Ne'er has there been a more misnamed episode as this episode was nothing but heartbreak as everyone deals with the aftermath of Lucien biting Cami....
Tonight, we bid adieu to Cami. I was honestly hoping that the gang would find a way to save her, but nothing worked. Lucien's blood wouldn't heal her, Hope couldn't (I want to know what they tried with her!), the necklace that stored Finn would only contain Mikaelsons, and Elijah was adamant that they not use a spell to place her in another body. I am really going to miss Cami. She was really, really good for Klaus and brought out a side to him that hadn't really been seen by anyone except maybe Caroline; who refused to actually see it.
Watching Klaus spend the majority of the episode with her was just gorgeous. She insisted that he act as her stenographer as she told him about her last will and then he entered her mind to give her one last, perfect day. It was there that the chemistry between these two absolutely shined. Cami told Klaus that she knew that he still felt real human emotions and that he needed to be light for Hope. While a lot of her lines could have come across as vapid sentimentality, it was obvious that she was trying one last time to be the therapist that Klaus needed, the woman who loved him (and he loved in return) and brought out the best parts of his nature. I hope he continues to carry that forward and doesn't try some insane revenge plot against Lucien.
And we know that is what Lucien is counting on. He killed Klaus' love in order to drive Klaus into an insane fury so Klaus would attack him. The problem is that Lucien has the Ancestors protecting him, which is making him virtually unstoppable. Even Davina's magic couldn't stop him because the Ancestors were shielding him. And I think the Ancestors are his Achilles heel. We know that nature will not allow an all-powerful, truly immortal creature to exist. Every creature must have a weakness. The Originals have the white oak, vampirized Alaric was tied to Elena's life, the vampires are weak to the sun, etc. I suspect that if Lucien can somehow be cut off from the Ancestors, he will be vulnerable to something. Maybe it will be magic, maybe something else. It's also possible that cutting him off from the Ancestors will kill him if their magic is what is keeping him alive.
If I am right, then it is possible that Davina's move of going to Kol could have been a plan to let him kill her so that she could confront the Ancestors on whatever the alternate plane is. She knew that the Ancestors had messed with her spell to make Kol want to kill her, so she might have decided to let him in order to confront the Ancestors on their own turf. Likely? No, but it is possible.
And the Ancestors do need to be confronted and stopped. They are messing with powerful forces and quite possibly tipping the forces of nature in weird ways in order to kill the Mikaelsons. If they are not stopped, then they will continue to cause trouble. The problem is that stopping them will probably eliminate magic in New Orleans because most of the witches there practice ancestral magic. There may be other types of witches, but if so we haven't really seen them.
I did love that they gave everyone a chance to say goodbye to Cami, that was really sweet. Now we only have the revenge to look forward to.
Until next week!
Saturday, April 30, 2016
My Review of The Vampire Diaries 7.20- Kill 'Em All
The gang continues their mission to save Bonnie, Damon makes a desperate move, we learn why Matt hates Stefan, and Rayna throw everyone for a loop....
For everyone who has been wondering why Matt hates Stefan, we found out what happened to Penny. Turns out that two year ago, Matt got a promotion to sergeant and proposed to her. Shortly afterwards, Stefan came to visit Liz's grave in the hopes of running into Caroline. Penny saw him and tried to take him in, but he escaped. Penny chased him and was accidentally killed by Matt. Stefan erased Matt's memory in order to spare him. What Stefan didn't know it that Matt had a dash cam and saw Stefan compel him. He assumed that Stefan had killed Penny, so he wanted revenge. Now, he still blames Stefan because if Stefan hadn't been there, Matt wouldn't have shot her. While that is true, blaming Stefan is just a way for Matt to feel better about himself and gives him an excuse to continue hating vampires. I might care more if they gave a reason to care about Penny, but they didn't, so I won't weep too much. I still want to know how Matt managed to run all of the vampires out of Mystic Falls. They haven't said and it's obvious that there is not a mystical barrier, so it has to be something else. I hope they explain that at some point.
Damon's deal with the Armory was a brilliant, albeit desperate, move. Even though the gang was moving as quickly as possible to kill the vampires on Rayna's list, they were running out of time, so he gets the Armory to use its troops to kill the vampires in exchange for Bonnie opening the vault. I am not entirely sure that his explanation to Enzo was the entire truth, but I don't think he was lying. He wanted to save his friend and he wanted her to be happy, so he saved Enzo from having to decide whether or not to work with the Armory. Since Bonnie already hated him, he let her continue to hate him while saving her relationship with Enzo. I seem to remember him doing something similar with Stefan and Elena several seasons ago. This is the wonderful side to Damon that Elena brought out. He took one for the team in order to help everyone out. What he didn't count on was Rayna's twist...
