I don't know why some people are shocked at the ending. It’s basically the plot line of Crime and Punishment (the allusions to the book were given frequently). Joe isn’t punished in the sense of being in prison, and even though he’s technically free, now he is stuck with a girl just like him and a baby on the way when he would rather be with a “normal” girl he can manipulate and control. He is trapped and it’s a Gone Girl-esque ending. He even compared his new home with Love to a Siberian prison.
It was so funny watching Joe judge Love for all the shitty things she’s done. Like she was somehow worse. His murder sprees are not repulsive to him because he did them and he felt justified. That logic does not extend to others, just him. It’s a perfect mirror for showing just how delusional Joe is. The series isn’t about how he finds love. It’s about how Joe is a predator, using love as a way to convince himself he’s doing things for the right reasons. The whole point of Joe's character is that he will never be satisfied. It’s in his nature to crave what he can’t have. That’s why I thought the ending was perfect. Of course he is already interested in his “normal” neighbor. He is going to start fantasizing about her to escape his “tortured existence”.
Totally saw the Love twist coming from a thousand miles away. She was always coming on strong. Her killing Delilah was super predictable too. I actually liked that they made her psycho because Joe somewhat got a taste of his own medicine.
Overall, I enjoyed this season, but:
I’m a little disappointed in the lack of creativity. Season 2 had a lot of similar storylines to the first one: Love is the new Beck, Ellie - the new Paco.
Realism isn't necessary in fiction but some of the plot holes were annoying. How did Candace know exactly which storage unit was Joe’s? How could Forty turn on Joe so fast? Officer Fincher thought Joe could have been the murderer because of some expensive headphones but has done absolutely nothing about it. Joe reconstructing the glass box in the storage container was a bit of a stretch for me. This whole season, while entertaining, is completely unrealistic. It requires all characters to be morons and the hugest of coincidences to happen at every turn.
I was incredibly disappointed absolutely nothing from Joe's old life came back (other than Candace). He moved to a new city and changed his name - poof all his problems are solved? What happened to the PI the Salingers hired?
Candace's character had potential. They hyped her up in the first season so I thought she would do something but no, she didn't have an actual plan and was outmatched at every turn.
Was it the writers intention to insert cringy millenial jargon into every possible piece of dialogue? Really went too far compared to last season. And all the "woke" dialogue was so cringe, boring and trite.
I honestly think this whole season was a waste of time because I can't even name three things that would make this season relevant. It just feels like pure filler with bad writing. I'm sure I could have skipped this whole thing and didn't miss out on anything.
- I can't believe Bear just suddenly remembered he had a camera installed. What an absolute lame "twist" to solve Kenny's death.
- Geraldine was just... pointless? I thought she might be involved with the Twelve or has some personal agenda, hidden secrets or something. But I guess the whole point of her was to have mommy issues?
- I was hoping for more infos about the Twelve when Villanelle becomes a keeper, but I neither know what a keeper even is nor do I have any more knowledge about the Twelve. Disappointing and feels like a wasted story that Villanelle tried to go up the ranks.
- The ending was okay. I wish I could be more emotionally involved, but the whole season was such a drag that I just feel... numb. It's nice they finally chose each other, but I hope that'll be relevant in the next season because the cat and mouse game gets a bit boring by now. And I hope they'll finish with season four.
That's all Lucifer had to do to stop them? He could have done that from the beginning!
This show's version of Hell has always been beautiful in a gloomy way.
It seems like this finale was written to act as a potential series finale. However, I didn't get any closure for it, so here's hoping for a fifth season. Overall, this season was miles better than the last. It did feel a little too short, though, and I didn't like the sudden time skip in the middle of it. I still feel like this show is missing something. It may be because of the boring cases that just feel like filler or how it always wraps up Lucifer's issues in one episode (hate yourself? All you gotta do is forgive yourself. Problem solved!) or maybe it's the lack of threat/urgency (those demons didn't even seem intimidating). I don't know. I just feel like there's something constantly holding the show back and keeping it from reaching its full potential.
In any case, the show is improved and safer on Netflix than it was on Fox. I hope there is another season so we can learn about Charlie, give Maze someone/thing to be passionate about, get rid of Detective Douche, maybe meet some more angels or at least hear from Rae again, and finally end this unresolved tension between Lucifer and Chloe...
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~SophieFilo16~
[5.4/10] Man, after a nice run of well-done episodes, you forget how downright stupid Agents of Shield can be sometimes. Let’s be real -- this is a world with magic powers and science so advanced that it may as well be magic. But still, it strains credulity that a computer (even a super-computer) could discern the topography of a real life location based on a child’s drawing (even a psychic child). It strains credulity that Absorbing Man can just jam himself into a crushed robot and turn into a perfectly-calibrated defibrillator.
