The Challenge: Total Madness | Season 35 Episode 6 - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

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Back with another The Challenge rant and, I must say, I was so excited about this episode!

You know, last episode ended with an huge cliffhanger and I was just so eager to find out what happened. I had a feeling it wouldn't be what I wanted but, as usual, I had hope and I tried my hardest not to get spoiled for this episode. I was able to! However, the episode didn't go the way that I wanted. Neither in terms of events not as structure. I have so many thoughts so let's just get right into it.

The first thing that I need to tackle is the Jay and Rogan elimination - what I was most excited/afraid about. Well, it didn't go too well. Jay didn't break his arm like we were led to believe in the last episode but something happened to him. After getting tackled, he got up and, physically, he was able to continue, and he kept going for two more rounds, where he didn't get the ball inside the bucket. However, when it came to Rogan's turn to be on the offense, Jay got really confused about the rules and he looked really out of himself, as someone said in the episode, almost like he didn't even know where he was. And so, because of that, the medical people that were there said that he might have a concussion and he needs a CT scan. And so, just like that, he got out of the game. Also, nothing happened with the extra red skull that he had. I had hope about that but, unless they have a secret house that they'll reveal in the next episodes, we now know nothing happens if you have more than one red skull (apart from take away the chances of other people having a red skull).

That was the first thing that happened in the episode. And from there, everything went downhill.

Next thing I have to talk about is the drama that went on for too long this episode. Again, I had a feeling. Because of the cliffhanger last episode, this week's episode was all messed up. Way too much drama and no nominations nor another elimination. (I hope they get back to the usual structure soon)

As for this drama, it was mainly Jenna's drama and Kailah's drama - both about their boyfriends. We knew something was going to happen between Jenna and Zach and... as much as I love them together, I really think Zach needs to chill out a bit. Jenna is clearly a good person and messing with her head and doubting her like that is so unnecessary. What's also unnecessary is the time they spent in this drama. I checked and they spent half of the episode (30 minutes) in all this Jenna and Kailah drama. Really unnecessary. Because of that, and because this week's challenge took a bit longer than usual, we didn't get out usual programming.

With that said, the last thing that I need to talk about is the actual challenge. It looked pretty fun and, to be honest, not that difficult. However, only three teams where able to finish it - Jordan and Nany, Bear and Kaycee, Bananas and Melissa - unbelievably. In the end, Jordan and Nany were the winners and two out of the three in the Tribunal - the last person they picked was Jenna. I think people were surprised by this but I think it makes sense - this way not only Jordan can nominate Tori and maybe through her into elimination if the house picks someone she wants to go against but also people were saying that Nany wanted to go against Jenna. Well, this way, she can't. But that was it for this episode.

In the very end we saw a preview for the rest of the season and it looks like the final is pretty close. Also, we learned some things - Bananas, Cory, Kyle, Nelson and Tori go into elimination; Dee goes into elimination again - and a lot of people are left without a red skull because in the very end of the preview we see someone clearly upset that they didn't get a red skull.

Even though Jay went home and I was really rooting for him, I'm pretty stoked about the rest of this season. Some of my favorites are still in the game - Bananas, Jenna, Jenny, Kyle, Mattie - so I still have people to be rooting for and the actual challenges look better than in previous seasons so... I'm excited for the next episodes.

Let me know what you thought of this episode - were you rooting for Jay? Do you like the amount of drama that this episode had? - Tell me everything and I'll see you next week with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 18 - "Pay the Piper"

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I'm back for a new week of rants and I'm happy to report that we're starting on a good note.

That's right guys, this week's episode of The Flash was pretty good. Not as good as it used to be, but still better than some of the previous episodes. And you know why? Because for once they focused on Barry/The Flash and 'forgot' the Iris/Eva story-line. You already know how I feel about that (and I'm going to talk a bit more throughout the post) so I'm not going to focus on that (now). Instead, let's start with some good things. The episode still had it's downs, which I'll get into later, but there was a lot about it that I liked so let's talk about those first.

