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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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

Monday, June 1, 2020

Summer 2020 TV Schedule

Hey everyone!! It's finally June which means that the Summer 2020 TV Schedule is about to start!! As per usual I'm going to be posting what shows I will be watching along with their air dates! These all air from June to the end of August! 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 Dramas Am I Watching This Week list so that's where you can find all my thoughts on the asian dramas I'm watching but if you're interested in my reviews for the American shows and Japanese anime I watch, check out my What Shows Am I Watching This Week list. Those in pink are the ones I will be reviewing weekly.

SUNDAY

Gleipnir - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 28)
The Alienist - 9 PM on TNT (July 19) (Season Finale August 16)

MONDAY

Fruits Basket - Anime (Currently Airing)
Stargirl - DC Universe (Currently Airing) (Season Finale August 10)
The God Of High School - Anime (July 6)

TUESDAY

Legends of Tomorrow - 9 PM on CW (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 2)

WEDNESDAY

Kami no Tou: Tower of God - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 24)
Plunderer - Anime (Currently Airing) (Series Finale June 24)
Mr Love: Queen's Choice - Anime (July 15)
The 100 - 8 PM on CW (Currently Airing)
Agents Of SHIELD - 10 PM on ABC (Currently Airing) (Series Finale August 12)

THURSDAY

Doom Patrol - DC Universe (June 25) (Season Finale August 6)

FRIDAY

Appare Ranman! - Anime (July 24)
Harley Quinn - DC Universe (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 26)
Rent A Girlfriend - Anime (July 10)

SATURDAY

My Next Life As A Villainess - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 20)
Sing "Yesterday" for Me - Anime (Currently Airing) (Series Finale June 20)
The Misfit Of Demon King Academy - Anime (July 4)

STREAMING

Hamilton - Disney+ (July 3)
The Baby-Sitters Club - Netflix (July 3)
The Kissing Booth 2 - Netflix (July 24)
The Umbrella Academy Season 2 - Netflix (July 31)
The Great Pretender - Netflix (August 20)

Lucifer Season 5A - Netflix (August 21)

xoxo Allie

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Spring 2020 TV Schedule

Hey everyone!! It's finally April which means that the Spring 2020 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 April 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 Dramas Am I Watching This Week list so that's where you can find all my thoughts on the asian dramas I'm watching but if you're interested in my reviews for the American shows and Japanese anime I watch, check out my What Shows Am I Watching This Week list. Those in pink are the ones I'm reviewing weekly.

SUNDAY

Gleipnir - Anime (April 5)
Batwoman - 8 PM on CW (April 26) (Season Finale May 17)

MONDAY

Fruits Basket - Anime (April 6)
Stargirl - DC Universe (May 18)

TUESDAY

The Flash - 8 PM on CW (April 21) (Season Finale May 12)
Legends of Tomorrow - 9 PM on CW (April 21)

WEDNESDAY

BNA - Anime (April 8)
Kami no Tou: Tower of God - Anime (April 1)
Plunderer - Anime (Currently Airing)
Riverdale - 8 PM on CW (April 15) (Season Finale May 6)
The 100 - 8 PM on CW (May 20)
The Magicians - 10 PM on SyFy (Series Finale April 1)
Agents Of SHIELD - 10 PM on ABC (May 27)

THURSDAY

Brooklyn Nine Nine - 8:30 PM on NBC (Currently Airing) (Season Finale April 23)
How To Get Away With Murder - 10 PM on ABC (April 2) (Series Finale May 14)

FRIDAY

Haikyuu! To The Top - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale April 3)
Harley Quinn - DC Universe (April 3)
The Clone Wars - Disney+ (Currently Airing) (Series Finale May 4)

SATURDAY

My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom! - Anime (April 4)
Sing "Yesterday" for Me - Anime (April 4)

xoxo Allie

Monday, December 30, 2019

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

Saturday, August 10, 2019

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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

FINISHED Dear White People Season 3

So I don't think I've ever actually mentioned that I watch this show on this blog but I do and I actually really actually adored this season as per usual and the topics it touched on. It did take me a second to remember where everyone was and what they went through last season but as soon as I did, I was on board. Every character was going through their own shit and I loved experiencing it. Sam was stuck both in a sense of her documentary and also in the way she looked at the world. I loved that we spent an entire season learning that yes sometimes it's okay to step away and take a break but it's also okay to return to where you were cause you'll have a new prospective. Gabe and Sam are still the cutest and I'm thrilled they're still together and though Gabe's story was a little less intense this season, I enjoyed seeing him struggle with losing the privilege he had and trying to find ways to work around it. Of course the whole Native American debacle was truly cringe-worthy to watch but the way he fixed the situation by actually giving it to a person of color who needed the money was a good way to make amends. Coco struggled with wanting to be an overachiever and it was super sucky that she ended up not getting the fellowship she wanted and though Troy's storyline wasn't the most interesting, I liked that he ended up making the magazine he wants in the end with the others. The most interesting part to me though was definitely what happened with Muffy and Moses cause it was heartbreaking to watch and so real. I loved the way it not only looked at sexual assault but also hero worship and how something like this doesn't just affect one person but a whole race and a campus community. Reggie breaks my heart every season and he did the same this time and really the boy just needs to go to a therapist cause everything he's been doing until now isn't working!

We don't know yet if this show will get a fourth season but I'm praying it does cause there's just so much story left to tell! Not only are we left on such a cliffhanger, this show is so relevant to today's culture! I hope next season we get to learn more about this Order and I have a feeling that Troy with Sam and Lionel will end up revealing some truths!

