Arrow | Season 8 Episode 3 - "Leap of Faith"

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Hello again people!

I told you I was going to be soon with the Arrow rant.

This week's Arrow episode looked like it was going to be pretty standard and turned out being huge and so unpredictable.

It was another homage to another season - this time, Season 3 - where Oliver goes to Nanda Parbat to find more information about the Monitor. He's looking for Talia but, instead, he finds Thea, and here we have another special guest. This season they are really going all in with the homages and the special appearances from previous characters and, obviously, I'm loving it!

Unfortunately, Oliver has to tell Thea about all that is happening, and that includes his future death.

In the middle of this bonding, Talia appears and the three go retrieve an ancient textbook so Oliver can know more about the Monitor. Of course, things can't be that easy and they are ambushed by Athena and the League of Assassins. The trio manages to escape from Athena's group but this isn't the last time they meet.

Here they go on some type of hunt, that I kind of appreciate and they eventually find the book, where they learn that the Monitor may actually be causing the oncoming crisis rather than preventing it.

Meanwhile, John and Lyla track down a criminal that is holding a mother and son hostage. We find out that his is Connor and his mother so, you can see where this is going. They end up saving them but we know that something's about to happen because Diggle adopts Connor so... We'll see.

And well, we need to talk about the flash-forwards.

I still don't like them but yeah... let's see what they bring in the future. As for now, we see that William managed to escape the Deathstroke Gang through a trapdoor in the bunker. William also finds out their plan and so they go after them. Again, things can't go as planned and it all ends in a fight, which is amazing for us viewers that get to see this amazing fight scenes, but it's not so good for our heroes, and mainly not this time.

This really caught me of guard but JJ was about to kill Mia when Zoe steps in ans saves her... Just for JJ to stab Zoe and yeah, kill her. We don't know 100% but I'm pretty sure she's dead which is not only shocking but a bummer because she was one of the ones that I liked from the future.  But, if that wasn't enough, the episode ends with Connor, Mia and William being mysteriously teleported back to 2019 where they meet none others then Oliver, Dinah, Rene and Diggle.

Needless to say that this last part really caught me off guard. I knew that they would meet eventually but I wasn't ready for it to happen this soon.

I'm pretty pumped for the next episode! I just hope I don't get disappointed because I really don't like the flash-forwards and I'm loving the present day stuff this season so, it's going to be an interesting mix.

Let me know what you think is going to happen and heck, where you expecting this? Let me know everything and I'll see you tomorrow with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 4 - "There Will Be Blood"

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Hello everybody!

Yes, I'm coming to you with a The Flash rant first, this time. I guess I wanted to make it up to you for last week, but also that was the one that I watched first (since I live tweeted yesterday) so I decided to review The Flash first.

To be completely fair, in the beginning, I thought this time The Flash was a lot better than Arrow, but then that last part happened (on Arrow) so... I don't know anymore. Don't get me wrong, this was a good episode, but pretty average.

This week's episode was all about Ramsey Rosso aka our villain this season. I'm still on defense with him. The concept looks good but I don't know if he will be enough to fill and entire season. I know we are focusing a lot on Crisis this season, so I guess it will be enough... We'll see.

So we find out more about his past, how he was with his mother and everything, and we see him go into the deep end - stealing blood.

Back at STAR Labs, the Team is still processing what Barry told them and we see Cisco not taking it so well and refusing to just give up and let Barry die. In response, Barry decides to train Cisco to become the new leader of the Team, deciding to try and come up with a cure for Ramsey.

Nash Wells appears and offers to help them looking for a cure in exchange for a "crypto-circuit" that apparently only Cisco can build.

The three of them raid McCulloch Technologies for a regenerating serum, and that's when things go downhill. Cisco decides to lie to Barry and tell him that someone took the serum before them and steals it himself, thinking that it could save Barry in the future. Of course this doesn't end well and Barry finds out, creating a crack in their friendship.

Anyway... Barry gives the serum to Rosso, hope it'll save him, but it doesn't work. Instead, this makes Rosso realize that he needs blood flooded with adrenaline to save himself. Learning this new information (that might not even be true) he attacks the hospital and kills several people, even after The Flash and Killer Frost appear. Somehow, he gets away and Barry promises that he will stop Ramsey, even if that's the last thing he'll do. 

The episode ends with Nash using the crypto-circuit and tracking the Monitor's movements.

This thing with the Monitor and a lot of people working with him or knowing about him is really interesting and I can't wait to know more about that. As for Ramsey, as I said, I'm still on defense and I don't know if he'll be a good villain. I'm already getting tired of him so... This doesn't look good, but it can always change.

In the meantime, let me know what you thought of the episode and I'll see you pretty soon with Arrow's rant.

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 3 - "Dead Man Running"

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Hello everyone!

I know, finally, I'm here with The Flash's rant. It took way too long but you know what? You save the best for last and that's what happened! I mean, this wasn't necessarily the best episode out of the ones that I've seen this week, but it sure was a great episode!

This doesn't usually happens and so, for the first time, I wasn't bored one bit and enjoyed every single sub-plot of this episode. I feel like everything was major for the end goal, which is kind of the Crisis, and needless to say that I'm super stoked for that so... Everything surrounding Crises makes me extremely excited.

There was mainly three plots in this episode - Barry/Killer Frost, Ralph/Cecile and Cisco/Iris. And, before I actually start, I just wanted to mention that this are duos that don't happen that often and I loved it! Please, give me more of this duos.

Anyway so the first story-line that we follow, and the main one of the episode is Barry/Frost's plot. This one also gives us a more in depth knowledge about this season's villain (besides the Monitor, obviously). The episode actually starts with Rosso inadvertently turning Mitch Romero into a zombie, leading to him attacking his own crew looking for dark matter. This is was Barry and Killer Frost go investigate. This also gives Barry the chance to 'teach' Frost how to behave when Barry's no longer there, after the Crisis because yes, that's something else that is really important in this episode - Barry tells Team Flash about the Crisis but doesn't tell them about him dying and so he's trying to 'teach' them how to 'survive' without him. The episode focuses a lot on being truthful not only with this Barry story-line but also with the other two duos, which I will get to in a minute.

