The Challenge: War of the Worlds | Season 33 Episode 17 - "Reunion"

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Hello everybody!

So, this is the last rant for a while, unfortunately. You know, this time of the year all of the series go on hiatus and usually there's only The Challenge for me to review but, this time, it looks like just last week they started filming the new season so... We will have to wait a little longer.

But anyway, I still have one more episode to talk to you about so, let's do it!

To be completely fair, I wasn't going to review this episode. Not much usually happen on the Reunion episodes (I like to see them, but there's not much for me to comment on) but I asked you guys on twitter if you still wanted one and you guys staid yes so... Here it is! And i have to say, I got pretty surprised right away when we saw that Paulie and Cara were still together. For some odd reason (I think I've read somewhere) I thought they had broke up. I mean, maybe since the Reunion they did, but I thought they had broken up a long time ago so... Guess I was wrong. Apart from that, the episode started with your basic stuff - talking with the winner, in this case, Turbo, and how he felt about winning, they also talked with Theo about almost winning as well as with Ninja about being the only girl to cross the finish line, to which you could see Cara Maria's face like pretty salty.

After that, they jumped into the drama stuff, starting with something that I didn't even know about - Da'Vonne and Kam's friendship. Apparently, both of them fancied Theo in the beginning of the season and Kam said that Da'Vonne could go for it but then, as we all know, Kam ended up hooking up with Theo and it wasn't even that that Da'Vonne was sad about, it was the fact that Kam didn't tell her about her feelings for Theo and yeah... In the end, I guess things got patched up but we all know that this things take time.

Then, it was time to talk about the UK Alliance and how strong it was for the majority of the season. I don't even know what to say about that, to be honest so I'm just going to jump into the next thing, which was the whole thing between Zach and Cara.

I'm the worst to comment on this because you all know how I feel about Cara right now. Yes, maybe Zach was a little harsh and we know Zach usually doesn't really think, but Cara has been a b*tch this season and she was truly asking for it like, she needs to be put in her place. She has been acting like she owns the whole damn thing and then, as soon as something bad happens to her, she plays the victim and that's so damn annoying! I'm so fed up with her, seriously!

Anyway, after Cara, it was time to talk about someone else that was pretty annoying too - Bear. Bear is something else. I have mixed feelings about him because on one hand he's so annoying and he just doesn't think before he says stuff but, on the other hand, he's really funny and I enjoy him sometimes so... I don't really know how to feel towards him. I guess I feel the exact same way as everyone in the Reunion.

Moving on, it was time to get back to the love triangles, involving Kam and Theo again, but with Leroy this time. We all know what happened with them so I think I don't need to elaborate much. Leroy did let us know about what happened before the season started shooting and that was nice to know but, besides that, not much was added.

Something else that I didn't know about and I had no idea that had blow up like it did was something about Da'Vonne threatening Wes which we know wasn't really what happened but this thing really blew up and I really felt for Da'Vonne. You could see that Wes felt bad too so that's good I guess, at least that. (I know I've been brief with each topic but there's so much to unpack that I need to keep it short otherwise this is going to be a really long post).

After that whole thing, is time to get back to the usual stuff - vendettas. First, the whole thing between Zach and Bananas which, we finally know (I guess we know) that Zach did kind of betray Bananas and, as much as you might not like Bananas, and as much as you might think he's also a douche, you have to say that he was in the right to be angry at Zach and to doubt him because, in the end, Zach did have a thing with Wes and... This whole story was really confusing to me. All I know is that you could tell Bananas was speaking the truth and, to be honest, he was really tamed in this Reunion so, I'm proud of him for 'growing up'.

Unlike Zach and Bananas, the whole thing between Kyle and Paulie is pretty simple, they just dislike each other. This whole thing is mainly because of Cara, to be honest, because she just can't let go... But yeah, at least, there's no games between them, they just hate each others guts and they will always be rivals, that's it.

And, we basically tackled all the 'heavy' themes so let's get into the light ones.

