This is my third attempt at this show because I need something to fill the void that discovering POI has left in me. It's been so long since my most recent attempt at the first season so of course I have to start over. Hopefully I finish it this time? If not, maybe it's time to accept I really won't like this show as much as I'd... like to.
Every glimpse of Shaw in her torture bed breaks my heart. It was so frustrating to see Greer trying to turn her and for him to even bring her face-to-face (sort of) with Samaritan. Ugh, they just need to bring her back to the team dammit.
But Shaw + Greer's and Fusco's scenes aside, the rest of this episode was so funny?? That sad face Root gave the camera when Finch basically outright refused to take her to the wedding was hilarious to me. I couldn't stop laughing (as with most of her scenes this episode) lol, and Finch singing while Reese and Root kicked ass behind the scenes! Also loved the conversation between Finch and Root during the dance. They've come such a long way from rival hackers to captor-captive. XD
I also kinda liked this week's case because I thought there were so many potential perpetrators, but I did suspect the sister (and the photograph, so I suppose that doesn't say much lol) during the barn scene.
And Root riding in on a horse. Daaaamn, girl.
And oh no, Fusco!!
I'm pretty curious about the research. Up until Finch questioned it, I immediately assumed what Root did — that Samaritan wanted the research so that it could control the world's food supply, or at least control when it'll end world hunger, but the way it was presented made it seem like that wasn't its reason for it. I wonder if we'll actually find that out given that there's only a few episodes left this season (I am trying so hard not to just Google it right now).
And wow, did not expect Elias to still be alive. Dude's a cockroach, you just can't kill him (don't misunderstand, I love him and I'm glad).
That brief moment of Root wondering what Samaritan was doing with the town made me realize just how much she's changed, from the early Root who thought people were bad code and needed. Right now, sure, she's single-minded about finding and worrying about Shaw, but in other circumstances, she likely would have genuinely cared about what was being done to those people.
I also wasn't aware we were going to get a glimpse of Shaw at all after If-Then-Else, so that was great. I was starting to wonder what it would have been like for the live viewers that the show was playing this out, and I thought we were going to be left wondering if she was actually alive. (Also, despite this having aired 6 years ago, I genuinely thought that episode was where she was gonna bite the dust (Googling after watching it told me otherwise, welp). So yehey for more Shaw!)
Carter's demotion is obviously unfortunate for her but her being boots on the ground and actually being in on the action a bit more kinda makes up for it. I always thought Taraji was being wasted in the past seasons with her just sitting behind the desk, looking sketchily at/with Fusco and digging up stuff for Finch and Reese, save for a few episodes that just proved even more how talented she is and deserves more screen time and development.
I have a really bad feeling about her trainee though. New character getting close to another character, being given a lot of lines (and at least personally for now, I'm really not feeling him) and is a mentee figure, possibly soon-to-be turned traitor? A pattern we're all too familiar with at this point.
Finch's annoyance at the way Shaw operates is so amusing to me, I cackle every time they interact, mainly because a) he insisted on Shaw joining them, and b) pretty sure Reese was somewhat the same in the beginning. I guess it's been long enough with Reese that he's forgotten lol
Case of the week side note: I'm so glad the POI died. I have 0 sympathy for the guy lol. I didn't expect it to lead to a possible arc though.
Wasn't particularly invested in the case of the week, but Root and Carter's stories, and Shaw working with the team? Loved it!
AHHH REESE GOT A DOGGY
Oh my god, ultimate face palm at Uatu accidentally unleashing Ultron onto the Multiverse lol all he had to do was quietly narrate in his head once Ultron started to become aware. :laughing:
The The glimpses of the different worlds and universes during the battle were great! President Steve Rogers took the cake lol, and the visual of Ultron looking like Galactus was SO GOOD, I had to pause and stare to reinforce that 'nope, this isn't him' to manage my expectations.
Ultron's voice made the character not so intimidating unfortunately. I understand that the voice change is (might be?) because he was in his Vision body and not his mech one, but in lieu of James Spader, even Paul Bettany's voice would have been better. This one made him sound a bit silly and missed marks for me (in my useless opinion).
I also immediately noticed the less that 30-minute runtime for this episode and immediately knew that this would be better than the previous episodes. Because of course the shortest one would be one of the good ones. Whyy — jk I get it, but here's to hoping the finale is a bit longer and good. They built up Ultron as a big, universe-destroying, virtually unbeatable killing machine, hopefully they didn't rush it.
Byron was consistent and in denial until the end, wow.
And so torn about that finale. I knew something was either gonna happen to force Hazel to have to put up with Byron more if they were going for a Season 2, but I just can't quite believe that Hazel actually went for it.....
"I was you. I was Byron's doll." Yikes. Definitely puts things into perspective.
Was not expecting the cancer reveal though. Sadly, he still went back to Diane lol
Holy crap, Byron sure is creepy. The kind of psychopath/narcissist you wouldn't see coming, with his typical white boy charm, subtle gaslighting, and, in this case, that genius-level intellect and claims of philanthropism. Not a very good one though based on his confrontation with Hazel ("I'm crying." "You are the thing --" "Person." "--person!" lmao).
