Supernatural SN11 EP 21 – ‘All In The Family’

SN11 EP21:  All In The Family

Written By:  Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming

Directed By:  Thomas J. Wright

I’ve done a little reading on social media, and I’m fully aware that there are some fans that didn’t like this episode.  Now, I can’t help but wonder what in the hell is wrong with all of you?  I mean, I understand that it’s impossible to please all the people all the time… but if anyone or thing could, it would’ve been this episode.

It had it all…. even a guest appearance by fan favorite Osric Chau (aka the Advanced Placement Prophet Kevin) and the (sort of) Redemption of Metatron.  Seriously, I would’ve never thought that I would like him (he DID kill Dean at the end of SN9).  Several of my fellow fan friends, Lucy and I have called him Metadouche since his stunning betrayal (the murder of Dean) and attempt at God -dom.  Now?  Well, he did come through for the good guys this time…and I won’t give you the details and ruin it for you.  If you’re not up to this episode yet in your watching, just know that he eventually becomes a (sort of) decent .. uh… what was he exactly at the end? …. let’s just say soul.  He was a decent soul, even if he did murder Dean… and he DID… murder Dean that is.

The moments in the first half of the episode where Chuck is trying to convince The Boys that he is, in fact, God is classic stuff.  Sam is “fanboying” and Dean is skeptical.  Sam babbling and Dean’s Single Man Tear (which actually turned out to be two tears this time… I mean, I didn’t think Jensen was capable of two tears at once).  There were moments where I said “ouch” because Chuck is good with the zingers…. “Don’t confuse me with your father” and “I never lost faith in you, even if you didn’t return the favor”… those are some hard core zingers right there.  But, I’m going to be completely honest here, Readers.  I’m a Christian, and The Boys were asking the same sort of questions that I would want to be asking God… when I meet him.

I have to admit a moment of “What the Hell?” when Dean went to meet Amara in the woods (which looked a lot like Purgatory bt-dubbs, but in color) and then we saw Sam and the Posse in Baby going on the rescue mission to beat all rescue missions.  I was lost for a second, wondering why Dean hadn’t driven Baby to the meeting.  But, then I realized… if you’re going to go all Mission Impossible then you need the best vehicle for the job.  And no doubt, Baby is the best vehicle for ANY job.

The best line of the whole thing was hard to choose.  It was a total toss up between the whole “most porn I’ve ever seen in one sitting” convo between Chuck and Dean (talking about Dean’s computer) and the first meeting between The Boys and the new prophet, Donatello.  He says his name and says “I’m named after him.”  And, of course Dean said “The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?”…. that was funny even though I saw it coming.

This is one of those episodes that had so much happening that I just know it’s gonna take watching it at least half a dozen times to catch it all.  You know what I mean, right?  Because, Jensen is so very great with the facial expressions that you can read every single one of Dean’s emotions if you watch close enough.  Sometimes, there’s even … let’s call them ‘tells’ … that will hit ya hard in the feels, ya know, if you aren’t distracted by a big rescue plan.

I have to go now… I need to watch it a few more times.  Just to make sure I caught everything.  Ya know, for science and all.

Dc’s Legends Of Tomorrow SN1 EP14 – ‘River Of Time’

River of Time

HOLEE!! What a RIP-snorter of an episode ending! Did NOT see that coming! Read on for details of the latest episode of Legends, and prepare to have your socks knocked off!

Flashback to Egypt, where Rip as Gareeb is in jail being taunted by Savage (Caspar Crump) as Hath-Set.

Mick Rory enters the bridge of the WaveRider, knocking back some Scotch that was given to Rip in 1689. He is toasting “Mission almost accomplished”. Martin Stein is sickened by the thought of possibly celebrating a murder, and is reminded by Leonard Snart that murdering Savage has always been part of the plan. Len goes on to note that “as long as he is on board, living and breathing, Savage is a threat to everyone on this ship”. Kendra Saunders asks “So what, we just kill Savage and leave Carter a brainless drone?”. Rory says “Yes”, Snart and Sara Lance seem to agree. Ray Palmer and Jax Jackson enter the bridge in a state of excitement. They have found evidence that Savage has been manipulating the time line while they were analyzing the data collected by the Atom suit during the fight with the giant robot. Sara thinks the Time Masters will now have to sign off on undoing the damage Savage has caused, and the decision is made that they will transport Savage to the Vanishing Point to face justice for his crimes.

Savage is very firmly trapped in the brig. What threat could he possibly pose? Savage is quite curious as to how Rip managed to escape the Egyptian jail cell. Rip brushes that off, and wants to know how Savage attained the ability to travel through time. Savage explains that when he saw Rip for the second time, in 1975, he realized that time travel was the only explanation. “You showed a caveman fire, and I had almost 200 years to figure out how to strike the flame”. He goes on to tell Rip that he will come to learn that this is just one of many things they have in common. Rip retorts that “subjugating the world to your rule is not saving it. You would create a wasteland and call it peace”. Savage is annoyed at the misquote of Tacitus. He goes on to sneer “You might be a time master, but I am a master of time, and I play a far deeper game than you could ever hope to comprehend”. Sounds like some surprise is coming. Rip leaves the brig and instructs Gideon to up their speed to maximum. Gideon objects, but Rip overrides his objections, saying that they need to get to the Vanishing Point as fast as possible.

