Easily the best Star Wars tv show, even after only 3 episodes. A Star Wars show that actually has nuance??!?
Having continued to watch weekly, here's just a bit of why it's so good: Dialogue that treats its audience as intelligent, writing and themes that actually address what Empire and Rebellion really mean, side characters who immediately make an impression even with limited screen time, incredible set design that feels real rather than CGI, spy thriller intensity bubbling underneath every scene, imbuing TIE fighters and stormtroopers with actual menace, new nuggets of interesting worldbuilding, emotional scenes between interesting characters, and some of the best set-pieces of Star Wars TV (episodes 3 & 6 in particular). It's Star Wars for adults, not in the sense of gore, violence, or sex, but in the sense of nuance, complexity, and weighty themes. It's astounding that Star Wars can be this good, especially since all their recent shows and films have been lackluster copies of past highs.
Art is subjective of course, you can like what you like, but these are just some of the reasons that this show is getting as much praise as it has been. I think Star Wars is a setting, a feeling, and it can sustain different types of genres and themes. It can be light-hearted action-adventure, and that's fine if that's what you want it to be, but this show proves that it can do other things. Star Wars can keep expanding into numerous different genres if it's done with the care and thought that this show has been given.
Welp, like Tryion said, We're fucked. Living vs. The Dead. Season 8 A fight that only comes once.
The dragon pit scene was awesome. Getting so many characters all in one place at the same time was great to see. So many quick “oh, hey you’re still alive” moments. One of the best was Brienne and the Hound. Speaking of the Hound, we did not get the Cleganebowl we have been wanting for so long but at least he was able to tell his brother off. Maybe next season…
Cersei, as the hound would say, is a real cunt. She truly is the biggest villain this show has seen. She is lying to everyone about sending her armies north and bringing in more mercenaries to help fight while Dany is a little occupied. She not only threatened to kill not one of her brothers but both of them is the same episode. Jamie is finally getting smart and getting away from her, even if he is leaving to go fight an army of undead. I honestly think she might stick around to the end and keep the iron throne. She has no problem doing whatever it takes. She has a kid on the way and that is all she is worried about now (I still don’t think she will have the child because of the prophecy said she would only have three). Oh and the shot of snow falling on King's Landing was a beautiful reminder that winter is here.
The winterfell storyline finally did something amazing. Sansa’s “trial” of Littlefinger was a long time coming and with Bran there was no denying. I’m so glad Arya got to kill him with his own dagger. The sisters finally started acting like family.
Nice to see Theon having another chance at redemption. He had a nice moment with Jon about their dad, well technically Ned was neither of their father. I hope he gets to save Yara next season. I wonder where she is if Euron is going to Essos or could she already be dead?
The show finally says what all the fans have know for years, Jon is a true Targaryen and the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. And they say it just as the two have sex for the first time, nothing new for this show. I’m sure this won’t be a problem. Dany will be cool with it, right? I mean the old Targaryens were into incest too. Maybe not we'll just have to wait and find out.
That last scene really was a little frightening, to see something that has been keeping the white walkers out for 8000 years to just go down like that. Now that the Night King has a dragon they are really going to cause some havoc. RIP Tormund and Beric? I don't think there were able to get off the wall in time but were they on the part still standing?
Great season, moved a little too fast and missed some of the slower character moments from old season. They definitely had some of the largest battle scenes TV has ever seen and I’m sure we are not done yet. Let the wait for season 8 begin…
let's get the important stuff out of the way
onto the actual review:
do you like mike flanagan? do you love incredible actors getting to give intense monologues that make you kind of want to die? are you okay with the fact that literally everything is going to be sad (of course you are, if you said yes to the first question)?
then watch this. you'll enjoy it, no question. just be down for a slow pace, bleakness and intensity, and the usual not-quite-horror vibes. flanagan's work never rests on horror laurels and i feel like it makes his pieces stronger.
also: i spent the entire time leading up to the actual release having no idea that hamish was the Mysterious Charming priest character and spent the whole first episode going ZACH WHY ARE YOU SO SAD AND NOT MYSTERIOUS but tbh it all made sense soon enough.
anyway, for those of you wondering who shouldn't watch this: a LOT of talk of death. alcoholism. small town trapped feelings, and loss of life that gradually picks up pace throughout the series. i'd say skip this if bleak content puts you in a bad place. i also have a relative recently diagnosed with alzheimer's and that made the first couple episodes a bit harder.
since it's pretty obvious from the first or second episode, the rest of my comment isn't technically a spoiler BUT if you like going in totally blind, stop now!!
i think the way this show handles vampirism mythology is actually quite unique. it focuses far less on the vampire lore itself and far more on how easy it is for people desperate for answers to the universe to fit everything from completely ordinary occurrences to an actual batwinged monstrosity into a religious context if they just quote the right piece of scripture.
I can see why Marvel wanted to start with this show rather then WandaVision. I liked Wandavision, but this show felt more like the movies and had more of a direct relationship with them. It dealt more with "the blip" and seems like a more natural beginning of phase 4. Episodes of this length and substance are also more rewarding to watch week to week then the short run time of the wandavision episodes, especially given you had no clue what was going on until a few weeks in.
The opening action sequence was great, they made a good choice starting this story with Falcon and moving to Buckie mid way in. It was great learning a little more about Falcon being that they've really shed very little light on his story at all in the movies other than his loyalty to Steve. We know more about Bucky, so the focus here was correct. I like that these shows add more substance to the characters then the movies can fit in, it was sad watching Bucky come to terms with the damage he caused, but something his character needed since he was really only used for action scenes since the winter soldier all those years ago.
Very solid start for this show, I can't wait to see more but also felt satisfied with what I got which is something I struggled to feel with the short and mostly irrelevant WandaVision episodes.
And then the ending comes where everyone let out a collective "oh hell nah."
Oh, it's so good to finally know what happened to Fitz. And I squealed with joy when I saw Hunter again. It's been so long! I've missed my dumb English son. It's absolutely hilarious to me that Fitz managed to communicate with him by insulting his favorite soccer team in a magazine. I guess it's canon that at some point in the past they decided it would be their emergency line of communication. It's so British. I'm a little disappointed Bobbi wasn't there as well, but I guess Adrianne is too busy these days working on The Orville. Good for her, she deserves it. I still miss Agent Morse though.
I'm not saying Fitz telling those military guys "They were abducted by aliens" should become a meme, but... oh wait, that's exactly what I'm saying.
I feel so bad for Polly. First she lost her husband because of his Terrigenesis, now her daughter is practically out of her reach as well. Also, I can't believe that they brought this seemingly random family from season 3 for this episode.
Enoch observing humanity for 30,000 years kind of reminds me of those creepy bald dudes on Fringe.
So if I understand correctly, Lance and Bobbi spent the rest of their lives knowing the world was going to end. Did they survive it? Did they die in the Lighthouse? Thinking about it breaks my heart.
That little Han/Leia moment with Fitz and Hunter made me cackle and warmed my heart at the same time. This is such an underappreciated brOTP.
I can't wait for the next episode. It's a shame that we have to wait two weeks for it. Oh well. Happy Holidays, I guess?
