Supernatural | Season 15 Episode 14 - "Last Holiday"

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Hello people!

That's right, I'm back with my reviews and what better way to come back than with Supernatural!

I must say, it's a bit odd not only coming back writing after all this time but also writing for Supernatural. I have been writing, but mainly for The Challenge, which is a completely different show, and writing for a scripted show is a bit different. Also, the last Supernatural episode aired in March and this is still the same Season and the same story so it was a bit difficult to get the hang of it when this new episode started. Nonetheless, I'm so happy that one of my favorite shows is back and I'm so happy to be writing again.

This week's episode was a bit of a filler one, which makes me feel mixed emotions. On one hand we only have seven episodes left so they shouldn't be wasting time on filler episodes but, on the other hand, this episode was so cute and so wholesome and, in a way, the perfect episode for the 'come back'. I don't know... That's just how I feel. But anyway so, this episode follows basically the brothers (obviously) after having some plumbing issues in the bunker, pushing the 'reset' button and releasing a wood nymph named Mrs. Butters who used to serve the Men of Letters before they were wiped out by Abaddon. With Mrs. Butters in the picture, the work is so much easier and the Winchesters are able to, not only go on multiple successful hunts but also celebrate several holidays, and that's the part that makes this episode so wholesome. But, of course, things can't be that easy so something goes wrong and Jack finds a dark past of Mrs. Butters.

Jack finds out that the Men of Letters tortured Mrs. Butters so much that she started seeing the threats only as good or bad and, perceiving Jack as a threat to the boys, she locks him up and tries to get Dean to kill Jack. However, Dean doesn't do it so he ends up locked with Jack. Post that, she goes to Sam but, of course, he doesn't want to kill Jack either so she tortures him, which make for some pretty gruesome and gory scenes which, personally, I loved (I was just kind of surprised they did that for a PG show and one that airs on prime-time).

Dean and Jack break out and convince Mrs. Butters that she is wrong and was only used by the Men of Letters, which makes her stand down. Post that, Mrs. Butters go back to the woods, where she belonged and the episode ends in a pretty nice note with Dean throwing Jack a birthday party and making in a cake, which wasn't the best but was so adorable and, again, so wholesome. 

As I said, this episode is pretty much a filler, but I guess we needed this so, I'm not that mad that the story didn't develop. And I mean, that's what we think, maybe this is important to the story, who knows...

Anyway, so this are my thoughts on the new Supernatural episode. I'm sorry if I my thoughts were a bit spread out and not really coherent but I'm getting back to writing so, I'll get the hang of it, I promise, just give me a break this time.

Well, let me know what you thought of the episode and if you think this was just a filler or if you were happy that this was a filler and I'll see you next week with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Supergirl | Season 5 Episode 9 - "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"

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Hello guys.

The Crisis is here and, to be honest, I don't know how to deal with it.

This was only the first episode and this crisis is already a nightmare. For numerous reasons, really, but let's start with the good stuff.

You might be confused with that banner, since this is the Supergirl episode and the banner says Gotham. Well, the crossover starts with an introduction to what is happening with this crisis while showing a bunch of Earths getting wiped out. That was basically the only really good moment this episode - the beginning. I got so pumped when they showed a glimpse of Titans! In case you don't know, I also watch pretty much all of the DC shows on the DC Universe streaming, Titans being one of them, and I heard rumors that Titans were going to be in the crossover. Well, this isn't really what I wanted but, to be honest, it was enough to get me excited and to leave me happy. If this is the only Titans thing we get in the crossover, I'm fine with it but, of course, I would love to see more of them in it. But my excitement ended there.

This being the Supergirl episode, of course they focused a lot more on the Supergirl characters and all the plot (basically) happened in Earth-38, where Supergirl is from. I mean, I was expecting that, but the thing is, I stopped watching Supergirl like 2 seasons ago (in the Crisis on Earth-X episode. I did watch Elseworlds, but that was it) and so, I wasn't ware of what had been happening with her and, truth be told, nor I cared. I stopped watching the show because I didn't like it anymore (plus, Melissa just annoys me so, there's that) and I would rather have Black Lightning be part of the crossover, with it's proper episode (I know he's going to be in the crossover) than Supergirl but okay, I knew that going into it. But what made it worse was that Mia was also part of the crossover. I didn't know they were going to include the kids from the future (in Arrow) in the crossover and so having Kara and Mia in the same episode?! That was annoying af! And I should prepare myself because I'm sure there's going to be more of that. But yeah, back to the plot.

The Anti-matter is getting to every planet and so Brainy, a character that I didn't know at all, warned Kara and the others of it being directed to Argo (the place where Superman, Lois and their baby are, apparently) and she warns them to leave the planet. Unfortunately, they can only save their baby in a really cute nod to the way Clark was sent to Earth.