We probably should have seen a twist coming, but I know I missed it. Rayna decided to get her final revenge on the gang by passing both her life and her vampire hunting magic onto Bonnie. That is not good. Now, I don't know if the new magic will affect her magic or not. We know that someone cannot be two types of supernatural creatures at once, but I am not entirely sure if Rayna is technically a supernatural creature or if she is a magically enhanced human. If the latter, then Bonnie will be very dangerous because she will have access to the Bennett magic as well as the magic from Rayna's curse. If the former, then she'll merely be dangerous because she'll hate and want to kill all vampires. Neither is good.
It was nice to see Caroline back in action. She and Alaric obviously have a good amount of stuff to hash out. I am not sold on them as a couple yet, so I am not entirely sure where I want this to go. I don't think she'd get back with Stefan, but it is possible. Here's hoping the two of them figure out what they are going to do and hoping that Stefan stays out of the whole situation until whatever smoke there may be clears.
Until next week!
For everyone who has been wondering why Matt hates Stefan, we found out what happened to Penny. Turns out that two year ago, Matt got a promotion to sergeant and proposed to her. Shortly afterwards, Stefan came to visit Liz's grave in the hopes of running into Caroline. Penny saw him and tried to take him in, but he escaped. Penny chased him and was accidentally killed by Matt. Stefan erased Matt's memory in order to spare him. What Stefan didn't know it that Matt had a dash cam and saw Stefan compel him. He assumed that Stefan had killed Penny, so he wanted revenge. Now, he still blames Stefan because if Stefan hadn't been there, Matt wouldn't have shot her. While that is true, blaming Stefan is just a way for Matt to feel better about himself and gives him an excuse to continue hating vampires. I might care more if they gave a reason to care about Penny, but they didn't, so I won't weep too much. I still want to know how Matt managed to run all of the vampires out of Mystic Falls. They haven't said and it's obvious that there is not a mystical barrier, so it has to be something else. I hope they explain that at some point.
Damon's deal with the Armory was a brilliant, albeit desperate, move. Even though the gang was moving as quickly as possible to kill the vampires on Rayna's list, they were running out of time, so he gets the Armory to use its troops to kill the vampires in exchange for Bonnie opening the vault. I am not entirely sure that his explanation to Enzo was the entire truth, but I don't think he was lying. He wanted to save his friend and he wanted her to be happy, so he saved Enzo from having to decide whether or not to work with the Armory. Since Bonnie already hated him, he let her continue to hate him while saving her relationship with Enzo. I seem to remember him doing something similar with Stefan and Elena several seasons ago. This is the wonderful side to Damon that Elena brought out. He took one for the team in order to help everyone out. What he didn't count on was Rayna's twist...
We probably should have seen a twist coming, but I know I missed it. Rayna decided to get her final revenge on the gang by passing both her life and her vampire hunting magic onto Bonnie. That is not good. Now, I don't know if the new magic will affect her magic or not. We know that someone cannot be two types of supernatural creatures at once, but I am not entirely sure if Rayna is technically a supernatural creature or if she is a magically enhanced human. If the latter, then Bonnie will be very dangerous because she will have access to the Bennett magic as well as the magic from Rayna's curse. If the former, then she'll merely be dangerous because she'll hate and want to kill all vampires. Neither is good.
It was nice to see Caroline back in action. She and Alaric obviously have a good amount of stuff to hash out. I am not sold on them as a couple yet, so I am not entirely sure where I want this to go. I don't think she'd get back with Stefan, but it is possible. Here's hoping the two of them figure out what they are going to do and hoping that Stefan stays out of the whole situation until whatever smoke there may be clears.
Until next week!
Thursday, April 28, 2016
My Review of Arrow 4.19- Canary Cry
The team deals with Laurel's death in different ways as they work to cement her legacy as the Black Canary....
This was a wonderful episode and one that really showed the character of Laurel Lance and the actress Katie Cassidy the respect both deserved. I especially loved the way they showed the contrast to how Oliver reacted to her death versus how he reacted to Tommy's death. Seeing the flashbacks of Oliver and Laurel together mourning Tommy made for some wonderful scenes and helped to fill in some gaps between seasons 1 and 2.
What I think I loved the most was how each character reacted differently to Laurel's death. Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity each blamed themselves for her death. Oliver makes sense because he always blames himself for anything bad that happens. Felicity makes sense on an emotional and irrational level, which she herself acknowledges. Diggle rightfully accepts blame. I know Oliver and Felicity told him that he wasn't at fault, but I disagree with them. While he was not the direct cause, his misplaced trust in Andy was definitely a factor in her death.