Ray and Kendra visit Carter Hall, who is handcuffed in the cargo bay. Kendra tries to tell him who he is, but Carter only promises that if they release him he will show them mercy by killing them quickly.

Sara notes that the ship is laboring hard, and questions Rip’s decision to push it. In spite of Rip’s confidence in the WaveRider, the time drive fails. Sara goes to check on Savage’s cell. Rip tells Jax that his help is required to repair the time drive. Stein worries what will happen if they end up stranded in the time stream, so Rip tells him that the jumpship can make a one-time only trip back to 2016.

In the brig, Savage tries to engage Sara in conversation. She wonders how he knows so much about her family, so he points out that he has only had 191 years to research his enemies. She says that he should know that she doesn’t scare that easily. He tells her that she should be scared of Captain Hunter. “He has lied to you all so often, and yet you persist in believing him. Do you know why he selected all of you for this endeavour?” Sara quips “Great bone structure”. Savage continues “Because he chose people who could be manipulated. People who would believe his lies”. She notes that the lies she doesn’t believe are Savage’s. But it is easy to see that Savages’ particular brand of poison is already at work.

Jax has meanwhile found a large crack in the time drive. Gideon informs Rip the level of contamination in the engine room is 3 percent above maximum. Stein says that they need to get him out of there, but Rip assures him that Jax will be done quickly enough that he won’t suffer any adverse effects. Jax gets the time drive back online, but it surges. Jax flashes back to his mother giving him his Father’s watch. Stein and Rip hustle Jax to the med bay, but Gideon informs them that his organs are aging at a rapid rate, a condition that Gideon cannot reverse. So much for not suffering adverse effects! Now that the time drive is operational a total reboot is required.

Snart watches Rory make a mess while eating, and asks if he remembers Alexa. Rory asks why, and Snart tells him he has the same feeling now as he did then. It was obviously not a warm, fuzzy feeling!

Sara returns to the bridge, having ensured that Savage is secure, and tells Rip that Savage has told her that Rip would sell them all out to save his family. Rip agrees that Savage is not wrong, and tells her what has happened to Jax. He’s vexed by the possibility that he subconsciously chose to send Jax to do the job because of the possible danger. Sara is vexed by the possibility that they have thrown in with a Captain who cares more about himself than his crew.

Kendra, still trying to jog Carter’s memory while being guarded by Ray, gets too close to Carter. He strikes at Kendra, choking her with his legs. Ray clobbers him and pulls Kendra away, then goes back to Carter and delivers such a punch to Carter’s head that he is knocked out. Ray, now determined to find another way to get Carter’s mind back, visits Savage, and demands that Savage tells him how to free Carter’s mind. Savage agrees that he could do this, but wants to know if Ray is really sure that is what he wants. Savage points out that if he does, Ray will lose Kendra, very much as he himself lost her to Carter on her second life. It transpires that Kendra and Savage had been very much in love during her second life according to him, as Kendra had no recollection of her death at his hands in Egypt. Then Carter came along, and took Kendra and their love and happiness. Savage  blatantly draws parallels between himself and Ray. Ray denies that they are even remotely the same. Savage says that nevertheless, if Carter is free, Ray will lose Kendra. But then, he notes “she would hardly be the first woman you’d lost would she?”. Flashback to Ray’s conversation with Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) before he joined up with Rip.

Ray returns to the cargo hold where much to his shock and dismay, he overhears Kendra reciting a love poem to Carter. He spins on his heel, Kendra runs after him, and the conversation that follows leads to Ray breaking it off with Kendra. They both look unhappy about it, but at the same time I suspect that both are relieved.

In the med bay, Jax’s outward appearance now matches the aging of his innards. Snart says that this is all Rip’s fault, because this is what happens when Rip goes with Plan B. Rory notes that Plan A was to take Savage’s head in with the mace. Stein is still aghast at the thought of murder, and points out that they are trying to resolve the situation without bloodshed. With a look at Jax, Rory enquires “and how’s that working for you, Ghandi?” Jax notes that won’t help him now.  Snart tells Stein and Jax that they are not waiting around for the other shoe to drop, and that they deserve better.

Snart and Rory join Rip and Sara on the bridge, where Snart drawls “We saw what you did to Jax.” Rory is worried that this is just the beginning. Snart continues “like I said, Rip, as long as Savage is alive and on this ship he is dangerous.” Rip tells them that the time drive is rebooting and that they will soon be on their way. He asks Snart for a little faith, to which Snart responds “Sorry, fresh out”. Rip asks Rory if he is of the same mind, and asks Sara what her feelings are. Sara points out that he is the one who said he would sell them out for his family. Rip tells them about the jumpship, and reminds them that the mission has always been a voluntary enterprise. Len and Mick leave the bridge, Snart saying it has been a blast, and Rory telling Rip to tell his pals that “Chronos says to kiss my ass”. Sara stays. Flashback to Sara visiting Nyssa al Gul (Katrina Law) in her Nanda Parbat cell.

