American Horror Story: Apocalypse | Season 8 Episode 3 - "Forbidden Fruit"

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O-M-G! I have so much to talk to you about this episode of American Horror Story! This, right here, is the reason why I love this show so much and, just into episode 3 I can tell you that this season is, for sure, going to be on my TOP 3 favorite AHS seasons!

The episode was everything that I wanted and, like I said, I have so many thoughts and predictions so let's just jump right into it.

This week, the episode started rather oddly. I mean, we almost forget about all the events in the previous episode because the first things that we see is Michael interviewing everyone, getting to know their true selves and just trying to see who is evil (which, in the end, it's all that matters to him). It's pretty clear who he thinks is worth going to the Sanctuary (at least, in my opinion) - Mallory, Mr. Gallant and Dinah Stevens. I'm still on defense about Timothy and Emily, but I'll get into that later.

The interview gets particularly heated with Mallory (literally), when he keeps pushing her and she tells him that she doesn't know who she is and that she feels like someone else is inside her (hints for my prediction). Then, we get something quite amazing! She tries to leave and Michael keeps pushing her, ending in her making some flames shoot and Michael showing his true self to her (his demonic side, which I loved!).

After that, we get some resolution from the ending of last episode. We do find out that Ms. Mead is a robot and that she was basically made by the Cooperative.

While talking to Venable, the later confesses that she knows that she's not going to the Sanctuary and that's when they both decide the best thing to do is to just kill everyone.

Then, we move to something completely different and see that Brock is alive and has been looking for Coco and the place where she went. He sees a carriage pass by and then he decides to 'get a lift', arriving at the Outpost 3.

Venable and Ms. Mead decide to go see what's in the carriage and, in there, find a box with apples. That's when they decide to put their plan into action and put some venom in the apples, in order to kill everyone in a 'party' made just for that purpose.

Brock infiltrates Outpost 3 and attends Venable's party. Then, in a costume, he meats with Coco and, thinking that it's Langdon, she seduces him and takes him to her bedroom. There, Brock reveals himself to Coco and stabs her in the forehead.

Meanwhile, at the party, it comes the time to eat the apples and... everyone drops dead.

I have to say, I was surprised with this. I thought that Michael would appear or something and just ruin their plan but, he decided to ruin that later when Venable and Ms. Mead go to his bedroom and decide to shoot him. Of course this doesn't work and, instead, Michael makes Mead kill Venable and then, that's when we find out that Michael was the one to make her and that he had a 'prototype', making Mead 'look' like someone he meat in his childhood. This leads me to believe that his 'prototype' was Constance, that's what makes sense to me.

With basically everyone dead, that's when the witches come to action!

Cordelia Goode, Madison Montgomery and Myrtle Snow descend upon Outpost 3 and Cordelia revives three girls - Mallory, Dinah and Coco. And, in the very end, Madison says her iconic line to Mallory, and that's how the episode ends.

This was such a roller coaster and I have so many thoughts so let's get into them.

First we need to talk about Madison and her line. Besides being iconic from Scream Queens, it is also something that she said to Fiona and she came back to life in Coven. This makes me think that Fiona is 'inside' Mallory and that's why she felt like someone was inside her. Then, I was really confused on why she also revived Coco and Dinah but, after something thinking, my bet is that those girls are also witches from Coven in other bodies. I think that Dinah is, in fact, Misty and that Coco might be Nan. I say might because my next prediction is that they think she's Nan, that's why they revived her but, turns out, she isn't and she'll eventually die, for real. I also think this because we know that Lily Rabe is going to come back to play Misty so my bet is that she's going to be able to get to her real body but not Fiona, since Jessica Lange is just back for her role as Constance. This way, Billie Lourd will still be Mallory/Fiona. Oh, I guess I also need to had that, if you think about it, Dinah as always been the one to think the bright side of things and be grateful for stuff so that's why I say she's, in fact, Misty.

Now, to my next prediction.

