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Once Upon A Time S06E11 Recap

K.F. Cumberbatch
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Once Upon A Time S06E11 Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

Once Upon a Time is back! And for a while now, actually; I didn’t know that the season had resumed. I need to keep up with these things better. Anyways.

The second half of the season picked up right where the first half left off; with Emma and Regina losing their ticket home because the wish world’s version of Robin stops and robs them. But Emma has the brilliant – I must say – idea of going to Pinocchio so that he can build a cabinet to transport them home, just like his father had when she was a little girl. While Emma and Pinocchio handled that, Regina pulled a Batman and snuck off to see if Robin, like the rest of the wish world’s version of the Enchanted Forest, was better off without her. This story was far more interesting than Emma helping Pinocchio finding the confidence to build the cabinet.

I found it so unfair to Regina that Robin died and Emma got Hook back at the end of last season. So seeing them back together was a joy. Their getting captured twice felt very forced. Especially the first time since Regina knew very well that in the wish world she was still the Evil Queen, so to go to the tavern/pub not in disguise was a dumb thing to do. Of course once everyone scattered they would have notified the authorities, who would then swiftly come back and arrest her.

I get that she was caught up in her feelings, having seen Robin, but it looked like she wasn’t thinking at all. Their two captures were just excuses to get the two of them alone together really. Their escape from Rumple didn’t make sense either; he would have magicked that door shut, not just locked normally even though Regina had on the cuff that suppressed her magic. But nothing is stronger than the plot.

I was cheering on Regina to have faith and believe in her happy ending when Emma suggested she take the wish world’s Robin with them. It seems that Emma’s role for this episode was to inspire others to believe. Which I found very poetic since coming to believe in herself as the Saviour was her arc in the first season.

We all knew that taking Robin back with them would work; this show is about hope and happy endings, there was no way that Regina wouldn’t get hers. Their attempt to build tension and cast doubt on whether or not they succeeded by delaying his return just failed. Now we get to see Regina and Robin fall in love all over again. The biggest question for me though is how he will react when he learns he has a child. Two in fact.

Over in the real world, Gideon reveals why it is that he is going to kill Emma; he wants to be the Saviour of the realm over which the Black Fairy resides. He says killing her will make him a hero, but I don’t see how it would considering she is literally an innocent person who has done nothing wrong and is neither evil nor a villain. What he’s actually doing is the complete opposite of what he thinks he’s doing. But when you’re raised by an evil fairy, I guess your sense of right and wrong is a little skewed.

I don’t buy into Belle’s assertion that she can talk him down from it just because she’s his mother. The reality of the situation is that she didn’t raise him and so the two of them don’t know each other. Yes he has a soft spot for her, but the two of them pretty much lack a meaningful connection as parent and child beyond just the blood relation. So she’s being naive if she thinks she can just because she gave birth to him. But this is Once Upon a Time and she more than likely will be able to at some point, despite failing to do so in this episode.

I still hate that the writers made her sending him away into a mistake because I truly believe it was the right thing to do to keep him from Rumple. I thoroughly blame Rumple for all of this. I’m happy they finally stopped their bickering and were able to make up, but I do not like that Belle seems to hold herself as partly to blame for how Gideon turned out. She has no fault in this, in my opinion. What else could she have done when Rumple was going as far as he was?

I knew that Emma’s vision wasn’t going to come true in this episode. The details of the situation were different; her clothes were different and there were different people there than were in her vision. It looks like the writers are playing it off as perhaps that was the moment she was supposed to die (If so, why the lack of continuity?) and that she changed her fate. Or at least that that wasn’t really it but it made her realise that she can change her fate and that was the first step in doing so. I’m confused about whether or not that was the moment.

Random thoughts:

  1. Well, now we know how Emma got her last name.
  2. Why is it always 28 years?
  3. Hook is fat, old and incompetent! Ha!
  4. Clearly he’s unhappy Regina.
  5. Believe in the heart of the chisel Pinocchio!
  6. But she did tell you where she went Emma.

Once Upon a Time airs Sundays at 8 PM on ABC.

Girls S06E05 Recap

K.F. Cumberbatch
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Girls S06E05 Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

Hannah spilled the beans (or rather, lentils) and told her mother that she’s pregnant. And she’s keeping her baby. Like I said in the last recap, I’m not surprised that she’s keeping it and I was more or less certain that she would. I expected that her conversation with her mother would be about her trying to decide what to do, but she already had. I must say, I’m quite proud of Hannah to have come to a decision so quickly. It astounds me every time I realise how mature she’s gotten.

And she’s unwavering in this decision too. I thought that the second Elijah started berating her about what a bad idea it would be for her to have a baby, that she would start to doubt herself. But she didn’t. Her mind is made up and she is immovable. It’s perfectly fine if she does, in fact, change her mind later, but the surety she demonstrated there was impressive.

