Marvel’s Inhumans Releases New Featurette
Everyone has mixed feelings about the upcoming Marvel series, Inhumans.
Obviously, we can’t truly judge the show until it airs next month on ABC, but so far, the odds are not in the Inhumans’ favor. The trailers haven’t gotten the best reactions from the public and the early reviews for the show are not very promising either.
But there’s one thing we can’t deny: they are not giving up.
ABC released a new featurette with some BTS shots as well as interviews with executive producer Scott Buck, director of episodes 1 and 2 Roel Reiné and head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb, who seems to compare this show with the MCU.
We have lots of opinions about this trailer, but we’ll let you be the judge:
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REVIEW: Big Little Lies, Episode 104
Big Little Lies continued with the fourth episode of the season entitled “Push Comes to Shove” and the mothers definitely found all kinds of trouble in this episode.
Madeline did definitely not start the episode with the right foot because she is proposed, by Nathan, to have a couple’s dinner, which means, of course, Madeline and Ed, Nathan and Bonnie. I am not sure if Madeline could hate the idea of this dinner any more than what she already did. But it was really nice seeing her blow off some steam when she got home and found Ed singing for her dressed as Elvis Presley.
But this is far from being everything Madeline did in this episode. The play situation was finally more discussed and we learned both the name of the play, Avenue Q, and why so many people think it is inappropriate: there is a sex scene between puppets. When I heard this is why they wanted to stop the play I was surprised, because I thought it would be something more drastic. Renata defended why she wanted the play to be cancelled by totally avoiding the subject and suggesting a whole new play, saying that what their kids need is nostalgia. I think this statement of hers made it completely official that she only went after the play because Madeline supports it and she wanted to win against her. She made such a big deal about this just because of one sex scene. There are plays which you are advised to take your children with you, others where your children should stay home. And just trying to shut down a play based on this, seems very childish. Fortunately, Celeste was there and she kicked a lot of ass. I think this was the first time Celeste shined (I don’t mean Nicole, she has been shinning from the beginning, but Celeste hasn’t, at least not in a good way). As we found out later, Celeste loved that moment as much as we did.
Last about Madeline: I definitely did not enjoy her kiss with Joseph. I really like seeing her and Ed together, and I hope she doesn’t leave him for Joseph (which I don’t think she will).
Celeste and Perry seemed to have taken a break from the violence, and they had a few sweet moments in this episode (like the one in which Perry tells Celeste he would like to have a daughter). But it didn’t take long for them to start arguing and then returning to violence closer to the end. Celeste told Perry she was having a meeting with the mayor, and he did not like that very much. Don’t get me wrong, Perry doesn’t have an excuse for beating Celeste, and I am not taking anyone’s side in this, but this time Perry is right. It seems that Celeste never tells him anything. He overreacted a bit when he said she was going back to work (which she at least wasn’t when she started), but this is totally something one would share with their significant other, long before the meeting actually took place. And it is not just this meeting: in the first or second episode Perry stayed one more day to take the twins to their first day of school and he wanted to meet the teachers but that had happened the day before, and Celeste just went on her own, without even telling him what they were doing. When the highest stage of a couple’s relationship is when they are miles away from each other, there is definitely something very wrong.
It was nice seeing that Celeste doesn’t want to settle with just being a mom. Of course it is great but she doesn’t really do anything all day (and still has a baby-sitter, which is beyond weird and ridiculous). She loved going to the meeting with Madeline and she loved the feeling she got from being there and being a badass. She wants to go back to work, but she is afraid of Perry, as the couple’s therapist found out.
Lastly, Jane also found some trouble of her own: she said in this episode she wanted to move away, but then she seemed to put it aside. The teacher was nice enough to go talk to her about Ziggy, but she mistook the signs she got from class, because maybe both Amabella and Ziggy are both being bullied. This makes the fact that Amabella told everyone Ziggy was the bully look very strange. If they are both being bullied, why point at him? Maybe this is all part of the bully’s sick game.
Jane took Ziggy to a child psychologist and she said that is Ziggy is most likely not the bully, and finally understood that he himself might also be suffering from bulling. This show really deals with a lot of great subjects and it keeps adding and that is really incredible.
This episode was a great one as usual. I hope that Jane starts getting more screen time, because I think for the past 2 episode (3 and 4, I mean) it seems she is being sidelined by the other two moms. I am giving this episode an 8.3.
