The Challenge: All Stars | Season 1 Episode 9 - "You're the Best Around"

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Hello!!

Finally I'm here with this rant. Yes, it took me a while. For some reason it was so difficult to find this episode online (as someone that is from Portugal, I don't have access to Paramount+). And, because of that, by the time I found an episode, I had already seen some spoilers and I already knew who won so, unfortunately, it wasn't a big surprise for me. Also, because of that, this rant won't be that long.

Overall, this episode wasn't as good as the previous one. But again, maybe that was because I already knew who was going to win. I did not know though that no one was quitting, which was something that they made us believe with the preview for this episode. That was nice though - I didn't want some people to quit or be eliminated because of other people.

As for the actual final part of the final, there was another eating challenge, which I love and I missed those on the "main show" so it's nice that they incorporated more of that on this version, there was also a sleeping challenge, as we saw on the preview and then the final portion was a marathon up the mountain - and that last bit was worth double the points, which was something that Aneesa said during the sleeping part of the final.

And because we're already talking about Aneesa, I think I should say that I was a bit disappointed that this wasn't her time to win. I know that already making into the final was huge, and because she wasn't the best on the checkpoints she knew she wasn't going to win so I bet she didn't try her hardest but still... I was happy that she made it to the final but I really thought this was her chance to win but... Yes was so good!

Yes, Yes was the winner of this season/show and I already knew that going into the episode. I wasn't mad at it though - I think he's a great competitor and he's great all-around. He knows about bikes and building things, he's great at math and puzzles, he has the endurance and the will power, he knows the techniques for running and going up a mountain and that was how he won! Through the most part of the marathon Darrell was ahead of Yes, but then Yes realized/knew that with little clothes on he would be faster and not heat up as quickly so he got rid of some layers and that's how he passed Darrell and, ultimately, won the whole thing. Truly, a great competitor! Yes, I was a bit sad that neither Darrel not Aneesa won, but I think with them it's more the "emotional" connection because I've seen them on The Challenge the longest but I did like most of the players in this season and I can't wait to see more of them.

But I guess that's it for this episode. There will be another rant next week because we still have the Reunion but, after that, it's going to be a while until we have a new The Challenge rant, as well as other rants (and next week there won't be a The Flash rant either) so, from now on, the blog won't be active that much but every time there's a new episode of the shows that I cover you know that I will be here a day or two after it airs to talk about it so keep an eye because dates change all the time.

Until then, let me know what you thought of this season/show overall. Did you like it better than the "normal season"? Or do you prefer the drama of the main show? Also tell me if you liked the winner and yeah... I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 7 Episode 11 - "Family Matters, Part 2"

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So here we are... with another sh*tty episode. Luckily, it looks like this story-line is over so, hopefully, the season will get better from now on... ?!

To be completely honest, I don't even know what to say about this episode. Most of it I was just bored and didn't even pay attention to most of it. The whole episode was cringe AF and that ending?! Ugh, awful.  

The beginning actually was such a disappointment! Remember how that last episode ended with Bashir, Alexa and Iris dead, which got me a bit excited about this week's episode but, turns out, they weren't really dead - it was an illusion. After that the episode just goes downhill. They even have a line where Iris says that "Nora" attacked her because she sees her as competition. What?! That was the most unrealistic thing I've heard on this show - and this is a show about a guy that gets super-speed from a lightning bolt so that says a lot.

Anyway, at least this episode had a subplot that, even though was so misplaced and didn't fit the episode at all, it was the best part of the episode - which was Frost escaping the prison (along with other criminals) and fighting Chill-bane. The chemistry between those two are just so good and that made the episode bearable. But that was about it. The remaining of the episode was boring, annoying and cringe, with everyone still saying the forces are Barry and Iris' kids and there was a point where Bashir even calls Barry dad! Ugh! Hated that! And, obviously, the way that Barry gets "Nora" to "turn good" is through a talk and you already know how I feel about that.

Everything ends well with some little hints about Cisco leaving (he leaves next episode), Frost returning to Caitlin's apartment on probation (we knew something like that would happen) and Frost saying she has a crush on Chill-bane.

