You’re the Worst S3 E5- ‘Twenty Two’

Edgar is troubled by the world and can’t sleep so he ends up dancing in his room.Edgar is such an interesting character because he is just like so many of us just trying to get by. He decides to go out for a run and sees someone running from a van though its just the newspaper boy. His hands start to shake as he brings the pancakes for his friends.

Edgar is very troubled by so many things and is paranoid when he locks eyes with a telephone wire worker. This episode is interesting because it takes place during the previous episode but from Edgar’s perspective.

Edgar goes to buy all of Jimmy’s treats and sees a woman in a burka.He is freaking out and tries to get out of the store as quickly as possible.He goes to see his girlfriend and is forceful with her. She is often afraid of him because of his looks and attitude. She wants him to really try at the VA because they can fix him.

He goes to the VA and has his appointment. The woman likes him and decides to put him in 10 sessions of Virtual Reality therapy. He has stopped taking the drugs he was prescribed and that stops her in her tracks. Sudden;y he flips out and starts breaking chairs. She tells him to make another appointment once he is medicated even though the first one took him a month to get.

His paranoia is really something to see as I think it is quite realistic. The fact that he keeps seeing the same man everywhere he is goes is unnerving even as the viewer. He decides to get drunk and tells Jimmy that he can’t drive Jimmy and Gretchen home.

For a moment it seems like he is going to contemplate suicide until he sees a little paper boat. He is suddenly stopped by a young film crew and they he think he has a good look.He runs back to his car to find it being towed. He gets high with the tow truck driver and finds out twenty two vets jump off the overpass every day.

The man helps him with good conversation about other vets and he drives him home.Edgar realizes the face he has been seeing was from his tape case. Quite funny because he really is freaking but it is just something that makes him laugh.

The end of the episode shows Edgar in a the kids silent film.

This episode was rather interesting. Something that isn’t really shown on TV. It even has a good message thrown in, if you stop asking for help all the time and just start living for yourself you will be happy. Edgar has been just looking for help and hasn’t looked within. Now, he will be working himself to make his life what he wants and should be happier for it. Excited for the next episode but will be sad if it really is “The Last Sunday Funday.”

You’re the Worst S3 EP4 ‘Men Get Strong’

After finding out his father died in the previous episode, this one begins with Gretchen looking sad at Jimmy’s back. Jimmy seems sad but suddenly he faces her with a grin. He was so drunk that he didn’t even remember. When she tells him he freezes unable to say a word.

He unfreezes and tells her he totally remembered. He is clearly happy and uncaring about his father’s death. It really is something to be sure to see someone not care about their father. The world is a terrible place and there are so many awful people.

Edgar is going to the VA to get help for his PTSD which is good because it really is affecting him. I really hope he is able to get this help and come out as a better person.

Lindsay is processing feeling which she doesn’t ever do. Lindsay really is growing but she is just inching along and it is rather funny to see her try and grow up.

Gretchen goes to talk  to his therapist about Jimmy’s fathers death. She tells her she needs to help him with it. Gretchen wants to wipe it out in a moment but the therapist says to let him deal with it in his own time.

Gretchen wants to take him out on a sad day to see if they can make him cry.

Lindsay and Paul go to take a parenting class. Jimmy’s ex Becca and her husband are there and Becca’s husband just wants to drink.

Edgar takes Gretchen and Jimmy to a graveyard in hopes of making him cry. Gretchen has a funeral fetish.

Lindsay is doing well in the parenting class which upsets Becca. Becca is her sister and she always expected Lindsay to never have or want kids. Such a realistic sister relationship to be honest.

Paul tells Lindsay that the baby will look like him which disconcerts her a little. Lindsay ends up talking to another dad to be and helps him buy baby gear. She then tries to kiss him because she is just that stupid. With Lindsay it is always one step forward and two steps back.

Gretchen takes Jimmy to a British Pub and pretends to be his dad. Yelling at him and he thinks he is feeling but its just gas. Clearly Jimmy isn’t really truly unfeeling, he just has a hard time showing his true emotion as many men do.

Jimmy comes home to find Edgar has bought all his British snacks and he runs off. Jimmy goes to his room and finds a jacket his dad owned. Smelling it and going through old things he looks like he is crying but he is actually happy. Excited to finally be done with his father. He shoves all of his dad’s stuff in a drawer which opens as he leaves the room. We definitely haven’t heard the last about this. He is going to have some sort of break down as he continues through the steps of grief.

I’m curious how this will continue to play out in next week’s episode “Twenty Two.”

Gotham S3 E2 Mad City: Burn the Witch

After a recap of the Season 3 Premiere things begin.

Bruce wakes up blindfolded in the Court of Owls office. The head of the court talks to him and orders him to give up all his evidence. Bruce wants to take down this organization and wants to make a deal. They make an agreement with the stipulation that he will stop investigating the court or the murder of his parents. He is knocked out and removed from the premises.