Anyway so Rosso comes into play again when Frost remembers him from Caitlin's memories. Frost suspects him right away but Rosso is smart enough to convince Barry that he can help them. Luckily, Barry wasn't that naive this time and he catches him stealing dark matter from STAR Labs. Rosso eventually 'kind of' tells the truth and Barry persuades him to still help with Mitch Romero. Romero ends up getting inside STAR Labs and that's when Rosso learns that he can control him (through the dark matter). Eventually Killer Frost and Barry kill Romero making him overdose on dark matter and making for a great scene on the flash - one that actually could be in an horror movie. Personally, I loved it!

Meanwhile, Cisco and Iris investigate a "Harrison Wells" sighting, and briefly encounter Harrison "Nash" Wells who they then learn is searching for something called "Eternium". First of all, finally Tom Cavanagh is back with a new Wells and second, I don't know about you but I feel like this "Eternium" is going to play a huge part on Crisis and that is what's going to prevent Barry from dying. I'm just throwing it out there right now and we'll see if I'm right.

Finally, the third story of the episode - Ralph's - was one that wasn't hugely important but you know me, I just love Ralph and I love anything to do with him so I loved getting to know more about him, bout his family and, this might sound morbid but, I loved seeing him being a bit more vulnerable and not the 'bubbly' that he is all the time. Also, not only this was also my Truth, but this might also hint at Ralph's love interest which, to be completely honest, I'm kind of afraid. You know, I love Ralph so much that I kind of feel like I 'own' him? It's weird but I want him to have a love interest but I'm so afraid that I won't like her so... I just hope it is played by an actress that I like so I'm more likely to like her. 

And well, in the end, since this was heavily about truthfulness, Barry comes clean to the Team about him dying. At the same time, we see Rosso manipulating the substance Romero produced and use it in his cure, making him instantly wanting more.

I can see really good things coming out this season! I don't know if it majorly because of Crisis, since Arrow is being great too, but I'm just loving the story-lines and, as for The Flash, it's a different and interesting villain so... We'll see.

Let me know what you thought of the episode and I'm sorry I took way too long with it.

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

Love,

Daniela.

Supernatural | Season 15 Episode 3 - "The Rupture"

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Hello everyone.

So... How are you all holding up?

This was an insanely intense and crazy episode! I was not prepared! I have to say, after years watching this show I've picked up some hints and I could tell that something was about to happen because of the stuff that they mentioned in the 'Then' but I certainly wasn't ready. And mainly because this is only episode 3 and we already have 3 major deaths. Yes, that's right, if you didn't watch the episode this is one that I urge you to watch before reading this review because this will have major spoilers!

I thought, how the last one ended, that they would be fine with the barrier but... I guess I was wrong, because this episode started right away with Rowena trying a spell to strengthen the barrier but discovering that it is already too weak and there's nothing she can do. But, this is the beginning of the episode so you know they will come up with something else. In this case it is Belphegor that offers a solution. Basically all they have to do is retrieve Lilith's crook from Hell and use it to draw in all of the ghosts while Rowena and Sam perform a spell to close the rupture. As they work on that that's when we get introduced to Ardat. I actually didn't think we would get to know her this soon in the season but everything is happening so fast this time so I don't know what to expect anymore. 

Anyway, that's when we meet her that we have our first death - Ketch. That's right, I wasn't prepared for it and, surprisingly, I was upset. I used to hate him and now I'm actually sad that he died so... Things do really change.

Ardat kills Ketch and goes after Belphegor. She finds him and Castiel in Hell and that's when she reveals that Belphegor is using the Winchesters to gain power in Hell for himself. Belphegor kills Ardat and starts drawing the souls to himself but that's when Castiel gets enough of him (Belphegor) and kills him for good, destroying the crook in the process as well as Jack's body. And here we get our second death. It's not major major but it means that Jack won't have a body in case he comes back (which I'm pretty sure he will). I don't know how they're going to work around that but Alex was promoted to a series regular so he's for sure coming back so... I'm curious to see how that's going to happen.

Well, with no other way to close the rupture, Rowena decides to use a spell that requires a sacrifice of her own life to draw the souls into herself and then go to Hell. This means that Sam has to be the one to actually kill her since that's how her fate is written. Reluctantly Sam does so and the everything works as planned - the souls are drawn to Rowena and she falls into the rupture, into Hell and the rupture is closed and Rowena is dead - third death of the episode. It was pretty sad but at the same time gave Rowena such a good complete ending that I'm not that mad. I mean, maybe we will see her in Hell but, as far as we know, she's dead but she died a hero!

But it doesn't end there. As we see the Winchesters devastated by the deaths of Ketch and Rowena, Dean snaps at Cas and tells hims that it was all his fault for killing Belphegor and being irresponsible. Realizing that Dean still resents him, Cas decides to leave since he's getting weaker and that there's nothing more for him to do... It was a pretty sad ending and, from the preview, it looks like we're getting a 'case of the week' next episode which, by the way, isn't next week - only November 7. Also, I just realized that next episode is going to be directed by Jensen Ackles so, I'm curious.

And well, that's pretty much it. Sad episode, which makes me afraid for how the series is going to end. I'm prepared to have one of the brothers die, to be honest, but let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Anyway, let me know what you thought of this episode. Which was the hardest death for you to watch? Tell me everything and I'll see you soon with The Flash's rant.

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 8 Episode 2 - "Welcome to Hong Kong"

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Hello guys!

Finally, here it is, the Arrow rant (The Flash coming up next)!

I have to say, I'm quite sad that I didn't get to watch this live because it was such a great episode! Just as in episode 1, we had the comeback of a few characters and I have to say, I had no idea this people were coming back and I was fairly happy with it. This episode kind of focused a lot on flash-forwards as well but I didn't mind them that much this time. I liked the interactions between JJ and Connor and I guess that's why I liked the flash-forwards this time a bit better.