The fact that Hazel met, dated, was married to, and ultimately locked into the Hub with Byron all in one day is a scary thought (am curious about the circumstances though, because how the actual f does that happen?). She has a pretty big flaw though, one I've noticed even in earlier episodes: she doesn't communicate, something that's to her detriment. She had a chance to voice out her concerns when she saw the ad (though I suppose she knew well enough at this point that Byron is not the type to listen).
But why, why, would she stay for 10 years? It makes me wonder if she had just asked to leave within that time, would Byron have let her go?
And damn, Byron was actually convinced that she was actually happy and in love with him (despite possibly some doubts given her secrecy), or was Byron just in complete denial of her true feelings for him? I suppose one has to be delusional enough to even think something like Made for Love is a good idea...
I am confused as to why Byron let Hazel go. He had a whole squad with him, and it did look like he would have been willing to use force to keep her (when one of his lackeys offered to follow her). Will he really just stop after this?
Side note: girl didn't at least come up for a gulp of air before leaving the panel in the pool, and that took her all the way out of the hub. Did she get gills implanted in her too? lol
I almost got excited that Linda was calling Lucifer out for being selfish and all, then of course they had to turn around and make Lucifer actually be on the right (at least for that particular scene). Someone really needs to snap him out of his daddy-issue complex. Before the final season, preferably?
Okay, I kind of liked this better than the first episode..
I only wish it was less procedural. I enjoyed the first few episodes, but I'm starting to lose interest.
Had no interest in watching when I first heard about this before it came out, but after seeing bits and pieces, I was intrigued enough to check it out. I caught up in a day and am now hooked! Very fun, and the characters are somehow relatable and lovable. Thank the gods it got renewed for a third season. Here's to hoping the Season 2B leaks won't affect that. I can definitely see this show going for at least two to three more seasons before the writers run out of good enough story lines and they start to **** it up.
Every week I tell myself that I am done with this show.. and every week or 2, here I am again. There's just something so alluring (and unfortunately annoying) about it.
Don't get me wrong, I loved Season 1, which is basically why I still hang around, waiting to see what happens next.. then come the second season. When we lost the feel of normalcy, which is the characters' Storybrooke personas, things sort of went awry for me. Nonetheless, I still watch (though I can wait episodes out for weeks, unlike other shows that stir me up so much that I can't wait for the next episode), and every once in a while, I do find myself quite satisfied. Seems that the 3rd season is going pretty well, though, compared to the second, which I found myself strongly disliking halfway through.
Oh dear god (pun intended), please let this be good. Or at least better than whatever the Hell Season 5 was.
And very happy to know it's a shorter 10-episode one. I do think shorter seasons work out better for certain shows, and I think it does for Lucifer. Each episode would be packed with stuff we'll actually care about — instead of the filler-like, procedural formula with just (if we're lucky) 10 minutes worth of actual story content.
There's way too much happening.
Genuinely thought there was going to be some payoff in the end, like Beard deciding he needs to speak up more when Ted goes on one of his "it'll be alright" rantings, but then the ending came and went. I guess not everything needs some big payoff and maybe this was just to show us the everyday goings on in Coach Beard's mind? And it was so long. This is the amount of time I would have wanted spent on the other storylines. This just felt like a trippy, stoner episode except he was mostly sober.
The three pub blokes' parts were pretty fun lol
This All Stars rule thing definitely needs some revision, or at least casting does. There are those seasons where you go, "It's anyone's game at this point, any of them could be Top 3/4," and it'll hurt to see the eliminated queen go but it's alright in the long run. This season is the exact opposite with the clear Top 2 gone.
It's especially sad to me that these particular set of queens are the ones that chose to "play" when they're the ones not actually competing for prize money lol, whereas we've seen other US All Stars queens choose 'fairly' despite this lowering their chances at the prize.
Also, 2 consecutive episodes now that the queens' choices have legitimately surprised me. From Janey and Jimbo's conversation, I thought for sure she would have picked Jimbo. Meanwhile, I didn't think Pangina would pick Jimbo last ep, and same with this one, I was literally rooting for Blu because the way she spoke to the girls made me actually think she was gonna save Pangina.
Side-note: Blu definitely killed it in the episode though. Snatch Game, the runway, and Pangina fans XD
I feel like they could have done so much more with Jason's scene. It was okay, just maybe a notch higher on the creepy, thriller scale would have been nice since it was supposed to be a haunting and grotesque scene. I wanted to want to look away, but I didn't get that. Also, the music during the first Titans fight scene was so weird. It could have been a good scene (my god, those bone cracking sounds would have been so satisfying without that tune) but it looked... jokey. Definitely not Titans vibe.
I do like the build up of Dick investigating what Robin was up to. And hello, Barbara and Tim (and the other Robin nods, dang)! Here's to hoping we get some young Barb as Batgirl flashbacks.