Gordon wakes up to a knock at his door and it is one Valerie Vale. She needs Selina Kyle to help take down Fish Mooney. Gordon goes to see Barbara to find out if she knows where Selina is. She will only tell him where Selina is if he kisses her. Her insanity really does make her character shine.

Valerie leaves Gordon in the lurch for not letting her find Peabody.

With Ivy being pushed down into the pipe her transformation has occurred. The young Ivy is now the voluptuous version of herself. She is nonetheless surprised by the change. She meets a man and calls herself Ivy.

Valerie tells Bullock where Fish Mooney is and they head off to take her down. A battle soon ensues between the monsters and the coppers. In the chaos Fish ducks out.

Penguin speaks out about Fish beginning his bid for Mayor. He is going to stop at nothing to destroy the monsters and kill Fish.

Bruce wakes up in the manor, surprised.He wants to keep his word but Alfred warns the Court may not keep their word.

Gordon goes to the GCPD and talks to Lucius Fox.  They found the mummified Ethel Peabody and Gordon is shocked by the sight. Bullock is met by two of Fish’s Monsters and taken to see Fish. Fish kisses him so he will help her find Strange. Their relationship has always been a twisted one. There was once something there, and the tension is often quite palpable.

Ivy is not a fan of the man who rescued him especially when he tosses out a houseplant.

Gordon goes to talk to Commissioner Barnes about Bullock and Barnes is upset that he is even there. Barnes won’t tell him where the lab where Strange is but he will take him there. Bullock leads Fish to the location and tries to get in, the guards are killed by the monsters and Fish easily strolls in finding Strange in a plexiglass cube. BD Wong’s portrayal of Strange really is stellar.

Fish wants Strange to fix her and then create her an army. Strange tells her he can’t fix her, which clearly is true based on his demeanor when she tells him to rethink his answer. These characters all work so well with the terrible character that is Fish. If a cop comes within 20 feet of the building Harvey will die. Such a diabolical woman, Fish woul kill the man she loves. Suddenly, the press led by Valerie Vale charge in and are blocked off by the cops. Penguin is so happy that Fish is cornered and is gathering his friends to take out Fish.

Fish nearly cries begging Strange to fix her, she really is just over the top. Penguin leads his army on an attack on the manor where Strange is being held. Gordon always ready to do whatever it takes sneaks in the back door.He is soon beset upon by the two monsters Fish has with her.

Gordon only wants to save Bullock and nothing else matters. He has a way to get her out of there if she will give him Bullock. Gordon tells Penguin to send his mob in and then he will get Fish. The two monsters die at the hand of the mob as Penguin finds Fish.

Fish didn’t kill Penguin because he is hers. She says the greatest thing she ever did was turn him into the Penguin. Penguin doesn’t kill her because of his emotions. As the mob cheers for Penguin, Gordon sees that Penguin clearly didn’t kill Fish.

Dressed in a sultry green dress Ivy walks out having killed her savior with the potted plant.

Alfred decides Bruce needs to be taught how to dance.The window breaks and in walks Bruce’s clone, begging not to be hurt.

Valerie goes to see Gordon and tells him about the story of Fish’s escape which is bogus. She saw the events unfold, and realizes Fish isn’t dead.Valerie and Jim kiss as Jim’s ex Lee walks off a train. Looks like the drama train has come to the station.

Excited for next week’s episode Mad City: Look Into My Eyes, and the Mad Hatter’s first appearance.

 

Gotham Season 3 Premiere! Mad City: Better to Reign in Hell

 

Gotham is finally back, and after a review of what happened in the end of last season everything starts up.

Jim is dressed up and goes to see Lee but she is with another man. Dejected he leaves knowing he has lost her.

Back in the city something is afoot in the pharmacy. A vicious thug with spikes on his head and rocky pieces coming out of his back is causing trouble. Jim comes into the shot to stop him and knocks him into the road. Soon a truck speeds by slamming into him.

A new arrival and the aunt of a classic Batman character appears on the scene, one Valerie Vale. A reporter who wants to get down to the business about the wicked creatures released by Strange’s Indian Hill.

Harvey and Gordon talk and Harvey tries to persuade him to rejoin the police but to avail. Lucius Fox who is working for the GCPD comes in and Gordon says if a villain appears and the price is right he will get him.

Suddenly Penguin comes in to tell his story about how he saw the bus filled with monsters crash. Penguin really wants Fish Mooney gone, and so do many of the shows fans.

Penguin and Butch go to Barbara and Tabitha’s new night club. Penguin tells Babs and Tabitha he will pay anyone one million for bringing Fish in dead, alive, or any other way. Cat comes in and nabs Butch’s wallet. Cat heads outside and walks with the young Ivy Pepper, handing over Butch’s wallet to a youth, its none other than Bruce Wayne’s Doppelgänger.

Bruce is troubled by what he is going to do the next day. Valerie comes in to talk to Gordon and they talk about Strange and his monsters.