Poldark Season 5 Episode 4

I don't know what more Ned could do to get Ross off of his side. Literally everyone has told him that he's a terrible influence and a rebel at heart but Ross can't help but want to help anyway. If anything causes him ruin this season it will be Ned dragging him down. On what damn planet did Ned think that it was a good idea to get the commonfolk all riled up and march them down to George?? Though truth be told I have a feeling that it was the commonfolk that got Ned all riled up but either way Ross needs to step back. Demelza tells him every week to stop putting everyone and everything in front of them and their family and one of these damn days maybe he'll listen. Is it bad that I low key want some sort of fever or plague or something to hit Demelza so that Ross will be able to see that he needs to focus on her? Not like anything that could kill but just a cold would be great. The best moment though was when Ross reprimanded Tess for her creepy flirty looks at him and the way that she can't accept Demelza as her boss but even better was when Demelza herself fired her and it was about time cause she gave Tess so many chances and Tess was nothing but confrontational in return. George was also really heartbreaking this week cause he was just wracked with sadness over Elizabeth's death and I loved how Dwight was there for him for so much of it. Caroline's jealously was super strange though and I'm not sure what she was upset about cause obviously he didn't have a crush on Kitty and obviously he's not hiding from her or lying for fun when she knows well and good that he likes to keep his cases mostly confidential. I do wish that George would join our side for once but I think that he just hates Ross so much that he can't ever do that. On another note Geoffrey Charles and Cecily have decided to elope and I have a feeling that's not going to work out whatsoever.

Next week it looks like we're back in London or at least Ross and George are and something is happening though I don't know what. Ned it seems may be losing his mind and the anti-King and country rhetoric they're talking about really needs to be the straw that breaks the camel's back for Ross cause seriously man.

Young Justice Season 3 Episode 21

What a crazy fun episode with a lot of deep moral questions underneath. Karen and Mal had their baby but what I thought was a joke at first ended up actually happening with Karen transforming her daughter's into a meta. It brings up a lot of questions about designer babies and picking and choosing genes but I'm not going to talk about cause whew those are heavy topics. I just thought it was interesting that in a world such as this where lots of metas kids are being experimented on who wish that the powers could go away, Karen and Mal actually thought it was better to be a meta. Personally I'd definitely chose to be a meta than to not but that's me. I also like that we pretty much now know that Granny is from Apokolips and I'd like to imagine this gives us the advantage but I have a feeling she let them know on purpose and it's not like they've got real proof. I do hope that whatever brainwashing Dick and Jefferson went through isn't going to be a recurring thing cause I'd like to imagine that Violet's powers as a motherbox could fix anything Granny's Overlord did especially since Granny didn't know that Violet was one so her shock at Violet speaking the Old Gods' language was genuine. It's super strange though cause I would have figured with Dr Jace being sketch and working with Ultra Humanite who last I checked was part of the Light that all the others would have known. I low key need to make myself a chart to keep track of who's where and which villains are part of which faction cause Granny is on Darkseid's side and Darkseid is only allies with the Light so it's not like they need to share all their secrets. On that note I'm glad that Violet and Brion were able to reconnect not cause I care for their pairing but since Jace seemed to be trying to split them apart so anything that she doesn't want is good.

FINISHED The 100 Season 6 Episode 13

This was the finale for season 6 of this show and I really don't know what I just experienced. Most of the episode was great and I was totally on board for everything that happened but the ending was just so confusing that it blew my mind. As I expected Russell and co really messed up by going into space cause this was not their territory and I low key love how they went from fake benevolent rulers to who cares about anyone or anything except for us five. At the top of the season they could at least pretend like they cared about their people and now they were just like let them destroy each other down on Sanctum and let's get out of here. I really hope that though it wasn't shown that Russell ended up murdered too cause he was the last Prime left except for Priya who's mind drive somehow made it to Jordan who's totally been brainwashed by whatever the Prime worshippers did. I assume his plan is to bring Priya back to life but like in Jordan's mind what's the point cause he loved someone else not Priya unless the brainwashing changed it so that he can't tell a difference. It's also low key a terrible plan cause the one Nightbloods left are Clarke, Madi, Emori and Murphy and it's not like getting any of them will be easy. It was also low key terrible that Madi had to get her Flame wiped cause it feels like in Legend of Korra when Korra lost her connection to the previous avatars which sucks on it's own but it extra sucks cause the Flame code ended up somewhere else so the Evil Commander can live on. I do think it's a little too much of a retcon for me to enjoy cause it's not like Lexa had to fight with him. I also don't think Octavia is dead cause she's a fan favorite and she and Bellamy just reconciled so I don't want anything to ruin that. The anomaly has to be some kind of magic. 

Astra Lost In Space Episode 6

You know what? For once I could actually believe the show when they tell me that Charce might be the enemy after all. We're slowly moving through all our characters and the more we get to know the fewer are left for us to find as the villain and I'm even starting to wonder if maybe there's no villain after all. For all we know Aires cut the communication cause she wanted to spend time with people and make friends and it had nothing to do with needing to kill everyone. If there is a villain, I'd think it'd be a better plot twist for it to be someone who's nice or friendly instead of someone who is a loner like Ulgar. We got Ulgar and Luca's backstories this week and as it turns out both have similar stories in that their parents didn't love them just like Yunha and Luca was adopted like Funicia. As we learned Ulgar had a brother who was digging into Luca's father and ended up dead because of it and like if that wasn't a heartache in itself, it was awful watching Ulgar's father tell Ulgar that it should have been him. Luca on the other hand we learn is intersexual which means that he's got both male and female parts (since he identifies as male we're going to keep calling him as him) and because of that his father basically disowned him which explains his non-reaction last week when asked by press how he feels about losing his son. I'm still trying to figure out what the connection is between our cast and I would still guess it has to do with the parents more than the kids themselves but I can't put it together! In terms of Charce, if he is the bad guy, there was no way to plan for Aires's photographic memory but you would think that he would do the research and know which class none of the crew took if he needed one to talk about.

Krypton Season 2 Episode 9

There was a lot of fighting this week and a death that I'm heartbroken about but tbh if I had to pick one of the main characters to die it would have been Kem no matter how much I'm going to miss him cause I'd prefer Nyssa and Adam and Val to be alive! It was so bittersweet watching each and every one of our heroes try to be heroes and sacrifice themselves for others cause that's what heroes do with Nyssa volunteering to take Dru's ship and Kem manually detonating the bomb in the mines and Adam pushing Val to safety so the rocks landed on him. I'm low key worried that Adam might be paralyzed from the waist down but at the same time I feel like if he is, there's probs a fancy Kryptonian way to fix it cause I haven't seen any real disabilities on this planet. The moon was also destroyed and I feel like that might end up being a really bad thing cause don't the Kryptonians need that moon for minerals to power things? Like what if this moon getting destroyed leads to Krypton overusing it's remaining resources which leads to Krypton getting destroyed? I also still find it a little ridiculous how separate the cities of Krypton are cause you would think the moon is used for all of Krypton and not just Kandor so Dru being the dictator he is might rub the rules of say Argo City the wrong way! I still don't entirely know why we picked Kandor over Argo as our main city when in Superman canon the Els and Zods lived in Argo. Lyta spent the episode righting her wrongs and I'm excited to see her challenge Dru cause the Sagitari are still more loyal to their Primus than anyone else and Lyta's the Primus.

