The Flash | Season 8 Episode 2 - "Armageddon, Part 2"

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I know, I know... I'm super late with this rant but I did watch the episode live so, if you ever want to have a quick reaction of the episode, just catch me live tweeting. But anyway...

This was Part 2 of the Armageddon 'crossover' and, actually, I was pleasantly surprised with it! The villain still feels a little rough and not great, but this episode addressed some of the issues and questions that we, the audience, have been wondering for years!

Everything started with Barry went to investigate an insane security guard, but pretty soon Kramer forces him to turn in his badge saying that there's an investigation on him suspecting that he was a CCPD mole for Joseph Carver. This was fun because we have always been wondering about Barry being a CSI and him kind of 'tampering' with the evidence and using his job to have some information to later on help as the Flash. We always accepted that nothing happened because everything he does is to help Central City, but the truth is, he has done some stuff to some evidence and so this turn of events addressed that. But that wasn't the worst of it.

Later, STAR Labs is raided and shut down after a radiation spike, so Barry has Gideon erase everything (including herself) and Chester and Allegra hide some of their tech. This was the most fun of the episode! We have been wondering for years about STAR Labs and how no one ever noticed that that is the Flash headquarters or have never shut it down after the particle accelerator explosion so... Here they did something about it and it was super interesting to see Team Flash move to Chester's garage and have an improvised computer with satellite connection and all of that. 

And lastly, Barry deals with the 'bad guy of the episode' which today was a psychic meta-criminal named Xotar, that caused him to go insane while fighting her. He did end up catching her but he also attacked the city as well as Caitlin, Chester and Allegra. He then comes to his senses and, because he did catch the bad guy, he suggests they celebrate with Joe West, but Team Flash informs him that he died six months prior.

That was kind of a shock, mainly for Barry obviously, but to me, it was kind of obviously. Ever since last episode, I felt like I missed something. I always assumed I just didn't remember well how the last season ended, because I didn't remember Kramer being the captain and I didn't know where Joe where. Because of that, I just assumed that he died last season and I didn't remember about it. Well, turns out that he died but off-screen and Barry doesn't remember. So it was surprising, but not really.

At that moment, when Barry is confronted with both the fact that he attacked the city and that Joe has been dead for six months, Despero arrives to kill Barry, but Team Flash allows him to escape. Barry goes to the Hall of Justice, where he meets Jefferson Pierce aka Black Lighting and asks for help. And the episode ends like that.

I seriously hope it isn't super connected to the Black Lightning show because I haven't seen the last season yet, but that is the 'crossover' of the next episode. This episode, I completely forgot to mention, the 'crossover' was Alex from Supergirl, but she barely was in the episode, only contacting them via Skype or something for like 2 minutes. This is why I don't think this really counts as a crossover. It's just a normal season of The Flash with a few special guests. They have done special guests before, so I why call this a crossover now? I mean, I know why... To get people hyped and watch it. But I don't think it's working that well... People are watching it but not really enjoying it that much - not as a crossover, at least - so... Yeah... This was dumb. I am curious about where this is going though, so we'll see...

Let me know what you think is going on as well as your thoughts on this 'crossover' so far and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 3 - "Firestarter"

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Yes, this time I was able to watch the new episode of All Stars on the day it comes out and so, obviously, I'm here to talk about it!

After last week's episode (and the previous one as well), I got my hopes high for this episode and... I guess I was really let down.

One thing that they got right was having challenge - nominations - elimination in this episode and just that already makes me happy. But because this episodes are 45 minutes and not an hour, like the main season, everything feels kind of rushed. Not that I mind that, I like an episode without much drama, but there was something missing in this episode. It wasn't the daily challenge though, because that one was really cool and it must have been pretty hard. However, they did set up to let us know that the Black Team would win because the main players were all there. Still, the other team had a fair chance and, as per usual, I was rooting for the underdogs but... No, they didn't win. 

Because this was a teams challenge, just like last season, they had to nominate two captains (guy and girl) and if the team wins they are save and pick four players to choose for elimination but, if the team looses, the go automatically into elimination, and this is where they make the Shield thing more clear.

So Ayanna is one of the captains of the loosing team so, because she had the Shield, she was safe and she picked someone else - Sophia - which was set up by an argument that they had previously in the episode. With that, Sophia and Ryan went straight to elimination and the two winning captains - Darrell and Tina - picked Cohutta, Jonna, Jodi and Teck. But again, Nehemiah had a Shield and he decided to use it on Teck and save him, so they exchange him for MJ. This created some drama because Darrell had said that he wasn't going to put in anyone from his room but then he picked three people from his room (it was because of Tina though, but still).

As for the house, they went with what Sophia and Ryan wanted, pretty much, and Jodi and Cohutta were the ones to go against them. And now it's where the episode gets really sh*tty - the elimination.