And then, the worst part of the episode - Barry and Iris discussing having children and Barry being like really flirty, Iris having none of it, but then she gets up and says to do it (make some babies) and Barry runs after her. Can they be more on the nose with the fact that there's no chemistry between Grant and Candice?! I don't know why people keep shipping Barry and Iris because they do not have chemistry whatsoever, and this scene made it so obvious.

Next week there won't be a new episode but, at this point, I'm not even mad about it. I am, though, excited to move onto another story-line so, let's see what the next half of the season brings, hopefully it will be better than the first half.

Let me know what you thought of this episode, what was your favorite part and what do you expect from the next half of the season and I'll see you soon with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 1 Episode 8 - "Mo Money Mo Problems"

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First part of the final! This episode was actually so dope! This season has been pretty good but, let's be honest - this final was so much better than all the other episodes of the season.

The thing with the remaining of the season is that it lacked "suspense" and, even though there isn't like major surprises in this ones, there's the excitement of tho is ahead and who's doing better so... Let's talk about that!

Right away TJ lets everyone know that this would be a final with multiple days and run in pairs, but with a twist - in each checkpoint the pairs had to change and they couldn't repeat so everyone had to run with everyone, which I liked. Oh, and the last team to get to checkpoint 2 would go home right away.

I can't spend much time on each checkpoint and each pair because there was a lot but to start they had to solve a puzzle to see who would be paired with who. The first two to finish were Alton and Aneesa, and that got me so excited! However, Alton sucked at canoeing and a lot of the other teams passed them. Still, they were not the last ones - Jisela and Derrick were. They weren't the last ones to finish the puzzle though, but Kellyanne and Big Easy passed them and so Jisela and Derrick were the ones to go home. After the whole thing with Jisela last episode, I wasn't so mad at it, I just wanted to see a bit more of Derrick.

Then, the second checkpoint was to build a bike and then ride it till the third checkpoint. There's not a lot I can say about that one just that Jonna was really smart to pick Yes for that part of the final.

At the end of that, they had to do another puzzle, but a math one now, and again I was so impressed with Yes because he barely looked at it and it was done.

From that one to checkpoint 4 it was walking/running and, for that portion I have to highlight Darrell who was paired with Ruthie and even carried her for part of that run. And then, the dreadful checkpoint - the one where they had to eat two Caroline Reaper peppers, solve a puzzle and run again to the next checkpoint, and that's when everyone starts crumbling (apart from Big Easy, he looked pretty fine after eating those peppers). 

A lot of people got sick and the ones that looked the worst were Darrell (who's paired with Kellyanne) and Jemmye (who's paired with Mark) and, from what TJ said, if you quit, your partner leaves as well so... Let's see what happens in the next episode, because that's where this one ended. We do see in the preview though that Kellyanne is still in the game, so I assume nothing happens to Darrell, but we see Jemmye crying while TJ says something about quitters so... At least we do see Aneesa and Jonna and Alton so... There's a ton of people that makes it, now we just gotta see what happens to Jemmye and Mark.

Anyway, let me know what you thought of this episode, were you sad to see Jisela and Derrick leave? Who do you think will win? Tell me everything and I'll see you next week with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 7 Episode 10 - "Family Matters, Part 1"

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Hello people!

Back wit a new The Flash rant and back with the crappy episodes.

That's right, this week's episode was another ones that I didn't like. Heck, I would go as far as saying that I hated it! Not only the plot was hella weak but I was so bored! This whole story with the forces looked really good on paper but, when they decided not to fight them and just tr to "recruit" them with words... That just got back to that same old fighting with the bad guys with words and that's so boring! It's not even Iris anymore - it's the way the writers are writing this story - it isn't interesting at all! The ending of this episode did get me a bit more excited, I gotta say that, but still... My hope for this season are long gone. Maybe now the show will surprise me in a good way?! We'll see... But for now, let's get deeper into this episode and why I didn't like it.

This whole episode, as we saw in the preview, was about getting Alexa (aka Fuerza) ready to fight the speed-force. But, at the same time, Barry knew that she wasn't enough so they went after Psycho as well, so the had two forces on their side. And that's basically what this whole episode was about - learning more about Psycho's - Bashir - past and getting him to join Team Flash. But what really annoyed me was the fact that they kept saying that the forces are Barry's kids and these forces keep calling him dad!? Ugh, that's so gross! I seriously hate it and I just want them to stop!