[8.1/10] I’m a believer in the idea that television shows should die the way they lived. And “Come Along With Me” pretty much does that. Sure, there’s some special things that Adventure Time pulls out of its hat to signify that this is its series finale, but this show was never shy about having climactic battles and bouts of elliptical symbolism and poignant bits to tug at your heartstrings. Putting a capstone on a series this wide in scope, this versatile in terms of tone, this...well...adventurous, is a big task, but for the most part “Come Along With Me” rises to the challenge in a way that feels true to the spirit of the show.
The episode begins with Shermy and Beth, a pair of Finn and Jake-like adventurers in some distant future, tracking down the fabled King of Ooo about Finn’s robot arm. The King of Ooo turns out to be BMO, and the explosive events of the series finale are mostly told through his eyes, as he recounts the Great Gum War and the fight with Golb to the pair of adventurers. This frame story is packed with easter eggs and teases, but mostly serves as a nice way to bookend the episode and deliver some exposition in a cute and unobtrusive way.
When we get to actually live through those events, the show occasionally tries to pack too much in, but still manages to hit the major themes of the show and the characters, which is ultimately satisfying, if not jaw-dropping.
“Come Along With Me” puts a capstone on Finn the pacifist. From the moment that young Finn refused to destroy an “unaligned” ant, he’s been on a journey of learning that there’s more to heroing than just puncha-ing yo buns. Now, on the brink of war, he does everything in his power to keep the forces of Princess Bubblegum and the Uncle Gumbald from coming to blows. He enveigels them into a dreamland, forcing to confront their common ground. And he does the same for himself and Fern, trying to show them as two sides of the same coin, and refusing to fight.
I like that Finn’s final adventure in this show is one to stop violence and foster understanding, even when he has every opportunity to thrive in glorious battle. For a sometimes wacky cartoon show, Finn has grown a great deal over the course of ten seasons, and his noble commitment to stopping his misunderstood foes without resorting to violence, to ending a war before it stops, and to loving his enemy as much as himself are a tribute to the laudable place that Finn has reached at the end of the series.
There’s also a sense of empathy to all of his, another trademark of the show. After some characteristically loopy and engaging dream scenes, Jake retrieves Finn’s vault, which is enough to show both him and Fern that they’re fighting the same fears, having to confront the darkness head-on, and it’s only then that they can free Fern of the grass curse. It united the two of them, even if leads to a tragic but poignant departure for Fern.
At the same time, Princess Bubblegum, who’s pragmatic to a fault, develops some empathy too. She gets to experience what it was like for Gumbald to be reduced to a brainless candy person, while Gumbald experiences PB’s anxieties over protecting her kingdom. Sure, Gumbald seems poised to doublecross her anyway, but it’s enough to convince the war-hungry PB to stand down after understanding where her opponents were coming from. It’s the sort of war-averting swerve, founded on pacifism and empathy, that feels true to form and to the values of the show.
But it wouldn’t be a series finale if there were no fireworks, so we get the surprise appearance of Golb, the god of chaos whom we saw for the first time (I think) in the Pillow World episode. A combination of Betty, Normal (nee Magic) Man, and Maja the Sky Witch have summoned him to Ooo, and he creates a pair of eldritch monsters who have the creative, colorful, and mildly disturbing designs that you would expect for this show and its climactic battle between the good guys and bad guys.
“Come Along With Me” uses Golb to tie up a few loose ends that have been running through the show for a long time. A close call with one of Golb’s minions makes it seem like Princess Bubblegum has been crushed to death, causing Marceline to spring into action and defeat the creature in a fit of fury. When PB recovers (thanks to some magic/scientific armor), Marceline expresses her concern and feelings for Bubblegum, and the two of them kiss on screen for the first time in the series. (Rejoice Bubbleline fans!) It’s all kind of rushed, but the dynamic is right, and the moment is earned after all we’ve seen previously, so it’s a nice sop to the fans at the end of the series.
It also uses Finn, Ice King, and Betty being swallowed up by Golb (after a failed attempted by Ice King to use fan fiction to reach Betty’s heart and snap her out of her trance) to turn Ice King back into Simon. It has something to do with Golb “digesting” them, by peeling away their layers. As with PB and Marcy, it’s all a little quick and a little convenient, but developments always did come fast and furiously on this show, and having a brief moment of lucidity between Betty and Simon, plus the neat claustrophobic design of the trio being caught in an ever-shrinking cube which creates a sense of urgency to thing, helps cover for some of the rapidity of all of this.
After all, Adventure Time is a show that has always run on its out of the box creativity and heart more than any consistent logic. Sure, there’s continuity nods and character development, but even its more byzantine and intricate plots have the flavor of an eleven-year-old’s playtime imagination, even when suffused with far deeper and more adult themes.
But one of the core themes of Adventure Time has been harmony -- of these disparate and often weird individuals coming together to do things both great and silly (and sometimes both at the same time). It’s fitting then that the show literalizes that idea, with BMO’s stirring song, meant to comfort Jake, becoming a weapon against the discord of Golb, especially when all of our favorite characters join in the melody, and free the heroes trapped inside his belly.
It’s the content of the song, however, that poses the most potent theme in “Come Along With Me.” While the series finale is certainly about tying up all those loose ends and putting a semicolon, if not quite a period on the adventures of Finn and Jake and all their pals, it’s just as much about coming to terms with the end of things.
That is, in the great Adventure Time fashion, literal, meta, and more than a little philosophical. The episode has both Finn and Jake fearing that this will be the end of the road for them in the midst of Golb’s attack. Finn believes his capture in Golb’s gullet to mean curtains for him, remarking that he envisioned himself dying in the process of saving someone. Simon reassures him that no one gets to choose how things end, and it’s a small moment of shared comfort in the face of tragedy, of a piece with Toy Story 3, in wrestling something deep and affecting out of what is nominally children’s entertainment.
Naturally, there’s a last minute reprieve for everyone but Betty. She remains behind to use the crown’s power to try to defeat Golb, and when that’s beyond its capabilities, she asks for the power to keep Simon safe. The result is that she melds with Golb, becoming a part of him and losing herself in the process. There’s the sense that Betty couldn’t accept that her time with Simon had ended, couldn’t accept that there would never be a permanent end to those threats, and couldn’t accept that it wouldn’t erase the time they’d shared together, becoming part of a monster in her denial.
BMO -- ironically the one character we know survives until the unspecified future that makes up the episode’s frame story -- does accept that though. Her song is an effort to comfort Jake, to remind him that even though something ends, that doesn't mean it goes away. Their “happening happened.” Their piece of the timeline will always be there.
That lesson fits for a series finale. There may be no more new Adventure Time episodes to come, but we’ll always have these 283 stories, etched in ones and zeroes if not quite etched in stone. In a way, “Come Along With Me” is meant as a gentle easing into that, a reassurance that it’s okay for one of your favorite shows to come to an end. All the old stories will still be there, and they still mean just as much, even after they’ve come to an end.
There is a force to that beyond the meta-notion of a television series playing its final episode. Adventure Time’s finale contemplates, without seeing through, the notion of all of our heroes dying. But it offers the same comfort to them that it does to us -- that the relationships we make, the friendships we build, the experiences we have, are still sewn into the fabric of the universe.