Penguin stops in to see Riddler and hands him an “unsolvable” puzzle which he solves in an instant. Penguin and Riddler really have become good friends. Penguin is worried but Riddler stops him and tells him “Penguins eat Fish.” Clearly this is the beginning of the end for Fish.

Fish Mooney and her associate Cat walk in with two baddies to a lab. Fish uses her powers to subdue a guard falls needing to hold herself up on a desk. Clearly Fish isn’t as strong as she is letting people think. Gordon comes into capture Fish and is attacked by her goon. The man escapes and Gordon shows disappointment.

Bruce sits with Alfred in Wayne Enterprises, he is taking charge. Bruce knows people on his board are in the Court of Owls. In the Court of Owls headquarters the same Mr.Crowley is seen getting orders to kill Bruce.

Men come into take over Babs club and she feigns sadness when she is struck. In a fit of madness she kills the leader with the butt of his gun as Tabitha kills the others.

Valerie comes into see Gordon after a visit with Cat. She is going to join him on his mission to catch Fish.

Bruce meets with Cat and she is upset that he was gone. I really enjoy seeing these two age and show the relationship slowly develop. As they talk the Doppelgänger watches confused.

Gordon finds where Fish is and goes to see Valerie waiting in her car, he handcuffs her and heads out. He heads to Professor Strange’s right hand woman Peabody. His attempt to lure Fish works but only in bringing her monstrous goons. Gordon catches the one from earlier and as he dangles out the window pulling him bat wings sprout from his back.

Barnes is angry at Gordon and Bullock for different reasons. He wheezes as they leave, could Jim be the commissioner by the season’s end?

Ivy and Cat talk again, and Ivy wants to join in the fun. Cat rebuffs her and leaves her alone, but the Doppelgänger appears. Ivy talks of Bruce Wayne and he begs to find more about him.

It turns out Butch brought in the thug to steal Babs’ club. Penguin kills the goon and they head out.

Fish talks to Peabody and tells her if she keeps using the power she will be hurt. The only one who can help her is Strange of course. Fish wants an army, an army like her, that is a frightening thought. In a show of power Fish has one of her monsters kill of Peabody.

Ivy is caught spying and is beset upon by the monsters. Running away she falls into a hole in the ground. Cat cries over the whole thinking her dead. Gordon sits in a bar as Barnes readies his cops, Babs and Tabby toast to their success, and Valerie readies her pictures.

Alfred and Bruce are in the manor and the Butler sends him off. The assassin comes in and has a scuffle with Alfred. For an older gentleman Pertwee is a brilliant fighter. But he is subdued by the assassin. The man knocks out Bruce and walks out.

Such a stellar opening for a season. This show really does deliver on so many levels. This really set things up for an amazing season! I cannot wait for next week’s episode Burn the Witch.

Lucha Underground Season 3 Return!

Lucha Underground Season 3! I don’t even know where to start! Lucha Underground is the greatest wrestling product on the planet! Thank You Robert Rodriguez and El Rey Network! I got hooked from the moment I saw Episode 1. Ultima Lucha always puts on a great show and the matches are incredibly unbelievable. The real life vignettes they introduce characters with, is a new creative innovative way to capture your interest whether you’re a wrestling fan or not. My personal favorites have been Ivelisse, Catrina, Taya, Fenix, Prince Puma, Mil Muertes, Jack Evans, Brian Cage and Mr.Cero Miedo…….Pentagon Jr (Pentagon Dark).

Honestly I like them all! Matt Striker and Vampiro do a great job calling the action,  with no remorse for language, saying whatever comes to mind. Lucha Underground wastes very little time with promos or commercials and is a perfect one hour show. Different matches like the trios championship, Gift of the Gods, No Más, and the devastating Death Match. Bar fights, and high-flying moves by these Luchas, make for a jam-packed exciting show. All the Luchas, take very good care of each other, making sure nobody gets hurt and always, bring it to the ring. On September 7th the Temple is open again! *Spoiler Alert* My head is racing with imagination, as we saw Dario Cueto “El Jefe” being arrested to close out Ultima Lucha Dos. A dream match featuring Prince Puma versus Rey Mysterio stole the show! Female or Male matches have always come through, bringing the house down! Oh and the women fight the men also! I hope this time around we see a female defeat Matanza Cueto for the Lucha Underground Championship!

The best part, if you have not yet seen Lucha Underground, is you can catch up and watch the matches on YouTube! Yes, YouTube! All I can say is watch Vampiro vs Pentagon Jr. if you are looking for craziness right off the bat! This past Wednesday was the first time in a while there was no Lucha Underground. Yes I am having withdrawals already. I know it is only a few weeks away but the wait is going to crush me. Season 3 premieres September 7th, 8pm Eastern on El Rey Network! Who is going to dominate the temple this season? Comment below and tell me whose your favorite? I Can Not Wait! Cero! Miedo!