What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back to the first tv show review of 2021! I hope you all had a lovely New Year and let's dive into what I watched this week, shall we?

FINISHED Vikings Season 6 Part 2

I was honestly so excited to have the final part of the final season of Vikings back even though I knew in my heart of hearts that it was never going to be the same. One of the things this show has always done well is teach us that though our favorite characters like Ragnar, Lagertha, or Bjorn are beloved, in the end they're only human so we have to also learn to let them go. Having said that I was so afraid that this season we would be watching the fall of the Viking culture after we lost every one of our larger than life characters but fortunately though part of me did feel like Gunnhild with lamenting the loss of the Golden Age of the Vikings, I ended up liking the full circle the show took with how it all began with England and how it ended there as well as seeing where our final remaining characters ended up despite the whole bittersweet feeling this season. I suppose in a sense while we lost the old Viking way, the Vikings did live on as a whole. We lost Bjorn in the premiere and we all cried and his death was followed by Asa the last of his children with Torvi and then Gunnhild herself. I was thrilled when the Rus storyline came to an end cause I never liked it and it was nice seeing Alfred and England again though I wished the show would have mentioned Alfred's friendship with Ubbe and not just his first meeting with Ivar. Ivar died in England alongside Harald while Hvitserk converted to Christianity. Meanwhile Ubbe ended up finding what I think is either Canada or America with Torvi and they made peace with the native settlers there and ended up finding Floki which was totally sweet but in a nonsense sort of way that I can overlook cause I was glad that Flatnose wasn't the one to kill him after all. I've always thought that Ubbe was the most like Ragnar despite every one of his children having a different trait of his so it breaks my heart that this show never loved him as much as it clearly adores Ivar which is why I was honestly surprised that Ubbe ended up being the only son of Ragnar that lived.

FINISHED Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Season 2 Part 2

Wow talk about a complete and utter hot mess of a series finale. If you've been following my reviews over the past 2 years then you know that in my opinion this show honestly hit it's peak in Season 1 Part 2 and it's all been downhill from there. I can't decide if this is yet another example of why RAS really shouldn't be writing or producing shows that aren't miniseries cause between this and Riverdale we can see that he really can't build a world. I mean as much shit as Berlanti gets over his Arrowverse shows being cheesy or constantly more of the same in the end there are plenty of good moments to be had throughout and never once have I finished a season and been like what the actual hell happened here (except maybe with Legends but that's the charm of that show!) I think the problem with Sabrina has always been the problem and once you strip away the newness it is exposed. The show just could not find a way to balance the magical with the mundane and the fact that every season had to have a bigger and badder threat really just left us with too much plot and not enough screen time though I do have to admit that the show was more focused this season cause of the need to wrap everything with a nice bow. I'm not sure if any of this could have been solved if the show hadn't been cancelled this year honestly but I guess I do want to give a shout out to the fact that this show actually stuck to a Game Of Thrones style ending by killing off both Sabrinas without any chance of resurrection. I also suppose that our bittersweet ending is in the fact that Nick joins her proving that they were endgame despite Harvey being her canon other half. 

xoxo Allie

Fall 2020 TV Schedule

Though it's finally the fall season which should be one of the most exciting seasons of the year, because of the global pandemic, most shows didn't have the chance to film so our schedule is looking fairly dry in terms of anything but anime! Having said that, the show must still go on so listed below is my 2020 Fall TV schedule (September to December) with their air dates listed. Asian dramas are not included on this schedule cause it is harder to list which dramas I'm going to watch ahead of time but you can check out my What Dramas Am I Watching This Week list for my Asian drama reviews. As per usual I will be making a What Shows Am I Watching This Week list for my American tv show and highlighting them in pink so you can check those out too!

SUNDAY

By The Grace Of Gods - Anime (October 4) (Series Finale December 20)

Talentless Nana - Anime (October 4) (Series Finale December 27)

MONDAY

Fruits Basket - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale September 14)

Sleepy Princess In The Demon Castle - Anime (October 5) (Series Finale December 21)

The God Of High School - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale September 28)

TUESDAY

Ikebukuro West Gate Park - Anime (October 6) (Series Finale December 22)

FBI - 9 PM on CBS (November 17)

WEDNESDAY

Mr Love: Queen's Choice - Anime (Currently Airing) (Finale September 30)

Noblesse - Anime (October 7) (Season Finale December 30)

The 100 - 8 PM on CW (Currently Airing) (Series Finale September 30)

THURSDAY

Akudama Drive - Anime (October 8) (Series Finale December 24)
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 - 8:30 on CBS All Access (October 15)

FRIDAY

Appare Ranman! - Anime (Currently Airing) (Finale September 25)
Rent A Girlfriend - Anime (Currently Airing) (Finale September 25)

Haikyuu!! To The Top: Part 2 - Anime (October 2) (Series Finale December 18)

I'm Standing On A Million Lives - Anime (October 2) (Season Finale December 18)

Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You - Anime (October 2) (Season Finale December 18)

Wandering Witch: The Journey Of Elaina (October 2) (Season Finale December 18)

SATURDAY

The Day I Became A God - Anime (October 10)
The Misfit Of Demon King Academy - Anime (Currently Airing) (Finale September 26)
The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc - Anime (October 3) (Season Finale December 26)

STREAMING

Mulan - Disney+ (September 4)

The Great Pretender - Anime (September 21)

The West Wing Special - HBO Max (October 15)

The Mandalorian Season 2 - Disney+ (October 30) (Season Finale December 18)

Bridgerton - Netflix (December 25)

Vikings Season 6 Part 2 (Final Season) - Amazon Prime (December 30)

The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Season 2 Part 2 - Netflix (December 31)

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back! Let's dive right in shall we?