Wonder what's happening to Kori; where's Dove, and when are we getting Rachel back? Hopefully we're back to the whole Titans crew in the next episode.
I reallyyy wanna like this season. Season 1 was okay, and Season 2 was really good! ... so I definitely came into this season with at least some expectations.
So the killer’s gotta be Cara, right?
Dang, we started with pretty much just the main 3 we have right now (plus Carter), but it's so sad to watch this without Shaw, Root, and/or Carter right now. Makes me realize how much they added to the episodes' vibes. I was so happy when Root finally came back at the end (I kind of knew she would the minute Finch was cornered).
Thank god for Lionel's one-liners lol
Also, Finch almost leaving Claire then falling for it again just... agh that was so frustrating. Can't say I blame him, I mean this is the Finch we love, can't really expect him to just walk away with the kind of argument Claire made. But damn, for a genius, Claire was delusional.
Didn't really like this season all that much; considering how much I enjoyed Season 4, I was so looking forward to this season.
Watching this season felt like such a chore (I had to drop it a couple of times and came back now after the S6 trailer came out). The season was such a rollercoaster for me... and not in a good way: the rollercoaster symbolizes my feelings about the show while watching the season, with each other episode taking me from "I still like this" to "WTF am I watching?".
Throughout, it made me question how much we actually know the characters, I feel like they've re-written their personalities (esp. Chloe and Ella) so poorly and inconsistently, to the point that they went from my favorite characters in earlier seasons... to almost unlikeable here, which I think also says a lot considering how little growth (imo) Lucifer himself has shown (aside from his obligatory story-progressing character development). I even ended up re-watching bits of the first season after this and it feels like such a different (much better) show.
I also found it ridiculous how... really, NONE (except the one actually convinced by Luci's speech about love lmao) of the angels sided with Lucifer, choosing to side with the dude who's literally threatening them with the angel-killing sword and already killed one of their sisters, when they have an actual alternative (no matter how... odd the choice of Lucifer being God would be)? Really?
The very last scene also felt like they ran out of time and couldn't come up with a better final scene. Geez.
An underwhelming finale for an underwhelming season altogether.
Didn't really like this season all that much; considering how much I enjoyed Season 4, I was so looking forward to this season.
Watching this season felt like such a chore (I had to drop it a couple of times and came back now after the S6 trailer came out). The season was such a rollercoaster for me... and not in a good way: the rollercoaster symbolizes my feelings about the show while watching the season, with each other episode taking me from "I still like this" to "WTF am I watching?".
Throughout, it made me question how much we actually know the characters, I feel like they've re-written their personalities (esp. Chloe and Ella) so poorly and inconsistently, to the point that they went from my favorite characters in earlier seasons... to almost unlikeable here, which I think also says a lot considering how little growth (imo) Lucifer himself has shown (aside from his obligatory story-progressing character development). I even ended up re-watching bits of the first season after this and it feels like such a different (much better) show.
Anyway, this episode... Dan's death led to a couple of good scenes (aside maybe from the obvious culmination of the whole season): Ella telling Amenadiel in the previous episode that he turned in his police academy application, Maze reminiscing about their "good" moments was hilarious, and Ella praying for a sign and Decker appearing to ask for her help (though honestly that would have been tons more satisfying, though obvious, if it had been Lucifer who came in, what with Ella talking to the "Big Guy" and all). Aside from that? Meh. I was honestly hoping I could have written more here.
Also.. WTH was with that "demon army", and what was up with it being made up of just the random bus of criminals shown in the beginning of the episode? Did they use up the extras casting budget to rent out the LA Memorial Coliseum?
And really, none (except the one actually convinced by Luci's speech about love lmao) of the angels siding with Lucifer, choosing to side with the dude who's literally threatening them with the angel-killing sword and already killed one of their sisters, when they have an actual alternative (no matter how... odd the choice of Lucifer being God would be)? Really?
I did like the Deckerstar scene in Heaven, though, and Decker's temporary bout of super strength to kick Michael's stupid ass.
The last scene also felt like they ran out of time and couldn't come up with a better final scene. Geez.
An underwhelming finale altogether.
The only reason I'm even giving this stars at all is John Ambrose.
Weird stuff in this movie: a) Ellis was a creepy stalker who wouldn't take no for an answer, b) Adaline slept with Ellis and his dad, and c) the narrations felt really unnecessary. I did not really need or want to be convinced of some scientific reasoning behind this.
I much preferred her story with Ellis' dad, and the bits with her daughter.
Man, I'm trying to get past the first season and it is so hard. I don't think I've laughed once in the last few episodes.
Here's to hoping that double shantay doesn't bite us in the ass when 2 better queens face off in the next episode.
Also, I did not laugh once during that skit. I found it more laughable that you could hear the judges laughing.
"Oh girl, we don't ask those questions." - Basically the tagline when watching this show. (Usually don't mind. I've embraced this part of LoT. I just really did not enjoy this episode at all.)
