode 21
The promo for next week looks kinda boring and it's super weird cause it's the finale but with the penultimate episode being meh, I have a feeling the finale will be meh too and that's unfortunate. I guess I'm looking forward to seeing how the show will write Felicity off and whether or not they fix anything for the future.
Legends of Tomorrow Season 4 Episode 14
I was kinda meh about tonight's episode but only because I'm really not a fan of Mona so episodes that are heavy on her bore me. This wouldn't have been entirely bad except I wasn't a fan of Constantine's story either which left only the Legends stranded as fun for me hence my rating of this episode. I do love Gary though and of course it was his evil nipple that hypnotized the Time Bureau but that didn't make this any less fun to watch. Of course now apparently Mona isn't just a beast because of her scratch like most werewolf stories but apparently it's more like she's possessed by Wolfie which I don't entirely understand for many reasons that I hope we touch on only to get an explanation. Constantine's storyline was pretty boring but it sucked that he ended up doing exactly what Neuron wanted and honestly I didn't understand why if he could do magic the whole time why he didn't escape earlier or at least use his hands to get the chains off of the magical creature that was trapped with him. I do like the idea that he's going to hell to find Ray and it was beyond hilarious that the Tabitha who Neuron so wanted to get back ended up being the Fairy Godmother. It seems like they want to put her into Mona's body which would make the makeouts even weirder than when Neuron kissed Fairy Godmother in Ray's body. Over on the Waverider, I loved Zari and Nate working on protecting the egg and I'm glad they're together cause like Sara said maybe there won't be any weirdness around them anymore. I loved that they ended up playing that game Ray made a couple of episodes ago and the talk that Sara and Mick had about being the only two OG Legends left which once again makes me fear that Sara might be leaving the Legends next season and I hope that's not true cause she is one of the best parts.
The promo for next week is interesting cause it seems like Neuron wants to send random innocent people to hell and it made me realize that we never really learned what Neuron's goal was other than to bring Tabitha back. Why does he want to send people to hell? To get back at being sent there himself? Does it even matter? I hope we see Constantine in hell as well.
The promo for next week is interesting cause it seems like Neuron wants to send random innocent people to hell and it made me realize that we never really learned what Neuron's goal was other than to bring Tabitha back. Why does he want to send people to hell? To get back at being sent there himself? Does it even matter? I hope we see Constantine in hell as well.
The Flash Season 5 Episode 21
So tonight was the penultimate episode and fitting to the theme of the week in the Arrowverse shows, it was kinda meh as well but I do have to admit that the cliffhanger at the end of the episode did make me excited for the finale so perhaps the episode wasn't too bad as a penultimate episode after all. It's only fitting that the cliffhanger dealt with Eobard and not Grace!Cicada because the writers know he's much more interesting than anything either Cicada has done all season. I wonder if maybe Cicada would have been a more interesting villain if he took the place of Eobard this season in that he was someone from Nora's future who was friends with her or helped her with her powers only to end up being the villain kinda like Hunter in season 2. It certainty couldn't have made it worse cause the amount no one cared about Cicada was hilarious. I also don't understand Grace!Cicada's mind sight either cause she blames Nora for her the death of her family but ironically she's the one who came back and murdered her own uncle allowing for Grace to wake up in a world in which she has no family. I also loved that Ralph was the only one all episode to focus on the idea of Eobard maybe having an ulterior motive but it was super out of character for Barry to continuously dismiss Ralph's ideas cause it's like Ralph's right about all of this and even if Barry was too busy to think about it, he should have let Ralph do his thing. Having said that, I still don't entirely know what Eobard's plan is but if it is what I'm thinking, he's such a genius tbh. He has the dagger strapped to him in the future and I assume it's kinda of like a meta-cuff that the police strapped on him so he must be hoping that by destroying the dagger in the past then he won't be captured in the future and can escape from his death sentence.