Stein visits Savage. Savage says “Finally, an intellect approximate to my own.” Stein tells him he is not there to play mind games. He reminds Savage of the ritual performed in October of 1975 at the Greyhill building. He wants to know if Savage can share his immortality with Jax. Savage informs him that he would need Carter’s blood to do that, and suggests that he go ask Carter for it, or better yet, enlist Ray’s help to spill it. Stein notes that he is sure Savage would enjoy that, having all of them at each other’s throats while stranded in the time stream. Martin then realizes that they are not stranded and thanks Savage for providing the solution to the problem. We next see Martin helping Jax into the jumpship, where he explains to Jax that he has made adjustments. If his math is correct, the trip through the time stream should correct Jax’s condition. Jax refuses, knowing that without him Stein will die, but Stein once again drugs him, and explains that this time he is thinking of Jax. He asks Jax to tell Clarissa he is sorry, she deserved a proper goodbye.  He straps Jax in and leaves, launching the jumpship.  Flashback to Clarissa (Isabella Hofmann) and Martin at Star Labs, where Martin tells her that he loves her, and that he will be back before she knows it.

Snart and Rory arrive at the launch bay to find the jumpship gone. Stein tells them that he has done what was necessary to save Jax’s life, and now they all need to do what’s necessary to save the ship and themselves.

Ray, clearly not thinking very clearly, re-enters the brig, to tell Savage that Kendra is free to do as she wants. Savage taunts him into entering the brig, where the two fight. Savage wins, and uses Ray’s palm to open the brig door.

As the time drive reinitialization completes, Ray rushes onto the bridge to tell them that Savage has escaped. Gideon informs them that Savage has released Carter, and then is disengaged by Savage. Rory threatens Ray “If we live through this you bumbling idiot I might just kill you.” Rip sends Rory, Snart, Ray and Kendra to recapture Savage and Carter, and pulls out the navigation maps. They must navigate the river that is the time stream manually, in order to reach the Vanishing Point. Sara plots the safest course, while Martin calculates when to put on a burst of speed and for how long, and Rip pilots.

Snart, Rory, Atom and Kendra catch up with Savage, where he grandiosely demands ”Who are you to stand up against me, Vandal Savage, destroyer of Empires?” Snart retorts “Leonard Snart, Robber of ATMs”. Carter approaches from behind, armed with his mace, so Ray and Kendra take him on. Kendra tells the Atom she can take care of Carter. He goes to help Snart and Rory only to be knocked out, again, in pretty short order. Am I the only one who has noticed that the guy has a glass jaw, even in his suit? Thought not! The three on the bridge maneuver the ship through the most difficult bit, Rip gives control to Sara, and goes to the aid of the four attempting to recapture Savage. Ray, Snart and Rory are now all down for the count, and Carter is putting the beats on Kendra. Rip knocks Carter down, Savage fires at Kendra and Rip jumps in front of her. Carter then grabs Kendra and gives her to Savage. Savage begins to choke her, and while Carter is watching, his memories return like a bolt out of the blue. He hawks out and goes after Savage. Savage stabs Carter, Carter falls, and Kendra goes mediaeval on Savages’ ass. Savage is recaptured, and Rip gets Carter to the medbay as he is still alive.

The WaveRider appears at the Vanishing Point. Sara notices that Rip is injured, so Rip tells her that he might have jumped in front of a laser blast intended for Kendra. He can’t have his crew thinking that he cares more for himself than for them. The Vanishing Point takes over control of the WaveRider. They are told to disable weapons and prepare to be boarded. Rip demands an immediate assembly of the Time Council, as he is here not to answer for his crimes, but to justify them. As Rip marches Savage off the WaveRider, he finally tells Savage how he got out of the cell so many years ago. He bribed the guard with a novelty pen, the type with a woman on the side. When the pen turns upside down, her top comes off. Rip tells Savage that the guards at the Vanishing Point will not be so easily swayed.

In the medbay, Ray monitors Carter. When Kendra enters, he tells her it is because Carter not only has saved her life, he is also a part of the team. He thanks Kendra for breaking his heart, because the experience has taught him that he can find someone to spend the rest of his life with.

At the meeting of the Time Council, Rip produces both incontrovertible proof, and Savages’ confession, that Savage has been messing with the time line. Time Master Zaman Druse (Martin Donovan) congratulates Rip and promptly announces that they will be returning Vandal Savage to Earth immediately. He is needed in 2166. Rip cannot believe what he is hearing. The Time Masters are working in collusion with Savage! The guards take Rip away, and are told to search the ship and arrest the rest of the team.