I hated the way Elijah reacted to the news of her pregnancy. Hannah was wrong for assuming he would immediately take up the responsibility of helping her raise her child, though; that’s something she needs to talk to him about. She hit the nail on the head when she said that he wasn’t ready for it. Not to have the child with her as she wants to happen – although that is a part of it, I think – but for her to have a child period. He is her number one person right now (although he was told about the baby news second) and the baby will dethrone him. I think part of his reaction is that he will no longer have Hannah to himself.

That being said, he was unnecessarily mean to her and utterly selfish. Hannah was the grown up in that situation. She was the grown up the entire episode even, because she had to take care of her too high to function mother.

I like that, given Hannah’s impending motherhood, we got an episode in which in some ways she had to take on a paternal role. Her mother is depressed and more or less spiraling and spent the entire episode drowning herself in marijuana laced gummy worms. She had to provide emotional support for her mother and then she had to go running around Brooklyn looking for her when she ran away.

I honestly thought that she was going to announce that she had some terminal illness when she said that Hannah’s baby wouldn’t have a grandmother. But all that she meant was that she wouldn’t be able to give Hannah’s baby what Hannah’s grandparent’s did since she is single. I really wanted Adam to walk outside and overhear Hannah telling “Mira” that she’s pregnant. I just want to know what his reaction would be to the news. And Jessa’s as well. But I care more about what he would say and do.

I’m surprised that he and Jessa started filming their movie already. That was quite fast. He seems unaffected by reliving his relationship with Hannah, but Jessa, on the other hand, is bothered and very, very jealous. Which I didn’t see coming. She and Adam have been so happy together and their relationship so far this season has been solid. I didn’t see the two of them encountering any problems, nor did I think this would happen when she came up with the idea for the film.

It’s very telling how Jessa sees her relationship with Adam compared to his relationship with Hannah. It’s clear that she thinks the latter was insignificant and pales in comparison to what she has with him. Which is kind of arrogant and makes it look like she feels she is in competition with Hannah and I’m quite sure she does feel that way.

And she didn’t even read his script (surprisingly, Adam didn’t have much of a reaction to that)! As someone who described herself as built to support an artist, she should have and especially since she is the producer. She needs to know what she’s producing. She obviously thought the film would focus more on her and Adam’s love story and that is not at all the idea she pitched to him.

We’ll see if this little rift that’s developing between them turns into anything or if their relationship with last until the end of the season.

As I hoped, the death of Hermie pushed Ray to end things with Marnie. I am so very, very glad he did that. Her attempt to make him feel ashamed because death made him think differently about his life backfired. I don’t even know why she cared that he broke up with her; she wasn’t interested in him anyway. But then again, it’s Marnie. I’m sure she cared about being broken up with more than the fact that their “relationship” was over. It hurt her ego that she wasn’t the one doing the breaking up.

Random thoughts:

  1. This is only making me miss Adam and Hannah as a couple.
  2. You are a bad person Marnie.
  3. Damn Elijah, telling her she’ll make a terrible mother was a low blow.
  4. When Hannah met Mira.

Girls airs Sundays at 10 PM on HBO.

Slash Soundz Top 5 Most Annoying Songs

Kofi Jones
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Slash Soundz Top 5 Most Annoying Songs

So, imagine for a minute that you’ve just had a stressful week. Assignment after assignment, sleepless night after sleepless night. You tell yourself that you need a night out. You message the group chat and you all decide that you’re going to go feteing and enjoy yourselves. As you’re dressing, getting ready for that pre-game warm up to the party…it happens.

The first friend flakes. Then as you’re putting on your shoes. Again, two more people back out of the plans. By the time you finally reach the spot, what was to be an epic night out with the crew, ends up being just you and Fred. Not that anything’s wrong with Fred, don’t get me wrong, but he’s just more of a group friend than a blood brother.

Slightly annoyed, you make your way inside, go to the bar, hear that a Sprite is $6 and Fred forgot his wallet at home. The climax of this night of wrong turns and disappointments? The DJ plays that song. The song no one even likes. Someone tweeted it once as a joke, it somehow went viral and now you can’t stop hearing it.

This list is made up of what to me are the top 5 most annoying songs. Not just the songs that DJs kill, like “Work” by Rihanna, or songs that were intentionally made to be annoying, such as “What Does The Fox Say” by Ylvis. Keep in mind, it’s my list, so if you see one of your favourite songs…cha. There’s also a one song per artist rule, or I’d probably get a lot of angry emails from people calling me a hater. So, let’s get it started.

 

Honourable Mention:

“Christmas Shoes” – New Song 

There’s one thing I hate to remember when I’m Christmas shopping, and it’s that Smokey Burke’s child can’t afford to buy shoes for his mother. Please ban this song, “Hard Candy Christmas” is enough depression for the Christmas season.