FINISHED Charming Adventures Of Sabrina Part 3

I went into this season excited to see how Sabrina would save Nick and where this world would take us only to come out of it low key meh. This season was a mixed bag cause there was stuff I enjoyed and stuff I disliked so in the end it landed somewhere around boring and over it. This might not be entirely fair of me to say cause this is obviously just one season out of many and I'm sure at some point the problems I had with this one will be resolved but as of now writing this review mere minutes after I finished this season I'm not happy with it. Part of this is cause I'm shipper trash and it always breaks my heart to watch the breakup season. It's why Arrow season 4 didn't work for me and why this one didn't. I loved Nick and Sabrina last season and their chemistry was so intense that they became my endgame ship despite going into this show for Ross Lynch which is why I was heartbroken to see that this whole season basically had Nick and Sabrina together for like 30 minutes out of the 8 hours! I did love what the show did with Nick and his PTSD no matter how much my heart hated it and I loved that he called out Sabrina for her shortcomings alongside her aunts. Sabrina 100% has this martyr complex and goes around doing everything as if she's right all the time damn the consequences until it blows up in her face and this was the part of the season that I wanted to explore more of but unfortunately with the whole time paradox it looks like we're going to take the easy route and not even see Sabrina struggle cause why would she go through any sort of pain? I like the idea of seeing different myths though and that we met Pan this season and I wonder if we'll see more in the future.

Welcome To Demon School Iruma-Kun Episode 17

This episode was another setup one cause we spent the entire time having our characters catch up to what we the audience already knew rather than move the plot forward. It low key sucks cause I remember how much fun I had when this show started and now it's starting to feel more like this anime had too many episodes to fill so half the time we're watching nothing happen. As it turns out Kiriwo's invisible barriers weren't just there to trap the entire school in one place but to sort of corral them into the plaza where I'm assuming he was going to try to hurt them all or something cause he definitely stole Iruma's firework thing and was powering up his magic weapon. The only reason I'm like nah he can't want to kill everyone is cause not only is this show much too lighthearted for something like that but I can't imagine Iruma's kindness speech (which I'm sure is coming next week) could change someone who wants to murder a school full of people. Having said that I'm sure Iruma will be able to talk Kiriwo down and then they'll set off the fireworks making the whole thing feel like their Battler surprise for the school but it leaves some questions yet to be answered like what's Baal's role in all this. As we're getting closer to the end I still don't see how Iruma can be Demon King unless the show is planning multiple seasons.

ID: Invaded Episode 5

This episode was full of twists and turns and it was awesome to watch though I picked up on what was going on pretty early on! I was actually right in guessing that the victim at the end of last week's episode who kissed Hondoumachi was actually the Gravedigger but it was super interesting to find out that the brain damage he suffered from Fukada caused him to mix up his love and urge to kill which is why he became the Gravedigger in the first place and why the police couldn't pick up his cognitive particles. Because he was feeling the urge to showcase his love to his girl, he wasn't emitting a killing vibe and it wasn't until he had the urge to kill Hondoumachi at the copycat crime scene in order to protect not only himself but the woman that he loved that his crossed wires caused him to kiss her and emit cognitive particles. I do wonder how much blame the police can assign the girlfriend cause it's like though the murders were for her and she obviously encouraged them, technically she didn't do anything illegal so could she go down as an accomplice or maybe for conspiracy to commit a murder? Once again I'm brought back to the thought that the holes in Fukada and this victim's heads clearly did something to their brains so I'm still curious to find out what Hondoumachi's change is. Sakaido wasn't in this episode much cause it was more focused on Hondoumachi and her story but it's interesting to note that she's just as good as Sakaido is at solving murders leading to my theory that maybe she'll be a well-jumper by the end of this anime too.

Batwoman Season 1 Episode 11

This was actually a fun episode cause it gave us all the Beth and Kate interactions we've been missing for so long while also giving us another look at how horrible Alice's past was. I had mentioned last week that this Beth was probs a Beth from another world that got trapped on our Earth after the multiple Earths combined but somehow was left separate from Alice and that's exactly what happened. This new Beth was saved by Kate after the car crash so she grew up with her father and Kate and was a good person but it was heartbreaking for Kate who realized that she could have saved her Beth too if she had tried and I high key wish the show would have spent more time on this cause it would have been such juicy trauma. I suppose it's still possible so I'm not going to give up hope yet. As the episode went on I wondered if maybe this new Beth was brought here so that in the future she would take the fall for Alice who would run and hide while Kate tried to get Beth out kind of like Barry who tried so hard to get his father out of prison. By the end of the episode however it looks more like Beth and Alice can't both be on this Earth cause they're getting splitting headaches so I have a feeling that Beth will die in the end cause if the show has to pick between another ally for Kate or an enemy, Alice has more interesting things to do. This sucks cause I was worried enough when it looked like Beth might die this week and I was so excited when she was okay. In other news we saw more of Alice's backstory and it's just as horrible as it was before but I'm surprised that Kate didn't tell Sophie or her dad about Beth.

