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<div class="newindent">The NBCUniversal-owned cable network has canceled the straight-to-series adaptation of Whitley Strieber's best-selling novel Alien Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.<br />
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Hunters bowed to little fanfare in April, drawing 540,000 total viewers and was panned by critics (it has a zero rating on Rotten Tomatoes). Through 12 episodes, it has averaged a dismal 316,000 viewers. Monday's season finale will now serve as a series finale. <br />
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Hunters is a rare miss for Syfy of late. The cabler has focused heavily in the past few years to reinvent itself with a focus on more traditional science-fiction fare along the lines of critical favorite Battlestar Galactica. Syfy's recent success stories include critical darling 12 Monkeys (renewed for a third, yet smaller season), The Magicians, The Expanse, Z Nation, Killjoys and acquisitions Dark Matter and Wynonna Earp. (A decision on Wynonna Earp has not yet been determined.) Up next, Syfy has anthology Channel Zero due in October and Incorporated, set for the fall.<br />
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1. Cole: “Remember when you said we didn’t know each other anymore? You were wrong about that. The truth is, I don’t think anybody’s ever known me like you. And I know you. I know you. And I know…you would never let me die.” (BlueStar)<br />
2. Deacon: “So, uh, fella, we’ve had a little bit of a time travel snafu here, and brace yourself – you’re in the future…2044 to be exact. So if you want to drop your weapon, we can catch up on the last…” Dr. Eckland: “Eighty-five?” Deacon: “Eighty-five years.” (BlueStar)<br />
3. Deacon: “Don’t worry, I’ll tell your hippie friends you fought them off with flowers and rainbows.” (BlueStar)<br />
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1. Adelaide: "You brought us here to spy on your mother?" Houdini: "Yeah. What do you think's going on there?" Doyle: "My instincts tell me she's having lunch." Houdini: "With a man." Doyle: "Clearly my detective skills are no match for yours."<br />
2. Houdini: "Yeah, not being in the same country is a pretty solid alibi."<br />
3. Merring: "We let him down." Houdini: "We let the insane kidnapper down?" Merring: "His child's killer is still out there. How could he not go mad?"<br />
4. Houdini: "How could she be married? She had dinner with me. That's got to mean something." Doyle: "It means she was hungry."<br />
5. Adelaide: "I make it a rule to never discuss my personal life with anyone hiding from their mother."<br />
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1. McCarthy: "What do Nancy Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, and Brittany Spears all have in common?" Jackson: "I don't know." McCarthy: "You people turn their music into a misery, use it to torture prisoners. At least Iron Maiden made sense."<br />
2. Briggs: "You still think she loves you. Oh whatever's in that medication, that's some strong hooch." Flynn: "You don't know sh** about me." Briggs: "You don't know sh** about you."<br />
3. Ted: "I'm your father, Alison, and nothing, not even Musa, could ever change that."<br />
4. Flynn: "Looks like Martinez didn't retire after all." Briggs: "No, he took up fishing or he's opening a Red Lobster."<br />
5. Abby: "The reprogramming was unsuccessful." Liana: "Hers or yours?"<br />
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1. Vega: "You're looking at an attempted murder charge." Danielle: "If I'd wanted him dead, I would have aimed higher."<br />
2. Angie: "Can I get you to talk to him? You know, in a sympathetic way? Try to get him to confess? Please." Mark: "It's not my favorite part of the job." Angie: "I know but you're so good at it." Mark: "You know that's not a compliment, right?" Angie: "It's supposed to be."<br />
3. Saunders: "Must have grown close." Vega: "I would say we're very close, yes." Saunders: "Well you saved her life." Vega: "I shot a man in the line of duty to protect her. She's done the same for me. We would do the same for you."<br />
4. Stacy: "I am supporting you. I'm telling you that your boss is a creep and you don't have to put up with it."<br />
5. Saunders: "Have you ever had reason to suspect a personal agenda drives her work?" Vega: "I don't think she's the one with the agenda here."<br />
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1. Scott: "Have you thought about how insane you are? Jumping in a chopper to a mad scientist's private island?" Cosima: "Dude, we are mad scientists. Don't be a hater." (DarthLocke)<br />
2. Adele (about Alison): "You look just like her, except with less anger and more hygiene." (DarthLocke)<br />
3. Susan: "You should take up a hobby, too. Ira, have you shown her your toy soldiers?" Rachel: "Yes, perhaps I should take up carpentry. I can build us all coffins. Should I start with the smallest first?" (DarthLocke)<br />
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1. Megan: "Let me get you outta here, at least for an hour. Maybe you'll luck out and the place will burn down while we're gone."<br />
2. Reverend: "Whatever your motives, there would have been something missing without the (Police) Chief's chili." Fire Chief: "Yeah, heartburn."<br />
3. Kyle: "Megan brought me over against my will. Honest. Look Mark, I'm the only person who wants me here less than you do. Believe me. You know how she is."<br />
4. Reverend: "Alright then. Call, raise, whichever. Just quit wasting time and give me your damn money."<br />
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1. Claire: "Let's get one thing clear, Dougal Mackenzie. If I ever thought of you, then I might hold a grudge for all the things you've done to me. But, I don't. Why? Because of your affliction, your inability to be selfless, because you suffer from narcissism. If you don't know what that is, then let me tell you. The term comes from Greek mythology. Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water and died rather than pull himself away to eat." Dougal: I do love my reflection, but make no mistake, lass, I love Scotland more, and I would give everything...everything I have or ever will have, including my life, to see a Stuart back on the throne." (DarthLocke)<br />
2. Private Lucas: "Ma'am, can I ask you a question? What kind of food is this trying to be?" Claire: "Well, that, Private Lucas, is trying to be black pudding, though you would probably call it sausage." Private Lucas: "Then what do you call what we call pudding?" Claire: "Pudding. The British and Americans... Two people separated by a common language." Private Lucas: "George Bernard Shaw." Claire: "That's right." Private Lucas: "My mama's Irish. She said he's one of the great Irish writers of all time. Pop says he's a Communist." (DarthLocke)<br />
3. Claire: "If I go back, it'll be just like lying in that ditch again, helpless and powerless to move like a dragonfly in amber." (DarthLocke)<br />
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1. Bobo: "Girls, what'll you have?" Wynonna: "A tall glass of 'you're officially next on my hellbound and down' list." Bobo: "You want some ice with that?"<br />
2. Dolls: "Earp, I think we just lured the skinwalker back to a whole bunch of free range dinners."<br />
3. Wynonna: "I don't follow very well. I'd say I'm more of a fighter."<br />
4. Bobo: "Bloodbaths are bad for business."<br />
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Hi and welcome back to Last Week in TV. We're officially into summer hiatus so until summer shows start trickling in faster, this column will be a bit lighter. Hence the new category - marathoned shows. These shows will probably vary week to week. If you'd like to help with that section, just fill out the short form below and I'll e-mail the details. I have temporarily suspended the nomination process since we're about to go on hiatus and I still have a lot of nominations left, but if there's a show you think I should watch just put it in the comments below. This time I violated my own nomination rules and reviewed another episode of a show I did earlier. That's because the officially nominated episode of Killjoys was 1.07 but I didn't have time to marathon at that time so I reviewed the pilot instead. Since Killjoys was one of the shows I marathoned this week, I finally got to the nominated episode. <br />
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This episode is one of the better ones for me, mostly because we get rich background on several characters. Merring could have remained a one-note, sexist boss but instead they humanized him here. Learning of his son's death a year earlier made him more sympathetic, especially since he touched on the grieving process. It was also a nice touch in explaining why Merring dislikes Doyle. It's not just about how Sherlock Holmes often mocked the police. Instead it was about Doyle's newest book on the Boer War. Since Merring's son died in that war, Merring has issues with Doyle's defense of it. It also explained why he was personally involved in these cases where children went missing. I like that even though Pierce went psycho from grief, Merring still understood his pain. Other good character insights were about Adelaide's husband and her alias. That definitely pointed to a larger story and one that I was very interested in when I first watched this series. The subplot about Houdini's mom was a little creepy but I did like him sharing with Doyle about his experience as a psychic himself. It's no wonder he is skeptical about others when he blames a woman's suicide on his tricking her. Another plus for the episode was Madame Korzha herself. I love how she was a brilliant detective in her own right, solving crimes that Scotland Yard did not. It makes sense given the time period that in order to use those skills she felt she needed to hide them under the guise of psychic. <br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the psychic who is really a brilliant detective<br />
Best Scene - Houdini rescues the girl<br />
Best Moment - Doyle reads to his daughter and gets inspiration<br />
Best Back Story - Houdini's time as a psychic / Merring's dead son / Adelaide losing her husband / Adelaide's real name<br />
Best Magic Trick - the psychic takes the place of her assistant in seconds<br />
Most Heroic - Houdini jumps in to save the child and rescue breathes for her<br />
Most Creepy - the doll factory<br />
Most Sympathetic - Doyle's writers' block<br />
Biggest Mama's Boy - Houdini, who is jealous of his mom having a date<br />
Biggest Awww Moment - Merring talks about his dead son<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Emily Hampshire from 12 Monkeys<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Adelaide: "You brought us here to spy on your mother?" Houdini: "Yeah. What do you think's going on there?" Doyle: "My instincts tell me she's having lunch." Houdini: "With a man." Doyle: "Clearly my detective skills are no match for yours."<br />
2. Houdini: "Yeah, not being in the same country is a pretty solid alibi."<br />
3. Merring: "We let him down." Houdini: "We let the insane kidnapper down?" Merring: "His child's killer is still out there. How could he not go mad?"<br />
4. Houdini: "How could she be married? She had dinner with me. That's got to mean something." Doyle: "It means she was hungry."<br />
5. Adelaide: "I make it a rule to never discuss my personal life with anyone hiding from their mother."<br />
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First off, I should say that I really do like this series. It's action packed with lots of one liners and good character interactions. In fact, you can read what I thought of episodes 2-6 below in the marathoned section. That being said, this is my least favorite episode so far. Partly because of the romance folderol, partly because of the wasted potential, partly because of the eye candy. Does it get any more sexist eye candy than a woman running around in her underwear being stalked by a shirtless psycho? Come on. What should have been one of my favorite scenes turned into one large eye roll. Thanks SyFy. The only saving grace is that Dutch, of course, won. Otherwise it would have been any other stupid horror show scene. Tossing in a sex scene between Dutch and D'Avin was another huge miss. The team is just starting to gel but they just had to go there. I agree with every single point John made to Pree. Nothing good could ever come from this so why randomly throw it in. If we get a love triangle with the brothers, I will throw socks. Lots and lots of socks. Even worse is that this should have been a strong brother episode. There should have been more flashbacks to their youth. There should have been more time with the brothers getting along to build it up. Heck, even more time with John there for his brother instead of making it all about sex with Dutch. The good parts of this episode were awesome and the killer soldier, while its own trope, is interesting. I loved Amanda Tapping playing evil again too. However, the good was overshadowed by the clichéd and the unnecessary. Even worse, it didn't build the bromance or the team and that's the heart of this show.<br />
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<b>Grade: C-</b><br />
Ranking: I am committed to watching the show for as long as the romance dregs don't bring it down<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the characters' reactions to what they have done and what has been done to them<br />
Best Scene - D'Avin stabs John<br />
Best Back Story - John tries to get D'Avin to remember their childhood<br />
Best Save - the females (Dutch protecting D'Avin and Pawter saving John)<br />
Best Entertainment - Dutch and D'Avin play Shoot the Snitch<br />
Biggest Awww Moment - D'Avin breaks down, knowing what he did<br />
Biggest Ewww - blood cleanup <br />
Least Surprising / Most Disappointing - Dutch and Dav hook up, which is exactly what this space adventure does NOT need along with love triangles and will-they, won't they and contrived brother issues and romance drama<br />
Smartest Plan - Dutch erases the doctor's memories<br />
Worst Plan - Hooking up the leads…again. Man, do I hate this cliché <br />
The "Poor Baby" Award - all three of them<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Amanda Tapping from the Stargate franchise and Supernatural (she and Mark Sheppard should take their act on the road)<br />
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1. John: "It's kind of hard to have casual sex with someone you live with and they're both…I mean they're both terrible at relationships. I mean epically incompetent…so whatever this is, it can't last and they know that it can't last and then I have to pick a side." Pree: "Well pick hers." John: "I will. Does that make me a bad brother?" Pree: "It makes you an excellent friend. I'm guessing she's earned that from you."<br />
2. John: "In my defense, in scientific research there's a very thin line between stupid and genius." Dav: "Congratulations, you crossed it."<br />
3. Dutch: "Let's not compare sins here, okay? I'll win."<br />
4. John: "How's D'Avin?" Dutch: "Maybe for once, just worry about yourself first. We're all fine." John: "Dutch, you tell him that we know that it wasn't his fault."<br />
5. Dutch: "I don't believe in ties. That's just quitting before you win."<br />
6. Dutch: "I don't want to hurt you." Dav: "Well I need to hurt you." Dutch: "Why?" Dav: "I have my mission. I'm a good soldier." Dutch: "Well I'm a better one."<br />
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This was an action packed episode. Cassie returns to 2044 but is not the same. She keeps seeing images of The Witness throughout the facility and hearing Olivia’s voice. Not long after she’s back the splinter machine goes out of whack and goes into a constant state of splintering. People start popping out of the time stream, including Jones’ early, ill-fated time travelers. Cassie and Sam go missing, and Cole and Ramse find out she kidnapped him. Cole realizes she is under the control of The Witness, who has consciously locked her up in a room in her mind while he tries to keep the others from preventing the time machine from blowing up. Dr. Eckland sacrifices himself to prevent this, but Sam is still in danger. To help Cassie overpower The Witness and take back control, Cole has Ramse shoot him and Cassie snaps out of it. Everyone out of place is zapped back into the time stream and to where they belong. However, the time machine has an electronic surge after Ramse shuts down the core, and Sam is zapped away to parts unknown. Believing he’ll likely never see his son again, Ramse leaves the facility. Meanwhile, Sam appears in a forest and takes a hand belonging to a mystery person. Is it The Witness?<br />
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Best Reason To Watch – Things are intense and a lot happens during this one<br />
Best Scene – Cole gets through to Cassie by having Ramse shoot him<br />
Foreshadowing Award Goes To – Ramse: “Where’d he go?” Sam: “Nobody knows.”<br />
I’ll Miss You – Dr. Eckland was a great character. Shame he didn’t last longer.<br />
Most Intelligent Kid – Sam, who builds a replica of the facility and points out the way Cole and Ramse could save him<br />
Most Nausea Inducing – The time travelers Jones lost in the time stream. How were they even still alive?<br />
Most Terrifying – Tie between being an early time traveler and being consciously taken over by The Witness<br />
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Best Quotes:<br />
1. Cole: “Remember when you said we didn’t know each other anymore? You were wrong about that. The truth is, I don’t think anybody’s ever known me like you. And I know you. I know you. And I know…you would never let me die.”<br />
2. Deacon: “So, uh, fella, we’ve had a little bit of a time travel snafu here, and brace yourself – you’re in the future…2044 to be exact. So if you want to drop your weapon, we can catch up on the last…” Dr. Eckland: “Eighty-five?” Deacon: “Eighty-five years.”<br />
3. Deacon: “Don’t worry, I’ll tell your hippie friends you fought them off with flowers and rainbows.”<br />
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Outcast is created by Robert Kirkman, who also brought us The Walking Dead, and there are a lot of similarities. For most people that is a compliment. For me that means super slow pacing with stretches of nothing interspersed with shocking violence or periods of extreme grossness. The gross comes in the opening scenes when a young boy head butts a cockroach and licks it off the wall. He then proceeds to eat his finger, as in a bone-crunching meal. The boring starts in the extremely long title sequence and lasts almost halfway through. However there are some great moments too. The exorcism is actually intense and unless you are immune to horror stories, you may find some parts make you jump or at least get your heart pounding. The special effects are decent but they pull no punches on the violence. I mean where else are you going to see a grown man punching a little kid in the face repeatedly on TV these days? The character of Kyle has the requisite horrible background, being the child of an abusive, possessed mother and having been falsely arrested for hurting his own child. (His possessed wife actually hurt her.) As a result he isolates himself from everyone even though his adoptive sister makes an effort and his childhood neighbor tries to make amends. He's also joined by Reverend Anderson, a firm believer in God and the devil. They make a sort of Odd Couple of Exorcism or the strangest, least funny buddy drama ever. I'm not sure if this is going to be for me or not. I'll give it two more episodes to find its feet, but the #1 TV sin is to bore me. The pacing has to pick up.<br />
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Ranking: 3-<br />
Audience - those who like horror and are okay with a slow build to it<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - it actually is a horror show, not a farce or supernatural drama<br />
Best Scene - the exorcism<br />
Best Back Story - the flashback to Kyle's wife being possessed<br />
Best Twist - Kyle didn’t hurt his daughter; his wife did.<br />
Worst Job - exorcist because if you do your job right, the person is free but you end up in jail<br />
Most Disturbing - seeing Kyle punch the kid over and over again and then feed him blood<br />
Most Flexible - the possessed kid<br />
Most Supportive - Kyle's neighbor, Norville<br />
Least Supportive - Megan's husband, Mark<br />
Biggest Hmm - Exactly how psychologically scarring is this for the young actors on this show? My guess is that some people much older than them are scarred simply by watching it.<br />
Biggest Ewww - The cockroach scene but I guess it is protein. I didn't even watch the finger scene. Nope.<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - David Denman from Parenthood and The Office / Gabriel Bateman from Stalker<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Megan: "Let me get you outta here, at least for an hour. Maybe you'll luck out and the place will burn down while we're gone."<br />
2. Reverend: "Whatever your motives, there would have been something missing without the (Police) Chief's chili." Fire Chief: "Yeah, heartburn."<br />
3. Kyle: "Megan brought me over against my will. Honest. Look Mark, I'm the only person who wants me here less than you do. Believe me. You know how she is."<br />
4. Reverend: "Alright then. Call, raise, whichever. Just quit wasting time and give me your damn money."<br />
5. Kyle: "I appreciate your judgment. I really do, but you can quit making me your mission. I'm doing just fine."<br />
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Hunters is turning out to be one of the more decent SyFy shows for me. I like that they chose to air it midseason because I might have overlooked it in the onslaught of regular TV. The character of Regan has become so dynamic and having her meet the father she thought was dead was touching. I love how Jackson is key in giving her the opportunity. So many times in shows like these, the guy in charge is the worst character. Here it is the direct opposite. Jackson appears to be the only person to be trusted because he's the only one with a clear code of morals guiding him. He's the good guy even if he's in the upper echelon of a corrupt group. It's a refreshing change so if they make him evil, there will not be enough socks in the entire world for my wrath. I am still really unclear about Abby though. Is she helping? Is she hurting? One thing is for complete sure. She's not on Musa's side anymore than she is on the ETU's side. The real question becomes if she's on Flynn's side.<br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the main arc is heating up and it feels like we're close to answers about the Purge<br />
Best Scene / Best Reunion - Regan sees her father again<br />
Best Action - Briggs vs. Flynn<br />
Best Character - Jackson, who also appears to be the only noble one<br />
Best Point - Briggs, who smartly doesn't trust a Flynn hopped up on pain pills<br />
Best New Addition - Liana, who smartly does not trust Abby<br />
Worst Return - McCarthy<br />
Worst Combination - handful of pills with an alcohol chaser, which Flynn should already know<br />
Biggest Hint - Is Liana really Regan's mom?<br />
Biggest Douche - it's a tossup between Finnerman and Briggs these days<br />
Smartest - Abby for trying to get Flynn away from the scientist <br />
The "About Time" Award - Flynn finally understands that the scar on his arm means he's had alien contact before in the military<br />
The "Oh Please No" Award - The hunter baby was called a seraphim. Please, please, please tell me they are not bringing angels into this show too. I've had it with TV angels.<br />
The "Pokey Little Puppy" Award - The freaking scientist who takes 20 years to pack up his freaking stuff. Seriously, it was daytime when they found him and he's still packing when it's the dead of night. Do you not understand the word "urgent," buddy.<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. McCarthy: "What do Nancy Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, and Brittany Spears all have in common?" Jackson: "I don't know." McCarthy: "You people turn their music into a misery, use it to torture prisoners. At least Iron Maiden made sense."<br />
2. Briggs: "You still think she loves you. Oh whatever's in that medication, that's some strong hooch." Flynn: "You don't know sh** about me." Briggs: "You don't know sh** about you."<br />
3. Ted: "I'm your father, Alison, and nothing, not even Musa, could ever change that."<br />
4. Flynn: "Looks like Martinez didn't retire after all." Briggs: "No, he took up fishing or he's opening a Red Lobster."<br />
5. Abby: "The reprogramming was unsuccessful." Liana: "Hers or yours?"<br />
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This was one intense episode that could have done with more case of the week time and less Saunders time. Again, the victim comes off as the bad guy. They need to stop with that because it has gotten too formulaic. What good is a crime procedural if you know all their tricks? However, despite this, it did bring up some important issues and I found myself empathizing with the killer again. The idea that people can use their status in an industry to do whatever they like, including rape, is repulsive. The idea that we as a society allow them to is even worse. Nika, getting so trapped up in Eric's wishes, was bound to fall hard but I never expected her to blow her friend's rape off like that. In fact, while I was fairly sure the motive was going to be rape, I thought it was going to be Eric raping Stacy and Nika and then Nika not wanting to go to the police and telling Stacy not to. The taxicab was a twist I didn't see coming. As for the investigation into Angie, I have no idea where it was going at all or why they've wasted so much time on it. So all it took to stop the investigation was Lucas name-dropping? That seems simple. There has to be more behind this and obviously Angie is still in danger. You'd think the smart move would be to back off of her. Did someone not do their homework? Because the more they intimidate, the more Angie is going to know she's right and the harder back she's going to push.<br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - trying to decode the motives<br />
Best Scene / Best Revenge - Nika's sister shoots Eric in the groin<br />
MVP - Lucas<br />
Most Classy - Vega shakes the IA douche's hand but walks out without picking up his card<br />
Most Uncomfortable - the discord between Vega and Angie<br />
Biggest Douche - Nika, the victim, who hands her friend over to a rapist / Eric for being so aggressively smarmy<br />
Biggest Huh? - So if I'm reading this right, Lucas put the investigation back on the Deputy Chief and suddenly the investigation into Angie is dropped? How does that work? Lucas is definitely skating on the political pond and winning…or is he? There's no way this is over yet.<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Kacey Rohl from Wayward Pines and The Magicians / Katie Stuart from The 100 and The Returned<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Vega: "You're looking at an attempted murder charge." Danielle: "If I'd wanted him dead, I would have aimed higher."<br />
2. Angie: "Can I get you to talk to him? You know, in a sympathetic way? Try to get him to confess? Please." Mark: "It's not my favorite part of the job." Angie: "I know but you're so good at it." Mark: "You know that's not a compliment, right?" Angie: "It's supposed to be."<br />
3. Saunders: "Must have grown close." Vega: "I would say we're very close, yes." Saunders: "Well you saved her life." Vega: "I shot a man in the line of duty to protect her. She's done the same for me. We would do the same for you."<br />
4. Stacy: "I am supporting you. I'm telling you that your boss is a creep and you don't have to put up with it."<br />
5. Saunders: "Have you ever had reason to suspect a personal agenda drives her work?" Vega: "I don't think she's the one with the agenda here."<br />
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With its complex world building and metric ton of characters, it is easy to see why it took so long to set up the story in this miniseries. The only problem is that it took almost an hour without commercials to get to the action. Then because the battle is completely one-sided, the pacing slows again in the middle section. It's a good thing most of the characters are engaging then. Mary McConnell does an excellent job as the former Education Secretary who is launched into the presidency with no warning. She's cool in crisis and makes tough, but logical decisions. While it is a safe bet that someone will challenge her authority in the series proper, her concern for her people is admirable and she has the ability to see clearly when those around her don't get it. She's was right to call the war a loss and I'm glad that Adama agreed in the end. The two make for a good, smart, yet still combative relationship that should serve the show well. It also helps that both are excellent actors. I like Adama's character too. He's an awful lot like Roslin except with a military bias. He's got good instincts and his ability to work in a low-tech environment will come in handy. My only concern is his relationship with Apollo. If this is about an estranged father-son pair learning to get to know each other again and come to a mutual respect, then I am <b>all</b> onboard. If this is going to be the source of contrived drama, not so much. Unlike most of the fandom, I did not like Starbuck. Not only do I keep adding an "s" to her name, she comes off as a real idiot in this. Hot-tempered and insulting is a terrible combination in close quarters. I expect I will grow to love her, but for now she's mostly irritating. Not as much as Baltar though. He and Six can go at anytime as far as I'm concerned. <br />
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<b>Grade: C+</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the rich world building that sets up the conflict and characters well<br />
Best Awww Moment - Adama hugs his son and Apollo hugs him back<br />
Best Moment - Roslin takes the pilot's hand to keep it from shaking<br />
Best Speech - Adama's farewell / Adama's pep talk about getting to Earth (even if it is all a lie)<br />
Best Reaction - the kid to seeing Boomer and Tyrol kiss<br />
Best Threat - Cylon onboard the Galactica<br />