Snart’s Alexa senses are still working. He tells Sara they need to hide, now. Stein, on the bridge is taken into custody. Rory, who has finished off that aged bottle of scotch, is taken into custody. Both Kendra and Ray, bewildered, are taken into custody. In the Vanishing Point cells, Savage tells Rip that Druse’s men have taken the ship, his friends are under arrest and Rip is once again his prisoner. And this time, he doesn’t plan to lose him. Savage pulls out the novelty pen and shows it to Rip, saying “yes, I do remember the guard. He died. Now if you will excuse me, I better be getting back to 2166. I’ve been waiting so very long to meet your family; I wouldn’t miss it for the world”.
Fade to Black

WHAT the FUDGE?? You could have knocked me over with a feather at the end of this episode. Seriously. The Time Masters working with Savage? How? More importantly, WHY? Looking forward to the answers to these questions!

Favorite Moments:

Sara to Savage “I would tell you to go to Hell, but you’d probably feel right at home there”
The Kendra/Ray breakup. It was inevitable, really, as Ray realized that he would never be “anything more than Carter’s placeholder”.

Stein’s conversation with Savage. Martin was the only one who escaped unscathed by the interaction.

Jax to Martin “You rufied me again?”

The terminology. Is the Theory of Quantum Retro Causality a thing? Anyone?

Snart to Savage “Leonard Snart, Robber of ATMs!” lolz

Sara in charge of piloting the ship. She’s not just another pretty assassin!

Kendra going mediaeval on Savage. Again. You go girl! Maybe next time you’ll actually follow through? Please?

The Originals SN3 EP20 – ‘ Where Nothing Stays Buried ‘

SN 3EP20: Where Nothing Stays Buried

Written By: Christopher Hollier & Carina Adly MacKenzie

Directed By: John Hyams

I need to preface this whole review with this …. SPOILERS AHEAD!

This is your last chance…. get out while you can.

Ok.  First, I never really liked Davina.  She just seemed sort of self absorbed to me.  But, the way they took her out?  Oh hell no!  That was way f***ed up!

Now, that I have that out of the way, let’s continue.

The fight scene between Klaus, Hayley and Lucien was so great.  And, Lucien finally got exactly what he deserved and the win10 hybrid is no more.  And the only thing that sucks about that is that it was one of my better snarky jokes, and I can’t use it any more.

The writers finally gave us Haylijah… which means one of them is probably gonna die now.

I can’t help it, and I don’t know why…maybe I just have a thing for bad boys… but I really like Kol.  And, when he got his “revenge”, I cheered.  And, when Vincent called out Freya for the way she took out Davina… yeah, I fist pumped over that one too.

I really liked the cover of Mike and The Mechanics song Silent Running that they used in the goodbye scene between Davina and Marcel.

The loss of Davina is going to bring about a Civil War in New Orleans, and it shouldn’t have to survive two of them.  All I could say when Vincent brought the win10 hybrid juice (oh look, I did get to use it again!) to Marcel to take was … Oh this is bad… this is very, very bad. (And Lucy, was saying it with me…at the exact same time.  It was like synchronized prophecy.  You should’ve been there.)

And with two episodes left in the season, we’re about to see just how bad it can be.

The Vampire Diaries SN7 EP21 – ‘ Requiem For A Dream ‘

SN7 EP21: Requiem for a Dream

Written By:  Brett Matthews & Neil Reynolds

Directed By: Paul Wesley

Just in case you skip all that stuff directly above this sentence and jump right into the article…. this episode was directed by Paul Wesley.  Paul Freakin’ Wesley, b!tches!  So, let me start there.  His directing of the action scenes was amazing…. that was by far my favorite part of the episode as far as the directing goes.  A close second, would be the great shots of Damon and Stefan’s phone call conversations, which by the way give us the best line of the episode.  The award goes to Damon (as usual) for the line “I’m sorry, I must have the wrong number, because I dialed ‘H’ for Hero.”

I have to admit that I’ve never been a real big fan of Matt.  And, to be honest, I really kinda hate him now.  For a while, I’ve called him “Deputy Dumbass” while watching the show with Lucy (my bff that watches with me every week).  Lucy laughed and agreed with my pronouncement the first time I called him that, so the nickname has continued.  This week Deputy Dumbass announced to Damon that he’d been promoted to Sheriff… so, of course, that prompted me to announce, “Oh? So now, Deputy Dumbass is Sheriff $h!thead.”

As far as Damon goes in this episode … it was pretty much his usual M.O. … doing the wrong things for the right reasons.  With everyone tag-teaming to try and wake Bonnie up, Damon was the one with the right idea.  Well, except he broke the first rule of this show. (Remember the Rule Book that I said I needed to write?)  Don’t piss off Bonnie Badass!  Damon pissed her off so that she’d wake up and come after him.  The only problem with that was… well…. she came after him.  And, when Bonnie Badass almost killed Damon, we got to hear him tell her what she means to him…and how much he admires her.  It all made my Bamon-shipping heart skip a few beats.  I don’t really have a problem with the whole Bonzo (that’s what I’m choosing to call Bonnie/Enzo and I don’t care what the rest of the fandom calls them) relationship; I’d just rather see her with Damon.  Anyway, back to the Bonnie Badass killing Damon thing… guess who saved him.  Go ahead guess.

Sheriff $h!thead.