The opening lines of BMO’s song, suggesting that time is just an illusion to help us make sense of things, and that the whole of our existence is all still there, can’t help but call to mind similar ideas posited in Slaughterhouse 5. There is reassurance in it, in the very notion of endings, that the marks we have left, the lives we have touched and that have touched ours, cannot and will not be erased, no matter what happens after.
That’s the trick. There are no endings. This may be the last episode of Adventure Time, but there is a startling but refreshing lack of finality. Sure, the show loops back around to its closing theme, given new poignance by the episode’s demonstration of the literal power of music. And there’s a montage full of hints about where our heroes’ lives lead them in the future. But that’s all we get -- hints and suggestions, more to show us that the story continues than to put a firm “The End” on one.
To put it differently, everything stays, but it still changes. There’s reassurance in that too, in the frame story that tells us that Finn and Jake and PB and Marceline and more simply “lived their lives” after the curtain falls on our glimpse into Ooo. And the adventure continues. We know, from the remade treehouse born of Fern, from a lumbering Sweetpea, from a denizen who looks a lot like a rainicorn pup, that the characters we’ve come to know and love over the course of Adventure Time have left a legacy, echoes that still reverberate a millennium later.
The episode ends with that sense of cotninuity and continuation, with Shermy and Beth following in the footsteps of Finn and Jake in a world still rife with adventures, striking a familiar pose in a fashion that suggests their spirit lives on. Television shows should die as they lived, and this finale accomplishes that.
Adventure Time is a show that became so much broader in scope than a story about a boy and his dog rescuing a princess from an evil wizard. It expanded to cover trauma, parenthood, growing up, politics, community, spirituality, horror, music, and straight up goofy humor. It had a soul that could not be contained, by the bounds of expected children’s television or even the bounds of time. This finale is just as ambitious in scope, expanding to fill the space, and reassuring its fans that Finn and Jake may depart, the show may leave the airwaves, but what it accomplished, the ways it touched us, moved us, and surprised us, never will, even if it has to come to an end.
This show is something truly special.
After watching last week's episode, I thought Amy was written off and we would no longer see her again (seeing as she had not appeared in this season so far, it felt a bit like they were dealing with a loose end). However, she did "return" as we were treated to what other versions of David would be like, had he made different choices at certain points in his life.
This episode was quite a ride. It starts in a confusing note, taking you completely off the usual happenings of the show, but you are relatively quick to find out where you are once you get a little more information. In between David's various lives, they very subtly added events from our own David's life, I guess to show us that these were all possibilities... but then we get a "season 1 recap" and see the final moments of the previous episode again, reminding us that this is our reality.
This episode needs to be watched again to get every detail properly, but I gather that regardless of how terrible another life could be for David (from getting killed to becoming a rich prick), anything beats a reality where his sister is gone, which is incredibly sad and beautifully done.
Between this episode and the one focused on Syd's life, what a glorious show. (The Syd one is probably my favourite of all)
ET gets a remake! What a great episode! Definitely one of the best ones I've seen! So much cuteness in just 42 minutes and now I have alien goo in my eyes!
"Isn't that adorable!" Ray "cinnamon roll" Palmer is just simply adorable. The more I know about his childhood the more I fall in love with his character. Gumball was simply lovely! That cute little baby dominator! That head-bobbing while watching Singing in the Rain. Gold. I was looking forward for some insight into Ray's childhood and backstory and here it is.
It was surprisingly emotional. I connect with little Ray in every way possible. His words really pierced my heart. Props for the actor who plays young Ray. He made me laugh, he made me cry and he definitely won my heart.
Zari's character development was perfect. She was great. She being supportive of little Ray was cool. She's so much fun and her dynamic with the team was great as well. She's a great addition to the team.
I really loved Stein's interactions with Jax and calling him family, especially know that we know Victor Garber is leaving the show. And he named his grandson Ronnie! Cute.
I love the writers of this show and the big nerds they are. So many E.T. references. This touched my heart. So many emotions. I loved the flying bicycle scene. That was breathtaking.
MiB agents randomly start singing. This is the show! It was a WTF scene but boy, did I enjoy it! I lost it the minute they said "good morning". This just proves that the show can do whatever they want even if that doesn't make any sense. They don't hold anything.
The Mommynator scenes with Nate were just golden. "I'm gonna brush my teeth forever", lol. Nate was great. His Biff Tannen outfit while waxing the DeLorean was perfect. I love BTTF and I hope they do an episode inspired on it.
That scenes with all of them suited-up was awesome. Zari's suit is amazing. I love that it's loosely based on Isis. I loved Rory robbing candy from those bullies. This show is just awesome!
I love kickass ladies more than anything, so I liked this episode. I do think the "#feminism" thing was kind of cringeworthy though. Like, girls teaming up and kicking ass was literally the focus of this episode, you don't have to tell us that it's feminist. We know. I'm a feminist myself and I'm 100% here for female empowerment, but the way they tried to bring attention to it every 5 seconds was grating. If you keep making a big deal out of powerful and capable women, it will never be seen as something normal and common (which, you know, it is). Instead, it will feel gimmick-y. Fortunately, this was probably a one-time thing and Caitlin and Iris will go back to being casual badasses in the next episode.
My favorite part was that Caitlin and Iris had so many scenes together. Seriously, I've been waiting for so long for their friendship to develop into something more than just work colleagues. This is the brOTP that we deserve.
Drunk Barry was so hilarious. My sweet boy, crying over Jack and Rose. But he's a scientist, he should know that just because the door was big enough for the two of them, it doesn't mean that it could hold both of them. There's this thing called buoyancy, you know. They totally could've taken turns though.
Also, did Felicity really say "The Incredible Hulk"? Are they allowed to name-drop Marvel heroes?
There are all kinds of villains. So many that I could probably spend the next hour trying to list them all. But by far the worst one is a smug motherfucker who taunts the heroes because he knows they can't do shit to him. I absolutely detest Adrian Chase, which, I suppose, is a complement to the writers. They've given us the most well-written, complex, unpredictable bad guy since Slade Wilson. That ending scene with Chase driving away with a bloody face and a happy song in the background was absolutely fantastic.
Season 5 in general has been a major improvement from the previous two. Everything's back on track now. This episode didn't really have any weak points. All the storylines worked very well, whether it was Oliver dealing with the fallout of Chase's torture, the team trying to carry on with their mission, the confrontation with Bratva or Felicity's more lighthearted, yet crucial to the plot Helix arc. I'm genuinely impressed.
There were a lot of little moments that I liked here, like Dinah bickering with Rene over who should be the new Diggle or sleep-deprived Felicity coming up with an insane plan of getting to Chase's scrambler. I also love Oliver and John's relationship and they had a lot of great scenes in this episode. I'm very excited to see how the rest of the season will play out.