There was this whole thing between Bear and Georgia which looks like hasn't really ended, even if she has been trying, then there's the whole hookups thing that they always show (we find out that there's something between Morgan and Bananas, even if I already suspected something), there's the whole thing about what they said behind each others backs, which isn't that deep, to be honest, the whole thing between Zach/Jenna/Amanda is also old news and I'm not getting into that because you know how I feel about Amanda and I don't need to stress myself out with people that don't matter and then there's the whole thing between Ninja and Turbo that, even thought that's also old news, we finally find out that they are good with each other and that she's actually going to visit his family in Turkey so... That's nice though.

The episode then ends with some funny stuff and that's basically it.

I know I probably forgot to talk about something and if there's something you want me to comment on tell me in the comments and I can always edit this and talk about what you want me to talk about or just hit me up on twitter or Instagram and we can talk there!

Well, I guess that's it for now. I'll be back as soon as there's new episodes of series that I review here and, in the mean time, have a nice Summer and yeah... I'll see you probably in the Fall.

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: War of the Worlds | Season 33 Episode 16 - "This Is the End"

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Hello guys!

Just as promised, here I am for the last The Challenge: War of the Worlds episode (before the Reunion).

I'm so happy that basically all my wished came true! But first, let's get the elephant in the room out of the way - yes, Hunter isn't in the banner, and that's because he was the one to be picked, right in the beginning of the episode, to go into an elimination. He chose to go against Ninja but, obviously, as you might have guessed by now (if you didn't want the episode) he lost, and in a pretty anticlimactic way - he basically gave up. The elimination wasn't that hard (I mean, after running 24 miles, yes, but not that hard) and he just gave up. I was bummed but, at the same time, I wasn't, because I was never a big fan of Hunter so... I guess I was fine with Ninja winning, I just didn't like the fact that he basically gave up.

Anyway, now, that we got that out of the way, let's talk about the most important thing in this episode - The Winner! Turbo freaking won! He was the one that I wanted to win (out of the finalists because, obviously, I wanted Bananas to win) but, to be fair, he was the one that deserved it the most - he was really good at basically all challenges, he never went into elimination, he worked really hard to be the best and he still was a sympathetic and caring person so... He is the true MVP and he totally deserved to win!

Then, my other wish - Cara Maria not to win! Actually, she didn't even make it to the final four, which I don't really care, to be honest. I was actually happy about that. She wasn't going to win anyway, it was either Turbo or Theo and none of the others stood a chance (in my opinion) for some reason they were the first and second place. But yeah, Cara Maria also fell short and she basically was beaten by a math 'puzzle'. I mean, I can't really judge her because that would also probably be the thing that would get to me, if I was on The Challenge (I'm really bad at math) so... I can't talk about about that. But I can talk about that fact that she has been talking a lot about how she was going to win and all and so... Karma is a b*tch!

Besides that, Wes was in 3rd place and Ninja in 4th. I was happy with that, I guess. I just didn't really want Wes to win (even if he was a bit better this season) but that's just my Bananas Supporter side talking... As for Ninja, I'm happy that she was the last woman standing. American Ninja Warrior really prepares you for The Challenge so, I hope we get to see not only more of this finalists but also more Ninja Warrior contestants because I feel like they bring something to the table (unlike Are You The One guys and stuff...).

And yeah, I guess that was pretty much it! A good (hard) final with a deserving winner and a pretty good season overall!

Let me know your thoughts on the final, the winner and everything you want really and let me know if you want a review/rant of the reunion episode(s). I usually review the Reunion as well but... I don't know. Most times it doesn't really add anything to the show so... I'll do it if you want so, let me know!

I'll be waiting for your answers!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: War of the Worlds | Season 33 Episode 15 - "Death Race"

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Hello!

I know guys, I'm so late with this rant (actually, I should be posting episode 16 instead of 15) but I'm going to be completely honest with you - I forgot. The day I watched this episode it was already pretty late and then I had stuff to do the next couple of days and then... I just forgot. I'm so sorry about that, I hope you forgive!

So now that you already know why I'm posting this so late, let's get into the actual events.