As for present day we are back to Earth-1, but in Hong Kong this time. Oliver's new mission is to pick up Dr. Robert Wong, who we learn latter in the episode that was forced to recreate the Alpha/Omega Virus. Diggle joined Oliver in this mission (as I suppose he will do in every mission) but Laurel wants to get back to Earth-2, not wanting to believe what Oliver tells her. Unfortunately, the breach device is broken so he goes look for someone to fix it. 

Oliver and Diggle go after Dr. Wong but, of course, it can't go right the first time and so they are attacked by Triad members and that's when we get our first comeback - Tatsu (aka Katana), who 'saves them' as well help them find the Doctor, also letting Oliver and Diggle know that she knows who the Monitor is. 

Oliver ends up locating Wong but, again, as he's about the 'get' him, China White appears (our next 'comeback') and kidnaps the Doctor. Luckily, Oliver is able to get a sample of the Alpha/Omega Virus and so is able to make a change - the Virus for the Doctor - and so he arranges a meeting with China. Again, things don't really go as planned and China ends up stabbing Tatsu. Luckily, Black Siren appears and they are able to save Tatsu as well as get an old on Dr. Wong. Then, the episode ends with the reveal that Lyla, who also helped in this mission, is working with the Monitor. I can't really say this was a surprise because it was announced that she would play Harbinger and there's photos of her with the Monitor (set photos) so... This wasn't exactly a surprise but I'm intrigued and I can't wait to see where this goes.

As for the flash-forwards it's basically what I told you before - Connor, Mia and Zoe go to a black market when JJ is planning to make a sale while William stays behind, in the bunker, to repair a device obtained by the Deathstroke Gang. Of course this is a decoy and by the end they learn that the Deathstroke Gang has the bunker surrounded and... We don't really know what happens to William. And that's basically it.

I know I didn't say much but I truly liked this episode! Just like the first one I love all the references and the overall feel of previous seasons. This was majorly 'inspired' by Season 3 which wasn't exactly my favorite but I liked the whole Ra's Al Ghul thing so, let's see where this goes in the next episode. From what I've heard it's going to get 'inspiration' from Season 3 and 4 so, let's see.

In the meantime let me know what you thought of the episode and which are your predictions for the rest of the series. I can't believe we only have 8 episodes left... I'm starting to get sad. 

Anyway, tell me everything and I'll see you pretty soon with The Flash and Supernatural's rants.

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 6 - "Episode 100"

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Hello guys!

I'm back with another rant today! But before I start I just want to let you know that both Arrow and The Flash's rants won't be up today. Unfortunately I won't have time to do it, but I will be watching Supernatural and live tweeting so hit me up on twitter @danixinhahhh so we can live tweet together!

Okay, post that, let's get into American Horror Story.

This episode marks a huge achievement - Episode 100 - but they didn't really celebrate it. To be completely honest, it was a weird episode in that sense. It wasn't scary, at all, and they played more with the comedic aspect, but they didn't get too far to make it memorable so... It was a fun episode, don't get me wrong, but it didn't feel like a 'special' episode. It did take a turn on the season, though.

From now on we won't be in 1984 anymore (which kind of defeats the theme of this season, but okay...) and we start the episode one year later. First, we see what is up with Ramirez and Ritcher in LA and we find out that Ritcher is tired of Ramirez's killings and he basically gives Ramirez to the locals. This let's Ritcher get away and get his own life while Ramirez ends up in jail.

Post that we go forward another four years where we see the ghosts of the people that died in the Camp Redwood still there. We see Montana and Xavier together (as a couple) and killing basically everyone that gets into the camp, much to Ray's dismay, who just doesn't like it and is tired of being the one that cleans up Montana and Xavier's mess.

The real surprise comes next, when we see what happened to Margaret. She has become a rich real estate mogul who renovates infamous murder locations alongside Trevor. Yes, you heard it right, Trevor survived her murder attempt and the two entered into a contentious marriage amid Trevor's threat to expose the truth. 

Back to Camp Redwood we see the murders there getting into the news (after Ray refusing to clean the bodies) and, because of that,  Margaret decides to make it into a festival and that's when we see that Chet is also a ghost there and he's really pissed at Margaret and wants to kill her (which I support, to be honest).

But a lot more changed, such and Ritcher. After leaving Ramirez he started a family and is actually pretty happy with his life. That's until he finds about the festival in Camp Redwood and after returning home one night and finding his wife dead murdered by Ramirez, who broke out of prison with Satan's help. Post that, he decides to give his son away and go after Ramirez intending on killing him.

And the episode ends with Brooke seemingly executed for the Camp Redwood murders, but Donna, posing as an executioner and revives her. And that's pretty much it.

As I said in the beginning, it was an interesting episode and I liked to see where people are now but I don't know... I'm a bit on defense again, but we'll see.

Let me know what you guys thought of this episode 100 and I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 | Season 34 Episode 9 - "The Royal Rumble"

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Hello guys!

Yes, I'm coming to you pretty soon with this The Challenge rant (even though I still have Arrow and The Flash to review). You know, The Challenge is a staple for me and I cannot deal with spoilers so I try to watch it as soon as possible and, most times, I get to see it the after it airs, which was the case today.

But enough of me rambling - let's get into the proper episode.

This week's episode feature a lot of drama. There was a lot of it in the beginning, before the challenge, and a lot after the elimination. It was all centered around the same thing - Paulie. Basically the people that aren't in Paulie and Cara's alliance have finally noticed that they are, pretty much, running the show and a lot of people are turning of them. Jordan being one of those people. It also doesn't help that he has never liked Cara and, even though I don't really like Jordan either, I do really hate Cara right now and I hate Paulie even more than I dislike Jordan (or Wes, for that matter) and I have to be on Jordan's side on this. Anyway, it all started because Jordan started poking on Cara and it soon led to him saying stuff about Turbo and... We all know how Turbo is and, Ashley knowing that, she went to Turbo telling him about the stuff that Jordan said. The thing is, Jordan as open to him and told him everything that he said before, but Ashley being part of Cara and Paulie's alliance just instigated the fight even more and... Yeah, I'm pretty pissed at Cara and Paulie (and Ashley too) and I really hope Cara goes home next week, since it is a girls elimination week. I feel like I say this in every post but this just shows how much I dislike her.

