The Alienist Season 2
I actually ended up enjoying this second season a lot more than I enjoyed the first and I think a major part of that is cause I ended up waiting until all 8 episodes of season 2 were out before binging them. In that sense I could remember all the hints from previous episodes and I did not forget important points week to week. It also helped that this season's mystery was much more interesting to me than last season's where I spent much of the time confused as to who was who and who was doing why. I thought it was interesting to have this season focused on Sara rather than Laszlo and it was pretty fun to watch her come into her own as the badass detective she was. I also really liked that our villain for the season Libby was in a sense a parallel to Sara with the two sharing a similar childhood and the only difference being in what people they became. In another world Sara might have been insane with Libby the sane one. I also really liked that the way the story played out reminded me a lot of a Criminal Minds episode with us learning about what made the criminal into who they were now and how they devolved to a point where they couldn't hide it anymore. I also low key want to shout out Goo Goo who was the absolute most devoted man I've seen in a drama with how he took all of Libby's craziness and did everything with her wishes in mind. The side romance with Laszlo and Kate was fine as well and the only thing that didn't work for me was where Sara and John's relationship went! I was high key heartbroken and a little furious that John ended up marrying Violet cause she got pregnant even though it's clear that John will never love Violet the way he loves Sara and the whole time I kept waiting for her to realize that the reason she can't pull the trigger on marrying John is cause she's afraid to lose him and herself and it's like she should have known that of all people John would never force her to become a stay-at-home wife or mom!
I haven't heard if there will be a season 3 but honestly this second season was a surprise to me too so who knows! Part of me does feel like everything is wrapped up in a tighter bow that the first so I'm leaning towards this being the end.
Fruits Basket Season 2 Episode 20
This wasn't my most favorite episode of this season but I think I am fairly glad that we got a slightly less emotional one anyway cause last week and the week before were so Rin heavy which made them heartbreaking. I do think it's fascinating that the show is still trying to hide what relationship Yuki wants from Tohru when it's pretty clear after last week what he wants from her and I also can't decide if I understand why Yuki and everyone around him is treating this as pathetic. Is it just cause Yuki's a guy and guys shouldn't want to lean on girls for strength? Either way I'm fairly certain that Yuki sees Tohru as a motherly figure the same as Rin did cause they didn't get that love and affection from their own mothers. Speaking of mothers, we saw Yuki's again for a quick second and it looks like her talk with Yuki in the hallway showed her that maybe she was a little too cold and uninterested in Yuki growing up so she attempted to be kinder this week. I can't help but feel like of all the parents, Yuki's might not be that terrible cause to me coldness is a little better than out-and-out abuse like Rin got. It was also interesting to learn more about Machi and Kakeru's family life and how they're apparently half-siblings with Machi being born to the main wife and Kakeru to the mistress though Machi was younger. It all felt very Korean chaebol drama to me but in a fun enough way. I still think they're trying to set up a romance between Yuki and Machi but I can't decide what he would find in her that would make him love her unlike every other Sohma couple I've met to this day. Maybe when Machi opens up a little more?
Lucifer Season 5 Part 1
Honestly the first thing that I want to say about this season is damn what a cliffhanger! I am a little pissed that Netflix decided to release this final season in 2 parts rather than just one chunk like it did with season 4 but I do wonder if it was partly due to the whole coronavirus thing so rather than hold off on releasing the whole season, Netflix thought it best to release what they finished. Either way it was about damn time that God finally appeared in this show cause he's such a big part of Lucifer's story that it's a little crazy that he hasn't shown up in person yet! Overall I think I enjoyed this first half though there was one glaring point that I hated and one that I didn't entirely understand. Chloe and Lucifer finally got together and it was oddly sexy as hell which is funny cause until they hooked up, I didn't realize how much chemistry they had. I know it's been like 5 seasons but I was never all that invested in their romance and I don't know if I still am but I do know I love the idea of their romance. I mean they're literally soulmates and I adored that Chloe realized that Michael was pretending to be Lucifer from just one kiss! Speaking of Michael, he was kind of the worst this season and he was the one point I didn't understand cause it's like Michael is supposed to be an angel right? So then why did he seem to hate humans so much and want to ruin Lucifer's life? I'm hoping that God came down to finally shut down Michael's idiocy. I also liked that Dan found out the truth though I wish that we had gotten a little more time for him to sit with this fact other than having most of his reaction be offscreen but I do have to say that his random bromance with Lucifer this season was everything. Now we just need for Ella to find out the truth!! The final thing I want to talk about is where Maze's story went and how much I hated it cause it's ridiculous that the writers have nothing to give her except having her randomly side with the villain every season cause she's pissed at one thing or another Lucifer did rather than just sit down and talk to him. It also high key made me miss Eve but the way Maze was heartbroken makes me worried that it portrayed Eve as a terrible person for "abandoning" Maze when Eve really just went to find who she was without a man in her life.
We haven't actually got a release date for the second half of this final season but here's hoping it's soon. I would like God to take Michael away, tell us what's going on with Charlie and maybe what he meant by gifting Chloe, Eve to come back and live happily ever after with Maze, and Ella to find out the truth!