This show is definitely too small, and there are only 3 more episodes left, so don’t miss my review of episode 5, “Once Bitten”.
REVIEW: American Gods, Episode 107
American Gods continues the season with episode 7, “A Prayer for Mad Sweeney”, which seemed a little like a standalone episode, but a good one nonetheless.
“The American colonies were as much as a dumping ground as they were an escape”. It is like this that we begin a new chapter of Ibis’ “Coming to America” story. America was in fact the land of dreams, but for some to be living the dream, others would have to work for both themselves and for the dreamers, and that was not forgotten in this episode of American Gods.
In this very peculiar chapter, we meet Essie McGowan and a comparison between her and Laura is inevitable, since they were portrayed by the same actress: they both struggle for the life they think they deserve, neither one of them forgets what matters to them (at least they rarely do), and both of them always seem to want more, no matter how much they have. Something that is also inevitable to compare is their beliefs: Essie seems to fully believe in a lot of things, but mostly leprechauns; while Laura doesn’t believe in anything (at least she didn’t use to, but that is probably different now).
What I enjoyed most about Essie’s character was her belief. As I just said, she believes in a lot of things, but, unlike a lot of people, she doesn’t believe as a hobby. Every day (sometimes maybe more than once a day) she would spare some food, put it on a plate and serve to the leprechauns. Of course this was definitely not a very big deal when she had lots of food to eat, but she didn’t always, and she would still remember them. There were in fact a few occasions in which she forgot this, but not because she kept all the food for herself, but because she was busy. It is probably because of Essie that a certain Irish leprechaun found himself in America. Leprechauns have been nothing but a myth for a long long time and so they would have to follow the believers wherever they went. I also even wonder if the coin that Mad Sweeney says to be his lucky coin (the one that is now inside Laura) isn’t the one that Essie gave him. That would be interesting.
But though there were a lot of scenes from the past, the present was not forgotten. We continued to see the trip that Laura, Salim and Mad Sweeney share. But Salim didn’t stay long in this episode because he was given what he wanted sooner than he expected: the location of the Jinn in House of the Rock. I am not yet sure what this is, but we will probably see it next season. I was told this is an amazing part of the story, so I am looking forward to it.
With Salim gone, Laura and Sweeney continued their journey in an ice cream truck, which was probably great for Laura because her body is rotting really fast. But most journeys have detours and this was no different: because of a little bunny (which means they are close to their destination), the truck crashed. Sweeny was fine, but the same can’t be said for Laura, because her body was opened and the coin jumped out of her. Our favorite leprechaun picked it up and was definitely thinking of just going away, when he looks back and starts thinking of what he should do. And this is the moment we find out that he was actually the one who killed Laura in the first place, by Wednesday’s command. That’s right! Even though Wednesday wasn’t physically in this episode, he will always be the one pulling the strings of the other characters.
It was nice seeing the interaction between Laura and Sweeney, both in the present and past. Both actors do in amazing job (all cast does an amazing job in this show actually). It was curious that the writers made this episode to be the penultimate, because those are usually more shocking episodes that set up the season finale. But Americans Gods is now expected to the unexpected, so we shouldn’t really be shocked about something like this. Of course that I don’t have to say that Wednesday and Shadow were both missed. As much as I like Laura and Mad Sweeny’s interactions, I love Wednesday and Shadow’s relationship more.
This was a good episode, but a bad one by comparison. Even among the greatest of the greats there is one which comes as the worst, and that is the case of “A Prayer for Mad Sweeney”. I am giving it a 7.4/10.
Episode 8, “Come to Jesus”, is the season finale and a new battle between old Gods and new will take place, so don’t miss my next review.
THE QUIS BOX: Basketball Wives, Kylie Jenner, and that Bad Gal RiRi
The Quis Box meets Papi Chulo RADIO and I hope you all are ready. We are about to talk about everything pop culture, drama, juiciness, and everything in between. Censorship won’t be present. Here you will get it straight with no chaser…just some real unadulterated chit chat.