But the drama doesn't end here. In the beginning of the episode there's also drama between Theo and Paulie, where Paulie gives Theo a tongue-lashing. This just shows how big of himself Paulie is and, to be completely honest, this might also mean that he's not as confident as he wants people to think, because this is exactly the way bullies act and we all know what bullies are made of.

But enough of drama, let's talk about challenges and eliminations.

I always do but, this time, I really had hope that the UK would win (because of the episode title) but, again, I was wrong. They lost (again) and they had to send in someone - Idris. It was really unfortunate, and annoying really, because Rogan keeps dodging the elimination and, in the beginning, I was kind of fine but now... He just really needs to go into elimination and prove himself.

As for the Tribunal on the US Team - Josh was named the Speaker and he chose Ninja and Leroy to be with him on the Tribunal. It was an okay Tribunal, in my opinion, but of course, Ninja is part of the Devil's Cult (Paulie and Cara) and yeah, that was what instigated most of the fights, the fact that basically everyone is playing Paulie's game (and maybe without knowing so).

Anyway, the Tribunal chose Theo, again, to go against Idris and it was a really easy win. Theo won and got back to the UK Team. And that was it.

Now more than ever I'm rooting for the UK Team and, more than anything, I just cant Cara and Paulie to go home - they are trash.

Okay, this are my thoughts on the latest The Challenge episode. Let me know what you thought. Are you Team Cara and Paulie? (If you are just leave, please) Or are you with Jordan on this? Tell me everything and I'll see you pretty soon with a bunch of other reviews!

Love,

Daniela.

Supernatural | Season 15 Episode 2 - "Raising Hell"

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Hello everyone!

Thanks for bearing with me on this late posts. I now know that I already have one more The Flash and Arrow rants to post, and hopefully they will be up today, but I can't promise you anything so if not today, tomorrow they will be for sure! 

But let's talk about Supernatural's latest episode.

I have to say that I wasn't that impressed. I loved the first episode of the season but this one, as much as I loved all the comebacks, I felt like the story wasn't really there. Maybe it was just me that wasn't in the 'mood' when I watched but that's what I felt.

This episode was a pretty straight forward continuation of the last one - with trying to keep people out of the 'danger zone' as well as trying to keep the ghosts inside the barrier as it starts to weaken. 

We meet a 'new' ghost - Francis Tumblety - better know as Jack, the Ripper, who leads the ghosts onto plotting a way to escape the barrier zone.

As the ghosts plan their escapes, the Winchester work on a way to permanently contain the ghosts and that's when Rowena comes in - working on a spell to try to do so. Basically at the same time we see Rowena 'come back' we also get Ketch back who reveals he was hired by a demon named Ardat to kill Belphegor. But the surprises weren't over. After Rowena and Ketch, Sam and Dean also receive help from Kevin Tran, who lets them know that he didn't go to Heaven when he died - instead, Chuck sent him to Hell. 

A few things happen in the episode but the only thing that was truly memorable to me was Rowena and Ketch's flirt moments. It was pretty funny and I guess it's just basically part of Rowena's character now - to flirt with a bunch of characters that we know.

Well, in the end, they manage to contain the ghosts inside the crystal but pretty soon a bunch more raised from Hell so... It's clearly not over. Also, unfortunately, we say goodbye to Kevin pretty quickly as he decides not to go back to Hell and wonder the Earth as a ghost.

There was something else quite interesting about the episode, though. At the same time this was happening to the Winchesters, we see Chuck visiting Amara in Reno, Nevada (and we get another special guest). Chuck is revealed to have been severely injured and diminished when Sam shot him and Amara, seeing that her brother hasn't changed and is still the narcissistic being he always was, refuses to help and abandons him on Earth (since he can't leave). 

It's going to be interesting to see where this goes so... I'm curious. It wasn't my favorite episode, but I still can't wait to see more of this whole thing.

Let me know what you thought of this episode and I'll see you, hopefully today but, if not, tomorrow with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 5 - "Red Dawn"

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Hi guys!

I know, I'm super duper late with all these rants (there's still a Supernatural one to post) but I told you this week would be hectic and I just didn't have time write my review. I'm here now though, so let's just get into it.

This episode was so unexpected! I mean, a lot of it was predictable but still, to have all of this events halfway through the season is huge!

The episode begins like the previous ones - with a flashback from someone explaining something. This time, we learn more about Rita aka Donna. Turns out she got obsessed with serial killers four years ago, after finding out that her father was one, right before he killed himself in front of her.

In the present, Ramirez explains to Donna that he was resurrected by Satan and now knows about everything she has been doing. 

While this is happening, at some other part of the camp, Margaret suggests that they go to the other side of the lake to get help, to which Chet goes with her. Of course this wasn't a good idea and pretty soon Margaret let's Chet know that her plan is basically get each one of them alone and kill them, as she proceeds to kill him. 

Back in the cabin where Montana, Brooke and Xavier stayed, Donna appears and tells them about freeing Jingles. Xavier gets extremely mad and tries to kill her. Donna runs away and Xavier goes after her, leaving Brooke and Montana alone.

Since Richard Ramirez wasn't able to kill Brooke, Montana decides to take matter into her own hands but, before she's able to kill Brooke, the later sees Ray's ghost and goes after him.

After that, a lot of things start to go down.

While running away from Xavier, Donna runs into Mr. Jingles and she asks him to kill her, but he doesn't do it. Then, Jingles finds Margaret but as he's about to kill her, Xavier kills Mr. Jingles just to be killed by Margaret after he does so. But, Mr. Jingles doesn't stay dead for long. Ramirez appears and he uses Satan to revive Jingles. 