There was also some hints to Cisco leaving, which was expected.

The only thing that I liked about the episode was Joe's little story-line with that detective, which I though she would leave after the whole thing with Frost, but I guess not and, in the end, they dropped a huge bomb on us - Joe leaves the police! That was unexpected and I'm curious to see more of that story-line. But that's about it.

The episode ended with Nora aka speed-force tricking them and, along with Dion, she gets into STAR Labs and steals the powers/forces of the other forces - as well as Iris - ending with, what I assume, are their deaths (Alexa, Bashir and Iris), so maybe next episode will be better?! I guess I'm always waiting for that turn so... We'll see. Let me know what you thought of this episode and I'll see you in a minute with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Season 2 Episode 13 - "Zoey's Extraordinary Goodbye"

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OMG I'm so stoked to talk about this episode!

This was Zoey's season finale and, what could have been such a sad send off (even more because we don't know if the show will be renewed or not) ended up being such an uplifting episode with the end that I wanted!

That's right folks, they did it! Clarkeman (yes, I finally know what Zoey and Max's ship name is) is endgame!

I'm sure you'll forgive me but I have to start with the end! OMG what was that?! I mean, not only they really mad us think Zoey would end up alone but they left us with such a big cliffhanger! So now Max hears Heart Songs as well?! I mean... This makes the possibility of an upcoming season so much more interesting, but that really caught me by surprise (not mad though).

Okay, now that I've got my excitement out, let's rewind a bit and get through the whole episode.

We knew that Zoey felt much more than friendship towards Max (even after their 'break up') but, to be honest, we never really saw her 'not working' with Simon either so I truly didn't know what they were going to do with this episode. I knew I wanted Clarkeman to be endgame but I didn't know if that was going to happen. Well, turns out pretty early in the episode Zoey realizes that things with Simon aren't working out and, luckily, Simon felt the exact same way and their break up was fairly simple. Obviously they will still have a deep connection, mainly because of the things they shared about their dads and all of that, but Zoey's heart belonged to Max.

However, it isn't until she learns about what we saw in the last episode (about Max giving her his spot at SPRQ Point) and after a beautiful dream musical number with her dad that Zoey realizes she has to do something about Max leaving otherwise she will regret it for the rest of her life. But, of course, something had to happen and Zoey doesn't go through with her plan. She sees Max and Rose at the airport and, as she's approaching them, she hears/sees Max sing a heart song that she assumed was towards Rose and so she gives up and goes back home.

It's then, in the end of the episode, that Max appears, revealing that he didn't go to New York. Rose realized that he wasn't focused at all and Max realized that he loved someone else - Zoey - who was the person he was singing about after all. And then the plot twist happens.

As Zoey is explaining her feelings for him, she starts singing and turns out Max now hears Heart Songs! And the episode ended like that. Now I wonder - does both of them have powers now? Did Zoey transfer her powers to Max? Did Zoey get rid of her powers and they won't come back to her? There's so many questions now! I really need that Season 3! But, I gotta say - If they end up not renewing the show I won't be mad at how this ended. I will be sad that one of my favorite shows ended but the actual ending wasn't bad - everyone is happy and Zoey and Max are together. It's pretty clear that the writers really thought this through. Not only they pleases everyone, with Zoey and Simon dating for a few episodes, then making the previews episode which changed a lot of people's minds on Clarkeman (people started shipping them) and then they ended with basically everyone happy but still with an interesting twist that, if they get picked up (which I hope they do) will make a great Season 3 - so let's hope that happens!

Well, I guess that's it from me as far Zoey's Playlist goes. I'm sorry if this rant was a bit messy but so many emotions! Let me know what you guys thought of this season finale and what do you think - do you think there will be a Season 3? Tell me everything and I'll see you later this week with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 1 Episode 7 - "What About Your Friends?"

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I know, I know. I'm super late with this rant but you know the drill when it comes to The Challenge: All Stars - it's super hard to find these episodes (as someone from Portugal) and only now I found the new episode. But, let's not waist any minute and get into it.

This was actually an exciting episode. Not only the actual challenge was an individual one, so there was no captains and whatnot, but this episode actually had some interesting drama.

The challenge of the week was a pretty fun one. It was one of those that happen on a moving truck and those are always super fun to watch. And it looked like it wasn't easy because a lot of people didn't manage to finish nor do really well, to be honest.