First off let’s talk about one of my favorite reality shows, Basketball Wives. Recently, this show aired the finale of its sixth season. For those who are not aware of this show, let me briefly update you. It was created by Shaunie O’Neal who is the ex-wife of NBA legend (and my favorite NBA player) Shaquille O’Neal. Shaunie is also the executive director of the show, or rather the HBIC. Originally when this show started years ago, it was based out of Miami. After about the second or third season, they extended the franchise to Los Angeles. Over the years there have been so many cast changes, divorces, location changes; to where now it is all based in one city, Los Angeles. Now the show is comprised of Shaunie O’Neal, Tami Roman (ex-wife of Kenny Anderson), Jackie Christie (wife of Doug Christie), Malaysia (ex-wife of some dude who use to play for the Chicago Bulls), and Evelyn Lozada; who as Tami Roman put it, “F*cked her way through 3 players’ associations). As if you didn’t know, Evelyn was engaged to Antoine Walker (NBA), married Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson (NFL), and was engaged to her 2nd baby daddy Carl Crawford (MLB). Who I recently found out from Bossip, done broke up. By adding Shaunie, Tami, and Evelyn to the show brought the Los Angeles franchise a significant increase in ratings. Cause Lord knows, the Los Angeles franchise needed a spark. Let’s be clear, this came along with a lot of D-R-A-M-A!!!
You had one girl who allegedly lied about having a miscarriage and according to her sister had an abortion. She have a celebrity stylist who admitted that she was sleeping with and was in love with a married ex-NBA player. Malaysia brought ex-cast member Brandi Maxiel around and that turned sour ‘cause no one that mattered wanted her around. Then there was my one of my top 3 FAVORITE basketball wives, Evelyn Lozada, who returned. This season was the first season that fans saw Evelyn Lozada be a part of the franchise in four years. In the mean time she worked hard on improving her image and had her own show on the Oprah Winfrey Network for 2 seasons. Baby there was so much drama and messiness this season and I loved every bit of it, minus anything associated with Jackie Christie. The real drama of the season was between Evelyn and Jackie Christie. First off, I think Jackie Christie is bat shit crazy and I don’t even know why she’s on the show anymore. I use to be able to tolerate her ignorance and foolishness but now it’s just beyond ridiculous. She looks a damn fool on TV and at somewhere around 50 years of age she has shown herself to be full of more shit than a baby’s diaper.
The issue between Evelyn and Jackie came about because Jackie’s oldest daughter who she has been estranged with for years, created a GoFundMe page for medical bills for her son. Of course the media went crazy because how Jackie got all this money (allegedly), you’re on a very successful show, and your daughter gotta create a GoFundMe page? The daughter has been very honest for a LONG time as to how Jackie treated her (a dark skinned fat girl) compared to her other sister (light skinned and smaller). Well Jackie’s grandson, who to this day she has never seen and doesn’t know his DOB, had a very bad accident at daycare. Well the picture of the child’s accident moved Evelyn to donate the $3,500 that was requested. Of course people being messy and wanting to create drama, alleged that Evelyn did it because she was trying to come for Jackie. I’m not sure who or what Jackie Christie is that would make her think THE Evelyn Lozada needed to waste her time coming for her but that was the underline tension during the season. Evelyn and Jackie don’t get along and prior to this past season never even knew each other. So why would Evelyn care two shits about this psycho woman. At one moment it seemed as if Jackie and Evelyn better understood each other and was working on a friendship. Then Jackie exhibited actions and lies that caused Evelyn to have enough of her. Jackie through around allegations of Evelyn being in her family business. When the situation was not Evelyn’s fault but the fact that Jackie’s daughter had their family business all in the freakin’ media. Jackie’s daughter would reach out to Evelyn and Evelyn would respond, but folks wanted to put all the blame on Evelyn. Personally, Evelyn and Jackie aren’t friends so they have no obligation to one another. I don’t see no issue with Evelyn responding when Jackie’s daughter would reach out to her. There were arguments, there was lots of outside opinions involved, and of course there was Jackie acting a damn fool in public and every chance she got. Shit really hit the fan when the women took a trip to New York and Jackie called Evelyn’s daughter a Build A Whore. Now just like me, you’re probably wondering what the hell is a Build a whore is? It’s when a parent grooms their child to grow up and become a slut…a whore basically. Now you don’t come for no one’s child and I don’t care how mad you are, children and spouses should be off limits. Of course Evelyn wanted to take this heifer’s head off. Lord, as the season progressed you had to be on egg shells to have them both in the same room. Personally I appreciated how Evelyn paid Jackie dust, ‘cause I’d a dang near spent most of my damn coins to pay someone to really fuck Jackie up. Jackie was so extra it was ridiculous and it annoyed me how her friends Tami and Malaysia enabled her foolishness. Although I love everything about me some Tami Roman, I sometimes felt as if she wasn’t being has transparent as she should’ve been with Jackie. However, I understood that she wanted to pretty much mind her damn business. It also didn’t help the drama of the show that Jackie’s daughter who she’s been estranged from, wrote a book about her that Evelyn, Jennifer (who I was so glad came back and her and Evelyn made up), and Shaunie all had advanced copies of. As soon as this book is released, I will be buying a copy. Just like Shaunie said about Jackie on the season finale “I am so done with Jackie Christie!” Personally I think Malaysia needs to return as a main character and Jackie needs to be fired or reduced to a smaller role. It has gotten to a point where Jackie Christie taints Basketball Wives more than she helps it. Lord, let’s move on. Enough about these women. To see how the drama continues, I will definitely be watching the reunion this coming Sunday at 9pm on VH1.