As we saw in the preview, this episode was going to be kind of about Godspeed, and that is already a good thing. I said this while I was live tweeting but I'll say it again - Godspeed would be such a better villain than Eva. I guess they're setting that up for an upcoming season, but I wish they had done that this season. But, apart from Godspeed we also had the comeback of Hartley Rathaway.

We learn that Crisis messed up the timeline even more and that Hartley is even madder at The Flash than he was before. Luckily, Team Flash comes up with an idea - saving Hartley's boyfriend that was injured the last time Barry and Hartley fought, in exchange for Hartley helping Barry defeat Godspeed. It doesn't work that well in the beginning but, as usual, they manage to do it. It's a long process but we all know that Hartley is a softie deep down and, personally, I love him. So, he does help Barry and they do kind of defeat Godspeed in the end (and help Hartley's boyfriend). I say kind of because, in the end, it is revealed that this wasn't the real Godspeed, yet again, and that there's someone 'controlling' these Godspeeds. Also, side note, am I the only one that didn't remember they had caught so many Godspeeds already?! I don't know but lately it seems like they're adding up stuff to the story that didn't happen in previous seasons. Maybe it's just that there has been too much going on. Let me know if you remember in which episodes this happened or if they just mentioned it in this episode.

The other story-line that I enjoyed, even though it was clearly filler and just a plot point to send Caitlin off, was Ralph and Frost. Caitlin's story-line in the previous episode was almost nothing and it really annoyed me. At least, in this episode, it was deeper and better explained. Also, yeah, maybe I'm a bit biased because it involves Ralph and I'm a sucker for anything with Ralph. I can't help it. He's such a great character! However, it was pretty clear that they were trying to cover up Danielle's pregnancy and that this was a way to not have her in the last episodes which, by the way, are not happening anymore (I'll get into that in a minute).

On a more technical level, I think this episode was pretty strong. Not only they brought back those chasing scenes with The Flash and another speedster, which I love, but also the editing in the Mirrorverse with Iris and Kamilla was so good! I wish they had done that throughout the whole season when it was scenes in the Mirrorverse. Well, but that was about it when it comes to good things in the Mirrorverse. I'm really so tired of the whole Iris and Eva thing, you have no idea... The whole concept looks dumb to me and there's way too many plot wholes. Just get done with it already! Well, I guess they are.

That's right guys, next week's episode will be the season finale. That really caught me off guard. I knew they didn't have time to film the last three episodes but I thought they were going to wait, just like Supernatural. Well, I guess not. I don't know what that's going to work and how everything is going to wrap up but, to be honest, I'm not expecting much. This season didn't look good already and with an unexpected ending... Everything points to a crappy season finale but... I might be wrong. I hope I'm wrong!

Anyway, Cisco did talk about going to Atlantis to get something so... Are we going to see Aquaman?! I doubt it, to be honest, but with Ezra Miller in the crossover... You never know.

And... That's it from me. An improvement but not enough to save this season...

Let me know your thoughts on this episode and what are your predictions for the season finale and I'll see you tomorrow for a brand new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Total Madness | Season 35 Episode 5 - "Break Up With Your BF, I'm Bored"

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This week's episode of The Challenge was intense, and I have so many thoughts so prepare yourselves - this is going to be a long post.

There's way too many things to talk about so I guess I'll start with my predictions. I was half right. Josh, Swaggy C and Kaycee were, indeed, the Tribunal, alongside Jenny (who we couldn't see in the preview); one of the guys in elimination was one of my guesses - it was Rogan. After the events of the episode though I was pretty sure Rogan was going to be one of them but it's nice to know that I could figure it out just by looking at his stature. However, the name of the episode was only about Kailah and Bear, who do kiss like we saw in the preview. And that was about it or my predictions. But so much more happened!