There's no way all those people are dead for real, mostly Timothy and Emily. The stuff about their DNA is gonna come to action. They must be important to Michael for some reason so I think Michael is going to resurrect some of those people that died - Timothy, Emily and Mr. Gallant are my bets. He's going to take them to the Sanctuary - Murder House (yes, I still think Muder House is the Sanctuary), while the Witches are going to take Coco, Dinah and Mallory to their 'Coven House'. 

And, well, that is as far as my prediction goes. Of course I also think that some type of battle is going to happen, maybe the Witches will go to the Murder House to fight Michael... I don't know, but a battle is certain!

Okay, I guess that's it from me. What do you guys think of my predictions? Do you agree? Why or why not? Tell me everything and I'll see you in my next post!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 12 - "Unhappy Days"

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So, things aren't really looking nice for me right now. I mean, game wise. 

As you can see, here's a new the Challenge rant, but a not so happy one. Nothing like really major happened, to be honest, but I'm predicting that it's going to turn sour in the next couple of episodes but... I'll get into that later. Let's talk about this episode.

The episode started with some parties and what not, to create that mood for what's going next - the nominations.

Somehow, Shane thinks of a plan that would work out for all the Lavender Ladies (it didn't end that well, though) not knowing which was going to be Bananas' move. Well, I predicted that Tony and Bananas would go for either Brad/Kyle or Ashley/Hunter but they really surprised me when it showed that they actually voted for Shane and Nelson. Actually, in the end, if came to a tie between Shane/Nelson, Zach/Amanda and Jozea/Da'Vonne. Then, it came to Bananas and Tony to decide and, of course, they chose Shane and Nelson. After that, we find out that Bananas and Tony were the only ones to vote for them so it was up to Shane and Nelson to choose who to go against, out of anyone. They went big and chose to go against Brad and Kyle and in the end, very surprisingly, they won and sent Brad and Kyle to the redemption house. That wasn't so bad though, it's less competition for Bananas and Tony, but the truth is, the house is one step closer to be all Lavender Ladies people so... I'm not liking that.

Obviously, after the elimination, we had to see Kyle and Brad going to the Redemption House and getting face to face with Paulie. 

Paulie was actually pretty smart and didn't do anything so... I'm 'proud' of him and I can't wait to see where this thing go.

Then, they moved on pretty quickly to another challenge, thankfully, because I thought it was going to be just the elimination.

Anyway, the challenge was pretty interesting and Bananas and Tony were actually in the lead but then... came the puzzle part of the challenge and, in the end, Amanda and Zach won, unfortunately.

Seriously, I'm so sick of Amanda and I just can't believe how many times they have been winning.

Well, that was basically it for this episode. After that, as usual, they show a 'Next On' and I have a lot of thoughts on it. They show Amanda and Zach arguing because, obviously, Amanda wants to vote for Bananas and Zach doesn't so, that's going to be like a big part of the next episode. Also, we see that it's going to be a tie between Bananas/Tony and someone else and it's going to be up to Zach and Amanda to choose, to which Amanda says that she want's Bananas. My prediction on this is that it's going to be a tie between Bananas/Tony and Jozea/Da'Vonne because basically all the Lavender Ladies are going to vote for Bananas. Then, I believe Zach is going to be able to convince Amanda to vote for Jozea and Da'Vonne and, of course, Bananas and Tony, trying to save themselves, are going to vote for Jozea as well. Then, there's Cara Maria/Marie and Jozea/Da'Vonne that are going to vote randomly in a way to save themselves. 

Post this, I think Bananas and Tony are going to be the ones to go into elimination because, if Zach convinced Amanda to vote his way, now Amanda is going to convince Zach to vote her way so... And, on top of that, we see that this elimination is going to be Mercenaries again - Devin and Cory - and, since episode 14 is called 'Lavender Is the New Black', I'm predicting that Bananas and Tony aren't going to win and are going to the Redemption House.

I have some hopes though, even if they go into Redemption House, because I think basically all the teams that are there, if they get the double cross, they are probably going to choose Bananas and Tony to go against them. 

Okay, this are all my thoughts and predictions. Let me know what you think and if you disagree, tell me why.

I'll see you tomorrow with a new AHS rant!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: Apocalypse | Season 8 Episode 2 - "The Morning After"

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So, just as promised, here I am with the new AHS rant.

I got to tell you, I really enjoyed this episode! To be honest, the whole episode was really enjoyable but that ending! Wow! I'm still pretty confused about it but still, loved it! I might be a little bias because Murder House was one of my favorite seasons and this episode featured some major elements from that season, mainly the rubber man! That must have been one of the best things from Murder House and see it again, after 7 years, was so freaking cool! And then, there's Michael, who was, no doubt, the star of this episode! They are setting his character like really high and I'm so here for it! You already know by now that I have a thing for villains and, although you know for sure that Michael is bad (oh so bad!), there's something about him (probably the fact that he's antichrist, maybe) that is so enigmatic and you are just so drawn to it. I have to give my props to Cody Fern because, and I said this in my last post, he's doing an amazing job with the character and, right now, I couldn't see anyone else playing Michael Langdon!

Anyway, enough of that, the devil doesn't need any more praising. Let's get into specifics.

Right in the beginning of the episode, Michael introduces himself to everyone in Outpost 3, and let them know that he's going to conduct some interviews in order to choose who's deserving to go to The Sanctuary.

Right away Mr. Gallant volunteers to be the first one to be interviewed and, in that questioning, Michael asks him about his sexual orientation as well as his hatred towards his grandmother.

Mr. Gallant also plays a big role in this episode and, you know, I'm all for an Evan Peters centered episode and, again, he did an amazing job, like he always does.

Well, this is when the Rubber Man comes in action. 

Obviously Mr. Gallant and Michael and some 'flirtation' and later, when the Rubber Man approaches Mr. Gallant in his bedroom, he thinks that it's Michael and yes, they have some pretty rough, heavy sex, which Evie catches them having.

Obviously, Evie being the diva and selfish person that she his, reports this to Ms. Mead, in order to have better changes into going to The Sanctuary.

Meanwhile, Timothy and Emily discover recent Cooperative e-mails from weeks prior detailing Venable's transgressions, such as implementing her own rules (aka the no sex rule).

Back to the Rubber Man story line... Of course Mr. Gallant is asked about who the Rubber Man is, but he doesn't say anything. Langdon then approaches him, to which Mr. Gallant says that he would never reveal his identity and Langdon asserts  that he is not the Rubber Man and that he would never have sex with him.

At the same time this is happening, Timothy decides to just forget the 'rules' and him and Emily have sex for the firs time. Of course this doesn't end well and they are caught. But, before we discuss how this ended (which was actually how the episode ended) we need to finish with the Rubber Man story line.

So, the Rubber Man appears to Mr. Gallant again, to seduce him but, Mr. Gallant, pretty mad at the fact that Michael told him that he would never have sex with him, stabs the Rubber Man in the stomach with a pair of scissors. Langdon then appears and Gallant finds himself looking upon his grandmother's bloody corpse.

I guess I should have guessed this would happen, mainly because Joan Collins was credited as just a Guest Star so... Yeah, I'm kind of sad that she died, because she was pretty funny but I don't want Mr. Gallant to die either so, rather Evie than him.

Now, back to the juicy stuff (like, literally).

Timothy and Emily are sentenced to death because they broke the 'rules' but, as they are about to shoot them, Timothy gets an old of the gun and shoots Mead, then revealing, 'behind' her wound, internal wiring and some white liquid pouring out of it.

That got me like really confused! All this thing about the Devil and everything I can, somehow, understand but this?! I'm pretty confused so, if you have any predictions, let me know, because I would love to hear them.

One thing I know for sure though, I'm almost 100% sure that The Sanctuary is the Murder House. There's to many things pointing to that, like the Rubber Man in this episode and the fact that Michael was born there... I don't know, but my money is on that.

Well, let me know your thoughts on this crazy (but so good) episode and I'll see you next week!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 11 - "You're The Worst"

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First of all, I'm sorry I'm one day late with this rant. Yesterday I was away and I didn't have the time to watch the episode and was just able to watch it today so, here's the rant.
If you watched the episode you'll probably know that I'm pretty happy with it! Not only I was right about who went straight away to the redemption house but, in this week's challenge, my babes won! It was about damn time they did!
Yes, Tony and Bananas, finally won a challenge and I'm pretty stoked about this because, now more than ever, it seemed like everyone was against them as well as against Cara (aka the OGs) so, it was a slap in the face. But anyway, before I get more in depth about that, let's talk about all the other stuff that happened in this episode - because a lot happened.
I was surprised when, right in the beginning of the episode, they showed who lost and was going to the Redemption House like, really quickly, so that was nice. And, like I said, I was right - Kam and Kayleigh were the ones to go straight to Redemption House and that was going to be something because, in case you didn't remember, Kayleigh and Natalie are vendettas so... It was obvious that something was about to go down (which it did).
But, meanwhile, in the main house another big drama happened - Amanda and Cara Maria. Or should I say everyone against Cara Maria. I mean, obviously that it wasn't everyone, it was the Lavender Ladies against Cara, but still mainly Amanda.
You know how I feel about Amanda so I don't even have to say much for you to know how annoyed I was with her and I much I was supporting Cara. I'm Team OGs all the way but, even if I wasn't, Amanda is so incredibly annoying and really just mean! Even Zach said it!
The drama got pretty heavy and then, of course, Ashley, being the crazy head that she is, had to get in it as well and you know, Ashley is also pretty annoying so... I'm totally with Bananas on this - the Lavender Ladies are just a bunch of superficial girls that are really bullies and... Ugh! I just hate them! But, applause to Marie because she actually defended Cara, even though she's part of the Lavender Ladies.
Anyway, moving on... Back to the Redemption House...
Of course another drama had to happen... Paulie insisted for Natalie and Kayleigh to talk things through but... It didn't go well. And, to be honest, I don't even know which side I'm on. For once, I hated what Kailah and all the other girls did to Kayleigh last season, it was so incredibly mean, and Natalie is somewhat responsible for that too because she was there laughing, just like Kayleigh said. But then, after Kayleigh said that, Natalie basically said that she was sorry and that she didn't know that Kayleigh felt that way. Then, it was time for Kayleigh to own up to her own mistakes with exposing Natalie as a Lesbian before even her parents knowing about it. Can you imagine everyone finding out something so personal through other people?! That must be awful! And Kayleigh didn't even care! Like, Natalie at least 'said sorry' for what she did but not Kayleigh so... I don't know. I think Natalie was the right one in this situation but I get it if Kayleigh doesn't want to have anything to do with her because what she did is still awful.
Anyway, that escalated quickly and they started yelling at each other and yeah...
The last thing that I want to talk about is the nice part - The Challenge.
This was a really difficult challenge and, right away, because it was an heights challenge, I called it - none of the girls would win. I'm not trying to be 'mean' here but it's the truth - girls are a lot more scared of heights (even though both Kyle and Shane were really sacred as well) than guys and, of course, it had to be a team of two guys to win! I'm so happy it was Bananas and Tony because they really deserve it!
Okay, I think that's all for my The Challenge rant.
Now, Tony and Bananas have the power vote and things are going to shake a little bit. To be honest, I doubt they are going to vote Shane and Nelson. I just think it's not worth it because they are never going to win a challenge so, my bet is that they are either going to vote for Kyle and Brad, because they are one of the strongest teams, or Ashley and Hunter because not only they are kind of strong as well, but also because Ashley causes too much drama, they also got there after everyone else, and they've said it that they don't think that's fair and, on top of that, she's part of the Lavender Ladies so... my bet is on either one of those.
Also, just a little thing, I've check the title of the next episodes and the one after the next is title 'The People vs. Johnny Bananas' so... It either means that he's going to elimination or he's going to win. Either way, there's going to be drama with him so... Let's see.
Let me know all your thoughts and predictions and I'll see you later with a new AHS rant!
Love,
Daniela.

American Horror Story: Apocalypse | Season 8 Episode 1 - "The End"

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Here we are with a brand new American Horror Story season!

This was a season that got everyone really hyped, because this was the Coven/Murder House crossover - the crossover that everyone was waiting for. And, because of that, and because Coven and Murder House are the ones that the fans like the most (I like Murder House, Coven not so much) so everyone was waiting for this season with really high expectations. I can't say I wasn't excited, but I wasn't like that hyped - of course I want to see Violet and Tate back (and they are going to be in this season) but, maybe because I wasn't the biggest fan of Coven, I wasn't as excited as everyone else. I guess that's a good thing though, so I don't have my hopes up. Anyway, right of the batch I can say that this first episode met my expectations - I think it was good to set things up, get to know the new characters but still have some questions about the whole thing. Also, this first episode already had something that I wasn't expecting - Michael Langdon. I can say that this character is the one that I'm most curious and excited about, and I wasn't expecting him right in the first episode. Yes, it was only in the very end, but I wasn't expecting him at all, so that was nice.

So, as the title of the episode says, this first episode is The End, the end of the world were, in the future, nuclear missile destroy the world and start a nuclear winter.

With this happening, of course some people had to survive, and those people are the new characters that we meet - Coco, Mallory, Mr. Gallant and Evie (the later being one of my favorites right away just because she brings a little of light to the whole chaos with her humor).

As well as this characters, we also meet two young characters that are saved by an organization called the Cooperative, who rescue young adults based on their genetic makeup (for what, still remains to be answered). This two young adults - Timothy and Emily - are sent to Outpost 3 were they, as well as us, the audience, meet a few more characters - Mrs. Venable (played by Sarah Paulson) and Kathy Bates' character (who I can't remember the name of).

When they arrive at Outpost 3, that's when we see that that's where Coco and were crew ended up as well. And, as expected, some creepy things go down in that place. There's still a lot more that we need to find out although I don't know if were getting to see a lot more of this place since, in the very end of the episode, like I mentioned before, Michael Langdon arrives saying that there's another place were they can go, but there's a catch - he's going to see who's worthy of going and, who isn't, is just going to die so... I'm expecting some deaths in the next episode - maybe Coco or Evie... 

I also have a feeling that the place Michael Langdon is talking about is the Coven house. I haven't seen that season in a while so I can't be sure but we don't really know if the house has a bunker or something or the witches can just do some magic spell to protect the house from all the nuclear fall out. 

I don't know... There's also the possibility that he's talking about the Murder House I mean, it's the place where he was born and maybe he still lives there... All I know is that there has to be some type of connection and I just can't wait for that.

I'm really curious about Michael Langdon, his character is so intriguing and most of us have been wondering about him for years so I can't wait to dive deeper into that. Also, I think Cody Fern is perfect for the role. I really liked him in American Crime Story and I can't wait to see what he does with Michael Langdon.

Anyway, this are my thoughts on the season premiere, let me know yours!

As usual, I'll see you next week with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 10 - "Redemption House of Cards"

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Here I am, one more week with a new The Challenge rant.

This week the episode went by surprisingly quickly. It didn't have much drama, just enough to keep us going, and the actual challenges went by so fast. I don't know what it was but, in the end, it was a good episode and that preview for the rest of the season -  wow! I don't even know what to think about it but, anyway, let's just talk about this episode.

Like the title says, this was an episode focused on the Redemption House. We knew this was coming, because we found out in the end of last week's episode that Jozea and Da'Vonne were the ones to go into elimination to get a chance to get back into the main house. The think was, we didn't know who they were going to pick to go against them. Initially, like I said last week, I thought it was either going to be Natalie/Paulie or Angela/Faith. because they were the two teams they had an alliance with. But then, the preview and this episode, showed a lot of CT and that just got me thinking (that, and my hopes that it was actually going to be him). Well, in the end, they went with Natalie and Paulie because of the Big Brother friendship and everything.

Although I hoped it would be CT, I was happy to see Jozea and Da'Vonne stay true to their friendships and alliances and choose Natalie and Paulie. The outcome of everything also pleased me, to be honest, because Jozea and Da'Vonne won, which means they got back into the house and Paulie and Natalie went back to the Redemption House. You can't say that's bad either, I mean, they are still in the game and they haven't done much so... That's a good game as well. It would be fun to see them make into the final by always being in the Redemption House - that would piss off a lot of people.

Anyway, after that, there wasn't barely any drama and we moved pretty quickly to the week's challenge, which was a Purge Challenge.

This challenge had two parts, in which the second one was an eating challenge so, you know, I had my hopes up with Tony and Bananas. Unfortunately, in the end, Hunter and Ashley won. After that, we saw a lot of teams being save and then, right before the episode ends, as expected, we see that it comes down to Kam/Kayleigh and Cara Maria/Marie. Obviously I'm rooting for Cara Maria and, from the looks of it, it leads us to believe that she's going to win but... You never know.

Then, like I said in the beginning, we see a montage of what's to come, one of those things being more Mercenaries. Also, we see a lot of people getting injured and more Bananas drama so... I'm curious. Also, big twist - this season will have 'take the money and run' thing again were the partner can have all the money. I don't know how that's going to work but I'm curious.

So, I guess that's it for today's rant. Let me know all your thoughts and predictions and I'll see you tomorrow with the AHS new season's premiere!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 9 - "Bro-ing Pains"

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I'm so stocked with this episode! This was probably one of the best episodes this season (and maybe even in a while) because it had everything - nominations, a great elimination (some might say the hardest ever on the challenge) and, most important, barely any drama (just a good amount to spice things up).

And so, since I have so much to talk about, let's get started!

The episode started with a little context on all the dramas and everything right now - we saw a bit of Jozea and Da'Vonne with Bananas and Tony saying stuff about Shane and just being really sneaky about their votes, the 'Lavender Lady Alliance' working some things and trying to figure out the good way to vote and we even had some stuff about CT and Veronica, in the Redemption House, trying to work things between them (which might be a hint for something in the future, let's see).

After that we moved to the nominations and we saw everyone doing the exact same thing that they did when Kam basically 'manipulated' them - they all basically burn voted on each other - apart from Bananas/Tony and Jozea/Da'Vonne, and that was exactly what messed everything up because no one knew what those two teams were going to do and, in the end, it was great because everyone got voted apart from Zach/Amanda, which were the ones that won the challenge and couldn't be voted it, and Bananas/Tony, which I'm so fine with! Somehow they keep getting saved and I just can't wait for them to finally win a challenge because they really deserve it (and I'm not just saying that because I like Bananas, they truly are one of the strongest teams and they deserve a win by now).

Anyway, after that, it was time to find out who was actually going to elimination and... it was a tie, between Sylvia/Joss, Kam/Kayleigh and Jozea/Da'Vonne. Because it was a tie, Zach and Amanda, because they were the challenge winners, they had to choose who was going to elimination and so, obviously they chose Jozea and Da'Vonne. But things don't end here. Then, we see that the only ones to vote for them were Zach and Amanda who, obviously, couldn't go to elimination because they won and were saved so... It was up to Jozea and Da'Vonne to choose who they wanted to go into elimination against them, from everyone else! And this is when things get pretty shocking and they choose to go against Kam and Kayleigh. I didn't mind though. Actually, turns out, I predicted both of them in my last rant and they did go to elimination so, I'm happy with myself.

Then it was time for the actually elimination, which I'm not going to get much into that. I'm just going to say that it looked really though and, like I said in the beginning, some say it was the hardest elimination that The Challenge ever had, and I actually believed it. It was so hard that they couldn't finish it and it came down to (since it was a puzzle) who had the least wrong pieces.

In the end, Kam and Kayleigh won, unfortunatelly. But Jozea and Da'Vonne went back to the Redemption House and plot twist again - right the next day (again, like I predicted) it was time for Double Cross and guess what? Yes, Jozea and Da'Vonne got the double cross which means, they are, for sure, going to battle to get back into the game. Now, we just don't know who they are going to pick to go against them.

Right away I thought they were going to either pick Natalie/Paulie or Angela/Faith but with all the things with CT and the preview for next episode, which focused a lot on CT... I don't know, Jozea by actually pick CT to go against him and Da'Vonne.

I don't know but it is going to be pretty interesting. Plus, next challenge is going to be another Purge so, I'm also excited for that.

Let me know who you think Jozea is going to pick and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.