I don't want to harp on it too much, but as Diggle noted, if he had listened to Oliver and trusted what Oliver was saying about Andy, Laurel might be alive. I do want to emphasize the word "might" here because it is entirely possible that they would have gone anyway and she would have been killed by Dahrk as a message to Lance. There is really no way to know for sure. But, as we saw this week, he is definitely verging on going over the edge because of his guilt and grief. While I totally understand his wanting to get revenge for Andy's betrayal, he does need to make sure that he is being as calculating as possible because we know that working from a place of rage never works out properly.
Lance's reaction was the most gut wrenching. He and Laurel have really come to depend on each other for support in times of crisis. With Sara and Dinah both gone, they have relied on each other, Lance especially so. Laurel has always had Oliver and the gang to support her if needed, Lance has never really depended on them for that sort of emotional support. I really hope that he comes to rely on Oliver and the gang to help him through and doesn't retreat into a bottle or revert to his vigilante hating persona. I also hope that he relies on Donna, because she has shown herself to be very good for him. He just needs to rely on someone to help him through the grief he is feeling.
While I understand his denial given everything he has seen, he really needed that hard slap of reality that Oliver gave him. He saw how damaged Sara was when she came back, but he still was looking for the Lazarus Pit anyway. I am surprised that no one had mentioned its destruction to him before. Well, I assume no one mentioned it to him because no one in the gang was acting like he knew about it. The only other "resurrections" he has seen were Oliver and Sara returning from the shipwreck, and neither had actually died. It was good to see him accept that Laurel really was dead by the end of the episode because I don't think a side plot of him looking for a way to resurrect her would have been a good thing at this point in the season, particularly since we had a similar plot earlier in the season with Laurel and Sara.
I also loved that Oliver revealed that Laurel was the Black Canary at her funeral. Because of what the imposter was doing, Laurel's legacy as the Black Canary was being tarnished and Ruve was using the events to try and turn the city against the vigilantes again. I hope she'll have a harder time doing that now that the Green Arrow saved her life and because the public servant she was eulogizing was revealed to be the true Black Canary. Then again, she is a skilled politician and she has shown a willingness to do whatever she needs to do in order to further HIVE's aims, so anything is possible.
Given the fact that Barry rushed out with his speed, I can only assume that this episode is chronologically placed before he lost his speed to Zoom. I hope they clear it up with some sort of explanation, but if they don't it won't be the biggest deal.
Next week, Diggle confronts Andy and Oliver and Felicity look for ways to stop Dahrk's magic. Until then!
This was a wonderful episode and one that really showed the character of Laurel Lance and the actress Katie Cassidy the respect both deserved. I especially loved the way they showed the contrast to how Oliver reacted to her death versus how he reacted to Tommy's death. Seeing the flashbacks of Oliver and Laurel together mourning Tommy made for some wonderful scenes and helped to fill in some gaps between seasons 1 and 2.
What I think I loved the most was how each character reacted differently to Laurel's death. Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity each blamed themselves for her death. Oliver makes sense because he always blames himself for anything bad that happens. Felicity makes sense on an emotional and irrational level, which she herself acknowledges. Diggle rightfully accepts blame. I know Oliver and Felicity told him that he wasn't at fault, but I disagree with them. While he was not the direct cause, his misplaced trust in Andy was definitely a factor in her death.
I don't want to harp on it too much, but as Diggle noted, if he had listened to Oliver and trusted what Oliver was saying about Andy, Laurel might be alive. I do want to emphasize the word "might" here because it is entirely possible that they would have gone anyway and she would have been killed by Dahrk as a message to Lance. There is really no way to know for sure. But, as we saw this week, he is definitely verging on going over the edge because of his guilt and grief. While I totally understand his wanting to get revenge for Andy's betrayal, he does need to make sure that he is being as calculating as possible because we know that working from a place of rage never works out properly.
Lance's reaction was the most gut wrenching. He and Laurel have really come to depend on each other for support in times of crisis. With Sara and Dinah both gone, they have relied on each other, Lance especially so. Laurel has always had Oliver and the gang to support her if needed, Lance has never really depended on them for that sort of emotional support. I really hope that he comes to rely on Oliver and the gang to help him through and doesn't retreat into a bottle or revert to his vigilante hating persona. I also hope that he relies on Donna, because she has shown herself to be very good for him. He just needs to rely on someone to help him through the grief he is feeling.
While I understand his denial given everything he has seen, he really needed that hard slap of reality that Oliver gave him. He saw how damaged Sara was when she came back, but he still was looking for the Lazarus Pit anyway. I am surprised that no one had mentioned its destruction to him before. Well, I assume no one mentioned it to him because no one in the gang was acting like he knew about it. The only other "resurrections" he has seen were Oliver and Sara returning from the shipwreck, and neither had actually died. It was good to see him accept that Laurel really was dead by the end of the episode because I don't think a side plot of him looking for a way to resurrect her would have been a good thing at this point in the season, particularly since we had a similar plot earlier in the season with Laurel and Sara.
