The Challenge: Total Madness | Season 35 Episode 3 - "A Hard Jay's Night"

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Wow! What an amazing The Challenge episode!

This is what The Challenge should always be! Extreme, Surprising and just overall Epic! I must say, I did see some spoilers before watching the show but oh boy they weren't anything compared to what really happened. Overall, I think this episode was pretty great! Once again, a good balance between game and drama, which is just the way I like. Also, just like this game demands, people weren't afraid to make some moves and, even though it didn't end well for everybody, at least people aren't playing a scared game anymore. I've talked enough riddle so let's just get straight to the point. Yes, CT ended up going home after this week's elimination. And why? Well, not only him, but everybody underestimated Jay and he ended up winning the elimination against CT! I mean, he would be happy loosing against him because well it's CT but he won, and that is even better. I guess it was a bit bittersweet to me. I've grown to like CT over the last seasons and I'm sad to see him go, but at the same time I'm really a sucker for the underdogs and, let's be real, it always helps that this underdog is kinda cute (that isn't enough to save him from getting nominated tho - yes, I'm speaking at you Dee).

Anyway, I've talked enough about the end of the episode so let's rewind a bit.

Well, let's talk about the actual challenge of the week and who won. This week's challenge was a mix between a puzzle and a endurance game where they had to memorize some symbols in order to get a code. In the end, CT and Bayleigh won and, obviously, Bayleigh chose Swaggy C to be with them in the Tribunal. 

Then, there's this whole drama between Ashley and Bananas which results in Ashley leading a whole bunch of people on voting for Bananas (having in mind that, at this point, people are still keen on voting for Jay). This was actually pretty funny because, up until some point, the 'race' was between Jay and Bananas, but out of nowhere someone votes for Nelson and suddenly a lot of people votes for Nelson and that starts a whole other drama... The whole thing was even funnier after Wes keeping his alliance with Bananas and voting for Jay. That was so fun and left me pretty happy, to be honest. I never thought I would be happy with Wes. Well, in the end, Jay went to elimination anyway. As for the Tribunal, it didn't really matter who they were going to pick because their mind was pretty set on CT going in (that's what he wanted) but still they went with Rogan (who also wanted to go in), Nelson (because of the drama he created) and Bear (just because he loves the attention).

And, as far as the elimination goes... We already know what happened. I was happy that Jay won even if that meant that CT went home. I think CT should have gone with someone else. As soon as he saw a challenge that he didn't know what it was, he shouldn't have thrown himself in. But, even after seeing what the challenge was, I never thought CT would lose. His approach to the elimination looked smarter, in my opinion, but I guess Jay is really good at his mental game and he really has a lot of patience so, congrats to him and I seriously hope he gets to the final because now he really deserves it!

Next week's episode is a girls elimination week and the challenge looks extreme and someone is definitely going to the hospital so... I'm curious to see how it all unfolds.

Until then, let me know what you thought of this week's episode. Were you happy that Jay won? Or were you rooting for CT? Let me know everything and I'll see you next week with some new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Total Madness | Season 35 Episode 2 - "Sweet Dreams Are Made of Dee"

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Back with a new The Challenge rant and there's quite a few things to discuss so let's jump right into it.

This episode kind o annoyed me, to be honest. Not that it had too much drama or they didn't show the elimination or something. No, it wasn't anything like that. It was more the dumb decisions that some players made. But before I get ahead of myself, let's talk about the proper challenge.

The challenge this week was a bit hard to understand, but once you saw everything happen you get it. There were multiple parts of it. In the beginning, Wes, Jenny and Jordan's Team crushed it. But once they got to the second stage of the challenge they were the worst team. And, as you can imagine, Jordan was pretty salty. And the thing is, because o the Red Skull thing the game completely changed. Now people want to get into elimination so they can get a place in the final. It's really hard to strategize for this so, in my opinion, I guess the best thing to do is just do well on the challenges and roll with it. Sooner or later you will rub someone the wrong way and you'll get into elimination, no problem.

Anyway, in the end, Dee, Cory and Swaggy's Team won and they were the Tribunal. And, as you can imagine, this episode was all about Dee (as for the title of the episode) and she was the one that made the worst decisions. First of all, after seeing Rogan flirt with Jenn, she decided right away to make her plan so she would be eliminated. She didn't have to nominate her because the house nominated her on what was the funniest part of the episode. Of course Wes and Bananas (now BFFs) had to do something and they instructed Jenn on a speech and this showed how really dumb she is. I'm sorry, she didn't look like a bad person, she just looked one of those dumb barbie girls that no nothing about life. I kinda felt sorry for her. But anyway, she had the worst speech ever but no matter what, she would be nominated. As for the Tribunal that was a whole other thing.