This is the penultimate episode (minus the reunion) and so we can expect some pretty big stuff, which was exactly what happened. I have to say though that my dad usually runs more than what they run in this episode so... They aren't that great. Yes, there's the eat and everything but, not long ago, my dad ran a marathon in freezing cold so... I don't really know what's worth. Still, I know it's pretty hard (even if while you're watching it doesn't seem like it). I would probably be Georgia, who just blacked out because of the heat and basically had to give up... She was the first one to give in to this hard final, but not the only one. Following her was Mattie who I was actually disappointed. I thought she could do better but, like TJ mentioned, she smokes and that was what 'killed her' in this challenge so, you heard it kids, don't smoke!

With all of this it means that we only have two girls in the final, one of them being Cara Maria who I really wish doesn't win. But anyway...

This finale wasn't just running, they also had to do some type of puzzles and they got lucky because there was a time limit because otherwise, some of them would be stuck for a long time in some of those puzzles.

Post that, we learn that there's going to be another Tribunal and, in this Tribunal, the ones safe are Wes, Turbo and Theo, the first ones to finish this first part of the final.

And that's basically how this episode ends. It doesn't seem like much but we spent a lot of time following each contestant and see what they went through so... It was actually a lot. 

I guess that's pretty much it. I'm sorry if this was a really short rant but, besides not having much to talk about, some stuff I have already forgotten so... This were the main things happening in this penultimate episode.

All in all, I hope Turbo is the one to win (even though I liked if a girl would win - Ninja, in this case) and I just really hope Cara Maria isn't in the TOP 3... She really annoyed me this whole season.

Let me know your hopes and predictions for the final episode (I haven't watched it yet so...) and I'll talk to you soon.

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 22 - "Legacy"

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Hello people!

Yes, a bit late but, since this is the Season Finale, I thought I could take a break for one day and just post today, I hope you don't mind.

I'm so surprised to say that Arrow's Season Finale was better than The Flash's. Yes, you heard it right! After all those weeks about 'bashing' Arrow and being so hyped about The Flash turned out that The Flash's Season Finale didn't live up to expectations.

The beginning of the episode was actually nice. We see the after math of last episode's huge cliffhanger, where Ralph puts himself in front of the dagger and he's the one affected by the mirror gun, leaving him in kind of 'pieces' (it's something really weird that I don't know how to explain) which leads to Cicada being able to escape (with the dagger).

Post that, the Team is really confused about why Ralph did what he did. Luckily, Sherloque understands everything and proceeds to explain Thawne's plan to the Team. After that, Nora realizes she has been played and then comes up with a plan to defeat Cicada without getting rid of the dagger.

The Team tracks Cicada to her younger self where Nora enter her mind and with help from a reformed Orlin is able to convince young Grace to take the meta-human cure. However, the shard in Grace's forehead is too powerful and Barry has to destroy the dagger with the mirror gun, which leads to adult Grace being erased while Thawne, back in 2049 gets his powers back.

Then, comes to 'exciting' part of the episode - Team Flash against Thawne (again).

They come up with a pretty cool plan where Barry and Nora are able to, in the end, subdue Thawne but, as they are about to 'kill him', a new timeline is coming into action and is trying to erase Nora. Thawne reveals that the only way to save Nora is for her to reenter the Negative Speed Force, however, Nora refuses to go back there, afraid to become like Thawne and ends up 'dying' in her parents arms. (Thawne also gets away in the meantime)

This was something that left me with mixed feelings. As sad as it was to see Barry and Iris being sad about their daughter being erased, Nora has been so annoying in this last few episodes that... I just didn't really care. It was exactly the same that it was with Emiko - I just felt relieved and happy that we are done with those story-lines (both Emiko and Nora) and we are ready to move forward.

After that, a similar thing to the one that happened in Arrow happened here as well - we see a bit of each character moving on, with Sherloque going back to his Earth and Cisco taking the meta-human cure. This last part was something that we knew was going to happen but it left me a bit confused - it was told that we were going to loose two main characters/actors in this season finale and, obviously, one of those was Nora but the other one I have no idea. I always thought that Cisco was going to leave, but they didn't really address it so... Where they talking about Sherloque?! Because, from what I understood, Thawne (who is also played by Tom) is going to be back next season so... Something here doesn't add up so, if you understood, please let me know.