I also loved that Oliver revealed that Laurel was the Black Canary at her funeral. Because of what the imposter was doing, Laurel's legacy as the Black Canary was being tarnished and Ruve was using the events to try and turn the city against the vigilantes again. I hope she'll have a harder time doing that now that the Green Arrow saved her life and because the public servant she was eulogizing was revealed to be the true Black Canary. Then again, she is a skilled politician and she has shown a willingness to do whatever she needs to do in order to further HIVE's aims, so anything is possible.
Given the fact that Barry rushed out with his speed, I can only assume that this episode is chronologically placed before he lost his speed to Zoom. I hope they clear it up with some sort of explanation, but if they don't it won't be the biggest deal.
Next week, Diggle confronts Andy and Oliver and Felicity look for ways to stop Dahrk's magic. Until then!
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
My Review of The Flash 2.19- Back to Normal
Barry adjusts to life sans speed, Caitlin tries to get away from Zoom and meets Killer Frost, Wally makes a request of Joe, Harry gets in trouble and then makes Barry an intriguing offer...
Is Harry serious? He wants to recreate the particle accelerator accident to give Barry back his speed so that Barry can face Zoom. While I understand the logic behind the decision, I have to say that there are so many things that can go wrong. I assume that Harry thinks he can glean enough information from his own failure as well as what Thawne did in order to make sure that the recreation is contained and to make sure that only Barry is affected. I admire his moxy, but I really hope that he is right. Of course, with Cisco, Jesse, and Barry (all scientific/technical geniuses) helping him out, I do think he stands a better than even chance of successfully in containing the explosion he plans to set off. All that said, there are some seriously awful repercussions if he is wrong. But it may be their only chance to stop Zoom from taking over the multiverse.
And that is his plan. He killed Killer Frost and has taken Caitlin with him to Earth-1 so that he can take it over the same way he has taken over Earth-2. Oh, and did I mention that the guy is not only insane, but completely delusional? He thinks that Caitlin will actually love him someday. Somehow, I don't see that in the cards. Caitlin maybe able to use that to manipulate him, but she'll probably only have one shot at that because if he figures out that she is manipulating him, he may not give her another chance. He might kill her or he might just kill a bunch of other people to cow her into submission. Either way, it won't be pretty.
Even without his speed, Barry is still a hero. Facing Griffin Grey without his speed, but in the Flash suit was brave, if a trifle on the not terribly bright side. Since Grey aged as he used his abilities, it made sense to have him attack people, but without his speed and the healing it brings, Barry could have been in serious trouble. As it was, he was knocked around more than just a little bit. But despite all that, Barry did what he felt was right. Like Oliver Queen, he can't just sit back and do nothing.
Enlisting Jesse to help locate Harry was really smart. I do believe that she is easily the smartest person presently on the team. I just want to know who the hell actually has 5 majors! That is a lot of classes to take. The most I know of was a guy a year above me in college who had a triple major (Math/Math Ed/Music Ed), but since one of them had a lot of classes in common with the other two, it made sense. Her knowledge of her father and his gadgets was indispensable to the team tonight. I do hope she sticks around and helps them come up with a plan to foil Zoom. As I said above, having her, Barry, and Cisco helping Harry will up the odds of his plan working tremendously.
Wally met the Flash and got to thank him for saving his life. I assume that Barry found some sort of voice scrambler which would let him mimic the vocal cord vibrations he normally uses to mask his voice when he is being the Flash. I just wonder how much longer it is going to take him to figure out who the Flash is. He was able to figure out that Joe knew the Flash, but can he make the leap to figure out that Barry is the Flash? I would say it is possible, but it might take him a bit longer. I do hope he finds out soon, because then he would see some of the reasons that Joe and Iris admire Barry so much.
I still want to know who the man in the iron mask is. He was still tapping away tonight, so he is still trying to say something. I will say that I keep saying he because the person in the iron mask appears to be a man. I could be wrong, but I am making an educated guess here. Why is he so important to Zoom that he is still alive? Inquiring minds want to know.
Until next week!
Is Harry serious? He wants to recreate the particle accelerator accident to give Barry back his speed so that Barry can face Zoom. While I understand the logic behind the decision, I have to say that there are so many things that can go wrong. I assume that Harry thinks he can glean enough information from his own failure as well as what Thawne did in order to make sure that the recreation is contained and to make sure that only Barry is affected. I admire his moxy, but I really hope that he is right. Of course, with Cisco, Jesse, and Barry (all scientific/technical geniuses) helping him out, I do think he stands a better than even chance of successfully in containing the explosion he plans to set off. All that said, there are some seriously awful repercussions if he is wrong. But it may be their only chance to stop Zoom from taking over the multiverse.