This elimination was so disappointing! It was a game of tic, tic, tac (is that the name? that's not the name we have for it here in Portugal so I don't know) and that was so awful to watch! It's not exciting and it just ended pretty quickly because they made some mistakes that made them loose - Ryan and Sophia.

I was kinda sad because I was rooting for Ryan, but I also like Cohutta so I'm not too mad... I just liked Ryan a little bit more. As for the girls, I like Jodi and I think she's strong without getting annoying (as of now, at least) so I was happy that she won.

And that was it, that was this episode. It was pretty disappointing and it would've really benefited from 15 more minutes but okay... Next one looks fun because it's Trivia, and you know I love the Trivia episodes! So that should be a good one!

But let me know what you thought of this episode and who were you rooting for. Also, let me know your thoughts on the whole Ayanna/Sophia drama because that escalated quickly. But that's it! I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies | Season 37 Episode 16 - "Riverdance"

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Back with a new episode of The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies and back to the same old thing...

That's right, after a f*cking great episode, we had this one that, not only had Emerald win the daily challenge again, but also we saw one of the remaining people that I like going home...

It's so sad and annoying because we, the viewers, can see that this always comes down to numbers. This time, I actually had hope that the Ruby Team would win, and they almost had it but Emerald won in the end and it really comes down to how many people you have in your team. It might not really look like it but, with this challenge, for example, if you have more people you can give the bag of money to each person in each trip, while if you only have two or three people, the same person has to carry the weight every single time, so it's clearly not fair!

But, post that...Yeah, Emerald won again and that only left three people to chose from to go into elimination - Tori, Big T and Emy. To me, the choice was pretty clear - Emy - but the thought process behind Emerald was not that. They really just were between Tori and Big T and, actually, I can't even believe that they were really considering sending Tori. Not only she was in their team but also she's friends with Devin and... I really have to comment on that.

Kyle said it best in the episode, to be honest - all these wins really got to Devin's head and... I'm actually afraid that Emerald Team will actually win this season. I've watched some of the Aftermath episodes and Devin is in almost every single one of them and the way everyone from Emerald speaks... It just gives me the vibe that they're happy with their performance aka they won. But who knows... I sure hope they don't because they don't really deserve it, to be honest. None of them has been in an elimination this season and, as I mentioned before, they mainly won because they have more people in their team and not because they're actually better than the other teams. Heck, the fact that Sapphire won last episode and Ruby got pretty close multiple times, just shows who really are the strong players this season.

Back to the elimination... They ended up choosing Big T - not only because she wanted to but, in the end, it would be the smarter move. They wouldn't piss off Tori and they would do what Big T wanted. Well, needless to say that I was rooting for Big T regardless of who she decided to go against.

When they got to the Lair, we saw that it was a puzzle but it also involved cold water - with ice - and right away I said that Big T should choose Tori to go against. She might be better at puzzles than Emy, but I don't know... And I guess we'll never know because Big T chose Emy and... Unfortunately, Emy won... It was really said because everyone was rooting for Emy (just like last episode everyone was rooting for Josh) and no one really believes in Big T. Everyone likes her but no one really wants her in their team and that's just sad. I guess in the beginning that was fun - yeah, Big T is not the best but she's good to be around - but after a few seasons, I feel like Big T wants to show that she's strong and capable and deserves to be there (which a lot of people don't believe she does) so I really wanted her to win. Well, not this time but I know she'll be back in a future season and she has said on Instagram that she has been working out she'll be better and stronger in a future season!

But that's it for this episode... Not the best and definitely not as good as the previous one but we're getting closer to the final so things are going to get juicy.

Let me know what you thought of this episode and who are you still rooting for - I gotta say, the only person I'm really rooting for is Kyle, no one else, so I just hope he makes it to the final! But tell me who you want to see in the final and I'll talk to you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela. 

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 2 - "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye"

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Finally! Yes, for some reason, this week it was super hard to find episode 2 of the new season of All Stars but I finally found a link (hit me up on twitter if you happen to need one) and so I'm here to talk about it.

This episode was the continuation of the last one and I'm a bit bitter about not having everything in one episode but, with the amount of stuff that happened in this episode, I guess I kind of get it.

What an emotional episode! Starting out with who they wanted to pick and ending with that elimination! And thank god they showed everything about the nominations and whatnot because I was super confused. But basically the two winners pick four people (two guys and two girls) and then, the rest of the house, pick the one girl and the one guy. So, Derrick and Jodi when to Nehemiah and Ayanna asking who they wanted, but Ayanna didn't give them any names and Nehemiah gave them two, but one of them was a good friend of Derrick - Ryan - so he didn't go for him. They did pick his other choice - Derek - and that's when things get emotional.