Something else really cool that happened was Joe being promoted to Captain and also (former) Captain Singh letting them know that he knows that Barry is the Flash. At this point basically everyone knows that Barry is the Flash, and that's just really funny, to be honest.

In the very end of the episode both Barry and Iris find a farewell message from Nora and we, the audience, see the date of the crisis in the future newspaper changing from 2024 to 2019 so... Does that mean that not only Oliver is going to die but Barry is also going to vanish?! I'm really curious about this whole thing!

Both series look like are going to deal with Crisis the whole season and... I don't know how I feel about that. On one hand I'm excited but I'm also afraid they are going to mess things up. But anyway, let's see what the next season brings! For now, I'm excited and I just can't wait!

Let me know what you thought about this season finale and I'll see you guys in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 22 - "You Have Saved This City"

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Hello everybody!

Wow!

First of all, I know I'm a bit late with this rant. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch the episode live and only a few minutes ago I was able to actually watch it. I'm really sad that I didn't get to watch it live and live tweet but, at the same time, I feel like this way I could appreciate it and analyze it even better and, the truth is, this really surprised me! In a good way! (Prepare yourselves because this is going to be a lot of me rambling and maybe not even a bit of the actual events but, anyway).

I have to say, I didn't have much hopes for this season finale. After the last couple of episodes, it felt like there was nothing really to be excited about and everything was really predictable. Oh boy, how I was wrong! Most of this episode really felt like a goodbye to Emily Bett Rickards, which it actually was and, if you've read my last rant, you know that Felicity's send off was something that I was really curious about. Not really the 'present day' send off, because that was obvious - she was going away to raise Mia - but the future Felicity send off was what was intriguing me and I have to say - they did an amazing job with that! But let's try go through everything from the beginning.

The beginning was more of the same, to be honest. At this point, I was so tired of Emiko that I really couldn't care less. Long story short, there was this whole thing that Emiko wanted to detonate some virus to not only kill Oliver but also everyone in the city. There's a whole fight between Emiko and Oliver, which was really cool by the way, the whole directing of this episode was really good, and then... That's when the Ninth Circle has enough of it and basically turns on Emiko, killing her in the end. Like I said, at this point, I couldn't really care about Emiko so... that was fine by me. However, this whole thing made me thing that the Ninth Circle were going to be the villains of the very short next season but, after the ending, I'm not sure about that. Also, I need to point out that this whole thing with Emiko felt really rushed. It felt like they just wanted to get onto the Felicity farewell which I can't really blame them because that was the best part of the episode, even if it was really emotional. However, there was a good thing about the first part of the episode - Curtis being back! I never thought they would bring him back for this last episode so... it was nice! Laurel was also back but I feel like she just wasn't in the last two episodes so... I didn't really care about that. Oh, Ben Turner also helped the team so we now kinda know how Diggle adopted his son.

And then, after the whole thing with Emiko, that's when the good stuff starts.

We see a whole lot of goodbyes not only to Curtis, Laurel and Roy, but also Felicity and Oliver, that decide to get away for the safety of their family, since the Ninth Circle must be haunting them. This was also surprising because I always thought Felicity was going away alone but turns out, Oliver when with her and not only that but they basically lived an year in the hideout because we then see footage of Felicity giving birth and a few more stuff with Mia as a baby, and with Oliver in the picture. And then, that's when the ball drops - the Monitor appears demanding Oliver to hold up his part of the deal. This was so surprising! We've always known that Oliver was going to die in the next crossover but having this in this Season Finale, and with the Monitor actually saying that Oliver is going to die... Wow! That changes everything!

That last part is what left me really curious because, like I said, I thought the Ninth Circle would be the villains but now I wonder if next season is going to be Oliver with the Monitor dealing with stuff until they have to call everyone of help. I don't know, I just know that this left me really curious and speechless and I have no idea where the next season is going.

