Steven Universe Summer Adventures Week 1

One week down and three more to go!

This is a recap of all the events that took place during the first week of the Summer of Steven event. So, let us break this recap down by episode shall we?

We Look Back At Season 1 Of Peaky Blinders – The Best Show You’re NOT Watching

Welcome to the Peaky Blinders, a British gangster family epic drama that will make you want to pack up, move to Birmingham, England in 1919 and swear allegiance to the Shelby family.

At its heart, Peaky Blinders is about Thomas Shelby of the Shelby family and his ambitions to better his family by turning his criminal organization, the “Peaky Blinders,” into a legitimate business.

Not heard of the show? You soon will have, check out the trailer here.

Let’s meet the family. FYI, there are a lot of characters and getting to know everyone is like walking into a Fourth of July party as the significant other of one of the family members. Skip to the end for a season synopsis.

• Thomas “Tommy” Shelby – Lead boss man of the Peaky Blinders. Second eldest. Decorated hero of The Great War, introverted, smokes opium.
• Aunt “Pol” Polly – The matriarch and heart of the Peaky Blinders. The Shelby boys’ aunt, Aunt Polly is a tough as nails woman who ran the Peaky Blinders while the men were away at The Great War. No one makes a move in the Shelby family without asking Pol her opinion first.
• Arthur Shelby – Eldest brother who is the muscle of the family. Has a lovely conflict where he believes he should in charge of the Peaky Blinders, but he makes for a terrible leader.
• John Shelby – This third Shelby son is the cockiest one. Helps Arthur whenever things need to get rough. John’s wife died in the war, and John has trouble taking care of his four children alone.
• Ada Shelby – The fourth Shelby family member and the only female in this generation, Ada is wild, not afraid of her brothers, and absolutely not interested in the family business.
• Finn Shelby – The youngest Shelby family member at the age of 11, Finn plays a minor role in the family business and is often protected from the worst of it by Aunt Polly.
• Charlie Strong – An uncle in the Shelby clan. Owns Charlie Strong’s Yard, an area where the Peaky Blinder’s stables and boats are.

Friends of the Family:

Freddie Thorne – Love interest of Ada Shelby. Freddie grew up alongside the Shelby family, served in France alongside Thomas Shelby and Danny Owen. Was a longstanding family friend until Freddie’s sympathies for the Communist party became known.

• Jeremiah Jesus – An Afro-Caribbean street preacher in Birmingham, England who works for the Shelby family and is a member of the Peaky Blinders.
• Curly – A simple-minded Gypsy who has a gift for horses and works in the Peaky Blinder’s stables. He’s also the go-to man for automobiles.
• Daniel “Danny Whizz-Bang” Owen – Served with Thomas Shelby and Freddie Thorne in The Great War and saved Tommy’s life during his service. Member of the Peaky Blinders and often has violent PTSD flashbacks where he believes he’s still fighting in the war.
• Harry Fenton – Landlord and barman at The Garrison Pub. The Garrison Pub is the local hangout for
  Peaky Blinders.
• Esme Lee – Member of the Lee clan who is married to John Shelby in order to make peace within the two families.
• Lizzie Stark – A prostitute whom John Shelby proposes to, and then breaks off the engagement with.

Enemies of the Family:

• Chief Inspector Campbell – An Irish detective hired out of Belfast, Northern Ireland by Winston Churchill tasked with finding a shipment of stolen guns from the Birmingham Small Arms Company Factory.
• Billy Kimber – Runs the (legal) horse-racing tracks outside of London.
• Roberts – Billy Kimber’s accountant.

Frenemies of the Family:

• Winston Churchill – A former soldier, Winston Churchill is the Secretary of State for the Colonies who hires Inspector Campbell to find the stolen gun shipment.
• The Lee Family – A Gypsy family, blood relation of the Shelby’s.
• Grace Burgess – Undercover agent for the Birmingham Police who infiltrates the Shelby family by becoming a barmaid at The Garrison Pub.
• The Irish Republican Army (IRA) – Maguire and Ryan are two representatives of the Irish Republican Army.

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Now that that’s over with, take a look below for a recap of what happened in Season 1.

The Shelby family runs the streets of Birmingham as one of the most feared criminal organizations. The bulk of their money comes from smuggling small items (alcohol, cigarettes) and from their illegal betting ring. When a shipment of guns go missing from the Birmingham Small Arms Company Factory, Thomas Shelby seizes the opportunity to better the Peaky Blinders by using the guns as leverage throughout the series.

After the guns are reported missing, Winston Churchill hires Chief Inspector Campbell to find the stolen guns. Chester Campbell is an Irish detective out of Belfast with a reputation for violence. Inspector Campbell brings along Grace Burgess, whose mission is go to undercover with the Shelbys and report information back to the Birmingham police. She quickly establishes herself as the barmaid at The Garrison Pub. Grace constantly refers to Inspector Campbell as a father figure, as he knew her father growing up, and it’s revealed that Grace’s father was killed by the IRA.