That only earned him a couple of redemption points with me.  Don’t get me wrong… I still hate him.  But, you know what I think?  I think that’s what the writers are going for… I think they want us to hate Deputy Dumbass… uh sorry… Sheriff $h!thead.

The whole Stefoline scenario this episode really made me giggle a lot.  It’s nice to see Stefan finally following his big brother’s example.  For once, he handled things the Damon way instead of the Hero way…. and now Caroline is safe … well… safer.

All in all, I really enjoyed this episode, and it sets us up nicely for the finale next week.  Wow…is it really been a whole season already?  Where does the time go?

 

Supernatural SN11 EP20 – ‘ Don’t Call Me Shurley ‘

SN11 EP 20: Don’t Call Me Shurley

Written By:  Robbie Thompson

Directed By:  Robert Singer

OH.  MY. CHUCK!

Speechless.  Try to manage…. I just don’t have an even to can’t.

Cheers!

Chuck’s “World’s Greatest Dad” coffee mug!

Metatron?  Good?  Chuckdamn!

The Fog …. ooooh scary.

SA-UM!!

*SQUEEEE* The Samulet

Rob…uh God….singing!

Chuck saves everybody!

“We should talk”

You can always tell when we get a greater than great… totally awesome… episode of The Show.  It’s still trending on twitter more than two hours after the East Coast airing.

I’m not going to apologize for the review I gave last week’s episode.  But, I will say that this week they totally knocked my socks off and made up for it.  I’m still squee’ing.  And, holy crap monkeys, Batman, how are we going to wait until next week?!

 

The Originals SN3 EP19 – ‘ No More Heartbreaks ‘

SN3 EP19: No More Heartbreaks

Written By: Celeste Vasquez & Michael Narducci

Directed By: Millicent Shelton

Let me explain.  I have three favorite television shows (there’s several more that I watch, but just 3 favorites) on The CW.  And, the biggest thing I want from all of them is to be emotionally compromised.  This week, the first two let me down in that area.

But, the third one did NOT.

I cried, I said words I should never say in public (but do quite often), and, for about the millionth time I swore I’d never watch this show again.

But, like all those celebrities that are claiming that if Trump gets elected, they’ll move out of the country…. we all know I was lying to myself.

And being overly dramatic.

I’ll be perched on my couch next week, dying to let them emotionally cripple me again.  Even though…. well….. wait just a minute….

I don’t want to give too much away here, and by that I mean spoilers.  Because, this was a big… HUGE .. episode.  And, if you haven’t watched it yet, I don’t want to give you any warning… fair or otherwise.  I want you to be hit as hard as I was.

So, what can I tell you?  Well.  We learn in this episode that despite much evidence to the contrary, Klaus is a romantic.  Oh, and we learn that Lucien is the Biggest Douche in New Orleans.  Well, to be fair, we learned that several episodes ago… but in this one it was confirmed.  In fact, the point was driven home like a nail in the proverbial coffin.

Oh.  I also learned to hate The Ancestors.  I mean, at first it was just a strong dislike.  A “wow, they’re total asshats” kind of thing.  Now?  I wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire!

On the Terri’s Tissue Box Scale this episode got the max … 3 tissue boxes.

That’s how many it’s probably gonna take you to make it through the episode.

And, oh yeah…. you’re gonna need that therapist on speed dial that I’m always telling you to get too.

Let’s all hope they do it to us again next week!

The Vampire Diaries SN7 EP20 – ‘ Kill ‘Em All ‘

SN7 EP20:  Kill ‘Em All

Written By:  Chad Fiveash & James Patrick Stoteraux

Directed By:  Kellie Cyrus

I really think that I need to make a Book of Rules for this show.  If I did, on the very first page, in all caps, in bold and very big font it would say …. DO NOT F**K WITH BONNIE.  And it would be followed by several exclamation points.  I would probably have to put it on the second page… hell, maybe the next 10 pages just to make the point.

In this episode, we learned that it’s not nice to fool with Witchy Bonnie.  She promised she wouldn’t open that vault and damn it, she meant it.  She made sure nobody made it out of The Armory alive.

I have to admit that for the first half of the show, I was doing a bit of bitching and complaining.  It mostly consisted of the phrase:  First Supernatural screwed me with a lame episode and now TVD is doing the same damn thing.  But, I was only half right, they were screwing me all right, but they were just giving me a lot of foreplay.

The whole episode was leading up to a big climatic ending.  Damon pulled a … well…. a Damon.  He did what he thought was best without consulting anyone else about his plan.  And, as usual, it blew up in his face…. right at the end.  The twist to beat all twists.

Normally, I would tell you all about it.  But, this time, I think I’m going to leave it up to you to watch the episode.  So, no major spoilers.  I don’t want to ruin it for you.  Just go watch the episode.

You won’t be disappointed.

You will, however, need a cigarette afterwards.

Even if you don’t smoke.

Supernatural SN11 EP19 -‘ The Chitters ‘

SN11 E19:  The Chitters

Written By: Nancy Won

Directed By:  Eduardo Sanchez

Okay peeps, let me start off by saying… I’m sorry.