Their picks where Derek, Steve, Leah and Casey and, in the end, the house picked Derek and Leah. They had a party and then the episode hits us with something really deep. Before getting to the challenge, Derek got a phone call telling him that his little sister had killed herself and that just hits everyone - them in the house as well as the viewers. It's something so heavy and really makes us think, as well as root for Derek because we just feel really sorry for him. And when they get down into the elimination, we actually get our hopes up. It's guys vs guys and girls vs girls, no teams, and Nehemiah is doing pretty great, but suddenly Derek gets going and, in the end, it's really neck-a-neck. Nehemiah does end up winning, which is kinda sad, but we are just really happy and proud of Derek for giving his all.

When it comes to the girls, oh boy! Ayanna killed it!! She was even better than Nehemiah - it looked like those things were light as a feather... It was really impressive! And, to make the episode even more emotional, after Ayanna won, she went and helped Leah to finish the first round just to make her feel better and make her feel like she was a strong woman! It's amazing the camaraderie in this season! At least, as of now...

To finish it off, TJ told them that, because they won the elimination, they won a Shield, which means that they can save themselves from nominations or can save a friend but then can't vote on the Selection. I'm still a little bit confused by this but I guess I'll find out what it means in the next episode.

But that's it from me right now. Let me know what you thought of this emotional episode and I'll see you in my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.

The Sinner | Season 4 Episode 6 - "Part VI"

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Here I am with the final (for now) episode of The Sinner. It took me a while to catch up with the episodes but I finally did it and, to be honest, I'm glad I've done it this way because this way I didn't have to wait long for each episode and I could just get to the bottom of everything right away, which was what we got here.

I'm pretty sure the main mystery is over - we found out that, most likely, Percy saw what illegal things Brandon and her father and uncle were up to (heck, maybe they even got her to join them and she wanted out) and Brandon threatened her and she just ended up jumping off the cliff. To be honest, I think Brandon didn't want to do anything to her and who made her jump was Collin. I think Collin is the most guilty out of everyone so I'm going to stick with that prediction. But what illegal things were they up to? Well, I'm pretty sure it has something to do with trafficking.

Early in the season we predicted that they were trafficking drugs but it's so much worth - human trafficking. I don't know if it's human trafficking, sex trafficking or just 'simply' getting people illegally into the country, but is one of the three. To be honest, I'm leaning more into the last one, mainly because of what Mike Lam said in the station to his wife - he didn't want to say anything because he wanted to protect his wife and son, which probably means that he got into the country legally but the wife and son didn't so... I would say that, but it can really be any.

I don't know how Harry's going to prove that because in the end of the episode we see two guys that chased Harry burning the boat which, by the way, completely forgot to mention that Valerie was the name of the boat, which was really clever and never crossed my mind. But anyway, Harry will have a hard time proving anything but, honestly, I don't even think he'll get out alive.

The episode ends with Meg taking Harry into her house and Sean calling someone (most likely Collin) saying that Meg took Harry there so they'll do something about him and, having in mind that it was just announced that this will be The Sinner's last season... My bet is that Harry won't even survive, but who knows... One thing is for sure, Meg will find out about everything and I guess I was wrong about her. She might have been a b*tch to Percy, but she cared and didn't really do anything wrong. Also, she believed Harry and she really grew on me this last few episodes so, I hope she finds out everything and does something about it. But I guess that's it from me.

Let me know your thoughts on all this reveals - where you expecting this outcome? What do you think will happen in the next two episodes? Tell me everything and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Sinner | Season 4 Episode 5 - "Part V"

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Back with the last couple episodes of The Sinner (as of now) and this one ended with another bang!

As if one dead body wasn't enough, now we have one more. And there's still one death to uncover! 

Most of this episode was a little bit boring, I gotta be honest. Though, once again, they played us really well. I saw some people theorize that the docs girl - Em Castillo's - was involved and, turns out she really was! In fact, she was involved with the whole 'ritual' thing, although I quite enjoyed that bit.

Unlike in most series and movies, this rituals/cults look really out there but here it was really grounded and, actually, something I could get behind. The whole thing about loving earth and nature being your 'god' is some that speaks to me so I liked that whole approach.

Of course all of that was to explain what Percy was involved in and, although it wasn't anything creepy (at least, not as of now), we did discover the meaning behind those objects. We already knew who two of them belonged to and we kind of assumed that the star was Colin's (just like Harry assumed) but no - the cross was Colin's object, and the star represented someone that Percy blamed herself for the death of.

Obviously whatever happened, happened in Colin's boat, so my prediction is that Colin was present when the death happened and, to be honest, I think Colin did it. I think it probably was because Percy was dating a guy and Colin didn't like this guy and he was the one that killed him. But because Percy was there, she blamed herself for his death. However, the mystery doesn't end here.

