The Time Traveler’s Wife:
There are fewer things I need to see in this life than seeing a dude
perform oral sex on himself.
Fear the Walking Dead: So Strand is a good guy all of the sudden, ready
to make peace just by seeing Alicia? But
then is a band guy at the end when he refused to turn off the beacon? Make up your mind. Even more bizarre was they just yadda-yaddaed
Wes escaping a horde of zombies stuck in the bunker only to just have Strand
murder him moments later.
The
First Lady: They
seem to be hinting at lesbian all season and they just came out and explicitly
showed it this week. And yes, a Wikipedia
deep dive did reveal a female reporter did move into the room next door and
there were rumors a plenty. Lesbians
took front and center in Michelle’s storyline where they openly implied
Michelle was behind Biden’s statement which seems like a bigger stretch. Then in the seventies, Betty was planning Susan’s
prom. Okay, she also campaigned for the
ERA. I laughed when they mentioned Regan
was courting the far right but campaigning against it. Today’s far right would consider Regan a
RINO. And probably would think he eats babies.
I
Love That for You: I
predicted that if (when) Patricia finds out Joanna is lying about her cancer,
she would continue to milk it for ratings, but Patricia actually being diagnosed
with breast cancer is making me rethink that.
Things may get rough for Joanna if Patricia starts asking for help. Luckily for her, I believe they would be
seeing different types of doctors.
The
Challenge: All Stars: How does Darrell lose that? He was inches away but just could not get that
final push. But what was really annoying is how Wes weaseled his way out of
elimination for the second straight elimination that he definitely would have
lost mostly because Brad was in a position of power.
Survivor: Oh no, Probst said that stupid Do or Die
twist was one of his favorite new twists.
They were lucky that both times they did it; the person did not
die. But the proposition of someone
eventually “dying” is bad because it would be extremely lame if there is a Tribal
Council where no one actually gets voted out.
Speaking of useless new twists, the Shot in the Dark was a huge
dud. They had a one in six chance and I
believe it was played six times, but not one person got lucky. Then the Turn Back Time twist got crushed by
fans and players alike. I think the only
new twist introduced in “new” Survivor was the Caught Red Handed twist which was
extremely literal. I fear what dumb
twists are coming next. But it looks
like they are actually casting disabled people again. Survivor has talked a lot about diversity,
even instituting a 50% people of color casting mandate, but disabled people are
severely underrepresented. There was a
time where there was a deaf woman and two amputees, but then there was a large
lull. The amputee next season is
reportedly a Paralympian so she will not be a pushover.
Oh, yeah, and Maryanne won. She did give a much better Final Tribal performance
and had the last big move of the season getting Omar out. Though I still think Mike had a much better
season as a whole. But it was a blowout,
much like every season has become a blowout ever since they switched to this
forum Final Tribal format. Maybe it is
time to go back to the Q&A format just to get some more drama back into the
final reveal.
The
Flight Attendant: Rosie Perez getting on a flight for an airline
she used to work for while being a wanted fugitive seemed like a really bad idea
and Suspicious Minds seems like a horrible song to play at a wedding (though, I
will say that is my favorite Elvis song) but after a sophomore slump, the
finale was... perfectly fine.
I predicted Cheryl Hines was the doppelganger
after the second episode because Grace became too obvious and Hines being the
big bad did make sense (though, I do not understand what that thing in Cassie's
pocket was that made the alarm go off).
I am glad the weird AA woman was not the big bad
but turned out to be someone important to the story in a different way, though
maybe a reveal that should have been in the penultimate episode. Despite the sophomore slump, I am still
looking forward to a potential third season.
Obi Wan Kenobi: That was
nice they put up a four minute “previously on” reminding us what happening
episodes 1-3. You know, if you cut the prequels
down to four minutes, they are not half bad.
I thought maybe starting with Order 66; we were going to see how Grogu
escaped the massacre. But we did get a
few surprise appearance, most notably a young Princess Leia. Oh, and Flea.
I am sure I can nit-pick, but I really enjoyed this even if the prequels
in full lengths were bad.
The Blacklist:
So no Aram or Park next season?
Will we be getting new agents?
But it looks like we already got a new Big bad as Marvin turned that assassin
against Red and left him with a list of people Red informed on.
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