Next week is the finale and I'm excited to see if we end up defeating Dru or not. Doomsday was definitely killed in that explosion so he's lost another tool in his belt and with Lyta alive and well I'd be curious to know how many Sagitari switch sides. It also looks like Lobo will be back and that should be interesting cause he can definitely join Seg and Nyssa in hunting down Brainiac which I feel like will be the plot if we get a new season.

Fruits Basket (2019) Season 1 Episode 19

As I thought last week this episode was leagues better than the 2001 version of this story but honestly at this point I should stop saying that cause every episode of this show is better than the previous version. It's the fact that this version takes these deep topics and lets them play out alongside the more humorous moments while the original version tried to focus solely on the comedy aspect. Ritsu has never been a favorite of mine, in fact I thought of him as a nuisance before, but after watching this episode, my heart grew three sizes watching him. Ritsu is a precious angel that I adore and needs to be protected. I loved that Ritsu is a bit more on the transgender spectrum in this show than before cause now he's wearing women's clothes cause it makes him feel good when before he just wore them cause society allowed women to be more submissive so his constant apologizing and shyness could be overlooked. Not only does it really update Ritsu as a character but it really makes me connect to him more and I'd definitely love to follow him on his journey as we find out whether he chooses to continue dressing like a woman or if he'll choose to return to male clothing. I was also surprised to note that Ritsu is actually closer to our trio's age than Shigure's age like I thought before. I also loved that it was Mitsuru who was the heavily apologetic one this time around instead of Tohru cause I truly thought the 2001 Tohru was too passive and this one has many of the same flaws but she's more confident in herself and I love that. Her speech to Ritsu about how choosing to live shows the most bravery and that everyone needs to find their own reason to live was everything and I actually teared up when we saw Kyoko and baby Tohru cause it was the absolute sweetest moment. I also love that we basically set up a future couple between Mitsuru and Ritsu this week and they're super cute already.

I'm thinking that next week will be the Hiro episode which should be fun cause this show seems to have switched the order of Ritsu and Hiro. After that must be the Kyo true form arc but who knows cause we still have a few more Sohmas left to meet.

xoxo Allie

Saturday, August 3, 2019

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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

Poldark Season 5 Episode 3

So much happened this week but it's honestly so relaxing to have our whole cast back in Cornwall. I honestly prefer the wide sweeping countryside to the packed quarters in London if I'm being truthful and not just cause I prefer the smaller problems that can be solved hands-on. It still drives me mad that the commonfolk always bite the hand that feeds them rather than the hand that's punishing them. I can't believe they blamed Ross and Demelza for first not allowing children into the mines when they know well and clear how dangerous it is and then blamed them again for George's mine collapsing. Like damn pick a side. They know that George and Ross don't get along so on what planet would Ross have any say in what happens at that mine? I still find it sad that in this world Elizabeth could pass Poldark lands and mine to George and that Geoffrey Charles has to suffer with whatever George can manage to pass on cause it seems strange that Poldark lands shouldn't pass to the eldest Poldark heir when their is on. Unless of course it does all belong to Geoffrey Charles and George is only holding it until Geoffrey Charles is of age. Cause like otherwise does Geoffrey Charles even have a trust fund? Is he dirt poor man with only a good aristocratic name? I'm on Dwight's side when he commented about Ned being a terrible influence on Ross and like I said last week though part of me wants George to stay mad so that he no longer can be a thorn in the side of Ross, part of me also hopes that Dwight can cure him and make George an ally rather than a foe. I was low key hoping and praying that Hanson would catch on to what's going on with George cause then he could just leave cause he's the worst.

Next week it looks like Ross will be attempting to buy George's mine for himself and though that's probably a good idea in the long term cause I think that mine is still doing better than Ross's is right now, it'll probably cost a fortune to buy and I don't think Ross has that money to spare. It also looks like Dwight will be attempting to help George but he somehow comes upon Ned making me think that George's mental condition will get out.

Young Justice Season 3 Episode 20

Honestly this felt like such a strange episode but the only reason for this was cause it was meant to be a quiet look at the lives of our characters outside of their crime fighting and though I didn't really feel a need to follow Harper who's a character I don't really care for, the rest was really interesting. I liked that we finally got around to Victor and his Father Box conundrum but even more hilarious was how easy it was to fix him. I don't know why I expected more tbh but even taking down Metron was fairly simple. I did love the awkward hop over to where Superman was fighting just so Connor could drop a bunch of weird things to Kal and then run away to Kal's confusion. I also thought it was sweet of Violet to go find Gabrielle's family to tell them what happened to Gabrielle but again I really thought that Violet running away would have been a longer storyline but it was super sweet how much Tara loves her. I kind of adore that Tara has found so much love with Gabrielle and Artemis and that it's them who will probably pull her away from Slade and not Garfield like in most other iterations cause I adore Garfield and Perdita and I didn't want Tara to get in the middle of that. The Kaldur stuff was the least impactful cause nothing really progressed with him other than how lucky that meta-teen girl was cause I would love to live in Atlantis! It was interesting to find out that Kaldur is dating Garth now cause not only is this new information that he's bi but it's also nice to pop in and see the personal lives of our core members again. Since they've been relegated to mentors and not the main team members like in season 1 and even season 2, we've only seen them in terms of leadership and missions. 20 episodes in and we finally just figured out why Orin stepped down as Aquaman (even if we all guessed this was probs why!)