 

#5. Bajans putting on a Jamaican or American accent.

Too many to quote just one. 

 

I personally believe that the Bajan accent is the best thing about our island. Our dialect has such a humorous charm and our “sayings” are so poetic. I simply don’t see why some of our artists feel the need to copy an accent. In the instances of reggae or dancehall, because the genres originated in Jamaica doesn’t mean that we can’t add our own Bajan flair.

There are tons of Barbadian reggae hits in which the artist is speaking comfortably. If you don’t want to include the “dens” and the “wa loss” etc., Standard English is just fine. I shouldn’t even have to list anything for dancehall. There are too many proud and unapologetic Bajan dancehall artists out there. From Stiffy to Lady Essence.  Crimeson even boasts about it in one of his hit songs, accurately named “Bajan Pride.”

 

 

There’s a Barbadian Rap movement which also suffers from a similar plight, with a lot of our artists imitating an American accent. Or should I say certain rappers? It’s ridiculous to think about an “American” accent when the country is so big there’s no one “accent” to speak of. For example, Jay-Z sounds completely different from TI. So this generic “American” accent some of our rappers are using just isn’t cutting it. When you can have Azman “flinging” on a hip-hop beat, providing a more relatable and enjoyable experience, you have to know that you need to step up a bit.

 

#4. “Champion” – DJ Bravo (2016).

 “Beenie a champion. Bounty a champion. Machel is a champion. Bunji is a champion.”

 

I’m still not sure this song is even real. Someone sent me this on WhatsApp and I thought: “Lol, that’s funny” expecting it to end there. I mean, a cricketer sang it, it can’t go much further. The West Indies then decided to win cricket. I figured “Hey “Champion” is going to play on the radio for a couple of days. What a cool little novelty.” Nope! It’s still happening. Been a while now. No end in sight. It’s playing in parties. Help!

Seriously though, we must all give praise that “champion” rhymes with “champion.” Because it’s said no less than 80 times throughout the song. That’s not an exaggeration either. I’m all for winning, but all this song is all this song is all this song is doing is repeating itself.

 

“Don’t vex if your name not call.

We have to leave time to bat some ball.

We love soca and dancehall.

We love cricket and football.”

 

After the roll call of champions, the song doesn’t exactly progress. It just seems as though this was written during a bathroom break. I’m honestly trying not to chastise the lyrical content because it’s a song written by a cricketer, but still. Fun dance I guess.

 

#3. “Where Ya At” –  Future Ft. Drake (2015).

“Where your *** was at, dawg you went and switched sides.”

 

Before I start, I thought I should point out that every line from 0.13 seconds to 1.00 starts with the same words. Now onto the obvious.

Big man, what are you saying? How does your audio engineer know when you do a good take? The most annoying part of it is that I want to know what Future’s saying. Clearly, there’s something he’s saying that’s making him such a viral sensation. Funny thing, after Googling his lyrics, they’re pretty decent. None that I feel comfortable posting here, but if you click here you’ll find them. I don’t believe it’s reasonable for me to be sitting, grimacing, trying to decipher what he’s rapping about.


#2. “Palance” – JW & Blaze (2010).

“Palance! Mashing up de place Palance! Jump up and mash up de place.”

 

Writing this feels like I’m writing a eulogy for a close friend. This song used to be a favourite. Being on stage playing this and seeing a crowd do this dance in unison was simply a majestic sight to behold. The word itself stems from party, lime, and dance. Just three things I live for. So what’s the problem you may ask? 

This song has been brutally murdered. Yet we won’t let it die. What used to be a precious moment in the party, has just became monotonous and somewhat boring. I personally blame DJs. Myself included. For the last year or so this song has been played exactly the same way. DJ introduces the song, pulls it up, instructs confused patrons still doing it wrong after 7 years which direction to go first (left, just always go left), then plays it again. Think back to the last time you heard this song and tell me that I’m wrong. I dare you.

 

#1. “All I Do Is Win” – DJ Khaled and Friends (2010).

“And every time I step up in the building everybody hands go up.”


In 2014 I made an observation: Every party I went to, I heard this song at least once. It’s 2017 and we are still whipping this dead horse. The song isn’t even bad by any means, but there is no good reason why 99 out of 100 parties must have this song played. 

To move from one BPM (beats per minute) to another some DJs use what’s known as a transition track to make the segue smoother. But it seems like some Barbadian DJs only know this one transition. You know exactly how it goes: when T-Pain says “everybody hands go up”, use that bit of silence to squeeze in another song. This is just laziness, and as some would say “begging for forward.” It’s gotten to the point that not only DJs are aware. I have friends who have not the foggiest idea about DJing, that can predict exactly what’s going to happen. It’s shameful that it ever had to come to this stage, yet I’m sure if I go out this weekend, this road kill will be resuscitated once more. 