Back with Brooke, we see her and Ray hiding in the cafeteria. Well, they end up having sex right before she discovers that Ray is dead after finding his head in the refrigerator. 

Brooke returns to Montana for help and that's when Montana really attacks Brooke and let's her know about the whole thing with Ramirez. The two of them struggle and yes, the sun is coming up and we see the bus with the children arriving, something that we never thought would actually happen.

Well, it doesn't end well for anybody really, because as the kids arrive, Brooke kills Montana - with the kids watching. 

Brooke is arrested and Margaret frames her for all of her friends' deaths. 

The episode ends with Ramirez and Ritcher stealing a police car and driving to Los Angeles. Oh, and we also see most of the characters coming back to life (as ghosts though) and Ray trying to leave but... Not being able to (just like in Murder House).

I can't say I'm that surprised (at least, not with this last part) but I am surprised that the sun did come up and the kids did arrive. But that's about it. The good thing is that I have no idea (again) where the season is going.

Let me know what do you think is going to happen as we go forward with the season and bare with me, the reviews will come, they're just going to take some time, that's all.

Until then...

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 | Season 34 Episode 8 - "Saving Private Esther"

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Hello people!

Yes, I know, I'm super late with a bunch of reviews but it's been a crazy week and the posts are going to be all over the place for the next week as well. Hopefully I'll get back on track by Thursday, but I can't promise anything.

Anyway, even though I'm late with everything, I did watch The Challenge's new episode so let's talk about it.

One more week, one more challenge that the US wins and the UK loses. Yes, that's right, the UK Team lost another challenge and, this time, this was awful for them because it was double elimination!

There was a lot of politics and drama and all that jazz in this episode. The teams are still split in two (both teams) and it really showed in this episode. Also, needless to say that my prayers weren't answered because the US Team didn't lose so neither Cara nor Paulie could go home. And, to make everything worse, they were both part of the Tribunal, alongside Ashley, so they weren't even up to go into elimination if the Tribunal decided to through in someone from their team. This was just awful. I mean, it was a great episode, but there's basically no one left that I actually like and right now I'm only rooting for Cara and Paulie to be sent home, basically.

So, it was a big mess when it came to the nominations. Like I said previously, the teams are split into two, including the UK Team and it looks like there teams are working together someway but, ultimately, it's UK vs US so some people went against their 'alliances'. Well, in the end, Kyle and Esther were the ones chosen. Esther because she volunteered herself since she hasn't gone into elimination yet and Kyle was just a 'numbers' thing and, to be completely honest, I think it was time for Rogan to go but, again, for some odd reason he was saved.

As for the Tribunal, they chose Georgie to go against Esther and Theo to go against Kyle. Both eliminations were pretty tied but ultimately Georgia and Theo won and both of them decided to stay in the UK Team. I have to say though, the UK Team looks pretty good right now, with some good competitors so I hope they win a challenge soon. We know that they are going to win eventually because it was shown in the preview but it can take time so I hope it doesn't.

This were my thoughts on the last The Challenge episode. I know I didn't say much but this last few episodes haven't been as exciting as the first ones but that can change anytime. In the mean time, let me know what you thought and who are you rooting for right now and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 2 - "A Flash of the Lightning"

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Hello!

Here I am with another rant - The Flash this time.

Unfortunately, unlike Arrow, this episode of The Flash wasn't the best. Not that I didn't like it, I just feel like I was way more into Arrow's one than this one. Still, we found out some interesting things about Crisis, which got me excited. Those are the best parts of this episodes, to be honest. I'm loving that everything is connected to crisis this year and, I guess, apart from Batwoman, we are going to be mentioning the Crisis a lot! I don't mind though, because I'm super duper excited about it (even if, mostly likely, Oliver is going to die in it).

But enough of shit-chat, let's talk about this week's episode.

My favorite part of the episode was, by far, Barry 'going to the future' to see the aftermath of the crisis. Yes, Barry is traveling to the future again, but this time I guess the speed-force had enough of it and he wasn't able to. However, he did go to another Earth to Jay Garrick to try and 'just go there with his mind'. It's something really difficult for me to explain, but he basically went there and he saw multiple timelines where everyone died apart from one timeline - the one where he basically sacrifices himself to save everyone else. Conclusion, Barry realizes that he does need to die in this crisis and this really messed up with him.

At the same time this is happening to Barry, we see the rest of Team Flash deal with a new meta. It was interesting because it brought up different story-lines for different characters, such as Cecile, who his on this meta's side because she can sense her. This ultimately ends with Cecile realizing that she can't be the DA anymore and she's going to defend meta's from now on, which I thought was something really cool.

We also get to see a bit more of Killer Frost and her getting more 'human'. I still don't know how I feel about this whole Killer Frost thing where she's got the spotlight now. I mean, I love Killer Frost, but I guess what made her interesting and what made us want her more was the fact that she was Caitlin all the time and once in a while we got to see Killer Frost, and I guess I preferred that. I like 'bad' Killer Frost better than this humanized version of her. Although, it's really interesting to see Danielle Panabaker doing something different and playing kind of a different character. We'll see how this goes.

And well, I guess that's it for this episode. We didn't get to see much of this seasons villain and, to be honest, I'm way more interested in the whole crisis thing so I really don't mind.

Let me know what you thought of the episode. Are you excited for crisis? Do you think Barry is really going to die? Tell me everything and I'll see you in my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 8 Episode 1 - "Starling City"

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Hello guys!

Arrow is back for it's final season and, just like with Supernatural, it's a bittersweet feeling. I'm super stoked with this season (and after this episode I am even more) but it's the last one and I've been reviewing the series since season 4 (since I started following it properly) - that is a long time and seeing everything end always makes you a little sad.

But before it ends we have 10 episodes, starting with this one so let's get into it!