There's no Batwoman next week cause it looks like the show will be taking 2 weeks off but the promo shows us that Alice finds out about Beth's existence which is kinda surprising cause it feels too soon! With the whole only one of us can survive thing like I said earlier I think it will end up being Alice but now I think that Sophie will end up shooting Beth thinking it's Alice cause of Jacob's order of shoot to kill which will further add to Jacob's horrible guilt and may be the thing that separates Kate from Sophie for good.

FINISHED Arrow Season 8 Episode 10

After 8 seasons and 168 episodes we've finally reached the end of this juggernaut of a show and I cannot describe to you the pain I felt watching this final hour of TV. Unless this is the first time you've ever checked out a review of mine you know that Arrow was the show that reminded me of my love for superhero content cause I used to watch a lot of the superhero cartoons (like X-Men Evolution and Static Shock to name a few) when I was younger but I stopped enjoying it as much somewhere around middle school but Arrow not only sucked me back into the Arrowverse and all the shows that would spin off from this but also superhero content in general which is why the end of Arrow feels like the end of an era. I don't know if I'll fall in love with another superhero show the way I did Arrow. I laughed, I cried, I cheered. Having said that I will never not be bitter that the Arrowverse decided that Oliver Queen had to die and that he had to be the one hero that doesn't get a happily ever after cause he was the one who deserved it more than anyone else! I hate that Felicity and William and Mia lose him but I suppose that for a series finale this episode did hit all the notes I wanted to. I loved that because of Crisis and the resetting of the universe that Moira and Quentin and Tommy and Emiko came back to life along with the Queen Mansion and it was so lovely seeing all of our previous Arrow characters come back for the funeral like Thea and Roy (who are going to get married!!) and Anatoli and Nyssa and Talia and even Ragman. The only thing I disliked was how Felicity didn't interact with William or Thea or Moira but I like to imagine that Felicity moves to the Queen Mansion with William and baby Mia alongside Moira. Both the private funeral and the public statue unveiling were absolutely lovely and I also love that despite Oliver dying Felicity still found her way to him. It does take a bit of the bitterness away that we saw a bit of the future and we know that Star City and the Queen Family make it out okay. Let's all pour one out for Arrow and it's incredible impact on tv. We'll never see another show like you but you'll be in our memories forever.

Riverdale Season 4 Episode 11

I don't entirely know how I feel about this episode cause while Archie and Veronica were up to their normal dumb antics, the show managed to pit Betty and Jughead against each other and that was heartbreaking cause you know I only watch this show for the two of them! Jughead's first draft for the Baxter book was turned down and for some reason they really wanted him to write about serial killers so his first thought was the Black Hood. Betty meanwhile was still struggling with the fact that she didn't get into Yale so her pride in Jughead was tangled up with that and it didn't help her emotional down-spiral when she found out that Jughead might want to write about her father. I don't entirely know who's side I was on cause though I think that Jughead was wrong in even thinking about writing about the Black Hood, Betty was also wrong for claiming that Jughead could only get into Yale cause of Stonewall. I mean he goes to a top academy, got perfect grades and has stellar writing but he's also struggled with homeliness and a drunk father and gang violence. Colleges eat that shit up! It was also high key ridiculous to find out that Betty only couldn't get in cause of her father but that's Riverdale for you and though at first it looked like Betty might just get into Yale through the Quiz Bowl, Bret ruined that and now Betty probably lost her last chance. Meanwhile Veronica was dumb enough to try to sell her new maple rum at her speakeasy where she doesn't have a liquor license and in the end she and Cheryl decided to reopen Penelope's brothel only now it'll be more of a high class bar and I'm just sitting here wondering why she can't sell her rum at stores or restaurants like normal people instead of doing all sorts of illegal things. Archie ended up taking Frank's side over Keller's despite Frank stealing money in order to gamble. He was also not very smart in turning down jobs based on who they were for as if he can pick and choose when the company is so far in the red.

Next week's promo showed us that Jughead and Bret will be dueling and I wonder if this will be how Jughead "dies" cause it'd totally make more sense than the idea that Betty, Veronica and Archie doing it when this season our Core 4 have barely ever spent any time together! 

The Magicians Season 5 Episode 3

Well it's episode 3 and I'm slowly coming around to the fact that Quentin is gone (but never forgotten!) and part of it is probs how much the characters on this show are mourning which is everything to me. At first I thought maybe the show kept trying to downplay Quentin and Eliot's relationship and I was about to be truly pissed this week but then I realized that in fact like Eliot wasn't around to see Josh and Margo fall in love, no one was around to see Quentin and Eliot fall in love either so of course they're all saying things like he was your close friend! I had said before that we're definitely going to see Eliot mourn and this was it. Alice was so sweet about the whole thing and it's why I loved that they went on this final journey together despite barely liking each other (it's one of those they have the same friend group but they're not friends themself things) cause they're the only ones who loved Quentin as more than a friend. I still don't understand what the Takers are but I wonder if they're somehow being controlled by the Dark King as a way to get Fillorians on his side? Either way we finally met him and he's being played by Sean Maguire who I adore and it's really making it hard for me to hate him!!! In other news Margo and Fen and Josh tried to get Margo's banishment marks removed through applying to be the Dark King's Centurian Guard and though Margo won in the end, the real twist was in the revelation that while Margo was gone Josh and Fen hooked up and dude I was shocked. This might actually be the end of their relationship and Fen was plenty pissed to find out that it was Eliot not Margo who saved them in the end. Meanwhile Penny and Julia went to find someone who could predict when the Apocalypse would happen and at first they were turned down cause the sisters had already saved the world once and lost a sister during it so they were afraid to try again but in the end they helped and we found out the Apocalypse is happening in two weeks which feels really fast tbh.