But, as expected, Mark was the winner (the challenge was made for him) even though Derrick almost had the win. As for the girls, Kellyanne was the winner, which came a little out of nowhere. As for the losers, Jisela and Big Easy where the ones to go straight into elimination. This week was a "male" elimination which meant the house would vote for a guy and then that guy would pick the girl. Oh, and as we saw in the preview last week, this was the final elimination before the final so a lot was on the line, and that was when the drama started.

Jisela wanted someone that hadn't gone to elimination yet (as for the boys) because she thought that was the fair way to play the game - apart from Derrick, she didn't want him in the elimination. But then, her "partner", Big Easy, wanted to go against Nehemiah and that started a whole thing, mainly with Aneesa because she didn't want to vote for Yes, which was basically the person that Jisela wanted.

When it came to the nominations, it was pretty split, but in the end it came down to Yes and Nehemiah and Aneesa was the swing vote - and she went with Nehemiah to go into elimination. That really pissed off Jisela who, apparently, was really good friends with Aneesa outside of the game, and just because Aneesa didn't do what Jisela wanted, she started saying that Aneesa was a snake and so on so on. I really didn't like that and that kind of changed my mind about Jisela.

Anyway... It was time to go into elimination and Aneesa was still worried that she would go into elimination and, one more time, miss the final last minute. Luckily Nehemiah chose Kendal which, to be honest, I was sad for her. She has been in an elimination so many times and putting her in again... sad. And even sadder was the fact that her and Nehemiah indeed lost and they went home. The bright side is that Big Easy won and I like to see the underdogs succeed. But Jisela... We'll see how she acts in this last episodes. But that's it.

Overall I thought this was an exciting episode and I can't wait to see all these people in a final. And, hopefully, Aneesa win this one, because she really deserves it!

Let me know what you thought of the whole Aneesa/Jisela drama, and who do you think/hope wins this season/series and I'll talk to you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 7 Episode 9 - "Timeless"

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Ugh, it pains me so much to say this but this week's episode of The Flash was pretty bad!

The actually had something pretty interesting going on last episode, with the speed-force being bad but... I don't wanna be labeled a hater but... They had to integrate Iris in this story-line and just made everything suck!

The episode actually began right where the last episode ended - with "Nora" killing Fuerza. To this "Nora" let's Barry and Iris know that all the other forces were created because the brought her back (the speed-force) and, therefore, they are the reason why all of this is happening. Because of that she has no other way than kill this forces - which will also kill the people where these forces "entered".

Of course Barry is not okay with killing other people, which just makes the speed-force mad - and to that she just says she will do it by herself.

This was a good set up! And then, Barry actually had a good plan (that could ultimately end badly, but they would figure out that later). So Barry's plan was to go back in time and prevent the forces from getting inside these people and just basically prevent these forces from being born. However, Iris is not okay with this plan and, for the first time, Barry goes with his plan without Iris approval. That got me excited because we would see Barry be The Flash and just do his thing but, as I mentioned before, they had to have Iris involved in all of this and, not only created her own story-line with her, Alegra and Kamila go look for Nora but then, at the very end, after Cisco not agreeing with Barry's plan either, Barry comes to the conclusion that Iris was right and, as he's about to "kill" these forces, he gives up on his plan. 

That was the dumbest story-line I have ever seen and this was literally what you call a filler episode. Everything that happened in this episode didn't matter and was just a waste of an episode.

It's so clear that they want to involve Iris in the story but it doesn't work! I get that Barry loves her but damn! Let Barry be his own person! Ugh!

The only nice thing about this episode was that we got Tom Cavanagh back as a special guest, only for this episode, as I understood, and that made the episode bearable.

Then they also set up Cisco leaving the show so... That not only was pretty obvious but also is kind of sad that we are loosing so many of the main characters and... I guess that's it.

Basically it's like this episode never happened and Team Flash has to work on a new plan.

Next episode doesn't look much better, to be honest. From what I understood it's mainly about Fuerza (yes, they brought her back to life *eye-roll*) and her trying to control her powers - that's it. The speed-force is still the villain here so... Let's see where this goes.

Let me know what you thought of the episode and if you were as disappointed as I was and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.