Ugh ignore everything I said apparently cause in the promo for next week, it seems like we haven't actually captured Grace!Cicada and Eobard isn't the main focus of the finale after all. I guess maybe Ralph was able to stop Barry from destroying the dagger and in the time that he explains the plan, Grace!Cicada gets away in order to regroup and recapture Barry but I'm still hoping that it'll be a problem solved earlier in the episode leaving Eobard to be a problem later.
The 100 Season 6 Episode 2
This episode was super interesting in that I was really interested in one storyline and really didn't care about the second. I suppose part of the storyline I loved about being up in the ship was that we were fighting new people rather than bringing up problems from the past like we were doing down on Alpha. It sucks super hard that the sedatives only keep you sedated for 3 hours cause they're stuck in this toxic eclipse for 2 days and as we can see, our crew is waaaay too smart to be stopped by restraining cuffs. Like seriously Murphy escaped in five seconds, Miller tried to beat himself to death and Clarke almost killed herself. It was interesting seeing how the toxin effected everyone cause it didn't seem to effect everyone the same and it seemed a bit like it pulls out your worst fears or versions of yourself. I'm hoping in a way that this is how our problems with each other from last season are resolved cause it's like I know they've all got real problems with each other and how they dealt with their problems last season but it's been a year for the audience and I'm honestly over all the drama and tbh I can't even remember what everyone's pissed at soooo. This leads back to Octavia and her struggle on the ship. She's in a bit of a suicidal state in that she really wants to die but she can't do it herself so she's hoping someone else will do it for her and honestly I really feel for her. She wasn't a good person last season but it's interesting cause she never denies what she did wrong. She knows she was bad but she also knows that she did it cause the people needed her to be the big bad scary queen. I really hope that she gains forgiveness this season cause I don't think she didn't anything worse than what Clarke did last season or Lexa did season 2 or Bellamy did season 3 and they've all been forgiven. I'm curious about this world we've landed in and where everyone is. Is everyone just children because once they die and they get reborn through taking DNA from the dead bodies and using embryos? It would make sense as to why everyone in this colony is a child except for the few. I'm also curious about why Alpha's first response was to try to take over the ship. Why not try to reach out and see what happens first cause seriously the fact that they tried to be all stealth was the reason that our crew starting killing. Also tbh but our crew are monsters so Alpha really shouldn't pick a fight.
Well the promo for next week seems to show that there are in fact more adults and there's a queen of some sort intermixed with Clarke trying to claim that they come in peace while our crew is killing people which is ironic. I wonder if we'll stay here or end up moving cause it feels like Alpha doesn't want to stay on this moon and I mean we do have a ship so why not move onto the next available planet?
Riverdale Season 3 Episode 21
What a crazy penultimate episode of Riverdale I just watched! On one hand Jughead finds out that the Gargoyle King is Jason Blossom through Ethel who is just as weird as always so he treks out to Jason's grave to find an empty coffin. On the other hand Betty learns that The Farm is actually a cover for organ harvesting so she tries to warn the others only to be captured by Edgar to have something removed from her body. Oh and Veronica and Archie try to get Hiram arrested for like the billionth time and supposedly it succeeds but I have my doubts. So I really couldn't understand why Betty decided to stay at the Farm after knowing how sketchy they were and to no one's surprise, she's pretty much a prisoner there now. At the very least Toni escaped so she might be able to warn Jughead and FP so hopefully they get to the Sisters in time to stop this surgery. I kind of like the idea that the whole thing is a way to harvest organs cause I was wondering what they were up to all season and where they were getting their money from and this makes total sense. I also bet that the way the Farmies are seeing their dead loved ones is through the hypnosis Edgar was attempting on Betty. It is super weird that Jason might suddenly be alive and a murderer at that but I have a feeling it's probs not Jason and actually some other Blossom child (possibly Claudius's?) What this reveal did to however is finally make me interested in the Gargoyle King even the slightest. As I said earlier, I think it was a little too easy for Veronica and Archie to take down Hiram so I have a feeling that he somehow got out of it or will get out of it which is why Veronica turned down Archie at the end cause that whole scene with Reggie was real sketch and I think she's trying to protect Archie somehow.The promo for next week shows that our whole gang will be playing one last game of G&G and since Betty is there, I guess she does escape. We also see that it is in fact Hal under the Black Hood and not some random person like I guessed last week. I like the idea of ending the season with one last game of G&G to wrap everything up and hopefully we find out whether Jason is really alive or not!