The promo for next week shows that The Dark King might want Eliot to join his Centurian Guard and we know that Margo is already there but I wonder if Alice will stick around or if she'll go back to Earth cause Eliot and Margo could use all the help they can get but at the same time so could Julia.

Harley Quinn Season 1 Episode 10

This was actually a really sad episode if you think about it cause it was all about Harley and how she hit rock bottom last week which made her struggle to find someone to be with. Even though she's part of the Legion of Doom, they don't entirely like her yet as evidenced by her not getting invites to parties and after she picked Joker over them, her Crew bounced and she didn't know that Ivy was kidnapped so she thought Ivy left her too. As a last resort she returned home hoping to find love there but instead found out that her parents hated her so much that they wanted to kill her and collect a million dollar bounty that was on her head and it was so sad to watch. I did like that in the end she realized that her true family wasn't them and that sometimes blood doesn't mean as much as it should. Ivy is her family and I can't wait until next week when she gets the crew back together to get them. What's also really interesting is the reveal that the person who kidnapped Ivy was Scarecrow and I'm really totally confused by this cause what does Scarecrow have against Ivy?? 

xoxo Allie

Top 10 TV Shows Of 2019

Hi everyone! As promised, I'm back with my Top 10 Favorite TV Shows of 2019! Again, this list is based on my personal opinions and may have spoilers. There was a lot of great TV out this year so I'm going to start with some honorable mentions which has some shows that are still on air but that just missed the top 10 list! If you want a refresher, check out my Top 10 TV Shows Of 2013, Top 10 TV Shows Of 2014, Top 10 TV Shows Of 2015, Top 10 TV Shows Of 2016, Top 10 TV Shows Of 2017 and Top 10 TV Shows Of 2018 as well as my Favorite YouTube Videos and My TV Show OTPs & Ships lists!! Fair warning, there may be spoilers below so keep that in mind!


Up first are my honorable mentions: shows that did not make my list of favorites for the year but still shows that I enjoyed watching!

Titans

My first honorable mention is Titans! I was truly not a fan of season 1 of Titans for so many reasons but season 2 was definitely leagues better though in the end it did devolve into a mess which is the main reason that it's not on my top 10 list this year. The Deathstroke storyline started out so strongly and ended with everyone being confused as what we experienced but I think the major problem with this season was it's writing cause instead of letting the characters tell the story, it forced the strangest decisions for the characters in order to get from point A to B. Having said that I did enjoy a lot of episodes this season and some of the characters on this show are my babies so I couldn't help but shout it out. Dick Grayson is such a badass and I loved watching his journey to become Nightwing this season and I still adore Gar to pieces even though I will constantly wish he had more screen-time. If you're interested, click here to see more weekly reviews and content!

The 100

My next honorable mention for this year is The 100! This show is almost consistently one of my favorites cause I love the way the show looks at humanity and morality and how in times of war or crisis people will either hold firm to their morals or place the ends before the means. This season was very interesting cause we looked at immortality and were on an alien planet and I loved the way this show went so off the rails! I will never stop shipping Bellamy and Clarke (their actors are married in real life!!) but I low key wouldn't mind if they just loved each other so desperately in a platonic manner. They're two sides of the same coin and I adore that about this show. I enjoyed the villains a lot this season but I do have to admit that the ending sort of took the show in a weird direction which is why it's not on my top 10. Click here to see more in-depth weekly reviews and other content!


Now onto the Top 10 list which goes from 10 to 1 with number 1 being my favorite drama of the year!

Agents Of SHIELD

Coming in at number 10 is Agents Of SHIELD! This is just as sad for me as it is for any of you that are reading this and are fans of SHIELD. I just wasn't a huge fan of this past season despite how excited I was to check this show out. I'm afraid that this show peaked at season 4 and it's all been downhill from there. I really didn't care for the villains this year and it felt super weird to have Clark Gregg playing someone who wasn't Coulson which led to a feeling that the show was spinning it's wheels a bit. I did enjoy everything up in space though and seeing Fitz and Enoch together as well as the way the show used the Chromocons which does make me fairly excited for the final season airing this summer but that's not enough to push this show higher up than number 10 on my list. If you're interested, click here for more content!

Lucifer

At number 9 is Lucifer! This is the first time that this show has been on my list of top 10 shows but this season just gave me everything I ever wanted from this show which sucks cause the next one will be the last! Why save this show Netflix if you were just going to cancel it two seasons later?? I was so excited that Chloe finally learned the truth about Lucifer actually being the devil and I loved watching her accept that fact with all the grace of being a detective even though it was rough watching her dislike Lucifer and be scared of him. Eve was also such a highlight cause she was the perfect mix of naive and pure but mischievous and I shipped her so hard with Maze! The ending for the season was so much fun and I loved the cliffhanger cause it makes me want the next season now!