The 100 Season 6 Episode 12

Wow Russell has hardcore lost his mind hasn't he? He's pretty much giving up on the whole Primes and ruling Sanctum and trying to be good now cause he's realized it's not going to work anymore so he's pretty much just focused on getting his family to safety though I really don't know what his longterm goal is. Russell and Simone are so screwed and they don't even know it. They've placed themselves up in space all alone thinking that three of them (two in fact) can win against the hundreds on the ship? And let's not pretend that Russell or Simone are anywhere as trained as Indra or any of the others but I suppose that's a problem for next week. It was totally insane that Abby was murdered this week and I can't believe it happened just a little after Kane was killed but I should have seen it coming after she made up with Raven and basically adopted her as a daughter too. It was probably even worse for Clarke who had to pretend like nothing was wrong while seeing that her mother was murdered. Murphy and Emori switched sides again and it's getting kind of ridiculous but with Russell exasperated with everything that's happening, they made it out alive. It was a little much for them to be so torn up about Abby dying though when they barely know Abby and in fact they're closer to Clarke but like not even Clarke dying got the tears Abby did! Also Gabriel is a moron and he had the perfect chance to kill Russell earlier but he hesitated like a coward and that's how we are where we are. 

The finale is next week and I'm hoping that Russell and Simone will be overpowered and have their mind drives destroyed. It would be great it they were killed too just to avoid any further problems but I suppose it'll depend on whether our crew is trying to be better or whatever. I also assume that back in Sanctum, the other Primes will have their mind drives destroyed too and then the rest of our crew from space can come down and live peacefully on the planet.

Astra Lost In Space Episode 5

This was the fanservice episode of the bunch and I figured that was the case as soon as we landed on a planet with a beach but I didn't mind it cause aside from the weirdness, since we had a planet with no problems, we were able to focus on other stuff like visiting the parents back on Earth and developing more personal relationships. Let's start with those back on Earth and how pretty much every parent except for Aires's mom seemed to be indifferent to the fact that their kids were missing. Normally in a situation like this were your kids are missing, parents would be emotional and desperate the way Aires's mom was instead of calm and rational like the rest were. It was totally obvious that they didn't care and it makes me wonder why. Is it possible that they all knew that their kids would be sacrificed? Was it planned and Aires was just a mistake? I feel like the kids should talk about their parents more cause it's definitely starting to feel like the reason these kids are up here isn't because of them but maybe their parents. Between them there's definitely a senator, a singer, two researchers and a vice principal and that's only a few. I also doubt that Ulgar is actually the traitor afterall cause I have a feeling that he just hates Luca's dad cause he seemed chill until Luca revealed who his dad was. It also just feels too early for the traitor to be revealed and on another note it Ulgar being the traitor just feels like low hanging fruit cause like oh wow the broody kid who doesn't want to make friends was the bad guy all along how original.

Krypton Season 2 Episode 8

OMG who called it episodes ago that there was no way that Lyta died??! I was totally fooled into believing that this show would kill off Seg's love interest cause they went so many episodes without a hint of her and now we find out that she's alive and that it was just a clone that was killed. I honestly have so many questions about this cause I didn't even know Krypton had cloning abilities but like they must and they must be fairly common since after Lyta explained it, no one questioned where a clone came from. Also I loved that it was a Black Mercy that was keeping Lyta trapped cause is it even a show about Kryptonians without one?? The most ironic thing was that it was Dru himself who ended up getting Lyta out cause his head science person did warn him that taking the Black Mercy toxin would ruin the effect the Black Mercy had on it's host and he was like whatever which allowed Lyta the chance she needed. Part of me is a little sad cause I was enjoying Seg and Nyssa as a team and now that Lyta is back the dynamic will change but Jor El is already born and named so there's no going back! It's gotten to the point where it feels like Nyssa and Lyta are sister-wives and really why not have a three-way poly relationship? I wish I understood the way this world viewed marriage and children better cause I know a binding is basically marriage but does the wife take the husband's name? Like if Lyta gets married to Seg will she be an El? Or does having a child through the bonding cortex mean that you're married? Like is Nyssa technically Seg's wife in the eyes of Krypton after Jor was born? 

Okay wow so maybe all my questions about Superman's lineage mean nothing now cause according to Adam, Kal-El doesn't exist anymore and honestly that makes sense cause Krypton has completely muddled up canon in order to tell it's own story. Dru has complete control over Doomsday and that's a nightmare of it's own tbh but he himself is only human so all they need is one clear shot and boom Dru is dead.

FINISHED Agents Of SHIELD Season 6 Episode 12 and Episode 13

What an insane season finale! I was worried that we had too much to deal with and not enough time especially when the Chronicoms returned cause I really thought they would be a season 7 problem and in a way they were. The writing was so incredibly well done that the season 6 to season 7 transition is going to be flawless and I'm already so excited for the final season of my favorite superhero show on tv. Once we found out that the sword Sarge had could kill Izel, things became much clearer because like I had said last week I had no idea how we would be able to win with Izel being so much stronger than our heroes. For a second I really thought that May had been killed and we were about to lose YoYo and Daisy's powers had no effect on Sarge but luckily May is a complete badass to the end and was able to kill Izel and Mack was able to take down Sarge. Of course the comedy was still on point cause I loved everything with Deke and Fitz and Simmons after they realized that Deke was stealing tech to build a company but it turned into a really sad moment when Deke revealed that he was lonely and isolated and hurt by everything that happened. I really believe if shit hadn't of hit the fan that this would be what would have gotten through to Fitz and I believe that it would have strengthened their relationship. I really wish I understood what was happening at the end of the episode but it looks like Jemma and Fitz have been time traveling of a sort and with Enoch's help they've become more high-tech and badass than before. We have our full team again now with a Monolith Flint and a Coulson LMD and I'm honestly super into this more than the idea that Sarge would have survived cause this is our Coulson who's mind is in this upgraded LMD. 

Next season should be the fight against the Chronicoms and I can't wait cause they'll definitely be a fantastic final villain with their high intelligence!

Fruits Basket (2019) Season 1 Episode 18

KISA! KISA! KISA! I've been waiting for this episode for what feels like forever and it's finally here! Kisa has been one of my favorite zodiacs since the first time I watched this show and she's still the most precious little angel. Kisa breaks my heart because I can't imagine being bullied the way she was and how much pain and torture she must have gone through. Of course if you're treated the way she was, you wouldn't want to talk anymore. It didn't help that Kisa's mom was one of the few that tried to reject their child though she clearly tried harder than Momiji's mom even before she was awoken by Tohru's sweetness. I'd like to imagine that she'd be much more accepting of her daughter now and with Kisa being able to stand strong and be brave enough not only to start speaking again but to return to school where all her bullies lay, Kisa would be able to love herself a little more and stand up for herself in the face of all those who oppose her. We also saw a bit more of young Yuki who went through a similar period of being unable to speak after everything that Akito put him through but like Kisa he's trying to be brave and do things that he would never like running for student council president. It's really interesting how the show is so heavily focused on Yuki this season when I feel like I don't remember the 2001 anime being so Yuki-centric but maybe that's cause they're saying the Kyo drama for next season? Either way it's a little sad cause Kyo's obviously my favorite and his reduced screen time is a little unfortunate.