I’m late with this review because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to say.  I really didn’t want to write something terrible about The Show that I love so much.  But, I’m going to.  Yep.  All I ask is please hold off on the stone throwing until I finish saying what I have to say and have time to duck and cover.

This was what The Famdom calls a MotW (Monster of the Week) episode, but I’m calling it a “place holder” episode.  Why?  Because all it did was hold the place on Wednesday nights on The CW for The Show.  Maybe they’ve spoiled me this season and made me expect more.  But seriously, this season has been so incredibly awesome that the bar has been set a little high, and this episode slid under that bar with room to spare.

First, I was a little surprised that we were getting a MotW episode this late in the season, but then it wasn’t even a “hurt me real good” episode like … say… Red Meat was.  Oh, don’t get me wrong, I got the whole “finish line” symbolism they were going for, and I did flinch a little at that one… but did it make me hurt?  No.

I also totally got the whole dual brothers sitch too.  I did wince a little at that one.  But it didn’t make my feels beg for mercy… it didn’t even make my eyes glisten a little.  And, I guess that was the biggest problem.

I want them to emotionally compromise me.  And, this week they didn’t even come close.  I want them to make me feel like this….

(source unknown)

And this week, I just wasn’t feeling it.  At. All.

But, next week…. next week, we get The Return of Chuck.  I’m sure I’ve made my opinion on this completely obvious, but just in case you’ve missed it…. God is coming next week!  So. Can’t. Wait.

Vampire Diaries SN7 EP17 – ‘ Somebody I Used To Know ‘

SN7 EP19: Somebody I Used To Know

Written By: Holly Brix (teleplay) & Matthew D’Ambrosio (story)

Directed By: Chris Grismer

So, way back at the beginning of the season, when they were showing us glimpses of “Three Years From Now”, we saw that Bonnie and Enzo were a couple.  I’ve got to admit that my mouth fell open and the words “Bonnie and Enzo? How the hell did THAT happen?” fell out.  Well, this week, they showed us.  And, I gotta admit… I’d’ve fell for Enzo too.  Yep, sure would’ve.  So… Go Bonnie!

Also this week, Damon has a plan for how to save Bonnie… what do you mean “from what?”  Ya know, cause Enzo’s been giving the woman he loves pills that will kill her.  Jeebus, keep up for crying out loud.

So, anyways…. Throughout the episode we see glimpses of The Romancing of Bonnie.  Enzo did a really good job of that bt-dubbs.  These glimpses are sprinkled like sugar throughout Damon, Enzo, and Bonnie’s carrying out of Damon’s plan.  Damon and Enzo made Rayna an offer she couldn’t refuse.  They’ll hunt and kill the vamps that escaped the Phoenix Stone in exchange Rayna will give up her last life and let Bonnie have it.  So, as Damon calls them … Bonnie, Clyde and Clyde go vamp hunting.

Meanwhile in Dallas, Stefan goes to see Ric.  The younger Salvatore brother is trying to suss out a few tidbits about Caroline’s life the last three years.  During this enlightening visit, Damon calls.  He needs help helping Bonnie.  Stefan and Ric agree to help cause… well… it’s Bonnie.  So, they go searching out other vamps that Rayna can see what they see.

Throughout the vamp hunting and the sugar sprinkling, we periodically see that Bonnie still has Damon’s letter.  Ya know, the one he wrote her to say goodbye before he went off to desiccate in a coffin next to Elena’s for the past three years.  For the past three years, Bonnie has refused to open it… she’s carried it around UNOPENED for THREE FREAKIN’ YEARS.  I mean, how in the hell hasn’t the curiosity killed her yet?  Seriously, am I the only one absolutely DYING to know what’s in that damn letter?  Also, throughout the hunting and the sprinkling, Ric and Stefan have some serious heart to hearting going on.  Stefan throws a big huge barb … “Who’s sleeping in the second bedroom?”  That’s right, Stefoline shippers… Caroline isn’t sleeping with her fiance.  Nope.  And, there’s a Justice of the Peace appointment on “Friday”.  And, Stefan asks Ric if after the appointment, Caroline is going to start sleeping in his bed.  I said ouch for Ric…. but inside my Stefoline shipping heart was giggling with maniacal glee.

In this episode, we find out what’s in that vault in the deep dark bellows of The Armory.  Well, some of what’s in there.  Alex and Virginia St. John’s other sister.  Virginia forced Lucy Bennett to seal the vault.. and sister # 3 is also stuck behind door #1.  Alex needs a Bennett witch to unseal the vault to save sister #3.  Right after that, we learn that Bonnie only has about a week…maybe less.

And, once Bonnie, Clyde, and Clyde all get back to Enzo’s little hidden love nest, we get our best line of the episode.  It comes right at the end of the episode.  While Enzo and Bonnie … do we have a ship name for them yet? Cause, I’m leaning toward Bonzo.  C’mon, it just falls off the tongue, right?…. are getting all mushy romantic, Damon says, “Don’t mind me, I’ll just go get another name out of the job jar.”  It’s funny, cause ya know, the ‘job jar’ is Rayna.