Because now everyone wants to go to an elimination, both Jenny and Tori wanted to go in now, against Jenn. However, Dee had both on her TOP List. With a slight difference - Jenny was her number one. And this is where the dumb decisions start. Tori talks to her because, apparently, Dee promised both of them (Tori an Jenny) things and Tori is with Jordan which makes Jordan also mad at Dee if she chooses Jenny instead which... She did.

When the elimination started, Dee went with Jenny... Even after TJ lets everyone know that one of the new rules are that if you are on the Tribunal, you can nominate yourself! How dumb was that?! You keep saying you are so good but when you get the chance to take down someone you have beef with and still pick someone else?! That was the worst decision ever! Not only both Tori and Jordan are against her, but everyone in the house thinks she's not that great (which she isn't, in my opinion). I'm happy for Jenny though because, yes, she did win the elimination, and I like Jenny, but Dee's plan just didn't work. Because now, besides all the thing that I said before, even if she gets to the final, she's going to run against Jenny and most likely loose (as TJ said, Jenny could take out basically everyone in the game) so... Yes Dee, you are really dumb.

So, these are my thoughts on the latest The Challenge episode. The next one looks fun. Not only the actual challenge but it looks like we're going to have some drama between Bananas and Ashley so... Can't wait for that!

Let me know what you thought of the episode and what you thought of Dee's plan/actions and I'll see you next week with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Total Madness | Season 35 Episode 1 - "Mad World"

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I'm back with The Challenge rants, and what a perfect time for this series to be back! I feel like this was exactly what we needed right now - some 'mindless' TV that is entertaining, somehow educational and just fun! And, from the looks of it, this is going to be an hell of a season! (I know, I say this basically in the beginning of every The Challenge season but this one... Looks really promising!).

There are so many changes this time around. I really can't wait to talk about them so, let's not waste any time.

First things first - I guess they really payed attention to what the fans have been saying and they didn't waste any time. They jumped right away to the actual challenge and only after that we got to know a bit more about the players, mainly the new ones. The challenge itself wasn't that groundbreaking but you couldn't really ask for much because of all the players involved. I don't know if I just didn't pay much attention to it but it looks like this season they have a lot more players - 28. And, unlike some previous seasons, they didn't get rid of any in that first challenge (aka it wasn't a purge). Instead, it was an actual challenge, that lead to a tribunal, nominations and elimination - the whole thing. But before we get to the nominations an such, let's talk about their living conditions.

Finally they did something different with that. Instead of the 'usual' mansion, this time they're living in an underground bunker, with little to none 'pleasure' things (even though they have a pretty nice gym space and an inside pool). I liked that 'twist'. It makes the things more interesting and I bet this time they won't be going out to parties and such, which might just mean that there's going to be a lot more fights, because they're all inside this bunker, at all times.

The second main difference of the season is an unexpected alliance. Wes and Bananas. That's right, this two are teaming up and now all the others players have to be scared. If they were good by themselves, together they're going to make the perfect game and, even though I don't care much for Wes, I can't wait to see this thin unfold. The truth is, this whole 'vendetta' between them was just for fun now. It was obvious that they weren't 'enemies' for real, neither inside nor outside the house. It was pretty much only for the sake of the series and because it was 'tradition'. I'm kind of glad they are done with that and that they're teaming up.

And well, the last main difference of the season is really that, in order to get to the final, you must go to elimination. There's no free rides this season. That is huge and it's really going to impact the way they used to play this game. Now, everyone is going to want to go to elimination. And, if I were them, I would try to go as soon as possible because the possibilities of going against someone 'big' are less likely. 

As for the new players and the ones to go to elimination, before I end the review, I didn't care much for the Tribunal (Cory, Rogan and Jenny) and they went with the usual 'Rookies' thing (Asaf against Jay). Even though I liked both of them, you know, I'm a sucker for the underdog so I wanted Jay to win and he did, so I'm happy. And unless he does some dumb sh*t throughout the season, he's becoming one of my favorites. So, as of now, I'm rooting for Bananas (obvious), Jenna, Jenny, Mattie and Jay. That's it!

Let me know what you thought of this new season and who are you rooting for right now and I'll talk to you soon!

Love,

Daniela.

The Sinner | Season 3 Episode 8 - "Part VIII"

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Another season come to an end. This one, although not unexpectedly, still left me speechless. I really was not expecting the things to go down the way they did so, for that, I'm really happy. However, the ending itself was pretty sad and... I'm a bit torn.

After last week's events, we knew this was going to go on a different direction. This whole season was a bit different from the previous two, but I still loved it (unlike most people, from what I've seen). Heck, I liked this season better than the last one. I think this was way more clear and the characters were more interesting. I can't say enough praises to Matt Bomer! He was phenomenal in this role and he really should get an Emmy for this. But, back to the plot itself, we knew Jamie was about to go on a dark path and so... That's what he did.