The next day, after speaking to Em, Harry calls Sonya and in this call she tells him about some photos that the intruders took - good thing she saved them on the cloud so she sent them to Harry and surprise - there's something shady going on between two boats in one of those photos. And in that exact moment, when Harry is looking at those photos, Meg rings the bell and Harry takes the opportunity to ask about those boats, to which she says one of them belongs to Brandon. They go to the docs and, as the boat is approaching them, they realize the boat was on auto-pilot and no one was on board. That's when Meg sees something odd and... they find Brandon's body hanging (underwater) which a bullet in his skull.

Needless to say, I'm super curious about this whole thing because it looks like we might be wrong about a baby and whatnot. I said this and I say it again - the show is really playing us and, to be honest, I love that about it - we are truly following Harry's footsteps and following the clues, which is really smart storytelling. 

Anyway, that's it for this episode but I'll be back pretty soon with the latest one! Until then...

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies | Season 37 Episode 15 - "The Cave of The Wolf"

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What a freaking great episode this was! Granted, this was awesome because it ended how I wanted it to end, but still awesome!

We knew that Amanda switching teams would shake up the house but oh damn! This was bonkers! 

The episode actually started pretty tamed. We saw how everyone reacted to Amanda being on Emerald and we saw Sapphire and Ruby finally waking up and Tori and CT talking about a possible team up in order to take down Emerald - and that was how the daily challenge started but... Kyle had to f*ck up.

This was the 'trenches' challenge so we knew it was going to be physical and damn it was! But mostly because Kyle f*cked up and instead of targeting the Emerald Team, he took a dynamite stick from Sapphire and, because it was Kyle, everyone assumed that he was turning on them - that he was a snake and that they shouldn't be working with Ruby anymore. Truthfully, I think Kyle really just got confused. It was sort of a confusing challenge and he probably wasn't paying much attention. Of course they can still argue with that and say that he doesn't know what he's doing most of the time so they can't trust him but c'mon! And then that fight with CT about them not being friends?! I don't know... I just know that I'm not really liking CT's attitude this season - first Big T and now Kyle? Yeah... I don't like it...

Anyway... Sapphire ended up winning in the end, which is better than Emerald winning, but that meant that, most likely, Kyle was going to elimination. Also, there was this whole argument between Tori and Devin and how Tori was targeting Emerald and not helping them... Excuse me! She's on Ruby now so, why would she be helping them?! I mean, I kind of get it but, at the same time, you gotta be looking out for your Team first... I truly felt bad for Tori at that moment, and then seeing her running to Kyle and crying and Kyle consoling her... That was a really touching moment and, honestly, a moment that truly felt real.

As far as nominations go, there wasn't really one person that was going for sure but we all knew Kyle was most likely the one, which is a bummer because he's my favorite guy in there right now (and one of the few that I like, to be honest). He tried to get away from elimination saying that he would go to Sapphire if he won the elimination, but CT didn't buy it and they threw Kyle into the Lair anyway. And that that point Emanuel really thought he was going in. Not only Kyle said that he would most likely pick him but also he's the only Rookie that hasn't been down there yet so... But, to be honest, how Kyle talked and after Amanda saying that he should be selfish and whatnot, for a moment I really thought he was going to pick Devin... But no... In the end, it was between Emanuel and Josh and everything came down to what he saw down there, and he ended up picking Josh.

Actually, I thought it was a good decision. It looked like something that involved agility and balance, like Kyle said, and Emanuel looks like he would be great at that. Not only that but, in the end, Kyle did end up winning! That's right, it was a really nerve-wrecking elimination and it was really neck-a-neck, but Kyle did win at the end and not just that but he also sent Josh home so, win-win! And, Kyle did go to Sapphire in the end so... I guess CT is now regretting his decision. I kind wish he went back to Ruby though, because they were the only one rooting for him, but I also like some payback so... I liked this.

Overall, this was a great episode - one of the best this season - and I can't wait to see what the next one brings! The preview didn't show much - just one of those challenges that resemble a final - so I have no idea what's going to happen. I just hope that Emerald looses again. I hope Ruby wins though, they're still my favorite team (I also want Big T to be save, to be honest) but, as long as Emerald doesn't win, I'm fine.

Let me know what you thought of this episode and which team where/are you rooting for and I'll talk to you in my next one!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 8 Episode 1 - "Armageddon, Part 1"

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The Flash is back and... It brings the same old problems... 