When I tell you those Kardashians will always keep them a check going. You can’t even look in the media without seeing at least one person from the Kardashian/Jenner Clan. This time I’m not talking about Kim nor Khloe. It’s all about the youngest. So Kylie Jenner who had an interesting relationship with her famous ex rapper boyfriend Tyga, now has her own spin off show. It’s called Life of Kylie. Keeping Up With The Kardashians has been on for 10 years, and now the baby of the family has stepped out on her own. Just like all of the other Kardashian shows, this one also comes on the E! Channel. My expectation going into the first episode? This was going to be foolishness and I wasn’t going to watch it past episode 1. I was pleasantly surprised. I actually really like the show. It showed a kind of infectiousness to Kylie’s personality actually. My heart went out to this girl. This was someone who didn’t ask to be famous. She was kind raised in this famous family, because Keeping Up With The Kardashians started when she was like 6-8 years old. So basically she had no choice but to be a part of this life. She was forced to be in front of the cameras at a very young age. The poor young woman knows nothing else. Everything about what I saw was someone who is forced by her family to be in the lime light, forced to be on social media, and forced to live her life constantly in front of the cameras. Yes, I’m sure she doesn’t regret all the money she has. But she looks so miserable around paparazzi and cameras that I feel so sorry for her. I’m sure if she could make her money without having to be so accessible to the public, she would. It’s clear from the show that she hates the life she lives, but she feels she has no choice but to live it. It’s as if she feels trapped within her own life. I just hope she doesn’t go cuckoo or lose her damn mind, or worse…all because she wants out, but can’t, and loses control. God forbid anything happens, I blame the momma and daddy for taking away her youth. We shall see what else I notice and how the future for this young woman goes…that’s it on them for now. Let’s move on to something else.
So to know me is to know I LOVE everything Rihanna. I am a proud member of Rihanna Navy and RiRi can do no wrong to me. Well except for some of her menfolk, but that’s neither here nor there. So I’m online, just scrolling, and Lord have mercy Jesus what did I come across??? But my Rihanna Fenty dressed in an amazing carnival costume. I always marvel at what this woman wears. I don’t care if she is half naked, which she is in the picture, or fully clothed (which is rare)…this woman’s beauty is ridiculous. This week in her Island of Barbados, they are celebrating what’s called Kadooment Day and she is their honored guest. Between the teal colors, feathers, and bedazzled outfit – this musical superstar was absolutely stunning. All these idiots that have been fat shamming her lately, because she has gained a few pounds are absolutely stupid. Rihanna has natural beauty and a womanly figure that women all over the world pay ridiculous amount of money for. The fact that folks are fat shaming Rihanna proves how superficial a bulk of our society is. Women all over the world suffer from fat shaming every day and some don’t handle it in the best ways. Nothing is more special than a woman who embraces and celebrates everything that she is regardless of shape, size, or color. It is obvious that Rihanna along with her banging body, extra pounds, new billionaire boyfriend, and all her other successes ain’t worried one bit about anything negative and I just love the glow and freedom she possesses. Reign on Miss RiRi…Reign on!
REVIEW: Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, Episode 107
Once Upon A Time in Wonderland is back with episode 7, “Bad Blood”, which made all blood ties between characters become a burden.
