Okay, raise your hand if you were surprised by the fact that Julian is Alchemy.
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Yeah, I didn't think so. It was one of the most obvious reveals ever.
Savitar is super cool. Special effects were out of control in this episode.
I honestly laughed at Iris telling Barry that the CSI lab is his life. We hardly ever see him there. I think he'll be fine.
Wally was so happy and excited when they were testing his speed. It was adorable.
Oh, Caitlin. My beautiful baby. I really hope that they will find a way to get her powers under ontrol. I'm glad that the team didn't turn their backs on her.
Barry's confrontation with Killer Frost was such an amazing scene. It was so intense and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time, even though I knew that there was no way they were going to kill Barry. Still, it definitely stood out to me.
I love Barry and Cisco's relationship. I don't want to see either of them sad. Just please, make up and be happy.
Nice Game of Thrones reference there, Cisco!
We're getting the crossover next week and I couldn't be more excited! I love big superhero team-ups!
When I need a guilty pleasure to watch, this is it. However it's sad that MacGyver is considered a success but better new shows like Exorcist, Timeless, No Tomorrow and Frequency aren't.
So, they're trying to turn captain Barnes into "The Judge"? because I'd be okay with that. I mean, that storyline sort of fits with his character.
So pissed about what happened to Isabella..
Barnes carried weight of this episode on his shoulders. I liked it.
One month hiatus? For fucks sake. Why? I'm guessing Doctor Strange will influence the upcoming story line quite a bit (same as Winter Soldier in S1) and they're just giving us time to watch it. But still. One fucking month.
But at least we saw Johnny fucking Blaze. So that's cool.
7.1/10. I don't know if these episodes are improving slightly, or it's just the usual acclimation/Stockholm syndrome of Agents of Shield. The fact that there was basically one unifying operation helped here, with a lot of excitement and opportunity for character moments throughout the prison and the episode, even if several of them were hamfisted.
For instance, the show is in full-on "hinting at May and Coulson" mode now with May telling Phil that he was the thing she saw when she had her near-death experience. The lack of subtelty hurts it, but I've always thought the pair had chemistry so it's nice to see them paying it off. In the same vein, Daisy trying to take on the raging prisoners by herself, locking out Coulson and May, is another part of her lone wolf death wish story, and as tedious as that's gotten, I at least appreciate May calling her out on it.
We also get a kind of nonsensical scene of Mack and Robbie fighting ghosts. Why Mack tries at all in that fight is beyond me, but apparently he has a cure, so his inability to fight them at least doesn't do any permanent damage to him. And it leads to more generic Ghost Rider-on-ghost battles with a conveniently placed chain and some more exposition dumps about what happened to Robbie before we met him with the "Fifth Street Locos." There's a sort of labored point of him giving up on escorting his uncle in the prison break because he just can't help giving into vengeance, and it's another fairly cliched character beat.
Lastly, there's Simmons getting anxious about her weekly lie detector test (where's Patton Oswalt?!) and locking horns with Director Mace a bit. I've liked Mace on the show, as he brings a unique energy to it, and seeing him bring out both the smile and the steel with Simmons, and have her use the (psuedo-science of) micro-expressions to show that he's hiding and lying about things too is a nice touch. The public reveal that he's an inhuman should have some interesting fallout, and with two talented performers these segments of the episode were generally good, but it's hard to be too excited about where any of this is heading.
Overall, it's the most passable and thus best episode of the season, with a solid premise that kept the story moving, and some nice character moments with a minimum of cheesy action dialogue.
That scene where the prisoners run scared and lock themselves back up when they see ghost rider... priceless.
First of all: YAAAAAAS, Jemma Simmons, my queen. Standing up to the Director like that and low-key blackmailing him? What an icon. What a badass.
So this week we got Agents of SHIELD: Prison Break edition! It was a perfectly entertaining, fast-paced, action-packed episode with just enough twists and turns to keep me on the edge of my seat. The special effects were great, as always.
I find it hard to believe that some of SHIELD's finest teamed up with a rogue Inhuman and a guy whose body is literally on fire sometimes and the Director didn't know anything about it. Like??? There was a plane and a quinjet involved? How is it possible that no one noticed?
I think it's safe to say that the May/Coulson romance is happening. "I saw you, Phil."? That is a line straight out of every cheesy fanfic ever written. I love it! Give me more!
Can FitzSimmons not fight, please? I just want these two to be happy. They deserve it.
It's absolutely hilarious to me that the book that contains infinite knowledge has its title written on the cover in big, sparkly letters. You'd think that whoever created it would've made it look more unassuming, but no. Here it is, Darkhold, ancient and powerful, looking like a 10-year-old's diary.
I'm glad that May said all those things to Daisy. If anyone can talk some sense into that girl, it's Melinda May.