Gotham

Coming in at number 8 is Gotham! Technically this show came to an end airing it's final season this year but I wanted to shout it out anyway cause I adored it so much. I know so many people hate this show but I'm of the mind that I love crazy kooky shows and Gotham was exactly that. I don't need to follow everything closely and things don't have to be realistic or follow real life cause why watch a tv show except for a fantastical approach to life? I loved seeing where our characters ended up in the future and how everyone changed from the first day we met them all the way back in season 1. The whole No Man's arc was super fun as well and I will miss these characters so much! Click here for more in-depth weekly reviews and other content!

Riverdale

At number 7 is Riverdale! Riverdale has consistently been one of my favorite shows from the moment it started airing which is totally crazy cause half the time I don't understand what's happening but I can't help it! I do end up embracing the illogical story movement but at the same time I think one of the things I adore about the season that's currently airing is that it's a little more grounded in it's storylines so there's no insane serial killer out to covert everyone but at the same time the fact that each of our main characters have their own thing going does make the show feel a smidge less cohesive. Betty and Jughead of course are still my favorite characters and my favorite ship on the show with Cheryl being the least interesting and the one I could live without in general and it doesn't help that her story this season has been so completely insane. If you're interested, click here for more in depth reviews and other content!

Brooklyn Nine Nine

Coming in at number 6 is Brooklyn Nine Nine! This is another show that I have been almost religiously watching since it started though I don't think I've ever had it on a previous top 10 list but I just couldn't keep it out of my head as I tried to think of my favorite shows of the year! This show has everything from amazing characters to great comedy to a fantastic way of looking at such intense deep topics in a comedic manner while refusing to undercut them or make them sillier than they were. Jake and Amy have one of the healthiest relationships I've almost ever seen on tv and I love how almost every character is the opposite of the trope you would expect! Jake despite being the "cool" one is best friends with Charles rather than someone who makes fun of the dork and Amy despite being a Latina is the teacher's pet rather than the tough one and Holt is just all kinds of incredible with his dry wit. If you're not watching this show, you're seriously missing out!

The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina

At number 5 is The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina! So technically this might be cheating cause it was only the second half of season 1 that aired this year but I just loved this show so much that I had to thrown it on my list! I remember loving Sabrina The Teenage Witch when I was a kid so I was excited to see this new dark version and it's pretty much everything I could want! It's so dark and creepy and fun that I just can't put it into words. I love the world this show has built and all the characters we've gotten and the magical plots we have to deal with every week. The only thing I'm not a fan of is Sabrina's human friends who are super annoying tbh and the ironic thing is that though I adore Ross Lynch from Austin & Ally, my ship in this show is between Nick and Sabrina which low key sucks cause Sabrina is with Harvey in most canon so I know I'm going to be heartbroken!

Fruits Basket

Coming in at number 4 is Fruits Basket 2019! I refuse to call shenanigans on this being my number 4 cause it's my list and I make the rules so I say that an anime can be on my list of favorite tv shows. This is mostly cause I don't think I watched enough anime this year to make a top 10 and I just adored this anime to pieces so I couldn't help but want to shout it out! It's technically a remake of the 2001 version of this show which is an adaptation of a manga but I never really liked the original version of the anime so I started this one with high doubts only to be stunned with what I watched. Fruits Basket is so unique cause it takes what should be a run-of-the-mill shoujo anime and makes it into this deep and meaningful look at friendship and family and abuse and torture and what it means to love someone. There's humor and romance and tears and everything you could possibly want! Click here for more in-depth weekly reviews and other content!

The Magicians

At number 3 is The Magicians! Ugh lord I could gush about this show for days and days and I really wish people would stop sleeping on this incredible show cause it's absolute perfection. I've said before that it's like Harry Potter meets Narnia but that doesn't even cover the scope of how unique and fun this show is. Every single character is so multi-dimensional and they go through these wonderful arcs each season. I love that there's so much diversity in the cast from race to sex to sexual orientation though I do have to admit that this past season had a controversial finale which I was completely against for different reasons that most of the public did but I don't want to throw this show away cause everything else is perfect. It's meta in the funniest ways, it looks at such deep and dark topics without smacking you in the face about it and it just lets you have fun by kicking back, turning off your brain and diving into this world of magic!

Legends Of Tomorrow

Coming in at number 2 is Legends Of Tomorrow! I mean you had to have seen this coming by now right? So many of the shows that I love are so insane and that's because I prefer my tv to be entertaining and escapism so yes give me time travel and crazy plots and fun musical numbers and magic and demons and clones! This past season might have been one of the best this show has had and I feel so bad for anyone who only checked out the first season of this show and dropped it cause none of the seasons that followed the first were anything like the first! Sara is the most perfect human and I fell in love with Zari this past season and oddly enough her romance with Nate which I didn't think I needed but I think I'm just a sucker for tragedy so as soon as they threw reality wiping into the mix, I was sold! I will watch a million seasons of this show and so should you! If you're interested, click here for more weekly in depth reviews and other content!