Are these things the most ludicrous events to ever happen in comic bookland, or even this show? Probably not, but they’re dumb enough that I laughed out loud when they happened, and they don’t have the patina of vague plausibility to let them pass the smell test.
But the stories being told are more important anyway. I like the idea of Carl Creel having second thoughts after coming into contact with Gravitonium and having the scientist from Season 1 stuck in his head. And hey, the reveal that long lost Ian Quinn was caught in that substance too (along with a cameo from the now Oscar-nominated Raina), is a fun continuity twist.
Still, the actor isn’t great, and while it’s still a hoot to see Coulson and a lightly unhinged Talbot doing the vaguely buddy cop routine, their attempt at escape was pretty meh at the end of the day.
I was also nonplussed by Yo-Yo and Simmons’s scheme to free Fitz from under Mack’s lock and key. For one thing, it’s such a dick move to Mack which feels out of character for the two of them, even if Yo-Yo apologizes for them. Second, it seems really out of character for a scientist like Simmons to (a.) believe she’s invincible because the time shenanigans suggest she lives and (b.) to test it by risking de facto suicide. Her drinking the three glasses feels like a contrived setup to inject dumb tension into the episode with little to show for it.
I’m also just kind of over Robin the psychic child. The show basically exhausted her potential in the first pod, and while there’s still some juice in the relationship between her and May given May’s past history with young girls who have special powers, she’s mostly a timesuck in this one.
Last but not least, the show’s being pretty heavy handed about positioning Daisy as a hardass leader, which feels more like an informed attribute than something the show has been good at showing us.
Overall, this was a big step down. The major setpieces and plot-movers in this one were dumb as hell, and despite the fact that I am a sucker for continuity, the show continues to get a little lost in tying and retying its own history together. Hopefully the next episode is a step back up.
typical marvel origin story for doctor stranges first solo outing, but an enjoyable one nonetheless. the special effects are by far the best thing about the whole movie, and marvel are to be commended for the outstanding work they did.
Cumberbatch is excellent as Strange, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that Marvel made an excellent choice when they picked him to play the part, and Tilda Swinton is also good as the Ancient One, despite the fact they changed genders for the role.
the only let down for me, was Mads Mikkelsen's villain character, who suffers from the same thing that a lot of marvel studios villains seem to suffer from, namely being boring and one dimensional. Dormammu is built up the entire movie as a major world destroying threat, but gets maybe 10 mins screen time at best, and is defeated far too easily.
overall, a good movie which you should see as soon as you can, but don't make the same mistake that a lot of people did at the screening i went to and walk out as soon as the credits start to roll. you will miss the mid and end credits scenes which most Marvel movies have now.
These stupid stupid kids. It hurts so much how stupid these kids are. From Arlo the son who texts his father's undercover contact because he assumes... his father cheated on their mother and it's the mistress? Why would you text the mistress? Confront your dad bro, don't catfish her. To Stella the pouty brat who ... to be fair is semi relatable here.
But let's go back to Arlo the idiot son who steals into a secret box and sends out a random "You up" text. We find out this week that he thinks it's a "go-box" aka a buggout bag. Which is so dumb I don't want to spend 100 words on why a change of clothes and a phone does not make a buggout bag make. As someone who lives a country/ranch life he should know better. Does anyone else remember that Arlo was the good son? The one who stayed out of trouble because he missed his daddy. I mean there's room for the kids to swap roles as they process their long lost father coming back into their life but this is silly.
Speaking of the other kid Stella wants Daddy to come to a random soccer game with 7 other people in attendance or else it proves Daddy doesn't love her. I feel like when your Daddy is a cop maybe this is kind of a weird ultimatum.
Micki, who looks way too hot to be a Texas Ranger but honestly carries the role so well I often forget that I have that objection. She's earnest and loyal and she gets to spread her wings in a way that feels real here. Unlike Walker who for reasons unknown goes back undercover and tells NOONE. I understand going UC to settle the issue but why not leave a cryptic message for Micki your partner to solve if something goes wrong and you have to stay UC. Which is exactly what happens.
All this and I forgot to mention the hackiest scene in the episode. When boy-child Arlo somehow tracks down his father who is undercover and confronts him about leaving in the middle of the operation. HOW does he track him? WHY does he choose the middle of clearly something to confront him? Why not use his camera to take pictures and then demand to know what's going on later. That would make more sense. It would keep Arlo as smarter to gather proof. It would allow Walker to actually TALK with the kid (i know crazy idea). But nah he just shows up randomly.
The show has potential to be something new if they can just get these kinks out. Honestly they should do what they did with Supernatural and go monster of the week while we build up some relationships. I love Monster of the Week arcs.