I think we meet Ritsu next week and I remember hating that 2001 episode but this show has taken filler and made it more interesting so I'm keeping an open mind about when lesson Tohru might learn after seeing Ritsu and how his submissiveness actually harmed him.

xoxo Allie

Saturday, July 27, 2019

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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

Poldark Season 5 Episode 2

There's a chill in the air of this show and I'm low key finding myself terrified for our main cast members in a way I haven't been before. It's most likely because Ross and Dwight and their wives are playing around in the political sphere now and unlike the small politics of Cornwall when they were fighting George, in London the King and his supporters as well as people like Hanson have no problem murdering and killing. I was terrified for Demelza all episode with that weird man following her around London and it's like of all the people to stalk, Demelza would have been the last person I'd suspect should be followed. I'm not sure if Bannantine was killed and washed up on shore in Cornwall or London but I can't imagine what our enemies can gain by killing him cause it wouldn't ruin Ned's reputation again unless they somehow pin the murder on him. Perhaps it's as simple as with another witness dead there's no one to point to their wrongdoings? I do like that an ace in our pocket is having Ross kind of working with the King's spy network so it could help keep the government from believing Hanson and co about Ross being a rebel but again it doesn't help that Ross refused to spy on Ned and Kitty and instead fled London. I'm afraid the government spies will just decide that Ross is too hard of a weapon to mold and toss him aside. George is also still slowly falling into madness and part of me is like yes George yes cause with him down and out for a bit, he can't be the thorn in Ross's side as usual but the rest of me is saddened for him and the utter grief he feels. On another note, I'm still liking the cute romance between Cecily and Geoffrey Charles but I'm so terrified of Cecily's father that I can't fully enjoy it. I also still don't understand what Tess wants. It feels like she wants to be mistress of Nampara but like does that mean she wants to seduce Ross or murder Demelza? Either way she's an idiot if she thinks that she can turn Ross's head.

Oh wow looks like a whole bunch of murder is happening next week. I do not think that Bannantine washed up in Cornwall but if we were missing anything in this season so far it's mine drama and how much do we want to bet Tess and co did something to make more commonfolk turn against Ross and Demelza? George also looks like he's closer to losing his mind and it's possible he'll end up shooting his uncle by next week.

Young Justice Season 3 Episode 19

This episode went from one thing to a completely different thing in the course of 30 minutes and I'm honestly shocked because I did not see this coming. Lex had a fantastic plan at the top of the episode in order to discredit the Outsiders and keep his agenda going with pretending like he was worried about a bunch of teen heroes but it was all ruined for him by the end which was a surprise to me cause I thought that the second crisis of the episode was also a plot by Lex. As it turned out it was a plot but not one made by Lex. I don't entirely understand what Batman and co are secretly trying to accomplish but I can't entirely assume it's just to discredit the Light from the shadows. It was fascinating to see that Batman was basically Lex this week and I loved that Diana called him out. I do miss some of the older members (like where has Black Canary been) and I still don't understand why Diana and Clark are out in space when we don't even check in with them. Last we saw of space, the Light was selling metahumans so are we to assume that's what the League is fighting in space? We also got another shoutout to Wally and I will die if he doesn't come back at some point this season. Violet also came out with the truth about Gabrielle and what she did to Brion and Tera which of course horrified them but once again Violet isn't Gabrielle so she's not exactly to blame! I also thought I would be annoyed with how the Outsiders's parents were against them being Outsiders but I loved the way the episode ended with them publicly offering their support including savage Jay Garrick who made a social media account just to mess with Lex.

The 100 Season 6 Episode 11

Turnabouts fair play no? Josephine spent an episode pretending to be Clarke and now Clarke will spend an episode pretending to be Josephine and seriously it's just props to Eliza Taylor who is slaying. I really enjoyed pretty much everything that happened this week other than probably what was happening with Echo in her backstory. It was a weird moment to bring it up and I don't know what it accomplished if I'm being honest but I suppose it might have been leftover from when Bellamy told her to open up mixed in with her needing to stall. It was super badass when she murdered Ryker though cause as much as he was hemming and hawing, she's still the assassin she was. It was also strange that we didn't see Raven or Abby or Emori tonight but I guess there was no need for them cause we know what they were up to. It does suck that Murphy is on the Primes side again but like obviously everyone on our side is like whatever dude at this point and besides when push comes to shove, he usually picks us. I was hoping that maybe they'd be able to get the evil Commander out of Madi before making more Nightbloods but then again there is literally only Russell, and Priya left of the Primes so like all our crew have to do is kill them and destroy the drives and there's no need for Nightbloods anymore. Octavia and Bellamy also seemed to make up and though Bellamy is still being an asshole to Octavia's face, he was struggling to keep tears at bay and I have a feeling that he'll be fine by the end of this season probs through an Octavia death scare if I'm being honest. I can't wait to see Clarke pretend to be Josephine some more cause she's been killing it so far tbh. I also don't entirely know why Clarke can't just kill Russell and Priya cause she's already infiltrated their inner circle and they would never see it coming. This way they can take out who they need to, save our people and protect the innocent.

Ha I have no idea what was happening in the trailer. It looks like Gabriel's big plan is to turn the Nulls against the Primes by explaining the truth behind the drives but again part of me is like why not just kill the two Primes left and destroy the drives? Same difference no?