I gotta be honest - I wasn't that excited about this season but because this first episodes are a 'crossover', anything could happen but... This crossover thing is just to mislead you. It just is your normal The Flash season with one or two special guests in each episode. It doesn't follow at all the structure of previous crossovers. First, this is an episode each week; second, this first episode only had Ray as 'the crossover', so there's no intertwine of multiple characters (not that I am aware of); and third, this is just part of the overall The Flash plot so... Yeah, it really feels like this was just marketing to make people watch this new season and, because of that, I felt even more cheated on.

The episode begins with some exposition about where the characters are now - Barry's powers have improved greatly, Iris now runs a bigger media - now called Central City Citizen Media - with a full on team and even a podcast. Kramer is also now the captain which, I don't know... I most have forgotten something that happened last season because Where is Joe?! Yeah, last season was a mess so it's pretty possible that I don't remember most of it.

As I mentioned before, the only 'crossover' bit of this episode was Ray Palmer appearing in Central City for CCTC, and that really was the only good thing about this episode. Ray was my favorite character on Legends and I was crushed when they basically fired him (not really, but they didn't renew his character because they didn't want to pay more for him when having new characters is cheaper) so having him back was a joy! However, the way they handled his character, like the part where he became the Atom was really odd and, as I said, it looks like that was it - he was in this episode and he won't be in the future crossover episodes so... Yeah, misleading marketing.

But, the main story of this crossover is Despero - a psychic alien that attacks the tech convention and attempts to kill Barry because he says that the Flash will destroy the world in the future. And, of course, in order to change Despero's mind about Barry destroying the world, what does Barry do?! Gives his real identity to Despero. Of course he did... 

This whole thing is getting so old. Barry keeps doing the same thing over and over again, the villains are so boring and not scary at all and, at this point, there's not likable characters in the show anymore - the only two characters I like are Caitlin/Frost and Barry. All the OGs left the show and yeah... This is harsh but I really hope they end the show with this season. It pains me to say this - I've been watching the show since it aired and I've been reviewing it since Season 3 but this has gone too far being such a mediocre/bad show and not even Grant wants to be in it anymore so... Let's just end and, hopefully, end with a slightly good season so I hope this switches some things and turns into a decent season but we'll see. As of now, it's the same old thing and I'm tired of it.

Anyway... Let me know what you thought of this Season Premiere and what are your thoughts on the crossover and I'll see you soon with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Sinner | Season 4 Episode 4 - "Part IV"

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Back with another rant and... it looks like I was wrong.

This episode started out right away with finding out that the body on the water was, indeed, Percy's body. That was a little bit shocking but, unfortunately, the remaining of the episode wasn't as good as the previous ones. This episode was really slow and, truly, the only genuinely good thing to come out of this episode was Sonya and Harry splitting up. I guess we can all agree that no one liked her and she really wasn't good for Harry and wasn't helping him getting to the bottom of this - which is what we want and what Harry needs in order to be fulfilled.

What we suspected was also sort of confirmed this episode - there was something going on between Colin and Percy. What we saw in this episode was just them going on boat trips and Colin trying to get Percy to 'get back into' religion. Unfortunately, it looks like someone else got her into another religion and that's why they had a fight and they weren't really talking.

The episode actually ends with Harry connecting some of Percy's drawings to the 'Legend of Bazegw', a folktale from the island. And then, Harry goes to the beach and founds some sort of altar with more stuff related to this tale as well as one more drawing from Percy and, as I saw someone theorize, this drawing looks like a monster holding a baby so... Maybe there's still possibility that Colin got Percy pregnant, the family tried to hide everything and maybe made her get an abortion or something and she felt really bad about giving up on her baby. Looks like a solid theory, however, I've realized that every single episode goes where we think it's going so the show is really playing us well so... I bet there's something else, and something to do with those women doing some sort of ritual.

But I guess that's it for this episode. Not as good as the previous ones but we're getting closer and closer to the truth so... We'll see... I only have one more episode to review so, hopefully, it will be up before the new one comes out but I can't make any promises. 

Still, I'd love to know your thoughts and theories on this season and I'll talk to you soon.

Love,

Daniela.

The Sinner | Season 4 Episode 3 - "Part III"

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Hey! Back for another round of The Sinner rants!

Well, and the plot thickens. Again, just like last season, I feel like this season is giving us enough information that we sort of figure out what is going to happen in the next episode, but I'm pretty sure we're far from figuring out what is really going on with that family. Also, the way the episode ended... I think they're tricking us. We saw a body in the water and they made us believe its Percy but... I don't think so... Wild guess? Maybe its CJ Lam? Maybe he decided to go look for Percy and somebody stopped him? I don't know... We don't have enough information for that, but this episode did give us a ton of information about that time that Percy was away from the island so... Let's talk about that!

First of all, I guess I was sort of wrong - she wasn't pregnant. I mean, they never talked about that and, having in mind that she was with a roommate for about a month and Caroline never told Harry about a pregnancy... My bet is that she really wasn't. However, I still believe that somebody in her family was molesting her - more specifically her uncle Colin.