Best Character Interaction - Roslin vs. Adama<br />
Best Save - Starbuck pushes Apollo's ship back to Galactica<br />
Best Twist - Boomer is a Cylon<br />
Worst Temper / Worst Diplomacy - Starbuck<br />
Worst Decision - Agathon gives up his seat to Gaius so we're stuck with him<br />
Biggest Promotion - Roslin from 43rd in line for the presidency to President<br />
Biggest Eye Candy - Six<br />
Biggest Plot Device - blowing up part of the armory<br />
Biggest Hmm - Shouldn't nuclear fallout be making everyone sick?"<br />
Biggest Schmuck / Biggest Patsy - Doral, who tries to supersede Roslin's authority, only to get screwed himself<br />
Biggest Douche - Starbuck <br />
Biggest Hero - Agathon<br />
Most Frustrating - the breaks for Six to mess with Baltar's head<br />
Most Grace Under Pressure - Roslin<br />
Most Annoying / Most Pompous - Gaius<br />
Most Evil - Six snaps the baby's neck<br />
Most Awkward / Most Clichéd - the chilling relationship between father and son<br />
Smartest Plan - Apollo uses an EMP pulse to fry the Cylon ships<br />
Toughest Decision - sacrificing several to save the many (both Roslin and Tigh)<br />
Weirdest Cheer - "So say we all."<br />
The "Welcome Back…to My TV" Award - Ty Olsson from Supernatural and The 100 / Edward James Olmos from Miami Vice and movies / Mary McDonnell from Major Crimes and movies / Katee Sackhoff from Longmire and 24 / Jamie Bamber from Horatio Hornblower / Tricia Helfer from Killer Women and some of the most memorable guest star roles around (TBBT for one) / Michael Hogan from Teen Wolf and 12 Monkeys / Alessandro Juliani from The 100 and Smallville / Aaron Douglas from The Returned / Michael Eklund from Wynonna Earp / Tahmoh Penikett from Supernatural / Grace Park from Hawaii Five-0 / James Callis from Eureka and Flashforward / Kandyse McClure from Higher Ground and recently Supernatural <br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Tyrol: "Look, I don't have time to argue with you so here's the deal. We've got over 2,000 people on that ship. Now you think you can shoot every single one of us, fine, but if not, get the hell out of my way!"<br />
2. Adama: "We're in the middle of a war and you're taking orders from a schoolteacher?" <br />
3. Adama: "They better start having babies." (Awkward pause) Tigh: "Is that an order?"<br />
4. Adama: "You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things that you've created . Sooner or later, the day comes when you can't hide from the things that you've done anymore."<br />
5. Roslin: "I honestly don't know why I have to keep telling you this, but the war is over." Adama: "It hasn't begun yet." Roslin: "That's insane." Adama: "You would rather that we run?" Roslin: "Yes, absolutely. That is the only sane thing to do here. Exactly that - run. We leave this solar system and we don't look back." Adama: And we go where?" Roslin: "I don't know. Another star system, another planet. Somewhere where the Cylons won't find us." Adama: "You can run if you like. This ship will stand and it will fight." Roslin: "I'm gonna be straight with you here. The human race is about to be wiped out. We have 50,000 people left, and that's it. Now if we are even going to survive as a species, then we need to get the hell out of here and we need to start having babies."<br />
6. Baltar: "You'll have to forgive me. I'm bad with faces." Roslin: "Oh no, that's perfectly alright. I'm sure I wouldn't remember me either."<br />
7. Baltar: "Knowing this place was going to be a museum, they might have given us a map."<br />
8. Adama: "You're right. There's no Earth. It's all a legend." Roslin: "Then why?" Adama: "Because it's not enough to just live. You have to have something to live for. Let it be Earth."<br />
9. Baltar: "You're a machine. You're a synthetic woman, a robot." Six: "I've said it 3 times in a row." Baltar: "Well forgive me. I'm having the tiniest bit of trouble believing that because the last time anybody saw the Cylons, they looked more like walking chrome toasters."<br />
10. Starbuck: "Why can't we use the starboard launch?" Tyrol: "It's a gift shop now." <br />
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On paper, there is no way I should like this show but it's about as close to All in the Family as TV is ever going to get again. Not that the characters are necessarily bigots, but because they tackle tough topics with a lot of humor and honesty. They don't shrug away from the big problems but they do it in a way that feels at least a little more balanced many times (not always) and without coming off as a super PSA, unlike almost every comedy that tackles a big issue these days. I laugh every single time, even when I am sure the topic will either tick me off or fall flat as a joke. More importantly, I like these characters. They don't have the typical heart of say The Goldbergs or Fresh Off the Boat, but you know that this family cares about each other deeply. <br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - they tackle tough issues and somehow make them funny<br />
Best Scene - everyone just sloughing off Joe pulling a gun on Nekeisha, which sounds like a terrible scene but is really funny<br />
Best Character - Joe<br />
Best Character Interaction - Cynthia and Joe<br />
Best Reaction - Maxine to finding the gun<br />
Best Reference - Hulu / Thelma and Louise<br />
Best Advice - figure out what's important in your lives first and talk about it before marriage, living together, or kids come into play<br />
Best Music - I'll be There by the Jackson 5<br />
Worst Plan - dumping a gun in a park<br />
Biggest Surprise - They actually had Jerrod accidentally shoot his dad. Never thought they'd go there.<br />
Biggest Huh? - How exactly did a gun go off in that apartment and no one called the cops? Come on. It's not like they live in a gang zone.<br />
Most Hilarious - Joe and Jerrod macho fighting about guns<br />
Most Psychotic - Maxine wanting to be murdered to prove that she was right and lay a post-death guilt trip on Jerrod<br />
The "Say What?" Award - Jerrod serenading a gun<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Isiah Whitlock from Lucky 7<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Joe: "Oh that's not fair. Using your emotions to win an argument. What are you running for office or something?" <br />
2. Maxine: "You see that's a problem because I want to encourage them to make their own choices." Jerrod: "Make their own choices? Everybody knows children are stupid, Maxine. They can't make their own choices. If I made my own religious choice as a child, I'd be a Scientologist right now and that's based solely off John Travolta's excellent performance in Pulp Fiction."<br />
3. Cynthia: "I'm trying to find The Mindy Project. Which channel is Hulu?"<br />
4. Joe: "Not Christian?" Cynthia: "Of course she's Christian. What else can she be?" Jerrod: "I don't know. There are about 5 other major religions." Joe: "Not in North Carolina, there aren't."<br />
5. Jerrod: "It's the guns. It makes you feel so empowered. It's like listening to Beyonce's album. You just feel stronger and prettier for some reason."<br />
6. Maxine: "I believe what you put out into the universe is what comes back to you." Joe: "That's not a religion. That's a fortune cookie."<br />
7. Cynthia: "You gave both my babies a gun. What are you just supplying arms to everybody? You're like a one-man Iran Contra."<br />
8. Jerrod: "Look that's mostly Crips and Bloods. They'll skew any poll if you let them."<br />
9. Maxine: "Why didn't we think to put me on the lease, and why haven't we talked about our beliefs, and what are you praying about every day?" Jerrod: "Mostly that we don't have conversations like this."<br />
10. Joe: "I don't want to pay $12 only to be shot before I can see Matt Damon get out of a sticky situation."<br />
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Dexter is one lucky serial killer. All it takes is for his girlfriend and nemesis to think he's addicted to heroin and suddenly life is good. Well except for the manhunt after treasure hunters find his secret stash of body parts. Minor concerns. Last year, Dexter was the biggest surprise for me. I never thought I could like a show where the main character is a serial killer. I certainly did not want to be sympathetic to one, and I'm still not. I just find him fascinating. That's all thanks to the strong writing and the awesome performance by Michael C. Hall. I was a little concerned that Dexter was going to be a one-season wonder for me, but this opening trio of episodes were as engrossing as the first season. I love how they didn’t gloss over what happened with the Ice Truck Killer. There should be ramifications. It was a major deal for both Debra and Dexter. Speaking of Deb, she is starting to grow on me. I think giving her PSTD and not knowing how to cope this season was a brilliant move to make the character a little less rough around the edges. Not that she's suddenly morphed into another character or anything, but I can feel for her now in a way I couldn't for much of the first season. All in all, I am really liking this season of Dexter so far too.<br />
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<b>Grade: B+ / B / A-</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Michael C. Hall is mesmerizing <br />
Best Scene - Deb breaks down to Lundry when she wants off the task force<br />
Best Continuation / Most Realistic - Deb's PSTD over the Ice Truck Killer <br />
Best Storyteller - Paul<br />
Best Investigator - Debra, who finds the connection between the victims<br />
Best Speech - Dexter's second NA story<br />
Best Surprise - LaGuerta doesn't tattle on Pascal, even though it would mean her promotion<br />
Best Way to Get Rid of Your Stalker - promise a night of unending bowling<br />
Best Solution to Dead Story Weight - Paul died in prison. Good riddance.<br />
Best Parallel - Dexter needing to say goodbye to his brother while Rita needs to bury Paul<br />
Best Addition - Lila Tournay and not just because she's played by Jaime Murray<br />
Best Plan - Rita kicks Dexter to the curb when he won't go to meetings<br />
Biggest Sick Laugh - Dexter is sorting through his killer grocery list while a woman gives her testimony at an NA meeting<br />
Biggest Product Placement - Michelin tires<br />
Biggest "Made You Jump" Moment - Dexter's brother pops out of the water and grabs his wrist. Well, in his mind at least.<br />
Biggest Douche - Doakes and that's even with a serial killer main character<br />
Biggest Shock - Deb hugs Maria when she returns<br />
Most Compassionate / Best Therapist - Lundry, surprisingly<br />
Most in Need of Getting Fired - Pascal, who spends more time trying to catch her fiancé cheating than doing her job. Seriously, break up with him or hire a private investigator. You're making women look bad.<br />
Most Interesting Office - the car dealership is on a boat<br />
Most Brilliant Move - Dexter tells Rita he has an addiction to explain away the holes in his story<br />
Most in Need of Some Manners - the kid mouthing off to Deb<br />
Most Interesting Twist - divers are looking for treasure in the same spot Dexter dumps his victims<br />
Most Surprising / Least Surprising- Doakes finds Dexter at a NA meeting (not a shock) and stops investigating Dexter once he does (big shock) <br />
Least Gracious Houseguest - Deb, who drinks the OJ right from the carton and leaves her stuff everywhere<br />
Strangest Twist of Fate - Lundry basically gives Dexter permission to kill his next target because it will save an innocent life<br />
The "Be Careful What You Wish For" Award - Rita isn't so excited to see how beautiful Dexter's sponsor is<br />
The "Whatever Floats Your Boat" Award - Dexter apparently feels most alive when he's almost caught<br />
The "Egads" Award - exactly how many bodies has Dexter chopped up<br />
The "Welcome Back: Award - Max Gail from Barney Miller / Jaime Murray from Warehouse 13 and Defiance / Don McManus, who played Samhain on Supernatural<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. LaGuerta: "You know what erratic means? It's code for non-male and it's the same BS sexism I put up with when I was in charge. I won't dignify rumors, Captain. Pascal's fine."<br />
2. Dexter: "I will not kill my sister. I will not kill my sister. I will not kill my sister."<br />
3. Roger: "But you, you're there all alone, no one there to nag you, and you don't even glance at the coupes. The only thing you look at is the minivan - like you can see her in the passenger seat and the kids in the back." Dexter: "Leave the kids out." Roger: "See. You're lying to yourself if you think you don't care." Dexter: "She's just a companion, really. It stated that way anyway. Some who…looked good, normal." Roger: "They worm their way in." Dexter: "Yeah, they do."<br />
4. Voiceover: "I come here to dump bodies, not beer bottles. Now I'm just a litterbug."<br />
5. Dexter: "Will you take Rita out for me? She hired a babysitter and everything." Deb: "No way. I need to work out." Dexter: "No, actually you need to stop working out. It's getting unhealthy. Why don't you go out for some nice hard liquor instead?"<br />
6. Voiceover: "I go to stalk a killer and I end up with a new car. How'd that happen?"<br />
7. Batista: "Don't forget. Tell the universe what you need." Voiceover: "I really need to kill somebody."<br />
8. Dexter: "You leave pain wherever you go." Little Chino: "If you kill me, what do you leave behind?" Dexter: "A world without you."<br />
9. Batista: "You know Pascal is just caught in a cycle of reaction. She's not co-creating her own reality." Dexter: "You know those words don't actually mean anything, right?"<br />
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Killjoys is the perfect summer show. It's stuffed full with action, snark, and intriguing sci-fi stories. Plus Dutch is worming her way into my Top 10 Kick Butt Women list. She's that good. Even better is how the team is really starting to gel together. John and Dav appear to be working out their most pressing issues while still completely acting like brothers. Here's hoping that they back off Dav and Dutch making googly eyes at each other though because this is one trio that seems to work. Plus the standalone cases are good too. I loved the one with the vessels. In many ways being a surrogate is a lot like being a beauty queen now. People have a lot of stereotypes and many just aren't true. I like how Constance stood up to that prejudice even if I agree with Dutch's opinion more. Either way, there were good scenes about perseverance, loyalty, family, and class systems amidst some of the most awesome pregnant woman action I've ever seen. Plus, it introduced the best character yet, even though she didn't last long.<br />
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Best Episode - the pilot but narrowly followed by Vessel<br />
Best Character - tossup between Dutch (for the action) and John (for the snark)<br />
Best Reason to Watch - quick pacing and teamwork<br />
Best Scene - John tells Dav he's going to help after learning Dav's secret <br />
Best Backstory - Dutch's childhood / Dav's military experience<br />
Best Twist - the surrogates can handle a gun and fight back, even pregnant Constance<br />
Best New Edition - Dr. Pawter<br />
Best Friendship - John and Lucy, the literal ship<br />
Best Tech - the laser that closes up wounds instead of using stitches<br />
Biggest Evil - Khlyen<br />
Biggest Eye Candy - Dav, who spends most of his time shirtless<br />
Biggest Plot Device - nanobots save Dutch as she's floating around in outer space<br />
Biggest Laugh - Lucy does favor John <br />
Least Surprising - Dutch offers D'Avin a job as a killjoy<br />
Most Kick Butt - Dutch in ALL situations<br />
Most Inventive - Fancy and all his cool toys<br />
Most Honest - D'Avin <br />
Most Insecure - John when it comes to his brother<br />
Most Useless - the flamethrower in a gun fight<br />
Saddest Death - Jenny<br />
The "Least Welcome Back" Award (character) - Khylen, whose shadowy is getting boring / Fancy, who is just a straight up douche<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (character) - Alvis<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. John: "Okay so then we search, we find out but Dutch has to be in on it. She's family too." D'Avin: "Okay." John: "Meaning don't plow our sister." Dav: "Remind me. Was that on the Jaqobis family crest?" John: "I've seen how you look at her. Dav, this is almost working. We are a good team. We could be great so don't mess that up for us." Dav: "I won't. I promise."<br />
2. John: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your social director. Those of you not wishing to be blasted into a dewy mist, please step away from your firearms."<br />
3. Dav: "So, just whatever you want to say, go ahead. Ask." John: "Why?" Dav: "Like I said on the ship, I can't remember what I did…" John: "No, no, no, no, that's not what I mean. I mean why didn't you tell me. Why carry this all on your own? Is this why you ran away from all of us?" Dav: "John, you heard what I did." John: "Yeah, I can help. Dav, I can do something." Dav: "How are you gonna help me, John?" John: "Well there's something to figure out. There's something to fix and I like fixing things, remember?" Dav: "Yeah, I remember." <br />
4. Dav: "I miss just shooting people. They're so much easier to catch when they're dead."<br />
5. Dav: "You set a trap for me." John: "You say tomato. I say that's what you get for not confiding in your brother."<br />
6. John: "I'm sorry but I love you." (John shoots Dav) Dav: "How is that in any way loving me?" John: "Because it can't fix you and torture you at the same time."<br />
7. Lucy: "Session 2 will commence in 10 minutes." Dutch: "Oh come on." Lucy: "It's not my fault you're filthy."<br />
8. Dutch: "You gonna give Johnny a heads up before disappearing from his life this time?" Dav: "Not if he's gonna make a thing out of it." Dutch: "I'll make a thing of it if you don't."<br />
9. John: "You know you're just role playing a Qreshi b**, Dutch. You don't actually have to be one."<br />
10. Dutch: "Nice. You can handle a blade at least." Dav: "Yeah well, I know what end's pointy."<br />
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These days I normally don't marathon the same show all in a row. I like to mix it up because it keeps my attention better. However I didn't need to switch things up in this set of Wynonna episodes because the show itself moved at such a quick speed. Who thought when this thing started that Wynonna would get her revenge on the seven before the season even ended? I figured that would be a 3 season deal at minimum. I guess it's a good thing that there are 77 revenants in total. She kills multiples per episode. The only plotline that is dragging a little is Bobo's overall purpose. Also, not killing Constance guarantees that she will come back to be an annoying pain in the butt. What a terrible villain! Unlike most of the fandom, I'm also not keen on Deputy Haute. Her hideous name is an embarrassment to the show and her chief purpose seems to be to stare lustily at Waverly and stumble around. No character's purpose should merely be love connection. At best, she's wallpaper right now. She's even more obsolete now that it appears Dolls and the Sheriff are teaming up. Good thing Wynonna is so engaging. She's awkward but kick butt, smart but foolhardy. In other words, she comes off as a real character and not some cartoon cutout. As for Dolls, he's improving every episode. At first he was my choice for first to die but he's actually become a person and not an android recently. I'd like to see where this is going. Plus he's got the biggest mystery. What is he injecting into himself and what is it doing to him? Still the best character for me right now is Doc. He beats out Waverly simply because he's got a connection with every character and yet I still don't know exactly what he is going to do next. I really thought he was going to kill Constance, the consequences be damned. I like learning more back story on him and peeling back all those layers.<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the rich world building and Wynonna<br />
Best Scene - Dolls sticks up for Wynonna with the judge<br />
Best Action - Doc vs. Dolls fight<br />
Best Opener - Wynonna shoots the revenant attacking Doc<br />
Best Reaction - Wynonna to hearing that Hetty's family ate the hotel guests / Doc trying to figure out the car<br />
Best Backstory - Constance explains why Doc is immortal<br />
Best Bluff - the Blacksmith's land mine<br />
Best Aww Moment - Doc reassures Waverly that they will save Wynonna<br />
Best Character - Doc, who has really grown on me <br />
Best Addition - the Blacksmith<br />
Best Surprise - Wynonna kills all 7 revenants that attacked her family well before the season even ends<br />
Best Plan - Dolls serves up the Fight Club owner instead of Doc / Doc learning to drive<br />
Worst Plan - burying Constance instead of killing her, which only means she'll be back to suck up things some more<br />
Worst New Addition - Constance and Haught<br />
Worst Death - the Blacksmith, who was too cool of a character to go that quickly<br />
Worst CGI - the bear<br />
Biggest Huh - How did someone else use the gun? Is that really Willa? Could there really be 2 heirs? I thought only the heir could wield the gun and that there could only be one heir at a time.<br />
Biggest Idiot - Bethany, hands down<br />
Biggest Surprise - Dolls can schmooze with the best of them / Wynonna has PSTD<br />
Biggest Question - What the heck "medicine" does Dolls need and why does it make him inhuman? If he even is human, that is.<br />
Biggest Laugh - Wynonna's boobs don't work so she sends in Doc to get shirtless<br />
Biggest Ewww - Levi crawling away in pieces<br />
Least Happy - Wynonna kills off the last of the 7 and looks like she's in mourning<br />
Least Surprising - Doc and Wynonna hook up <br />
Most Like Supernatural - the salt circle<br />
Most Creepy - morgue doctor revenant<br />
Most Humdrum Twist - Dolls' "death"<br />
Strangest Twist - Bobo buys Shorty's<br />
The "Well That was Pointless" Award - Why did they bring the Stone Witch's son back just to burn him 10 minutes later?<br />
The "Yeah, Whatever" Award - so this Jack is Jack the Ripper, okay<br />
The "Excuse Me" Award - How in the world did Waverly just walk into the interrogation room? I know it's a small town but is there no security here?<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Rachael Ancheril from Rookie Blue <br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Wynonna: "I was just thinking I needed another man to tell me what to do today and here you are. Awesome." Fish: "Not to be rude but can we cut the chit chat. I get carsick real bad." Wynonna: "Absolutely. Anything else? Drive-thru fro-yo? Slurpee run?"<br />
2. Doc: "Prohibition?" Dolls: "Uh, from 1919 to 1933, the United States banned the sale, the making, and consumption of alcohol." Doc: "Lord, I'm almost glad I was in the well for that."<br />
3. Bobo: "Girls, what'll you have?" Wynonna: "A tall glass of 'you're officially next on my hellbound and down' list." Bobo: "You want some ice with that?"<br />
4. Bobo: "Well, I'm just a sucker for a reunion." Doc: "Well, me too." Bobo: "No, you're just a sucker." Wynonna: "Says the unarmed revenant in a coat Lady Gaga deemed maybe too much."<br />
5. Blacksmith: "You know the only thing I hate more than trespassers is an Earp. I mean I can feel your negative energy from here." Wynonna: "Oh yeah, but landmines and a magical hot poker scream good vibes."<br />
6. Doc: "There are 2 rules to this, Mr. Dolls." Dolls: "Let me guess. The first rule of Fight Club - never talk about Fight Club, right?" Doc: "If nobody talks about it, how're the fellas gonna know where it is?"<br />
7. Dolls: "Earp, I think we just lured the skinwalker back to a whole bunch of free range dinners."<br />
8. Wynonna: "You're not the only one who gets to be married to his job." Dolls: "Married? Slow down. At best, it's just my girlfriend."<br />
9. Wynonna: "Hey stop! I've got a beef with you, Tate, and it's not just delivering meat puns."<br />
10. Doc: "Have you ever tortured anyone before?" Wynonna: "Does 6-year-old Waverly count?"<br />
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1. Kyle: "You were meant to protect me." Cole: "Only from a paradox." Kyle: "I'm the immortal. I'm not supposed to die." Cole: "Everybody dies."<br />
2. Jennifer: "Death is like, everything. It's a time clock that makes us better. Makes us love harder. I don't know, I think it's like maybe what makes us human."<br />
3. Aaron: "It's beautiful. A place where time no longer exists. A place where you can be with the one you love forever. What could be more important than that?" Cassie: "No. No, it can't be that way." Aaron: "It's the only way. Don't you understand? The red forest is the only way to beat death."</span></div>
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3. Shea: "Wait, it sounds like it's coming from the basement. Shouldn't we just go check it out?" Stella: "What do we always yell at the people in horror movies right before they get murdered. 'Don't go see what the scary noise is. The killer's in there. Get out of the house.' Sure you're the nerdy virgin who lives in the end, but I'm the sexy, popular girl who gets an axe in the forehead."<br />
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1. Cisco: "We also have to figure out why I keep vibe-ing Earth 2 being ripped to shreds." Joe: "Seriously." Cisco: "It's like I'm watching Transformers in 4-D but like 10 times more realistic and with much better acting."<br />
2. Zoom: "But if at any point you decide you don't want to race anymore, dear old dad #2 is a dead man as well as your little fan club." Barry: "They're not my fan club. They're the reason that I'm running, why I'm going to beat you."<br />
3. Wells: "Have you ever worked with a tool before?" Cisco: "I'm working with one now."<br />
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2. Jessica: "In Chinese families, no one likes to owe anyone anything. It's like how you must have felt when you kept my Tupperware for too long." Honey: "That's actually my Tupperware and you still have them." Jessica: "And if you were Chinese, I would feel bad about that."<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">2. Varys: "I suppose it’s hard for a fanatic to admit a mistake. Isn’t that the whole point of being a fanatic? You’re always right. Everything is the Lord’s will." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Kinvara: "Everything is the Lord's will. But men and women make mistakes. Even honest servants of the Lord." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Varys: "And you, an honest servant of the Lord, why should I trust you to know any more than the priestess who counseled Stannis?" </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Tyrion: "My friend has a healthy skepticism of religion, but we are all loyal supporters of the queen." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Kinvara: "Everyone is what they are and where they are for a reason. Terrible things happen for a reason. Take what happened to you, Lord Varys, when you were a child. If not for your mutilation at the hand of a second-rate sorcerer, you wouldn't be here helping the Lord's Chosen bring his light into the world. Knowledge has made you powerful. But there's still so much you don't know. Do you remember what you heard that night when the sorcerer tossed your parts in the fire? You heard a voice call out from the flames. Do you remember? Should I tell you what the voice said? Should I tell you the name of the one who spoke?"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">3.Arya: "A girl will poison the rum. Lady Crane is the only one who drinks it. If a girl could use one of the faces from the hall..." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Kindly Man: "A girl is not ready." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Arya: "She's a good actress." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Kindly Man: "So a man has heard." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Arya: "Seems like a decent woman." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Kindly Man: "Does death only come for the wicked and leave the decent behind?" </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Arya: "No. Who wants her dead?" </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Kindly Man: "That does not matter. The price was paid." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Arya: "The younger actress. She's jealous because Lady Crane is better." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Kindly Man: "A girl must decide if she wants to serve the Many-Faced God." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Arya: "A girl has decided." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Kindly Man: "A servant does not ask questions."</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
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1. Doyle: "I'm not as quick to dismiss the possibility that a crime was committed here, whether by human or phantom. The law must be upheld." Merring: "And you? If you think it was an accident, why bother joining him?" Houdini: "Because I too want to up hold the law…of physics. Underhill was killed by gravity, not some phantom defying it."<br />
2. Doyle: "Many think Spring-Heel'd Jack is a demon who feeds on fear." Houdini: "Interesting. What do sane people think?"<br />
3. Houdini: "You know it's okay to not be fine, right? You don't always have to keep that upper lip stiff." Doyle: "Infinitely preferable to wallowing in self-pity."<br />
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1. Abby: "The body you inhabit, think of it as clothing - cheap rags that cover the real you." Regan: "No thanks. I've seen what you things really look like." Abby: "You have no idea how beautiful you really are. Your human form is just an ugly lie." Regan: "Like you pretending to be Flynn's wife and Emme's mom."<br />
2. Jackson: "Jules is in the wind. Apparently he left us a message." Finnerman: "I bet we paid him overtime to code this. Jules was my hire. He had a Congressman as a reference, for God's sakes. I mean that alone should have raised my hackles."<br />
3. Abby: "Do you want to hold my hand?" Regan: "Hell no."<br />
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1. Lucas: "It's numerology." Angie: "Oh yeah? Look at that. There's her birthday and there's her number value. Someone's really opening their mind." Lucas: "Eh, somebody looked it up on the Wikipedia page."<br />