To finish this rant I have to mention the flash-forwards which weren't nothing special, to be honest. They got rid of the problem and then, in the end, part of the Team - Roy, Dinah and Felicity - decided to leave and hand the batch to the new Team of superheroes. I liked the fact though that William asked Roy about how he got to the island and he said that was a long story so... I hope we get an answer to that. And then, the final thing - Felicity says goodbye to William and Mia and then we see her going to the Monitor saying she's ready to be reunited with Oliver and... they go through a portal and that's it.

I have to say, this is the best ending they could've done with Emily leaving and with Oliver dying in the crossover. After all this time, they are going to be together in the end, and that's enough for me.

This really felt like a Series Finale and it's only a Season Finale so... I can't even imagine what they're going to do for the Series Finale - I'm going to be a mess!

In the end, I loved this! Now, let's see what The Flash brings.

Let me know your thoughts and I'll see you tomorrow.

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: War of the Worlds | Season 33 Episode 14 - "The Waterboy"

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Hello everyone and welcome to the last rant of the week.

Now I get why they changed the structure of the episodes in the last ones - we are going to the final net week!

Yes, that's right, this was the last episode before the final and what an episode! I can't help but be happy and excited about the fact that Paulie went home. As much as I kind of felt for him because it was truly painful and you could see he was hurt but... I just didn't care that much and I'm happy he's gone.

Anyway, but before all that stuff with Paulie, we had the elimination between Dee and Da'Vonne and hell yeah my girl Da'Vonne did it and won against Dee, when everyone doubted her! I was really happy about that so, as you can see, most of this episode left me happy.

After the elimination we saw a bit of drama and then we moved to the challenge that looked kind of difficult but not as difficult as Paulie made it seem. The episode focused a lot on Paulie and yes, like I mentioned before, it was stressful and everything but I was happy that he didn't finish the challenge. All the others that went after him did kind of good and only two girls didn't finish it. Oh, I forgot to mention, this challenge was even more important because the last place girl and the last place guy were eliminated, and that's why Paulie was so worried and that's why Paulie went home. As for the girls, Mattie and Da'Vonne were the ones to not finish it and, in the end, I don't really know why to be honest, but Da'Vonne went home and Mattie stayed. Either way I was happy (I liked them both) I was just sad that Da'Vonne had just win an elimination and now is already going home. But I can totally see Mattie winning this season so... Yeah, I would be happy either way.

And then, in the end of the episode, we learn that next week is the final and that this are the finalists - Wes, Turbo, Theo, Hunter, Mattie, Cara Maria, Ninja and Georgia.

I'm so surprised that there are 5 rookies in the final this season but, to be honest, I hope one of them wins. Heck, I hope all of the top 3 are rookies because, not only I believe this was season of the rookies, but I also don't particularly like any of the Vets so... Yes.

In my opinion Turbo is going to be the one to win. Yes, he's a rookie and he doesn't know anything about the finals but I think he can go through them. As for second and third place... I would like to see Mattie in one of those and then I'm torn between Georgia and Hunter. Georgia because I feel like she has been overlooked all this time, and I like to root for the underdogs, and Hunter because he should've got that money last season so I kind of hope he wins some this season.

Let me know your thoughts on this episode and who do you think is going to win War of the Worlds.

I'll see you next week with brand new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 21 - "The Girl with the Red Lightning"

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Thank god this episode of The Flash was better than the Arrow one, because I was getting really bummed that all my favorite shows were having crappy endings, but I guess I was wrong about The Flash.

The truth is, most of the episode was mediocre, really (even though I missed like 10 minutes of it and so I can't really comment on that) but, because I missed those 10 minutes, I watched the episode again (okay, the part that I missed) and since I had already seen the end, those 10 minutes made a lot of sense and I was not just mind-blown but also sad that I missed the most important part of the episode. Maybe it was better that way, to be honest, because maybe missing that part of the episode was what made me so shocked about the ending. But again, I'm bummed that I missed the Ralph part of the episode (and you already know that he's my favy-fave).

Anyway so, as we've seen on the trailer, this episode was not only about trying to catch Cicada (or like Cisco said She-cada) but also to try to save all the meta-humans and, for that, they gather them at CCPD in order to give them the cure (if they want to).