And that is his plan. He killed Killer Frost and has taken Caitlin with him to Earth-1 so that he can take it over the same way he has taken over Earth-2. Oh, and did I mention that the guy is not only insane, but completely delusional? He thinks that Caitlin will actually love him someday. Somehow, I don't see that in the cards. Caitlin maybe able to use that to manipulate him, but she'll probably only have one shot at that because if he figures out that she is manipulating him, he may not give her another chance. He might kill her or he might just kill a bunch of other people to cow her into submission. Either way, it won't be pretty.
Even without his speed, Barry is still a hero. Facing Griffin Grey without his speed, but in the Flash suit was brave, if a trifle on the not terribly bright side. Since Grey aged as he used his abilities, it made sense to have him attack people, but without his speed and the healing it brings, Barry could have been in serious trouble. As it was, he was knocked around more than just a little bit. But despite all that, Barry did what he felt was right. Like Oliver Queen, he can't just sit back and do nothing.
Enlisting Jesse to help locate Harry was really smart. I do believe that she is easily the smartest person presently on the team. I just want to know who the hell actually has 5 majors! That is a lot of classes to take. The most I know of was a guy a year above me in college who had a triple major (Math/Math Ed/Music Ed), but since one of them had a lot of classes in common with the other two, it made sense. Her knowledge of her father and his gadgets was indispensable to the team tonight. I do hope she sticks around and helps them come up with a plan to foil Zoom. As I said above, having her, Barry, and Cisco helping Harry will up the odds of his plan working tremendously.
Wally met the Flash and got to thank him for saving his life. I assume that Barry found some sort of voice scrambler which would let him mimic the vocal cord vibrations he normally uses to mask his voice when he is being the Flash. I just wonder how much longer it is going to take him to figure out who the Flash is. He was able to figure out that Joe knew the Flash, but can he make the leap to figure out that Barry is the Flash? I would say it is possible, but it might take him a bit longer. I do hope he finds out soon, because then he would see some of the reasons that Joe and Iris admire Barry so much.
I still want to know who the man in the iron mask is. He was still tapping away tonight, so he is still trying to say something. I will say that I keep saying he because the person in the iron mask appears to be a man. I could be wrong, but I am making an educated guess here. Why is he so important to Zoom that he is still alive? Inquiring minds want to know.
Until next week!
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
My Review of Blindspot 1.19- In the Comet of Us
The team gets involved with a shooting at a college while investigating one of Jane's tattoos, Mayfair deals with a surprise visitor, and Oscar has a personal crisis....
I loved how the episode was structured. Having each of the four acts after the titles be from the perspective of one of the agents, as well as showing where they were before they went on the investigation was pretty nifty. It allowed us to view multiple areas during the same time period which was just fun to see. I was surprised at the reason behind the shooting. Having the coach be a sexual predator was rough, particularly since he was an idol of Reade's.
When we heard the first explosion at the end of Jane's segment, I knew from the previews that it was Reade's, so I was surprised to see the same type of bomb by Weller. My only question is how the heck they had enough time to set up those bombs, because they looked seriously complicated and were being held on by *A LOT* of tape. That and the numbers just happening to be in the newspaper that Zapata was looking at stretch believability just a bit.
I think that is one thing I have always struggled with when it comes to this show. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the show, but having the team always figure out a tattoo just as what the tattoo indicates is happening stretches believability. I would be willing to concede that it is possible that the people who tattooed Jane are behind the different events, but that is unlikely. After all, how would they know that which tattoo has been decoded? I know, the idea is central to the show, but it does bug me. Maybe I am being overly picky, but there it is.
It I was Mayfair, I don't know if I would have helped Sofia. I get why she did, but it didn't strike me as a particularly good idea. Granted, when there are feelings involved, people often make bad decisions and I think that is what happened here. I was impressed that Mayfair had the presence of mind to give Sofia a choice of the money or protection. I was sort of hoping Sofia would choose protection, but can't say I'm surprised that she didn't take it. I do wonder if she knows who is chasing her or if she is just being paranoid.
Then there is Oscar. He wants to stop being Jane's handler because he is afraid that his feelings for her are getting in the way of the mission. If the people involved were worried about that, then why did they choose Oscar, who obviously had a past with Jane, to be her handler in the first place? I think it's rather obvious that his feelings for her are what they were hoping for, at least on some level. He just needs to figure out if he can work with her. She obviously wants to work with him because she feels that she can trust him. I do want to know why they have Carter's body.
It was really nice to see Weller continue to make up with his dad. Seeing Zapata at the meeting and hearing her story about her first partner was a nice insight to her character. And Reade continues to struggle with losing Sarah, even if it was a choice he made. He did look nice in that bow tie though. Not everyone can pull that off without looking nerdy, but he can.
Until next week!