Meanwhile on Earth-1, Harbinger (aka Lyla) recruits Barry, Batwoman, Oliver, Mia, Sara Lance and Ray, to fight this crisis, and sends them to Earth-38 as well as rescues Superman and Lois from Argo and also sends them to help Kara save the people from her Earth.

There's so much that goes on into this but basically the Anti-Monitor is the one that is sending all this anti-matter to destroy the universe and, before working on a plan to defeat him, our heroes try to save as many people as they can from Earth-38, working alongside with the DEO and Lena (who, apparently, is not in good terms with Kara nor Alex. Don't ask me why).

After learning that Jonathan (Superman's baby) ended up in Earth-16, Lois, Sara and Brainy leave to get him while the other stay behind to fight the dark forces of the Anti-Monitor.

During all of this, there's a few moments that are kind of important, such as Oliver passing the mantle of Green Arrow to Mia (which I didn't like) and Oliver talking with Barry and learning that Barry is supposed to die as well, leading Oliver to go and argue with the Monitor about the deal that they made in the last crossover. The Monitor basically says that it's a different situation now and that's it.

Then follows the 'usual' fight scenes of our heroes against some shadow demons that, to be honest, looked like dementors from Harry Potter which, if Cisco was there, he would totally point that out and, deeming the battle as lost, the Monitor breaches our heroes off-world. But not before the unthinkable happens! Oliver is the last one to be 'breached' and he 'fights' the Monitor saying that there's still people to save, fighting until his last breath, literally.

The Monitor does breach Oliver to Earth-1 but just in time for him to say his goodbyes. And just like that, Oliver dies. In the first our of the crossover. I still can't believe it. I'm pretty much in denial like, it just can't be possible! I knew that Oliver was going to die eventually, even if I still believed he wouldn't but like that?! It was so anti-climatic and just not the death he deserved! In the first hour of the crossover? Alone? Not even Diggle was there? In the Supergirl episode? I mean, c'mon! I know everyone was expecting him to die in the last hour but at least kill him in the Arrow episode! What the f*ck is this? I don't know what to think. I'm sad, I'm in denial, I'm angry... I just won't believe he's really dead until the crossover is over. There's still 4 more episodes to go and anything can happen. Barry can go back in time, Gideon in the Wave-rider might still be able to help him, I don't know! Something has to happen! This won't be the end of Oliver, Stephen Amell is still credited in the next episodes of the crossover (at least) but it won't be the same if it's just flashbacks or Oliver from another Earth. It has to be our Oliver. 

Anyway, the episode then ends with Nash Wells, now a "pariah"saying that he released the Anti-Monitor and that everything is doomed.

Well, needless to say that I can't wait to watch Part 2 because I just need to know more about Oliver and I just want him back already! Also, next episode is the Batwoman episode and that show I'm watching so it's going to be a lot better! However, I won't be able to live tweet because I watch the show with my sister and she can't watch it live with me so, I'm going to have to wait and watch it later. Hopefully I won't see many spoilers.

Please, let me know what you thought of this first part and tell me you have some theories on how Oliver might come back because I seriously need those! And I'll see you tomorrow with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 4 Episode 12 - "Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash"

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Hello guys once again.

Like I promised you, here's a brand new The Flash rant!

This was a pretty special episode because it was my 'comeback' to watch live and live tweet during The Flash. Long story short, my Uni schedule didn't really let me be awake until 1am (which is when the episodes air here in Portugal) so I couldn't watch it live. But right now, it's exam season and I don't have any exams which means I'm basically on holidays, which also means I can watch my series live. Because of that, this episode was pretty special but, if I'm being totally honest with you, this wasn't my favourite episode this season. It sure had it's moments like the whole Cecile thing (which I'll get into in a minute) and the shrunking thing was also pretty funny. Oh, and the ending was quite something but, overall, this episode didn't got us through the main storyline, which is what I'm more 'concerned' about and worst, because of last weeks episode (don't get me wrong, I loved last weeks episode) I had almost forgotten about the whole DeVoe thing, which is not ideal. But yeah, let's get onto the main events of this episode.

The episode starts right away with one of my favourite things - Cecile having powers! Turns out she develops telepathic abilities as a result of her pregnancy, combined with dorman dark matter in her cells which, according to Caitlin, is something temporary, which is nice because, althought I loved the fact that she has powers and mainly this type of powers, I don't know how I would feels about her being a 'full meta', if you know what I mean so, I'm liking this storyline.

Moving on to the other really funny part of the episode, of course there had to be some type of meta messing with the city. This time is a guy named Sylbert Rundine, who has the ability to shrink and enlarge objects. Of course Team Flash goes and tries to stop him and, in doing so, Cisco and Ralph end up shrunken, which is the really funny part.