This episode also had a lot of couple moments - Barry and Iris, Cecile and Joe, and the cutest of them all Sherloque and Renee, the later who we found out (last episode, I believe) that is a meta and so Sherloque tries to help and save her but, like predicted, she doesn't really want to get rid of her powers and so, Sherloque comes up with another idea to save her from Cicada and so send her to his Earth, where she won't be affected by whatever Cicada might do.

My least favorite part of the episode was all the Nora stuff. I think it has been a pattern in this shows (The Flash and Arrow). A new character arrives - really cool and all but, after a while, they become extremely annoying and I just don't care about them, and that's what happened with Nora. And what made me more angry and just eye-rolling my eyes was her whole speech about her having learn from her mistakes and not being 'childish' and just dumb really when, 5 minutes before she says that, she went against her parents and did what she wanted to like... Are you for real?! That really pissed me off and yeah, I just didn't care about her whole thing anymore - just get rid of Cicada.

On the other side of the spectrum, and like I mentioned before, the part that I missed and I had to 're-watch', which was the Ralph part, that was my favorite (maybe because I saw it after understanding the whole thing). But basically Ralph was trying to figure out Thawne's plan (because he thought something didn't add up) but the others were more interested in stopping Cicada and I can't blame them really, they were kind of right. But what really got me in all of this was the fact that, in the end, it was Ralph, the only one that didn't know about time-travel or anything and just found about it like a few months ago, he was the one to figure out (kind of) Thawne's plan, and that just shows that Ralph isn't just the 'dumb' character and that he's also smart and, most of all, a good detective. (Can you tell that I really love Ralph?). 

But anyway, back to Cicada... They end up using Nora's connection to Grace to find her and go after her. Turns out she goes and attacks the CCPD. Then the whole battle thing happen and, while Barry, Killer Frost and Ralph fight her, Cisco tries to disable to cryo-atomizer. In the end, Cisco manages to and, when Barry is about to destroy the dagger, that's when Ralph realizes Thawne's plan - it was all about destroying the dagger all along, so he won't die.

In 2049, Thawne's time is out and he is about to executed. As he is strapped down, it is revealed that his powers are being damped by Cicada's dagger.

The cliffhanger in this was huge and I wish they had done the same with Arrow.

I'm super stoked about the Season Finale of the Flash and, to be honest, I have no predictions. We always knew that something was up with this whole Thawne thing but I would have never guessed this so... Yeah, so surprise and so clueless of what's going to happen.

Let me know what you thought of this reveal and what do you think is going to happen and I'll talk to you tomorrow!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 21 - "Living Proof"

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Well... It might be a brand new week of rants but... I'm not that happy with how it is starting.

It's really sad to say this at this time (since next episode is the Season Finale) but this episode was pretty boring. I was really excited after last week's episode because, even though I predicted most of what happened, and even though they basically wasted an whole episode just to let us know about Roy's situation, I really enjoyed the whole thing and, unfortunately, that didn't happen in this episode. Yes, there were some nice moments but... There was something about this episode that really put me off. I wanna say that it is mainly Emiko that just doesn't work for me as a villain but maybe it's also the fact that the flash-forwards were back and, if you can remember, last week's episode didn't have any flash-forwards and maybe that's the real issue not only in this episode but in this whole season.

I'm going to step away from this episode just for a minute but I really need to talk about this.

I was one of the people that was enjoying the flash-forwards in the beginning. I thought that it was really clever that they changed the flash-backs, which were one of the things that Arrow was known for, for flash-forwards, and I thought that was really cool. But as soon as they introduced Mia and as soon as we got to know everything, they stopped being cool and exciting. I think most of it is because they kill the suspense in the 'present day' - we already know who lived (and basically who died) so, even if something happens to them in the present, we know everything's going to be fine in the end (or not, depends on the character). So, overall, I think this season was just full of mistakes. It started out pretty great with the introduction of flash-forwards, Oliver in prison but, ever since Oliver got out of prison, everything went downhill and I'm really sad about that because Arrow is my favorite superhero show.