Back to the Shelby family: we find out that Ada is seeing Freddie Thorne, and that their relationship is a secret from the Shelby family. Freddie Thorne is a known, active Communist, and Ada loves him because Freddie isn’t afraid of her brothers. The tension in their relationship comes from Freddie seemingly using Ada for her connection to the Peaky Blinders as well as Freddie constantly being on the run from the police and the Peaky Blinders.

Now, the main storyline: Thomas Shelby fixes a horserace that angers Billy Kimber, the owner of the local racetracks. At the same time, he starts a war with the Lees, a Gypsy family. As Tommy continues to piss off every group within his vicinity (including the Italians, which is quickly resolved), the brutality of the Peaky Blinders shine through – they are vicious and without mercy when they fight, and it’s easy to see how they rose to the top of the criminal gangs.

Fun fact – the name “Peaky Blinders” comes from their practice of sewing razor blades into their caps, to be used as a weapon during fighting.

After learning that the Peaky Blinders fixed his horse-race, Billy Kimber shows up at The Garrison Pub and threatens Tommy. Tommy states his intention of working with Billy Kimber, which he later solidifies by stopping multiple thefts at a race from Kimber’s bookies. After Kimber agrees to hire on the Peaky Blinders as security, Kimber and Tommy then switch women (Kimber’s wife for Tommy’s Grace) for a couple hours in one of the weirdest ‘wife swaps’ I’ve ever watched on television. Kimber almost rapes Grace, but Tommy gets there just in time and saves the situation by saying that Grace has the clap, is supposed to show in some twisted manner that Tommy is falling for Grace.

Word starts getting out that Thomas Shelby has the guns that the IRA and the Birmingham police are looking for. Both the IRA and Inspector Campbell approach Thomas about the guns – the IRA threatens Tommy into giving them the guns, and Tommy strikes a deal with Inspector Campbell. The deal is that Inspector Campbell is to stay out of the business with the racetracks in exchange for running Freddie Thorne out of town (short-term benefit), and Tommy will give the guns to Campbell at some point in the near future (long-term benefit). Tommy also meets with the Lee family in an attempt to have peace between the Lee and Shelby families.

In the meantime, Aunt Polly finds out that Ada is pregnant and convinces her to get an abortion. Tommy finds out that Freddie has gotten Ada pregnant, and is afraid that Freddie is trying to solidify his ties to the Peaky Blinders family. Despite Tommy’s warnings, Freddie proposes to Ada and they decide to keep the baby. Tommy later confronts Freddie and they almost kill each other until Freddie declares that he’s been in love with Ada since he was twelve and she was nine – this causes both men to put their guns down and walk away from the conflict, and Tommy is left with the problem of not holding up the short-term part of his deal with Inspector Campbell.

After going into business with Billy Kimber, the Peaky Blinders are issued a betting license and have thus achieved their goal of becoming a legitimate business. Grace is hired on as a ‘business manager,’ mainly to keep the books in shape as Arthur is so bad at it, and to bring some class to the Peaky Blinders proceedings. Tommy then kisses her to let her know he has other reasons for hiring her on as well. The insinuation here is that Tommy is falling in love, because if Tommy just wanted to fuck Grace he could’ve done so by now and no one would’ve been able to stop him.

Shortly after, John Shelby asks the family’s permission to marry a well-known prostitute, Lizzie Stark.

Tommy tests Lizzie to see whether she will give up whoring now that she is engaged to John, and she fails the test. Tommy tells John about how Lizzie is still working despite being engaged. John breaks the engagement off with Lizzie, and the very next morning Tommy manages to marry John to Esme Lee (part of the Gypsy Lee family) as a peace treaty.

At the celebration after John’s marriage, Ada goes into labor. Tommy declares a peace with Freddie Thorne for the night, and Freddie comes running to Ada’s side, where he is handed a newborn son (Karl, named after Karl Marx). Unfortunately, Grace hears this tidbit, tells the Birmingham police, and gets Freddie arrested. Tommy is blamed for setting a trap for Freddie.

A higher-ranking member of the IRA visits Tommy and they setup a sale for the guns at The Garrison Pub. A couple minutes before the IRA walks into the pub, Tommy tells Grace to hide in a backroom and point a gun at the IRA members (two of them), at his signal. After finding out the location of the guns, the IRA tries to kill Tommy, Grace ends up shooting an IRA member (an IRA member had killed her father), and Tommy kills the other one. It’s revealed that the Birmingham police was supposed to intervene at an earlier time, and it’s at this point when Tommy realizes that he can’t trust the word of Chief Inspector Campbell.