This season is all about the Crisis that is going to happen on episode 8 (at least, for Arrow is episode 8) and there's no real villain this season, which is a huge change! Personally, so far, I think it's turning out great! Also, alongside with that, this season is also a love letter to the fans and just a walk through memory lane with references to previous season and the come back of a lot of characters. This particular episode is all about Season 1 and we see come back not only Moira and Malcolm (as we see in the picture) but also Tommy, who has been in previous seasons, but just as an illusion inside Oliver's mind, and, my personal favorite, Adrian Chase is also back in this episode, with a great entrance, to be honest!

It took me a little to understand where all this fits in and what really was happening but turns out Oliver went to Earth-2 to get something that The Monitor wanted in regards to the Crisis - something that was only on Earth-2. The thing is, Oliver ends up in Lian-Yu and he has to do the same trajectory he did in Season 1, where he is found and goes back home basically to the same moment that was in the first season. The thing is, some things are different - Moira and Malcolm are married, Thea is dead and Adrian Chase is the Hood (aka Green Arrow). Also, Adrian is working with Laurel (aka Black Siren) who knows right away that this is Oliver from another Earth and, just like in Season 1, there's a Dark Archer but this time it isn't Malcolm, it is Tommy. The fight between Oliver and Tommy is pretty great as well as all the other fights in this episode, as they always are to be honest. 

There was not much to it, to be completely fair, but this whole memory lane thing was so great and I truly loved it.

Unfortunately they had to mess it up with flash-forwards which were completely useless and I really believe they could've cut them of and just focus on the 'present day' and everything to do with the Crisis.

Anyway, this are my thoughts on Arrow's last season premiere. Let me know what you thought of it and I'll be back soon with The Flash's rant (which kind of ties to Arrow, as all this series do this season).

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 4 - "True Killers"

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Hello everybody and yes I'm finally here with the American Horror Story rant!

I guess I could say that now is when the season is really starting.

No, but seriously, I felt like this episode was the end of Part 1 of the season, where we saw the slasher aspect of it and now we are getting into Part 2, with the whole ghosts and Satan and whatever is going on with that.

This episode actually starts with a flashback of how Montana and Ramirez met, which was during one of her aerobics class, and where they became lovers right away. We also found out why she wants Ramirez to kill Brooke and that was kind predictable - it was because of the whole Brooke wedding thing in which Montana's brother died (he was the one that slept with Brooke and she denied that they did).

Back to present day, we follow Xavier, Trevor and Chet who leave Chet in the infirmary and go look for Bertie and Margaret, Xavier and Trevor respectively. 

Xavier finds Bertie in the kitchen and he tells her about Mr. Jingles, right when the later arrives in the kitchen and, for a moment, they were kind of fine, but he discovers Xavier and he attacks not only Xavier but also Bertie. He puts Xavier in the oven and stabs Bertie. Luckily, Bertie doesn't really die and she's able to save Xavier, just to ask him to kill her so she won't suffer.

Meanwhile, Brooke falls into a trap set by Donna and later on is found by Ramirez after the later being tipped of by Montana. Luckily (for Brooke) Mr Jingles appears and Ramirez and Jingles fight each-other, leaving room for Brooke to find a way out of the trap and run away. Mr Jingles kills Ramirez and go after Margaret.

That's when we find out the truth - that Margaret was the killer all along and that Mr Jingles never did it. It wasn't a surprise, really. Everyone have been suspecting that so... It was nice to be right though.

Anyway, post that, Margaret kills Mr Jingles and, after hearing the gunshots, Trevor goes look for Margaret and this ungrateful b*tch kills him. I know there's something going on with those who die in the camp and that most likely he will be back but I was annoyed because I was really liking to see Matthew Morrison in this character.

Somehow, all the remaining group meet up in the parking lot where Margaret lies that tells them that Jingles killed Trevor. 

And, to end the episode with a bang, Donna witnesses Ramirez being revived by a supernatural force.

I still think that there's more to it that Satan or something like that but, you never know with American Horror Story. I just know that now it's going to get interesting because I have no idea where this is going now. I get a bit of Cabin in The Woods vibe but we'll see.

If you do have any theories of what is happening let me know in the comments (or through any of my social media @danixinhahhh everywhere) and I'll see you guys next week with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

Supernatural | Season 15 Episode 1 - "Back and to the Future"

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Hello guys and Welcome to the beginning of the end.

That's right, Supernatural is back with it's final season and it gives you a bittersweet feeling. I'm super stoked that one of my favorite series is back but, at the same time, you just can't get out of your mind that this will be the last season and that just puts you down right away. I'm sure it hit me harder because it's the first episode and, as soon as the season starts to picks up, I will forget about it and I'll only be reminded once it gets to the final three episodes.

But anyway, I'm here to talk about the final season premiere and that's what we're going to do.

The season picks up right where the last one ended and we see the Winchesters and Castiel barricade themselves inside a mausoleum in an attempt to get away from the 'zombies' outside (irony because their dad is in The Walking Dead, I just can't help but find that kind of funny). 

For a moment I had completely forgotten that Jack had died but that was short-lived (kind of). Jack did not exactly got back to life but he was possessed by the demon Belphegor who, I might tell you already, I'm starting to be a big fan of. It's weird to see Alex play anyone other than Jack (even if I did see him before on Arrow playing another character) but this demon is so damn funny and Alex does an amazing job portraying him so, as much as I love Jack and I want him back, I'm fine with having Alex play this demon for a while.

Anyway so Belphegor offers to help blasting the souls out of the reanimated corpses and that's what he does. After that, they realize what they really are up against this season - all the souls and creatures that they sent to hell throughout the years so they come up with a plan to keep all the ghosts in one town and evacuate all the people in that town.

At the same time they do that, some familiar ghosts appear and attack our heroes - Constance Welch (the woman in white), John Wayne Gacy and Mary Worthington (who I refuse to spell the way we know her - yes, I'm superstitious like that). Even with all those ghosts getting in the way, they successfully, get everyone out of the town and Belphegor does the spell that traps all the ghosts in said town.