2. Mark: "Alright, let's not jump to conclusions." Angie: "But I'm so good at it."<br />
3. Angie: "Unfortunately Franny passed away 6 months ago so unless you've got a Ouija board, I think we've got to go talk to her son."</span></div>
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2. Porthos: "Next time I'm using the front door."<br />
3. Luc: "Your name's Porthos? After the hero in the stories?" Porthos: "Stories? I was named after my mother's father." Luc: "You are THE Porthos." Aramis: "THE Porthos. This is THE Athos and THE…" D'Artagnan: "D'Artagnan." Luc: "The stories were true." Athos: "Our reputation precedes us."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">1. Hell Wizard: "There you go, listen to your lab partner." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Cosima: "Yeah, she's dead too. No offense, Scotty." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Scott: "Some taken, actually."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">2. Evie Cho: "Do you actually think Neolution would let a clone take a position of real importance?"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">3. Tito: "What's your story?" </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Dizzy: "Well, I'm a clone. There's twenty-two of me going around out there."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">4. Mrs. S: "You came to me an orphan. That's all you'll ever be."</span><br />
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1. Preacher: "I heard Donnie there might be laying hands on his wife. I figured you might want to talk to her." Sheriff: "Well I'll listen to a formal complaint should the victim come forward." Preacher: "Well that's unlikely ain't it? These kind of situations, she's probably scared to." Sheriff: "I will listen to a formal complaint." Preacher: "Of course. You don't want to lose the wife-beatin', squirrel-murderin' redneck vote. I imagine that's a key demographic for you."<br />
2. Preacher: "I don't hate you, Tulip. I wouldn't know how." Tulip: "Don't make me teach you then."<br />
3. Preacher: "Drinkin', fightin', swearin'. I can't even afford to fix the damn air conditioning." Cassidy: "Sounds like the first verse of the worst country song ever written, man."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">1. Kenny: "Thanks a lot, ABBA. Sweden sucks." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Sebastian: "There you are. I've been looking for you everywhere." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "Is this really happening? 'Cause I hallucinate sometimes." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Sebastian: "I'd rather be here with you tonight than the boy in the box who asked me. It's been all downhill since the Passat." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "I knew it."</span><br style="line-height: 18.2px;" /><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Sebastian: "May I have this dance?" </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "Absolutely. [...] This is it. After everything I've been through, coming out to my family, coming out to my school, I'm finally going to kiss a guy at prom. And not just any guy - a Viking prince from the land of ABBA. [...] Huh. Maybe I set the bar too high?"</span><br style="line-height: 18.2px;" /><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">2. Kenny: "All right, I'm having a totally crappy time, and I'd like my date to take me home." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Eileen: "What happened?" </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "All right, I'm gonna tell you because I'm very frustrated, but no comments." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Jimmy: "Things didn't work out with you and Sebastian?" </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "Well, we kissed." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Jimmy: "What? You had your first boy kiss?! That's awesome! Look at look at it! The O'Neals are getting some! Ha ha. I mean except except for me. </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">I'm not. But I'm I'm still happy for you guys." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: ""You guys"? What, Mom, did you get some?" </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Eileen: "You were telling your story. Go on." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "Okay, well, Sebastian and I kissed, and I thought it was gonna be this amazing moment. I mean, he is good-looking. He says his Y's like J's, and he's short-tall, so he's not intimidating, but he can still hold me. But it didn't feel as amazing as I thought it would. I was expecting 4th of July, and it felt more like - August 9th." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Jimmy: "National Rice Pudding Day." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "It sucks that it was just ordinary." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Eileen: "You know what that means." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "That I'm probably straight and I should kiss a girl." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Eileen: "No. It means you're normal." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "You think I'm normal?" </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Eileen: "Of course I do. Listen. You can't force a connection. You don't know when it's gonna happen or with whom. He may not dress the way you like or play an instrument that doesn't sound like a crying robot. You can't account for chemistry." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "Well, thank you. And it sounds like you have quite a story to tell." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Eileen: "For another day."</span><br style="line-height: 18.2px;" /><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">3. Kenny: "V.P. Murray, it is my right as an American citizen and a student of this school to have the freedoms allowed to all the other students." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Murray: "You want to take a boy to the prom." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "If the supreme court could see fit-" </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Murray: "You can take a boy to the prom." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "I have a letter from a lawyer." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Murray: "Well, then, frame it because you are taking a male to the prom. Who's the lucky guy?" </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny (voiceover): "Oh, crap. There is no lucky guy. I did not think this through. Cover. Cover." </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kenny: "I'm the lucky guy for taking this brave step forward. Freedom."</span></span><br />
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1. Samir: "Linus, you're a stitcher." Linus: "You should have told me you knew." Samir: "We are telling you now." Linus: "But why?" Samir: "Because Linus, if something should happen to me…" Getti: "Samir, stop." Samir: "Linus, I want you to stitch into my memories…" Linus: "Baba!" Samir: "So you could know how I've always been proud of you and how much I love you right now." Linus: "I don't need to stitch to know that."<br />
2. Kirsten: "I've hit rock bottom." Camille: "Since when do either of us need somebody else when we've got each other? Why don't we do what we always do when we have a problem and solve the cr** out of it together?"<br />
3. Camille: "Lay off, Fisher, please." Fisher: "You didn't lay off of me when I got shot." Camille: "So what is this? My punishment?" Fisher: "No, this is thank you."<br />
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1. Dean: "Come on, you know the drill. No chick flick moments. Come on. " Sam: "Yeah, you love chick flicks." Dean: "Yeah, you're right I do. Come here."<br />
2. Crowley: "One little apocalypse and they shut up shop. Quitters."<br />
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Hello and welcome back to Last Week in TV. The regular TV season has now officially ended, but that doesn't mean there's nothing left to discuss. Along with the summer season getting bigger than ever it seems, it is the kick off to marathoning season. Luckily, our own Jessica VanWinkle is starting us off with ER. If you have a show you're marathoning and you'd like to guest review it, please let me know in the short form below. You'll find it underneath the nomination form, where you can suggest a show for me to review in 2 simple questions. In other upcoming news, one week we're going to focus on childhood shows. The goal is to find a show people liked as a child/teen and see if it still holds up now. To do this, I need help. I'm looking for about 15 people to watch a few episodes of a show they used to love years ago. Then they would write a few sentences of what worked and what didn't and choose 3-8 awards for those episodes. It doesn't have to be long. This is more to get people thinking about their favorite shows from the past and maybe revisit some themselves. Let me know if you are interested. The more shows we cover, the more fun that special edition will be. Hopefully this Childhood TV version will be posted the last full week of June so you have plenty of time. Until then, sound off on the TV you watched last week in the comments or what shows you're looking forward to this summer, and as always, happy TV viewing.<br />
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Now that's how you kick off a season, especially a final season. It's also how you do a proper time jump. Even though 4 years have passed, the characters are still recognizable. Sure they are more world-weary or on a different career path, but they haven't suddenly become different people. (Looking at you, The 100.) Athos is still the wise leader, who isn't above questioning a commander's faulty judgment. D'Artagnan is still rash, always jumping in before thinking things through. Porthos is still the snarky soldier who gets things done and Aramis is still the nurturer, taking care of those around him while able to hold his own in a fight. When fate and missing war supplies bring the Musketeers and Aramis back together, things are not all rosy, especially between Porthos and Aramis, but bromance reigns large by the end of the episode. While I tend to avoid emoangst at all costs, it was smart to show how hurt Porthos was by Aramis' decision to leave the Musketeers. I especially liked his speech about not having someone watching his back because Aramis ditched them. It was honest and a good reminder of how close these two once were. I liked even better though, them working together to take out the powder before it could get in the hands of the Spanish. Actually, I just like them working together period. Another plus is the new villain. Purportedly it is Feron, who is as unlike Rochefort as it gets. Rochefort was crazy for crazy's sake, which gets old fast. Feron is actually a tiny bit sympathetic. He's going to make life hell for our heroes but it's nothing personal. He is only trying to lessen his pain and by doing so, puts himself under the thumb of a vicious mercenary, a merchant of death. Truly Feron got screwed over by being the half-brother of King Louie. Not that Louie is mean to him. Louie's too stupid and self-absorbed to care about that at all. Instead Feron has a tenuous standing in society for all that he is Governor of Paris and he inherited a particularly painful medical condition from his father. That makes him ripe picking for Lucien, who is the real bad guy of the season. All in all, the time jump has allowed us not to have to rebuild from Rochefort and reunited our heroes in the middle of a war with Spain. Not a bad setting for a final season.<br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
Status - this will be the last season<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Sword fighting. It is always sword fighting. But the explosions were nice too.<br />
Best Scene - Aramis and Porthos work together to blow stuff up<br />
Best Awww Scene - Porthos makes a new friend, who is about 4 years old<br />
Best Character Interaction - Treville vs. Feron / Aramis and Porthos<br />
Best Opening - Starting mid-battle against overwhelming odds? Yep, I wouldn't expect less from this show.<br />
Best Action - Aramis takes out everyone to protect the kids<br />
Worst Prank - Louis pretends to have fainted<br />
Most Dangerously Juvenile Prank - Constance, Treville, and the intern get back at the Red Guard by starting a fire…in Paris…back when whole cities went up in flames with less<br />
Most Likely to Hold a Grudge - Porthos over Aramis leaving the Musketeers<br />
Most Sympathetic Bad Guy - Feron, whose pain consumes him and so he makes bad choices to relieve it<br />
Biggest Moron - Luc, who jeopardizes everyone because of his own curiosity over and over again<br />
Biggest Douche - the general<br />
Biggest Waste of Space - still King Louis<br />
Biggest What the Heck - The mercenary just drives a knife into Luc, knowing that Aramis is holding a gun on him? What kind of strategy is that? You just took away your human shield. You're too dumb to live.<br />
Smartest Plan - bomb the gunpowder<br />
The "Yeah, Don't Think He Cares" Award - If Lucien didn't care about murdering people, I really don't think he cares about the monastery rules. So long, Abbot.<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Rupert Everett from 90's movies<br />
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1. Treville: "The list of things you're not doing, Feron, grows longer by the day." Feron: "It is a little early to be challenged to a duel, Treville, even of words."<br />
2. Porthos: "Next time I'm using the front door."<br />
3. Luc: "Your name's Porthos? After the hero in the stories?" Porthos: "Stories? I was named after my mother's father." Luc: "You are THE Porthos." Aramis: "THE Porthos. This is THE Athos and THE…" D'Artagnan: "D'Artagnan." Luc: "The stories were true." Athos: "Our reputation precedes us."<br />
4. Athos: "You are many things, Aramis, but a monk is not one of them." Aramis: "You can't argue with God."<br />
5. Treville: "You cannot distract the King forever, Feron. Sooner or later, I will have my say." Feron: "That is your problem, Treville. You never stop having your say. Is anyone really listening, hmm?"<br />
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Originally I was going to marathon the last 12 episodes of Grandfathered, but I learned 3 episodes in that this is not a show I can marathon. Gerald is too much for me to take in big doses. In the end I stopped watching after 1.13 and jumped straight to this episode. Of what I watched recently, I like this episode the best. The flashback was a great idea since it gave a lot of back story, but it also showed how all the characters grew just by meeting or rediscovering each other. This comedy often tries to portray Jimmy as the wrong one but I like how both Gerald and Sarah's lives have been enhanced by having Jimmy in it as well. Don't get me wrong. That doesn't mean I sanction this annoying love triangle or even want Sarah and Jimmy together in the end. Catherine seems really awesome for a TV trope. I just like the family dynamic shown here. I do wish this show had more laughs though. I rarely laugh out loud in it, more like minor chuckling. It does have an abundance of heart nonetheless.<br />
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<b>Grade: B-</b><br />
Ranking: 2+<br />
Status - cancelled<br />
Audience - John Stamos fans and those who like their comedy with more heart than laughs<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - back story to what was going on right before Gerald showed up in Jimmy's life<br />
Best Scene - Annelise tells Jimmy that it doesn't matter what his dad thinks of him<br />
Best Reference - Scandal / Robert Downey, Jr.<br />
Best Metaphor - Sarah and her apology crème brulee <br />
Best Addition - Catherine<br />
Worst Salesperson - Gerald, who tells people to buy their stuff somewhere else<br />
Biggest Cliché - the love triangle takes a step forward only to take a step back<br />
Most Depressing - Gerald's best friends are also his mom's best friends <br />
Least Cool - Sarah, trying to drop music terms<br />
The "Poor Baby" Award - Jimmy's dad died before they could make up<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Alan Thick from Growing Pains and How I Met Your Mother / Paul Sorvino from Law and Order and gangster movies<br />
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1. Sarah: "What I'm try to say is I'm sorry. I'm sorry I kept the two of you apart for so long." Jimmy: "So these crème brulees are me?" Sarah: "They were supposed to be."<br />
2. Jimmy: "You think my life is empty? You think my dad's right?" Annelise: "Jimmy look, it doesn't matter what your dad thinks and it doesn't matter what I think. It only matters what you think." Jimmy: "But why don't you just tell me what you think to guide me in what I should think?" Annelise: "I think you should shave that goatee. Just because you can pull it off doesn't mean you should."<br />
3. Catherine: "It's the woman Olivia Pope is based off of. Excuse me. I have to take it." Gerald: "I'm confused." Jimmy: "Oh that's Kerry Washington's character on Scandal."<br />
4. Annelise: "Catherine, I saw you give a TED talk to 5,000 people. This candle business is beneath you."<br />
5. Jimmy: "Great news. I convinced my dad to fly out for my big birthday party." CJ: "You have a dad?" Victor: "I always just imagined he hatched from a leather egg."<br />
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This was an interesting episode, and my favorite of the season so far. Cole and Ramse go on a mission together to prevent two messengers from paradoxing a man named Kyle Slade, who is a serial killer in 1975 (who we later learn is also from the future and is killing people so the messengers can’t paradox them). They manage to convince two police officers to let them ride along to find Slade, who Cole saved a waitress from the night before. The police capture him, but Cole frees him from their protection after Slade tells him he knows where the Witness is – that he captured him. Cole later discovers Slade had only caught a messenger, not the real Witness. Moments later Ramse, after killing the second messenger at the Emerson Hotel, finds them. So do the police, and Slade sets off a bomb. Cole shoots him, preventing any messenger from being able to paradox him. Finally a win for the team! Meanwhile, the real Witness tries to get to Cassie by masquerading as Aaron and saying The Red Forest would mean no more death. Jennifer tells her that The Red Forest will be hell, not a perfect world. The episode ends with Cassie seeing the Witness in his cloaked figure form and her eyes turning mysteriously black.<br />
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Best Reason To Watch – Cole and Ramse working together to find Slade and the ending scenes of the episode<br />
Best Scene – Tie between Jennifer talking to Cassie after the Witness visits her and the scene leading to the bomb explosion<br />
Best Music – Slow Ride by Foghat (Great way to start the 1975 part of the episode, especially since that’s when the album with the song was released)<br />
Best News – Killing Slade not only prevented a paradox but also healed time!<br />
Most Adorable Scene – Cole and Ramse playing a game with Sam<br />
Most Exciting – Another two messengers down, only two to go. Wow, the other ten sure died quick!<br />
Most Selfless - Sam, who tells Ramse it is not just about his future, but everyone else’s too.<br />
Most Insightful – Sane Jennifer is really an awesome character. She still has the quirks that make her her, but now also has a sense of wisdom about her. I can see now why some would want to follow her in the future.<br />
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1. Cassie: “He – um, told me he wants to destroy time…so there’d be no more death. He made it sound almost beautiful.” Jennifer: “Well, it’s not. Death is like…everything. It’s a time clock that makes us better. Makes us love harder. I don’t know – I think it’s like, maybe…what makes us human.”<br />
2. Ramse (to Cole): “I used to think you were insane. I realized it’s something else, right? Something in here. (Puts his fist over his heart) Never gonna change, and it shouldn’t. I think one of these days it’s gonna help us out of this mess. Until then, somebody’s got your back.”<br />
3. Cole: “Listen, man, you know I love you.” Ramse: “Oh, what are you doing?” Cole: “What?” Ramse: “You don’t say that.” Cole: “Say what?” Ramse: “You never say that.” Cole: “No, I was gonna say I love whiskey, and we should go find some and drink it.” Ramse: “No, you weren’t. You were gonna declare your undying love for me, brother.” Cole: “Don’t flatter yourself, okay?” Ramse: “I heard you.” Cole: “You’re being emotional right now. I heard that happens to new parents.” Ramse: “Listen, I’m not being emotional. You’re being an a**hole, okay?” (They walk away together) Ramse: “Me too.”<br />
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In the very first scene of ER, viewers are introduced to Dr. Mark Greene. He’s sleeping in the on call room, but is woken up by a nurse. Dr. Greene is needed to help another doctor. Dr. Doug Ross, a pediatrician, is drunk and needs fluids. Apparently he drinks on his nights off and always comes into the ER to sober up. Besides Greene and Ross, we meet Dr. Susan Lewis, a fellow ER resident who is close with Mark; Dr. Peter Benton, a surgical resident; Carol Hathaway, the head ER nurse; and John Carter, a medical student. The two hour pilot gives us some insight into the characters. Peter is very talented and thinks very highly of himself. I’ve read that Eriq LaSalle was meant to be the star, and I can definitely tell that from how much time this episode spent on his character. He was my favorite in this episode; I love how snarky he was! We also learn that Mark is married and has a young daughter, and Carol and Doug have a romantic history. Besides learning about the ER staff, the episode does have some medical action. Dr. Benton performs his first solo surgery even though he wasn’t supposed to, and med student Carter tries to adjust to being in the ER. The episode ends with Carol attempting suicide. The staff is shocked as Mark steps up and tries to save her. Doug is especially distraught. We’re left to wonder if she survives. I liked this pilot; I thought it did a good job of balancing medicine with the characters' personal lives.<br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - The medicine. The ER staff try to save lives and work together in a busy Chicago hospital.<br />
Best Scene - Dr. Benton’s surgery goes well and he does his celebratory dance move that became iconic. Seriously, I loved seeing it in the credits every week.<br />
Best Snark - Peter Benton<br />
Biggest Flirt - Doug Ross<br />
Best Actor - Eriq LaSalle<br />
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1. Carol: “Something wrong?” Peter: “Oh you bet there is. We’re out of coffee again because the nurses have been taking it. That’s what’s wrong.” Carol: “Make some more.” Peter: “Make some more? We work 36 hours on, 18 off which makes 90 hours a week, 52 weeks a year and for that we are paid $23,739 before taxes and we also have to make our own coffee?” Carol: “My heart is breaking.”<br />
2. Peter: “How do you take your coffee?” Susan: “Same as yesterday and the day before that.” Peter: “And they call me a smartass.”<br />
3. Peter: "Do we have anyone to sew up?” Haleh: “How would I know?” Peter: “I love this great spirit of camaraderie. Everyone wants to help.”<br />
4. Peter: “So you think you can save the hand?” Older surgeon: “Looks pretty good. I think so.” Peter: “Good. I told him you could so he’s counting on you.”<br />
5. Dr. Morganstern: “The unit is looking to you, Mark. You set the tone.”<br />
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The first part of season one spends time developing the characters and we learn about their personal lives. Carol Hathaway survives her suicide attempt and reunites with her boyfriend, Tag, another doctor at County General. Doug is still interested in her, but she shuts him down. Mark’s wife, Jen, passes the bar in episode “Day One”, but takes a job in Milwaukee. The long distance takes a toll on their relationship and they hardly ever see each other. In “9 ½ Hours”, Mark calls in sick to spend the day with Jen. Doug has to take over Mark’s lead ER resident duties, and he definitely can’t keep up. He fails. Miserably. He ends up calling and begging Mark to come in and save him, but Mark won’t even answer his phone. Susan probably has the craziest personal life as her sister is a drug addict and steals from her. Her boyfriend, Div, is a psychiatrist at the hospital, but spirals out of control because of his depression. Peter doesn’t seem to have much of a life outside the hospital as he works as many surgeries as he can get. We do learn that his mother is sick and his brother-in-law resents Peter for not spending more time with her.<br />
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For the first few episodes nothing super exciting happens medicine wise, but there are some interesting patients. Dr. Benton treats Ivan, a Russian store worker who keeps getting shot. I think he is in three or four times with gunshot wounds. Doug has to take a boy away from his mother because she keeps having conversations with dead people and Princess Diana. Rosemary Clooney even shows up as an elderly woman with dementia. Carter has to learn how to do pretty much everything. I love watching Carter become more comfortable at procedures all while wanting to make his superiors proud. It is also heartbreaking watching him lose patients and have to deliver bad news to family members for the first time. In “ER Confidential” he treats a transgender woman, and he’s clearly uncomfortable with it. This was during 1994, and I had to remind myself that times were just different even in a big city like Chicago. The ER gets really exciting in “Blizzard.” The episode starts with the ER completely dead because of the huge snowstorm. The doctors have fun racing each other in wheelchairs and Nurse Malik raps over the P.A. System. The ER then gets slammed because of a multi-vehicle pileup. The ER is crazy as the doctors move frantically trying to treat patients and save lives. I love it!<br />
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My favorite episode of this bunch is “The Gift”. It is the Christmas episode, and I love those. Mark tries to buy a nice gift for his wife because he has to make up for the dust buster he purchased last year. He tries to leave the ER, but keeps getting called to see patients so Doug’s girlfriend volunteers to buy a present for her. She buys sexy lingerie so I’d say his wife is very happy at Christmas. Susan’s boyfriend resigns from the hospital and moves out without telling her. At first she’s upset, but Carter drives her back to her place and makes sure she’s okay. He is also her secret Santa, and his gift to her is a music box. So cute! I like the friendship that is slowly developing between Susan and Carter, and Noah Wyle is just adorable in these early episodes. At the end of the episode, Doug interrupts Carol’s Christmas party by telling her she belongs with him. This does not go well, and he ends up getting punched by Tag. Merry Christmas! <br />
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<b>Grade: I’d give this group of episodes a B-. Some episodes were better than others. I’d give “The Gift” a B+.</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - The viewers learn more about the doctors’ lives.<br />
Best Scene - The doctors eat pizza together, sing Christmas carols and unwind after a busy day in “Blizzard.”<br />
Best Guest Star - Rosemary Clooney<br />
Favorite Relationship - Carter and Susan<br />
Most Relatable - Susan<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Doug: “Where’s Benton?” Haleh: “Do I look like his travel agent?”<br />
2. Peter: “Who died and left you Chief Resident?” Doug: “Mark’s got the flu. I’m covering.” Peter: “St. Mark’s out? Must be pneumonia.”<br />
3. Peter: “Ivan’s back? Is he wearing a sign that says shoot me?”<br />
4. Susan: “You know Carter, you can call us by our first names.” Carter: “You call me Carter.” Susan: “Yeah, well, that’s different. Somehow.”<br />
5. Carter: “I met you on my first day.” Carol: “My last. Or so I thought.”<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaL_27" target="_blank">BY Jessica VanWinkle</a></b></span><br />
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I thought this finale was very well done (except for the huge cliffhanger, but I’ll get to that later). My favorite part of this episode was Rayna and Deacon. Those two, especially Rayna, fought for their daughter and finally convinced Maddie to come home. It took Maddie about five episodes too long to realize that her parents, not Cash, love her and want what’s best for her, but I’ll take what I can get. I loved the scene where Rayna, Deacon, Maddie, and Daphne went home together as a family. They were all happy for the first time in a long time. My other favorite part of this episode was Gunnar and Scarlett. I really thought that the cliffhanger would involve them, but luckily I was wrong. I could have done without Autumn Chase in this episode (she makes me cringe), but at least Gunnar realized he wanted to be with Scarlett. When he kissed her during their song, I was smiling from ear to ear. Will’s story was also wrapped up with him confronting the terrible Cynthia Davis on her show and reuniting with Kevin. Juliette told everyone the truth about Jeff’s death. I’m glad she went public and owned her mistakes; it shows how much she’s grown in these four seasons. I wish Layla had owned her mistakes, too, instead of lying to everyone, but at least her album is going to be successful. This episode was great, and then the writers had to ruin it with a stupid cliffhanger. Juliette’s plane probably crashed? Are you kidding me? Whatever. I’m just going to pretend that they found her plane, she was fine, and she had a happy reunion with Avery and her daughter. <br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
Status - cancelled<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - To see how all the stories end.<br />
Best Scene - Rayna, Deacon, Maddie, and Daphne reunite and go home together.<br />
Runner Up Best Scene - Gunnar kisses Scarlett as Autumn watches. The fact that she looked so bitter was just icing on the cake.<br />