Grace, after overhearing the conversation with the IRA and Tommy, figures out the location of the guns and tells Inspector Campbell on the condition that he leaves the Shelby family alone. Inspector Campbell finds the missing guns underneath the fake grave of Danny Owen. Everything is accounted for except for one machine gun, and Grace resigns with the Birmingham police. In response, Inspector Campbell proposes marriage to Grace, and Grace turns him down. In a typical turn of events, Inspector Campbell assumes that Grace is in love with Thomas Shelby, and does the typical man-thing of getting angry because he doesn’t approve of her choice in love (read: not Inspector Campbell). Since Inspector Campbell has the guns, he no longer has to fear Tommy and sics the police on The Garrison Pub. Tommy manages to get away with the help of Grace, who leads him to her apartment. Inspector Campbell refuses to let his policemen go after Grace though, and so Tommy is safe. While Tommy is hiding out at Grace’s for the night, Tommy pulls a slick “let’s dance” move and they have sex set to some lovely piano music.

Back to business: Thomas Shelby gathers the family to move against Billy Kimber, only to find out that Billy Kimber has been notified and brought the fight to the Peaky Blinders. Outnumbered, the outcome looks bleak for the Peaky Blinders.

When Inspector Campbell is informed of the upcoming showdown, he tells the police to stand down and desert the area where the fighting is about to happen so that the two sides can kill each other.

Then, at the battle, Freddie Thorne appears with the missing machine gun, thus evening out the odds of the Peaky Blinders surviving. All hell is about to break loose when Ada appears with her baby in a carriage and stands squarely in the middle of the Peaky Blinders and Billy Kimbel’s men. She tries to get the men to stand down, appealing to their paternal natures as fathers, husbands and brothers, and as a result Billy Kimber gets the first shot in at Tommy Shelby. Tommy takes the hit in the shoulder, and Danny Owen rushes in front of the next bullet that’s meant for Tommy. Tommy then promptly shoots Billy Kimber in the head, and everyone goes home. On the bright side, none of the police officers were there so no one can arrest Tommy for shooting Billy Kimber.

After the fight, Tommy knows that Grace was working for the Birmingham Police, and because of that their love is doomed. Grace asks Tommy to go America with her, which he later turns down in a letter that’s read over the last scene as Grace is held up at gunpoint by Inspector Campbell. A gunshot snaps the episode to black as we are left with wondering whether Grace is dead come Season 2.

The Complete 2016 Fall TV Schedule For The US

It’s that time of the season when the networks release their TV line-up for 2016/17, below I have a complied the complete line-up for the following American networks: ABC, CBS, CW, FOX and NBC.

Some shows have made a move to new nights while others have moved networks, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is now on Fridays and Supergirl has moved from CBS to CW.

Shows in bold = New shows

MONDAY

8pm

Dancing With The Stars (ABC)

The Big Bang Theory  (CBS) (* moves back to Thursdays at 8pm in October; Kevin Can Wait will take over the timeslot

Supergirl (CW)

Gotham  (FOX)

The Voice (NBC)

8:30pm

Kevin Can Wait (CBS) (* Man With a Plan takes over timeslot in October)

9pm

2 Broke Girls (CBS)

Jane the Virgin (CW)

Lucifer (FOX)

9:30pm

The Odd Couple (CBS)

10pm

Conviction (ABC)

Scorpion (CBS)

Timeless (NBC)

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TUESDAY

8pm

The Middle (ABC)

NCIS (CBS)

The Flash (CW)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine  (FOX)

The Voice (NBC)

8:30pm

American Housewife (ABC)

New Girl (FOX)

9pm

Fresh Off The Boat (ABC)

Bull (CBS)

No Tomorrow (CBS)

Scream Queens (FOX)

This Is Us (NBC)

9:30pm

The Real O’Neals  (ABC)

10pm

Agents of  S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)

NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)

Chicago Fire (NBC)

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WEDNESDAY

8pm

The Goldbergs (ABC)

Survivor (CBS)

Arrow (CW)

Lethal Weapon (FOX)

Blindspot (NBC)

8:30pm

Speechless (ABC)

9pm

Modern Family (ABC)

Criminal Minds (CBS)

Frequency (CW)

Empire (FOX)

Law & Order: SVU (NBC)

9:30pm

Black-ish (ABC)

10pm

Designated Survivor (ABC)

Code Black (CBS)

Chicago P.D. (NBC)

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THURSDAY

8pm

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)

Thursday Night Football (CBS) (8pm-10:30) (* The Big Bang Theory, The Great Indoors, Mom, Life in Pieces and Pure Genius will all join CBS’ schedule on October 27, once Thursday Night Football is over)

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (CW)

Rosewood (FOX)

Superstore (NBC)

8:30pm

The Good Place (NBC) 

9pm

Notorious (NBC)

Supernatural (CW)

Pitch (FOX) (* Bones will air here in winter now and Prision Break will air here in spring now)

Chicago Med (NBC)

10pm

How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)

The Blacklist (NBC)

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FRIDAY

8pm

Last Man Standing (ABC)

MacGyver (CBS)

The Vampire Diaries (CW)

Hell’s Kitchen (FOX)

Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon (NBC)

8:30pm

Dr. Ken (ABC)

9pm

Shark Tank (ABC)

Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)

The Exorcist (FOX)