We also find out in this episode that Percy's mother is alive and, actually, Percy went to her when she ran away - before she went to live with Caroline. However, I don't really think there's more to unpack here. I'm pretty sure Rise - Percy's mother - told everything to Harry. I mean, everything that concerns Percy because, as she said, there's a lot more to that family and to Meg, so maybe Harry will end up going to her again to find out more about Meg but... As of now, I think the focus will be on the Muldoon family and the people in the island.

But before I end, we need to talk about that dinner scene! That was intense! And I don't know if Harry did the right thing at telling them everything he knows but, at the same time, that made him uncover a few things about Sean and, turns out, Sean was the one driving Percy's car so, everything that concerned the car, doesn't really matter to the investigation - and that's why they led us to believe that Percy is, in fact, dead. I still doubt that, but we'll see...

And yeah, I guess that's it for now. I'm super invested and I can't wait to find more clues because, lets be honest - the clues part is as interesting as finding the truth so... Let's see where this leads us. In the meantime, let me know what you have been thinking about this season and I'll be back soon with another rant!!

Love,

Daniela.

The Sinner | Season 4 Episode 2 - "Part II"

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So, here I am again, with episode 2 now. 

Well, it looks like I was right about something - the relationship with the Lam family. As I suspected, Percy did have a relationship with CJ Lam, the son of the owners of the restaurant. But, as expected, there was a lot more to it and, to be honest, I'm read some really interesting theories on the season might be going so... Let's talk about everything we found out in this episode.

Everything begins with finding CJ's fingerprints in Percy's car. Present with this, CJ says he only got a ride from her. However, Harry recognizes one of the trinkets that he found last episode at the restaurant. Post that, he also sees red dirt on the tires of CJ's car, which could only be found where they also found Percy's car. So he goes there and talks to Diez, a drug dealer that confirms that CJ was there the night that Percy disappeared. 

After that, and after being attacked by someone (that they suspect is someone from Percy's family), CJ admits that he had a relationship with Percy and tells everything to Detective Ambrose. He admits that she basically got him addicted to drugs and then, suddenly, left and now, she came back, and never really reached out to him... Until the night she disappeared, and that was when she got the head injury. 

Later on, Lou and Harry tell Meg that it wasn't CJ and that's when Meg says that she saw Percy's head wound, which she couldn't have because she said that the last time she saw her was at 7pm, and the injury happened later that night. 

Post this, we can only suspect that Meg is lying and, to be honest, I think Lou is hiding something as well. He can't be that bad of a cop - he's definitely working with/for the Muldoon family.

Some theories I saw online said that they might be trafficking drugs and she didn't want to do it anymore and so she faked her death. It's a solid theory, but doesn't explain the cult things... Also, I'm pretty sure the trinkets are things that remind her of the people that she loves the most. For what, I don't know, but I'm pretty sure we'll find out who the other two things belong to in the next couple of episodes. Then, there's also the possibility that she got pregnant and that's why she left for 6 months (that was what CJ said, if I'm not mistaken) and her family wanted to cover that. Why? Maybe she was assaulted by someone in the family? That just came to my mind and it makes sense... We'll see.

This episode wasn't as intriguing as the last one but surely gave us a lot of clues and I'm super interested in knowing where this is going.

Again, let me know your thoughts and theories so far (no spoilers for the next episodes, please) and I'll see you soon!

Love,

Daniela.

The Sinner | Season 4 Episode 1 - "Part I"

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Hello everyone!

I'm finally here with The Sinner's brand new season! I really debated if I should still cover it here on the blog but you guys said on twitter than you still wanted my thoughts so... Here I am!

Right away I can tell you that I'm interested. The mystery in this season looks juicy, but it does remind me of other TV shows, such as True Detective. From what we've got so far, it also leads me to believe that the outcome will be similar to Season 2 but... I hope it's not. I would love to have a different thing. Also, something different from the previous seasons is that this one doesn't follow a murder but a disappearance. Not as interesting, in my opinion, but I'm still curious. Oh, and if I'm not mistaken, this is the only season that connects directly to the previous one so... That's new. Not necessarily better though, because we have the return of that painter woman that Harry liked last season and I'm still not a fan of her and I still don't trust her. I would rather have just Harry back but... Oh well...

So, this season takes place in an Island, which is interesting and small town islands always give us some interesting stories (Midnight Mass, The Third Day). Harry and Sonya are going to spend some time there and, on a stroll through the island, Harry meets this young woman - Percy Muldoon - who apparently is part of this famous and wealthy family from the island. They have an interesting conversation about nature and how the ocean will soon speak to Harry.