The episode starts with Detective Ambrose finding the body of his Superior. Pretty soon they realize that Jamie is going after people that matter to Harry and the next in line are Eli, Melanie and Sonya.

I must say, I'm a bit disappointed that Sony didn't have much to do with this plot. You could take her out of the season and it wouldn't really matter, in my opinion, but I'll get past that.

So, with that, Harry and the police keep an eye of every one of those people. We see that Jamie tries to do something to Eli but instead he goes after Sonya. That scene where he's confronting her led me to believe that she was more like him than Harry is, but they didn't really go deep into that so... We don't know. Again, I think her character was a bit of a waste of time.

Then, things get deeper. Jamie goes to Leela and they have a moment through the glass. It really looked to me as a goodbye (which is odd because he didn't know what was going to happen next) and I really felt that moment. That moment really showed that Jamie wasn't a bad person - he was just troubled. He really needed help and the only person that helped him was the wrong one - Nick - and after that, there was no helping. The damage was done and no one could do anything about it.

Post that, Jamie calls Ambrose from Eli's phone and that's when everything comes crashing down. Harry goes after Jamie, there's a big and deep confrontation, they fight and Harry really tries to get under Jamie's skin. And I think he manages to. That scene where Harry is shouting and Jamie just doesn't know what to do, again, just shows how human Jamie is and that he didn't want to do what he was doing, he was just lost. Unfortunately, things don't go down as planed and after a chase, back at the house, after another confrontation Harry has had enough of it and just shoots Jamie. That really was the breaking point an after that everything goes downhill.

The shot wound was worst than they thought and, even though Harry calls for the police and the ambulance, there's no way Jamie is going to make it. I must say, I was hopeful. I could see in Jamie's eyes, again, that he was suffering and he really didn't want to die (as he said). You could see in Matt Bomer's performance that Jamie was suffering and he was realizing that he loved life, he loved to live and... There was no time left. And it didn't.

Jamie died and Harry broke as well after seeing Jamie struggle and wanting to live. And that's it. That's the end of the season.

I think this episode was packed with emotion and, overall, I think this whole season was pretty intense. Yes, there could've been a bit more and more mystery, but up until episode 6 I kept having questions and I loved that about the season. I'm pretty happy with it!

Let me know what you thought of the season. Did you like it? Did you not? Why not? How does this season compare to the last ones? Tell me everything and I'll see you sometime with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Supernatural | Season 15 Episode 13 - "Destiny's Child"

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So, I guess this is going to be the last Supernatural rant for a while. That's right, not only The Flash but also Supernatural is taking some time off because of the coronavirus. However, unlike The Flash, Supernatural's time off is undetermined. Turns out they did film all the episodes up to episode 18 (only two episodes left to film) but this last episodes that they filmed still have some post-production to be done and the studios are closed so they can't do that. So, for now, let's talk about this last episode.

I must say, this episode wasn't what I was expecting at all! I really thought this was going to be one of those fun goofy episodes and it wasn't. I mean, the moments were there but there was actually some story development and I appreciate that.

The episode begins with Billie warning the brothers that Chuck is almost done destroying the other worlds, which means pretty soon he will get to theirs. Post that, Billie sends them on a quest for the Occultum. And the thing is, they have no idea what this object is and what it is supposed to do. Nonetheless, they go after it and they get to Anael, who reveals that she gave it to Ruby before she died and tells them that Ruby hid it in Hell. This makes the brothers go to Hell but pretty soon discover that it was a trap when demons, sent by Anael, try to kill them.

While the brothers are in Hell, Castiel tries something else to find this Occultum. And so, he has Jack send him to the Empty in order to talk to Ruby. The Empty allows him to do so and, in exchange for her to be free, Ruby tells Castiel where the Occultum is.

After that, that's when the fun comes into place. To keep God from knowing what they are up to, the Winchesters rescue a pair of alternate Sam and Dean and have them pose as the real ones. This was where the fun parts of the preview happened and it was, indeed, pretty funny, but I believe most of it was in that preview so... I was kind of sad.

Anyway so they go to that place where the Occultum is and are met with hell-hounds guarding the place. I must say, that was a really good throwback and added a nice touch to the episode. Anyway so the Occultum transports Jack to the Garden of Eden where he meets a young girl and a snake. Something happens to him (we don't exactly know what) but, somehow, when he gets back to Earth, we are met with a different Jack. I mean, not completely, but one with his soul back. That was such a huge an touching moment and I'm so happy we have our 'old' Jack back. I still loved Jack but having him be the softie that he was is really nice.