What I’ll Miss The Most - The music. All of these actors are so talented, and I will miss listening to their music every week.<br />
Scene I Wish Hadn’t Happened - That cliffhanger. There’s an alternative ending, and I wish the writers had used that one. Hopefully they’ll release it at some point so the viewers can at least see it.<br />
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I am often left with questions when I watch a pilot because I don't do a lot of spoilers, but this show left me wondering what it is even about. I know it's based on a graphic novel but I have zero idea what in the world just happened in this extra long opener. The beginning starts off with some seriously 60's-era CGI about outer space shenanigans before moving into the snail-slow pace of most AMC series with some random gore thrown in. Then it global hops for awhile with more blood. A crazy chick takes down a helicopter with soup cans and miscellaneous hardware supplies while snarking with kids. A demon (maybe) takes out an entire plane and then jumps. Some preacher drinks a lot, gets in a pretty awesome fight, and then is possessed by Predator. The sum of it all was…you got me. This TV show won't though unless I can make heads or tails out of it in the next episode.<br />
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<b>Grade: C-</b><br />
Ranking: 2<br />
Audience - people who have read the graphic novel and therefore know what's going on<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - because you're missing your favorites from other comic-based shows (Agent Carter / SHIELD)<br />
Best Scene - Tulip and the kids<br />
Best Action - Preacher fights the Civil War singlehandedly<br />
Best Pep Talk - the non-sermon<br />
Worst Person to Give Advice - Tulip<br />
Worst Rendition - that "Amazing Grace" choice is terrible<br />
Biggest Huh - Someone married a pillow? Did I hear that right?<br />
Biggest Ewww - I thought the demon with his intestines/tentacles (not sure which) hanging out all over the place was going to barely beat out the broken bone through the arm. But nope, it was definitely the open heart gift<br />
Biggest Douche - Donnie<br />
Least to Blame - that poor iPad that Emily destroyed in her frustration with Preacher<br />
Least Likely to Clean Up After Herself - Tulip, who leaves a flaming helicopter and 2 dead guys on the lawn<br />
Strangest Reference - they not only mention Tom Cruise but say he's been exploded at a Scientology meeting<br />
Strangest Place for Confession - in the middle of an office with other people around<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Dominic Cooper from Agent Carter and Captain America / Ruth Negga from SHIELD / Lucy Griffiths from Robin Hood<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Preacher: "I heard Donnie there might be laying hands on his wife. I figured you might want to talk to her." Sheriff: "Well I'll listen to a formal complaint should the victim come forward." Preacher: "Well that's unlikely ain't it? These kind of situations, she's probably scared to." Sheriff: "I will listen to a formal complaint." Preacher: "Of course. You don't want to lose the wife-beatin', squirrel-murderin' redneck vote. I imagine that's a key demographic for you."<br />
2. Preacher: "I don't hate you, Tulip. I wouldn't know how." Tulip: "Don't make me teach you then."<br />
3. Preacher: "Drinkin', fightin', swearin'. I can't even afford to fix the damn air conditioning." Cassidy: "Sounds like the first verse of the worst country song ever written, man." <br />
4. Preacher: "Promises matter. It's the currency of faith."<br />
5. Eugene: "Do you ever think that there are some things so bad even God won't forgive?" Preacher: "No. No matter what you done, if you need him he has to be there for you. That's the whole point. God doesn't hold grudges."<br />
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~I watched this in between marathoning Grandfathered and I found that I liked it better than normal. Sure the characters kept putting each other down for chuckles, but there was also real warmth and tension. Plus there was a return of some great characters. I always love when Mary is on the show. I'm not sure what to make of her hooking up with Leonard's dad though. It would be quite interesting if Leonard and Sheldon ended up being half-brothers. It was also nice to see Zach back. I kind of forgot about him until now but I like that he managed to insert some of his own barbs. It was a nice turnabout. <br />
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<b>Grade: B+ / B / B</b><br />
Status - renewed by CBS for season 10 on Thursdays (and Mondays, briefly)<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the return of several guest characters<br />
Best Scene - Leonard's toast to Penny<br />
Best Subplot - Leonard following Howard, who thinks it's the military<br />
Best Alliteration - fetus friendly festival of fun<br />
Best Reference - Bon Jovi<br />
Best Plan - milking Penny and Leonard's wedding for 2 episodes (3 if you count last season)<br />
Best Use of Time - Penny and Sheldon making each other smarter at breakfast via flashcards<br />
Best Product Placement - vitamin water<br />
Best / Worst Job - being paid to stand in line for others<br />
Biggest Appetite - apparently Raj is having a burger and chicken nuggets for dinner<br />
Biggest Huh? - St. Louis has a 5 on Your Side section of the local news. Is this a thing across America?<br />
Most Interesting - scratch and sniff wine book<br />
Most Boring - Sheldon's night of fun<br />
Most Surprising - The season finale just sort of ended. No rhyme, no reason, no sense of finishing. It was like time ran out so they packed everything up and went home.<br />
Strangest Hook Up (maybe?) - Sheldon's mother with Leonard's dad<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (character) - Zack / Mary / Beverly<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (actor) - Judd Hirsch from Forever and Numb3rs<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Howard: "I can't believe I was so naïve. The military, it's just gonna take over the whole project and you know what happens if we object. We disappear like off the map…like every American Idol winner since season 4."<br />
2. Alfred: "Oh, I didn't mean to disparage your faith. Actually I admire it." Mary: "Really?" Alfred: "Yes, I'm an agnostic myself but I have prayed many times to God to turn my wife into a pillar of salt." Mary: "Well he came close. Turned her into a giant block of ice."<br />
3. Sheldon: "I like my grapes the old-fashioned way…in a juice box."<br />
4. Howard: "You can put it in a satellite or rocket and it will run forever." Zach: "Could it be used for missiles and war stuff?" Howard: "Yeah but we didn't create it for weapons." Leonard: "And I doubt the military would be interested in our little guidance system." Zack: "Is it better than the one they use now?" Howard: "A lot." Leonard: "Oh way better." Zack: "Huh, you sure you guys are smart?"<br />
5. Raj: "I do enjoy the complexity of an aged pinot noir." Leonard: "I'm sure that would pair nicely with your five nuggets of chicken."<br />
6. Howard: "That's not how it works. You saw ET, Avatar, Jurassic World. The military just shows up and takes over." Bernadette: "You do realize those weren't documentaries, right?"<br />
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The Blacklist had an amazing season. It gets my vote for one of the most improved shows of the year. Putting Liz on the run as a fugitive did wonders for the show. Writing in the actress' pregnancy was another stroke of genius. To be honest, I wasn't sure about either move but the writers ended up doing so much more with both. Who could forget the moment when the very pregnant Liz walks through a gun battle to get extra supplies? Best of all, Liz finally stopped playing the martyr and became a flesh and blood character, who realized her own flaws and faults in the situation. This was Elizabeth Keen at her best and I'm glad we got to see that. Still in the finale, Kaplan is definitely the star of the show. Her concern for all parties is real and so is her resolve even though she knows Reddington will probably kill her for orchestrating the biggest con in his life. I adore how she faked Liz's death and how she stood up to Red with her own version of what was best. Here's hoping you live to appear in more episodes, Kaplan, because you rock! So do you, writers, for giving us one heck of a season.<br />
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<b>Grade: A-</b><br />
Status - renewed by NBC for season 4 on Thursdays<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Kaplan<br />
Best Scene - Reddington tells Harold goodbye<br />
Best Awww Moment - Tom, Agnes, and Elizabeth reunite<br />
Best Action - Tom vs. the kidnapper<br />
Best Character Interaction - Reddington and Kaplan<br />
Best Reaction (normal people) - the cashier to Reddington taking so long to order<br />
Best Reaction (psycho) - Reddington when he realizes Kaplan arranged to get Tom and Agnes out <br />
Best Reveal - Mr. Kaplan's first name is Kate<br />
Best Confirmation - I totally knew Mr. Kaplan arranged for Elizabeth to get out of the country. I knew she faked Liz's death. So glad that the family is reunited even if it's only for a little while.<br />
Best Twist - Kirk is Elizabeth's father<br />
Best Music - Dodged a Bullet by Greg Laswell<br />
Biggest Crisis of Faith - Ressler over letting Red shoot Kirk or not<br />
Least Professional - This team is seriously okay with letting Reddington murder someone with their full pre-knowledge of it. What the heck? They have been making terrible decisions this whole season.<br />
Most Like Leverage - the crude oil truck exchange heist<br />
Most Missed - Seeing Reddington's reaction to hearing that Liz is alive. How did they NOT show us this?<br />
The "Say What?" Award - Red stopped midflight to catch Ressler up on the Liz news? Why?<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Red: "It will have to suffice to say I would name every human being on the planet before you if asked who might betray me…" Kaplan: "Raymond." Red: "I know what you've done. I know you helped Tom and Agnes leave the country without my knowledge." Kaplan: "Yes." Red: "Yes." Kaplan: "What do you want to know, Raymond? If I'm sorry? Yes, I'm sorry you weren't more honest with Elizabeth from the beginning. I'm sorry you wanted to know her so desperately that you convinced yourself we could keep her safe. I couldn't sit back and watch you make the same mistake with Agnes. I didn't betray you. I did what I've always done, protected you. This time from yourself." Red: "You're wrong." Kaplan: "I won't tell you where they are." Red: "You don't understand, Kate. I know where they are and so does Alexander Kirk." Kaplan: "Kirk?" Red: "He was tracking Tom. He knows they're in Cuba. He's flying there as we speak." Kaplan: "No." Red: "I need an address. I know you had her best interest at heart, that you were trying to protect her, but now because of you, Agnes is in grave danger." Kaplan: "Not just Agnes."<br />
2. Reddington: "You want justice for Elizabeth." Ressler: "Justice, not vengeance." Reddington: "In my experience, they're the same."<br />
3. Navabi: "Are you alright?" Harold: "A man got off that plane and he has no idea that he'll be dead within the hour. I spent my entire life in the service of stopping people who do what we're about to let happen. Not so long ago this taskforce felt compelled to hunt down Elizabeth Keen for intentionally killing a man. Now she's gone and we're about to do the very same thing." Navabi: "If you're asking whether you'll regret it someday…no, I don't think you will. To be honest, I crossed that line a long time ago - killing in the name of justice, revenge. After awhile you don't just get over it. You get used to it." Harold: "That's what I'm afraid of."<br />
4. Reddington: "I know how difficult this must be for you, Donald." Ressler: "I will do this." Reddington: "You have faith. I envy that. Justice, integrity, faith in humanity - nobody embodies those principles more than you, and I know it must be hard for you to believe that you'll continue to embody those principles even after you watch me do this."<br />
5. Red: "Had it really come to that." Kaplan: "She loved her daughter that much. Yes, Raymond. It had come to that."<br />
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~While I am glad that this series has been renewed despite disappointing ratings (all hail the power of Shonda), this would have been a good point in which to end it. I mean it really does have to end with Ben either in jail or dead. Otherwise it's a cop-out. I am glad that Margot is making it to another day, although I may actually miss Gangsta Mum - well if she stays jailed, but I'm still up in the air about Rhys. He's too stupid for my tastes and they seem to be trying to at least partly redeem psycho, which is all the rage these days. Let's just say that is rising on my TV Pet Peeves list. Overall I thought this season was decent. I liked the characters, except when I didn't. The new additions like Leah were a plus. Mostly though the cat and mouse game was what made this so much fun. Here's hoping that isn't lost in season 2.<br />
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<b>Grade: B overall / C+ for finale</b><br />
Status: renewed by ABC for season 2 at midseason<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the cat and mouse game<br />
Best Character Interaction - Alice and Margot<br />
Best Addition - Leah<br />
Best Blackmail - Valerie and Alice force the client to relinquish rights to his son in order to keep out of jail and not spend multimillions on legal fees<br />
Best Revenge - Margot tips off the FBI about the stolen painting in Alice's house<br />
Best Take Off of a Modern Story - Kelsey's basic slavery to her scumbag producer sounds a bit like Kesha <br />
Best Party Organizer - Margot, who leaves no detail undone except for her brother<br />
Best Negotiator - Leah Wells<br />
Best Save - Valerie keeps Margot from shooting Alice<br />
Best Move - Alice takes down Nathan<br />
Best Plot Twist - Ben turns state's evidence to take down Rhys after Rhys threatens Alice<br />
Worst Trade - the Benefactor (Rhys) is staying in town while Felicity is dead<br />
Least Surprising - her brother is the one sending threats to Captain Nia / Margot is Alice's new therapist / Ben trades himself for Alice<br />
Most Fascinating Character - Margot, who is both smart and vicious<br />
Most Likely to be Shafted - Reggie, who is 100% right in not wanting to work for Rhys again and doubly correct in thinking that going after Rhys is a bad idea<br />
Most in Need of Jail Time - Rhys<br />
Most Sleazy - Nathan Ashmore<br />
Most Extreme Reaction - Alice dumps her phone in a vase instead of just turning it off<br />
Most in Need of Chapstick - Alice<br />
Most Talented - Sophie, who has a great voice to go with her impressive computer skills<br />
Biggest Idiot - Alice for not taking the threat of other thieves seriously / Rhys for not checking Alice's purse<br />
Biggest Baby - Rhys, who calls his mom on his sister<br />
The "We So Don't Have Time for This" Award - Why have we stopped for 20 minutes to wrap up every single romantic plotline on this show and some that weren't even a romantic plotline until this episode? There are killers on the loose and a heist taking place. Priorities people!<br />
The "Give Me a Break" Award - There is zero way Mum would hand off a job to Ben, no matter how small, and NOT have him tailed to make sure he was doing it. Seriously, she runs a criminal empire. She didn't get there by being stupid.<br />
The "Learn Something New" Award - A woman on Facebook launched a campaign for people to put a black dot on their palm to signal that they are in trouble but it’s too dangerous for them to ask for help. Current specialists don't suggest this idea because an abuser might know what it means too.<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Adina Porter from The 100 / Vik Sahay from Chuck / Kevin Alejandro from Arrow and The Returned / Nia Vardalos from My Big Fat Greek Wedding / Mimi Kennedy from Homefront and Mom<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Margot's Mum: "Do you know what your problem is?" Margot: "Bad parenting."<br />
2. Mum: "Turns out it costs an actual fortune to make a fake one."<br />
3. Sophie: "Did you ever run away from home?" Danny: "Well if you ask my mom, she'd say that's what I'm doing right now."<br />
4. Mum: "Do you want to know the secret to a good relationship?" Margot: "Oh this will be good, coming from the woman whose husband killed himself." Mom: "Your father didn't kill himself. He was murdered." Margot: "I assume you know that because you murdered him."<br />
5. Rhys: "This is going to be the end of me." Ben: "Don't get my hopes up."<br />
6. Rhys: "You are the absolute worst. You know that. Most people have sisters who love them, support them." Margot: "Most people don't have you for a brother."<br />
7. Rhys: "Paul McCartney? I could probably get Ringo in a push. He owes me a favor, but I can't get Paul McCartney. I can't even get decent tickets for Paul McCartney." Ben: "She's not talking about THE Paul McCartney. She's talking about her dog." Reggie: "She named her dog Paul McCartney?" Ben: "She did." Rhys: "She is mental." Ben: "I got that feeling."<br />
8. Reggie: "Clearly professionalism, that is a recessive gene in your family."<br />
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I probably would have liked this one better if I hadn't just watched the Goldbergs give into their kids over and over again. It is canon that these girls lived on their own in college so I'm not buying that they can't even make themselves coffee. Right now they are the worst kind of leeches and they ruined the episode for me. If it had just been the adults, I would have really enjoyed this one. Alice defending her territory was hilarious, while the scene between Bob and Mike was touching and very much needed. I like how Bob is man enough to admit that not everything was Linda's fault too. This show is now cancelled and I'm okay with that, but I think it would have been stronger without the girls at all. They could have stayed at college and the whole show wouldn't have been such an eye roller at times. <br />
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<b>Grade: C+</b><br />
Status - cancelled<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Bob and Mike<br />
Best Scene - Bob talks to Mike about his mom and tells Mike that he loves him<br />
Best Example of Why Punctuation Matters - Alice: "Shoot, my sister Rhonda." Bob: "Shoot your sister, Rhonda. I'll do it."<br />
Biggest Hmmm - Correct me if I'm wrong, but both of these girls lived away from their parents in college. How is it possible that they don't know how to fend for themselves for 15 minutes? Urgh, this makes no sense.<br />
Worst Parent - Mike's mom, who compounds it by saying she's dying when she really isn't<br />
Worst Moral - Loving your children means giving into them in everything. What is this, The Goldbergs?<br />
Most Ridiculous Fight - Are they seriously fighting over what a shower sounds like?<br />
Most Embarrassing - listening to your mom talk about your dad's penis<br />
Most Likely to Throw Down - Alice<br />
Most Pathetic - even with Mike's mom back in the episode, it's still the girls<br />
The "I'm with You" Award - Bob, I feel your spider hate and I agree with it all. They are Satan's creatures.<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Bob: "Look, don't tell anyone I said this but I love you.." Mike: "I will keep it a secret that my father loves me." Bob: "Well, you got something to say back?" Mike: "I love you too, dad." Bob: "We don't have to hug now, do we?" Mike: "Well if we didn't do it when the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, why would we do it now?"<br />
2. Bob: "I hate those creepy, crawly little b**. Ulghhh. Four legs I'll give you. Six, alright you're a bug. Eight legs, ylgh, that's a devil creature."<br />
3. Shea: "Wait, it sounds like it's coming from the basement. Shouldn't we just go check it out?" Stella: "What do we always yell at the people in horror movies right before they get murdered? 'Don't go see what the scary noise is. The killer's in there. Get out of the house.' Sure you're the nerdy virgin who lives in the end, but I'm the sexy, popular girl who gets an axe in the forehead."<br />
4. Martina: "I don't think we coddled them." Mike: "Look at us right now. We're whispering so as not to wake up our daughter who's passed out on a counter reeking of gin." Martina: "I think it might be rum." Mike: "Yeah, let's argue about that."<br />
5. Linda: "And maybe in time I could even be friends with Bob and Alice." Alice: "Nope."<br />
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~I've come to the conclusion that I like The Flash best in its normal episodes. The big event episodes always fall flat for me, this one included. The time jumps, the parallel earths, urgh - can't they just tell their story without trying to go so big that it doesn't make sense? Time to scale it back - except they just pulled a Fringe. My favorite thing about that series was the Walter-Peter relationship. It was very difficult for me to watch the show when Peter was erased from the universe and Walter no longer knew him. On The Flash, my favorite part is the Joe-Barry relationship and then the team vibe. Without Barry going to live with Joe as a child, all that is screwed to Hades. Would he be a forensic scientist without his mom's death? Would he even stay in Central City to get zapped by the particle accelerator? Plus the whole thing causes such a big time paradox that it literally causes my brain to ache. Ugh. Just give me a one-off metahuman bad guy, some great teamwork, and some Cisco banter. That's all I need to be happy.<br />
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<b>Grade: C</b><br />
Status - renewed by The CW for season 3 on Tuesdays<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the ending is sure going to shake things up until the speed force (or something else) makes Barry change it back / Zoom is hopefully gone for good<br />
Best Speech - Joe's eulogy for Henry<br />
Best Shock - the real Jay Garrick is Henry's doppelganger <br />
Best Reason to Lock Up Those with Superpowers - even the good guys screw everything up<br />
Best Meta - John Wesley Shipp, back in the suit<br />
Best Plan (for me) - Jesse going back to Earth 2<br />
Best Plan (logically until it wasn't) - locking up Barry until they have an actual working plan<br />
Worst Plan - messing up the timeline<br />
Worst Plan (for me) - Wells leaving for Earth 2<br />
Biggest Diss - Cisco on the Transformers movies and their actors<br />
Least Surprising - the will they-won't they continues, or at least it will when Barry is forced to put the timeline back to normal<br />
Most Moronic End Game - this is all about a speed race to save the earth<br />
Cheesiest Acting - Teddy Sears, who granted has the cheesiest dialogue on the planet to say, but he's still not selling it at all<br />
The "Don't Even Ask" Award - Give it up, Wally. I am firmly convinced that nothing about this time stuff makes a lick of sense. Trying to use logic on it is a waste of time.<br />
The "Say What" Award - Why is Barry racing Zoom? He's giving Zoom exactly what he wants and what makes Barry think Zoom is going to keep his word? This is stupid.<br />
The "Give Me a Break" Award - Now there are 2 Zooms? A Zoom and his evil remnant? A partridge in a pear tree? This parallel world thing is annoying. Please close all breaches. We have enough trouble on this planet alone.<br />
The "Wow, This is Exciting" Award - watching Barry and Zoom run around the carnival ride is a lot like watching NASCAR<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Cisco: "We also have to figure out why I keep vibe-ing Earth 2 being ripped to shreds." Joe: "Seriously." Cisco: "It's like I'm watching Transformers in 4-D but like 10 times more realistic and with much better acting."<br />
2. Zoom: "But if at any point you decide you don't want to race anymore, dear old dad #2 is a dead man as well as your little fan club." Barry: "They're not my fan club. They're the reason that I'm running, why I'm going to beat you."<br />
3. Wells: "Have you ever worked with a tool before?" Cisco: "I'm working with one now."<br />
4. Barry: "Right after he killed his time remnant, he told me I was almost ready." Iris: "Almost ready for what?" Barry: "I don't know." Cisco: "Yep, classic psychopath. Why can't they ever just say what they want to do?"<br />
5. Wells (to Barry): "I'm a better man than I was when I got here. That's because of you." Barry: "I'm not the same either."<br />
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~I didn't find this episode very funny but it might be because I don't find Kim Jeong very funny. It did have lots of heart though and good back story.<br />
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<b>Grade: B-</b><br />
Status - renewed by ABC for season 3 on Tuesdays<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - back story<br />
Best Speech - Eddie to his brothers, even though it was to get his way<br />
Worst Plan - burning your jacket<br />
Least Missed - VHS tapes<br />
Most Missed - We don't get to see the Huang's in Taiwan. Bummer.<br />
Most Excited - Jessica when she hears that Gene took Grandma back to Taiwan…right until she hears that it's only until the wedding's over<br />
Biggest Perv - Honey's brother-in-law<br />
The "You Learn Something New" Award - I've never heard of a polite fight but I've seen them in my own family for years, especially when it comes to paying at meals<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Kim Jeong from Community and Dr. Ken <br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Jessica: "If you hadn't come here, we never would have met. I don't regret the decision you made. You have nothing to apologize for." Louis: "Thank you." Jessica: "Unless you want to set a good example for the boys." Louis: "Ugh. I hate being an adult."<br />
2. Jessica: "In Chinese families, no one likes to owe anyone anything. It's like how you must have felt when you kept my Tupperware for too long." Honey: "That's actually my Tupperware and you still have them." Jessica: "And if you were Chinese, I would feel bad about that."<br />
3. Louis: "What's that on your face?" Jessica: "What?" Louis: "You're smiling." Jessica: "I am. I'm happy. I can't just be happy for no reason?" Louis: "We both know you can't."<br />
4. Eddie: "Dad, I thought you didn't want Uncle Gene to come visit." Louis: "I don't, son, but I'm setting an example for you boys. It's called being an adult. You have to do stuff you don't want to do, all the time."<br />
5. Eddie: "It's a Chinese polite fight. You're never supposed to give in. These things can get hella intense."<br />
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I love The Goldbergs. It's my favorite comedy and has been for 3 years. I may get tired of the sudden preaching of bratty kids getting their way, which seems to have become the theme in the last 2 seasons, but there's no one that gets the combination of heart and laughs mixed just right like Adam Goldberg. Every episode I laugh. Every episode I "awww." I am so happy that this show has found the audience it deserves after being overshadowed in the first season. Murray remains my favorite character. In this set, I especially loved his interactions with Beverly. He knows her so well and even if he doesn't always show it, he gets why seeing their kids grow up is so traumatic to her. I love that Murray is her support even in the craziest of times. The siblings, when it is about their relationship with each other, had some great moments in here too. That slip and slide / sprinkler prank was epic and I kind of wish someone had thought of that when I was in school. Of course, we celebrated the end of 8th grade with a dance and not a graduation ceremony. That's more of a 00's thing. I am, though, scared for the Goldberg siblings now that Beverly wants to be a teacher. Actually, I feel sorry for that whole high school.<br />
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~Condolences out to Patton Oswalt, whose wife died last month. Also to their daughter. How very sad to lose someone so suddenly.<br />
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<b>Grade: C / B / A-</b><br />
Status - renewed by ABC for season 4 on Wednesdays<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the relationships<br />
Best Scene - Murray and Pops try to pry a baby blanket out of Beverly's hands / slip-n-slide<br />
Best Moment - the principal calls Beverly into his office and suspends her from parenting<br />
Best Revenge - Beverly takes away all of Barry and Erica's stuff until they are more appreciative of her<br />
Best Relationship - Murray and the dog<br />
Best Music - Heat of the Moment<br />
Best Reference - Scooby-Doo / Pretty in Pink<br />
Worst Reference - high school bullying<br />
Worst Twist - the sudden love triangle at the end<br />
Worst Message - Giving your kids everything they want, especially after they brat about it, does not equal being a good parent. If Adam wanted this so badly, a better parenting plan would have been to make him earn the money himself. I am really hating the way this season seems to be all about giving the kids whatever they want, when they want, even after they've been spoiled brats about it. We have enough of that in this world already. We don't need for comedies to imply that parents are wrong when they don't give into their kids all the time.<br />
Worst Kids - Erica and Barry for forgetting Mothers' Day<br />
Biggest Huh - How does Adam take down Barry? That just doesn't seem possible.<br />
Biggest Meltdown - Barry over his shirt<br />
Biggest Brats - all the kids, who keep getting more obnoxious each season<br />
Biggest Idiot - Barry, who believes Adam's summer solstice strength tale<br />
Biggest Surprise - Murray is a decent ventriloquist <br />
Biggest Say What? - A shirt funeral? Huh?<br />
Biggest Laugh - playing Whitney Houston's "I Believe the Children are Our Future" while Barry and Erica literally play out the home disaster scene from Freaky Friday<br />
Least Surprising - they plan to make another tree house <br />
Most Fun - the sprinkler and slip-n-slide at graduation practice<br />
Most Sucky - When your little brother is big enough to fight back. I feel for you, Barry. I experienced this time too in my life.<br />