In flashbacks leading to maybe a few weeks before what was seen in 104, we meet Jafar’s parents. There is nothing particularly interesting about the mother, but the father is a totally different story: Jafar’s father is the Sultan, making him a bastard to the throne. Jafar goes to the palace hoping to be welcomed with open arms, but his father says he is lucky enough to become a servant. We also saw a scene in which Jafar called the Sultan father (or almost did) in the middle of a business reunion. This scene didn’t seem very realistic, because it can’t be easy calling someone we have never seen before “Father”, and it’s not like they were very close to each other. But I’ll let this one slide. But the Sultan is definitely not as OK with this as I am, and he did not let it slide, in fact he drowned Jafar for it (of course Jafar didn’t actually die, or we wouldn’t be here).
Flashback stories like this is one of the reasons I love Once Upon A Time. The writers develop both heroes and villains the same way. If heroes had a moment in their lives that made them a hero, then villains should have one too. And that makes us understand what drives them to do whatever it is they are trying to do. In this case, Jafar is trying to break the laws of magic, so that he can make his father love him. Of course this is totally a very desperate attempt for love. “What good is love and respect if it has to be stolen?”. This is something Jafar’s father says, and it couldn’t make more sense, but it looks to Jafar that he ran out of options, and force some love into his father is the only chance he has to be loved.
But Jafar’s father wasn’t the only one who popped up in this episode, Alice’s father, Edwin, did too. Jafar kidnapped him and pretended he was him so that he could tell Alice all those things she wanted to hear, but it didn’t take long for Alice to find out the truth. The only disappointment in all this is how Alice and Will made it obvious they knew what was happening. Alice actually gave a good excuse to leave with Will, but talking to each other and occasionally look at a man who has something to hide is definitely not the way to go.
But Jafar was still not done, and so he went to get Alice’s real father and we were able to see a beautiful scene between this father and daughter. Edwin said he blamed Alice for his wife’s death, that he shouldn’t have needed proof to believe his own daughter and finishes by telling Alice that Cyrus escaped. Finally Edwin served a purpose other than always being the one doubting, and embraced his daughter, her belief and her love. I said before that it would have been very hard for anyone to believe what Alice used to say, but of course that Edwin could have been a little bit more understanding and flexible than sending his daughter almost immediately to an asylum.
Tired of listening to all this sentimentalism, Jafar threw Edwin from the cliff in which he was over, and this forced Alice to make her second wish: she wished her father back home. Two down, one to go. But don’t forget that wishes come with a price and, although her father did in fact return home safely, he thinks all the impossible things he saw were nothing but a dream.
It was just a pity that we didn’t get to see much of Will and Anastasia, but this was still a great episode. Of course that for some characters to shine, others have to be sidelined, since there is no time in one episode for everything. But that is exactly why there are still some episodes to go through, and I am giving this one an 8.1/10.
With 6 more episodes before the story comes to an end, things are definitely starting to get more and more intense, and episode 108, “Home”, was the winter finale, thus I promise that there will totally be a few twists and turns. So don’t forget to stick around.
REVIEW: Big Little Lies, Episode 103
Big Little Lies continues to surprise and conquer with episode 3 entitled “Living the Dream”, which sounds a bit ironic since all characters are definitely far from living their dream life.
The episode continues with Madeline’s attempts to sabotage Amabella’s party, organizing and founding “Disney on Ice” tickets. I continue to say that this is unfair for Chloe, because she makes it clear she would rather go to the party, than that “stupid show”. Chloe is a smart girl and she is also Ziggy’s friend and I think if Madeline had talked to her about it, she would be OK with doing this.
But while Chloe preferred to stay, Perry would like to go to the “Disney on Ice”, but Celeste is not particularly fond of this idea. Of course Perry didn’t want to go to see all those princes and princesses dancing on rollerblades, but to spend more time with his two sons. I think Celeste loves her husband, but she prefers the long distance relationship they have while he is away, than while Perry is in town. And I also think that Perry loves his wife too, he simply doesn’t really know how to love her and how to continue to make her love him, so instead of the Sweet Nothings, Perry uses violence. This may seem illogical to all of us in the outside, but maybe in his head it makes sense, maybe he doesn’t mean to hurt her. Maybe this is the language he speaks because that could be what he used to see in his home, and so it is normal to him. All of these could be explanations. Of course none of these makes the beating OK, but it helps us understand his situation. I don’t want to judge Perry (at least not yet) because we don’t really know a lot about him. But it seems like we will find out.