Later that night, Harry decides to take a walk, again, and that's when he hears some weird noises in the woods, follows the noises, sees Percy, follows her and sees her step off a cliff's edge to the ocean below. Harry assumes the worse and calls the police. However, the police doesn't really believe him and Percy's grandmother and the rest of her family also get suspicious about Harry. 

But, because we know Harry, we know that he will obviously keep looking into this case and that's when he, the next day, gets back to that same cliff, searches the area and finds some trinkets. He takes this trinkets to the police and it's pretty obvious that the police there has no idea how to deal with a case like this and that's why not only the chief asks for Harry's help but also Percy's family asks for it as well - they have seen his record and know the cases he has worked on before. That's when he goes to the Muldoon house, searches Percy's room and find some interesting things.

Lastly, he goes look into the CCTV footage of the pier, and sees Percy kneeling before then fleeing a shadowy figure.

As I said, it's an interesting case that, to be honest, has some cult vibes, but I kind of hope I'm wrong. I also think there's something to do with the other family that is sort of a rival to the Muldoon family so... We'll see. But I guess that's it from me for now.

I know I still have 4 more episodes to review so no spoilers please and just bare with me... They are coming! In the meantime, if you're just like me and have only seen the first episode, or if you just want to comment on the show without spoilers for the next episodes, tell me in the comments! I'll see you in my next one!

Love,

Daniela

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 1 - "One More Time"

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Hello everyone and Here's to a new All Stars season!

I gotta be honest with you though - I'm not that excited about this new season as I am for the main season. I know, that might be a controversial opinion because all I see is people excited about having these OGs back but... The truth is, I didn't grow up with this contestants. I can say that I'm kind of more into the New School era, even though I started watching The Challenge on Season 25 - Free Agents so... it has been more than 10 seasons. I did watch a few of the older ones such as Cutthroat but, basically, I'm missing 20 seasons of the challenge and so, because of that, I don't have the attachment to these players that most people do. With saying that, there's also a few other things that did not make me excited about this episode.

First of all, the actual challenge. I know that they weren't supposed to do it that way but they did and, because of that, the challenge looked way too easy. Also, I know that these are older people so maybe they have to make easier challenges but I don't think that's fair so... This daily challenge was disappointing.

Then, there's the elimination - which didn't happen. We didn't even get into the nominations part and that really annoyed me! I hate when the episodes don't follow the formula - challenge, nominations, elimination. And again, I get that they had to introduce all the contestants but they could've done a 1 hour episode instead of a 40 minutes one or they could've premiere two episodes. Tons of shows do that now - a two episodes premiere - so they could've done that here because, the way they did it, just left me really disappointed.

And apart from that, I don't think there's anything more to say. I liked the winning pair - Derrick and Jodi. I like that there's more people that I like/know this season than in the previous one, although now I know a lot of the ones that were in Season 1 as well. But that's it. There wasn't any drama and they didn't even get to the nominations so there's not a lot to predict. Also, I didn't understand the whole voting system so... I'm going to have to wait for the next episode to really figure out how this whole thing works.

But yeah, let me know what you thought of this season premiere and if you're liking this more than the actual main season and let me know, as of now, who are you rooting for. I don't have a lot of people that I really like, but I guess I'm rooting for Derrick, Darrell, Cohutta and Jonna. I need to see more of everyone else to get me invested.

I guess that's it and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies | Season 37 Episode 14 - "Maverick

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Hello people!

Who would have thought?! The one time I say Emerald Team is going to win they don't f*cking win!! I'm not mad though. I'm actually glad that I was wrong this time! Because now, things changed and, because of that, we have ton of things to talk about.

First of all, I made the wrong assumption about that conversation between Josh and Amanda. I mean, her intent was the same, but actually, the conversation happened even before the daily challenge, and I thought it took place after, and that is why I thought Emerald was going to win again.

Actually, it was pretty close between Sapphire and Emerald. Unfortunately, Ruby didn't stand a chance. They didn't even finish the challenge. But luckily Sapphire pulled it through and, although I'm not super into them, it's better than having Emerald winning again.

What I did predict though, was Amanda going in. I mean, I think I said Big T was probably going in, which she ended up going anyway, but Amanda was the Agency vote which was not what I was expecting. It did make sense though, because Big T said that she would leave Ruby and go to Sapphire and neither CT nor Logan wanted her in the Sapphire Team so they thought it would be best to pick Amanda. Plus, she always said that she wanted to mess with the Emerald Team so... And because of that, I even though she was going to pick Nany to go against so she would beat Nany and then take Tori's place but... That didn't happen like that.