Astra Lost In Space Episode 4

Well I asked for a sick episode and that's kind of what we got though it was mixed together with a planet with little to no resources story which is interesting cause technically it could have been spread over two. The weirdest moment all episode was Kanata taking his helmet off to breath in the poison cause for some reason he thought he'd find the medicinal mushrooms only when he was panicking. I was sitting here like you moron that's not going to help cause you're more useful unhurt. It also brought up a question I had about why the crew would take their helmets off after they land on each planet cause though they might be able to account for oxygen in the atmosphere, there's no way of knowing if there's something unbreathable in the air anyway unless they have some sort of air tester but since we haven't seen one yet, I think we're supposed to assume that we don't. I'm curious to know if the next episode will also take place on this planet cause we never did manage to solve the low resources on this planet problem and the next planet isn't close enough that the crew can make it on what little they have. I also know we've like technically made friends with the Gruppies on this planet but like when push comes to shove, they are meat and a bunch of them are dead already so why not just steal a few? We also got to get to know Yunha a bit more and I suppose it was meant to show us why she wasn't the spy afterall but who knows. I did feel bad for her when we got to know just how abusive her mother was and for like no reason cause it isn't like Yunha can't do anything but she's so scared that she refuses to try. 

Krypton Season 2 Episode 7

Hmmm I don't know what I'm feeling right now cause a lot of the episode was fairly boring but then there was also so much that happened that matters and at this point I have a feeling that we no longer care about future canon cause it's like Adam came back to make sure that Superman lives but he hasn't mentioned it at all this season and the fact that the future was all messed up anyway makes me feel like we're just going to play it by ear now. Last week I went on and on about the House of El and for a second I was all warm and fuzzy inside when Nyssa and Seg renamed Cor Vex to Jor El cause not only was it a super sweet moment for our characters but we were obviously setting up the future family line since Jor El is Kal El's father but now with Brainiac having taken him away, things are left up in the air. I wonder if we'll end up teaming up with Zod to get Jor back cause there's no way that either Seg or Nyssa are like oops oh well especially after Seg just lost Lyta and though Zod is a dictator, he really does love Krypton in his own way and with him having built spaceships and the threat of Brainiac still out there, the enemy of my enemy is my friend? Every time our characters think they've defeated Brainiac I'm always sitting here like that was too easy and what made them think that putting nanites into the Fortress's system was a good idea? Anyway we also learned a bit more about Doomsday and how he was tortured into being this monster by the El and the Zod who created him and as it turns out Zod wants to use him as a weapon. We also did some stuff up with the rebellion but mostly it was to show that Kem is now a great leader in his own right.

Well I take back everything I said about a team-up with Zod and Seg cause it looks like Seg will be trying to destroy Zod first before going out to get Jor back. I'm a little worried that the show might end up aging Jor up to an adult and have him be loyal to Brainiac in order to bring drama to our cast but hopefully we are able to focus on Zod for now and maybe the hunt for Jor El will be the focus next season.

Agents Of SHIELD Season 6 Episode 11

This episode was pretty much a setup for the future battles to come which is why nothing really happened even though there were some fun moments. I still don't know why Izel wants to leave her world and have all of her people join this one when she clearly missed her home a few episodes ago and we know that ultimately people always want to return to their home worlds regardless of how much they travel around so like there has to be more. Is her world dying? Do they need a new world? Or for some reason has Izel decided that it's so much more fun to take over a new one? She's managed to find the doorway to her world through Benson's help and she wants Mack and Yoyo to rebuild the Monoliths from their memory through her usage of the remaining monolith energy which seems like a real fast and loose plan but since we're nearing the end of the season, I'm sure it'll work. We also learned a little more about how her powers work and it was super awesome that it ended up being Deke who figured it out cause I adore this version of Deke trying everything in his power to impress Fitz and like we all knew he had the Fitzsimmons brain on him and it was only a matter of channeling it! The Sarge stuff was fun too and one of my favorite moments all episode was the quiet one where Daisy finally read the letter Coulson left her and properly grieved though we also learned that Sarge is regaining Coulson's memories and I feel like by the end of the season into next season we might end up getting our Coulson back. Maybe the belt that Fitzsimmons and Deke build will be able to get the thing out of Sarge. The Chronicom button we got at the end is still really confusing and I keep wondering why we keep popping back to see what the Chronicoms are doing and the only thing I can think of is that they'll be the Big Bads for next season and the show wants us to remember them.

It looks like SHIELD will be airing it's penultimate and finale back to back so it'll be more of a two-hour season finale and I'm pumped. I can't wait to see how our crew wins or whether they even win cause next season is the last one SHIELD will have based on what we heard at Comic Con.

Fruits Basket (2019) Season 1 Episode 17

This was the second part of Uo's backstory as I predicted last week and I already went through the whole kinda feel bad but kinda feel like her story is filler thing last time so let's just jump into this episode. I really liked that though it was Kyoko who lent Uo the strength to leave her old life behind, it was ultimately Tohru and her gentle heart that made Uo want to change. I think that's truly Tohru's best weapon and what makes everyone love her cause she doesn't go out to change people or to force them to do what they don't want to. She just accepts people the way they are and that's what makes people want to be the best version of themselves around her. I loved that Uo was so touched that Tohru baked something for her and that Kyoko and Tohru became a safe haven for her enough so that she was able to change her own home life as well. I do wonder if the friend in the gang who tried to help Uo leave the gang will end up coming back in the show cause she's a dangling thread and I feel like shows don't usually leave a lot of them out there cause it's great drama to bring them back. I also love the idea of passing on the torch to other young delinquents cause Kyoko saved Uo and now Uo is saving those three girls who were following them around. It was super sweet that they started to idolize her the way Uo did to Kyoko.

I assume that we'll be getting back to the zodiacs next week and it should be Kisa who's next followed by Hiro and Ritsu and then Kyo's backstory if we follow the 2001 version's sequence of events. I think there's also two more zodiac members that we never met originally but I have a feeling that they might be pushed back to next season.

xoxo Allie

Saturday, July 20, 2019

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

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FINISHED Jessica Jones Season 3