The not so funny part is the fact that, if they don't reenlarge within a certain period of time, they will go nuclear so, in order to prevent that from happening, Harry starts working in a way to reenlarge them. His plan goes terribly wrong and Ralph and Cisco end up with even less time to which they have to proceed to Plan B, which is tricking Rundine to reenlarge them. For a moment, I really thought this was going to end badly but Team Flash always gets the job done and, in the end, they are able to trick him and then arrest him. 

Meanwhile, in prison, Barry learns about the reason why Big Sir is in prison and also learns that he's actually innocent. And what are the odds that the guy that really killed the person that they thought Big Sir killed is the guy that Cisco and Team Flash is after? (Did this make sense?) Well, turns out Rundine is the one that really killed the man and not Big Sir and so, Team Flash tries to get a confession from Rundine but it didn't happen so, after knowing Big Sir's wish to one day return to a Chinese village and not being able to free him the 'right' way, Barry just uses his speed and takes Big Sir to that Chinese village.

Back in prison, that's when the biggest plot twist happens.

Turns out there was an hidden camera that got Barry, ending with his new warden finding about him being the Flash but not only that. He also sedates him and locks him somewhere else with the intention to sell him to Amunet, like what?! I wasn't expecting that at all! Plus, I just thought that girl was gone like seriously?! With everything that's happening that's the last thing they needed. Plus, the woman is just annoying af and I just want her gone, really!

Anyway, that's it for today's The Flash episode.

Not my favourite one but still good and with really funny storylines that only The Flash can do.

Let me know what you thought about the episode and tell me if you were expecting that plot twist at the end because I know I didn't!

Until Friday!

Love,

Daniela.

Legends of Tomorrow | Season 2 Episode 7 - "Invasion!"

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And here it is, the final rant of the DC Week Crossover!

I gotta say, this was so much fun! I loved the fact that we saw all of the characters (or almost all of them) interact and having like a 3 hour long episode was so good! Besides, I also really liked doing this, post every single day, it was pretty cool!

I probably wouldn't do it on a daily basis because I just a lot of uni work and I wouldn't be able to, but do this once in a while, it's pretty fun!

Anyway, let's get into the actual episode, the last part of the 4 episodes crossover.

So, since this is, afterall, a Legends episode, obviously we had to have a time travel. This time it was Nate, Mick, Amaya, Felicity and Cisco who went back in time, to Oregon, 1951, to the first Dominator invasion.

They get to capture one of the Dominators but then they end up being all captured by Federal agents.

While in costudy, they learn the reason why the Dominators where on Earth - because they were concerned about metahumans and that they where a threat to the humans.

One of my favourite scenes in this episode happens after this moment, when Felicity and Cisco, being the only ones not captured by the Federal agents, save the rest of the Team, Mick, Nate and Amaya, to what Mick says 'Saved by the Geeks', which I found pretty funny.

Meanwhile in Central City, 2016, the rest of the Team, Supergirl, Ray, Oliver, Firestorm, Diggle, Barry and Sara learn that the Dominators know about Barry's changes in the timeline and that they will give them peace if Barry surrenders to them.

Obviously, Barry is willing to do that, because he's Barry and, obviously, the Team doesn't let him. That's when Oliver gives one of his really inspirational speeches (which I always love, I might say) and Barry changes his mind and decides to join the Team and fight the Dominators. That's also in that moment that Barry and Cisco get their friendship back! That was also one of the higlights of the episode for me. I hated seeing Barry and Cisco like that, mostly the way Cisco was treating Barry, so I was very happy when Cisco said that Barry was his friend and that he wouldn't let him surrender. That was a beautiful scene.

And then, that's when the usual big fight scene happens, again, something that I always love too. Also, obviously, our team wins and the Dominators retreat.

In the very end of the episode we see like a party with everyone celebrating and being friends which I also really liked and that's in that moment when my third favourite scene happens. It was a pretty subtil line that probably not everyone will understand, and that's when Ray, Felicity and Kara are talking and then Kara leaves and Felicity says that it looks like she's looking into a mirror to what Ray says 'She looks a lot like my cousin.'. Get it? Because Brandon Routh once was Superman and Kara/Supergirl is Superman's cousin. I just found that pretty funny. The writes alwasy on point with this lines!

And yeah, in the very end Cisco gives a Kara a device to travel between universes, so she can always go there if she need help or anything (and I guess that's how they are going to do the Music episode, which I'm really excited about), and we see Oliver and Barry hanging out, which I, once again, always love.

Overall, this was an amazing crossover! Seriously, epic! I don't think anyone will ever top this crossover! And, although there was some episodes that I liked more than others, I get why they did what they did with each episode. Arrow one wasn't my favourite, like I said before, but I get it. It's the tone of the series and, besides, it was the 100th Episode, so I get it. (Also, I think that episode gives a clue to who Prometheus might be, but I'll share my theory on other rant).

Anyway, that's it guys. Let me know in the comments what did you think about the crossover and, also, tell me which episode was your favourite, mine was The Flash one.

Until tomorrow with a new TVD rant!

Love,

Daniela.