Next week, it’s another new episode, and I’m not sure what excites me more.. another new episode or that during that episode we get a sneak peek at Captain America: Civil War!  My little ol’ geek heart just can’t decide.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow SN1 EP11 – ‘ The Magnificent Eight ‘

The Magnificent Eight

When last we left our heroes, Rory was advising them to “Run!”.  And for very good reason.  He knows that the Time-Masters have now sent a trio of mercenaries called the Hunters after them, himself included.  These Hunters will stop at nothing to erase them from the face of history.

The WaveRider lands at the town of Salvation in 1871, an attempt to hide from the Hunters in what Rip calls a “fragmentation”.  Even the geek twins (Martin Stein and Ray Palmer) are stumped by the terminology.   Much to my delight, only Rory understands the reference.    A fragmentation, as explained by Rory, is a temporal blind spot, a place and time where the Time-Masters cannot see.  Pretty smart for a guy with “the IQ of meat”!

The team want to go see the Old West, but Rip won’t go with them, saying that he wants to plot their next move against Savage.  Rory promises that he will behave, and the rest promise to stay out of trouble.  Sure.  Since when has that ever happened??

In the Last Salvation Saloon, Rory, Sara and Kendra belly up to the bar for shots.  Kendra notes that the alcohol tastes like gasoline and walks away, bumping into an older woman, which prompts a glimpse of memory.  Rory tells Sara that time is different in the Vanishing Point, and that it has been years since he saw the bottom of a glass.  She wants to know what happened to him there, because he is different, but she is not sure if that is good or bad.  Rory notes that she can hold her liquor.   She reminisces about other bars, where guys had tried to get her drunk, but laughs that they all ended up under the table.   Rory challenges her.  Meanwhile, Professor Stein is winning at a card table, surprising Len.  Martin tells him that he had watched his father, a degenerate gambler, and had picked up a few things, but then chose a different path.  He tells Len that “like father, like son” is not inevitable.  Meanwhile, a sore loser takes his anger at losing out on one of the saloon girls.  Martin objects, the loser draws, and Snart shoots him.   A man at a different table stands up, causing the patrons to scatter.  Stein tries to defuse the situation, but is interrupted by Snart.  “Your friend drew first, got put down, it was a clean shot.”  To which some smart ass asks “Do we look like we care about clean?” Too funny! And it’s on like Donkey Kong!  Rory doesn’t get to participate as he is asleep face down at the bar.  Sara wins!!  Lol.

A shadowy figure in the corner decides playtime is over and fires into the air.  He introduces himself as Jonah Hex (Johnathon Schaech).  Hex tells them they stick out like a sore thumb, so why don’t they tell him where they are really from, or rather WHEN they are from.  The shock on the teams’ faces is priceless, as they realize that they are not the first time travelers he has run across.  And there is more shock when Jonah wants to know where Rip is.

The team brings Hex to the ship, making Rip wonder what it is about them that they need to pick up strays everywhen they go.  Then he realizes who it is.  Hex compliments Rip on the look of the coat he had given Rip last time they met.

He tells Rip that he got the team out of trouble when one of them shot a member of the Stillwater Gang, which has been terrorizing Salvation for the last 3 months.  He thinks this will bring a whole lot of hell on the town.  Ray doesn’t aim to let that happen. Rip says they’ve already done too much, and they have probably already alerted the Hunters.  Ray argues that they signed on to be heroes.

Kendra wants to find the woman who prompted the memory flash, and so Sara goes with her.  They have some much needed girl time on the way.  Kendra is being drawn to the woman’s home, but is not sure why.

At the Sheriff’s office, the sheriff is hastily packing to get out of Salvation.  As he leaves, he makes Ray the new sheriff.

Stein has gone back to the saloon to buy information on the Stillwater Gang’s location.  While he is waiting for a map, he sees a woman crying and asks why she is drinking alone.  She tells him it is tonic water that she has bought for her dying son, Bertie (Glen Gordon).  He has consumption, and they came west in the hope that the change would help him, but the local doctor says that he has a day at most.  Martin goes with her to see the boy.

The Stillwater Gang rides into town and starts shooting it up.  They rein up in front of Ray, who is standing in the middle of the street.  He introduces himself as the new Sheriff, John Wayne.  Jeb Stillwater (Brent Stait), leader of the gang, explains the arrangement they have with the town.  Ray says the arrangement is over, so Stillwater draws.  Snart is on a balcony with a rifle, and shoots the revolver out of Stillwaters’ hand.  Ray tells him he has sharpshooters posted all around, and they had best get out of town, or the next one will go in his eye.  The gang leaves, and the townsfolk cheer.

Back at the ship, Jax celebrates Ray’s badass actions.  Hex notes that they keep poking at the hornet nest.  He asks if they have thought about what happens when they leave and warns that Salvation will end up like Calvert, with a glance at Rip that speaks volumes.  Rory wants to know about Calvert, Rip says it’s a closed matter, and takes Hex aside for a word.  The team has Gideon show them Calvert, a town that was decimated in 1868.