I loved how the episode was structured. Having each of the four acts after the titles be from the perspective of one of the agents, as well as showing where they were before they went on the investigation was pretty nifty. It allowed us to view multiple areas during the same time period which was just fun to see. I was surprised at the reason behind the shooting. Having the coach be a sexual predator was rough, particularly since he was an idol of Reade's.
When we heard the first explosion at the end of Jane's segment, I knew from the previews that it was Reade's, so I was surprised to see the same type of bomb by Weller. My only question is how the heck they had enough time to set up those bombs, because they looked seriously complicated and were being held on by *A LOT* of tape. That and the numbers just happening to be in the newspaper that Zapata was looking at stretch believability just a bit.
I think that is one thing I have always struggled with when it comes to this show. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the show, but having the team always figure out a tattoo just as what the tattoo indicates is happening stretches believability. I would be willing to concede that it is possible that the people who tattooed Jane are behind the different events, but that is unlikely. After all, how would they know that which tattoo has been decoded? I know, the idea is central to the show, but it does bug me. Maybe I am being overly picky, but there it is.
It I was Mayfair, I don't know if I would have helped Sofia. I get why she did, but it didn't strike me as a particularly good idea. Granted, when there are feelings involved, people often make bad decisions and I think that is what happened here. I was impressed that Mayfair had the presence of mind to give Sofia a choice of the money or protection. I was sort of hoping Sofia would choose protection, but can't say I'm surprised that she didn't take it. I do wonder if she knows who is chasing her or if she is just being paranoid.
Then there is Oscar. He wants to stop being Jane's handler because he is afraid that his feelings for her are getting in the way of the mission. If the people involved were worried about that, then why did they choose Oscar, who obviously had a past with Jane, to be her handler in the first place? I think it's rather obvious that his feelings for her are what they were hoping for, at least on some level. He just needs to figure out if he can work with her. She obviously wants to work with him because she feels that she can trust him. I do want to know why they have Carter's body.
It was really nice to see Weller continue to make up with his dad. Seeing Zapata at the meeting and hearing her story about her first partner was a nice insight to her character. And Reade continues to struggle with losing Sarah, even if it was a choice he made. He did look nice in that bow tie though. Not everyone can pull that off without looking nerdy, but he can.
Until next week!
Saturday, April 23, 2016
My Review of The Vampire Diaries 7.19- Somebody That I Used to Know
The gang fans out across the nation to track down the escaped vampires as the Salvatores face some brutal truths and we get a look at how Bonnie and Enzo became a couple.
I'll be honest and say I am still not sure how I feel about Bonnie and Enzo, mainly because I don't like Enzo much. Granted, he's not as annoying now as he used to be, so I've grown to tolerate him, but I feel the same about him as I did about Tyler. I've never seen the attraction people have had for either character (aside from their aesthetic value). But regardless, I have to admit that he has been there for Bonnie when she needed someone and Damon abandoned her, so that is a good thing. The bad thing is that he has been inadvertently poisoning her with the pills which were meant to protect her from the Armory. Even there, it's hard to be mad at him because he obviously didn't intend to hurt her.
Still, the fact that she is so mad at Damon means that she still has some residual feelings for him. If you don't care deeply for someone, you wouldn't get that upset at them for leaving like Damon did. I'm not saying that she love him romantically, but there is something there, I just hope they figure something out soon because I really do love watching the two of them bicker and the bond they formed while in the prison world. All that being said, it is totally understandable why she is pissed at Damon. He was a very good friend to her and he just left her for 3 years. I've asked it before, but I think we do have to ask if he had a good reason. That is the hard part.
Speaking of broken relationships, we also have Stefan and Caroline. Again, he left her and this time we know if was for a good reason. He had Rayna on his tail and he wanted to protect Caroline and the babies she was carrying for Alaric. I'm not sure if what she and Alaric have is real or not. Nothing we've seen from them so far shows anything other than a good friendship, so it doesn't seem to be a love match. That being said, having a good friendship is a good place to start a relationship. I don't think she would leave the twins and Alaric is part of that deal. I just hope that she isn't just staying with Alaric out of a sense of obligation or because she's mad at Stefan. Alaric deserves better than that and so does she.
Watching the two groups take out the vampires who were is the stone was fun, if a bit macabre. Stefan playing golf with one vampire's heart? Damon using a wet floor sign to behead then one vampire? And then there was the scene where Damon and Enzo played hoops with a heart and a head. Those moments were definitely amusing, albeit in a very sick and twisted way. And how many more vampires did Rayna add to her list? This could take a while.
So the Armory needs Bonnie to undo a spell that Lucy Bennett cast on a vault where Alex's sister is trapped. According to Alex, her sister is still alive. I am not sure I want to know what is down there. I fear it cannot be good for anyone. And I'm trying to remember if we've heard of this Lucy Bennett before or if this is a random relative we were just introduced to recently. I suspect the latter, because I can't find a mention of her anywhere.