Anyway, now that I vented everything that I had to vent, let's really talk about the episode.

Like I said, I was pretty excited about this episode because everyone's life was at risk (even though we know most of them would survive) and, I don't know, I just know that I was excited about it and the episode even surprised right in the beginning when we saw Tommy. Yes, we knew that it was just a fragment of Oliver's mind or something but, nonetheless, it was a good surprise and something that I really wasn't expecting (since I'm pretty much always up to date with news and stuff). And that was one of the things that saved this episode.

Another thing that was great in this episode, and not trying to be biased, was Roy. Yes, we have Roy in the future but, for some odd reason, having Roy in the present is way better (maybe I just don't like the people he's interacting with in the future *cough*Mia*cough*). Something else that I need to mention (and not trying to be biased again) but I loved the talk between Dinah and Roy. I loved that Dinah haters basically got what they wanted with her saying sorry and everything and, I don't know about you, but I felt something there. Don't get me wrong, I love Thea and Roy but... I don't know, it never really crossed my mind but, after seeing them talking I got some type of vibe and now I really ship Dinah and Roy. And, to be completely fair, we don't know what happened between him and Thea because he's clearly not with her in the future so... He might still have a thing with Dinah?! Please, tell me I'm not the only one! (But maybe if I am, I don't care, I'm going to keep shipping them).

Well, I've talked about everything apart from the central point of this episode which was Oliver coming to his senses and basically not wanting to kill Emiko, which I don't really agree with but I get it. He has been working so hard to not kill again and to screw everything for that b*tch... Yeah... 

Needless to say that Team Arrow is able to save Oliver in time and go after Emiko.

Meanwhile, Felicity and Alena (who is helping her) are confronted by Emiko in the bunker and, only when Felicity reveals that she's pregnant that she 'gives up' and leaves (but not before stealing some stuff).

Post that, Emiko poses as Oliver and attacks the SCPD. Team Arrow go after her and Oliver has the chance to kill her but he decides not to do so and she escapes.

In the flash-forwards we see future Alena who we find out was the one to sell Archer to Galaxy One (not really surprised, we all knew that). William and Rene are also caught by the head of Galaxy One and Galaxy One also finds the rest of the future Team, and that's basically it.

The truth is, either way this ends, I don't really care?! I'm really sad to say this but it's the truth. Emiko doesn't do for as a villain and we know that most of the team is alive in the future so... I'm just curious to know how are they going to write Felicity off because, in the present day, they're probably going to send her away to raise Mia but in the future? I have no idea so, that's basically the only thing that I'm curious about. I hope they surprise me though (let's hope so).

Let me know what you thought and if you are excited for the season finale or if you're like me and don't care that much.

I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 5 Episode 20 - "Gone Rogue"

Spoiler Alert!

Hello everyone!

I'm sorry I took some time with this rant. But, you know the drill, let's not get into that and instead talk about the actual episode.

I have quite mixed feelings about this episode. The first time that I watched it (which I should mention, I only caught half of the episode, the last half) I thought it was rubbish. I thought it didn't do much, mostly thinking that we are one episode away from the season finale but then, after actually watching it, I thought it wasn't that bad. Yes, pretty much the whole episode was pointless, but there were few things that I enjoyed about the episode (*cough*Ralph*cough*) and mainly, I think this whole episode foreshadowed a lot that is going to happen in the remaining episodes and that's the best part of the episode. The whole thing with Nora was just really pointless and boring, and all of it just to introduce us to a gun that can destroy Cicada's dagger... It was a bit underwhelming, but in the end, it was okay...