Strangest Show of Love - Barry chose to haze Adam to keep him from being pegged as a dork in high school because no one cared enough to torture him<br />
Truest Statement - Voiceover: "There were only 2 days left until summer and that meant 1 thing - nobody cared." That is every last week of school I've ever been in, as a student or teacher<br />
Weirdest Saying - face mouth<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (character) - Pop-Pop <br />
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Best Quotes (Funny) - <br />
1. Beverly: "You're not athletic enough to get athlete's foot."<br />
2. Erica: "What about your experience with me makes you think I'm going to care about this conversation at all?"<br />
3. Adam: "Come on. Put yourself in my shoes. Think back to when you were a kid. You know, pushing a hoop with a stick on the way to the old fishing hole." Murray: "How old do you think I am?"<br />
4. Murray: "Wow, of all the moron things my moron kids have ever asked for this takes the cake." Adam: "Dad, this is my dream." Murray: "You're literally asking me for a spaceship."<br />
5. Pops: "Wait, that's what this is -a shirt funeral? Damn it, I missed a real funeral for this."<br />
6. Adam: "Wasn't that the most amazing movie you've ever seen?" Dave Kim: "Uh, a bunch of kids getting accidentally launched into space. That's asking a lot of the audience."<br />
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Best Quotes (serious) - <br />
1. Adam: "Do you even hear yourself? You're just as bad as Pop-Pop. He crushed all your dreams and now you're crushing mine." Murray: "I am nothing like him. Have I ever left you hungry? Did you ever have to walk home 5 miles in the rain from school? Have you ever cried yourself to sleep because you didn't know if I was coming home or not?" Adam: "Dad, I didn't know that." Murray: "Well there's a lot you don't know."<br />
2. Murray: "Look, I know how hard this is for you. I do." Beverly: "They're more than my world, Murray. They're my life. If I'm not Mama, what am I?" Murray: "Well that's up to you."<br />
3. Pops: "What did you do to the boy? He's trying to murder that garbage can." Adam: "This isn't my fault. Did Barry seriously think I'd be a nerdy little brother forever?" Pops: "Actually, yes." Adam: "Look at me. I'm getting older and bigger. Things change." Pops: "Well no matter how big you get, you're always going to be Barry's little brother and that means a lot to him." Adam: "He sure doesn't act like it." Pops: "Trust me, he loves being your big brother. It's a huge part of who he is and without that, he's just not the same."<br />
4. Beverly: "Unbelievable. I give you my everything 364 days of the year. Is it too much to ask to have one day when you do something for me?"<br />
5. Laney: "I don't get it. Your mom's amazing. Her pancakes have these crispy edges." Erica: "It gets old real quick. You're not here. You don't know." Laney: "I'm actually around a lot. I'm literally here right now. Look, I know she can be intense but if you guys want your stuff back, you've got to step up in a big way."<br />
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~Jesse and Alex hooking up is a deal breaker for me so instead of watching until the end, I'm quitting at episode 1.08 and wishing I had never seen this episode. I do not know why cheating partners and endless love triangles are Hollywood's version of good TV. It's old, it's boring, and it just ruined this show.<br />
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<b>Grade: B- / B / F</b><br />
Status - cancelled and I am good with that<br />
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Best Reason to Fast Forward - Shane's declaration - again - of his feelings<br />
Best Scene - Millicent tells Alex to drug the patient and do the surgery without his consent <br />
Best Speech - Gloria to her father<br />
Best Ride - Alex rents a Delorean <br />
Best Twist - Pierce got the family to sign the organ transplant papers which actually saved Alex's career<br />
Best Reaction - Forester to the lip waxing<br />
Best Gesture - the flash dance mob<br />
Best Music in the Worst Scene - You and Me by Lifehouse<br />
Best Subplot - Pierce's soul searching about whether he wants kids or not<br />
Worst Subplot - the love triangle, which is the only reason to drop this show…and it's been cancelled<br />
Worst Time for a Heartwarming Speech - while holding the heart that needs to be transplanted<br />
Worst Twist - Alex's dad has a mistress<br />
Worst Fun - Plunger Games<br />
Most Fun - the triathlon for charity<br />
Most Beautiful Way of Looking at a Job - the tattoo artist takes people's painful memories (scars) and makes art out of them<br />
Most in Need of Therapy - Alex, for her competitiveness and anger management<br />
Most Prepared - Luis, who has his entire death planned out and in a briefcase<br />
Most Excited - Pierce about being on the list to pick up the kids from school<br />
Most Interesting - re-donating a heart<br />
Most Awkward - Alex's mom meets her dad's mistress<br />
Least Surprising - the mistress is the donor<br />
Biggest Deal Breaker - Alex and Jesse kiss<br />
Biggest Brat - Gabriel<br />
Biggest Awww Moment - Luis tells his daughter how much he appreciates her<br />
Biggest PSA - breast cancer can be found in both males and females<br />
Biggest Thanks - panning to the students taking notes above the surgery helps me know when to look away from the surgery shots that squick me out<br />
Coolest Dad - Max<br />
Coolest Technology - a machine that keeps a heart beating through transport<br />
Story Subplot That Won't Go Away - lice, which I suffered through on Fresh Off the Boat and now I'm itching again - ulgh!<br />
The "Mary Poppins" Award - Pierce definitely makes vacuuming and lice removal more fun<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Michael Nouri from NCIS / JoBeth Williams from Poltergeist and Your Family or Mine<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Millicent: "Okay people, you know the drill. Budget distribution comes down to relative value units for each department so rack up the points." Ji-Sung: "Because medical care and World of Warcraft have so much in common."<br />
2. Alex: "Can we count that as the talk and avoid it for another week?" Pierce: "Well it would free me up so your dad could kill me over a California wine."<br />
3. Alex: "I'm trying to give you the best possible care and I can't do that if I want to murder you."<br />
4. Ava: "Grilled cheese is today's special. It'll raise your spirits and your cholesterol."<br />
5. Pierce: "My family, we just fester around in this WASP-y silence until someone accidentally gets stabbed at dinner."<br />
6. Alex: "I can't cry on command. It's not a traffic ticket."<br />
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~This episode, while having a more intriguing story, suffers in the rewatch. Originally the idea of Adelaide having a husband was a major shock, but since I already knew it this time, it packed less of a punch. I do still like the folklore used and the twist of the newspaper man perpetuating the myth to sell newspapers. I wish they had built that up a bit more and had less Kingsley.<br />
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<b>Grade: B-</b><br />
Status - unknown<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - more development on the characters<br />
Best Scene - Houdini and Doyle debate fear<br />
Best Twist - Stratton has a husband<br />
Best Back Story - Doyle connects Houdini's opium use to the pain from his injuries<br />
Best Folklore - Spring-Heel'd Jack, whom I have actually heard of<br />
"Best" Way to Make a Point - Houdini, who causes mass hysteria in the police station<br />
Worst Plan - breaking into a police officer's house, even if you have noble reasons for it…at first<br />
Least Anachronistic / Most Anachronistic - Doyle basically tells his scared son to grin and bear it / later he says it's okay to be scared<br />
Most Uncomfortable - Doyle at the prostitution house<br />
Most Athletic - Houdini, who leaps and bounds with the best of them<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Doyle: "I'm not as quick to dismiss the possibility that a crime was committed here, whether by human or phantom. The law must be upheld." Merring: "And you? If you think it was an accident, why bother joining him?" Houdini: "Because I too want to up hold the law…of physics. Underhill was killed by gravity, not some phantom defying it."<br />
2. Doyle: "Many think Spring-Heel'd Jack is a demon who feeds on fear." Houdini: "Interesting. What do sane people think?"<br />
3. Houdini: "You know it's okay to not be fine, right? You don't always have to keep that upper lip stiff." Doyle: "Infinitely preferable to wallowing in self-pity."<br />
4. Doyle: "Where are you going? This is trespassing." Houdini: "You stepped off the moral high ground as soon as you walked through that door. Now you're just worried about getting caught."<br />
5. Doyle: "I think I may have seen him this evening, spying on Adelaide as she walked home." Houdini: "And you know this because you were spying on her as well?"<br />
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~I like how Hunters is not stingy on answers to its own mytharc. Every time I have a question it seems to get answered within a few episodes. This time we learn about the origins of the aliens. We've also got confirmation that Jules is the mole and he dies so we don't have to drag out a search for him. Now the biggest questions lie in Regan. Were the brainwashing sessions successful? I'm going to say no. Is she playing double agent? Hmm, not sure. I don't think she trusts Musa or Abby but I'm not sure she really trusts Jackson at this point either. What did happen to her parents?<br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
Status - unknown<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - back story on Regan's planet<br />
Best Reason to Fast Forward - the orgy<br />
Best Scene - Briggs convinces Flynn that he's not the mole<br />
Best Character Interaction - Regan and Musa, although Regan and Abby comes close<br />
Best Acting - Britne Oldford, who plays scared but cocky very well<br />
Worst Plan - Finnerman takes command over Jackson's protests<br />
Biggest Ewww - Regan eats the rabbit<br />
Biggest Huh - Why are they walking toward the red fog without any gas masks on? How do they know it isn't poisonous?<br />
Least Surprising - Jules is the mole<br />
Most Suspicious - Regan saying she got away<br />
The "Nope, No Way" Award - Briggs is not the mole. That is way too easy and what kind of stupid would leave evidence just lying around to be found. <br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Abby: "The body you inhabit, think of it as clothing - cheap rags that cover the real you." Regan: "No thanks. I've seen what you things really look like." Abby: "You have no idea how beautiful you really are. Your human form is just an ugly lie." Regan: "Like you pretending to be Flynn's wife and Emme's mom."<br />
2. Jackson: "Jules is in the wind. Apparently he left us a message." Finnerman: "I bet we paid him overtime to code this. Jules was my hire. He had a Congressman as a reference, for God's sakes. I mean that alone should have raised my hackles."<br />
3. Abby: "Do you want to hold my hand?" Regan: "Hell no."<br />
4. Musa: "I've lived as a human longer than you've been alive. I can tell you with absolute certainty that no matter how much you want to believe it, you are not one of them." Regan: "I'm not one of you either." <br />
Musa: "Oh but you are. You are. This…this human skin you wear, it cannot suppress your hunter urges. You need to learn to embrace your hunger, your desire, the hunter in you. I'm going to heal you of your human wound."<br />
5. Regan: "Just get it over with." Musa: "And what would that be?" Regan: "Whatever it is you hunter freaks do." Musa: "But I don't want to punish you, Allison. I want to save you." Regan: "From myself, right?" Musa: "In a way, yes. I'm going to save you from your humanity. That is why you came to me. To be reunited with your own kind." Regan: "Terrorists who kill innocent people? No thanks." Musa: "Barbaric, I agree but also necessary. What we've done is for our survival."<br />
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~While it's always fun to see the Brat Pack again, I wasn't feeling this story. I had no sympathy for the victim or the killer. Plus, the overarching mytharc of the season is clichéd and needs to end. Worst though is that the conversation between Vega and Angie, while still the best scene, feels like a huge wedge between them at a time when they both need to be honest and rely on each other.<br />
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<b>Grade: C-</b><br />
Status - airing season 4 already in Canada<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Vega's medical saga<br />
Best Scene / Best Interaction - Vega tells Angie about his Graves Disease<br />
Worst Plan (non-lethal) - using a tarot card reader to make stock decisions for your company<br />
Worst Plan (lethal) - the tarot card dealer convinces a schizophrenic woman to go off her meds<br />
Most Creepy - Joe's relationship with his sister<br />
Most Clueless - Betty's assistant, who doesn't take the hint when Betty tells her to go to lunch<br />
Most in Need of a Vacation - Vega, who goes after a suspect without cause<br />
The Karma Award - Hey, if you tell someone who is mentally ill to not take their medicine, especially one that trusts you unreasonably, then you shouldn't be surprised when she attacks you<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - C. Thomas Howell from The Outsiders and recently from Stitchers and Grimm / Carmel Amit from White Collar and Mistresses <br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Lucas: "It's numerology." Angie: "Oh yeah? Look at that. There's her birthday and there's her number value. Someone's really opening their mind." Lucas: "Eh, somebody looked it up on the Wikipedia page."<br />
2. Mark: "Alright, let's not jump to conclusions." Angie: "But I'm so good at it."<br />
3. Angie: "Unfortunately Franny passed away 6 months ago so unless you've got a Ouija board, I think we've got to go talk to her son."<br />
4. Worker (on finding a mummified body): "Guys, this isn't asbestos." <br />
5. Lucas: "Some reaction." Angie: "Yeah, guilt or grief? Don't let her out of your sight."<br />
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~I needed that. After marathoning TV dramas and comedies for 2 days straight, I needed an action show to get the adrenaline pumping again. I can always count on Rush Hour for 3 things - laughter, action, and bromance. Sometimes that's all you need. My only disappointment is that I thought I had 2 episodes to catch up on instead of just one. Oh well, that just means more weeks to watch it.<br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
Status - cancelled<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - fast moving pace<br />
Best Action - taking down the hit men at the bus <br />
Best Movie Rip-Off - I think I heard this of plot before. I think it was called 16 Blocks with Bruce Willis.<br />
Best Nickname - Captain Karate<br />
Best Phrase Coining - Carter for "bros before prose"<br />
Least Surprising - dead tech / wife sent the hit men <br />
Most Bizarre - Gerald comes in a bus<br />
Biggest Eye Roll - So trained military death squads cannot shoot even when the target is nearby? Okay then.<br />
Biggest Dummies - If you know the people you are tracking have ditched the tracker and suddenly the tracker starts moving again, does that not suggest a trap? Who are these elite military geniuses?<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Charles Shaughnessy from The Nanny and The Magicians <br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Cole: "Carter, are you being overly cautious or just indulging a childhood spy fantasy?" Carter: "That's correct."<br />
2. Gerald: "Hey, sass me again and I will turn this bus around, okay?"<br />
3. Cole: "Look I wish I didn't have to ask but we're in a crisis here. Now you would never knowingly take steps to kill Detective Carter, right?" Donovan: "I'm thinking probably not."<br />
4. Lee: "Roughly half of what he does makes little to no sense to me."<br />
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~Well, that got super emo really fast. Shutting down Blair was awesome. I loved Linus' family scene while Camille getting drunk and kick butt at the same time made me laugh. I didn't even mind Fisher's ex dropping in to add yet another love triangle in a show that loooooves its love geometry. Although it got practically zero screenv time, I also found Maggie's subplot more interesting than anything. After that though, it was all mush. If Cameron and Kirsten never have a scene together, it will be too soon. Let's just say that even though it ended on a cliffhanger and we're still chasing the deadly dull storyline of Daniel Stinger, I'm okay if this show is not renewed because it has been going downhill for most of the season. Why? All the freaking will-they, won't-they from Kirsten and Cameron.<br />
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<b>Grade: C (B for most of the episode and D for the ending)</b><br />
Status - Doesn't look good. Unknown at Freeform but dropped to marathon at best for me<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - coup over Blair's power<br />
Best Scene - Camille grabs her inner girl power…and wine<br />
Best Awww Moment - Linus and his parents at the hospital<br />
Best Reaction - Camille to Liam's death<br />
Best Reference - Lord of the Rings / Star Wars<br />
Best at Playing the Game - Maggie, who tells Kirsten what she needs to do next by telling her not to do it<br />
Worst Back Up - wine<br />
Worst Big Bad / Biggest Douche - Blair<br />
Biggest Woo Hoo!!!! - Tim, that presumed extra who runs one a stitching stations, knocks Stamperson out and starts the stitcher coup against the NSA<br />
Biggest Boo Hoo - Kirsten wants to stay in her memories and every single person gets ultra emoangsty. Actually, this whole sequence is definitely megmoangsty. And this is how we end? What the heck! Facepalm doesn't cut it. Headdesk…over and over again.<br />
Biggest Shock - Linus' parents know about the stitcher program<br />
Biggest Oops - Cameron leaves his NSA badge where Nina finds it<br />
Biggest Freak Out - Kirsten over the math<br />
Biggest Twist - Kirsten's mom is still alive<br />
Biggest Eye Roll - Cameron and Kirsten kissing <br />
Least Surprising - there's nothing in the casket<br />
Most Surprising Addition - Fisher's ex-wife, who wants to give things another try<br />
Most Likely to Cause You to Jump - the "dead" guy wasn't dead…yet<br />
Saddest State of the Show - Stamperson: "You, put down that tablet." Camille: "This is my one thing."<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Samir: "Linus, you're a stitcher." Linus: "You should have told me you knew." Samir: "We are telling you now." Linus: "But why?" Samir: "Because Linus, if something should happen to me…" Getti: "Samir, stop." Samir: "Linus, I want you to stitch into my memories…" Linus: "Baba!" Samir: "So you could know how I've always been proud of you and how much I love you right now." Linus: "I don't need to stitch to know that."<br />
2. Kirsten: "I've hit rock bottom." Camille: "Since when do either of us need somebody else when we've got each other? Why don't we do what we always do when we have a problem and solve the cr** out of it together?"<br />
3. Camille: "Lay off, Fisher, please." Fisher: "You didn't lay off of me when I got shot." Camille: "So what is this? My punishment?" Fisher: "No, this is thank you."<br />
4. Cameron: "Look if you have to leave…" Linus: "No, no, this is where I need to be." Cameron: "Good because this is where I need you to be too. It feels like we're on a collision course with something and I don't want to go through it without my Samwise Gamgee." Linus: "Thanks man." Cameron: "Yeah, any time." Linus: "But we agreed that you're Samwise and I'm Frodo." Cameron: "Never agreed to that." Linus: "For being a neuroscientist, you have the absolute worst memory."<br />
5. Camille: "Well boo - freaking- hoo." Kirsten: "Excuse me?" Camille: "I said, 'Boo-freaking-hoo.' " Kirsten: "What's gotten into you?" Camille: "Chardonnay and sauvignon blanc and a burrito. That doesn't mean I'm not in top shape to be the Watson to your Sherlock or whatever so hit me. What do you got?"<br />
6. Camille: "5 bucks says it's an entry code." Kirsten: "Should we go see if you've earned that 5 bucks?" Camille: "Alright but we need backup." Kirsten: "I thought we didn't need anyone. (Camille grabs the wine bottle.) Camille: "No, backup." Kirsten: "I'll call a taxi."<br />
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I <b>HATE, HATE, HATE</b> that Supernatural brought angels into the universe. Bringing in God is even worse. The only good thing about it was the return of the amulet and I would sacrifice that in a heartbeat to never have God mentioned on Supernatural ever. At all. Not even once. Supernatural writers can have their own opinion on God but I don't want it preached at me EVER again. I actually chose to work out and clean the bathrooms in an attempt to stall having to watch episode 11.20 and both were far preferable to the episode. I should have dropped SPN for the remainder of the season and just picked it up again next year. Chuck as God is the worst thing this show has done in a long history of terrible choices. That being said, Amara ended up just being a more powerful Lucifer, jealous of God's creation. Been there, done that. Never needed to do it again. God was just another douche angel. Been there, done that, over and over and over and over and over again. Never needed to do it again either. Still don't in the future. If God ever comes back on this show again, I will drop it completely and I will not look back. I have already deleted these episodes and I will not watch them again.<br />
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<b>Grade: B / F / D / C / C</b><br />
Status - renewed for season 12 by The CW on Thursdays <br />
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Best Reason to Fast Forward - everything God and angels<br />
Best Scene - Dean hands Sam the keys to Baby and they hug goodbye<br />
Best Speech - Dean to Amara about family<br />
Best Back Story - Sam's marijuana experience<br />
Best Meta - Chuck started a Revolution series of books that aren't going anywhere (similar to Kripke's now cancelled series Revolution that he left SPN to start)<br />
Best Confirmation of Fanfic - the Winchesters are famous in the hunting world, or at least hunters in Mexico have heard about them<br />
Best Addition - Redfield / Clea<br />
Best Montage - the hunter montage in the previouslies of 11.19<br />
Best Threat - Rowena threatens to turn Sam into a literal moose<br />
Best Shot - Dean to dump the salt <br />
Best Music - Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying<br />
Worst Plan - bringing God into Supernatural (actually the whole mess started with the angels) / making Chuck, the Ever-Annoying, God<br />
Biggest Huh - soul bomb?<br />
Biggest Ho Hum - the scary Big Bad fog<br />
Biggest Nitpick - I doubt Sam was worried that vamps had gotten his dad and brother when they weren't home on time when he was a kid. Season 1 clearly says that they thought vampires had died out by then.<br />
Biggest Eye Roll - all this fanwanking to make it possible for Chuck to be God <br />
Least Surprising - Sam volunteers to take the Mark<br />
Most Beautiful - Baby<br />
Most Likely to Go Nuts - Redfield, after hearing the big synopsis of events<br />
Most Gruesome - Dean beheads the monster via shovel<br />
Most in Denial - Sheriff Cochran, who just shut down after killing his monster daughter<br />
Most Bizarre - Dean and Sam playing middle man in the God and Lucifer pout out<br />
Most Interesting MotW - the bisaan<br />
Most Original - ironing with beer<br />
Most Awkward Questioning - Dean asking a teen about orgies<br />
Weirdest Reference - Doctor Phil<br />
Weirdest Moment - Sam picks up Lucifer and helps him out<br />
Sweetest Moment - Sam kisses Mary's tombstone<br />
Truest Statement - Dean: "It's like the worse episode of Full House ever."<br />
Nicest But Possibly Dumbest Move - not telling Jesse and Cesar about Amara <br />
The "Not Him Again" Award - Metatron and Chuck, neither of which I ever needed to see again. Ever.<br />
The "You Can't Complain, if You Don't Do the Work" Award - Hey Sam, I agree that ironing with beer is odd but in my family if you complain about how someone else does a job it becomes your job. Personally, I would rather smell like beer than pick up an iron. And I hate the smell of beer.<br />
The "Good Riddance" Award - Metatron, if he's really gone / Lucifer, if he's really gone<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (song) - Carry On Wayward Son<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (icon) - The Kripke-era amulet that Sam gave Dean when they were kids. Oh how I long for the pre-angels days when Supernatural was awesome.<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (saying) - No chick flick moments.<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (object) - EMF meter<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (place) - cemetery with Mary's grave<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (character) - Kevin, for 2 seconds / Crowley / Mary<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (actor) - Keith Szarabajka from Cold Case<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Dean: "Come on, you know the drill. No chick flick moments. Come on. " Sam: "Yeah, you love chick flicks." Dean: "Yeah, you're right I do. Come here."<br />
2. Crowley: "One little apocalypse and they shut up shop. Quitters." <br />
3. Chuck: "And I started a new series of books - Revolution. I don't think it's going anywhere."<br />
4. Sam: "Let's open up a 6-pack." Dean: "Just 6?"<br />
5. Dean: "You said you wanted to help. Besides world class douchery, what do you have to offer?"<br />
6. Kevin: "I always trusted you." Dean: "Yeah, that ended well."<br />
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<b>Constantine - 1.05 - Danse Vaudou</b><br />
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I dropped Constantine after the third or fourth episode because I thought Constantine was a jerk, it was way too hyped up in the fandom, and I am NEVER a fan of replacing a lead for someone new right after the pilot. To be honest, it also suffered from my utter loathing of Dracula which was in its place before. Before Grimm went nuts and had the main character start a romantic relationship with his rapist, this show and Dracula before it were both letdowns on my night of Grimm. Coming back at it fresh, it was much better than I remember. Constantine didn't come off quite as douchey and I loved Papa Midnite this time around. Their interaction made the episode. I also loved Chas like usual and Zed started to grow on me. I still think it is overrated but I do see why it reached cult status and has a passionate following. This episode was particularly poignant because it was all about the extra pain that guilt brings in a loved one's death. I enjoyed the guest stars and the back story they came with. While I do not have time to add Constantine to my to-watch list, this was an enjoyable episode and I'm glad I got a chance to re-evaluate my former opinion on it.<br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
Ranking: 3<br />
Audience - those who love a good supernatural mystery to solve<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - it's a procedural supernatural show with a strong serialized mytharc / character interactions<br />
Best Scene - Chas and Zed stop the ghosts<br />
Best Character Interaction - Constantine and Papa Midnite<br />
Best Reaction - Corrigan to Constantine's business card reading, "Master of the Black Arts"<br />
Best Twist - the ones who feel guilty are the only ones who can release the ghosts<br />
Best Snark - Constantine<br />
Biggest Shock - the EMT's when Chas starts breathing again and the wound on his torso heals<br />
Biggest What the Heck? - What exactly is going to happen to Corrigan in the future?<br />
Worst Gift - Zed's ability to see the supernatural<br />
Worst Plan - confronting Papa Midnite with no plan<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Papa Midnite<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (actor) - Michael James Shaw from Limitless<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Papa: "I don't like it. It's sloppy. You're like a child with your father's spell book." Constantine: "The only magic my old man ever did was making a pint disappear."<br />
2. Papa: "Our truce is over at the bottom of that glass so sip cautiously."<br />
3. Papa: "This spell is of our own creation. We bow to you united." Constantine: "Oh well, if it's come to that mate, these are dark days indeed."<br />
4. Constantine: "A rich man's scotch, it always comes with an aftertaste."<br />
5. Constantine: "Well why have one case when you can have two with twice the trouble, eh?"<br />
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<b>12 Monkeys - 2.04 - Emergence</b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/BlueStar22X" target="_blank">BY BlueStar</a></span></b><br />
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So many revelations in this episode. Jones sends Ramse back in time to find Cole and Cassie and so he can let her know via a newspaper ad where they are so she can bring them all back to 2044. Ramse fails to prevent the paradox like Cole and Cassie due to being hit by a car upon appearance in 1944 – ouch! He manages to sneak out of the hospital and get to the mental asylum only for the messenger team to handcuff him. Cassie and Cole are arrested for the murders of Tommy and his father, but Ramse gets free and manages to help them escape the agents. Meanwhile, Jones goes to Jennifer for help understanding what is happening to the forest and time itself. Finally, Cole, Cassie, and Ramse return to 2044 and they (along with Jones) argue over their differences. Cole ends the argument saying that they must work together, now more than ever if they are to prevent the 12 Monkeys from destroying time. <br />
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<b>Grade: A-</b><br />
Status - unknown by SyFy<br />
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Best Reason To Watch – We find out what the 12 Monkeys’ ultimate plan is and who the Pallid Man is<br />