And well, I guess that's pretty much it for this episode. It's really bittersweet because things are starting to get somewhere now and we have to stop and we don't really know for how long. At least there's other series to watch so check out my The Flash and The Sinner rants next week.

In the meantime let me know what you thought of this episode and I'll see you in my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.

The Sinner | Season 3 Episode 7 - "Part VII"

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I'm back with a new episode of The Sinner and, as per usual, what a great episode!

This is when the season takes a turn! Until then we were just 'waiting'... Not really sure what we were waiting for. I mean, now we know what were we 'waiting' for but until this episode we didn't. And now that's when things are going to get intense. But, before I get ahead of myself lets get back to the beginning of the episode.

So, I guess I was kind of right when I said that Jamie was going to get Harry out of the hole. Harry did stay buried for eight hours but Jamie took him out and I guess they bonded?! In a way, I was happy and interested in seeing Harry go through a 'transformation' but, turns out, this was all a plan to get a confession, which did happen and Ambrose recorded it without Jamie knowing.

The confession thing didn't go too well in the end. Everything because Detective Ambrose went back to Jamie to apologize. I mean, I get it, they kind of have a bond, and Harry broke that bond. This whole thing is so confusing because on one hand I'm rooting for Harry to catch Jamie but, on the other hand, I'm on Jamie's side. I really feel like Jamie is not a bad guy, but he does need serious help.

Anyway, after the confession thing not working out, Jamie is released and tries to go back home. However, Leela put a restraining order against him, suggested by Detective Ambrose and... That really sets Jamie off. Not only that but also learning that his 'protégée' Emma is doing fine. My take on this was that he thought she was 'broken' too and thought of replacing Harry with her, but she doesn't need him anymore so... That really set him off and the next thin we see of him is him going after Harry's boss and, presumably, killing him.

Also, in the very end of the episode, we see Leela reporting to the police Jamie's confession of killing Kyle as well as the blood that she washed off Jamie. And that's pretty much it.

This season has been really interesting. Not only the concept is a little different, with Harry not believing the suspect is innocent but, instead, going after this suspect. Also, this season feels a lot more dark and eerie, mostly this exact episode. The whole atmosphere of this episode was really heavy, which I personally loved.

Well, as per usual, I never talk a lot about my favorite episodes so I'll leave it up to you to tell me your thoughts on the episode.

Apart from that, I guess I'll see you next week with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 15 - "The Exorcism of Nash Wells"

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So, new episode of The Flash. I must say, this wasn't as bad as some of the previous episodes, but it wasn't as good as the last one. I guess this was fine. However, this wasn't really memorable because I can't really remember it that well. I'm going to try my best on reviewing it, but I can't promise I'll cover everything.

As usual, an episode convoluted with story-lines. Not as much as the previous one, but still three different ones. The main one, as the title says, was actually interesting.

Initially Team Flash was dealing with Thawne and trying to come up with a plan on what to do with him and how to 'save' Nash but, as it was bound to happen, Thawne tricks them and, momentarily gets free. Luckily, they get an old of him and that's when this story-line really happens. Basically Thawne is trapping Nash inside his mind and, it's pretty complicated so I'm just going to move along and, Nash deals with the death of his daughter Maya (Allegra's doppelganger), and gets himself free, getting Thawne out of his mind. However, he keeps seeing the other Wells', which is kind of interesting, in my opinion.

Then, we have the 'not so interesting' story-lines. Mainly the one with Iris in the mirror.

Turns out Kamilla is not dead but she starts working with Mirror Iris to get some type of device that Eva needs to get herself free. So both of them go after that device only to find someone else looking for it as well. Flash and Killer Frost go after this thief and Frost is almost killed during all of this, mainly because of Barry's speed getting 'faulty'. And this raises an 'outside' issue for me.

This is a side note but we all know that Danielle Panabaker is pregnant ans it is so obvious in the show. I know they're trying but it's painful to watch, to be honest. The screens in front of her, the camera angles that only focus on her face and the pillow on her lap in one of the final scenes in this episode... It all really bothers me and I wish they had found another way to hide it or just to send Caitlin away. And, with the production on hold, I wonder if, by the time they get to shooting, Danielle has to give birth?! I don't know, but I guess it's a possibility.

Anyway, getting back to the plot. Of course Team Flash deals with this thief. However, Mirror Iris and Mirror Kamilla get the device and do give it to Eva, so things are going to start moving now.

And well, in the very end of the episode, Barry decides to use Nora's journal to create his artificial Speed Force, since Thawne told her how to do it.

I'm hopeful that the show will get better, mainly because of this last story. I just wish they would get rid of the whole Mirror thing, it's really boring.

Let me know what you thought of the episode and what are your thoughts on this Mirror story-line. The Flash is only back in April so, in the meantime, I'll see you with other rants!

Love,

Daniela.