Oh, and Daisy's eye make-up was out of control in this episode. Did she read Bucky Barnes' Begginers' Guide to Looking Like a Racoon?
What an episode. This season is way better than the previous one and the Wild West episodes are the best, probably because I just love the old West. Jonah Hex is amazing as always, and what to say about Sara, she's just so badass that no one should mess with her. Now she used a whip. A freaking whip. Is there something she hasn't used? I loved that bar fight. And Turnbull, he was amazingly portrayed. I loved it. It was a bit weird that they found dwarf star alloy in there,but at least Ray will have his suit back. At least he will stop whinning now. three episodes were just too many. I'm enjoying too much the relationship between Ray and Nate. When he said "I think my horse is broken" I just fell off the chair.
and that last bit, "our friends in 2016 need our help". I'm so freaking exited for the crossover. I can't wait. Only one week left for this super team-up!!!
So glad Ray found some dwarf star. Three episodes of whaaa! I don't have a suit was too much.
"Our friends in 2016? They need our help."
Oh, man. I'm so freaking excited for this crossover. We just have to wait one more week!
I can't believe that I almost stopped watching this show halfway through season 1. I absolutely adore it now. Season 2 has been amazing so far.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: it wouldn't be an episode of Legends of Tomorrow without a bar fight. Sara fucking shit up with a whip was fantastic. I rewinded that moment like 12 times when I was watching the episode.
"This isn't my first rodeo." - Sara Lance at her second rodeo
I love her so freaking much. She could punch me in the face and I'd probably thank her.
Nate's suit is so dope!
The first Wild West episode was great (definitely one of the highlights of an otherwise uneven and messy season) and I had high hopes for this one. It didn't disappoint. It was hilarious, it was action-packed, it was just incredibly fun. I enjoyed every minute of it.
Goddamit, that cheap old trick ending the episode with a gunshot and the surprised faces of two characters fighting.
I hate myself for watching a show where Dolph Lundgren actually raises the bar on the acting front. I feel like I need to be drinking along with Quentin Lance.
That final twist felt a lot like the ending of 3x05, when we learn that Roy supposedly killed Sara. Except, well, for the fact that I don't buy this for a single second
No fucking way... there's no way he's actually Prometheus. Stop fucking with us
"My name is Quentin Lance. After five years drinking just whisky, I started a job with only one goal: to prevent Oliver Queen from killing my daughters. Today, I fight that war in two fronts. By day, I oversleep and work as deputy mayor. But by night, I am someone else. I am something else. I am Prometheus"
Legion of Doom, here we come. I just love Reverse Flash, he's the best villain. Maybe it's because of the actor who is doing such a good job. I don't care whether he's suited or not,he's just amazing. Eobard Thawne should have a spin-off. Seriously, he'd just awesome. That ending scene, though. Flash is f*ed now and Arrow is double f*ed. I loved how Darhk was so confused with future technology and Eobard is just like, yo me it has been invented for centuries. Now, next stop, Malcolm Merlin. I can't wait to see some flashbacks of Eobard's childhood and the way in which he and Darhk met. At that beginning, very CSI Miami. I was looking forward to seeing Darhk taking off his glasses and the well-known Yeaaaaah starting to play. Sad. But then Edward appeared and I was cool with it.
And what about Sara, she's just awesome, such a badass. Everytime she sees Damian Darhk I feel like she goes full on "My name is Sara Lance. You killed my sister. Prepare to die".
I think that's what Eobard does in his free time. I mean, when he's not making Barry revive over and over again his mother's death. Although everything he does is aimed at hurting Barry, so I guess it's now when the two of them start fighting.
All in all, this show is very inconsistent. They can't change history after an episode where they changed history. They killed the shogun and nothing happened. They made Einstein say his wife contributed to his discovery and it's fine. And now they can't? I laughed so loud when Sara told Vixen what was she going to do when she found Rex's killer, kill him? Seriously Sara, what do you want to do everytime Darhk appears? Hug it out? And I also laughed when she said that the speedster was faster than the Flash. How could she possibly know it anyways?
Mick and Sarah have been carrying the show for awile now. Looks like they are giving him the monumental task of making whats him name interesting. TBH it's probably what he needed from the start, an odd couple or foil pairing.
Usually "visit the slave era" episodes of TV shows are a trainwreck. This was actually one of the better episodes.
Every episode of this show is pretty messy, but this was a big step forward. For the first time they actually focused on the time period they were on, and used it as a cornerstone of the storytelling
Martin's fear of Zombies was so cute hahahahaha. I laughed my ass out.
I'm loving Mick more and more after each episode. That scene where he gave Ray the cold gun was heartwarming and sad at the same time. I miss Snart a lot :(
Honestly, the CW got their hands on this show and immediately fixed all it's problems. Thank you CW. Some decisions we questionable but understandable, but way to go!