Grimm (NBC)

10pm

20/20 (ABC)

Blue Bloods (CBS)

Dateline (NBC)

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SUNDAY

8pm

Once Upon a Time (ABC)

NCIS: LA (CBS)

The Simpsons (FOX)

Sunday Night Football (NBC) (*8pm-10:30pm)

8:30pm

Son of Zorn (FOX)

9pm

Secrets and Lies (ABC)

Madam Secretary (CBS)

Family Guy (FOX)

9:30pm

The Last Man on Earth (FOX)

10pm

Quantico (ABC)

Elementary  (CBS)

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‘Elementary’ Season 5 To Be Covered On Skatronixxx.com

As most Elementary fans know the show is now on break and has been renewed for a 5th season. For those of you who haven’t yet experienced the brilliance of Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu here is a brief series overview of Elementary. If you like me are a Sherlock Holmes fan then its a must watch, I wasn’t sure at first with Watson being female, I mean if it’s not broke don’t fix it right? But this dynamic really works and the story lines always have an element of surprise, I stop watching shows if I know whats going to happen, I like my shows to keep me thinking and the story lines complex and Elementary definitely ticks those boxes for me, so when Season 5 of Elementary returns yours truly will keep you updated with a weekly episode review. Season 4 was a cracker so I’m very much looking forward to what season 5 brings with it.

Elementary Series Overview

Elementary follows Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller), who is a recovering drug addict and former consultant to Scotland Yard, as he now assists the New York City Police Department in solving crime. His indifference to police procedure often leads to conflict with Captain Thomas Gregson (Aidan Quinn), although the two still remain mutually respectful of one another. Holmes is accompanied by Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu), is initially acts as his sober companion. Watson is a former surgeon and was hired by Sherlock’s father to help him in his rehabilitation, Holmes and Watson eventually begin to work together on his cases, Watson becomes Holmes’ apprentice.

Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, the eccentric modern Sherlock Holmes relocates to Manhattan, where his wealthy father forces him to live with a sober companion, Dr. Joan Watson. Watson formerly a successful surgeon untill she lost a patient, she views her current job as another opportunity to help people. However, Sherlock is nothing like her previous clients and informs her that none of her expertise as an addiction specialist applies to him and that he has devised his own post-rehab regimen – resuming his work as a police consultant in New York City. Watson has no choice but to accompany her eccentric new client on his jobs.

Over time, Holmes finds Watson’s medical background helpful, and Watson realizes she actually has a talent with investigation. Holmes’ police contact, Captain Thomas Gregson, knows from previous experience working with Scotland Yard that Holmes is brilliant at solving cases, and welcomes him as part of the team. The investigative team also includes Detective Marcus Bell, an investigator with sharp intuition and intimidating interrogation skills, although initially skeptical of Holmes and his unorthodox methods, Bell begins to recognize Sherlock as an asset to their team.
Elementary features Holmes’ ongoing conflict with his nemesis Jamie Moriarty (Natalie Dormer) and constantly takes many turns, as with his strained relationship with his father. The show also features Detective Marcus Bell (Jon Michael Hill), Sherlock’s brother Mycroft Holmes (Rhys Ifans) and Sherlock’s father Morland Homes (John Noble).

I look forward to bringing you my thoughts and weekly review of Elementary so far no air dates yet but will keep you updated.

Game Of Thrones SN6 E4 – ‘Book of the Stranger’

Valar morghulis my friends. My name is Jessica and I’ll be recapping your episodes of Game of Thrones from now on, as our previous writer has been swooped away by a dragon. Just to give you a short background on myself: I’m a huge Game of Thrones fanatic, to the point that I founded my university’s own Game of Thrones Club. I’ve also read the A Song of Fire and Ice series from cover to cover, and am not so patiently awaiting the ending book(s).

The episode I shall be recapping is episode 4 of season 6 — “Book of the Stranger.” Rather than going character by character, I’ll be going place by place.

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The Wall

Jon decides that he wants to head South, which Edd dislikes after what previously happened at Hardhome. Jon and Edd are interrupted as Sansa, Podrick, and Brienne enter Castle Black. Jon and Sansa share a heart-warming hug , and then recount their journeys since the day they both left Winterfell. Sansa wants  Jon to help her take back Winterfell, their only true home, but after all the fighting at The Wall Jon says he can’t. Sansa declares that if he won’t help her, she will do it herself, as there will always be Houses in the north loyal to House Stark. Concurrently, Brienne finds Ser Davos and Melisandre and tells them that after Stannis admitted to using dark magic to assassinate his brother Renly, Brienne killed Stannis. Later on in the day the group enjoys a hot meal, while Tormund and Brienne share some #Torienne eye ogling moments. A letter arrives from Ramsay Bolton, now Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North. The letter boasts about how Ramsay has Rickon Stark in a dungeon and Shaggydog’s skin on the floor. He demands that Sansa be returned or else he and the Bolton army shall ride North to slaughter all the wildlings. He also threatens some other gruesome things towards Jon, Sansa and Rickon in classic Ramsay Bolton fashion. Jon finally agrees with Sansa, they must take back Winterfell, hooray! Hopefully, through a combination of wildlings and Northern Houses they will take Ramsay Bolton down and save Rickon.