Until next week!
I'll be honest and say I am still not sure how I feel about Bonnie and Enzo, mainly because I don't like Enzo much. Granted, he's not as annoying now as he used to be, so I've grown to tolerate him, but I feel the same about him as I did about Tyler. I've never seen the attraction people have had for either character (aside from their aesthetic value). But regardless, I have to admit that he has been there for Bonnie when she needed someone and Damon abandoned her, so that is a good thing. The bad thing is that he has been inadvertently poisoning her with the pills which were meant to protect her from the Armory. Even there, it's hard to be mad at him because he obviously didn't intend to hurt her.
Still, the fact that she is so mad at Damon means that she still has some residual feelings for him. If you don't care deeply for someone, you wouldn't get that upset at them for leaving like Damon did. I'm not saying that she love him romantically, but there is something there, I just hope they figure something out soon because I really do love watching the two of them bicker and the bond they formed while in the prison world. All that being said, it is totally understandable why she is pissed at Damon. He was a very good friend to her and he just left her for 3 years. I've asked it before, but I think we do have to ask if he had a good reason. That is the hard part.
Speaking of broken relationships, we also have Stefan and Caroline. Again, he left her and this time we know if was for a good reason. He had Rayna on his tail and he wanted to protect Caroline and the babies she was carrying for Alaric. I'm not sure if what she and Alaric have is real or not. Nothing we've seen from them so far shows anything other than a good friendship, so it doesn't seem to be a love match. That being said, having a good friendship is a good place to start a relationship. I don't think she would leave the twins and Alaric is part of that deal. I just hope that she isn't just staying with Alaric out of a sense of obligation or because she's mad at Stefan. Alaric deserves better than that and so does she.
Watching the two groups take out the vampires who were is the stone was fun, if a bit macabre. Stefan playing golf with one vampire's heart? Damon using a wet floor sign to behead then one vampire? And then there was the scene where Damon and Enzo played hoops with a heart and a head. Those moments were definitely amusing, albeit in a very sick and twisted way. And how many more vampires did Rayna add to her list? This could take a while.
So the Armory needs Bonnie to undo a spell that Lucy Bennett cast on a vault where Alex's sister is trapped. According to Alex, her sister is still alive. I am not sure I want to know what is down there. I fear it cannot be good for anyone. And I'm trying to remember if we've heard of this Lucy Bennett before or if this is a random relative we were just introduced to recently. I suspect the latter, because I can't find a mention of her anywhere.
Until next week!
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
My Review of The Flash 2.18- Versus Zoom
As we get a lot of backstory on Zoom, Barry comes up with a whopper of a plan to stop Zoom....
Well, my guess about how Zoom came to be Zoom was mostly wrong. About the only thing I got right was that Jay Garrick and Zoom are one and the same and that obsession was involved. Turns out Hunter Zolomon created the persona of Jay Garrick in order to give people hope so that he could then tear that hope away. What I could never have predicted was how closely his life parallels Barry's for a bit and then completely diverges. When Hunter Zolomon was a kid, his father murdered his mother in front him, which landed his father in prison. Hunter was then placed in foster care and went on to become a mass murderer, killing 23 people in one spree. While Barry had the Wests to take him in and give him a loving home, Hunter didn't have anyone to care for him that way. And for how he became Zoom, it happened when the particle accelerator exploded while he was getting electroshock therapy. Somehow it connected him to the Speed Force.
One thing that I find really interesting is that he felt the need to create the Jay Garrick persona. That is something I am trying to figure out. Why did he feel that he needed to create this hero? I think that could be a very interesting topic to explore. My guess is that it has to do with the fact that his father, who had just come back from fighting for his country, was a hero in his eyes who then fell and ripped his life apart. That could lead someone to want to make everyone else suffer in the same way he did. That is one seriously damaged person.
The other aspect of Zoom that I find interesting is that he seems to have seriously fallen for Caitlin. I almost have to wonder if he has feelings for the Caitlin on his world that she didn't share, Caitlin showed him that someone really could care about him. The problem is that she obviously doesn't feel the same way about him now, which could cause serious problems since he kidnapped her.
It was nice to finally see when exactly Barry crossed over to Supergirl. Unless I am very much mistaken, it happened during his run back from Keystone City. We saw him run into a breach and then right out of it again and he asked how long he had been gone, indicating that he had to have been gone for some time from his perspective, even if he wasn't from the perspective of everyone on our Earth. What really confuses me is why he didn't say anything about what happened to him. I know the shows are on different networks, but you'd think they would be ok with him having a line or something about what happened, particularly since that trip was probably what convinced him that his plan to travel back to Earth-2 was a viable one. I kept waiting for him to say something, but he didn't. Not a huge thing, but still a little annoying.