Arrow

And finally, at number 1 is Arrow! I mean you had to have seen this coming right? I'm sorry that it's not more of a surprise twist but this is the final year that Arrow is airing so maybe next year we can try for something new! Oh god this show is ending this year and I don't know what to do with myself! Arrow was THE show that got me to fall back in love with superhero tv shows cause I used to watch all the animated ones back in the day but I fell off of them until I watched Arrow. Stephen Amell just kills it every single week as Oliver Queen the most perfect broody hero that has ever hero-ed. This last season was such a lovely goodbye to this show and the character Oliver Queen though I'll never not be bitter that Emily Bett Rickards decided that this was the year she wasn't going to appear on this show even though it was the last! I loved seeing Oliver and Diggle spend one last adventure together and for Oliver to meet his future children and show the world why he's the one that started it all so don't forget to click here for more weekly reviews and other content!


So that concludes my Top 10 TV Shows Of 2019 list and I'll see you all tomorrow for my list of Top 10 Asian Dramas Of 2019!

xoxo Allie

Spring 2019 TV Schedule

Hey everyone!! It's finally March which means that the spring 2019 tv schedule is about to start!! As per usual I'm going to be posting what shows I will be watching!! I'll be posting the air dates for all the shows I will be watching. These all air from March to the end of May! Asian dramas are not included on this schedule cause not only is it harder to list which dramas I'm going to watch ahead of time, I will still be trying to keep up my What Am I Watching This Week list so that's where you can find that.

SUNDAY

Supergirl - 8 PM on CW
Game of Thrones - 8 PM on HBO (April 14)

MONDAY

Legends of Tomorrow - 8 PM on CW (April 1)
Arrow - 9 PM on CW
Shadowhunters - 8 PM on Freeform
Black Lightning - 9 PM on CW

TUESDAY

The Flash - 8 PM on CW
The Bold Type - 8 PM on Freeform (April 9)
The 100 - 9 PM on CW (April 30)

WEDNESDAY

Riverdale - 8 PM on CW
Jane The Virgin - 9 PM on CW (March 27)
The Magicians - 9 PM on SyFy

THURSDAY

Gotham - 8 PM on FOX
iZombie - 8 PM on CW (May 2)
The Orville - 9 PM on FOX
Brooklyn Nine Nine - 9 PM on NBC
Star Trek Discovery - 9:30 PM on CBS All Access
For The People - 10 PM on ABC (March 7)

FRIDAY

Doom Patrol - DC Universe App
Dynasty - 8 PM on CW

NETFLIX

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 2 - April 5th

xoxo Allie

Top 10 TV Shows of 2018

Hi everyone! As promised, I'm back with my Top 10 Favorite TV Shows of 2018! Again, this list is based on my personal opinions and may have spoilers. There was a lot of great TV out this year so I'm going to start with some honorable mentions which has some shows that I binged this year but have ended and some shows that are still on air but that just missed the top 10 list! If you want a refresher, check out my Top 10 TV Shows of 2013, my Top 10 TV Shows of 2014, and my Top 10 TV Shows of 2015, Top 10 TV Shows of 2016 and Top 10 TV Shows of 2017 lists! Fair warning, there may be spoilers below so keep that in mind!

Up first are my honorable mentions: two shows that I loved but got cancelled!

Iron Fist

My first honorable mention is Iron Fist! The second season aired this summer and though I enjoyed season 1 more than most people did, I still wasn't the biggest fan of it. Season 2 however was everything and after the way it ended, I was really disappointed it got cancelled! Danny Rand is still the least interesting of the Marvel Netflix leads but his relationship with Colleen is the best Marvel Netflix romance and I adore all of the characters on this show from Ward who went from pain in the ass last season to one of my favorite characters this time to Davos who is a totally understandable villain to Colleen who is the most kickass and smart women on the show! I loved diving into the mythology of the Iron Fist more this season and I was really excited to learn more about Colleen's family and what happened to Danny that he got the Fist back. Unfortunately all those questions will never be answered unless you're into the comics.... Click here to see my season 1 review!

Daredevil

My second honorable mention is another Marvel Netflix show that got cancelled this year and that's Daredevil! This one hurt more that Iron Fist cause Daredevil has always been my favorite of the Marvel Netflix shows and season 3 was great! I really loved the return to basics this season with Matt fighting Fisk again and the reconciliation of Matt, Karen and Foggy who are the core of this show. Foggy especially started to finally feel like a real lawyer with how smart his dialogue was and Karen was really fleshed out this season. I really enjoyed the episode in which we went back to learn about her past. I also loved the addition of Maggie as Matt's mom and Ray as the FBI agent who really lost out this season. The idea of Matt struggling with his faith and wondering what it was all for after everything he loss (cough Elektra cough) was everything and the ending of this season did have more of a bow on it than Iron Fist did but I'm still going to miss it. I also didn't love how we'll never get an answer to what happened to Elektra because not only do I love her as a character and as a love interest to Matt, her fate was left in the air! Click here to see some YouTube videos of them!

And now let's get into our Top 10!

Vikings

Coming in at number 10 is Vikings! Now I've been consistently watching this show since 2014 but other than in 2014 I haven't really had this show on my list cause unfortunately unlike most shows I watch, Vikings's strongest season was season 1 in my opinion and it's been consistently going downhill from there. After Ragnar died in season 4 and the show became about his sons, there was a fresh feel to this show which did reinvest my interest and I have been pretty into season 5 so far cause I've really enjoyed the war between brothers. I'm really into Ivar as a villain though he seems to be losing his mind more recently and Alfred as a king who's really coming into his own and Heahmund as this antihero who looks out for himself but also really loves Lagertha (or so it seems cause he's so hard to read.) Unfortunately Lagertha and Bjorn have been shuffled off to the side it feels cause neither have had anything really to do other than sleep with others which is annoying cause they've been my favorites for a while now! Here's hoping we'll get more later this season which is currently airing! Click here to see some YouTube videos.