 

Have any suggestions for a theme? Want to dispute or add to my list? Want a transition track besides All I Do Is Win?” Email me at kofi.jones7@gmail.com with SlashSoundz Top 5 in the subject line.

America’s Next Top Model C23E14 [FINALE] Recap

K.F. Cumberbatch
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America’s Next Top Model C23E14 [FINALE] Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

We jumped right into the thick of things with the final three’s Paper Magazine spread photoshoot.

I’m surprised that Coryanne made it this far in the competition. She struggled so much in the beginning, but she really has improved. What we saw of her performance on set looked good. It’s true what India said, I myself never used to notice her much and she wasn’t a front runner for me until very recently. She consistently brings it on set (as she did this week) and delivers a stunning photo. Tatiana was forgettable in the beginning, she shined brilliantly for a hot second and for a while now she’s fizzled out. I haven’t been impressed with her for a while and she didn’t impress me during this shoot.

We went right to the final runway where the girls walked for The Blonds. There were three runways and they were joined by the other eleven finalists who had been eliminated. There was a special performance by Tinashe and the final three were interviewed backstage by Entertainment Weekly. Before they went out onto the catwalk, the final three got some coaching from Stacy.

India had the best walk and the best presence on the runway of the final three. She exuded strength, ferocity and confidence. Coryanne was a very close second; there was power in her walk. Tatiana’s walk was good as well, but she wasn’t as strong as the other two and she still looked as low energy, to me, as she was in the teach with Stacy.

At the final judging, the girls’ Paper Magazine photos were reviewed. However, the judges had already deliberated and one of the girls would be going home before they announcement of the winner.

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I agreed with the judges; Tatiana’s photo was a lot more editorial than her past photos had been. There was barely anything commercial about it and she really stepped it up. Coryanne’s photo was actually quite sexy for her and I don’t think we’ve ever seen quite so much sex appeal from her. I loved her pose and her face and I couldn’t find any faults with her photo. India brought a different energy to her photo than the other two girls did. Hers was the most editorial to me in terms of her pose and her face. She leapt of off the page and her photo drew me in. There was a something there that radiated off of her that the other girls lacked.

I was shocked when Coryanne was eliminated. I was certain that it would be her and India in the top two. But then I remember that at this point in the competition the girls were being judged on their body of work and not just their performance that week. In that way I could see why she’d been eliminated; Tatiana was more consistent than she had been in the overall competition.

I agreed with the judges’ evaluations of India and Tatiana’s final runways. Particularly Drew’s point that Tatiana would likely not be the star of the runway. I just don’t see it, not like with India. That being said, each girl had what the other didn’t (as is usual in the final two of this show); Tatiana had the personality and embodied the idea of a boss and a brand and India was the model who had the presence in photos and on the runway.

The judges got a surprise of their own when Tyra came back during the final deliberation. When she told each judge what to look for in the winner, I finally understood why each of them was there and what their roles were. I was very disappointed that her appearance was so brief. I thought that she would have stayed until the announcement of the winner.

The final deliberation got heated! And I was glad we got to see so much of it because we didn’t get to see the judges deliberate much this season. The claws came out between Law and Drew and I loved it. I was firmly Team Drew (and Rita) in choosing India as the winner.

Which is why I 100% believe that the right girl won. It had to be India. I’m with Drew and Rita; they can mould India into a boss and a brand far easier than they can make Tatiana an editorial model. Tatiana had all season to do so and she didn’t, whereas India grew leaps and bounds not just as a person but as a model. She is clearly more adaptable than Tatiana. And at the end of the day it is still a modelling competition and India is far more of a model.

Random thoughts:

  1. I forgot a lot of these eliminated girls existed.
  2. I thought the runway show as over when Tinashe went out to perform.
  3. Was Rita the only one who got a hug?
  4. Don’t bring the Kardashians into this Tyra!

 

Legion S01E05 Recap

K.F. Cumberbatch
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Legion S01E05 Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

These episodes never end how or where I think they will. They always seem to end just as things are ramping up and despite being almost an hour long, they feel so much shorter.

I don’t know why I didn’t expect it or recognise it at the end of the last episode, but David was taken over by the Devil With The Yellow Eyes last week. In this week’s episode, it was at one point voluntary; in David’s conversation with “Lenny” when he was in the White Room with Syd, they came to the agreement that the Devil With The Yellow Eyes was supposed to use David’s body – and by extension his/their powers – to save Amy.