Agents Of SHIELD Season 6 Episode 1
What a fun premiere! I'm so excited that SHIELD is back cause I adore this show and though I wasn't a fan of season 5, I'm hoping that with a shorter season that we'll be able to really buckle in and tell a good story with excellent CGI/VFX. I loved what I saw so far of the season and it makes me wonder whether we'll spend it in two places (Earth and space) or if we'll end up combining the two quicker than expected after we find Fitz in like the next few episodes. Of course the space stuff was the more interesting to me not only because all my favorite characters are up there but because I'm a smidge more interested in exploring the cosmic world. This is really funny cause my struggle last season was that I like when SHIELD stays grounded cause their grounded episodes are the best (hello season 2 and 4 with your spy missions) and when it gets too crazy, it doesn't make that much sense anymore. Most of our characters (minus Daisy and YoYo) are just plain human so it makes them feel kinda useless in the face of aliens and stuff. We also learned according to the showrunners that this is taking place outside of the marvel movie verse which to me feels like it's probs after endgame after Tony snapped everyone back to normal. I'm curious to find out where Fitz is and what's been up with him but I'm also curious about who this crew of teleporting aliens are and why one of them looks like Coulson. I also like that we've added new characters cause it was about time that SHIELD had more agents (cannon fodder or extras) to do things cause it felt a little unreal to only have like 6 agents of SHIELD. The idea of opening up a new SHIELD Academy is a great idea and I hope that happens by the end of the season. We also saw no Deke and we know he's in this season so I was surprised that he wasn't in space with Jemma and Daisy cause it's his grandfather too!
The promo for next week shows everyone being confused about the face-snatching Coulson and I'm curious too cause they're obviously aliens no? I also wonder if we'll find Fitz next week cause I can't imagine that with this shortened season that they'll drag out finding him but at the same time it would be fun to separate the show into two stories in two places to replace the three pod way of writing that we've been doing the last two seasons.
Fruits Basket (2019) Season 1 Episode 6
It was interesting that this episode put together both the school festival and Uo and Hana's visit to the Sohma home. I ended up enjoying it a lot more than I expected cause again the over-the-top childish humor from the 2001 version wasn't present and I found myself more interested in what was going on. We met Momiji and Hatori though we only learned that Momiji is the rabbit but I loved Momiji in the original so I was thrilled to see him again in all his cuteness. I also am living for all of Tohru's mom's quotes we get every week cause they're always so full of insight and damn it all if Kyoko isn't like the world's greatest mom! We got another Yuki and Tohru moment up on the rooftop but since I'm a Kyo and Tohru girl, it didn't do too much for me though Yuki was obviously thrilled since she said that calling him cute was a way to show him affection. I also really liked that later in the episode Kyo and Yuki were able to explain to Uo and Hana that Tohru loved them as much as they loved her but she just didn't show it the way they expected to and I'm pretty sure that's what sealed the deal for them cause it was clear the Sohma boys not only respect and care for Tohru but they understand her as well. It was an interesting parallel to Akito cause while Tohru deserves the moon she never asks for it while Akito does while he doesn't deserve it. It's interesting that this version is showing a closer bond between Shigure and Akito than the original version and though I was accidentally spoiled as to why and what that means by manga readers, I won't spoil it here. I was also really interested in the new added scene where Tohru tells the story about how a little boy helped her get home and gave her a hat to remember him by and I'm really curious as to whether that boy was Yuki or Kyo. The shipper in me wants to say Kyo cause Tohru all but said that kid was her first love, the realist in me thinks it might be Yuki cause it looked like Kyo overheard her in the hall but didn't seem to react at all.
Next week looks like the episode where Tohru goes to the Sohma estate and learns Hatori's backstory.
xoxo Allie
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