Runestone 

Robin Arryn has grown since the last time we saw him in Season 5, unfortunately his archery skills have not. As we watch him practice, Littlefinger (a.k.a. Petyr Baelish) arrives with a pet falcon for Robin. The Lord of Runestone, Yohn Royce, begins asking Littlefinger how Sansa ended up married to Ramsay Bolton instead of getting to the Fingers for protection. Littlefinger replies that Bolton soldiers attacked them on their journey and kidnapped Sansa. He also implies that Yohn is guilty because he was the only other person to know where they were heading. Petyr manipulates Robin, who plays with the falcon, into considering executing Yohn unless Yohn swears his absolute loyalty —which he does. Littlefinger then tells Robin that Sansa escaped and is currently under protection at Castle Black, but she won’t be safe there unless she has help. Robin tells Yohn to command the knights of the Vale to protect his cousin. Anyone else feel a war brewing? Hopefully Ramsay Bolton is about to get sandwiched between an attack from the south and the north.

Meereen

Tyrion Lannister is quickly finding himself in hot water. He arranges a meeting with the slave masters of Astapor, Volantis and Yunkai, against Missandei and Grey Worm’s wishes, to discuss a deal. Tyrion proposes that all the cities, excluding Meereen, will have seven years to end slavery allowing them an easier transition opposed to abolishing it in a day. They will be compensated for losses, and the masters must stop their support of the Sons of the Harpy. Tyrion then leaves the masters with time to deliberate his offer, however he is met by former slaves of Meereen who disprove on any negotiation with the masters. The former slaves ask Grey Worm and Missandei their opinion, and they reluctantly side with Tyrion on the matter. They continue to ask when their Queen will return, but Tyrion can only assure them “soon.” While Tyrion sees the issue from a Westerosi-scholarly perspective, Grey Worm and Missandei see the issue from their first-hand experience with the masters; thus in private they warn him that the masters will try to use him and the situation to their benefit.

King’s Landing

Margaery finally makes some progress with the High Sparrow and gets to see her brother, Loras. Margaery sees an immobile Loras on the prison floor (I actually thought he was dead), and tells him to be strong. Meanwhile Cersei is told by Tommen that Margaery’s walk of atonement will happen soon. Cersei meets with Kevan Lannister and Olenna Tyrell at the small council chamber to plot how they will overthrow the High Sparrow before Margaery’s walk.

Iron Islands

Theon arrives at the Iron Islands to hear the news that his father Balon Greyjoy has died. Upon being reunited with his sister Yara he explains that he will support Yara’s claim at the Kingsmoot.

Winterfell

Osha, who was Rickon’s protector after fleeing Winterfell, is brought before Ramsay. While she attempts to seduce him in order to reach a knife, Ramsay tells her that Theon mentioned her using the same tactic to escape Theon. Osha quickly tries to stab him, but Ramsay stabs her in the neck.

Vaes Dothrak

Daario discovers that Jorah has greyscale upon arriving at Vaes Dothrak. The duo infiltrate the city, and wait for an opportunity. Meanwhile Daenerys becomes friends with a young Dosh Khaleen. When they go outside they encounter Jorah and Daario. Rather than sneaking out of the city, Daenerys comes up with a different plan. That night, Daenerys awaits judgement before all the great khals inside the temple. She accuses the khals of not being the leaders the Dothraki need, telling them that she instead will lead them. She begins tipping braziers and the whole temple is consumed in flames, the khals cannot escape because the door was barred by the young Dosh Khaleen. Daenerys emerges from the fiery temple, unburnt and naked. The thousands of Dothraki outside bow down before her. (Total bad-assery as usual, “Fire cannot kill a dragon.”)

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Well that’s a wrap! What are your thoughts on this episode? Anything you liked/disliked? Like, share, comment below or tweet me @sohodoll. And as always, “Winter is coming.”

Orphan Black – Clone Club Awesomness!!

We are already halfway through season 4, so why not recap what we know so far!

Season 4 of Orphan Black is proving to be the most entertaining season yet (this comment could be due to the meh nature of the first half of season 3). A lot has happened during the first 5 episodes, therefore we do need a quick recap before the release of episode 6 this week (to which I will do a more detailed review).

Needless to say beware of spoilers, but a warning is still mandatory. With that done, on with the review!!

The Flash SN2 EP15 – ‘ King Shark ‘

So it’s time once again for my review of The Flash and in this weeks episode we see Barry struggle with what happened on Earth-2, the return of King Shark, guest appearances from Diggle and Lyla and we the identity of Zoom is finally revealed.

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So after Jay Garrick was killed at the end of the last episode we see the team looking visibly shaken by what was just at the beginning of the episode, Barry decides to concentrate on running around the city looking for other meta human threats while Caitlin struggles to come to terms with losing yet another love interest. Barry wants to go back to Earth-2 as he feels that he has left the whole planet at the mercy of Zoom now they have  closed all the portals. Dr Wells explains to Barry that it is impossible to go back as all the portals have now been closed and there is no way of reopening them.

We then go off to a secret Argus facility where is appears they have been holding King Shark prisoner in a large tank with a laser grid over the top of to stop him from escaping. He appears to have gone belly up so the guards decide to shut down the laser grid, cue the scene cutting to Lyla and Diggle arriving at the facility and we find out that Lyla has been promoted to the new head of Argus and has been tasked with cleaning up Wallers mess. The alarm sounds and the pair arrive to see all the guards dead and King Shark having a snack on them as he sees the Lyla and Diggle appear he makes a break for it and escapes.

Diggle and Lyla pay Barry and team a visit to advise them that King Shark has escaped from the Argus facility as it appears that Amanda Waller had captured him and were experimenting on him to see if they could use his genetic make up to make weapons. Barry is frustrated by this and is not going to wait around for King Shark to find him and that he is going to take the fight to him instead. Barry, Diggle, Lyla and the Argus team take off to track him down by searching the nearest bodies of water next to Central City. The group eventually find him but are unable to capture him and he makes a meal out of another two Argus agents.

During the episode we see Dr Wells warn Barry and Cisco that they must not tell the others about there Earth-2 counter parts, the pair agree to not tell them anything but we see Caitlin’s attitude change towards people. Cisco begins to worry that she is becoming exactly like Killer Frost after she the pair pay King Sharks Earth-1 wife and Caitlin becomes inpatient after they ask for a look at her research. She also snaps at Cisco later on for trying to help her go through the research and find a way to track King Sharks movements.

We also see some issues arise between Barry and Wally during a family game night at the West household, Wally beats Barry’s cup stacking record and makes the claim that no-one is faster than him. Barry is offered the chance to regain his title but he doesn’t seem interesting in having fun with the rest of the West family, Wally seems to be a bit put out by this and decides to head off as he has plans. Joe and Iris pick up on something not being right but there unable to get it out of Barry at this point in time. Joe later arranges for Barry and Wally to meet up at the house to help Wally with his project to get into a engineering college programme, Barry reluctantly agrees to come along and help him out as he knows he needs to take his mind off King Shark.

The pair meet up and at first it takes them sometime to warm up to each other as Barry goes straight into nerd mode and starts telling Wally where he needs to improve his engine designs and Wally states that he asked for his help and not for him to do the work for him. The pair then get down to work and seem to be working well together until Barry gets ahead of his self again and states to Wally that he is trying to help and doesn’t want the college to have a reason to say no to him. Wally takes offence to this and goes to storm out Barry goes after him to ask what his problem is only for Wally to tell him that he has had enough of hearing how amazing and perfect Barry is from Joe and Iris. Just as the pair are arguing King Shark arrives by tearing the roof of the house looking for The Flash as he can smell that he is there. Barry makes sure that Wally is not looking and rushes outside to confront Killer Shark, the fight is short lived with Barry being thrown against a car but before King Shark can finish the job Argus arrive on the scene and scare him off.

Barry arrives back in the house as the West’s are tidying up the mess and Wally turns to Barry and asks if he has been hiding under his bed he had heard he was meant to be this amazing person and he didn’t take him for a coward this causes Joe to snap at Wally before he leaves the house looking annoyed that his father has taken Barry’s side. Barry tries to defend Wally but Iris and Joe know there is something else wrong with him, Barry comes clean and tells him all about there Earth-2 counter parts and what happened to Joe and that even though it was not his Joe that died it was still just as painful. Barry also admits that he feels like it is his fault that Jay was killed due to him being the one who opened the breaches, Joe and Iris advise him that it is not his fault and that he needs to move past this if he is ever going to be happy.

We go back to Star labs and Cisco confronts Caitlin about her behaviour and accidentally lets slip that she is acting like she was over there. Caitlin manages to get out of Cisco about meeting her Earth-2 counter park and what she was like and is a little shocked to think Cisco would think she could turn into that sort of person and that she just needs time to get over losing Jay. Eventually Caitlin manages to find out that King Shark uses Barry’s electric charge in order to track him giving the group the idea to reverse this process to track him instead. Barry, Caitlin, Diggle, Lyla and the Argus team head off to the river to try and lure King Shark out with a decoy of Barry giving out an electric pulse.

King Shark takes the bait but the tranquillisers that Cisco has planted in the decoy have had not effect and he ends up on land and it appears that bullets don’t do any good against him so Barry takes off over the water and King Shark gives chase. Barry uses his electric charge to send shocks through the water harming King Shark before sprinting around in a whirlwind and eventually hitting him with his now trademark lightening bolt rendering him unconscious. Argus reel him in and place in him an impenetrable holding cell so that he can be transferred back to the facility, Lyla promises Barry that they won’t be experimenting on him like Waller was. We also see Diggle give Barry some advice as he has noticed that Barry has been struggling and it’s around how to losing people that are close to you and using his experience of when he was in Afghanistan and lost his friends.

We see Caitlin catch Cisco out by touching her with her cold hands and when he calls he Caitlin she asks why she is calling her that and she hates that name before laughing at him, Cisco obviously doesn’t find it very funny but is glad to see her a bit happier.

At the end of the episode we see Barry call everyone together and advise them that he is not ready to give up on Jay and that they will find a way to get back to Earth-2 and also that he plans on stopping Zoom once and for all when he gets there revealing Jay’s helmet in a case to honour his memory. We see a cut scene to Earth-2 and Zoom holding the body of Jay he drops him on the floor and the prisoner with the metal mask looks distraught, we then finally see Zoom remove his mask only to reveal the face of Jay Garrick and says “Well this is a complication”.

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Bates Motel SN4 EP4 – ‘ Lights of Winter ‘

Firstly WOW what an episode….. It just gets better and better and better each episode! Bates Motel totally has me as we say in Aus ” hook, line & sinker”.  But before we get into episode 4 here is a quick recap of episode 3…..

‘Till Death Do You Part’ SN4 EP3
Norma and Romero tie the knot, Norman tries to except his new circumstances and Dylan tries to shed old business. Ok moving on to the latest Bates episode…

‘Lights of Winter’ SN4 EP4
So the episode open with Norman in his room, he begins to have visions of his mother hitting his father over the head and visions of Blaire Watson, Norman snaps out of it when one of the staff bring his morning meds. Norman wants to leave Pineview but he is told he cannot leave without taking his medication, he takes his meds but as soon as the staff member leaves Norman makes himself throw up. Julian help Norman break into the night staff’s office so he can make a phone call, Norman gets a hold of Dylan and tell him that Norma is in danger, he also tells Dylan he is being released from Pineview today but when Dylan questions Norman, it angers him and he then hangs up.

Meanwhile Norma is acting odd with Romero, he suggests that they open a joint account to make the marriage look more real, he goes on to invite Norma to the towns winter festival. You can see she wants to say yes, but declines as she is visiting Emma and may not be back in time. Norma leaves the house and sits in the car for a minute with a smile like that she is thinking of her new husband no doubt, Norm is smitten and perhaps falling for the handsome Sheriff, the only man who has treated her with kindness. Norman is being difficult and won’t attend his group therapy session, his reasons for not attending is he believes he is being released today, but it seems no one at Pineview got that memo. Dr Edwards steps in and assures him he has reported Norman suspicious to authorities but urges Norman to continue his session, a pissed off Norman has had enough and tries to walk out the front door although his attempt is unsuccessful, but Julian tells him he can get him out if he want to.

Emma tells Dylan she and her father are moving to Seattle so she can attend the best respiratory rehabilitation center and to start university and she asks Dylan if he would want go to Seattle with them and Dylan takes the leap and decides to go to Seattle with them. He would be stupid not to, this is his chance to do something better with his life. Norma visits with Emma and she tell Norma that Dylan keeps her updated on Norman, She told Norma that she is doing the right thing for Norman and maybe its time for her to let go a little and start looking after herself for a change. Norma needed to hear that and she knows it’s time for her to cut the cord from Norman and focus on herself and her new husband. Rebecca asks Romero point-blank if he killed Bob Paris, Romero brushes the question off, she goes on the tell him that Paris had $3 million stashed in a safe deposit box but you need two keys to open it, the bank has one and she bets his killer has the other. Romero cuts open the stash of money he has and finds the second key in a passport. Norma home from visiting Emma decides to take her advise and as she is changing, the photo of her beloved Norman catches her eye and she picks it up, then put it’s in the draw and closes it. She’s starting to embrace her new freedom!

Romero spots his new bride at the winter festival and he is taken with just how beautiful she looks, he tell her she looks beautiful and he’s glad she made it. While Romero is pulled away for a photo, Rebecca approaches Norma and introduces herself. Rebecca is clearly jealousy of Norma and thinks is should be her that married Romero. The Bates home has been broken into and trashed and Romero know why but don’t voice it. Julian and Norman decided tonight they will have freedom and break out of Pineview, they hitch a ride to the local strip club and it doesn’t take long before Julian is lead to the VIP lounge. Norman is feeling out-of-place when a cute stripper Athena gets his attention and leads him to the VIP lounge, Norman takes the screwdriver from his back pocket and places it on the table, while Athena tries to seduce him and in the blink of any eye he turns into Norma, seducing the stripper! Julian gets attacked but Norman can’t do anything but watch on helplessly, Dr Edwards finds Norman in the ambulance cuffed, he and Norman sit in the car and Norman breaks down and admitting he blackouts, Norman sobs and tell Dr Edwards he doesn’t know what real or not anymore and can he please help him.

We are starting to see the beginning of Norman’s split personality emerge and it makes for very interesting episodes, but i tell you my heart was breaking for him as he sat sobbing in the car asking for help. Rebecca is definitely one not to trust, she wants Romero for herself and hell have no fury like a woman scorned!! What did you guys think of this episode?
I rate this weeks episode: 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

Damien SN1 EP2 – ‘Second Death’

I dont know about you kids but I’m sure hell (pardon the pun) getting sucked in and loving the intrigue and mystery how about you?

When we left Damien (Bradley James) he had just discovered the number of the Beast branded on this scalp….

A hooded man enters a church and goes into the confessional booth, kneeling the man knocks on the closed screen the priest slides open the screen and says he’s here and hands the hooded man a dagger with a carved handle, when the man starts to pray the priest starts to fit and dies. It’s the day of Kelly’s fureral and Damien reconnect with old mates, but he is clearly distracted and notices a man hanging around the church but when he looks for him he is gone. While Kelly’s sister Simone (Megalyn Echikunwoke) speaks of her sister, Damien is sweating, his breating laboured and seeing blood run from Jesus’s feet, hands and head then a crow hits the stained glass window, Damien runs out of the church.

Damien spends the night walking around the city taking photos when the hooded man that was at the church attacks him with a dagger, but he ends cut in half when a taxi veers off the road and crushes him between the taxi and a dumpster. Detective James Shay (David Meunier) doesn’t buy Damien’s story that it was an accident, and becomes even more suspicious when he learns that Damien’s friend Kelly died in an accident a few days earlier, a mysterious benefactor tell the Detective Shay she is Damien’s council and he has been though an ordeal and needs rest.

This mysterious woman offers Damien answers to his many questions if he accompanies her, mean while Simone and Amani (Omid Abtahi) have discovered the contents in Kelly’s note book. Ann Rutledge (Barbara Hershey), Damien’s protector takes him down to a room full of Damien’s belongings from his childhood including a red trike, and he has a flash back to his childhood of him riding the trike and a woman falling to her death.

Welcome home Damien……

The piece are starting to come together for Damien and will be interesting to see where the story goes from here, I am absolutely enjoying the ride so far. What do you guys think about the show so far?  Well thats it from me will until next week.

I’m rating this episode : 🎬🎬🎬🎬

The Presh Scale

1 x 🎬 The Worst

2 x 🎬 Not Bad

3 x 🎬 Good

4 x 🎬 Very Good

5 x 🎬 Awesomeness

 

Bates Motel SN4 EP2 – ‘Goodnight Mother’

Wow what an episode and it just keeps getting better and better each episode don’t  you agree? Let’s get down to business.

In this episode we see Norman (Freddie Highmore) start to take control from Norma (Vera Farmiga) they are losing trust in each and both suspect one an another of a horrible deed.  Emma’s father (Andrew Howard) pretty much tells Dylan (Max Thieriot) that what he dose for a living is not good enough for his beloved daughter, he tells Dylan that he believes,  he is better then that and he needs to remember the Emma (Oliva Cooke) is no longer a dying girl, she can do something with her life now, she has had her transplant. Emma gets taken off the respirator and struggles to breath on her own and starts gasping with a panicked look as her doctor calms her and she starts to breath,  talk  about on the edge of your seat… I swear I nearly passed out because I was holding my breath.

After the chat with Emma’s Dad and seeing her take her first breath Dylan starts to contemplates his future with Emma but you can clearly see the chemistry between them, meanwhile Norma is starting to come to terms with the fact Norman is becoming dangrous. Remember in episode 1 Norma askes Alex Remero (Nestor Carbonell) to marry her for insurance in order to get Norman into the Pineview Institute. Worried Norman is  dangrous Remero takes the money out that he hide in his fireplace and heads to Pineview Institute to get Norman committed when asked if he was a relative he tells Mrs Monore he is marrying Norman’s mother!

Alex calls Norma and tells her he will marry her and Norman will be addmitted to Pineview but Norman has to sign the paperwork which has been faxed to the Motel, Norman is checking a family in when the fax comes through and he is not happy. Norma tries to get him to sign the papers and he starts to flipping out,  Norma scared goes and hides to call Alex for help. Alex makes his way through the house and takes Norman into custody and leads him down to the patrol car, with Norma running after them crying and pleading with Norman to sign the paperwork as she promises him its a good place that will help him, its nothing like the county hospital he was first taken too, he finally signs the paperwork before he’s put in the patrol car and headed to Pineview Institute.

This episode was a cracker and we are starting to see the dynamics between Norma and Norman change, he is becoming the dominant one and it seems Norma is starting to lose her hold over him. I can’t wait for what episode 3 brings! Bates Motel definitely leaves me wanting more every episode, how about you? Let me know your thoughts on this episode.

I’m rating this episode: 🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬

 

The Presh Scale

1 x 🎬 The Worst

2 x 🎬 Not Bad

3 x 🎬 Good

4 x 🎬 Very Good

5 x 🎬 Awesomeness