The Flash

At number 9 is The Flash! This show has never been my favorite of the Arrowverse cause I'm not a huge Barry Allen fan but my enjoyment of the show goes up and down. Last season was pretty good but I was really annoyed with how much screen-time Ralph Dibny got cause he was the worst but I really enjoyed Thinker as a villain. This season I've been kind of on the fence about how I feel cause though I've definitely enjoyed Ralph a lot more who went from this creep to a more comedic and kind character, I haven't really been a fan of the villain this year even if I like the idea of him being able to take away meta powers. I was also pretty into the idea of Nora coming back from the future but as the episodes went on she started to get less fun and more annoying and the show suddenly became The Westallen Family Starring The Flash show. I do suppose the more you enjoy them the more you'd enjoy this season but I've never been a huge fan of Iris and Barry so I'm pretty meh about it. The Flash will be back January 15th on CW! Click here to see more in-depth reviews and here to see YouTube videos!

Shadowhunters

Coming in at number 8 is Shadowhunters! I've always been a huge fan of the City of Bones book series and so I've always wanted to love the adaptations of the books whether that's the movie or this show and though season 1 of this show was real bad, season 2 was much better and so far season 3 hasn't been half bad! City of Fallen Angels was adapted for the first half and I assume since the show was cancelled that the rest of season 3 will be mostly City of Heavenly Fire with a touch of City of Lost Souls. I can't wait to see how this will be adapted though I have less of a stake in it since the first three books are my favorites which could mean that I'll enjoy the season more. I've been loving the way Jace and Clary's relationship has played out so far as well as the strong bond between the Lightwoods and Jace so I hope we get more of that not to mention Alec and Magnus! I wonder if the show will end Simon's arc the way it did in the books and I feel like we might get a hint of him and Izzy since there hasn't been enough legwork done to actually get them together now when we get back February 25th on Freeform! Click here to see some YouTube videos.

Gotham

At number 7 is Gotham! This is another one of those shows that have never gotten to be on my top 10 list before but I've been watching since it first aired back in 2014! The first season was rough but once the show gotten into it's second season and embraced the craziness that is the Batman Rogue's Gallery, the show picked up and has been so much ever since! We're about to go into it's final season and I'm sad cause I've enjoyed this show so much. I love all the characters (both the villains and the heroes) and the plot each season and how each season the city gets crazier and crazier showing us why the GCPD isn't enough and why we need someone like Batman! Baby Bruce is everything and I love his dynamic with Baby Selina and their relationship is super precious and very back and forth like Batman/Catwoman is. Lee and Jim are great too and I love that they'll always love each other more than anyone else even if they're not together. I've loved how last season the Sirens have taken over one part of the city, Lee and Riddler another and Penguin was off on his own and I can't wait to see what No Man's Land in Gotham looks like when it returns January 3rd on FOX. Click here to see some YouTube videos and here to see longer reviews!

Agents Of SHIELD

Coming in at number 6 is Agents Of SHIELD! What a surprise to see this show so low right? It's been either 1 or 2 for the past 4 years but I really wasn't a huge fan of season 5 and I personally felt the quality dropped a lot. There were episodes that stood as being really fun specifically the Fitz and Hunter escapade on Earth. I think a lot of it was because Fitz has always been my favorite character on the show and this past season they pretty much made him a monster by telling us that Framework Fitz was just another part of Fitz and I really didn't like how they broke up the Bus Kids (aka Daisy/Skye, Fitz and Simmons) but I could have gotten past this if the story was better but after the first half in space, the second half was just not great in my opinion cause I really didn't care about Ruby and I was pretty disappointed in their 100th episode. I am super curious about what season 6 will look like with Coulson leaving the show and I'm still waiting for at least Hunter to come back cause Bobbi is busy on another show! Agents of SHIELD will be back in July on ABC! Anyway click here to see some YouTube videos and here to see longer reviews!

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

At number 5 is The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina! This is a new show both on my top 10 list and in actuality. I loved the Sabrina the Teenage Witch show when I was younger and I'm really into Riverdale so I was excited to see what this show would do and I found that I loved this show so much! It was crazy in a fun way and dark in a wow is this okay kind of way? I loved how witches were portrayed in this show as basically the version that sold their souls to Satan to get their powers but it was done in a way where it didn't feel like a huge immoral thing as it probably should be. I loved that the plot of season 1 was that Sabrina wasn't sure if she wanted to give her soul to Satan and that the villain was so cunning and manipulative that she sort of convinced Sabrina that it was ultimately her idea to do so. I loved all the members of the Spellman family including the new addition of Ambrose and though I didn't like Zelda at first, she was so protective of Sabrina that I couldn't help but grow to love her too. Sabrina's relationship with Harvey was so sweet and Ross Lynch's Harvey was one of the most loving and supportive boyfriends I've ever seen on tv! The only downside of this show was Sabrina's two girl friends who I thought were super annoying and could have done without!

Riverdale

Coming in at number 4 is Riverdale! This is one of my favorite shows on air and it's one that you need to watch with your brain turned off. During season 2 I started to realize how insane the plots were and how none of the characters or their parents acted like they were in high school and once I noticed that I was able to turn off the part of my brain that was like 'that makes no sense' and just enjoy the crazy ride. Betty and Jughead are still my favorite characters and their relationship is still the best on the show. Archie is a moron but once you decide that yes every decision he makes is in fact idiotic, it's much more enjoyable and Veronica is alright though I'm not a huge fan of her relationship with Archie cause I feel like they have no chemistry which is why a possible thing with Reggie is everything to me. I'm also not a huge fan of Cheryl but since she's not one of the core 4, we do see less of her. I'm not so into the Gargoyle King this season but I love Hiram being such a mob boss! Riverdale will be back January 16th on CW! Click here to see some YouTube videos and here to see longer reviews!

 

Arrow

At number 3 is Arrow! Of course this is in the top 5 of my top 10 list cause Arrow is my baby and no matter how bad it gets, I'm still along for the ride and trust me it got reeeeal bad the second half of season 6 but it's gotten much better during the first half of season 7. I really disliked the OTA v NTA fight last season because not only were both sides wrong but it didn't make anyone look good! I was exhausted being told every week that NTA didn't trust Oliver and they wouldn't go back so when that season ended, it was a breath of fresh air. I did of course love the marriage of Oliver and Felicity and the little family they made with William which was the only saving grace! Unfortunately while a lot was fixed this season, they got rid of William which is kinda sad! I have been enjoying this season so far cause as much as I didn't really care for Oliver in prison, I loved the refocus of the show on Oliver and Felicity as characters doing their own thing but going on similar journeys and the way Team Arrow was split up so everyone had something to do. I'm super into the idea of Oliver as the Green Arrow working with the police and I hope that Felicity gets to build Smoak Tech and Diggle, Lyla and ARGUS work on their own thing but end up leading back to whatever Oliver is working on! Arrow will be back January 21st on CW! Click here to see some YouTube videos and here to see longer reviews!

Legends Of Tomorrow

Coming in at number 2 is Legends Of Tomorrow! This is definitely my favorite of the Arrowverse shows because no matter how insane and kooky the show gets, the writing never falters, the characters never lose themselves and the plot is always exciting. I love how it showcases some of the best LGBTQ relationships on tv and how they're treated like any straight relationship. I love how strong and smart and independent the women are and how they are all such capable leaders. I love the dynamics between all the characters both on the Time Rider and in the Bureau! I love the crazy plans and the comedic writing and the magical creatures this season! Everything about this show is perfection and I really would be hard-pressed to find something I dislike about this show! I really loved Wally popping up last season but it's really unfortunate that he left the Arrowverse cause I felt like this show really allowed him to shine! I'm a huge fan of Zari and Sara and Constantine right now and the only person I don't really understand or need is Charlie but hopefully she'll grow on me when the show returns in April on CW! Click here to see some YouTube videos and here to see longer reviews!

The Magicians

And now my number 1 show of 2018 is The Magicians!! What a crazy jump from the number 8 spot it was in last year but what can I say? I adore this show! As you can probably guess based on this list, I've been waaay into shows that are insane and crazy this year cause they're so much fun to watch! I love how every new episode of this show is so unexpected and leads you to new places that you never would have guessed. It's like Harry Potter meets The Chronicles Of Narnia but with hilarious hijinks and a group of misfit characters who are trying their damndest but screw up every time. I love that sometimes the show digs down deep into dark themes like slavery and sexual assault but other times it has musical episodes and sloths giving love advice! It has everything you could possibly want in a show plus a wide range of diverse characters of different genders, races, personality and sexual preferences! I loved that last season was all about trying to get magic back after the crew screwed up and got magic turned off only to unleash a monster into the world and have their memories wiped! I'm super excited to get back into this world on January 23rd on Syfy! Click here to see some YouTube videos of them!


And with that another top 10 list has been concluded! I'll see you all tomorrow for my top 10 Asian dramas list and make sure you look back on my top 10 lists of previous years!!

xoxo Allie

Fall 2018 TV Schedule

It's finally approaching that time of year again: the time when all of our shows return to air! Who's excited?? Listed below is my 2018 fall TV schedule (September to November) with their air dates listed. Asian dramas are not included on this schedule cause not only is it harder to list which dramas I'm going to watch ahead of time, I will still be trying to keep up my What Am I Watching This Week list so that's where you can find that.

SUNDAY

Supergirl - 8 PM on CW (Oct 14)
Outlander - 8 PM on Starz (Nov 4)

MONDAY

Arrow - 8 PM on CW (Oct 15)
Legends of Tomorrow - 9 PM on CW (Oct 22)

TUESDAY

The Gifted - 8 PM on Fox (Sept 25)
The Flash - 8 PM on CW (Oct 9)
Black Lightning - 9 PM on CW (Oct 9)

WEDNESDAY

Riverdale - 8 PM on CW (Oct 10)
The Vikings - 9 PM on History (Nov 28)

THURSDAY

How To Get Away With Murder - 10 PM on ABC (Sep 27)

NETFLIX

Iron Fist - September 7th
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - October 26th

xoxo Allie