Speaking of this problematic couple, it was really amazing the scene in which they go to the couple’s therapist. It looked like Celeste didn’t want to tell the therapist about the fight, and she also made it seem like the beating was her fault too, because she put it as “we fight” and “we get angry”. It is totally not unusual that couples fight (it may even be one of the most common things there are), but what is not normal is that it leaves bruises (both psychological and physical). At least Perry had the decency to admit what he does, which is definitely a step in the right direction. Making him the one who mentions this might mean that Perry wants to change, but he simply doesn’t know how. One thing is for sure: going to see a therapist was definitely a great idea and it also seems that it started paying off, because Perry and Celeste finished the episode dancing, so maybe things will change. Or not, since it seems like those two go back and forth. We’ll see.
But Perry and Celeste are definitely not the only ones with troubles in paradise, because it looks like things are starting to blow up on Jane’s face. I think it was last episode that the teacher asked the first grade class to make a family tree and I thought that meant more complications for Jane and turns out I was right. Seems like Ziggy doesn’t know much (or at least much of the truth) about his father, but he really wants to know at least his name, giving the excuse of having to put it in the tree. This leads us to find out what happened: Jane tells Madeline the actual story and we find out that Jane was also a victim of domestic violence (or kind of). I read some comments of people saying they think Ziggy’s father is Perry, but I don’t think so. Jane knows Celeste and, even though we didn’t see a scene that showed that, I am sure Celeste showed Jane pictures of her family and Jane would have recognized him. There was also a really great and intense scene in the end of the episode in which Jane saw someone breaking into her house and so she grabbed a gun to protect herself. This turned out to be kind of a hallucination, but it showed that she is afraid Ziggy’s father might come back someday, or she wouldn’t have a gun.
Not being able to happen in any other way, Madeline is also far from “Living the Dream”. Her play is looking more and more in danger and, like this wasn’t enough, Abigail left to go live with her father and Bonnie, because she feels like she is living the life her mother wants her to live, instead of living it in her own way. It was really funny when, while “handing over” Abigail to her ex-husband, Nathan said that Ed was always looking at him, watching him. Nathan is starting to feel threatened by Ed, and he definitely should be, because Ed looks like that kind of badass that no one sees coming.
It is also starting to look like the murder that will happen will be a rushed crime of hate, since it is said that there is a lot of blood and broken bones. Will Perry lose control and kill Celeste? Will Celeste kill Perry in an attempt to protect herself? Will Ziggy’s dad come back and kill Jane, or Jane ending up killing him? Is this related to Madeline and Renata’s war? Looks like we will have to continue to tune in for answers.
This was a great episode and I can’t wait to see more of these 3 moms and their struggles through life. I am giving this episode an 8.2/10.
Stay tuned for my next review of the fourth episode entitled “Push Comes Shove”.
REVIEW: American Gods, Episode 106
American Gods returns with episode 106, and looking back now, one may realize that this episode’s title is a bit heavy on spoilers: “A Murder of Gods”.
In another “Coming to America” chapter, we see Mexicans trying to illegally cross the border to get to the new land. To do so, they need to cross a river and, even though no one said anything, not everyone could swim. But in the end this didn’t turn out to be much of a problem: you don’t need to be able to to swim if you have a friend who can walk on water. The real problem appeared when they were all setting foot in America: border guards (at least I think they were border guards of some sort) started shooting everyone. Jesus tried to protect the man he had just saved from drowning and gets shot in the hands and then in the chest in the best Jesus-like way. We didn’t see what happened to the people he was trying to save, but it is likely that they died (I am an optimistic, but also realistic). But none of what I said some far fits the Most Interesting Things category, but here is something that does: the bullets the guards used to kill everyone had the name Vulcan on them. Yeah, that’s right, Vulcan, God of fire and the forge, the God we meet later in this episode. Maybe he wondered why he was a bit more powerful the day that happened, and maybe he didn’t know why, but we do: someone sacrificed a Jesus in his name. The irony in all this (and this also fits into the Most Interesting Things category) is that the guards were also religious, and probably believed in the same God the Mexicans did.
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“What came first: Gods or the people who believe in them?”. This is something Wednesday says early in the episode and definitely something that will allow everyone to think about until their head hurts. In the most “chicken and egg” scenario, this may be as impossible to prove (unless you ask the Gods themselves). If it is people’s belief that creates Gods, then maybe Humanity came first. But if that is so, Humanity got it wrong, because no God created the Universe, let alone Earth.