Using Cisco's abilities to open the breach between the worlds was a pretty cool expansion of his powers. It makes sense that he could do it given the fact that his vibes use the frequencies of the different universes in the multiverse in order to allow him to see and sense different things. I also found it interesting that he was afraid that using his expanded abilities would lead him down the path to becoming Reverb, something he really wants to avoid. But Barry was right, nature doesn't completely dictate how you turn out. The people around you and the events that you experience (ie nurture) have some impact on who you become.
It was really cool of Barry to nudge Joe into asking Wally to move in with him. My only question is how Zoom knew that Wally would be at the Wests'. He may have visited there before, but he had just started to move in. Again, not a big thing, but it was a niggling plot hole. My other issue is that Barry only mentioned he and Joe living together. I thought that Iris had moved back in after losing Eddie. Obviously, I could be remembering wrong, but is she really staying in the same apartment that she and Eddie lived in?
Now that Barry has lost his speed, I wonder how they are going to get it back. I assume that there is going to be some way to steal it back from Zoom, but I want to know how they will do it. It's obvious that "Jay" never really lost his connection to the Speed Force, so we are in somewhat uncharted territory here. The Velocity serums cause the person taking them to get sick, so that won't work. I am really interested to see how they handle this now.
Until next week!
Well, my guess about how Zoom came to be Zoom was mostly wrong. About the only thing I got right was that Jay Garrick and Zoom are one and the same and that obsession was involved. Turns out Hunter Zolomon created the persona of Jay Garrick in order to give people hope so that he could then tear that hope away. What I could never have predicted was how closely his life parallels Barry's for a bit and then completely diverges. When Hunter Zolomon was a kid, his father murdered his mother in front him, which landed his father in prison. Hunter was then placed in foster care and went on to become a mass murderer, killing 23 people in one spree. While Barry had the Wests to take him in and give him a loving home, Hunter didn't have anyone to care for him that way. And for how he became Zoom, it happened when the particle accelerator exploded while he was getting electroshock therapy. Somehow it connected him to the Speed Force.
One thing that I find really interesting is that he felt the need to create the Jay Garrick persona. That is something I am trying to figure out. Why did he feel that he needed to create this hero? I think that could be a very interesting topic to explore. My guess is that it has to do with the fact that his father, who had just come back from fighting for his country, was a hero in his eyes who then fell and ripped his life apart. That could lead someone to want to make everyone else suffer in the same way he did. That is one seriously damaged person.
The other aspect of Zoom that I find interesting is that he seems to have seriously fallen for Caitlin. I almost have to wonder if he has feelings for the Caitlin on his world that she didn't share, Caitlin showed him that someone really could care about him. The problem is that she obviously doesn't feel the same way about him now, which could cause serious problems since he kidnapped her.
It was nice to finally see when exactly Barry crossed over to Supergirl. Unless I am very much mistaken, it happened during his run back from Keystone City. We saw him run into a breach and then right out of it again and he asked how long he had been gone, indicating that he had to have been gone for some time from his perspective, even if he wasn't from the perspective of everyone on our Earth. What really confuses me is why he didn't say anything about what happened to him. I know the shows are on different networks, but you'd think they would be ok with him having a line or something about what happened, particularly since that trip was probably what convinced him that his plan to travel back to Earth-2 was a viable one. I kept waiting for him to say something, but he didn't. Not a huge thing, but still a little annoying.
Using Cisco's abilities to open the breach between the worlds was a pretty cool expansion of his powers. It makes sense that he could do it given the fact that his vibes use the frequencies of the different universes in the multiverse in order to allow him to see and sense different things. I also found it interesting that he was afraid that using his expanded abilities would lead him down the path to becoming Reverb, something he really wants to avoid. But Barry was right, nature doesn't completely dictate how you turn out. The people around you and the events that you experience (ie nurture) have some impact on who you become.
It was really cool of Barry to nudge Joe into asking Wally to move in with him. My only question is how Zoom knew that Wally would be at the Wests'. He may have visited there before, but he had just started to move in. Again, not a big thing, but it was a niggling plot hole. My other issue is that Barry only mentioned he and Joe living together. I thought that Iris had moved back in after losing Eddie. Obviously, I could be remembering wrong, but is she really staying in the same apartment that she and Eddie lived in?
Now that Barry has lost his speed, I wonder how they are going to get it back. I assume that there is going to be some way to steal it back from Zoom, but I want to know how they will do it. It's obvious that "Jay" never really lost his connection to the Speed Force, so we are in somewhat uncharted territory here. The Velocity serums cause the person taking them to get sick, so that won't work. I am really interested to see how they handle this now.
Until next week!
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