First of this episode had way too much drama. It was entertaining though, and now I see why they did that - we didn't see the end of the elimination. I'm bummed about that (even more after how things ended - I'll get to that in a minute) but, as I said, the drama was interesting. We saw Kailah and Bear flirt, Jenna talking with Zach through Skype (or something like that) and a ridiculous fight between Jordan and Wes. That fight led to Wes going back to his old self (just for a moment though) and start a 'campaign' against Jordan. It didn't really work but what I liked the best about that was Bananas talking to Wes, advising him that going for Jordan right now wouldn't be the smart move and Wes agreeing! That was priceless and I'm loving this alliance between Wes and Bananas. Nany did notice something, and that was also funny, but as of right now, I think no one suspects a thing.

Anyway, as for the actual challenge, it was also pretty funny, mainly because most teams were terrible. Only three teams were able to finish the challenge and, well, I don't need to say who won because I already said that.

Then, comes the 'intense' part of the episode! When it came to the nominations, everyone thought Wes was going to 'gun' for Jordan but... he switched his vote (after talking with Bananas) and vote for Kyle. It was simply a burn vote but it messed up most people's plan and so everything went back to, guess who?! Jay. Freaking Jay! Again! I swear to god, this guy has had enough and everyone is just so scared to go in, it's unreal! Plus, Jay makes a fair point - if he keeps winning, it will make it harder or everyone else to get a red skull hence going to the final. But nothing changes... They still vote for him. So, then, it's up to the Tribunal. It was pretty easy, I guess. Rogan wanted to go in (even more because it's against Jay), there was this whole thing with Wes so they went with him as well and, the last one was Nelson - just because they didn't know his plan and alliances.

It's pretty obvious who went in against Jay, right?! Rogan. I was right though, but I wish I wasn't. Jay has become one of my favorites in The Challenge. Not only he's hella cute (I'm just being real here guys) but he has also proven himself. Not only physically but as a person. He has stayed true to himself and hasn't really created any drama nor he has been fake. And he has been killing it in challenges and eliminations so... Yeah, he's been great and I really don't want him to go home.

However, this elimination was physical (as I mentioned in my last rant) and it didn't look good for him. And he really didn't look good by the end of the episode. It only took one round for Rogan to smash him on the ground and... The episode just ends there... With Jay laying on the ground not being able to move so... We don't know who won. 

We are lead to believe that Jay lost, that he's not able to continue but... I have faith. I'm going to be honest - it really doesn't look good for Jay, but I hope he's fine and that he can beat Rogan's ass. Also, there's a theory going around. That even if Jay looses, because he has two red skulls he might be able to stay in the game?! I mean, it kind of makes sense but I don't know... It looks too good to be true. But why would they keep giving people red skulls?! I mean, if you have one it means you can go to elimination. Why do they have to keep adding up? I don't know, that's just really a theory but I'm curious if that plays a part here. All-in-all, I just hope Jay is fine and that he beats Rogan. Jay deserves to win this whole season at this point.

As for next episode, the only things that we see is some drama between Jenna and Zach (what's new) and the challenge of the week, which looks pretty good. Oh, and some more drama with Jordan (again, what's new).

This was for sure an intense episode and I really can't wait for the next one! I'm not happy that they didn't finish the elimination though, but I get it. Let's not do it again though. Anyway, let me know what you thought of the episode and if you're rooting for Jay (if you're rooting for Rogan, leave) and I'll see you next week with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 17 - "Liberation"

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I'm back with a new The Flash rant and thank god this week's episode was better than the last one. Still, it wasn't what the show used to be and I don't get why people are saying this is one of the show's best episodes ever but it sure was an improvement from previous episodes.

Overall, my complaint is the same - the villains. The villains are so annoying this season. Plus, the fact they wanted to give Iris more things to do just made everything worse, to be honest. Again, I'm going to repeat myself, but the show is called The Flash so Barry should be the main focus... But anyway, let's get into what really happened in the episode.

Well, I guess the main thing is really that Barry finally figured it out that Iris isn't Iris! We knew this was going to happen because of the preview, but still, it was nice to see they go full on with that story and not coming up with something to deny his theory or something. I mean, I guess they tried but, in the end of the episode, Barry figured out the whole thing and even talked with Eva. Sure, Iris is still stuck inside the mirror but at least there's no 'bullshit' anymore and we can finally move on with the story.