9.2/10. I truly loved this episode All the storylines, Sheidheda, The Bardo storyline. I first want to say how great J.R Bourne is as Sheidheda. A very, very captivating performance, he commands whatever scene is in and that really shows the extent of his acting capabilities. I thought the title was really fitting, not only for the Bardo storyline, but for the sanctum storyline. Everyone had to sacrifice something for the an end whether the end is good or not. Indra had to sacrifice respect, her dignity, to bow to someone who she did not want to bow to to save Madi, and Madi the same to save her people. I also really loved the battle between Indra and Sheidheda honestly remined me of Lexa and Roan's battle in Watch the Thrones( Season 3 ep 4), One of the best fight sequences I have seen on this show, great direction for this episode and for that scene in particular. I thought we were going to lose Indra this epiosde, but we ended up loosing one of my favourite all time the 100 characters, Charmaine Diyoza, her wit and general badassery was great all the way till the end. I loved watching her character grow over the 3 seasons and although I am sad to see her go, and I wish he death was done a bit better(hope was stupid) she had a sick death scene, and she saved her family. I loved her character, and I dont know what I would do without my weekly dose of Diyoza, but I am glad she took Anders with her. In peace may you leave the shore. In love may you find the next. Safe passage on your travels, until our final journey to the ground. Yu Gonplei ste Oden Diyoza com eligus kru.
That narrator is absolutely sublime! His monologue during the first few minutes of this episode was terrific! The way he breaks the fourth wall (particularly when Niles asks him who is he talking to) makes him a hilarious and essential asset of this show. Robotman and Mr. Nobody sure keep the laughs coming, they both contribute a lot to what's been a very entertaining and fun show. Whether you like him or not, the truth is that Brendan Fraser has been killing it as Robotman!
As someone who's not familiar with the characters (I only know them from that Titans episode) I really want to see more of Mr. Nobody, he seems to be a very charismatic and intriguing villain. He's too great of a character to be absent most of the time.
I don't understand why we're having Cyborg in this show, but not in Titans, where he should have been. I'm not complaining, I'm just genuinely curious about that.
It was a bummer after the first season of Titans ended (because that show is so good), so I'm glad DC now gave us Doom Patrol for our amusement, and it's been just as good as Titans (with the added bonus of being quite funny).
The flashbacks was the best addition to this season, getting to see the Donovan’s siblings lives back then made this season interesting. We finally saw Ray’s emotions and the backstory!
I don’t know why Ray lied to Molly, he always knew his sister was pregnant when she committed suicide. It was sad to see his realization who the father was and that he forced her to go to work at his house. Ray will need many more therapy sessions after this. But how come Mickey didn’t know his daughter was pregnant? I guess he really doesn’t care about his children, that’s the only way to explain this plot hole.
I wish Ray didn’t kill Sullivan so quickly, I would have loved to hear more than, “Back then...”
I’m glad Smitty is dead. He was so annoying.
“Every one of your children, Mick ... left alone to be preyed on by wild fucking animals.” Devastating. Mickey Donovan is one of worst tv father of all time. I don’t get why he is still alive. I understand that it’s great to have John Voight on your show but it’s just so ridiculous how Mickey keeps getting away.
I'm happy Daryll got his revenge but he shouldn’t just blame Mickey, it’s his fault that he believed him.
Wonder how long they can keep the show going without the Donovans going to prison. So many dead bodies.
5 years ago, I remember having the biggest grin on my face when this show started and despite its ups and downs (Speedforce aside), tonight's episode made me smile so damn much. I can't believe it's been 5 years already, and 100 episodes. Jesus, tonight's was a great ride. I was about to tear up with the montage. 5 years have gone too fast. Tha little montage made me smile so much. I remember the particle accelerator explosion like it was yesterday. I got the chills when it first happen, and reliving it again made me nostalgic.
This is how you make a clip episode. Tom Cavanagh did it again. Amazingly directed episode in an otherwise outstanding episode. This guy got to play Sherloque, Harry, Eobard in the past pretending to be Harrison Wells and Eobard Thawne of 2049. Is there anything this guy can't do? I swear I'm in love with the guy. Sometimes I see a little bit of other Wells in the one who's currently being portrayed, but seeing them all unfolding one after the other, you can really see the difference between them so clearly. Tom Cavanagh is a goddamn treasure.
Barry and timelines: a better love story than Twilight. When they said: "go back k to the past to defeat Cicada in the future" I thought to myself: "prepare yourself, timeline".
At first I didn't quite understand why Barry was so hellbent on it allowing Nora to come by. I thought he was just protecting her and that's all. I also thought that the Flash Museum would give her enough information as to who the Flash was and with enemies he defeated. However, as episodes go by, I've come to realize that the Flash museum has whole wings dedicated to each and every one of the villains Barry has faced, but the amount of information it has on Barry can be actually kept in the tiniest broom closet.
Are you seriously telling me that they kept the fact that the Reverse Flash killed Barry's mom a secret? Like, don't you think that's at least a bit important? Also, wasn't it all documented? I mean, Eobard even confessed and admitted that he killed Barry's mom.
"We just have to make a weapon more powerful than the one he has". What could possibly go wrong? The idea was brilliant but the execution was not. Serious question, wouldn't it have been easier for everybody to breach Cicada's dagger to another earth instead of to space? That would've solved a lot of problems. I know that he probably didn't because he can't use his powers at maximum, but still.
I love Ralph. I can say it louder but not clearer. He should be in charge of the music cues. "Gotta go back in time". As soon as I listened to that song, I almost spill my drink.
I loved seeing Zoom in action again. He's by far the scariest-looking villain this show has ever had, and damn, I loved seeing Teddy Sears again. By the way, I don't buy that they brought him back just for that. The fact that he got chased by Black Flash never got addressed so, unless that's one of Zoom's time remnants, the whole timeline from that moment in season 2 onwards should've been erased from existence, if Zoom isn't there, Black Siren never comes to Earth-1 (thus creating whole changes in Arrow), Henry never dies, therefore Flashpoint is never created and Savitar is never born. They need to explain this, or at least make it clear.
All I keep thinking is that Zoom will definitely be back by the end of the season. I don't trust the writers. They won't bring Teddy Sears just for a brief cameo.
Two speedsters, Vibe and Stretchy man walk into a bar and don't use their powers in their advantage to restrain Cicada. The joke tells itself Thank god we got Killer Frost for the win. Time for the Cold Queen to be the hero. I loved Cicada's reaction when his dagger didn't dampen Caitlin's powers,
On another side of things, EOBARD'S BACK BABY! Damn, I missed Tom Cavanagh playing Eobard, He's so much fun to watch. He's such a captivating villain. I really love him, The best villain this show has ever had and will probably ever have.
That scene with Barry and Eobard in the vault was absolutely amazing. Saying I was on the edge of my seat doesn't pay enough justive to it. Man, I loved when Barry told him that he never made it home. Also, his scene with Cisco was so damn great. For a second there, I thought he was gonna give him the "in many ways, you have shown me what it's like to have a son" speech, minus the killing part, of course. I got the freaking chills with that handshake. He was upping the creep factor there.
"I have a vibe about you". Eobard was really fun with all those inside jokes. I still can't believe he referred to Savitar with the words "pizza face".
The fact that Nora was working with Eobard didn't surprise me as much as it would if it hadn't been so clear to me in the past few episodes. That said, that doesn't mean that I didn't get as excited as a 5-year-old kid watching his favourite cartoon on a Saturday morning. I have no idea waht Eobard's intentions are (besides changing history so that he could be free), although I'm so curious right now. I just enjoy watching him so much. I'm guessing he used poor naive Nora to go back in time and change history to his favour. All of it while hiding his real connection to Barry.