But, we need to talk about the elephant in the room - Ashley leaving. It certainly was really sudden and left us all wondering so, of course, we went to the internet looking for answers. In a way, I think MTV played this the wrong way because, if they wanted to hide something, this made everything worse. Basically, Ashley had a fight with Josh and, from what I understood, she called him out for being gay?! I don't know... Nelson said in an IG Live that it was worse than just that and she was drunk but basically that was it. 

In my honest opinion, if they wanted to hide everything, MTV should've just cut that argument and leave her in the game, because now we just went looking for answers and found out anyway. But, like Nelson said, it was really that bad and she said some nasty things, I guess MTV played they cards well. The truth is, by not even addressing anything that happened, they just left us wondering, protected Ashley from getting hate and protected themselves from having Ashley in the show and made possible to keep asking her into the show because, let's be real - she's an asset to them. But post that, let's get back to the episode...

The elimination was actually really good and it was pretty even. Obviously I was rooting for Big T (even though I wanted to see Amanda shake up the Emerald Team) but, unfortunately, Big T lost... It was sad but... Guess what?! Big T came back! Because of the whole thing with Ashley, TJ decided to call back Big T and have her join the Ruby Team again. As for Amanda, she did what she wanted to do - take Tori's place. I liked that, to be honest. I'm still rooting for Ruby because Kyle and Big T, and now I think they have a better chance, to be honest. Also, I'm super curious to see how Emerald does now without Tori there and with Amanda in her place - that should be interesting!

So, yeah, that was it for this episode! One of the best episodes this season definitely! Let me know what you thought of the episode, where you happy that Sapphire won? Who would you chose to go into elimination? And what do you think about the whole thing with Ashley? Tell me all your thoughts and I know All Stars is back, but I can only watch it tomorrow so you're going to have to wait a bit more for my rant. I'll see you then!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies | Season 37 Episode 13 - "Titanic"

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Hello everyone!

I don't even have to say anything (about The Sinner) have I? I'm actually debating if I will even start my reviews on the new season so, if you really want me to, let me know because we're on episode 4 already and I haven't even started. But we're not here to talk about The Sinner, we're here to talk about The Challenge so, let's do it.

What can I say... This was another boring episode. Boring because it was the same old Team winning and the same old rookies going into elimination. I mean, things did change a bit when it comes to the elimination (which I'll get into in a minute) but as far as daily challenges go, it was the same as in the previous 5 episodes or so and it's getting really tiring and honestly annoying! 

Every single week is the same thing - I predict that the Ruby Team will win and they never do. They get close, but just like Cory said 'close is not close enough', and it just annoys me that it's always the Emerald Team to win. This time I didn't even want the Sapphire Team to win, but Emerald winning is even more annoying. Mostly because they just have the advantage of having more people and, for most of these challenges, they benefit of having more people. I guess the other teams just have to win in order to not loose people but, once they won the first time, they already had an advantage so... It's just not really fair for most of these challenges. 

Then, there's also the fact that no one takes a shot on going into their team! I mean, I can't blame them, because I wouldn't want to either, but someone has too in order to have other teams winning and, until this point, no one had the guts to do so, and that's the only reason why I wanted Cory to win the elimination because, yes, he was the Agency vote.

There was this whole thing about them not sending Logan in which, I get it, but I like Logan so I didn't want him to go into the Lair, but well... He went anyway because Cory picked him. So, on that regard, the episode was pretty intense - the elimination was good and got me really torn on who I was rooting for. On one hand we had Cory, who I don't hate and would love to see mess up Emerald's game, but on the other hand we had Logan, who I really like and is a rookie and usually I'm rooting for the underdogs so... I guess, deep down, I was rooting for Logan because I was happy when he won! But I really wanted to see someone infiltrate Emerald. Oh well, not this time.

However, Logan did infiltrate the Sapphire Team and took Kyle's place, who got back to the Ruby Team, where I started. And I guess, because of that, I keep on rooting for Ruby. Although, right now, I don't think they really have a shot, not without Cory (who was the one holding that team together) and not after that preview.

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure Emerald will win again because the main focus of the preview, or what I remember the best, is Josh saying to Amanda that he wants to run the final with Nany and Kaycee, which just leads me to think that Emerald will win, they will throw Amanda into elimination, who will most likely pick Big T to go against (cause she's not going to pick Ashley and I doubt she will pick Emy either) and, because we saw in an earlier preview Tori with a red arm thing, I'm pretty sure Amanda wins and takes Tori's place (which matches with what Josh said). Of course I would prefer Big T to win and I actually think she would go to Emerald as well and actually take Tori's place too so... I don't know... Something tells me that Amanda wins though, but I hope I'm wrong.

And I guess that's it from me. Overall this was a pretty boring episode with the only nice thing being Logan wining the elimination... and that's it. Let me know what you thought and what do you think is going to happen on the next episode and yeah, I'll talk to you on my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.