But, because I always get more deep than that, let's get into some actual events. So, as I mentioned before, the majority of this episode was about Nora and the fact that she joined some Rogues in order to rob an weapons company. The Rogues that she joined were some interesting choices - Weather Witch, who had a soft spot for Nora in previous episodes, Rag Doll who always brings the creep factor, and which I love, and Brie Larvan, which is such a throwback to Arrow, and what is even mentioned by Cisco in the episode. Anyway, everything is going great with Nora's plan until.. It isn't. As you can expect, the bad guys turned on her and threatened to kill all the employees unless the Flash reveals his identity to the world. While Sherloque distracts the Rogues as a hologram of the Flash, Barry, Iris and Joe show up, where Iris and Joe help the hostages, ending in a fight with Rag Doll, which was pretty creepy but, once again, so cool, and Barry teams up with Nora to stop the remaining Rogues. In the end, as expected, they are able to stop the Rogues and, back at STAR Labs, that's when Nora reveals she was trying to steal a mirror gun capable of destroying Cicada's dagger. 

Meanwhile, Caitlin and Ralph discover that Cisco's meta-human cure prototypes have been stolen and realize that Cicada can use them, along with the atomizer she stole last episode, to kill all meta-humans on the planet.

I was kinds bummed that that was the only reason why Caitlin and Ralph went to Catlin's dad lab but I loved the talk that Caitlin and Ralph had about Ralph's love life and, I might be a bit biased but, congrats to Hartley because he really sold that moment like, he didn't need to say anything, just the expression on Ralph's face was enough to break my heart and that says a lot about an actor.

Anyway, in the very end we see Cicada working on the cryo-atomizer and seeing her uncle by her side which, I might say, really confused me. I believe that was just her thinking about him but... Who knows?!

And well, before I end, I would just like to point out one last thing, which is the talk that Sherloque and Cisco kept having this episode. It wasn't the first time but in this episode it was pretty evident that they are setting up Cisco giving up his powers and maybe even leaving the show?! I know there has been some rumors about Carlos leaving the show but then I think I read somewhere that they were denied but I don't know anymore. All I know is that the foreshadowing has been pretty heavy and I really believe that's about to happen.

So, let me know your thoughts on this episode, as well as your predictions and theories and I'll see you next week with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: War of the Worlds | Season 33 Episode 13 - "Final Destination"

Spoiler Alert!

Hello people!

Back with a new The Challenge rant. Unfortunately, not a good one.

Everything wrong that could've happened in this episode, happened, starting with me getting spoilers of the first part of the episode. I hate seeing spoilers, and mostly of The Challenge because it really ruins the episode. Luckily, I only read like the first sentence and only saw spoilers from the first things in the episode. Still, those were major things...

As expected, the episode starts right where the last one ended and we learn right away that Paulie is not going to volunteer himself, which is the right thing to do but, with Paulie, you never know, he's that dumb. Then, we see that Kyle is the chosen one to go into elimination and, without many options left, Kyle picks Theo to go against which, in this case, I think was the right choice, even if it didn't work out in the end. Yes, Kyle ends up loosing to Theo, but he made it count, he was really good in this elimination and he even won the first round.

But, in the end, Kyle went home, leaving Cara Maria and Paulie gloating about that. And, as if that wasn't enough, in the week's challenge, where the first girl and first guy winning where through to the final, Cara Maria was the winning girl which means, she's straight to the final. Like I said, everything that could go wrong, went wrong in this episode. Paulie also got into the Tribunal but, at least, Turbo was the winning guy which means that he's not only in the Tribunal but also through to the final. I still have a bunch of mixed feelings about the whole thing between Dee/Ninja/Turbo but, overall, I like Turbo and better him than Paulie, to be honest.

The nominations where that great either. What I really wanted was Cara Maria to go into the Killing Floor, but that's obviously not going to happen. Anyway so the Tribunal decided to vote in Dee, Ninja and Da'Vonne, the first two because of the whole drama with Turbo and... You really don't want to mess with Turbo because he holds a grudge and, in the end, Dee was the one to go into the Killing Floor and, poor Da'Vonne, she was the one picked by Dee to go against her. It doesn't look good for Da'Vonne either because it's a pretty physical elimination all about strength and endurance, but I have faith in Da'Vonne and I really hope she manages to win against Dee because, yes, another downside of this episode - we didn't see the elimination, again.

It's a bummer that they have been doing this for the past couple of episodes but, luckily, the season is almost ending so we won't have to put up with that for much longer.

And, I guess those are my thoughts on the episode. Let me know what you thought and I'll see you in my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.