That was basically the only 'good thing' about this episode. I did like the end though. The CGI with MIris with those 'glass arms' was so cringe though and the fight overall was not great but I liked the moment where MIris just 'breaks'. It did not make much sense that she, out of a sudden, decided that she 'liked' Barry, but okay... I can deal with that. What I can not deal is that they decided to go back to Ramsey. He wasn't even good before Eva came along. And him, along with Eva and Black Hole... I just couldn't. I hope they not go back to him again because I can't deal with more crappy villains.

Ramsey was just a way for Eva to get out of the mirror, so let's hope he doesn't get involved any further. And after getting to him, we get to see that whole thing that I already talked about - real Iris finding out Eva's real plan, Eva trapping Iris in the mirror, MIris fighting Barry and Eva getting out of the mirror. That still left real Iris inside the mirror so now Barry has to find a way to get to her (unfortunately). Okay, I might be a bit mean right now. I did like that ending with them talking to each other through the mirror... It was emotional, so I'll give them that.

That was the meat of the episode. However, there was another story. Not that it needed to be, though. To be completely honest, the side story - Caitlin's story - sounded like a lot of bullshit and really just a filler. Turns out Caitlin is still 'injured' from her fight with Sunshine and creating some type of reaction sending her human part into hypothermia. With that, Caitlin decides to talk to her mother. That was it really. Ralph and Cisco found her, realized they couldn't do much and Caitlin decided she needed her mother's help. I really don't know why they needed to add that.

Anyway, this was this week's The Flash episode. As I said, better than the last one but not good enough. By now I already lost my hope with this season so I'm just rolling with it.

Let me know what you thought of the episode. Are you as disappointed as I am with this season? Or are you one of those people that loved this episode? Tell me everything and I'll see you tomorrow with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Total Madness | Season 35 Episode 4 - "Karma Chameleon"

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Back with a new The Challenge rant! However, not a so unexpected and exciting one. This was still pretty fun and entertaining, but not as good (in my opinion) as the previous one. I love me some karma though, so that was nice.

This overall episode was pretty straightforward. There was drama, that person was sent in, she went home. And the person I'm talking about is Ashley. The karma hits hard! It's amazing because last week she kept saying sh*t about Bananas and he wasn't even nominated in the end and then, this week, if last week wasn't enough, she had to screw things more and obviously, she was nominated... By the group, I mean. But well, I didn't even talk about the actual challenge so, let's rewind a bit.

As we saw in the previous last week, this week's challenge looked pretty extreme - with one people going to the hospital. So, as soon as they presented it, I was really excited to see where things would go. It did seem pretty hard - they had to 'swim' in an ice cold pool to get some puzzle pieces. Two teams gave up - one because they really couldn't take it anymore (Nelson was the one to go away in an ambulance because he could barely walk) and another one just because they knew they wouldn't win (this team being Kyle and Cory's). I mean, I kind of get it, but at least they could have given a bit more. Anyway, Bananas' team ended up winning, which I was so happy about, of course, and this time, the 5 members of the Team would be in the Tribunal, which I think is fair.

Then there were the house nominations which you already know that they all voted for Ashley. As or the Tribunal, it was odd. I was almost sure that Aneesa, who was part of Bananas' Team, would try and get her red skull, but I was wrong. Instead, none of the girls in the Tribunal (Aneesa, Big T and Kaycee) wanted to go into elimination and so, out of the ones they nominated (Mattie, Tori and Dee) they went with Dee. I guess I would do the same because I like both Mattie and Tori, even though that would mean either Dee or Ashley would stay in the house and get a red skull. 

In the end, Dee won against Ashley, which I'm fine with. The odds of Dee going into elimination again and get eliminated were higher than if it was with Ashley so it was a nice result. I still hope Dee goes home though because she has been really annoying this season.

And well, now I guess it's time to speculate about the next episode. We see a lot of things from the elimination in the preview so we know that Bear, Kyle, Josh, Swaggy C and Fessy aren't going into elimination; I'm pretty sure Swaggy C, Josh and Kaycee are the Tribunal; and, to me, it looked like the two guys were black and 'kinda big' so I would say it's two of these three - Cory, Nelson, Rogan. Plus, the name of the episode is "Break up with your BF, I'm bored" and we also know from the preview that Kailah and Bear will make out but the BF doesn't necessarily means boyfriend, it can be best-friend so I would say the two in the elimination are Cory and Nelson - BFFs. I don't know, that's just my theory.

Anyway, let me know your theories as well as what you thought of this episode and I'll see you next week with more rants!

Love,

Daniela.

The Flash | Season 6 Episode 16 - "So Long and Goodnight"

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So, The Flash is back with a new episode but, unfortunately, with one of the worst episodes I've seen lately.

There's so many things that I disliked about this episode but, overall, I think it was more on a technical level. Still, the story is really boring to me and I've said that before. Ever since the Crisis I feel like they were lost on which direction the show would take. They've been stuck for so long on the 'Barry is missing' thing that once that didn't happen, they didn't know what to do - mainly with Barry. And, because of that, and because of all the people that wanted more Iris (not me though) they created an Iris centered story-line which really isn't working.

There's mainly two stories in this episode - Joe's and Ralph's. I'm going to start with the worst one so we end on an happier note.

The story that I found really boring and just lame overall was Joe's story. Not that I disliked that they were targeting Joe, it was just the way the writers put the story. First of all, that first scene with Joe's car accident was really awful - really badly edited. The song choice didn't fit the show at all and where they decided to put it was really odd (in between other things). I don't know, I just felt like it didn't fit the show's identity.

Oh, I must say that I did have to re-watch the episode. Not only because I was kind of distracted when I watched it live but also because I didn't remember much of what was going on - and that is another of my complaints. With all this hiatus, and long hiatus, I don't remember the story anymore. I don't blame them or the hiatus, I know it's not their fault, but they didn't have a previously in the beginning of the episode and so, when it started, I was pretty lost.

But anyway, after that 'first' scene with the car, there's a bunch of other stuff - stuff with Black Hole and with Eva. And, I've said this before but I'm going to say it again - they are really putting Barry on the 'backseat' for this season and I don't know if it's working. The whole thing with Eva and Fake Iris is the worst really. Eva basically has a plan to make Fake Iris make Barry loose his speed and the way Fake Iris acted in this episode... Was so unlike Iris. At this point, I really don't know how anyone caught it yet. She really overreacted, mainly the end, but really throughout the whole episode and, needless to say, I was so annoyed!

And well, there were a few other things that annoyed me and, in my head, didn't make sense - such as Joe calling Cecile Babe?! That was really odd to me. Then, with the bomb, they clearly had time to run away but... Oh well... Rag Doll was a nice touch though, because he really is that creepy and I like the vibes he brings to the show but, once again, way too many characters popping into the episode for no apparent reason. Not only that but also their acting. I feel like the people who didn't have a big part in this episode, their acting was really off (Nash, Cecile and Allegra).

It was a really awful episode and the cherry on top was that ending. OMG that ending was the most over-dramatic thing I've ever seen. Joe's going to witness protection, okay... What's the big deal?! They all were acting like he was going to die or something and, again, the score they chose was really off - way too dramatic. And don't even get me started on the whole Iris thing like... That was so unnecessary... Jesus!

Luckily, Ralph was in this episode to kind of save it. Okay, I might be a bit biased but his story-line really was the best part of the episode. I loved the whole thing with Cisco, with Cisco meeting Sue. Cisco is clearly and Ralph/Sue shipper (do they have a name yet?). I must say, I was kind of afraid I wouldn't like her because I love Ralph so much but I think they look pretty cute together and I can't wait to see where they go from here.

Well, this are my thoughts on the latest The Flash episode. I know I was really harsh on it but I'm just being real here. This season really took a turn for me and I feel like without Arrow, The Flash lost it's magic (not that it has anything to with Arrow but it's just a 'coincidence'). Let me know what you thought of the episode and I'll see you tomorrow with a The Challenge rant!

Love,

Daniela.

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.