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.