Best Scene – Jennifer tells Jones about time’s reliance on the primaries<br />
Best Reaction – The agent to seeing Ramse, Cassie, and Cole travel back to 2044<br />
Best New Character – Dr. Eckland, who I’m liking more and more every time we see him. I love that he’s not afraid to set Jones straight.<br />
Most Interesting Connection – The Pallid Man is the female messenger’s son<br />
Most Like A Cockroach / Least Surprising – The Pallid Man is still alive<br />
Worst Luck: Ramse – They really need a time travel machine that avoids roads (and North Korea while at it).<br />
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Best Quotes:<br />
1. Jennifer: “Time and man, we grew up together. We depend on each other.” Jones: “Impossible. Time’s older than man, and infinite.” Jennifer: “But in the here and now, we help it think. Time needs us. Some of us more than others. Primaries – living, breathing gears in time’s wristwatch. We keep it moving, steady, in sync. Tick, tock, past, present, future. But now, if someone were to destroy us…” Jones: “Paradox.” Jennifer: “Gears break. Time stops working. Collapses. No past. No present. No future. Only now. An infinite now of death and life together. No beginning, no end. All of humanity unborn and destroyed. A memory of tomorrow.”<br />
2. Dr. Eckland: “Why are you being such an ***hole?” Jones: “How dare you? I’m trying to solve the problem.” Dr. Eckland: “No, you’re not. You’re trying to be right. So let’s try this instead. Just-just shut up and listen. Open your mind. You are not just a scientist. You are an explorer. You’re pushing boundaries. Inventing the new. You’re not just analyzing the old. That’s what makes you you, Katarina.” (Pauses) “Oh, time is cruel. Because of that, you don’t know me. But, boy, I know you, and you are lost, and you’re scared. But what does the explorer do when they’re lost? They go full speed ahead into the unknown. You taught me that.”<br />
3. Ramse: “I get it. I’m alive because of him. You know what, Cassie? I could say one thing with absolute certainty.” Cassie: “What’s that, Ramse?” Ramse: “James Cole is loyal. To a fault. That’s a rare thing. He beats himself up for what he turned you into, and you want to hate him for it.” Cassie: “I don’t hate him.” Ramse: “Forgive him. Like he did me. Like he would for you.”<br />
4. Agent #1: “Okay, look. The reason we brought you here is we’re in a huge sh** storm because of you two. So before things get all complicated with lawyers and judges, we gotta get this right. [To Cassie] Let’s have at it, honey.” Cole: “I’m honey. She’s baby-cakes.” <br />
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<b>12 Monkeys - 2.05 - Bodies of Water</b><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/BlueStar22X" target="_blank">BY BlueStar </a></b></span><br />
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This one goes to the girls! Cassie goes back to 2016 to get information from that version of Jennifer, who is now sane after having taken pills for a while. Needing to trigger her visions, Cassie brings her to her family summer house, and the 12 Monkeys team finds them there. Olivia causes Cassie to have a vision using the water again, and she doesn’t just see the Witness this time, but Aaron too (Does that mean they are one and the same?). Jennifer ends up saving her, and stabbing Olivia (most likely) fatally. Meanwhile in 2044 Cole and Ramse make a plan to get rid of Deacon once and for all by giving him up to an enemy of his, but the plan fails since Deacon manages to escape. The episode ends with Cassie and Cole meeting in a bar in 2016 and her sending him after another primary in 1975 New York, warning him he won’t be friendly like the others. Finally, the Pallid man speaks to the Witness and becomes the next 12 Monkeys leader.<br />
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<b>Grade: B overall</b> (It would be in a B+/A- range if it had been all about sane Jennifer and Cassie's team up)<br />
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Best Reason To Watch – Sane Jennifer was actually pretty great. I liked her a lot.<br />
Best Scene – Jennifer stabs Olivia<br />
Biggest Question – Who is the Witness?<br />
Horror Movie Moment Award – Deacon shows up covered in blood<br />
Most Tension – Tie between Cole and Ramse vs. Deacon and Olivia vs. the Pallid Man. The 12 Monkeys team is falling apart one failure at a time.<br />
Most Tragic – Jennifer’s mentally ill mother tried to drown her.<br />
Warming Up – Cassie, who is beginning to feel more like the Cassie I loved last season<br />
Worst Consequence - Jennifer is drawing pictures again after helping Cassie get information on another primary<br />
Worst Decision – Cole and Ramse deciding to throw Deacon to the wolves, sort to speak. He totally deserves it (Yeah, sorry about his brother, but he still was a cold-hearted SOB, remember?) but I knew it was going to backfire. Plus, really, Cole? Don’t go back to your old ways now.<br />
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Best Quotes:<br />
1. Jennifer: “You want to know what the difference between you and my mother is?” Olivia: “What?” Jennifer: “I get to say goodbye to you.”<br />
2. Jennifer: “I take my meds. I watch my stress. I stick to my routine. I cope. But she’s always there. You have no idea how exhausting it is being crazy.”<br />
3. Ramse: “What is she – what are you doing?” Cassie: “Mustering up my energy to face Jennifer Goines again.” Cole: “Oh, come on, she’s not that bad.” Cassie: “She’s worst!” Ramse: “She’s horrible, man.”<br />
4. Cole: “You never call; you never write.”<br />
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<b>Agents of SHIELD - 3.20 - Emancipation</b><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://swanpride.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">BY Swanpride </a></b></span><br />
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Well played, writers, really well played. I spent the first half of the episode thinking "No, Lincoln can't be THAT stupid, this has to be a plan." But he played his role so well and once he attacked Mack, they had me. Of all the rouses Coulson has thought up in the past (and there have been a few - remember Bakshi? Or Talbot using Creel as back-up plan?), this was the first time I fell for it too. Though I am not sure what to think about the result of said rouse. The long expected fight between Hive and Lash seemed to be over a little bit fast for my taste, and I dislike the notion that Lash's one reason for existing was to rescue Daisy. Not just because I think that she is already way too "special" anyway, but also because I would like the notion that Lash failed to fulfill his destiny, leaving Hive with no real opponent. I don't think that killing off Lash at this point was necessarily a bad idea (RIP, Andrew), since it makes the finale more unpredictable. I certainly have run out of fan-theories how to defeat him.<br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
Status - Renewed by ABC on Tuesdays<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - That was some really clever writing<br />
Best Scene - Lash freeing Daisy from the sway.<br />
Best Character - Lash, even though his last fight is a little bit of a let-down<br />
Best Team-up - May and Coulson makes the best plans<br />
Best Effects - The fire chain, though I really didn't appreciate it cutting through Lash<br />
Most Creepy - The...whatever the things are Hive created. I know those were despicable human beings to begin with, but nobody deserves that. <br />
Best Nickname - Swayze Daisy, too bad that the opportunity to use it has passed <br />
Biggest Hypocrite - Coulson's little speech about the list. Not that I disagree with them, but I can't remember him getting rid of the index. <br />
Most Meat - The whole discussion about if Talbot should inform other authorities show that the Sokovia Accords would never work in an actual emergency situation.<br />
Most Random Observation - Naturally Coulson would basically be Team Cap.<br />
My Prediction of the Week - I have the feeling that the crucifix will become some sort of hot potato next week but I lay my money on Coulson concerning the big question of who will die. <br />
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Best Quote:<br />
1. Talbot: "Okay, Coulson, I have seen the good and the bad, now show me the ugly."<br />
2. Talbot: "Why do you think this Lash can defeat Hive, and who in tarnation names these things?"<br />
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<b>Agents of SHIELD - 3.21 - Absolution</b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="https://swanpride.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">BY Swanpride</a></span></b><br />
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This episode had one of the worst starts possible. I hate dream sequences with a passion, especially if they are only there to create false drama. In fact all the Daisy scenes in the beginning annoyed me because they took the pace out of the mission. But once the show concentrated on what the other characters were up to, the episode became a relentless ride. The Quinjet flying under water, the trap set for Hive, Fitz doing computer magic and nearly being dragged into the Zombie mist and finally Daisy begging Hive to take her back, every bit of it was equally surprising and compelling. Especially nice touch was triggering all the memories in Hive, though I wish the show had done a little bit more with that concept. Also, they really had to throw in Lincoln wanting to leave, didn't they? That was the point at which I was 99% sure they would go for the cop-out solution and kill off Lincoln instead of one of the core members of the team. <br />
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<b>Grade: A-</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Inhuman action!!! God, I love Yoyo!<br />
Best Scene - Yoyo taking out Hive…temporarily<br />
Best Character - Did I mention how much I love Yoyo?<br />
Best Team-up - Mack and Yoyo<br />
Best Effects - The under-water-flight<br />
Most Missed - Joey. Hopefully he will be back next season. <br />
Best Comic Relief - Doctor Radcliff who has really grown on me, the little, beady-eyed worm <br />
Most Cute - Jemma planning to take Fitz's breath away...by going snorkeling<br />
Best Prop - The overlong code<br />
Most Random Observation - I hope the real safeguards for war heads are a little bit better, because if the government really had to shut down one fast, they would be in trouble.<br />
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Best Quote:<br />
1. Yoyo: "Oh, this isn't about super speed; this is about your turtle speed. You work and then you stare. Then work and then more staring. We have to go." <br />
2. Hive: "This won't kill me." Mack: "No, but it will suck."<br />
3. Yoyo: "He is lucky he is handsome."<br />
4. Talbot: "Seriously stupid. Like betting on Wrestlemania stupid." (Editor's note - Bwaaahhh! ~Dahne)<br />
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<b>Agents of SHIELD - 3.22 - Ascention</b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="https://swanpride.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">BY Swanpride</a></span></b><br />
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I am torn on this one. Yeah, they went with the cop-out dead but for what it was, it was exceptionally well done. The episode picked up speed from the previous episode, allowing every character a moment to shine, proving once again that while fighting abilities are useful, smart thinking is ultimately superior. And then it delivered a conclusion drenched in symbolism, but also in genuine emotions just to pull the audience abruptly out of it. The same way I disliked how the previous episode started, I disliked how this one ended, with a six months jump which expected me to care about Daisy's emotional problems. But I was not in the mood for this at all. I wanted to reel a little bit over the loss of Lincoln, who really deserved better than this, and Ward. Brett Dalton had an exceptional run on this show, and while Ward was more creepy than likable, I always felt it was a joy to watch him. Also, what about all those people who got turned? Or the Inhumans? They barely used them this season, does this mean we won't get a proper team with them next season either now that their nominal leader is missing in bad make-up? I have to give the shows props, though for setting up a new storyline for the upcoming season right under my nose. While I really enjoyed Radcliff those last episodes, I never expected him to be more than a one-off character.<br />
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<b>Grade: A-</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - The feels!<br />
Best Scene - Hive and Lincoln, sharing their last moment together<br />
Best Character - Let's give it to Brett Dalton, for all the great work he did with Ward and Hive.<br />
Best Team-up - May and Fitz are practically a two-men army with her fighting abilities and his brain<br />
Best Effects - Hive's true face<br />
Best Action - The team vs mindless whatevers<br />
Most Out of Place - Hive doing the Superhero landing. Villains are not allowed to do this specific overly dramatic pose.<br />
Most on the Nose - Daisy's story being one about addiction<br />
Best Prop - Fitz invisible gun (and he even told the guy!)<br />
Most Wasted - Mack's Shotgun-Axe. After waiting the whole season for it, it really didn't get enough attention with everything else which was going on<br />
Most Dramatic - Yoyo catching the bullets for Mack <br />
Most Geeky - Coulson pretending to be Princess Leia<br />
Most Random Observation - I hope Fitzsimmons did a lot of snorkelling in the six months. And Fondue.<br />
My Prediction of the Week - None this time around. I have no idea what the show will do next, but I hope that they will use what will most likely be their last season wisely. Considering the speed ABC is currently getting rid of Marvel shows, I doubt that this one will last past syndication, no matter what the ratings say or what BS excuse they come up with for moving it to a later time slot. <br />
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Best Quote:<br />
1. Radcliff: "It's not a hunch, it's science. It's a science hunch."<br />
2. Coulson: "We better follow him. He has no idea where he is going."<br />
3. Coulson: "The only difference is, when you give an order, your soldiers have no choice but to obey. But when I gave my team the order to stay behind, they just wouldn't listen."<br />
4. Hive: "To feel a connection. But you must feel it already. To sacrifice for them. With all their flaws." <br />
Lincoln: "They are only human."<br />
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<b>Jane the Virgin – 2.21 – Chapter 43</b><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://theaddcatlady.wordpress.com/blog/" target="_blank">BY Emma </a></b></span><br />
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Jane and Michael’s wedding and Mateo’s birthday are just around the corner. Planning is going well and Jane is feeling good. Uh oh, that’s the first sign we have a rough hour ahead of us! Jane has problems with the wedding when the crew of Rogelio’s telenovela threatens to strike the day before the wedding. Ordinarily, not a problem except they built the set where Jane is getting married! Rogelio tries to appease the crew in typical Rogelio fashion (gift baskets) before making a deal to join the crew for a week – if he makes it the whole week, they wait to strike until after the wedding, if not, he becomes the face of their cause. They shake on it and the crew comes up with increasingly devious ways to get Rogelio to throw in the towel. Rogelio takes it all in stride until they ask him to change a light bulb, in the ceiling, using scaffolding because they know he’s afraid of heights. It takes a tough love pep talk from Jane for him to get it done and all seems to have ended well until Rogelio learns that the executives plan to fire the entire crew the day before the wedding! Meanwhile, Mateo’s cough has become serious and he’s admitted to the hospital – just in time to celebrate his first birthday. Rafael meets Jane at the hospital and while Mateo sleeps, he tells Jane about how Petra’s plan to trap Derek failed and he had to give in to his blackmail demands. They have a moment while we flashback to Mateo’s greatest hits over the last year – making me even more suspicious that Rafael will not “forever hold his peace” during next week’s wedding! <br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
Status - Renewed by The CW on Mondays<br />
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Best Reason to Watch – Rogelio spends a week working as a member of the crew<br />
Best Scene – Rogelio changes a light bulb<br />
Best Humorous Scene – smack down on the playground<br />
Best Awww Scene – Jane calls Petra family and asks her to reconsider coming to her wedding<br />
Best Character Interaction – all of Jane and Petra’s not-competing-but-competing scenes<br />
Best Foreshadowing – Mateo has a cold<br />
Best Plan that Should’ve Worked – fake FBI raid to elicit a confession from Derek<br />
Best Use of Music – Mission Impossible: Lightbulb Change<br />
The “I Was Right!” Award – Anezka IS in cahoots with Magda<br />
The “Best Fiancé. Ever.” Award – Michael, for reading Jane’s romance novel draft<br />
The “I’m With You, Mateo” Award – clowns are scary and make me cry too<br />
The “Bless Her Heart” Award – Alba, thinking everyone who wants to read Jane’s work is a publisher<br />
The “Welcome Back” Award (characters) – Magda / Susanna / Sin Rosetro (flashback)<br />
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Best Quotes:<br />
1. Jane (to Petra): “Now I’d like you to reconsider coming to my wedding because you’re my son’s half-sister’s mother which makes us family and family shows up.”<br />
2. Rogelio: “Ready to go to work? Welcome production personnel to this very special production meeting. With Dina away, I am thrilled to be your leader today.” Narrator: “Huh, guess they don’t applaud at production meetings.”<br />
3. Rogelio: “They asked me to change a light bulb but I just can’t do it. And I know what you’re going to say…that it doesn’t matter and that you love me.” Jane: “Wrong. You’re doing it.” Rogelio: “What?” Jane: “Otherwise, Michael’s mom can’t come to the wedding. So, stop being a baby, walk this catwalk and change that freaking light bulb.”<br />
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<b>Jane the Virgin – 2.22 – Chapter 44</b><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://theaddcatlady.wordpress.com/blog/" target="_blank">BY Emma </a></b></span><br />
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Earlier in the season when Jane chose Michael, I predicted that Jane would marry Michael but he would be shot and killed getting ice after they consummated their marriage, but the consummation would lead to Jane being pregnant in S3. Well, they did get married, he was shot getting ice and there is a S3 pregnancy but it’s not exactly how I predicted. Let me start from the beginning…Jane and Michael’s wedding day has arrived. All the planning, all the obstacles, it all comes down to this one perfect day. It wouldn’t be a telenovela if they didn’t face a few more obstacles but the wedding is beautiful and the reception is the best party in town (seriously, they have Bruno Mars). They were originally going to spend their wedding night in a different hotel but hormones dictate they stay put. However, Jane’s not going to waste a perfectly good nighty and Michael goes to get ice for the champagne while she changes. As I predicted, Michael is shot – by his partner Susanna! Susanna heads back to her hotel room and reveals herself as Rose to Luisa and asks her to run away with her! Meanwhile, Anezka puts her and Magda’s plan into action. She drugs Petra causing a condition known as Locked-In Syndrome. Petra can’t move or speak so Anezka takes her place telling Petra that she will take care of Rafael – and she wastes no time in doing so! How long can Anezka pass for Petra? Is there a real Susanna and if so, where is she? Will Michael survive? Is Xo going to keep the baby and if so, who’s the father? Will Jane ever lose her virginity? Ugh, is it October yet?<br />
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<b>Grade: A</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch – the wedding/reception<br />
Best Scene – the vows / Jane and Michael’s first dance / the Father/Daughter dance<br />
Best Story – what really happened at Abuela’s wedding and the history of the veil <br />
Most Beautiful – all three generations of Villanueva women walking down the aisle<br />
Most Adorable Pair – Rogelio and Mateo wearing matching t-shirts <br />
Best Timing – Mateo takes his first steps just in time to walk down the aisle<br />
Best Multitasker – Jane doing an oral presentation for her new thesis topic on the way to the wedding<br />
Best Advice (Surprisingly) – Luisa tells Rafael to keep quiet about his feelings and let Jane go<br />
Most Surprising – Susanna has been Rose in disguise all along<br />
Least Surprising – Xo is pregnant<br />
Worst Way to Get Busted – having a sex basket delivered<br />
Best Resurrection – Rose/Sin Rostro<br />
The “Worst Rehearsal” Award – the Bride and Groom are fighting, Parents of the Bride are fighting, and Mateo starts a chain reaction that leads to the priest getting knocked out<br />
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Best Quotes:<br />
1. Jane: “You two are not fighting the night before my wedding. After my wedding, you two can kill each other but before my wedding, everyone gets along. Got it?”<br />
2. Rogelio: “Jane, please stop running, your makeup will melt. Let me carry you.” Jane: “No way, then your makeup will melt.” Rogelio: “You’re right. We’ll reapply when we get there.”<br />
3. Anezka (to Petra): “Her first laugh! Baby has your sense of humor. Laughing at others' tears.”<br />
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<b>Nashville - 4.20 - It’s Sure Gonna Hurt</b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaL_27" target="_blank">BY Jessica VanWinkle</a></span></b><br />
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Let me just start off this review by saying how sad I am that there’s only one more episode of Nashville (Editor's note - I am so sorry for you and the other fans. ~Dahne). I know that people have said this show ends on a cliffhanger (which I hope that rumor is wrong), but this episode felt like stories were wrapping up. We had flashbacks of Scarlett and Gunnar, and we had a recap of Rayna and Deacon’s love story through their therapy session. I like that Rayna and Deacon are trying to work through their problems, and they better get their happy ending. I did not spend four years of my life watching this show for them not be together. Juliette also broke up with Noah, but I don’t know if she will end up with Avery. It seems too soon. As long as she is happy, I’ll be content. Nashville started out focusing on the journey of Juliette and Rayna so I just hope the writers give them a proper ending. And I so hope that Scarlett and Gunnar end up together because I would throw up if the show ended with Gunnar and Autumn as a couple. Elsewhere, Luke and his son had a nice talk, and they seem at peace with each other. I’ve really enjoyed Luke’s story this season with him fighting for Will. He’s definitely come a long way! I sincerely hope that whatever happens next week, Nashville viewers will be satisfied. <br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
Status - cancelled, sorry fans<br />
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Best Scene- Scarlett is photographed as she listens to her music and remembers her life with Gunnar. Clare Bowen was brilliant. Very powerful and heartbreaking.<br />
Best Reason to Watch- Recapping Rayna and Deacon’s love story and seeing flashbacks of Gunnar and Scarlett together.<br />
Best Guest Star- Elton John! I was impressed that Nashville convinced him to come on the show!<br />
Most Improved- Luke Wheeler. I think almost everyone disliked him when he came to town. Now he’s one of the good guys.<br />
Not Missed- Maddie. Didn’t miss her at all. The only good thing about the show ending next week is that I will never have to see that brat ever again. <br />
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<b>Outlander - 2.05 - Untimely Resurrection</b><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://swanpride.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">BY Swanpride </a></b></span><br />
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I don't get why the show keeps insisting on adding unnecessary drama where none is needed, especially since it undermines Claire's character at every turn. Her seriously considering to allow Alex Randall to rot in prison and then breaking up him and Mary makes her look like quite a b... and has nothing to do with the woman full of principles I like so much. I wanted to throw up watching her do it, especially when Alex called her a good friend to Mary, after she does everything in her power to ensure that she will marry a sadist down the line. In addition, it also undermines everything the book did by showing that Alex and Mary had no chance to find happiness because of the class differences between them. On the upside, though, I really liked that it spent some time on Jamie's and Murtagh's reaction to what happened in the alley. And throwing the King of France into the encounter of Jamie and Jonathan Randall turned out to be quite a genius stroke. The whole situation was hilarious (well, I get some pleasure out of seeing Black Jack Randall humiliated for a change) and tense at once.<br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
Status - unknown by Starz but promising<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - The plot is thickening<br />
Best Scene - Versaille<br />
Best Character - Duvernay, though having only a brief appearance, managed to really shine in this tense episode<br />
Best Visual - The camera moving through the chaos left after the dinner party<br />
Best Costume - Jamie wearing a kilt combined with a French court dress.<br />
Best Music - They really know how to set the mood for Versailles<br />
Most Cruel - Claire when she destroys Mary's and Alex's future<br />
Most Useless - More or less the whole dialogue with Annalise<br />
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Best Quote:<br />
1. Duvernay: "He is an utter a**."<br />
2. Duvernay: "But I wonder that someone who is such a good judge of horse flesh is such a poor judge of men."<br />
3. Claire: "One year, after that I swear I will help you bleed him myself." <br />
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<b>Outlander - 2.06 - Best Laid Schemes...</b><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://swanpride.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">BY Swanpride </a></b></span><br />
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I sometimes wonder how the show manages to pluck out scenes from the book without understanding their meaning. For example, the scene in which the proper way to conduct an execution is described happens in the book, but there it serves as a warning to Jamie, not to Monsieur Raymond. But I guess in this case it doesn't really make a difference. All in all, the show is back on track. Not by following the book (quite in opposite in fact) but this time around it feels like the changes serve the story by inserting a little bit more adventure into it and allowing certain events to happen in a more orderly fashion. But then, again, it bothers me that Claire doesn't really come off that well in the end. It seems like her careless behaviour is partly responsible for her starting to bleed, when originally her pregnancy wasn't going as smoothly as it should from the get go. This doesn't really set well with me, because it carries some unfortunate implications in it. Hopefully they will handle it well next week.<br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Swashbuckling all around! <br />
Best Scene - The duel<br />
Least "Bonnie" - Prince Charles, who is quite a whiner <br />
Best Costume - Randall during the duel. Beige is the perfect colour to show off some bleeding.<br />
Best Reaction - Murtagh when Jamie explains the truth to him <br />
Most Over the Top - The reaction of the ladies to Claire mentioning the poor of the city.<br />
Biggest Cutie - Fergus in his devotion to Jamie<br />
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Best Quote:<br />
1. Murtagh: "Masquerades and Games. What's next? A rousing game of Charades?"<br />
2. Charles: "Mark me, I will take my own life if I am forced to life in godforsaken Poland."<br />
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<b>Houdini & Doyle (1.01 - 1.03)</b><br />
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Confession - I actually marathoned all 10 episodes of season 1 but since this time between the regular season and the full start of the summer season is so slow, I have decided to run this like Motive and do it weekly by when it is airing in America. Plus, overall I like this series enough to rewatch it. That being said, it does start a little rough for one reason - Houdini. I am not sure if they wanted to make the point that Brits are awesome while Americans suck or if Houdini really was a world class douche to everyone except his mother, but whatever it is, Houdini starts off as almost a deal breaker for me. If I hadn't been marathoning the show, I'm not sure I would have gotten past the first 2 episodes. There's also the problem of the 2 leads arguing non-stop with each other. Have faith though, as the show goes on Houdini gets better, if not less abrasive, and the relationship between Houdini and Doyle, while still argumentative, also develops into a bromance that is endearing.<br />
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Each case opens with an element of the supernatural so in some ways this is a British version of The X-Files. Doyle is Mulder, the believer whose personal life has left him open to the paranormal. Houdini is Scully. They are joined by the first female detective at Scotland Yard, Adelaide Stratton. The three work cases together to the protest of…well, everyone else at Scotland Yard. Her co-workers are not fond of having a female in the workforce, they hate Doyle for making the police look like fools in his Sherlock novels, and well, I've already explained about Houdini. They are overruled though because Houdini has connections in high places. The trio's combined skills work well together and anyone who liked season 1 of Agent Carter should try it. Although they do not kick butt like her, they do show the same smarts and it does confront head on the problems women faced when joining a primarily male workforce.<br />