Overall, superb episode. One of the best ones in recent years. I can't beleive it's been 5 years already. We got everyone: Zoom, Savitar, Eobard, Stein, Ronnie, Grodd, even Hartley was mentioned. So many feelings that have made me want to rewatch seasons 1 and 2. Congrats to everyone involved in the making of this 100th episode and I hope that episode 200 is just as good as this one.
Now it's crossover time and I couldn't get more exicited. Sunday come already!
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What?! I had no idea this was not just the season finale, but the actual series finale until I read the comments around here! I'm shocked and totally unprepared to say goodbye to The Magicians... I knew Syfy wanted to pull the plug on this one, but I thought season 6 would be it. I can hardly believe that one of my favourite shows of the last decade has met its demise...
How will we know what Penny and Julia's kid will turn into? When will the Moon finally forgive them and stop acting up? When are we getting that Visigoths storyline I've been craving for since they first appeared a few episodes ago? How will we hopelessly continue to expect Q to come back to the show? When will Marina get a proper hairdo back? How will I be entertained by Alice's huge rack, huh, I mean, by Margo's delightfully bitchy personality again? So many questions, so zero episodes left to soothe my restless inquisitiveness...
Two good things about The Magicians coming to an end, though: no more cat abuse and no more Margo & Josh!
It was great seeing The Beast one last time, no one actually ever topped that guy as a villain on this show.
One last special shout-out to Fen, who became increasingly adorable as the seasons went by.
Did this really end? ;'(
To Fillory and further!
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[7.5/10] Another fun, endlessly creative episode from the show, one that doesn't try to get too mind-bending or insane (at least by this show’s standards), but which still gives everyone something amusing to do.
My favorite of the three stories is Rick’s defense of his “shy pooper” planet. On the surface level, it’s just an enjoyable outing of Rick going to extreme lengths to exact revenge on someone who’s messed with his intricate plans. But beyond that, I love how the mad pooper correctly diagnoses Rick’s own sense of loss, need for control, and utter loneliness. The way Rick’s anger at this interloper and efforts to demean him are really aimed at himself is palpable, and the way that Rick slowly admits to himself that he does see this guy as a friend and, ultimately, a role model, in his own demented way, is outstanding.
Morty and Jerry’s adventures with the app-developing aliens is a ton of fun too. The way that the initial alien is so polite and friendly, and how he and his overlords are so polite and low key, adds instant comedy to every setup. Morty’s increasing exasperation with his father gets over the top at times, but still gets a few laughs. And the solution to the problem being commiseration between Jerry and the alien at not having a soulmate, and an ad wall, works on multiple levels.
Beth going to her own extreme lengths to “mother” Summer despite Summer going hog wild on the very same act is solid stuff too. While the emotional part of it is a little on the nose, the outsized comedy of every jumping into and out of super-passionate relationship brings the chuckles, and Beth’s increasingly desperate methods to prevent her daughter from going overboard are fun too.
Overall, this is about as “regular” an outing as we get from Rick and Morty these days, so it’s nice to see the show still able to pull off these sorts of adventures!
So, I was gonna give this show a pass because, even though I liked their appearance in that episode of Titans, the gang didn't actually do much for me, then, and I really didn't want to watch yet another superhero show (I watch too many of those, already!)...
... But then I noticed Brendan Fraser and Timothy Dalton were in this and that piqued my curiosity. Oh boy, am I glad I ended up watching this! Titans is darker, but Doom Patrol is funnier, Robotman cracks me up (excellent casting choice on that one)!
Also, maybe it's because of Penny Dreadful, but I really enjoy Timothy Dalton as Charles Xavier, huh, I mean, as Chief, being in charge of the whole gang (again, excellent casting choice).
I loved the narration, I hope they'll keep that (though after the villain having been introduced, I guess they'll drop it).
I was definitely pleasantly surprised, I would never guess they'd manage to keep up with the same quality level of Titans, and I'm now eager to watch one hour of this every week!
DC may not be fairing that well on the big screen (well, not according to me, anyway), but they sure are nailing it on the smaller one.
I suspect we're gonna have a lot of fun with this bunch of freaks!
Awesome. That was an incredibly well-directed episode. "It's a beautiful morning". Darkness all over but you can't lock it up, can you? It was amazing but that ending was just incredible. I'm not gonna talk about the ending now because, otherwise, this would be endless.
Stephen Amell is such a good damn actor. The way he said "would you just go, please" pierced my cold heart and broke it into pieces. You can tell how much he's in pain. Damn he's in pain, but mostly afraid. His breaking voice, his gestures, the way he talks, you can hear the pain in his voice. Never have I seen him so broken and beaten down. Seriously, Arrow is fucking killing it and so is Amell.
Slade: "I put you at the lowest point of your life, Oliver"
Adrian: hold my beer
Every single time I looked at Ollie in my mind he was wearing a label saying "Ollie broken, please fix". That was certainly heartbroken. The was he said "would you just go, please" at the beginning
It's so good to see Dig being the voice of reason again in the present time and Anatoly in the flashbacks. RIP Ollie and Anatoly's summer of love. I really like Anatoly, he's like a father figure. If someone hurts the KGbeast I swear I become ever more psycho than Chase. I guess now Team Arrow got undisbanded. I guess Anatoly has no more favourite Americans.
And Vigilante, fir a couple of weeks I've been thinking it's Paul. And I just found it curious Chase asked Curtiss about his husband. Shame we won't know his identity until season 6. That sucks.
That ending was one of the most badass scenes that I've ever seen. Man, Adrian is so goddamn.... He should never die. I'm gonna miss him so bad when he dies. He's fucking brilliant. He's a legit psychopath. And the badassery os Chase's scenes can't end. And Josh Segarra, he deserves award after award. He's such a goddamn actor.
Well, I for once, enjoyed the episode. I don't know if it's because it was action-packed or what, but I definitely enjoyed it. I'm sad the prison scenes are gone. I'm definitely gonna miss them, but I'm happy Oliver got out. I knew that friend in there was a rotten apple, although I was expecting him to be the Demon.
The whole plot with Diaz was plain horrible. I swear I loved the character last season (at least when he started doing something) but the writers dragged that story a lot, at least for my taste and in this episode, it looks like they wrote themselves into a corner and didn't know what to do with him next. That doesn't change the fact that Kirk Acevedo rocks every minute he's on screen. That scene when he was talking to Oliver via phone was great.
Diggle! Only he can appear for just one second, do absolutely nothing and still make me laugh so hard. Where the hell did he go? Is he training for Elseworlds and doing a The Flash impression? I laughed so damn hard. And if you look closely, there's a building out there that also disappears. I'm sure those skills will come in handy at the end of the season. Go for it Diggle!
That said, I'm so looking forward to seeing Oliver and the New Green Arrow together, who I still think it's a girl. And I need more Fkashforward scenes and Roy all suited up.
Well, this was goodbye. Fox has officially cancelled Lucifer (not sure if it's possible for some other network to pick it up). And they pulled the plug at the right time, I'd say. The first season was a lot of fun, it was one of the best new shows at the time. Season two lost some of the original mojo, but was still alright. Season three was borderline mediocre. They turned Maze into an unbearable whiny bitch and Lucifer became a dumb clown in his own show. The show writers were clearly struggling to know what to do with the characters, so putting a stop on this seems like a rational decision, to me.