Which it did. And in spectacular fashion that the aftermath hinted at and that we got a glimpse of when Melanie and her companion were looking over Division 3’s security footage. The glee with which the Devil With The Yellow Eyes killed everyone it came across was surprising, because I’ve only really thought about it in terms of it’s real appearance. When we see it in that form it’s always very menacing and scary, but when it’s Lenny it’s fun and energetic. Seeing it act that way whilst inhabiting David’s body was quite something and it seemed to have that kind of demeanour later when it went attack to Syd in the White Room (where, unlike most of its appearances, it didn’t have a swirling black cloud of evil around it).

I knew something was off with David from the first; the very beginning of the episode. The way he held himself, they way he looked and talked. It was nothing like the David we’d known before. He was different; a bit too confident and definitely too in control of his powers to have created the White Room. It was that moment specifically which made me start to think that the Devil With The Yellow Eyes had taken over. Looking back, he was acting a lot like “Lenny.”

I did reserve room for the possibility that he was acting that way because his journey to the astral plane had somehow granted him the ability to fully control his powers and that’s why he was so self assured. But I didn’t think that was very likely.

Despite having the feeling that it was the Devil With The Yellow Eyes that Syd was interacting with and not David, I did find it rather cute that he’d created a space for them to truly be together as a couple. I was so happy they finally got laid! But the whole thing is tainted by the fact that it wasn’t David. But poor Syd now has to know in the back of her mind that that very hideous thing is what she had sex with. A part of me wonders if it counts since it wasn’t David.

I feel like Syd had to have noticed that something was off with “David.” In her conversation with Melanie after she discovered he was gone, she came off as awfully defensive.

The other half of the arrangement that David made with the Devil With The Yellow Eyes is that it would return to Summerland once it had rescued Amy. But of course, we all knew that was never going to happen. It took her to their childhood home instead and clearly has not relinquished control of David’s body.

The scene in which it manifested itself in it’s various forms was trippy and scary and confirmed that it was, in fact, Benny and King as well. Most intriguing to me, in a couple of ways, is that it asked Amy who it was. Either it’s asking who it – the Devil With The Yellow Eyes – is or it’s asking who David is. I think it could be either one or both, but the possibility that it’s questioning it’s identity is interesting; why doesn’t it know who it is and does that mean it has no memory of when or how it became a part of David? I’d like to see where that goes and what the answer is.

If it’s heading in that direction, it’s kind of setting up for the Devil With The Yellow Eyes to have an origin story of it’s own. We saw David’s in the opening sequence of the first episode, so I don’t think we’ll be revisiting that. I expect that in the coming episodes we’ll get to learn more about the Devil With The Yellow Eyes and its relationship with David than about David himself.

The end of the episode got a bit Inception like with David seemingly creating another world, which looks to be Clockworks, within the world of the White Room. It’s not exactly clear if Syd is aware of that, but I think that she is. We’ll see.

Random thoughts:

  1. Oh, so he knew it was her husband.
  2. They got laid!
  3. Interesting first time story, Syd.
  4. Wallace is so tired of David.
  5. About Kerry’s nail spiked bat…

Legion airs Wednesdays at 10 PM on FX.

The Flash S03E15 Recap

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The Flash S03E15 Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

For this entire season, The Flash has been reminding Barry of the colossal mistake he made when he created Flashpoint and I’m glad that we’re still seeing the consequences of that.

If there’d been no Flashpoint, there’d be no Savitar and if there were no Savitar, Iris wouldn’t be slowly creeping toward her death at his hands (and Wally wouldn’t be trapped in the speed force). Essentially, it’s Barry’s fault that Iris is going to die and that has to be the worst consequence of his actions for him.

If I were Iris I would have gotten upset about why Barry proposed as well. For once, I actually stand behind her reasoning. Fear is a terrible reason to get engaged to someone and you can’t base a marriage on that. I would have called off the engagement too. If it had been a case of him not knowing for certain if they will be able to save her and wanting to marry her while he still has the time to (which I thought was what he was doing), then that would have been fine.

I’m confused about the Barry not asking Joe for permission thing. Not the fact that he didn’t ask, but why both Joe and Iris made such a big deal about it. And especially why if Joe was holding onto the ring for Barry, wouldn’t Barry have needed to get it from him? In which case, couldn’t he have asked Joe’s permission then? Even if he didn’t, wouldn’t Joe have known automatically that he was planning to propose to Iris?

Another thing that confused me is why Team Flash hadn’t, until this episode, concerned themselves with figuring out how Savitar would return and didn’t make preventing that part of their plan to save Iris. Granted, as was explained in the episode, by tossing the philosopher’s stone into the speed force Barry had virtually given Savitar what he needed to escape it (and for some reason I thought that they already knew he was there), but they didn’t know that was what they were doing. So by all means they should have been looking into stopping him from coming back, instead of trying to change some headlines.