I know I know. I took my sweet time watching this show and maybe that means that everyone has talked this season to death and I'm just over here casually beating a dead horse but here I am anyway. Overall I did enjoy this season and I'd definitely put it above season 2 but below season 1 in my favorites. Jessica Jones hasn't always been my favorite of the Netflix shows (that's Daredevil) cause personally I never really loved her version of being a reluctant hero cause I prefer my heroes to want to do good rather than stumble into it like Jessica usually does. This season though she took the hero thing pretty seriously and though there were things I didn't love, there was plenty I did. I really liked the villain of the season cause it was really fun that he wasn't a powered person like before. The best villains tend to be ones that outsmart the hero and make the hero look like the bad guy in public and I loved that Sallinger was literally using the law in his favor. I also really loved the new addition of Erik and he actually straight up might have been my favorite part of this season even though I was heartbroken that he replaced Oscar as Jessica's love interest. That by the way was one of my negatives cause I really liked Oscar and Vido last season and the way the show wrote them off sucked. It also kind of sucked that Erik and Jessica ended up breaking up at the end of the season though I loved that he's basically working with the police now. Malcolm also got a great arc and I loved that he is now back at Alias and though Jessica isn't leaving the city as we first thought, they make an awesome team and I love the idea that they will work together in the future. Of course one of my favorite things was also Trish and her descent into villainy cause it was just so well written! You could see all the puzzle pieces leading up to her full on mental break and you followed her every step of the way so it never came out of nowhere. I will never not be bitter about Netflix cancelling all these incredible shows but at least this one and Daredevil got semi-happy endings in that they concluded their story without too many dangling plots unlike Luke Cage and Iron Fist which felt like starts to new and exciting stories that were in the future.

Poldark Season 5 Episode 1

We're back with a new and what seems to be the final season of Poldark! I've had tough time with this show cause though I adored Ross and Demelza's love for one another, I consistently feel as though this show portrays the two falling in and out of love which is hard for me to watch. I'm hoping that with this being the last season our main couple will continue to be a team. I'm not sure yet what the overarching story will be in London but in Cornwall it's definitely Tess who's pissed at the Poldarks for some reason instead of George. It never ceases to infuriate me that the commonfolk will be punished by George and then attack the Poldarks for being uncaring. Is it that they see that Ross and Demelza care more for the commonfolk which makes them easier to torment? I'm so relieved that Demelza is going to London to be with Ross rather than staying back in Cornwall cause there was a lot of talk of death tonight and I was so scared that Demelza might be next on the list to die. Back in London Ross has been tapped to work as a spy of sorts for the crown and I have a terrible feeling about it tbh but since Ross is the main character of this show I doubt anything bad would happen to him so I'm like why not go for it cause the more power you've got, the more good he can do. George is slowly descending into madness in his grief about Elizabeth's death and I should feel sorry for him but honestly I'm a little glad cause George hasn't always been a good guy and this way he's less of a thorn in Ross's side. Geoffrey Charles is like an adult now with his very own romantic storyline which is kinda hilarious cause Ross and Demelza's kids have been toddlers for seasons and they're like not supposed to be that much apart in age.

Next week it looks like Ross will be getting into some trouble possibly with how close he is to Ned who the crown doesn't trust and then back in Cornwall, Tess is apparently dreaming of becoming the lady of the house which makes no sense whatsoever for many reasons. Just cause the Poldarks are out of town doesn't mean that she can rule over the house and let's be honest even if she does try, the second Ross comes home, he'll stop her.

Young Justice Season 3 Episode 18

This episode was actually pretty fun cause I'm still loving that we're following the Outsiders (even though I'm still bitter that they're not the Teen Titans) but part of me is still missing the big picture. We've got 8 episodes left in this season and we still don't know what the Light's plan is outside of kidnapping children and making an army. Once again maybe it's because I'm not binging this show all at once so I can't entirely remember what happened 6 months ago but I keep feeling like this season is disjointed. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving every episode that airs and man oh man is this season darker than those that came before but I keep feeling like we're trying to juggle too many plates all at once. The Terra story could be one all it's own but instead we're shoving it in with Cyborg and his father box, meta-human trafficking, Vandal Savage and Darkseid and the Light putting restrictions on the League. It's all so much but I still have hope that the finale will be able to tie it all together in one nice bow and if it sticks the landing maybe I'll look back on this season more favorably. I enjoyed seeing everyone fight Clarion in Cuba this week and it was so helpful that Zatanna showed up cause without her the team might have lost given how can you beat magic without magic? I do wonder if Dr Fate's supposed disappearance will mean anything or if it was just a way to get Zatanna to take center stage. I also like that Ed is joining the Outsiders and I'm curious if that meta with gills will become important cause she definitely seemed to get more of a highlight than the other Cuban metahumans.

The 100 Season 6 Episode 10

Yess! We're back bitches! Clarke's mind is back in her body and Josephine is officially out and I'm a little shocked cause I totally expected her to stick around to be annoying for at least the rest of the season. For a while I thought it was happening with Josephine moving her mind from the mind drive to the neural mesh that Clarke was using but I think Clarke killed her for real and Josephine might be dead cause if she moved her mind from the mind drive and then was killed, she's gone gone based on what she told Clarke earlier. I'm a tiny bit confused about why The Flame can hold so many minds of so many commanders but like the mind drives can't hold more than one. They're both based on the same technology but clearly Becca is way superior. I was a little worried that Clarke wouldn't get to Gabriel and Octavia until the final minutes of the episode making the whole removal thing a problem for next week but thankfully that didn't happen and we fixed things this week. I can't wait for everyone to get back to Sanctum and kick some ass. It'll be interesting though cause Clarke is on the kill everyone train while Octavia is now trying to save lives. I do hope Bellamy gets over himself next week cause I'm tired of seeing him hate Octavia. I also love how Abby was all pissed at Murphy for what happened to Clarke but it's like Abby you're no better anyway. The Primes really messed up after everything cause they knew that the people from Earth are all savages so why mess with them at all? All they got was death and more death. There's only three Primes left now and Riker is like half-in and half-out so like who knows which side he'll take.

Next week I'm assuming that Madi's Flame will be edited so that the evil Commander's code is removed and I'm curious to know if Russell or any of the Sanctum people will find out about the Flame and wonder what it is. I also hope that Clarke, Bellamy and Octavia will come up with a plan cause their trade Josephine for their people isn't going to work anymore though I suppose Russell doesn't know that his daughter isn't on her mind drive so the trade might work. I have a feeling though that they won't get back to Sanctum next week just to stretch things out.

Astra Lost In Space Episode 3

Wow this episode just turned everything onto it's head! I thought this might just be a fun show about kids being lost in space but suddenly it's turned into a murder mystery show which is totally exciting. We found out that not only did someone on the crew disable communications on the Astra but that they're actually here to kill everyone which feels totally insane cause there have been so many opportunities to kill everyone but so far everyone seems to be wanting to help. I bet the weird sphere thing wasn't actually meant to happen and that they were all supposed to die on the original planet but because the sphere sent them out to the middle of nowhere they've had to change plans. I can't decide who I think it is that is the mole but the only one who seems to do nothing is Yunha and it seems like she's struggling with depression so she would be my number 1 guess for the murderer. The show definitely wants us to think it's Ulgar with his connection to the vice-principal and his gun but I have a feeling that by making it so obvious he'll be a red herring. I do wonder what the connection is between all of our cast and I really think they need to sit down and work it out at some point cause if they figure out why someone would want to kill them, they might be able to figure out who the mole is. I wonder if all these people accidentally stumbled onto something they shouldn't have cause otherwise I can't imagine what a bunch of kids have done to deserve death. All we know for sure is that it isn't Kanata or Aires and I'd throw Zack and Funicia on that list too cause he could have kept the communicator a secret and not only is she too young but she also could have kept the orphanage secret.

Krypton Season 2 Episode 6

Well color me completely shocked! Lyta is dead and that makes everything I'd been saying last week null and void cause while I was jumping through hoops to explain why Lyta could not possibly be dead, the show writers were snickering in their corner. I do wonder if there will be a way to bring her back to life maybe through the use of the Cortex? The hardest part of all this is that we're told this show is pre-Superman canon but comics wise there isn't a lot on Kal-El's Kryptonian family and what is present I don't know if we'll follow to a tee. We know that Jor El is his father, Lara Lor-Van was his mother and Seg El is his grandfather (though in Silver Age comics he's known as Jor El I) but the only real record of a grandmother is someone called Nimda An-Dor but she was erased from continuity after the Silver Age (the same time Jor El I became Seg El) so I don't know who I'm supposed to think is important in this show in terms of who Seg ends up with and I feel like Adam should care a little more about the woman in Seg's life if he's so interested in protecting Superman's legacy. I do suppose with the whole Cortex creates a baby using DNA thing that it's a little less important but also I don't really know any version where Dru Zod is an uncle of Superman's so the canon might be fast and loose. All this aside the episode was pretty good. Seg, Jaina and Dev were all fighting with the idea that Lyta died and with Nyssa joining them, they're off to kill Dru. I do think there's something weird going on with Jaina and Dev and I just really hope it doesn't become romantic cause ew he was supposed to be Lyta's mate. Seg also told Nyssa everything about Brainiac still being in him and it seems like Brainiac wants to make a deal that he'll help Seg get rid of Dru and leave Krypton in peace as long as Seg gets Brianiac back into his ship. Over in the rebellion, Jax-Ur was kicked out of the rebellion for becoming a tyrant but not before seemingly turned Val-El to the dark side as well after he killed all those innocent people in the elevator. Dru also has a new weapon that he's going to test on Doomsday and I have no idea what it could be.

It looks like next week will the origin of Doomsday which tbh I'm not all that interested in but since I've enjoyed what this show did with all it's villains so far maybe this episode will turn me! It also seems like the weapon Dru made is just like any other that shoots beams and I will die of laughter if it's just like another assault rifle and not something more mystical like Jax-Ur's plan for a Codex weapon.

Agents Of SHIELD Season 6 Episode 10

Can we take a moment to talk about how completely adorable Fitz and Deke's current relationship is?? I loved the comedy of Fitz hating Deke last season but I didn't know how much I would love protective Fitz this time around! Deke is like jumping through hoops and being so careful with what he says so that Fitz would like him this time around and it's the sweetest but I do think that Fitz likes him a lot more because the original Fitz probably associated Deke with the future last time around and with this Fitz not having all those negative thoughts in his mind, he just sees a grandson who's desperate for his grandfather to like him. As I said last week Izel is totally alive and she was inside Davis and Sarge is just like her! We learned a ton this week about Izel and Sarge and what they want and I love how it connected back to last season with the 100th episode which we all thought was nothing more than fanservice. Sarge was a body that the Monoliths created and sent to Izel's dimension (where the Monoliths originated from) and an entity from that world entered Sarge's body to follow Izel but he got lost in Coulson's strong memories and forgot who he was. Izel's goal is to get everyone from her dimension into bodies but like we didn't learn what the goal is afterwards. Do they want to rule the universe? Or just live on a planet in peace once they've got bodies? The shoutout to Ghost Rider made me more excited than I probs should have been but like this would be the perfect season for him to come back especially since I know Marvel is planning a Ghost Rider spinoff show with the same actor who played him in this show so like can't Robbie just pop by really quick??? I love how scary Izel is but like straight up I'm starting to wonder how we can defeat her since she can move bodies like that so quickly and even YoYo can't stop her.

Hmmm so maybe the entity inside Sarge will end up being the thing that stops Izel but I can't imagine that waking him up will work out for us cause according to Izel the entity is in love with her so if he wakes, he'd be more likely to join Izel than fight her unless Coulson's memories are stronger which tbh I could see happening.

Fruits Basket (2019) Season 1 Episode 16

I'm kinda in the middle about this episode cause though I love that it's a Uo centric episode and that we're getting to know characters we didn't in the original anime, part of me is looking at the episode count and being like well season 1 is almost over and I'm still waiting for the big reveals. I also low key hate that we still haven't got a release schedule for the next season or whether there will be 2 or 3 in total which is why I end up feeling like this is a filler episode when in fact it's probs just as important as meeting any of the other zodiacs since Uo is a main character. I liked that we got to see Uo back before she became who she is now and seeing how much emptiness she always felt before Tohru and Kyoko filled her life in with joy. Her mother left her, her father was an alcoholic, she rarely went to school and spent all her time breaking laws but I loved that Kyoko left such a deep impression on Uo just from one meeting. It was peak Kyoko saying that she wouldn't judge Uo for who she was or the way she acted cause everyone's different and that relaxing just a little allowed her to realize that she wasn't the badass she wanted to pretend to be. I also really loved how embarrassed Kyo was about buying swimsuits for Tohru and once again I think this is another example as to why Kyo's thinking of Tohru romantically cause he got embarrassed while Yuki was just more curious. The button at the end of the episode was super weird and I'm not sure what the point of Uo's ex-gang mates were but I assume that they'll pop up next week.

Next week we should be getting the second half of Uo's backstory.

xoxo Allie