But, if all of this wasn't enough, there's something else wrong - Sam. After shooting god Sam got shot himself also (as we knew he would) but the gunshot wound is different and not only Castiel isn't able to heal it but he also got a strange feeling from it so, I bet that's going to tie with the end of the season and, I might be reading too much into it but my theory is that Sam is going to die in the end. There's no way it all ends well so yeah, my bet, for now, is that Sam is going to be the one to die.

And well, the episode basically ends like that, with the brothers agreeing to face this 'end of the world' again and being free from God once and for all. 

I liked this first episode. It gave me a lot of season 1 vibes, not only with the ghosts that were in that same season but also all the atmosphere and the scares which I have to say, the first seasons were way scarier that this last ones. All in all, great season premiere, I'm going to be waiting for me.

Let me know what you thought of Supernatural's season premiere and do you have any theories already? Tell me everything and I'll see you late with the AHS rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 | Season 34 Episode 7 - "Zero Dark Turbo"

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Hello guys!

As promised, here I am again, today, with another rant - The Challenge this time.

Although this was a good episode, I feel like nothing will be as good as the first ones when all the 'major players' were going into elimination and going home. Yes, there was huge drama in this episode and that kept me wondering the whole time, but in the end, it wasn't that surprising or shocking so... I'm a tiny bit disappointed.

I didn't have much hope for the UK Team this week. I feel like every week I say that the UK Team is going to win the challenge and that never happens so I basically gave up on them. And from the previews it didn't look like they were going to win so... Yeah, I was right to not have faith in them because they didn't win - the USA did. However, even winning, they had to start a fight, and here comes the drama that I was talking about.

Basically Turbo was being Turbo and kicking stuff and whatnot and Jordan, being the cocky guy that he is, the go annoyed with it and had to say something, and of course not in the nicest way. Turbo isn't one to stay quiet so he answered in the same way Jordan approached him and that started an huge fight. Nothing really major happen but they kept a grudge throughout the whole episode, that until Tori talked with Turbo and Turbo agreed to drop it if Jordan apologized.

I have to say, they did an amazing job on keeping us on the edge because they didn't show the apologize until the Tribunal (Zach, Tori and Turbo) said who they were going to through into elimination. Needless to say that Turbo wanted to choose Jordan but Jordan did apologize to Turbo and so they all sent in Joss, the UK's strongest player, in their opinion.

As for the UK Team, there was huge drama as well because it was basically Bear against Rogan and, this time, CT did have to take a side, something that he didn't want to do yet. He voted for Bear, as well as a lot of other people so Bear was the one sent in by the UK Team. And so it was Joss vs Bear, on a physical challenge.

You would think that Joss would win... And you're totally right, he did, but Bear gave a pretty good performance as well and I was kinda sad to see him go, but either way, I would be fine.

Next episode doesn't look that interesting but let's see...

Let me know what you thought of this episode and, unfortunately, and American Horror Story rant is only coming tomorrow so, be on the lookout tomorrow afternoon.

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 1 - "Into the Void"

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Hello everybody!

I know, I'm kind of late with this rant but the good thing is that there's going to be a ton of rants on the blog today, so wait for them. Also, The Flash is back! I have to say, I was (and still am, to be honest) pretty stoked with this years Arrow-verse series, mainly because of Crisis on Infinite Earths, so I had high expectations for this season premiere.

Well, it was an okay premiere, in my opinion. There was nothing wrong with it, but most of the things that happened were already hinted at during interviews and stuff, so I was expecting most of it. However, I do think this was a nice base for everything that is to come, not only this season, but in the crossover.

We meet this years big bad pretty quickly and, although they do not face him in this episode, we can already tell that he's nuts and I'm curious to see what the writers do with him.

Instead of this season's big bad, Team Flash faces another type of threat - a guy that is connected to black holes and make them happen throughout the city at random times. Please don't tell me to explain this even further because, to be completely honest, this was the part of the episode that confused me the most. All I know is that it was a difficult threat to beat but, of course, knowing Team Flash, they were able to.

Apart from that we also got 'introduced' to Caitlin's new story-line this season, which is basically being Killer Frost more often and just giving her the 'wheel', which means this season we are going to have a lot more Killer Frost than Caitlin, which I don't mind. We also saw her new suit, which is super dope.

Since we're talking about suits, Barry also has a new suit and I'm so glad he does because I really didn't like last season's suit. But this season he has a new one and I like it, there's not a big difference but it's enough of a difference that makes me like this one a lot more.

And yeah, there wasn't much more in this episode. They talked about Iris and Barry missing Nora, which is something that I don't really care, to be honest with you and they also touched on the fact that Cisco is not Vibe anymore, which makes me sad, but at least he's still in the Team. We didn't have Tom Cavanagh in this episode, who I missed, to be honest, so I hope we get so see him soon and find out who he's playing this season.

That's it from me. Let me know what you thought of this season premiere and I'll see you later with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 3 - "Slashdance"

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Hello!

Yes, I'm back already with a new rant - American Horror Story this time.

I'm happy to report that this season is getting better. I noticed that in the last episode but this episode really sealed it and I'm really glad that's the case because I was getting a little sad that this season wasn't going to be good. But, if this keeps getting better, I'm hopeful.

We learn in the beginning of the episode who is being chased by who and so Brooke, Chet, Rita and Ray are being chased by the Night Stalker while Montana, Xavier and Trevor by Mr. Jingles. 

I don't even know where to start because so much happened but basically the Night Stalker almost gets Ray but Chet goes to his rescue and so, the first group runs to the parking lot. Unfortunately, both Ray and Chet fall into a pit and Chet gets impaled, not dying, but getting really injured and with no way out.

As for Montana, Xavier and Trevor, they realize that they were only 'attacked' by fake Mr. Jingles and that is, until the real Mr. Jingles kills the two imitators. 

Back in the parking lot, Brooke and Rita are the only ones to make it there and, after waiting a while, Brooke wants to call the police. That's when Rita drugs her and we see a flashback of the whole plan that Rita and Mr. Jingles had. The plan is mainly Rita's, who wants to see Mr. Jingles in his 'habitat' in order to develop her masters in psychology - the first twist of the episode.