Which it seems isn’t working because when Wally vibed to the future, nothing was different. Why wasn’t that made note of? That’s a pretty big deal. It  looks like their attempts have failed. The only take away from that scene was the real reason Barry proposed and it kind of trivialised the whole thing.

I did think that vibing Wally to the future was a good idea but I was worried about how it would affect him emotionally. I was far more worried about his Savitar visions, though. Especially since no one else could see him and it mirrored what happened to Cisco when the philosopher’s stone had first arrived at Star Labs. I thought that it was building up to Wally becoming the new Dr. Alchemy (which, surprise; Julian didn’t get repossessed by Savitar), but what happened to him was even worse; he took Savitar’s place in the speed force.

Can we just take a moment and be disappointed in Barry and his inaction in saving Wally? There was no stopping his being sucked into the speed force, I know, but Barry didn’t even try to save him! He just stood there and watched. He didn’t even reach out and grab his hand and try to pull him out or anything! Nothing! And no one at Star Labs seems to have noticed that he let Wally get taken away.

And Barry’s behaviour toward Wally went overboard  when he basically fired him because he didn’t tell them about seeing Savitar. His excuse was that Iris’ life was on the line, but the fact that Caitlin took part of the philosopher’s stone and hid it from them is a far greater threat, in my opinion, and Barry didn’t get mad at her at all. He was so inconsistent.

I was madder at Caitlin (well, more like disappointed) than he was and so was Julian. Now my new favourite pairing seems to be crumbling. At least he got to kiss her. I was a little peeved that they made his hesitation to channel Savitar about Caitlin. His past relationship with Savitar is more than enough as an excuse. There was no need to make it all sappy.

Either Savitar is slower now that he’s out of the speed force or Barry got significantly faster because he was never able to punch Savitar, block a blow from him or put him in a headlock. None of which seemed to surprise Savitar when he did them.

They clearly saved the really good CGI for this episode because the sweeping shot of the two of them when they first started fighting looked very good. Savitar also looked like an actual person in a suit as opposed to completely CGI, which he never look like before to me.

I was excited when it looked like Barry was going to remove Savitar’s mask, but he wormed his way out of that. I’m wondering if he was saying “I’m the future, Flash.” or “I’m the Future Flash.” The word play there is very intriguing and now I actually care who Savitar is.

Random thoughts:

  1. So Wally wasn’t attacked or kidnapped by Savitar?
  2. Calm down Barry. There’s no need to be so upset with Wally.
  3. Why does Savitar still have acolytes? Didn’t Team Flash get rid of them?
  4. It’s okay Wally. Calm down. Don’t freak out.

The Flash airs Tuesdays at 8 PM on The CW.

Girls S06E04 Recap

K.F. Cumberbatch
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Girls S06E04 Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

Things are not going well at all for Ray. Whereas last season he seemed to be on the uptick with his getting involved in politics and taking an active role in his community etc, he seems to be steadily going down now. Besides having two people die on him, his relationship (if you can even call it that) with Marnie is crumbling. Not through any fault of his own, but because of Marnie herself.

Every time I think she is going to grow up and be less of a shallow narcissist she disappoints me. She’s still the same, selfish, self centred Marnie she’s always been. Not only is she blatantly using Ray and lying to him – although she seems to be rather bored with him and disinterested now – but she made Desi’s recovery from his addiction all about her, as if her two hour massages are comparable to his process of rehabilitation. She is seriously the only one of the girls who has made absolutely no progress as a person.

I’m sure that Ray is getting tired of Marnie and her b.s. and realising that she is in no way invested in him and a relationship with him beyond sex. It was cute how he was chasing after her and everything last season because he still loved her and all of that, but Marnie is a nightmare and I have no idea what he sees in her. The look on his face as she was talking about getting an Uber and the way he just tuned her out says a lot. Hopefully seeing two deaths in one day gave him the kick in the butt he needs to leave her.

And Marnie still hasn’t told him about her brief dalliance with Desi. As I knew she wouldn’t. She doesn’t even feel bad about it, clearly. Why can’t she just be honest with Ray and tell him what it is she wants from him?

I was trying to remember if anyone on this show has been pregnant before and all I could recall is Jessa’s pregnancy scare in an earlier season. So I think that Hannah being pregnant is a first on the show. Which after all of these seasons is kind of surprising. I thought that when she got home she would have told Elijah, but it looks like she’ll be keeping it to herself for the foreseeable future.

If this was an earlier season I would 100% expect Hannah to get an abortion, just because who she was before would be in no way prepared for or be able to deal with having a child. Not that anyone truly is, but I can’t see the Hannah of previous seasons as a mother. But I can see the present Hannah keeping this baby and I wouldn’t be surprised if she did. I don’t think that she will, though.