Using the slaughter of the green martians as an alegory of the holocaust is a really interesting concept that I'd like to see develop even further. Comparing J'onn to a holocaust survivor is certainly in line with the personality of the character that we got to see on season 1. If Hollywood has proven something is that stories about holocaust survivors and WWII can be really poignant. I want to see a lot more of M'Gann as [spoiler] a kind of redeemed Nazi who rebelled against the concentration camps[spoiler]. This show always had a lot of potential to dive deep into issues of race, gender, immigration and discrimination, and so far it hasn't taken advantage of it. I really hope they play their cards well, because they've been dealt a pretty good hand
"We're the fourth estate, not Reddit!" ahahaha
Geez, this episode was a rollercoaster. I have so many thoughts and I’m not sure if I can express all of them properly, but I’ll try.
First of all, Mon-El is not bad, but he’s not particularly interesting either. I really hope he and Kara will stay friends and nothing more. His scenes with Winn were pretty great, though. And hungover Winn is absolutely hilarious.
Something about Lena Luthor’s accent has been bothering me since the season premiere, and I finally got around to looking up Katie McGrath. She’s Irish, as it turns out. My ears weren’t deceiving me. By the way, is Lena evil? Does she know Kara is Supergirl? Something about their conversation and the way she stared after Kara seemed shady. Frankly, I don’t care if she’s one of the good guys or a villain. I’m fine with either.
Miss Martian is a White Martian! I’m having an aneurysm! I didn’t see that one coming at all. What an awesome plot twist. I really enjoyed the relationship between her and J’onn in this episode and I can’t wait to see what will happen when J’onn finds out who she really is.
"- I offered to merge with her in the Martian way.
- But you guys just met."
I literally had to pause the episode because I was laughing too hard. Oh, Kara.
Dichen Lachman is always a win. Dichen Lachman playing a villain in a red dress with sick tattoos? Double win. I hope we’ll see Roulette again at some point.
Alex „Fight Me” Danvers, the same Alex Danvers who throws herself at aliens twice her size without hesitation, stutters and gets flustered when a pretty girl compliments her. What an awkward baby gay. I love her so much.
Why did Maggie take Alex’s hand? Don’t tell me it was for the mission because there was no need for them to hold hands. I’m pretty sure the writers only threw that in to give me (and Alex) a heart attack.
Of course Maggie has a girlfriend who conveniently showed up when Alex was trying to ask Maggie out. I hate it when they do that. We all know that the girlfriend is just a plot device created for the sole purpose of keeping Alex pining for Maggie for a little longer. They did basically the same thing with Kara, James and Lucy last season, except Lucy ended up actually getting some character development and being relevant to the plot. I’m willing to bet it won’t be the case here.
Shoutout to Chyler Leigh for her phenomenal work. She did an amazing job of showing Alex’s inner turmoil, sadness and disappointment with just her facial expressions as she watched Maggie leave. It was stunning to watch.
Meta-humans are one thing. But a giant monster? That's a whole new level of cool. I jumped out of my seat when I saw it. What a shame that it was just a hologram.
Do I care about freaking Julian now? Yes, I do. I don't know how this show does it: one episode I can't stand a character and the next I have tears in my eyes because of him? What kind of sorcery is this?
I'm still not sure what to think about H.R. It's hilarious that he's not actually a scientist, but I think I preferred grumpy overprotective dad from Earth-2.
Caitlin's mom was played by an actress who was also Tyler's mom on The Vampire Diaries and Lydia's mom on Teen Wolf. I guess she's meant to always exist in my mind as someone's mom.
The whole Caitlin storyline was weird. Caitlin told her mom that her husband had died and her mom basically said "Okay, whatever". Caitlin almost killed a guy and her mom was like "Yeah, no big deal, let's hug it out, now go". It seemed so strange and awkward, and the way the characters reacted to what was happening didn't feel right.
It's not fair that Caitlin's powers come with a catch and Barry's don't. I mean, what the hell is this? "You can run super fast and you'll be totally fine as long as you eat enough. And you can freeze things, but hey, if you do it too many times, you'll become a homicidal maniac. Why? Because fuck you, that's why."
Keep it classy, Mac. It's a good change of pace with the added moments with the ladies like this. Normally, the show is overloaded with epic music and action; needs a breather every now and then, you know.
The action in the end is disappointing since it was rushed. Riggs is told his friend is downstairs with the bad guy. When he's really chasing her with his truck. Riggs suddenly shows up in his car and quickly blows up the bad guys truck with a couple of gun shots.
Otherwise it was nice to have the show back after a two week break. The two leads are still worth watching the show for. I also liked the very end.