While running away from Mr. Jingles, Montana, Xavier and Trevor find the real Nurse Rita who then attempts to run away just to be killed by Mr. Jingles in the end.

Post this, it's time for another flashback, this time Ray's. We learn that he agreed to go to the camp because he basically killed a guy at his fraternity and is running away from the law. He tells all this to Chet, while in the pit and, because he did so, he decides to leave Chet behind. That's when he runs into Montana, Xavier and Trevor, who gives Ray the keys to his motorcycle, and orders him and Montana to go to a phone. 

Trevor and Xavier go find Margaret and the Chef and that's when they find Chet in the pit. They are able to get in out and then they end up killing the last Mr. Jingles imitator.

Montana and Ray are ambushed by the Night Stalker, and Ray abandons Montana, only to be decapitated by Mr. Jingles (the first 'major' kill of the series). Post this, the last big twist - Montana and the Night Stalker struggle just to end up kissing and revealing that they are allies, and most likely trying to kill Brooke.

As I said in the beginning, I'm pretty happy with this episode. I kind of saw that Rita twist coming but the last one with Montana and the Night Stalker I had no idea, and I'm pretty stoked about it!

The rant is already too long so I'm going to leave it at that.

Let me know what you thought of the episode. Did it change your mind about this season? Did you see any of the twists coming? Tell me everything.

I'll see you guys I guess next week with a bunch of new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 | Season 34 Episode 6 - "One Nation Under Leroy"

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Hello guys!

I'm back with a new The Challenge rant but, this time, a not so exciting one.

That's right, The Challenge basically got back to it's usual 'format' and this episode didn't have much surprises. It did still have drama, but the last few episodes have been 'action packed' and this one didn't, so it was a bit of a let down.

This week's challenge was Trivia, my favorite, but this time it was actually hard.

Usually I make a lot of fun of them because they are extremely stupid and dumb but I can't do it now. There were a few questions that were pretty hard and, apart from Nicole saying that 5 minutes are 50 seconds, nobody else said anything scandalous. And well, that is why Nicole was sent to the elimination.

Yest, I'm skipping a lot things but basically the UK lost the challenge and so they had to pick someone to go into elimination, which was Nicole.

As for the USA Team, they had to choose a Tribunal, which they had already picked even before the actual challenge - Nanny the speaker, and then Leroy and Ninja.

I had my hopes up with this Tribunal. I really wanted them to send Cara into elimination but Leroy started this whole thing about them forgetting the past and really play as a Team, so they did that... For this episode, at least. Let's see for how long this goes. And so the drama that happened was really between choosing Jenny, a strong player, or Esther, a weak player. Ninja, as well as the majority of Team USA, wanted to through Jenny in because they want to get rid of the UK's strong players, but Nanny, looking out for herself, wanted to through Esther because she was sure that Jenny was coming back, which leads me to the Elimination.

Jenny ended up being the one to go against Nicole (since Leroy went with her) and yes, you guessed it right, Jenny came back and Nicole was sent home. That was expected, to be honest, and Nanny did right in not throwing her in. I mean, Jenny doesn't strike me as the vengeance type, but you never know.

And well, that was basically it for this episode. As I said in the beginning, this wasn't the most exciting episode of all (I really wanted Cara to go home) but hopefully the next one will be good. From the preview it looks like some drama between Jordan and Turbo is going to go down and heck, I hope Paulie goes home. Yes, you're going to see me wishing both Cara and Paulie go home until they do, because I just can't stand them.

Anyway, let me know what you thought of this episode. Do you think Nanny did right in not choosing Jenny? Tell me everything.

I'll see you guys in a bit, with a new AHS rant.

Love,

Daniela.

American Horror Story: 1984 | Season 9 Episode 2 - "Mr. Jingles"

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Hello everybody!

Yes, I am aware that I am so late with this rant, and I could make up a lot of excuses like other stuff to do (which I had but that's not why I didn't post this earlier) but I really didn't like the first episode that much so I wasn't that excited about this one. I still am not that excited for future episodes, to be honest, but this one was a lot more interesting.

What really intrigued me about this episode was how fast everything went. Usually we take a lot of time and build up, sometimes to a point where it's dragging, but right now everything is happening really fast which makes me curious. I am 99% sure that there's a twist coming and I'm looking forward to it. We already got a glimpse that something is up in this episode so... I'm curious. I still can't stand the cheesiness, to be honest, but that's fine, it's just my personal taste.

This episode is called "Mr. Jingles" and, although it does start with 'Mr. Jingles' killing the psychiatrist, I think this is mainly foreshadowing that 'Mr. Jingles' isn't the person that we think it is but, in fact, Margaret. Yes, I said it. I think everyone thinks this right now and this episode really proved that point and showed why people are suspicious - first that talk with Richard Ramirez that was extremely creepy and weird, and then the talk with the guy from 1970 who says that he didn't see Mr. Jingles but he saw Margaret so... Everything points to her.

Apart from that, we got a few flashbacks, which a lot of people also said we were going to have - one about Brooke and her wedding that went wrong (which just didn't make sense and didn't add anything to the story, in my opinion) and another about Richard Ramirez, which didn't add much to the story either.

We also found out who was the person that Xavier got a message on the phone last episode - a man named Blake who made Xavier act in gay porn.

All of this looked way too simple and they basically gave us all this answers, and we're only in episode 2 so there's no way there's a big twist coming. 

The episode ends with the group splitting  into two groups to get the keys of their vehicles but getting trapped inside their cabins with someone banging on the doors.

Like I said before, everything looks way too easy and too complete like, it's only episode 2 and it looks like their going to get killed next episode so... I really want to see what they come up with this season. I hope it is better than the ending of last season. But that's basically it for me. It was, for sure, better than last episode but I'm still on defense.

Let me know what you guys thought of the episode and I'll see you in my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.