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<b>Grade: B / B- / B</b><br />
Status: unknown by ITV or FOX<br />
Ranking: already watched first season<br />
Audience - anyone who likes mysteries, history, or Agent Carter-like smarts in the face of persecution<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the combination of each person's skills to solve crimes<br />
Best Scene - Touie wakes up <br />
Best Relationship - Houdini and his mother<br />
Best Character Interaction - Touie and Doyle<br />
Best Save - Stratton, who saves both Houdini and Doyle from a watery grave<br />
Best Nod to the Past - Houdini and Doyle both brag about their cars' speed, which is 15 and 14 miles per hour respectively<br />
Best Line That Got Cut Out - Houdini: "Well she could have been faking her illness to get away from your long-winded speeches."<br />
Best Twist - Lucy is Sister Grace's daughter<br />
Best Point - Houdini raises a good point about population and reincarnation although disrespectfully <br />
Most Poignant Subplot - Doyle's wife<br />
Most Annoying / Biggest Douche - Houdini<br />
Least Likely to Keep a Secret - Kingsley<br />
Least Likely to Help Do Any of the Work - Houdini<br />
Biggest Ewww - the bug coming out of the dead guy / boils<br />
Biggest Aww Moment - Doyle goes in for a date with his wife only to learn she's slipped back into the coma<br />
Biggest Hmm - American audiences are missing chunks of this show, I'm guessing because in England they don't have as many annoying commercials. Either that or the uberannoying Fox streaming platform is even worse. Why did they have to cut parts of the Doyle and Touie scenes in 1.03? They were the best parts of the episode.<br />
Biggest Problem - the constant bickering between Houdini and Doyle<br />
Biggest Hmm - I thought Houdini was a believer in the supernatural before his mother died and only started a crusade against false mediums after that. I'm going to have to do some research.<br />
The "Poor Baby" Award - the Doyle family loses Touie again<br />
The "Turnabout's Fair Play" Award - Houdini slaps Doyle awake and then Doyle returns the favor<br />
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Best Quote - <br />
1. Doyle: "Maybe she was just trying to shut you up." Houdini: "That's a pretty big lie." Doyle: "Shutting you up is a pretty big task."<br />
2. Touie: "What is it?" Doyle: "I gave up on you." Touie: "It was precisely your faith that brought me back. You've nothing to feel guilty about…unless you've taken up with Vera." Doyle: "I do like her plum pudding."<br />
3. Houdini: "Maybe he didn't mean it literally." Doyle: "A 10-year-old who speaks in metaphors." Houdini: "So he was a professor of literature in his past life."<br />
4. Doyle: "It seems to me the title of world's greatest escape artist is a bit oversold." Houdini: "And you could have deduced that we were walking into a trap."<br />
5. Stratton: "Do you know this might be some kind of bet for you, but for me, this is my life. You saw those hopeless girls in the laundry. Do you know how many women live in fear of that fate? This is not just a job for me, it's…this is a hope that we can avoid not only those laundries but something almost as bad, a life of pretty dresses and condescension."<br />
6. Doyle: "Wonderful to see you again." Houdini: "I love you Brits. The way you lie in the name of politeness is so charming."<br />
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<b>The 100 (3.13-3.15)</b><br />
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The 100 was all over the place for me in these last three episodes. I'm not too crazy about Polis being turned into Alie Central and so quickly. I'm even less of a fan of the apparent crawl Kane, Pike, and the grounders were going at to arrive at Polis after Jaha's army. It was a wasted opportunity when we did not see Kane and Jaha in a battle over Polis. I did love the flashbacks though and everything Kane. He rocked the episode. I also loved the ending on the oil rig. The biggest difference between most of the fandom and me for 3.13 though is how much I hated the schmaltzy, trite, and downright eye-rolling dialogue that was Clarke and Bellamy excusing each other of being hypocritical mass murderers. Ugh to infinity! As for 3.14, that was the worst one for me mostly because I loathed everything Clarke. She thinks she knows best for everyone and is so tunnel visioned that she ends up getting people killed. Luna rocked but for her sake I hope she stays as far away from Clarke as possible. She truly is the commander of death. Every freaking peaceful person she comes in contact with dies in some way because of her. It's old and so is her hypocrisy. A high point was Monty in the episode though. How heartbreaking to see him have to kill his mom again. That's twice more than any kid should have to. Thankfully, the penultimate episode brought back feelings of the previous seasons. The pacing was spot on and the episode was so chock full of action that there wasn't time for long-winded speeches and drippy "I forgive you" moments. Indra and Raven were the standouts in this episode with both being the voice of common sense in their situations. Jasper being chipped is the best thing that could have happened to him too. I love how cold and calculated he was. It's a big improvement over whiny and emoangsty. He can still die though. In fact, I expect them to keep cleaning up house in the finale with at least one major character dying. I'll be shocked if they don't. That being said, could we finally make it a character I want to die? I liked Roan and thought he had a lot of story left. Here's hoping that he survived, although I doubt it. I am glad that Abby made it though. Her scenes were doubly disconcerting and a testament to how dark this show gets. Watching her torture her daughter and then voluntarily hanging herself was as disturbing as Charlotte murdering Wade way back in episode 3. Absolutely chilling! Here's hoping that Indra and Kane made it too. Indra has quickly become one of my favorite characters and watching her save Kane instead of getting herself to safety, even though she knows Kane is chipped and will likely kill her if Alie says so, is one of my favorite moments of the whole series. While I am looking forward to the finale now that action is back on the table and the showdown with Alie is set, I have to admit that I am looking forward to season 4 more. Let's hope they fix the issues of this season and return the show to its former glory.<br />
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<b>Grade: B- / C- / B+</b><br />
Status - renewed for season 4 by The CW, airs midseason<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the action and pacing<br />
Best Scene - Monty deletes his mom's code<br />
Best Save - shockingly that's Murphy, who has definitely gotten his redemption arc<br />
Best Twist - Jasper has the chip<br />
Best Character - Raven<br />
Best Moment - Indra protects an unconscious Kane<br />
Best Place to Hideout - an oil rig<br />
Best Continuity - playing Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, just a different version<br />
Biggest Huh? - So Pike and Kane arrive at Polis after Alie's zombies even thought they left days earlier?<br />
Biggest Rip Off - the flashback to the Ark would have been a great time for a cameo of Finn and some other dead favorites - plus there is a slight canon issue with Octavia being there<br />
Most Intriguing - Luna and her stance against killing<br />
Most Intense - Abby tortures Clarke / Abby goes to hang herself so Clarke will talk<br />
Most Pointless - Why in the world would they torture Clarke instead of just force feeding her the chip? That would be faster and more reliable. <br />
Most Kick Butt - Luna<br />
Most Interesting Twist - Monty's mom in the computer<br />
Most Tunnel Vision - Clarke, who puts a peaceful society at risk because she always thinks she knows best<br />
Most Likely to Shoot First and Ask Questions Never - Bellamy<br />
Dumbest Plan - Monty asks if Harper sees Jasper instead of warns her that he's chipped<br />
The "Pretty Please" Award - Octavia, would you kindly push Pike down the elevator shaft for me? You know you want to.<br />
The "You Still Suck" Award - Love how you partially blame Lincoln's death on Octavia now, Bellamy. Go away.<br />
The "Just Die Already" Award - Pike<br />
The "23rd Verse, Same as the First" Award - They keep killing off the best characters. Let's hope Roan is still alive, but it wouldn't surprise me if he too is gone.<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Indra, Kane, and Roan<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Octavia: "Why are you looking at me like that?" Indra: "Because I know what you're thinking." Octavia: "Why is he still alive?" Indra: "Because the dead can't help us." Octavia: "He was my home." Indra: "Your home is here."<br />
2. Luna: "I didn't flee the conclave because I was afraid I would lose. I fled because I knew I would win."<br />
3. Murphy: "Up the tower, right. You know after this, doing the right thing can kiss my a**."<br />
4. Murphy: "We just saved your lives. Why do I think I'm going to regret that?" <br />
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<b>The 100 - 3.16 - Perverse Instantiation (Part 2)</b><br />
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</b> There was a lot to like about this season finale, the biggest being Lexa's entrance. Raven continued to rock as well and the fight scenes were all tight. However the pacing was all over the place, especially the endless scene in the faux Ark with Becca and Alie trying to convince Clarke to do things their way. It would have made for a tighter episode to have cut down the wait time and have Clarke struggle more to get to the kill switch. I'm not sure why Clarke must have an eternal internal struggle every single season finale, most of which drag down the pacing. Another puzzling thing was why so very few people died in this episode. Really only Pike died and while I am ecstatic for that, I was shocked that they did not use this opportunity to clean house. I am though very pleased that Kane made it to another season. I worry all the time that he's going to bite it next. Mostly because I really like this character and those are always the first to go it seems. All in all, I am disappointed in this season and The 100 will most likely receive my Biggest Fall award for 2015-2016, in part because of the high expectations I had for it after season 2 and the dismal storytelling that was the first half. Still every show has its bad season, many of which recover nicely. I will wait until season 4 to see if this was a fluke due to taking chances (an admirable thing) or if it's time to pull the plug.<br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Alie and Pike are finally gone<br />
Best Scene - Clarke gets the chip out of Abby and they reunite<br />
Best Action - fight in the throne room<br />
Best Entrance / Best Skills / Best Return - Lexa. Let's just say that Lexa is awesome in every form - warrior, leader, download.<br />
Best Game - follow the infinity symbol<br />
Best News - Indra's alive<br />
Best Plan - electrocuting Kane, Emori, and the other Alie zombies <br />
Worst Plan - Octavia lets the Alie zombies in so they can kill Pike<br />
Biggest Ewww - open heart massage<br />
Least Surprising - Super Special Snowflake Clarke becomes even more super special<br />
Most Surprising - the only person who died in the finale was Pike (plus Ontari technically and Alie)<br />
Most Practical - Harper<br />
Most Likely to Try My Patience - Clarke as she waits to pull the kill switch so Alie and Becca can debate. Just do it already!<br />
The "Good Riddance" Award - Octavia kills Pike<br />
The "Rising Star" Award - Harper has gone from face in the crowd to one of my favorites. I like her no-nonsense approach and the fact that she's no damsel in distress. No more sex scenes but more time for Harper please. I'd love to get some back story. <br />
The "Time's A-Wasting" Award - Dear Lexa and Clarke, you don't have time to be hugging on each other. Find the freaking kill switch. Take down Alie. Be awesome. There's no time for heartfelt speeches or emoangsting moments.<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Monty: "Jasper, I know this world can suck but at least its real. We can get through this together." Jasper: "You really believe that?" Monty: "We will be happy again. I promise."<br />
2. Clarke: "Human beings have free will. We get to decide how we should live." Jasper: "Human beings are the only species that act against our own self-interest. We torture each other. We fight, hurt each other, break each other's hearts. None of that exists here. Alie is protecting us from ourselves."<br />
3. Monty: "What happens if Alie is updated?" Raven: "She'll delete the kill switch. We won't be able to stop her." Harper: "So find the damn kill switch."<br />
4. Alie: "Would you really condemn the human race to die in 6 months?" Clarke: "We'll figure something out. We always do."<br />
5. Lexa: "Our fight is not over."<br />
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<b>Crowded (1.09 -1.12)</b> <br />
~I just can't with Stella. She's too dumb to know how to breath. They need to make her competent at something beyond taking her clothes off and hooking up with drug dealers and musicians. She has no moral compass and no brains. That's a lousy combination. Good thing I am adoring everything between Mike and his dad. I even liked Bob and Martina in episode 1.11. <br />
~Let's just say that episode 1.12 was not my kind of humor. Plus I'm not sure how family fun night ends up in a gay strip bar with your mom, dad, grandma, and grandpa.<br />
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<b>Grade: C / B / B- / C</b><br />
Status: Cancelled, and I'm okay with that<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Mike this time<br />
Best Scene - any time Bob and Mike are in the helicopter <br />
Best Threat - Mike and Martina threaten to cyberstalk Stella to keep her from internet porn<br />
Best Interaction - Martina and Bob<br />
Best Point - Stella finds Pepe Le Pew a bit rape-y and it's hard to argue with that<br />
Best Reference - Frasier / Downton Abbey<br />
Worst Reference - Notting Hill, that quote was ugh-worthy even when it was new<br />
Worst Slogan Ever - "It was fresh when we made it."<br />
Worst Plan - Selling private online chats to make rent money. I'm fairly certain Criminal Minds or some other show where people wind up tortured and murdered already covered this.<br />
Most Chill about Everything - Alice, as in "on medication" type mellow<br />
Most Mercurial Rise - Shea, who actually makes a tough business negotiator<br />
Most Embarrassing - Alice gives Ethan money at his strip club job<br />
Biggest Blabbermouth - Martina <br />
Biggest Huh? - Why is everyone okay with Stella being a drug dealer? Seriously?<br />
Biggest Face Palm - Why is it a question about whether having sex with your uncle is creepy or not? I don't care if it's by marriage instead of blood. YES! It is creepy.<br />
Biggest Laugh - Mike's uncomfortable talk about Viagra with his dad<br />
Weirdest Family Reunion - at the strip club<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Mike: "Well I want to talk about something, something that I'm not comfortable talking about on earth. Plus this way, if it gets really awkward I can crash into some rocks and kill us both."<br />
2. Mike: "And what is this one?" Stella: "It's Viagra. Way to act like you didn't know, dad." Mike: "You dating some super old guy? And if you are, can he marry you and pay your bills?"<br />
3. Mike: "Look Stella, I don't love either one of you best but I did love you first, and don't tell your sister but that will always make you special." Stella: "Awww, dad."<br />
4. Ethan: "Wow, going from a professional golfer to a French fry cook. That's a pretty steep drop off. On the plus side, I'd be making an income. On the minus side, those fries would be salted with my tears."<br />
5. Mike: "Whoa, whoa, back up. What were you doing in a gay strip club?" Martina: "They invited me." Shea: "Yeah, she's our friend." Mike: "Not sure I approve of your friends."<br />
6. Mike: "On the other hand, I don't want him to like me just because I have sex with women." Martina: "Women?" Mike: "Well you specifically and other women if you run off with that stripper." Martina: "I think he's a little young." Mike: "That's what's holding you back? Okay. I will talk to dad and if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go do a thousand sit-ups, which I can totally do."<br />
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<b>Elementary - 4.24 - A Difference in Kind</b><br />
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Besides bringing Moriarty back, there's no better move Elementary could have made than hiring John Noble to play Sherlock's father. Not only is the man perfect for the role, but he can sell every aspect of the character, turning what could have been a complete douche of a character into one of the most complex roles on TV this year. I am sorry to see him go but I love that the prospect of him returning is always there. They had better not kill him off screen or I'm coming after someone. Not even kidding. What I love most about this episode besides all the great scenes with Sherlock and Morland is the fantastic twist of having Morland become the head of the evil empire. It continues to make him a thoroughly gray, morally ambiguous character. Is he really doing it to save Sherlock? Is it revenge on the people who killed his lover? Will he find a way to profit off their collapse? Will he stay alive and return next season? Who knows but I'm fascinated with this character and I want to find out. I do wish that Sherlock and he had parted on better terms though, but that is the way of the Holmes men. I felt the same thing with Mycroft. Sherlock can never unbend and Morland shows that he earned that trait naturally. While this finale was a little too light on Joan and bringing up her annoying sister was like a bucket of ice thrown on the ending (please just say no to a relationship between her and Bell), this was a great way to end a reinvigorated season. I love how they do not end on a cliffhanger. I was frantic that Morland was going to be missing at the end and then I would have to fret about him over the summer. Instead, they made him even more compelling than he already was. I want a spin-off to follow him in his pursuits.<br />
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<b>Grade: A-</b><br />
Status: Renewed, airing on CBS on Sunday nights<br />
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Best Reason to Watch / MVP - John Noble<br />
Best Scene - John Noble, er, Morland tells Sherlock that he is to become Head Evil Mastermind<br />
Best Reaction - Sherlock to Watson trying to set up Bell with her sister<br />
Best Back Story - Vikner saw Morland as a threat to his rise to power and tried to have him killed<br />
Best Point - the internet is often dead wrong (sorry about the pun)<br />
Best Save - Morland's spy, who confronts the bomber at Sherlock's place<br />
Best Compliment - Sherlock tells Morland he would have been a failure at being an evil mastermind<br />
Worst Plan (at first) - framing Vikner for murder<br />
Worst Plan Ever - Morland giving himself to the group to save Sherlock<br />
Most Dysfunctional - the entire Holmes clan and not in a fun way<br />
Most Surprising - Watson is completely fine with framing Vikner for murder<br />
Most Annoying - the overconfident villain spiel that is so cliché it's nap-inducing<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Watson (looking at the dismantled bomb still in the brownstone): "You know I'd really like to get rid of that." Sherlock: "I promise I'll clean my room as soon as I've done my homework."<br />
2. Watson: "Do you think Morland would have said yes to the offer to take over the group?" Sherlock: "No, there's no denying that over his long and storied career my father has facilitated business deals where death was the likely outcome for someone somewhere, but Vikner and his people, they pursue death as a business deal. It's a difference of kind, not of degree. It makes the murder of Sabine Raoul all the more pointless. My father was never a threat to Vikner's ascendency."<br />
3. Watson: "We should ask Marcus to join too." Sherlock: "What does he know about real estate?" Watson: "Probably nothing but he's single and so is Lynn." Sherlock: "And to think that my father thought that I was the greatest threat to our circle of friends."<br />
4. Morland: "Actually Ms. Hashemi is not taking Vikner's place. I am." Sherlock: "What?" Morland: "Her idea. Vikner goes away and she gets what she's wanted for several years, a steadier hand at the wheel of the group." Sherlock: "You know you haven't told a joke in the 4 decades I've known you. Better late than never I suppose." Morland: "I did it for you, Sherlock. You and Joan. It was the only way to guarantee they'd never harm you." Sherlock: "There's a rule in place established by the group's founder." Morland: "It didn't stop a bomb from appearing at your house the other night, did it? I told you. I will not lose my son." Sherlock: "So your only recourse is to become head of an organization which murders for profit?" Morland: "How else would I dismantle it? Ms. Hashemi was right. The group is virtually impervious to threats from the outside but a threat from the inside on the other hand…" Sherlock: "What you're describing would be suicide." Morland: "I shall be returning to London this evening. The group will no longer have a presence in New York. You have my word."<br />
5. Sherlock: "Despite the plots of the many movies that you tell me are good which are in fact not good, bomb makers don't build tests of electrical engineering skill. They build things that go bang. The simpler the device the more likely it is to explode."<br />
6. Sherlock: "Our plan's not what's troubling you though, is it?" Morland: "It's really something, realizing that you are for all appearances the kind of man who would accept a leadership position in a group like that. I've always blamed myself for what happened to Sabine. I was sure that I'd done something to upset a competitor, or acted too aggressively in a negotiation, angered the wrong dictator or CEO. I'd stay up at night struggling to put a finger on it. To figure out exactly what I had done wrong." Sherlock: "Alas, it wasn't one thing, was it? It was everything, your life's work. You would have been a spectacular failure, by the way. You don't have the stuff to be an evil mastermind."<br />
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<b>The Flash - 2.19 - Back to Normal</b><br />
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I am a big fan of Barry trying to save the world even without his powers. I would expect nothing less from him. It also allows them to work together well as a team to come up with alternate solutions. In some ways, I would like for Barry not to get his powers back for a little while longer but with Zoom coming back that is impossible. It's time to kill off Zoom for good and move to a new storyline. He was interesting while he lasted, and I like Jay a whole lot better this way, but Earth 2 needs to leave the story ark. So does Jesse. She continues to be the most annoying character in Central City.<br />
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<b>Grade: B+</b><br />
Status: Renewed, airing on The CW on Tuesdays<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - interesting to watch Barry be a hero in a totally human way<br />
Best Acting - Tom Cavanagh for basically the entire season<br />
Best Scene - Wells says that he's going to give Barry back his speed through another explosion<br />
Best Improvement - Jay, who is a whole lot more fun as an insane killer<br />
Best Return - Killer Frost<br />
Worst Return - the always bratty Jesse, who needs to be sucked into another dimension all together<br />
Worst Side Effect - rapid aging because of the particle accelerator<br />
Most Twisted - Hunter, wanting Caitlin to go all Stockholm Syndrome<br />
Biggest Hmm Award - Since when is rapid aging a side effect of metahumans and why only this guy? Shouldn't they all have some side effects and not just some?<br />
The "Crazy Person Say What?" Award - Um, didn't we already see what kind of chaos one particle acceleration explosion caused? Why are we replicating that? At least this time make it smaller and come up with a far better protection system.<br />
The "When You're Right, You're Right" Award - Wells is well within his rights to give a great big "I told you so," to all of these fools. They were ALL incredibly reckless and stupid last episode. You don't get bonus points for intentions.<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Wells: "That's right, detective. We're all suffering. We've lost Snow, you've lost your speed, and now…now Zoom could come through that breach anytime he wants and that Allen…that's on you." Iris: "Hey, that's on all of us, okay? We made these decisions as a team." Wells: "No, we didn't."<br />
2. Wells: "When your mother died, honey, something inside me broke. I couldn't protect her and I…I swore - I swore on her grave no less - that I would protect you and then Zoom took you and I snapped. I just snapped. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't lose the only other person that I love."<br />
3. Barry: "I just don't even know who I am any more or who I am supposed to be." Iris: "Barry, you're supposed to be the same guy that you've always been. Suit or no suit, that guy is a hero."<br />
4. Wally: "I just wanted to thank you for saving my life and I know that…that came at a huge price for you and I don't know how I'll ever repay that. I guess what I wanted to say was that I'm not going to waste this chance that you've given me. Thank you."<br />
5. Barry: "Look we can't just sit here. Regardless of whether I have my speed or not, I have to try to help. That's never gonna change."<br />
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<b>The Flash (2.20 - 2.22)</b><br />
~Dear Zoom, please die. Thanks!<br />
~Dear Anvils, I am so happy you have been gainfully employed by The Flash. I hope you're getting paid for all that overtime. However, could you please stop falling on my head? You're giving me a headache.<br />
~Dear Wells and Cisco, you really need to take this act on the road over hiatus. You two are hilarious in an Odd Couple-way, and by that I mean the play. Not whatever's happening over on CBS.<br />
~Dear Barry, sniff, sniff. I feel for you, baby. The universe hates you. Season 1 was your mom; season 2 is your dad. If they kill Joe in season 3, I'm calling it in for a timeout and I will be using my Teacher Glare of Death. Believe me, that's a super power too.<br />
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<b>Grade: B / C- for boredom / B+</b><br />
Status: Renewed for season 3, Tuesdays on The CW<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the ending and the family feel of the team<br />
Best Awww Scene - Cisco hugs his brother. Sniff, sniff / Barry and FauxMama read his favorite childhood book / Cisco reassures Caitlin<br />
Best Character Interaction - This was a tough one because there were a lot of great interactions. In the end though, the comedic partnership of Cisco and Wells had me laughing through the emoangst and that's always a win. / In 2.22, Caitlin and Cisco<br />
Best Pep Talk - Joe to Wells / Henry to Barry / Iris to Barry about fear<br />
Best Reference - Fringe<br />
Best Save - Wally with The Flash / Wells with his daughter<br />
Best Meta - Cisco references zombies when Girder returns, who is played by an actor who just got turned into a zombie and died on iZombie. Sniff, sniff. Still miss you, Drake (both roles).<br />
Best Reaction - Joe to Wells' long-winded explanation on the science behind their plan<br />
Best Defensive Driving - Cisco, who runs over the reaper<br />
Worst Recruitment Speech - Zoom, who tries to seduce Caitlin to the Dark Side with his Emperor Palpatine speech<br />
Worst Place to Visit - Central City, which is now under siege by metahumans<br />
Worst Luck - every season Iris loses a lover (at least for a bit)<br />
Worst Timing / Biggest Snore - Iris talks about her feelings<br />
Biggest Snicker - metapocalypse, ha!<br />
Biggest Pseudo High - Barry is having a speed force contact high and it's turning him into the peppiest cheerleader in Texas. There's peppy and then there's crazy.<br />
Biggest Hint? - Are Zoom and Barry related?<br />
Biggest Huh? - Since when did The Walking Dead zombies become smart? Last I saw them they were pretty much just grunting and taking people down through numbers. No intelligence required.<br />
Least Surprising - Jay kills Henry<br />
Most Hallmark-tastic - Barry chats with his FauxMama<br />
Most Kick Butt - Black Siren, whose outfit rocks almost as much as her attitude<br />
Most Cheesy - pick anytime the music soars in 2.21 and you'll be covered in Cheez-Whiz<br />
Most Missed - Dumbledore. With all those Harry Potter references floating around, I thought for sure Harry…er, Barry would get his train station moment. The speed force doesn't quite cut it. Instead we got "Use the force, Philosophical Barry." Hhhhhh.<br />
Most Incongruous - the title opening with the fact that Barry lost his speed<br />
Most Boring Subplot - Barry's trippy, metaphysical journey<br />
The "Great Big Hero" Award - Barry<br />
The "Time to Go" Award - Zoom, who has outlived his welcome…and Jay, who was unwelcome from the moment he arrived<br />
The "Way to Channel Your Inner Roy Harper" Award - Wally is trying to be a hero. Sadly, this means his inner meta is coming sooner rather than later. I can just feel it.<br />
The "Sucks To Be You" Award - Barry, whose skin peels off in the particle accelerator plan. By the way, you know who else it sucked to be? Me, watching his skin flake off.<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Greg Finley, who is becoming my favorite all-around CW guest star. I think he'd make a great grounder on The 100 next. / Katie Cassidy from Arrow, Supernatural, and Melrose Place<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Wells: "Well Ramon, you have the wand?" Cisco: "The one I made for Mark Martin?" Wells: "No, the one you built for the Harry Potter convention. Yes, of course, the one you built for Martin." Cisco: "How'd you know about that Harry Potter convention?"<br />