While we think about this (im)possible situation, Shadow and Wednesday make their way to Virginia, more specifically, a small town named Vulcan. When they arrive they witness a funeral, or, as Wednesday put it, the celebration of a sacrifice. In the lead there is Vulcan. Coincidence that the Mayor’s name is the same that the town’s? The residents might think so, but we know better. Unlike many of the Old Gods, Vulcan is going tremendously well. Every death by those Vulcan bullets (or by the forge itself) is a sacrifice in his name, every bullet shot to the air is a prayer. But of course Vulcan didn’t manage to do this on his own, he had the help of the New Gods. They probably made him a deal similar to the one they made Wednesday, the only difference is that Vulcan took it.
Wednesday definitely goes by many names and in this episode we find out one more: “Grimnir”. This is what Vulcan calls him before Wednesday asks him to join the upcoming war. Putting on a masquerade, Vulcan accepts and even forges Wednesday a blade, but that was the last thing he ever forged because Grimnir cuts his head off with it, after finding out where Vulcan’s loyalties lie.
In the meantime, we see that Laura and Mad Sweeney’s journey continues. They find each other again and also, while trying to steal his taxi, find Salim. With the promise of resurrecting Laura and point Salim towards a Jinn, they go on a road trip. We also saw that the connection between Shadow and Laura was bigger than we thought, because Shadow was able to actually see her in his mind. Maybe what Laura needs isn’t a resurrection from some Jesus, but to be with Shadow for a few minutes.
This was a great episode and a bit of a shocking one too (not as great and shocking as the last, though), and so I am giving it an 8.7/10.
Gods aren’t the only ones who need you, and in next episode we will also see “A Prayer for Mad Sweeney”, so stick around.
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 103
Midnight, Texas is back for another episode, the third of its first season entitled “Lemuel, Unchained”, where we learn more about this incredible town’s vampire.
After diving into werewolf mythology (or weretiger to make things clearer), the time has come to learn more about vampires. Visiting Lemuel’s past, we find out how vampire are turned: they need to drink blood from another vampire. I find a bit weird that this is all there is. Vampires are supposed to be dead creatures (that is something they say a few times in this episode), so how come that there is nothing in this process that kills them? But it was still nice to see these flashbacks and find out about Lemuel’s beginnings as a slave. It is always great finding out about people’s past in order to understand why and how they are the way that they are. And it seems that this show won’t pull back explanations.
We also find out that not all vampires are like Lemuel, he is actually more of a one of a kind creature. He is the only vampire (at least that we’ve seen so far), who doesn’t need to drink blood to survive. But more importantly (at least for the Midnighters) we learn what is a myth (garlic, holy water and the need for invitations to get into a house) and what isn’t (sun and wooden stake to the heart kill them, and silver weakens them). I am glad that at least garlic is a myth. TV vampires have evolved and I don’t think there is a recent show that actually uses it to pull vampires away. That would be a bit weird.
We didn’t get to see much of Joe (I am hoping he will get a centric episode eventually), but we saw a little bit of him. It seems that very few people know he is an angel, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone find out about him. He said in this episode he is going to leave, but I think (and hope) that he doesn’t. It seems like trouble is coming and it will definitely be nice having an angel around.
I am also starting to love Olivia. She is a total badass and it was awesome when she killed that vampire with her heels. She is also very loyal and she will definitely go to distant to protect her friends. She doesn’t seem to have many (so far), since she is very suspicious, but I bet that once she makes more, she will totally die for them.
It was really nice seeing all of the main characters join forces to take down the vampires and save Lemuel. Supernatural team-ups are great because every creature has different abilities, and when they join those abilities, they can accomplish anything, as impossible as it may seem. The only thing that seems to not belong is Creek. In a supernatural show, humans are usually a liability, a burden and not often very contributive. In this show that is different when it comes to Olivia, but definitely true when we refer to Creek’s family. It seemed like they were ready to help when they were sharpening wooden stakes, but in the end they just stalled a bit and endangered Manfred’s life.
I said on my last review that I was relieved the writers didn’t turn the obvious connection between Manfred and Creek into a real big drama in which it would take them a long time to finally embrace what they feel, but it seems they will do that after all, not with these two, but with Bobo and Fiji. It was to suspect from the beginning that Fiji liked Bobo, and it became more and more obvious throughout the scenes with them. Now it is also clear as water that Bobo likes her too, but it doesn’t seem like they will start a relationship soon. I understand Bobo just lost his fiancé, but just kiss already!