I started watching Lucifer solely because it was from the same guy who gave us the excellent Californication, Tom Kapinos. Though Tom Ellis (the actor who plays Lucifer) is a very charismatic actor and it's a pleasure to see him on screen, they butchered his character so much lately, to the point of not even the actor being able to save him from the ridicule that he had fallen into by the third season. Lucifer, the character, became a mere pale shadow of what Hank Moody was in Californication.
Rambling aside, though we may never get a proper ending for Lucifer, I'm glad this show departed on a higher note, because this season finale was great! We got one of the best episodes ever! This was the darkest episode of the whole show, and I only wish that this would have set the tone for season four. Gone was the dumbed down Lucifer, and badass Lucifer was back one last time to grace us with all his awesomeness! Terrific cliffhanger, something all fans had been waiting for since the first season... Too bad that cliffhanger is all we'll ever get.
Godspeed, Lucifer!
Taken 4: Slade Wilson Edition. Manu Bennett gives me life. He's goddamn perfect as Deathstroke. Holy shit, that hallway scene! Speechless. Best. Fight. Ever. That slaughter fest a la John Wick. Really loved the gun-sword combo. Words can't begin to describe how I'm feeling right now. More like uncomprehensible noises while I jump around my room.
"When the Jackals took my son they didn't count on who his father was". That delivery. I loved it. "Don't make this man angry", well, too late. That deadly rampage is what I need. I will watch a whole hour of Slade murdering people. He needs to be given a spin-off. Manu Bennett is a pleasure to watch.
"I ask you just to trust me on this one, kid". Boy, did I miss this! The chemistry between these two. I got goosebumps. Just like old times: the mentor and the student. Team Lian Yu. I could feel the tension. Mirakuru or not Slade slaughtered his mother, but at the same time, Oliver acknowledged the Slade he met on the island.
Despite being anticlimactic, the Vigilante subplot was extreme compelling. I wasn't expecting him to reveal his identity so easily but now Dinah has an arc of her own. Her reactions were on point and sold the story perfectly. Props to Juliana. She's awesome. Btw, she suited up I like 15 seconds. There're a lot of characters on the show and it's easy to leave them in the background but now everyone has an arc of their own. Way to go.
I love agent Watson. She's the most competent and qualified detective this show has ever had. She's breathing on their necks.
Of course the plot thickens. As soon as Nylander appeared I knew Joe was the boss. I kind of feel bad I didn't realize it sooner. After all, like father like son. Btw, next episode looks insane. I need more Slade in my life. Those flashbacks were on point. I loved that they showed us how Slade was as a father. Amazing episode.
I'm always excited for episodes that explore the "what if" scenarios. Especially when they're as good as this one.
I loved the opening monologue done Eobard-style and the reality the Legion created. It was fun to see vigilante Felicity for a second there. I also enjoyed the bit about Nyssa living a "miserable, closeted life in Ohio". (By the way, when are we going to see Nyssa again? I still ship her and Sara.) Those little moments really remind you how intertwined the four DC/CW shows are, even more so than crossovers.
Rip spending his time baking cakes was absolutely hilarious. And that tiny little Waverider at the end? Adorable!
Amaya, no! Why did they do that? I know they'll almost certainly bring her back when the Legends undo the Legion's mess, but it still hurt. And damn, Leonard, that pun was really freaking uncalled for. Rude.
I sincerely hope that we'll get to see that zombie speedster thing eat Eobard alive or something. Dude has it coming.
If I'm not mistaken, next week is the season finale. I'm totally pumped. The stakes are higher than ever. The Legends will have to find Rip, get the Waverider back to its original size, go back in time, find the Spear, kick the Legion's asses and restore the reality to what it should be, all in 42 short minutes. I can't wait!
Holy mother of plot twists. It's a Christmas miracle! Laurel is back... right? Please, tell me that she is really back. I can't lose her again. I just can't.
"In our town, people who are dead turn out to be secretly alive almost every Wednesday."
Yeah, that pretty much sums up the show. Honestly, they could bring back anyone at this point and I wouldn't bat an eye.
So, why did Evelyn join Prometheus? She decided to stop the guy who killed some greedy rich assholes four years ago by teaming up with a dude who kills cops? In what world does that make sense?
I didn't really care about Felicity's boyfriend, and the fact that they decided to give him some character development in this episode made it pretty obvious that they were going to kill him. The one good thing that came out of it was the scene where Oliver confessed to Felicity that he had accidentally killed Billy. That was some top-notch acting right there.
I'm kind of bitter that Prometheus turned out to be some random asshole that we'd never even heard of before this episode. Talk about wasted potential.
Well, John is screwed. But we've already had a prison break episode this season, so I don't think they will put him in jail again.
I lost my faith in Arrow last season so much that I actually stopped watching it for a while, but I'm glad I came back. Season 5 has been pretty amazing so far. If they bring Laurel back, I will officially forgive the showrunners for all the bullshit they put us through. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
WARNING! THIS REVIEW IS FULL OF SPOILERS! IT IS MEANT TO BE READ BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY READ THE BOOK OR SEEN THE MOVIE! WARNING!
I, like a lot of other people, read the novel this is based on, and I personally feel like it's one of the most faithful adaptations of Kings work to date. Everything about it (except for a few minor gripes) is fucking awesome! Sorry, it just is....
I have to start by saying that I am, in all honesty, not a big fan of the Stanley Kubrick film The Shining. I think that it's a great looking film and I really appreciate the aesthetics of it but I just can't see how ANYONE would go as far as to say that it's the "best film of all time" or even worse: "the scariest film of all time". The Shining never scared me.
I like the novel quite a lot, more so than the film, but even there, I can't say that I think that it's one of the best books by King. Doctor Sleep on the other hand is one of my favourite King novels to date so when I heard they were making a movie directed by Mike Flanagan I was incredibly excited, to say the very least.
I've been a huge fan of Mike Flanagan since I first saw Hush, which to me is as close to a perfect movie you can make within its genre. Everything about it was meticulously executed down to the tiniest of detail.
Flanagan then went on to direct a bunch of other movies including the NETFLIX film Before I Wake, starring Jacob Tremblay (who portrays the not so lucky No. 19, or "the baseball boy" in Doctor Sleep) before directing the Stephen King adaptation Gerald's Game, also for NETFLIX. Being that Gerald's Game garnered such critical acclaim for a direct-to-stream film, and one based on King, one would think that him directing another adaptation, and with a bigger budget; would be inevitable.
So here we are: Doctor Sleep, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name and on the Stanley Kubrick film: The Shining, loosely based on the novel of the same name.
Is it any good?
God yes!
There are countless scenes in this film that are absolutely fucking epic! Like the scene in which we see the True Knot's caravans travelling from one destination to another through a birds eye view. The combination of the jerky; jump-cut editing, the sound effects and the overall sound design in this scene is nothing short of exquisite. So cool!
Then there's the scene in which Rose the Hat visits with Abra and first finds out where she live. This is visualized as Rose levitating off the ground, taking off and flying over the clouds in a way that harkens back to Disney's Peter Pan before landing on the street outside of Abra's house at night. This is so fucking cool! Especially the part of the scene where Rose the Hat's bare feet touch down on the ground at the end. That gave me chills. So good!
The same could be said about all the encounters between Abra and Rose, whether it be the scene in the supermarket or the one in which Abra sets her trap; and of all the scenes featuring the True Knot. But it's not all about the set pieces either, all the stuff in between, like Danny's fight with alcoholism and his work with Azzie at the hospice: It's all so well done!
The cinematography in this film is stunning from beginning to end, so much so that is deserves an Academy Award nomination. The night shots are simply gorgeous! The lighting and blocking of a lot of the scenes in this film is perfect.
So why then, is it that this movie has a metascore of 59? For a lot of the critics it seams as though it has to do with the final 30 minutes or so of the 150 minute film. Yes, it is a bit long.
Anyway, here are my thoughts about the end:
I love everything about it up until the bar scene; How Danny slowly walks through the Overlook waking it up, finally arriving at the bar; realizing his father has indeed become a part of the hotel. Can't remember how the novel ended, but the Kubrick film left that part of it kinda ambiguous.
What follows is a bit of mix between elements from the Doctor sleep novel and newly written material by Flanagan and King, which I find hard to separate since it's been a while since I read the novel. But I don't remember reading about the ghosts of Danny's lock-boxes collectively jumping Rose the Hat. As I remember it it, the end of the novel was pretty small in scale. I vaguely remember the ghost/spirit of Jack Torrence helping out taking care of Rose. Here, I actually prefer the movie version.
Then there's Danny becoming possessed by the Overlook and coming after Abra with an axe, just like Jack after Danny and Wendy in Kubrick's The Shining.
Then there's Abra turning a corner and running into the Grady Twins, just like Danny in Kubrick's The Shining.
Then there's the recreation of the helicopter shots of a car travelling to the Overlook hotel, just like in Kubrick's The Shining.
I feel like there are too many scenes paying homage to a movie I don't really care that much for.
It ends with the Overlook burning (already burnt to the ground in the novel) and Danny dying inside embracing the ghost of his mother. I like this part of it, it does feel more fitting of an ending. In the novel Danny travels back to the hospice to help a guy who wasn't that nice to him pass away knowing there's an afterlife, which is sweet but rather boring in comparison.
Also, with Danny being dead and his spirit living on like Dick's did, that makes things come full circle.
Finally...
Here are some pros and cons:
Pros:
*The amazing cast featuring a breakout performance by Kyliegh Curran who is everything I ever wanted in Abra. She manages to portray someone who is extremely powerful and bit cocky but still fragile and human at times. She's so good! Other noteworthy performances include Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat (her best performance to date?), Cliff Curtis as Billy, Zahn McClarnon as Crow Daddy and Emily Alyn Lind as Snakebite Andi.
* Masterful direction/editing by Flanagan.
* Impressive screenplay (minus some of the stuff at the very end)
* Stunning cinematography!!
* Great music and sound design! I Love the rhythmically thumping heartbeat!
* Not shying away from the disturbingly brutal ways in which the True Knot extract Steam from KIDS.
* Skipping the plot-line regarding the True Knot becoming sick with the measels. That was quite interesting in the novel, but it would have taken time explaining.
* The choice to leave the whole Uncle Dan really IS Uncle Dan plot-line in the novel out of the film.
* The slightly different but much improved upon cycling effect used when the True Knot members die.
* The look and overall depiction of the True Knot.
Cons:
* The obvious wigs worn by the actors playing young Danny and Jack Torrence. Might just be bad haircuts?
* Not enough of the creepy chanting.
* Abra's Force-throw of Crow Daddy's truck is a bit over-the-top.
* The annoying twins homage at the end.
* Having Danny become possessed by the Overlook just like Jack.
* The VFX work in the scene where the Overlook is burning.
* Slight pacing issues and overall running time.
Doctor Sleep is my favourite movie so far this year overtaking Joker and It: Chapter 2 on my list.
It's easily one the best "horror movies" of the year. It might not be all that scary, but it sure is scarier than The Shining. Hehe
9/10
Yay, Dean Fogg is back! Oh no, that's not actually the right Dean Fogg! Multiverses are just like time travel, they can really mess up a story. Luckily, on The Magicians, it's all been good fun on both accounts, so far.
I hope they won't be trying to set things up between Alice and the new botanist guy. Though the dude seems alright, I didn't feel any chemistry between them and it's too soon for a hardcore self-hatred person like Alice to let go of Q this soon.
Fen seems to have got along nicely with the fairies, which was disappointing... I was expecting some clumsy "Maid on the Outside" comedy time to have come of that. But at least Margo bumped heads with them, as it's typical of her character. Anyway, I liked it better when the fairies were evil.
Eliot and Seb are so cute together! Too bad Seb is, unsurprisingly, mass producing Takers (of course Seb is a villain, his charm can't fool me!). There's always a catch when our crush seems too good to be true, right?
The downside of the whole Dark King thing is that, because of the actor, the forest scenery, the actual Dark King denomination and magic, it's all a wee bit too reminiscent of Once Upon a Time. Still unsure if that's a good or a bad thing.
Wassup with the Visigoths? Did they drop that plot line? Since there's a sort of bigger actor leading that pack, I'm sure we'll get to seem them again. And I hope they'll be fun! I suspect this season will end in a cliffhanger (shocking, I know) and they'll be directly involved... Let's wait and see.
Todd should have had a solo part in one of the previous musical episodes... What a voice!
"Felicity Smoak is dead"
Did you hear that? I swear I could actually hear Felicity haters loudly screaming. I could actually hear their tears of happiness. And here I was thinking, she's probably faked her own death. I guess we'll have to stand her for another 20-odd years.
I think we can all agree that both the prison scenes and the flashforwards are the best part of each episode. So far, Ollie's new doctor/torturer is a better villain than Diaz. He probably works for him, but anyway. Everyone that you can think of probably works for him.
I've been thinking about who the Demon could be for a couple of episodes and I think it could actually be Ollie's friend. Last episode, someone said that you can't find the Demon, that he finds you and that's sort of how Ollie and that guy met. If not, that guy is shady. It has to be.
When I first saw William in Lian Yu with Roy I was expecting a sort of Slade-Oliver training. I wasn't expecting that whole jigsaw puzzle. Also, Dinah and Roy have aged amazingly well. And I loved seeing Zoey as a vigilante. I can't wait to see more of the dynamic between her and William. And poor Dinah with the scar on her throat. Something tells me she's gonna lose her canary cry sooner than we all expect. But I'm not that mad because I'm glad Zoey is taking the canary mantle.
This new Arrow guy, I'm starting to believe it's a girl. Maybe it has to do with the fact that they're constantly referring to the Green Arrow as "he". I've got the feeling it has to be someone in Ollie's general vicinity and since Robert Queen appeared in flashbacks and this season is also about parenthood and children, maybe Robert had a daughter or a son with someone, sort of like Thea.
I'm dying to watch Oliver snap out and go on a murdering rampage killing everyone at the prison. That's way beyond human rights.
Laurel teaming up with members of team Arrow is great. She and Ollie need to team up and kick ass. For some reason, dark Felicity looks silly to me.
Chase's a fucking savage. Dude stabbed and killed his wife. HIS. OWN. FUCKING. WIFE. I'm in shock! For God's sake!!! He killed his wife, who he loves, just to keep on getting vengeance for the death of his father. When did you exactly go off rails, man? He's totally insane. He should've told his wife "Nobody can know my secret". And he threw at Ollie's face all everyone that has died. I could honestly feel that knife twisting. He's totally crazy, even more than Slade. And after killing his wife he still shows up at work making cracks about how seriously he takes his job after all. "Can't you see I'm mourning. The Green Arrow killed my wife". HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. I love that after everything he just shows up at work everyday, all professional and shit. "I take my job very seriously" guess no one will suspect you if you go to work everyday.
Prometheus is such a badass villain. Holy crap! And JOSH SEGARRA... Don't get me started. Petition to give this man award after award after award. Holy crap, he's such a vicious murderous psychopath. He really makes me shit my pants. He's totally containing a maniac inside. The way he says things, the way he behaves...Man, he's really scary and a freaking savage. He's such as strategist. ADRIAN FUCKING CHASE! He's a murdering psychopath, yet he blends in like a freaking badass. He totally checkmated Ollie and he still acts normal. He's right under him, running his life and yet Ollie has no freaking idea how close they both are. Man, this is the kind of villain that I love.
The fight between Chase and Ollie was amazing. It felt like it was a choreography but two skilled guys just brawl fighting. It was brutal. The music was on point and both of them being led by rage and letting suffering to take the forefront was great. Just the rage on Chase's face, man. And the way he's just so calm after killing her...damn, this guy doesn't care about anything but revenge.
Awesome. And holy shit, have you seen Adrian Chase in the promo for next episode? He's so fucking scary. He played Oliver into getting him to impeach himself. This, my friend, is fucking brilliant. I love him.
I love the music when Prometheus makes an entrance. I'm gonna play it everything I come to my sis's bedroom wearing my green hood.
Now that I know who he actually is, I'm really terrified by him. His attitude, behaviour, his way of handling things...he's actually very sinister. He's very meticulous and calculating and, if you ask me, he kind of acted like he was containing a maniac inside. And Josh Segarra portrayal is among the best. He amaze me every single time he's on screen. I suspected Prometheus was Chase a few episodes back but to see it, and in the middle of the episode was some crazy ass shit. Very interesting, yet confusing. I loved it. He just gives me the chills. I need his bsckstory. So far, he's memorable villain.
I smell there's another greater twist. Like, idk, that "Adrian Chase" is actually Oliver's bastard brother. Maybe that or pulling out a Zoom reveal where he steals Adrian's identity, stabs himself, takes his mask off and says "Well, this is a complication". I've even made some anagrams with his name. I'm just too hyped. I feel like the whole Prometheus is Clayborn's son was just meant to throw Ollie off.
And Ollie's obsession with Susan? Holy shit. I don't mind if Prometheus kills her off. At least I we to see more of Chase.
And damn Paul, you really served Curtis the divorce papers and just left? At CC Jitters? That's savage man.
Now one question remains, who the he'll is Vigilante? Pike maybe.
I loved Thea's "I'm never getting in a limo with you again". Don't risk your life. Avoid limos. And Curtis' balls comments were too damn funny. Rene, never change. You're my spirit animal.
I love that they made Thea channelling her inner Moira, especially since they never get along very well.
I'm so hyped right now. So so hyped!
Now, that, was a great episode. It gave me season 1 vibes. It had a bit of everything, but it seems that the ligjthearted tone this season started with is somehow gone and the show has adopted a darker tone and without Ralph on the team now, that light seems to have faded. That said, I'm enjoying this darker tone very much.
A Snart episode is always a good episode to my eyes and so, seeing him again was amazing. I had no idea Katie Cassidy was gonna be in this episode, so her Black Siren, now Siren-X, was a pleasant surprise. Also, is Laurel going to be a villain metahuman in each and every earth except in the one she died? Just wondering. And what happened to Siren-X? I mean, she got defeated but what happened to her? Is she in jail, did she go back to her earth, or was she locked up at STAR Labs?
Not to anyone's surprise but the bond between Cisco and Wells is something I'll never get tired of. These two have such a great chemistry on scene that if an episode features just the two of them, I wouldn't even mind. The minute he broke the Thinking Cap, you could even see the desperation and protective instinct in Harry's eyes and body language. That scene was fantastic, not as much as their last one. That, was beyond excellent.
I knew Harry wouldn't tell the team because, hey, instead of outright telling them, why don't they just reunite the Council of Wells and have a great time.
That scene with Fallout on the beach, at first I thought it was Mick in Aruba and my brain had a shortcut.
I loved that they got Leo to play grief counselor again like he did on Legends (Still not over that death). But it was great to see the therapist again. At this point I'm beginning to suspect she's hiding something, lol. I got weird vibes when she mentioned all the deaths Barry has gone through.
Marlize is one of the highlights of the season to me. At the beginning I just thought she was a mere secretary helping a mad scientist,but after knowing a bit more about her marriage and how far is she willing to go, she started growing on me up to the point that I want her to move to team Flash. Her acting is wonderful in each and every scene she's in. I'm so glad she's finally realized the monster DeVoe has become and that he's more focused on his enlightenment than on spending time with his wife. If she didn't think about betraying him before (well, she couldn't cause she was drugged), she's gonna do it now.
Speaking of great acting, Grant Gustin's performance at the end almost got me to tear up. That was a powerful scene. Lovely. I find it heartbreaking to watch him die but that scene with him crying in Joe's arms, damn, that was really heartbreaking. I didn't quite like them pushing him into grief. It was clear he needed time and space.
They mentioned Tracy! I thought we would actually get to see her, but we didn't. Shame. At least it's good to see she's still around, 'cause she simply vanished.
Cisco saying "Pikachu" had me in stitches. Also, he summarizing Arrow in terms of deaths was great. And him blushing over Snart complementing his hair was so funny. Seriously, his curls are magnificent.
However, Wentworth Miller stole every scene he was in. I just miss him so damn much. I know this is supposed to be his final episode and that he existed the Arrowverse, but I still have high hopes he comes back soon, even if it's just for a few minutes.
There were a couple of things that I didn't quite understand. So Siren-X is pissed that both her regime and Nazi Ollie were destroyed so her plan was what? To kidnap Fallout and scream at him until he exploded? And why didn't radiation affect her? Those things bothered me.
Caitlin was such a badass rushing into danger without meta powers. I'm glad she at least gets to leave STAR Labs and go in the field.
This is such a good show! My favorite episode so far.
I grew up in Redwood City (SF Bay Area, California), in a poor neighborhood apartment complex. I wasn't aware of our being poor. I wasn't aware of racism. I was beat up a couple of times by black kids in fifth grade. And, to this day, I remain unaware of how I upset those two classmates who started fights with me. But, I was unaware of my ADD most of my life, and. once I became aware of it, coupled with some Cognitive Behavior Training through the, "More To Life," foundation, got to see how I used holding others in lower esteem as a false sense of power...just to get some brief dopamine access once in a while by having a script in my head that had more to do with my believing how separate I was from whomever I'd get upset with, since at that time I didn't know how to get better and more consistent dopamine access through feeling solidarity with others....
I always wonder if the racism I experienced as a kid was the result of certain attitudes I picked up from my father, which might've come out as things I said. I was emotionally retarded...still am to some extent. But, I enjoy see a show like this and get to imagine myself as being one of the People of color, fore-armed with the lore of the books they'd read to deal with the evil they face.... Just, 'WOW!.'