2. Cisco: "Fake Wells might have done a few dissections for study purposes." Iris: "And this didn't tip any of you off that he might be secretly evil?" Cisco: "It was a crazy time, okay? We had a lot going on."<br />
3. Iris: "You know you're not invincible, right?" Barry: "Yes, of course. I know this. Joe's being overprotective, but I get it." Iris: "Yeah but it's like you think that nothing can touch you, like nothing bad can get in your way. That's not true for any of us." Barry: "What are you saying?" Iris: "Look, I know that you had an experience in the speed force and I'm happy that you think that we're going to win the day, but I think a little fear can be a healthy thing. It helps you determine which risks are worth taking. I think that's something for both you and Wally to take to heart."<br />
4. Reaper: "You killed my brother so now you die." Cisco: "OMG, you're Princess Bride-ing me right now."<br />
5. Cisco: "I'm so glad you're back…because we're about to die." Barry: "Wait, what?" Cisco: "So…" Cisco and Wells: "Girder…" Cisco: "..came back to life and he's all Young Frankenstein now and he only recognizes Iris and she lured him to my workshop so we could de-magnetize him but the machine shorted out. So he's about to come through that door and smoosh us all into chunky salsa and possibly eat our brains. I don't know. Jury's still out on that one." <br />
6. Dante: "I knew there was something wrong. Every time I see you we get attacked by lunatics with crazy weapons."<br />
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<b>Fresh Off the Boat (2.20 - 2.23)</b> <br />
~About 2.20, I am not a fan of shows breaking their own canon so this is not a favorite for me. I did love Grandma Huang in this episode and I liked the flashbacks up until they broke canon. <br />
~FotB continues to be a solid comedy player. Sadly, it will never win Constance Wu an Emmy even though she deserves it. Still, it brings the heart and the laughs in good measure. I especially like how they have developed Jessica and Honey's relationship this season. It has allowed Honey to be smart on some occasions, while allowing Jessica to fall but with support. They have one of my favorite sismances (womances) around. Eddie remains up and down though and continues to be the worst character. Emery has been the big improvement when it comes to the kids. While none of these episodes really stick out, the Rent Day episode about the property worked best for me. I wasn't as excited about Gotta Be Me because Eddie was a straight up brat (until he wasn't and made my favorite scene) and Louis seemed like a re-hash of other episodes. The Manchurian Dinner allowed for some good interactions though.<br />
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<b>Grade: C / B / C+ / B-</b><br />
Status: renewed for season 3, Tuesdays on ABC<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - characters, especially Jessica<br />
Best Scene - Grandma tells Evan that who he is matters more than what he's called / Eddie understands that his acting like a brat ruins everyone's day<br />
Best Cameo - Shaquille O'Neal<br />
Best Pep Talk / Best Friend - Honey<br />
Best Reaction - Jessica to Louis walking around shirtless, trying to be macho<br />
Best Vocabulary - untenable <br />
Best Entrance - Evan in his new suit<br />
Best Speech - Emery<br />
Best Moment - Jessica pulls the cop over<br />
Best Life Coach - Jessica, who is like the drill sergeant of better life choices<br />
Best Reference - Babe / Schindler's List <br />
Worst Reference - Blockbuster late fees / Poison (the song, not the band)<br />
Worst School Slogan - Don't Get Sick<br />
Worst Principal - Emery's, who even in the 90's wouldn't be able to tell an entire auditorium of people that one kid is getting held back<br />
Least Common Sense - having more than one valedictorian <br />
Most Greedy - Jessica<br />
Most Helpful - Grandma<br />
Most Boring Game - the staring game<br />
Most Easily Impressed - Jessica by LSAT scores and medical careers<br />
Most Likely to Become Norman Bates - Evan, who sleeps with a picture of Jessica under his pillow<br />
Most Perfect Match - Emery and Allison<br />
Biggest Canon Busting - Didn't we already learn how Jessica and Louis met in the episode where Jessica's gay boyfriend came to visit? She liked him. Louis didn't notice her. That's canon.<br />
Biggest Ewww - projectile vomiting repeatedly<br />
Biggest Brat - Eddie<br />
Biggest Oops - Jessica doesn't check the background of her new tenants out before she lets them move in?<br />
Biggest Hmm - Milk to get out stubborn stains? Who knew?<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Connie<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Allison Scagliotti from Warehouse 13 and Stitchers / John Francis Daley from Bones / Patrick Fischler from LOST / Maria Bamford, the new comedy IT woman and from Benched<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Eddie: "I guess she didn't understand we were dating." Allison: "How could she not understand?" Eddie: "I don't know. I said you were my boo, my fly girl, my fine shortie. I don't know how much clearer I could have been."<br />
2. Jessica: "So they can just stay in my house, not pay rent, and I can't do anything about it. These people are not my mother-in-law."<br />
3. Eddie: "But wait, you hate The Incredible Hulk." Louis: "No, I don't." Eddie: "Yeah you do. Remember I was trying to buy that comic book and you said he was the worst superhero ever because all he does is get mad. You said, 'That's not a super power . That's a character flaw.' "<br />
4. Jessica: "Eddie, we had fun today because I didn't have to spend every minute chasing after you and nagging you. You think FunMom could get you to do your homework and clean your room. No way. That's what this mom is for. This mom gets things done."<br />
5. Louis: "Puberty strikes hard and quick like a large soda halfway through Schindler's List."<br />
6. Banker: "I'm calling to inform you that the check you just deposited bounced." Jessica: "What? I don't understand." Banker: "I know it's confusing. The word bounce seems so positive - like Tigger."<br />
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<b>Hunters (1.03 - 1.06) </b><br />
~This episode (1.03) did exactly what it needed to do. The first two episodes explore Flynn and set up the world. This one gives us much needed back story on Regan and fills in some of the holes like how she came to be at the ETU. It also gives a little explanation about Briggs, although I would expect a Briggs-centered episode down the line to fill in his character too. All in all, I am liking this show more every episode.<br />
~This show has kept me intrigued by its fast moving plot and intricate story. I love the idea of an alien sleeper cell developing much like a terrorist one does. It provides good commentary about today's world while setting it in a more action-oriented sci-fi theme. Bonus - all the characters except Emme have grown on me.<br />
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<b>Grade: overall B with B+ for 1.03</b><br />
Status: unknown by SyFy<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Regan flashbacks / engrossing alien sleeper cell storyline<br />
Best Scene - Flynn questions Abby<br />
Best Negotiator - Flynn, who knows how to play hardball<br />
Best Moment - Flynn gets his wedding ring out of the garbage disposal<br />
Best Action - Abby vs. Flynn<br />
Best Back Story - how Abby and Flynn met and the fact that they always wanted him<br />
Best Character Interactions - Regan and Jackson<br />
Best Twist - they captured McCarthy<br />
Worst Twist - Jackson as the mole, maybe<br />
Worst Visual Effects - alien baby<br />
Worst Interrogation Effects - yelling questions over and over again just getting longer<br />
Worst Plan - doing electroshock therapy on yourself<br />
Biggest Ewww - the chick shedding her skin / alien birth <br />
Biggest Brat - Emme, who really needs to go. Even if she is autistic, she is an utter annoyance. <br />
Biggest Huh? - What was the purpose of Regan and the snake?<br />
Biggest Lie - Regan says that the aliens in the jungle are NOT monsters. Are you kidding me? They are arming kids, kidnapping people, and ripping them apart. That's a monster in my book, no matter what planet you're from.<br />
Biggest Return - InstaDawn, first seen on Supernatural and now appearing here <br />
Most Intriguing Character - Jackson<br />
Most Surprising - McCarthy kills his own child<br />
Most Likely to End Up a Bad Guy - Finnerman, who makes one questionable decision after another<br />
Least Surprising - Abby is an alien<br />
Weirdest Scene Ever - AlienAbby dragging PopsicleAbby into the freezer and then taking her stuff<br />
Worst Boss - Brother #4<br />
The "Say What?" Award - Regan just shoots Mato? I sucks to be an informant for the ETU.<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Jackson: "A tried and true method of raising funds. Girl Scouts have cookies. Terrorists have dope."<br />
2. McCarthy: "I thought you'd be fatter." Jackson: "Sorry to disappoint you." McCarthy: "You're human. That's all you can do."<br />
3. Regan: "Not bad for a guy who did his tours of duty in Kandahar." Flynn: "I'd take Afghanistan over this Fern Gully sh** any day." Regan: "Yeah, I hate this green stuff too." Flynn: "You're a vegetarian. Isn't this all just salad?"<br />
4. Jackson: "Is that Romanian?" Jules: "You're good. I thought it was Polish." Jackson: "Romanian. Interesting." Jules: "Transylvania, Nadia Comaneci, and now the world's first alien mom. Hella random if you ask me."<br />
5. Jackson: "You're looking well." Flynn: "Rough few days." Jackson : "Yeah, holed up alone drinking. How'd that work out for you?"<br />
6. Briggs: "Alien junkie. It's like we captured a Corman movie."<br />
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<b>Motive (3.05 - 3.07)</b> <br />
~These were fairly typical episodes of Motive. The guest stars were fantastic in 3.05 and included Jakes from Graceland as a manipulated lothario bank robber while Benny from Supernatural was more lethal and ruthless than any vampire ever to appear on SPN. Still I liked 3.06 better because that story worked more for me. I wanted to smack that stepdad, who had no understanding of how kids work and probably has some kind of mental disease that causes him to be a compulsive neatnik. I am not sure how the mom could marry someone who obviously hated her kid. It did make for good drama though. 3.07 was pretty much just run of the mill. It never surprises me how many times I feel sorry for the killers in this show though. Many of them got a raw deal before killing someone, and I don't mean the sociocultural type of raw deal. I mean their victims were often the ones who were psychotic or at the least, far worse than the killer ever could be. <br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
Status: season 4 is already airing in Canada<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the guest stars in 3.05 and the kid in 3.06<br />
Best Emotional Scene - Angie hugs Betty after she freaks out while alone in the morgue<br />
Best Karma - Lucas shoves the bad guy's head into the car<br />
Best Partnership - Vega and Angie<br />
Worst Plan - hanging up when you hear a strange noise / opening the door without seeing who it is first<br />
Biggest Flirtation - Betty and Vega<br />
Biggest Douche - the stepdad / Perry <br />
Biggest Laugh - Vega eats the evidence<br />
Biggest Trouper (Or Most in Denial) - Betty, who stays in the lab after getting attacked<br />
Most Likely to Get Cited for Sexual Harassment - Betty <br />
Most Old-Fashionably Charming - Giles, the jewelry buyer<br />
Least Surprising - Chelsea is a stalker and delusional<br />
Weirdest Subplot - Angie's desk issues<br />
The "Don't Even Think About It" Award - This show thrives on the Vega and Angie relationship. Nothing better happen to stop that. Vega must stay healthy.<br />
The "Who Knew?" Award - lobster digests within 30 minutes in the stomach<br />
The "In the Name of Love" Award - Ella and Blair, who are seriously screwed up in their priorities but likely to be the subject of a tragic true crime romance novel<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Brandon Jay McLaren from Graceland / Ty Olsson from Supernatural / Jesse Hutch from Arrow and Kyle XY / Meaghan Rath from Secrets and Lies & Being Human / Brendan Meyer from The 100 and iZombie / Leah Cairns from Kyle XY and Battlestar Galatica / Luisa D'Oliveira from The 100 / Ashton Holmes from Revenge / Patrick Sabongui from The Flash / Chris Klein from 90's to 00's movies / Karin Konoval from about every series shot in Canada<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Vega: "Oh hey, look at you still here." Lucas: "Yeah, Friday night - we're livin' large." Angie: "You really got to work on your work-life balance, my friend." Lucas: "She does realize that she's here too right?"<br />
2. Lucas: "You know that's evidence." Vega: "No, the packaging is evidence. The popcorn is delicious."<br />
3. Angie: "So she was a perfectionist?" Theona: "That's not the word the staff used."<br />
4. Vega: "So you went over to his loft to set him straight about etiquette." Herman: "What else was I supposed to do?" Angie: "Well almost anything other than assault." Vega: "Yeah, like you could have filed a complaint. You know, with the police for example." Herman: "No, Contagion has to remain anonymous." Angie: "Does he have to talk about himself in the third person?"<br />
5. Angie: "True love." Vega: "Oh, it can't be. True love conquers all." Angie: "Seeing those two willing to do anything for each other doesn't do anything for you?" Vega: "Lie, steal, kill. That's love to you?" <br />
6. Vega: "Right now I think the lobster's our best suspect."<br />
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<b>Stitchers (2.06-2.09)</b><br />
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If we weren't hitting a TV lull, I probably would have put Stitchers on marathon later status a couple of weeks ago. The focus on will-they, won't they romance is flat out irritating and I'm not that into the search for Kirsten's dad . However, the standalone parts of the episode have been really good and have raised the episode grades. Mei Ling, in particular, gave the series a jolt of energy. I wish she had been on for more than 1 episode because I could see her as a great part of the team. Plus she added action to an episode that was heading straight to emoangsting. Red Eye was great because of the ingenious method of killing people and the twisty approach of multiple stitching. I'd like to see more stretching the bonds of science type stories and less clichéd romance in the future.<br />
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<b>Grade: B / B / A- / B-</b><br />
Status: Unknown by ABC Family, er Freeform (What a dumb name!)<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - Mei Ling / standalone crimes<br />
Best Scene - Kirsten meets her sister for the first time<br />
Best Action - Fisher and Mei Ling take down the killer together <br />
Best Pep Talk - Fisher to Mei Ling<br />
Best Moment - Fisher high fives Camille but won't high five Cameron<br />
Best Move - Kirsten takes out the person holding her hostage by herself<br />
Best Threat - Camille to the lawyer<br />
Best Non-Girlfriend Ever - Camille, who encourages everyone in Linus' family before the surgery<br />
Best Reference - Hunger Games / pseudo All About Eve<br />
Best Case / Best Episode of the Four - Red Eye<br />
Best Back Story - Cameron's dad is a white collar criminal in jail for embezzling<br />
Best Plan - telling Kirsten the truth about Liam / Cameron making it a two memories for one stitch program<br />
Worst Plan - letting strangers you don't know spend the night on your couch, for both sides of this scenario<br />
Worst Use of Business Resources - Calling the Psychic Hotline 85 times. If they haven't helped you get out of the mailroom in the first 20 times, they might not be very good at their job either.<br />
Biggest Huh? - I'm not sure I buy the idea of Kirsten understanding Chinese any more than Linus does<br />
Most Awkward Interaction - Kirsten and Ivy<br />
Most Interesting Premise - stitching into multiples at the same time<br />
Most Awesome Gesture - Linus cooked for Camille thinking she'd be hungry when she studied<br />
Most Awful People - the little lawyers<br />
Most Kick Butt - Mei Ling for getting the jump on Fisher<br />
Most Drawn Out - the storyline about Kirsten's dad<br />
Most Creepy / Most Annoying Subplot - little Cameron in the stitches<br />
Least Honed Fight or Flight Instincts - Ivy, who doesn’t immediately start making excuses to leave after seeing Kirsten's Wall of Crazy<br />
The "Say What?" Award - Listen, I fully believe these lawyers are douche bags. No doubt about it. However they are not stupid. The team mentions that the victim was killed by a poisonous shrub in Christine's house. If Randall had ever been to Christine's house, he could have very easily have seen it and put two and two together. His mentioning oleander is not a smoking gun. Even if he hadn't been there, Camille already made a big deal about oleander being a shrub and it being very common in the area. It wouldn't have taken a brain trust to figure things out either way.<br />
The "Please Come Back" Award - I think Mei Ling would be a great asset to the team<br />
The "Goodbye" Award - So long, Liam. You were unnecessarily mysterious so I won't miss you or the answers you never provided.<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Linus: "Caltech was cool with you borrowing these?" Camille: "If by borrowing you mean breaking into the lockers where they're kept and just shoving them into grocery bags before walking out, yeah, they're very cool."<br />
2. Ivy: "It took me a long time to figure out but I think everything he's done is motivated by love." Kirsten: "Huh, abandoning us, murder. That's a crazy kind of love."<br />
3. Cameron: "Should I be worried?" Camille: "No." Cameron: "How do you know?" Camille: "Because you're not dizzy or seeing yellow halos…" Linus: "Or dead."<br />
4. Sam: "Did I leave anything out?" Maggie: "Yes, the part where you tell me if you killed Anna."<br />
5. Ivy: "How about, moving forward, we both agree to <b>not</b> think the other's an idiot?"<br />
6. Camille: "If you do not stop answering my questions with a question, I promise I will hack you and sext every judge in Los Angeles from your account."<br />
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<b>The Blacklist (3.20 - 3.23)</b> <br />
~While I appreciate them giving the characters time to grieve Liz, it did make the pacing slower than normal and it's the second grieving episode in a row that was short on plot. Time to get back to the formula. (3.20)<br />
~And we're back. I knew you could grieve Liz and still push the story forward. I am loving the twist about Tom's mother and Famke is as riveting as ever. Not at all okay that Solomon is still breathing. Tom needs to take a page out of Octavia's book on this one.<br />
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<b>Grade: B- / B / B+</b> <br />
Status - Renewed by NBC on Thursdays<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - As much as I hate that the FBI are joining with people who kill and rob banks and hire Solomon the sociopath (what the heck!), it does make for good drama. To have to work next to someone you hate and who is responsible for a loved one's death automatically raises the stakes and the story tension. / the acting like always<br />
Best Scene - Dom tells Red he has no sympathy for him because he blames Red for getting his whole family killed / Scottie's story to Tom about her son, even if it doesn't make a lick of sense that she'd tell it to him<br />
Best Action - Navabi vs. the assassin<br />
Best New Character - Dom / Scottie<br />
Best Montage - Red searching through the trunk of memories<br />
Best Customer Service - even though the bank is being robbed, these tellers and the manager are doing everything they can for this little girl<br />
Best Negotiator - Scottie, who gets the kidnapper to pay her $3 million<br />
Best Twist - Scottie is Tom's mom<br />
Worst Plan (typical times) - Tom, you don't look suspicious AT ALL bringing what looks like a walkie talkie in the coffee shop. Anyone who watched CSI: Cyber would know something was up. <br />
Worst Plan of All Time - joining with the people who helped kill Liz in order to bring in the man who hired her kidnapping<br />
Biggest Huh? - Why is Scottie telling Tom her life story? Shouldn't she be playing things close to the vest?<br />
Biggest Guts - Aram tells Reddington that he is there to collect Red's debt to him<br />
Biggest Awww Scene - Harold's eulogy<br />
Least Welcome - Red at Dom's place<br />
Least Likely to be Ignored - Reddington<br />
Least Surprising but Still Depressing - the kid gets shot<br />
Most in Need of Dying - Solomon, like last season<br />
Most Kick Butt Move - Tom shoots Solomon and leaves him at the scene of the crime - too bad he isn't captured or dead<br />
Most Off the Rails (non-criminal edition) - Cooper<br />
Most Off the Rails (criminal edition) - Reddington<br />
Most Godparented Child Ever - Tom basically says every main character except Reddington should be Agnes' godparent<br />
Strangest Pep Talk - Tom gives Aram romance advice<br />
Strangest Quote - Romeo and Juliet<br />
The "Fountain of Youth" Award - Famke Janssen must have found it because even though the ages technically work, she still looks too young to be the mother of Ryan Eggold<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Brian Dennehy from the 80's, the 90's and Public Morals / Famke Janssen from X-Men and H2GAwM / Benito Martinez from Supernatural and H2GAwM<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Tom: "Please tell me you know how to swaddle a baby." Navabi: "I hear bourbon works."<br />
2. Tom: "You know Liz and I never really had a family until we met you guys. Albeit a slightly dysfunctional family, the kind where you try to kill each other occasionally, but…uh, family none the less."<br />
3. Tom: "Shouldn't you find out a man's deep, dark secret before you invite him into your apartment?"<br />
4. Dom: "I overheard your conversation with the Arab boy." Red: "He's from Delaware."<br />
5. Scottie: "You, all of you, have proven quite capable of parking your selective morality when the moment serves. I suggest finding Elizabeth Keene's killer is just such a moment. It's badges in the drawer time, people. This is a revenge movie."<br />
6. Reddington: "I have virtually unlimited resources. I want you to know that those resources are at your disposal in the raising of Agnes." Tom: "I don't want your money. I don't want your protection. I want answers."<br />
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<b>Rush Hour - 1.05 - Assault on Precinct 7</b> <br />
~Between the twists and the action, this continues to be one of my favorite new shows. Just what I need, heading into the summer.<br />
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<b>Grade: B</b><br />
Status - cancelled, and it might be the worst cancellation of the season for me<br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the action and the sis twist<br />
Best Scene - any of the action scenes fit so I'm going with the end with Kim to switch it up<br />
Best Advice - Carter tells Lee not to cut him out because he can't handle the Kim situation on his own<br />
Best Action - brother and sister fight / spa fight<br />
Best Reason to Lock All the Doors - so some freaky ninja cop doesn't break into your place from the balcony<br />
Best Banter - Carter and Lee<br />
Best Way to Keep from Swearing - stuff something in your mouth<br />
Best Reference - True Detective<br />
Best Music - Right Round<br />
Best Office Weapon - stapler / coffee pot<br />
Biggest Twist - Zho Tu is the dragon's son / Kim is an agent for the FBI<br />
Biggest Bwaaahh - DJ Fluffernutter<br />
Biggest Ewww - close-up of someone getting his tooth knocked out<br />
Strangest Way to Kill Someone - By snake bite. What is this? Ancient Egypt?<br />
The "Way to <i>Teen Wolf</i> It" Award - one scene of pointless slow-mo coming right up<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (actor) - James Hing lately from Elementary / Diedrich Bader from The Drew Carey Show<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award (character) - Kim<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Donovan: "So my ex was right. I am going to die in a Korean spa." Carter: "Just keep a low profile. Try not to stand out." Donovan: "Yeah, good call. The 7 foot white guy, the black leprechaun, and Selena Gomez just need to keep a low profile as they cut through a pack of naked Chinese men."<br />
2. Gerald: "You know what, I'm not even going to lie. Yes, I've returned to a life of crime." Carter: "Returned? When did you leave?" Gerald: "Tuesday. I had a whole bunch of stuff on my DVR I had to watch so it took me a couple days, but I'm watching the second season of True Detective and it is not as bad as everybody say."<br />
3. Zhou: "I'm not afraid of you." Carter: "Oh I know. Fortunately I know what you are afraid of - extradition. There are 5 countries with outstanding warrants for your arrest. You know the penalty for human trafficking in Thailand?" Lee: "Why I think that would be death." Carter: "That's right and what about the Philippines?" Lee: "Death." Carter: "No kidding. Sudan?" Lee: "That would be death." Carter: "Bangladesh?" Lee: "Death." Carter: "Don't tell me - China…?" Lee: "You better believe it." Carter: "Death?" Lee: "With a capital D."<br />
4. Donovan: "First time kicking a naked guy's a**." Didi: "Not even close."<br />
5. Carter: "Deluxe relaxation package - spa, steam, locker to the head. Puts you right out."<br />
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<b>Rush Hour - 1.06 / 1.07 - Welcome Back, Carter / Bada** Cop</b><br />
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What is it with networks showing episodes out of order these days? They did it with Almost Human and now they are doing it with Rush Hour too. There's no way 1.07 wasn't supposed to be earlier. Or maybe the episode where Lee joins Didi's family comes later. Either way, it's out of whack. Despite that inconsistency, these episodes were as fun as ever. I think they even doubled the snark in 1.07 and it's good to remember that Carter is less obnoxious in the other episodes. (Another reason why this has to be out of order, along with Lee's sister whom we already know is working undercover.) The 21 Jump Street thing of 1.06 has been done too often and the head gangster was far too dumb so that knocked the grade down a little for it, but 1.07 had me rolling with laughter and fist pumping the action. If I am rooting for a miracle save this season, it's for this show even though I know it's already dead. (Update - dead as a doornail)<br />
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<b>Grade: B- / B+</b><br />
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Best Reason to Watch - the buddy-buddy vibe between Lee and Carter plus the humor<br />
Best Scene - Carter says he'll try to be a little more like Lee in that he won't always go for the glory<br />
Best Action - Lee uses the weights to fight / Didi takes down the thug informant / Lee and Carter vs. the motorcycle gang / drug lab fight<br />
Best Deadpan - the motorcycle shop owner, ha!<br />
Best Distraction - Carter and Lee bickering to throw off the bad guys<br />
Worst Addition - the new coroner, Alice, who has Felicity disease<br />
Most Likely to Have Your Back - Carter<br />
Least Surprising - Lee is pretty awesome at salsa<br />
Least Believable - Lee climbs up the crane in dress shows<br />
Biggest Tough Guy - Lee, who wants to stitch up his knife wound with a stapler<br />
Biggest Douche - Donovan<br />
Biggest Party Pooper - Lee, who won't take credit even when credit is due<br />
Biggest Face Palm - Gerald steals a phone in a police station <br />
Biggest Huh? - Why do they need to invite Lee to dinner? Isn't he already living with Didi? Is this episode being aired out of order or did I miss something?<br />
Funniest Fight - Carter vs. the old man<br />
The "Welcome Back" Award - Deniz Akdeniz from Graceland / Connor Paolo from Revenge / William Mapother from LOST / JD Pardo from Revolution and The Messengers<br />
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Best Quotes - <br />
1. Carter: "It's only because I showed up and kamikaze-d their plan. No offense." Lee: "Kamikaze is Japanese." Carter: "Fine, I ninja kicked their plan." Lee: "That's also Japanese."<br />
2. Carter: "Separate a teenage girl from her phone for 60 seconds? You're not trained for that."<br />
3. Lee: "I understand my methods may seem cold to you. As soon as I find my sister, I will go back to my jovial ways." Carter: "Somehow I think jovial means something different in Chinese."<br />
4. Lee: "Carter, this is why you have to respect your elders." Carter: "You beat up an old man, Lee." Lee: "You got beat up by an old man, Carter." Carter: "Touché."<br />
5. Henry: "So you understand what I did?" Carter: "Yeah, we do. You distributed a deadly drug, got people killed, and brought a cartel hit man into Capwell because you didn't have everything you wanted."<br />
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One part teacher librarian - one part avid TV fan, Dahne is a contributing writer for <a href="http://www.spoilertv.com/" target="_blank">SpoilerTV</a>, where she recaps, reviews, and/or creates polls for Teen Wolf, The 100, Grimm, How to Get Away with Murder, The Librarians, and others. She also runs the annual Character Cup. She's addicted to <a href="https://twitter.com/dahne1" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, live tweets a multitude of shows each week, and co-hosts The 100 "Red-Shirted", <a href="http://www.southgatemediagroup.com/headless-a-sleepy-hollow-podcast" target="_blank">Sleepy Hollow "Headless"</a> and <a href="http://www.southgatemediagroup.com/welcome-to-beacon-hills" target="_blank">Teen Wolf "Welcome to Beacon Hills"</a> podcasts for Southgate Media Group. Currently she writes a <i>Last Week in TV</i> column for <a href="http://dahne1.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">her blog</a> and SpoilerTV. <b>~ "I speak TV."</b></div>
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