Martin can’t stand the thought that a child is dying when he could so very easily be saved.  He has Gideon manufacture streptomycin, which is 70 years in the future away from being invented.  Rip points out that he is mucking with the time stream again, but Martin argues that Ray is doing the same.  Rip agrees that he is, but that he is doing so with 19^th century technology.    Martin argues that Rip hasn’t a leg to stand on because of Calvert.

Rip explains that he had been on a mission for the time-masters and when the mission was done, had become so attached to the era that he had begun to suffer from time-drift.  He had to tear himself away.  Calvert had been terrorized by the Turnbull Gang, led by Quentin Turnbull, and Rip and Hex had done what Ray was doing with Salvation.  The day after Rip left, Calvert was destroyed by the gang.  Stein refuses to back down from helping Bertie, because he won’t live with the regret that he sees on Rip’s face.  Hex has found where the gang is hiding, thanks to the information Martin bought.  The team saddles up to go arrest Stillwater, but Rip still refuses to go.

Kendra and Sara find the mystery woman’s cabin.  Kendra realizes that the woman is an earlier incarnation of herself.  She advises Kendra against ever trying to love anyone except Carter, who was Hannibal Hawkes in this life.  After Savage killed Hannibal, any other love she had never ended well.  While they are looking at a sketch of the earlier Kendra and Hannibal, Kendra notices a bracelet in the sketch that she remembers, and asks about it.  The bracelet was present in her first life, but is lost, having been taken by bandits.  Kendra remembers that things present in her first life can be used to kill Savage.

Martin has given Bertie the medicine, and he is rapidly healing.  Stein makes his mother, Sarah Neal (Anna Galvin), promise to burn all of the leftover medicine and the vials when Bertie is better.

At the gang’s campsite, bullets are flying everywhere but Ray arrests Stillwater (and Mirandizes him, lol).  The gang regroups and captures Jax.  However, the team is out of ammo so they beat a hasty retreat, leaving Jax behind but with the intent to use Stillwater as leverage.

Hex suggests a quick draw at high noon.  If Ray wins, they get Jax back, but if he loses, they must release Stillwater, and Ray will be dead.  Rory approves of the plan, since he still enjoys as much havoc as possible.  Hex suggests using future tech to cheat, but Rip will not allow it.  Hex wants to know if Rip would have stayed if he had known what would happen to Calvert, and then punches Rip when he finds out Rip did know. Rip explains that the reason he had to tear himself away was because the era presented too many opportunities to be a hero, he needed to get back to his soon to be wife before he forgot all about her, and if he had stayed he would no longer have been a time-master.  But since he no longer is a time-master, he will be the one to face Stillwater in the quick draw.

At high noon the gang rides into town with Jax.  Snart marches Stillwater out into the street, and gives him a revolver.  Rip and Stillwater draw, and Rip wins.  The gang releases Jax and rides off, just as the Hunters appear.

Rip did bring two new tech revolvers from the ship, the sneak! He gives Hex one.  Ray puts his suit on, Martin and Jax merge, Kendra hawks out and the fight is on. Rory fistfights with one of the Hunters who calls him a traitor.  Rory says not possible, as he was never on their side, he was always on his own side.  Before Rory stabs him with his own knife, the Hunter tells Rory that the Omega Protocol has been initiated and the Pilgrim is on the way.  When the Hunters have all been put down, Hex and Rip talk.  Hex has to leave, but would be okay with meeting them again.  Martin says goodbye to Bertie Neal, but Bertie corrects him.  His last name is his father’s – his mother adds that his full name is Herbert George Wells.  How about them apples?

Back at the ship, Kendra insists that she has told Ray everything, and that the rest is not important since it was just what the woman thought. I am not convinced she told Ray the woman was an earlier incarnation.

So what is the Omega Protocol and the Pilgrim?  Rory and Rip tell the team that she is the time masters’ deadliest assassin.  Snart thinks they can handle her and Rip agrees, but says this is why the Pilgrim will go after their younger selves.

The last scene in this week’s episode is of a young boy, sitting in a field watching a house burn.  Although we don’t know for sure, it is probably Rory, given his penchant for fire.  The boy doesn’t know there is a mysterious and menacing woman stood behind him, with her weapon trained on him.  Fade to black as we hear a shot.

My Favorite Moments:

I didn’t see the Jonah Hex movie, so I can’t compare Johnathon Schaech’s performance to Josh Brolin’s, but I can say that this Jonah Hex is IMHO, perfect casting..  I am looking forward to future guest appearances.  It seems to me that he could even become an addition to the team.

Rory!!!  OMG!!!  The man has definitely been changed by his time in the Vanishing Point, and it is a good change!  Although it seems like he is still on no side but his own, he will be an asset for as long as their interests coincide.  I have hopes that he will eventually become a whole-hearted member of the team.

Sara actually smiles!!!

Ray is a tall glass of water, togged up in Old West gear, and Len looks damn good too. Hey, a little eye candy never hurts!!

Discovering that Rip’s son Jonas is actually named after Jonah Hex.