A small part of me wished it was Adam’s. They’re still OTP for me. He treated her really badly in the beginning of the show but he became a much better boyfriend and when their relationship worked they were very cute together.

Adam and Jessa truly picked the wrong time to talk to Hannah. I was hoping that she would ignore them and blow them off, but she didn’t. Especially once she heard what they were there for. They’re right that their triangle with Hannah would make a great story. I’d actually forgotten that Adam was an actor.

Random thoughts:

  1. What is Marnie even doing with Ray?
  2. I love that Hannah can call her mother and talk to her about her UTI.
  3. I do not remember who this doctor is.
  4. Hannah’s pregnant?!

Girls airs Sundays at 10 PM on HBO.

How to Get Away With Murder S03E15 [FINALE] Recap

K.F. Cumberbatch
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How to Get Away With Murder S03E15 [FINALE] Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

Laurel’s dad killed Wes? But why? We waited so long to find out killed him and it came so far out of left field. He wasn’t even on my radar. We have to wait even longer to find out why he did it. I should have known when that  little detail came up about him making Laurel lie about being kidnapped, that that was a clue to his larger involvement. Was Denver working for him perhaps. Something like that, I think, would be public record so the fact that Denver found it isn’t exactly proof that he was, but anything is possible.

I was so wrong about Denver. He didn’t exactly harm Connor, but kidnapping him is close enough. As I suspected, it seems no one questioned why he was holding Connor. He just casually walked in with detectives and other law enforcement and no one batted an eye. But kidnapping him and forcing him to sign an immunity deal doesn’t seem like a very sound a plan to me; once Connor is released he could still tell people that he was kidnapped and about Denver’s whole scheme. I don’t see how this assured anything for Denver.

Watching Wes die was so hard. Especially when he was crawling on the floor crying for help. I’m pretty sure Laurel’s dad killing Wes had something to do with her, but look how close he came to killing her as well in the process. I kind of wish – kind of – that she had died just so he could have had instantaneous karmic payback. When Laurel finds out though, she’ll do him even worse than karma ever could.

I feel really bad that they had to pin everything on Wes, but that was they only way that they were going to get out of this mess. At first when Annalise said they needed to offer up another suspect, I thought that she was going to offer herself. Now that she let it all out at the AA meeting – we all knew that she thought of Wes like a son; that was evident – maybe she can begin to heal. And forgive Frank. The guy really does deserve a break.

I so much wanted Mrs. Mahoney to continue her  conversation with Annalise. Hopefully that’ll be revisited next season. I want to know what else Annalise got wrong and hear the truth as Mrs. Mahoney knows it. I don’t want it to turn out that the car accident that killed Annalise’s baby really was an accident and wasn’t Wallace’s work, though. I kind of get the feeling that his wife isn’t exactly wise to the things he did, but at the same time like she knows more than he did. And I still can’t believe that Wes is Charles’ son and not Wallace’s.

Random thoughts:

  1. Charles is Wes’ father?!
  2. If she’s wrong then correct her!
  3. Go Oliver! Defend Connor’s honour!
  4. You couldn’t have expected Michaela to say it back Asher, you know her.
  5. Why didn’t Oliver destroy his copy of Annalise’s phone?!
  6. Conniver lives!
  7. Laurel no!

How to Get Away With Murder S03E14 Recap

K.F. Cumberbatch
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How to Get Away With Murder S03E14 Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

Never in a million years would I have ever seen that coming. At all! Holy crap it was D.A. Denver the entire time. I knew that this whole thing with Annalise and the Office of the District Attorney trying to get her convicted for Wes’ death was personal, but I would not have thought that he was the driving force behind it.

I was so very very wrong about Atwood being the one with the vendetta pushing so hard for Annalise to be imprisoned. Trying so hard to hold onto her as tightly as possible. I mean she was, but she wasn’t the mastermind behind the scheme; she was only a pawn! I totally don’t buy that she didn’t order Wes’ body cremated. She did. And it was all at the request of Denver.

I was so mad at Connor and Asher for doing the rash, stupid things that Annalise told them not to do. But their stupidity and rash behaviour is what led to this unfathomable revelation. Well, kind of, Annalise put it together for herself but that was the means by which the Keating Four found out.

It’s not typical of this show, but I’m really hoping that Denver has a long and extensive villain monologue detailing his plans and motivations. We know both already, but still. My only concern right now is that Connor is still in his office and he knows now that Connor knows he’s behind it. I want to believe that because they are where they are, he won’t do any harm to Connor but…he did orchestrate this entire conspiracy so…I can’t really put much past him. Plus, everyone in that office seems to have it out for Annalise so no one would bat an eye if he did.

I believed Connor’s story as soon as he recounted it. There was no doubt in my mind that he was telling the truth. I didn’t believe he killed West, at least not intentionally, and this whole time he’s been lashing out because he was afraid he may have accidentally killed him while trying to save his life. Poor Connor. I feel so sorry for him now and all of his past behaviour was immediately excused. I just want to give him a hug.

Laurel went way too far in telling him to kill himself. I understand that she’s grieving and is angry and wants someone to blame, but that was not right. And Connor was in such bad shape that he’d have done it too, I bet. He almost did at the beginning of the episode. It’s a good thing that Annalise let him – literally goaded him – into taking it out on her and had the two of them make up.

Random thoughts:

  1. You’re not going to kill yourself Connor.
  2. Annalise is in the driver’s seat with this case!
  3. I forgot Wallace Mahoney was killed.
  4. Who Nate was there for is none of your business Denver!
  5. Lol he went right to Annalise after leaving Denver’s office and gave her Atwood’s password.
  6. So sweet of Asher to try and keep those photos from Laurel.
  7. Laurel is being nice to Meggie? Is she up to something?
  8. Getting ahead of yourself assuming this will go to trial, Denver.
  9. Run Connor!

How to Get Away With Murder S03E13 Recap

K.F. Cumberbatch
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How to Get Away With Murder S03E13 Recap

SOME SPOILERS AHEAD.

Well what do you know. My suspicions were correct. It was A.D.A Atwood who had Wes’ body moved and was framing Nate for it. To quote Atwood herself: “This bitch.” No sense of loyalty indeed. She’s so determined – or more like desperate – to nail Annalise that she did that to him. But like I keep saying, she never really cared for him and her former relationship with Nate was all about Annalise.

Team Keating finally nailed her and she’s getting her comeuppance. That was a brilliant play by Annalise; having Frank request that all of Atwood’s e-mails e.t.c be subpoenaed. She had Frank ready with a rebuttal for every objection  and excuse they came up with for not doing it. It was glorious. And I’m glad that the judge saw how much of a bias there was against Annalise, or at the very least saw that it could be perceived that way.

I was so excited to see Annalise back in fighting form! I cheered when she climbed out of bed and wrote that letter demanding  a grand jury hearing against the Office of the District Attorney. The plan backfired horribly, but man was it exhilarating seeing Annalise back to being the Queen that Jasmine said she used to be. And it was when she got her mojo back that Team Keating scored their victory!

I was wary of her meeting with Nate. It looked so very suspicious considering everything and I was on the edge of my seat fearing that they’d be caught and it would be used against them. But thankfully that didn’t happen.

I knew Nate had nothing to do with Wes’ death, so the flashback did not come as a surprise. But the revelation that he blames himself for it was unexpected and I felt for him in that moment. It was nice to see a bit of reconciliation between him and Annalise but I don’t think that they should get back together. Unfortunately that was ruined later, after Annalise handed in her letter and Nate got questioned by the State. He had a point though; Annalise trying to help pretty much always makes things worse for him.

Who I wouldn’t be surprised if they killed Wes though, is Connor. I don’t believe that he had anything to do with it, but if he did it was an accident (given the clip at the end of the episode). His behaviour has been wretched since Wes’ death and only made him suspicious during this episode.

When Oliver said that Connor didn’t tell him he got a call from Annalise that night, it clicked in my head. If he is somehow involved in Wes’ death, he was anxious to get into Annalise’s phone and was saying anything to convince Oliver to do it. That whole speech about Wes? Lies. He never cared about him and he knew that saying that would get Oliver to hack the phone.

He’s been championing Annalise’s guilt far too much for someone who should know that there is no way that she did it. He’s 100% looking for something to use to pin the murder on her so that he’s in the clear. I’m pleased that Oliver did his own digging and confronted him about it. I hope he stopped searching and destroyed his copy of Annalise’s phone.

I really hate seeing Laurel grieving so hard and Karla Souza continues to do an excellent job with her acting here. I’m with her and totally believe that it was the Mahoneys who killed Wes. I was upset with her for going against Annalise’s wishes and hiring a P.I., but only because I knew what they’d done to Annalise and that Annalise was only trying to protect her from that. I don’t want them to do the same to Laurel either. But her efforts were fruitful and her P.I. did fast work in finding out that the Mahoneys did a DNA test on Wes.

I loved the moment between Laurel and Annalise near the end of the episode; when Annalise stopped by and told her that Wes had been cremated. They are the two people mourning him the most and, quite frankly, I think that they need each other. I’m happy that the tensions between them have dissolved.

Random thoughts:

  1. Screw you Atwood.
  2. You’re a bitch Atwood.
  3. I’m with Asher. We should be questioning Connor.
  4. Rather presumptuous of you Bonnie to assume that Laurel would have an abortion.
  5. Disappointed in you Hargrove. But I understand.
  6. Atwood had him cremated?!
  7. Of course Asher would compare it to a fart.
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