This episode seemed a bit like a filler one, since nothing major happened, but it was nice, as I said, learning more about vampires and seeing the Midnighters working together to bring them down. It was a good episode but not as good as the last one (at least in my opinion), so I am giving it a 7.8/10.
Midnight, Texas will be back next week with episode 104 “Sexy Beast”, and so will I, so don’t go anywhere.
REVIEW: Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, Episode 106
The story of Alice’s struggle for love in this new world continues with episode 106 of Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, “Who’s Alice”.
Flashbacks in this episode showed us where Alice went after she lost Cyrus and before she joined Bethlem Royal Hospital (fun fact: this is based on a real asylum in London, the oldest in the world). Alice went home where she found her father’s new family: his new wife, Sarah, and his new daughter, Millie. Of course that her father continues not believing Alice but, let’s be fair, who would? He could obviously try a lot harder to understand what his daughter went through, but his new wife definitely doesn’t help by forcing Alice to meet someone else. It was never to expect that Sarah would try to understand Alice’s situation, that is more Edwin’s job, but it would have definitely been nice to see him stand up to her. I think he wasn’t really a fan of the idea of forcing Alice to marry, and that he was hoping he didn’t have to pick a side between his daughter and his wife, but when it comes to family you can’t not take sides. Realizing that ultimately her father took Sarah’s side, Alice preferred to go to the asylum than marry some dude. I wonder if these parents (specially Sarah) would make the same choices and demands if this whole thing was about Millie instead of Alice. Maybe. But maybe not.
Present day begins after Alice found the location of Jafar’s tower, and now she is headed that way. Right in the first few scenes we see her kick the ass of 2 men, and it was really funny when they found Will and said that Alice attacked them while they were sleeping. We are all like “yeah, right”, including Will. Jafar definitely made an amazing prison: very hard to escape, since we learn that the tower is in a floating island, and also hard to get rescued, since you have to cross the Black Forest to do so. This forest definitely stood up to its name, because everything was literally black. Most people in Wonderland didn’t know this, but the reason why no one returned wasn’t because of this first part, but because of the second: Borogrove. Here we meet the creepiest man ever who apparently goes by the name Carpenter. The reason why very few people leave is because this place makes you want to stay there forever. But not all is lost because Will comes to Alice’s rescue. But even after that, things decline because Alice doesn’t remember anything, so Will makes her remember by using Cyrus’ neckless, proving once again that love is the most powerful magic of all.
Sometimes things are left unexplained, and that sucks real badly, but it is great that they explained why Borogrove didn’t affect Will: because he doesn’t have his heart. I think this makes sense because it makes you want to stay by giving you happiness (not real happiness, but happiness nevertheless), and since he doesn’t have his heart he can’t feel anything, neither real nor fake. It was also nice seeing Alice happy, even if it wasn’t real happiness and it was only for a short while. She is on a quest for love and that will probably only lead to one of the two: heartbreak, or a happy ending (or happy beginning if you prefer). Since happy endings are hard to come by, at least we managed to see her smile, just in case she doesn’t succeed.
At the same time, we see Cyrus also meaning to find Alice, while on the run from Jafar’s guards and the Red Queen. It was nice seeing the Queen here. She has the bottle and if she finds Cyrus, then Jafar can’t continue underestimating her. The writers are definitely well developing her character, and I like her more and more every episode. But her efforts are worthless, because when Cyrus is caught between Anastasia and a cliff, he literally takes a leap of faith.
This episode was nice, but I feel like it was more of a filler episode, because nothing much happened that affected the major storyline. This was a little bit of a step back in the season, so I will give it a 7.6.
I will be back soon with my next review of episode 107, “Bad Blood”, in which blood ties will become a burden.
Take a Look at These Creepy Character Posters from American Horror Story: Cult
These new character posters from AHS: Cult look pretty normal and glamorous at first glance, but as you stare a little longer, things start to get creepy.
The posters introduce our new characters: Detective Samuels (Colton Haynes), Harrison Wilton (Billy Eichner), Ivy Mayfair-Richards (Alison Pill), Dr. Rudy Vincent (Cheyenne Jackson) and Winter Anderson (Billie Lourd).
If you pay enough attention, you’ll notice that all of them are being stared at from a not-so-safe distance.
Take a look:
