Man the Braverman’s relationships just seem to be crumbling as of late. Zeek is being stubborn and doesn’t want to even entertain any of Camille’s ideas, so she’s off to Europe for a month with her painting class. Apparently Zeek was NOT invited. Ouch! I always forget the first season had them having affairs on each other. Now that all the kids are grown and out of the house, it looks like nothing is holding them together sadly.
Joel and Julia’s relationship is one screw-up away from total chaos, especially with Julia seemingly infatuated with that male parent from school and Joel unable to stand up to the workload he’s getting from Miss Sexy Boss. I just want to NOT watch these two anymore, and they used to be my favorites on the show.
Amber and Ryan look to be heading for a disaster too. I don’t know if it’s what Sarah has been saying, or maybe all the good work she’s doing at her job as of late, but Amber doesn’t exactly look gung-ho about speeding into this marriage anymore. When he gave her a ring this week, I thought she was gunna puke. She claimed it was too much, but he wouldn’t accept that. I don’t think she was very happy. Perhaps the ring made it all seem real? Ryan also seems to be jealous of her job and the one guy in the band that keeps paying attention to her. Not sure I see a happy ending for them anymore.
Drew’s storyline is still boring the crap out of me. His girl crush just wants to be fun buddies basically, but he clearly wants more out of it. I really hope we don’t have to go through yet another pregnancy storyline with Drew after this is all said and done.
We’ve been fortunate enough to have gotten a break from Kristina’s campaign for mayor, but it looks like things are about to get ugly in the race based on the previews and the spoilers below. I really hope she’s not going to use Amber to get back at Bob Little, that would be horrible.
“Grey’s” has been really dark and unhappy lately. While the show has always been a bit morbid, I think we are in need of an uplifting episode stat! It just seems like watching the show is a depressing drag because of what is going on as of late.
Christina and Meredith’s war has gotten so out of hand, and it’s really sad to see that they may not be able to repair their fractured friendship. I have been on Meredith’s side up until this episode. The fact that she wouldn’t let Christina use her awesome 3D printer to save a baby’s life really annoyed me, even more than Christina waiting until the last minute to ask Meredith if she could use it. Boooooo! I loved Alex telling her that she’s a good surgeon, but today she was a crummy doctor!
Arizona is still caring on her affair . . .fling . . . whatever with Murphy. Really? So they are really just gunna end Callie and Arizona like this? I was pissed at Callie, but deep down hoped they might work things out. However it doesn’t look like that will happen.
Ben returned to Seattle, giving up his surgical internship because he missed Bailey. She was thrown for a loop by his return, and then a surgery involving a colon turned her into an OCD mess as she worried about another MRSA infection. By the end of the episode she seemed to be completely falling apart. What’s up with Bailey? Please don’t lock her up in the psych ward!
The one light aspect of the show seemed to be that The Chief has his gumption back and now wants to get out of his bed and better.
“Sleepy Hallow” finally returned last night after a brief hiatus. Ichabod ended up being kidnapped by the Freemasons, who are also out to stop the Horseman. We learned it was the Masons that Katrina hid his body from way back when, as they knew killing him even then would also kill the horseman due to their blood link. Most of the show dealt with Ichabod’s past and how he met Katrina and turned on his country to fight for the side of the colonies during the revolution. Basically Ichabod, like Abby and Jennifer, has the gift to see demons as they really are.
Katrina meanwhile came to Abby in a vision to implore her to find a sin-eater to sever the ties between Ichabod and the Horseman. Okay I have to say that Katrina could have picked a better time to come to Abby. She almost got Abby killed sending her a vision while she was driving a car. How would that have helped Ichabod at all?
Renard’s missing brother from “Grimm” turned up as the head of the Masons who kidnapped Ichabod. They gave him poison to drink, and Ichabod did so willingly knowing it was what needed to be done to kill the horseman. However Abby, along with sis Jennifer, managed to find Walter from “Fringe” who was the sin-eater that could help Ichabod. Ichabod was tied to the horseman by a sin he carried around, not their blood. Letting that sin go, the death of someone he blamed himself for, is what freed him from the horseman.
Of course all this was fine and dandy, but now the horseman is back and coming. I was confused here, I thought he was already back? They kept talking like he just woke up tonight?
Also they kept making it a point that Ichabod and Abby are special as they both have the gift to “bear witness” and thus only they can destroy the horseman. Hello, her sister has that gift too I believe? Why is she suddenly left out?
It’s clear that Abby has feelings for Ichabod, and I think that will become a huge problem as I don’t think Katrina is really dead either. I think she’s trapped somewhere as one witch said a few episodes back. Her bones are definitely not in her grave, that’s where they found the horseman’s head.
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So last week’s “Once Episode” was the sad story of Captain Hook’s origins and how he ended up Pan’s rival. It was not as exciting as I hoped it would be. Hook at least was able to cure David/Charming of his nightshade poisoning. Oh but there is a catch, he can’t leave Neverland as he will die if he does. Uh Oh! Please don’t keep this show tied to this island any longer than it has to be! Please!
Pan devilishly told Hook about Neil being alive and on the island, because he knew Hook and Emma were becoming a thing and that this would throw a wrench into that thing. This week Hook told David and Mary, and while the men wanted to make sure Pan wasn’t saying this to be cruel and to keep it from Emma until confirmation, Mary refused and told her that Neil may be alive. They later set out to find him, he was supposed to be hidden in some cave. However just like with everything on this island, there is a price to pay, a secret fear or truth has to be revealed to gain entrance. Mary admitted that as much joy that she has from finding Emma again, they missed her life, she didn’t get to be a mother. She wants another baby. Charming then had to admit he could never leave Neverland, and told her about the poison.
This week’s big draw was of course the entrance of Ariel the Little Mermaid. She rescued long haired snow in the past as she was on the run from Regina’s men. Ariel was of course in love with Eric, but he didn’t know she was a mermaid, as they only met once when she rescued him from a ship wreck. Snow was determined to help her, and then in stepped Regina with a plot to get Snow. Regina disguised herself as Ursula, who was only a myth to Ariel’s people, but did so and appeared to grant Ariel’s wish. She would allow Ariel to stay on land forever, and in exchange Snow would become a mermaid and could get away from the evil queen. Ariel thought it was a great idea, but Snow didn’t and saw it for the trap it was. When Regina did manifest and reveal her trickery, Ariel saved Snow, but at the price of losing her legs and voice forever. Meanwhile back at her castle, the real Ursula, well a weird CGI version of her, appeared in Regina’s mirror. She warned her that she is no myth, she is very real, and Regina better never impersonate her again! I think it’s a clue that we will eventually see Ursula. Whether that will be this season or next, who knows. I hope they land someone excellent to play her.
Meanwhile in the present Neverland, Rumple keeps talking to Belle’s image, who Regina sees and realizes is a trick of Pan’s, one of his shadows. So apparently he hasn’t been talking to himself all along. We got another clue as to the relationship between Pan and Rumple. Rumple knows how to kill pan, but to do so would be killing himself? Is Pan some weird fractured piece of Rumple’s childhood? I’m so confused! Regina and Rumple set out to get rid of Pan once and for all. She summoned Ariel who can travel between dimensions, apparently that’s a gift of the mermaids. Ariel of course wasn’t about to help Regina, but Regina said she could actually give her what she’s always wanted . . . Eric. Regina gave Ariel her voice back, and offered her legs forever . . . she just needs her to go to Storybrooke and deliver a message as to where they are and that they are trying to save Henry. Oh and as temptation for Ariel to do this, Eric just happens to be there of course!
At LEAST we are going to see Storybrooke again. That’s an improvement. I’ll post official spoilers when they are out. For some reason they’ve been keeping things under wraps. My guess is the network was waiting until the Ariel episode aired.
So on the latest episode of “Grimm,” the team managed to get ahold of Nick and cure him, however it seems that there are some residual effects from the poisoning. Nick keeps going in and out of these comatose death like states, and at odd times. At one point it was while sleeping, and Juliet thought he had died. The state came on while he was awake as well, when he was getting emotional after overhearing a truth that was kept from him. I’m not sure what this will mean in the long run for Nick. It definitely can’t be good.
It turns out one of the guys Nick attacked in the bar ended up dying. Renard fortunately took the hard drive with the security footage from the bar, but he was spotted there with Juliet and Rosalee. They had to come up with a cover, and tried to keep this news from Nick. He eventually found out and felt huge guilt. He wanted to turn himself in, until Renard showed him the footage he had stolen. On it the guy attacked Nick with a knife, so Renard said in a bizarre way it was self defense. Yeah, right . . . whatever makes Nick shut up at this point! Something tells me like Nick’s zombie sickness, this won’t go away so easily either. Nick, Hank and the others were all spotted at a family’s home where they caught Nick. Something tells me the father who saw them all will eventually be this story’s undoing. This will all catch up to them.
Renard’s brother is still MIA. Renard set something up to make it look like his brother was killed in a car accident. I wasn’t clear if he really ordered a hit on his brother, or was covering? Either way, his mother called to talk to him and congratulate him on finally getting rid of his wretched step-brother. She said they’d talk soon. Hmmmmmm . . .
Over in Europe, Stefania continued to lead Adelind in the nasty ceremony to get her powers back. Was it just me, or does Stefania’s voice sound a lot like the voice of Renard’s mother on the phone?
So I didn’t make a post about last week’s episode. I think it can be summed up in the statement “American Hillbilly Horror Story” though. What the hell was that? Precious/Queenie engaging in beastiality. Kyle and his mother getting it on? Ewww! Honestly I don’t understand this hard-on that Ryan Murphy has for Evan Peters. Tate was an ass in season 1, the alien storyline was the worst part of season 2, and now this Frankenstein Kyle in season 3 is just not needed. Please, for the love of Glee, give us an Evan Peters free season 4!
This week the truce between the white witches and Marie Laveau and her voodoo witches was broken. After Queenie did not get some “good lovin” and was left for dead, Fiona sent the head of Bastian to Marie’s shop. We did learn that Fiona’s predecessor was the one who negotiated a truce with Marie.
Meanwhile Nan could no longer hear Madison’s thoughts and called the council. We got some backstory here, as Francis Conroy’s character Myrtle Snow has always been Fiona’s enemy. They were in school together when Fiona killed the old Supreme to take over. Myrtle tried to expose her then, and failed, and she tried to expose her now for Madison’s death and failed too. The butler, who has been covering for her, is in love with Fiona. Oh and he has Madison dressed up as a living dead doll in his room. Ewwww!!!!!
Cordelia came to her mother’s defense with the council saying the Supreme is supposed to be in glowing health, even having a pink aurora to show this. However Madison had a heart murmur which was a carefully guarded secret. Did Cornelia lie for her mother? Is someone else actually the new supreme? If so, who?
Hank was away on a business trip. We learned he’s a DEA agent. He apparently hooked up with some girl he met online, screwed her like a beast, and later blew her brains out. WTF !?!?!?! When she asked him what he was last Halloween, he said “a monster!”
By the end of the show Cordelia and Fiona were in a bar getting drunk. As she puked in the bathroom, a woman in black approached Cordelia and threw acid in her face! Who was it? Marie? It looked like it, but we never saw their face. Meanwhile an army of zombies approached the school, including Madam Lalaurie’s three daughter. Oh hell!
I will say the one thing that I didn’t like was that they did not stay true to the voodoo idea of the zombie. They went with the “Walking Dead” variety. I would have liked to have seen them at least portray voodoo somewhat accurately.
Witches Of The East End: The Search For The Shifter Continues!
Posted by Dustin on 10.29.2013 at 12:01 am
So I re-watched last week’s episode before this week’s. I’m beginning to wonder if Marc Cherry is writing this show, because it seems like his MO with the major false lead we were thrown last and this week!
Wendy was determined to shut up the wife of the guy who got murdered and Joanna is accused of killing. She of course was using magic, which Joanna isn’t thrilled about. Wendy seems to magic before she thinks, causing bigger problems for all. During a public altercation she shut the woman up by causing blood to gush out of her mouth. At the hospital Dr Shirtless, I mean Dr. Rex, I mean Dr. Dash, found this nasty thing in her throat and took out. Something tells me he is going to investigate it and find out what it is . . .
Later as the woman recuperated in the hospital, Wendy visited her and sent a bewitched butterfly into her ear/head to confuse her thoughts. Ewwwwww! At least we got to see Mr. Sarah Michelle Gellar looking finnnneeeee this week as the entomologist she stole it from. I hope he comes back and isn’t just a booty call for Wendy!
Joanna meanwhile was working to track down the shifter. We learned Max Headrome was a guy Joanna knew back in Salem, clearly a fellow witch as he too is . . . or was . . . immortal. She cut of his ear back then, instead of killing him. I guess he held a grudge and was back. However this time when she caught him, she killed him for good. However not before he warned her that he was NOT the shifter who has been plaguing her. What what what? A red herring? Are you kidding me !?!?!?!?!
Freya meanwhile learned that Killian seduced and broke up Dash’s first engagement, which is why Dash is not a big fan of his brother. This threw Freya for a loop. She turned to magic to try and keep Killian from loving her, and to mend Dash and his relationship. It didn’t seem to work. Dash’s mother also had a very strange talk with Freya about her boys, how she wants them all to be a happy family again. I don’t trust her one bit. I wonder if she is the counter to Joanna’s story . . . a witch who also has two son’s destined to die and be born over and over again?
Finally Freya was determined to use magic to undo the killing curse she put on a friend. She was sure it was her friend from the library who she used magic to get pregnant, but in the end it seemed her love interest Adam (Jason George) was doomed to die. Poor Freya!
So who is the real shapeshifter out to get Joanna? Right now my money is on Dash and Killian’s mother. Something is up with her.
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It’s been a few shows since I blogged about “Grey’s.” Part of the problem is I’ve been busier than hell, part of the problem is this show is really frustrating me this season! Some thoughts on this, and the other main stories below . . .
First, it seems like for a change Meredith and Derek are the only ones happy on the show. Shocking I know! Everyone else just seems miserable. It’s not making for a fun experience.
Now that Owen is dating, Christina is predictably jealous and upset that Owen isn’t telling his new girlfriend about his amazing ex-wife. Is she for real? Of course she is, if she’s not tooting her own horn she expects everyone else too.
Christina and Meredith’s friendship is strained after Christina told Meredith that she was just not as good of a surgeon as she was, and that’s okay cause she has a family now and her priorities have changed. In the most recent episode Meredith finally fired back at her, telling her that she can have it all even if Christina chooses to eschew being a wife and a mother as second best to being a surgeon. She basically let Christina know she’s projecting her own insecurities about her failed relationship with Owen onto her.
Meredith has set out to take up an old project of her mother’s for her research project, but she was afraid to tell Christina about it because she didn’t want to hear Christina tell her it was too ambitious for her and that she couldn’t do it. Meredith was out to prove her wrong and show Christina that she could be every bit as good of a doctor as Christina is and her Sainted Mother was. I don’t understand why Christina holds Ellis up on such a pedestal as she was a pretty crappy mother and human being.
Joe learned that a patient that checked into the ER was in fact Alex’s long lost father. She did a DNA test on them both without Alex knowing to confirm it, and Alex hasn’t been happy to have found his long lost jerk of a dad. Therefore he’s taken it out on Joe, ignoring her and blowing her off. In the latest episode it looked like he and his father might have a chance at reconciliation, until his dad proved to still be a dead beat who has abandoned yet another small kid with his latest wife. Alex knocked him out, and when his dad saw the rage in his eyes, it seemed he finally realized just who Alex was.
Callie seems to be out to reclaim her life back. Yo go girl! Arizona meanwhile seems to have learned nothing, having some fling with that one intern whose name I can never remember and usually confuse with Joe. She fell for Arizona, only to be shot down by Arizona. They just seem to be making Arizona’s character more and more deplorable. She’s become the new Alex of the show! It’s funny as she used to be the one who lectured Alex on his behavior with interns at one time.
The chief has at least stop wallowing in self pity and is using his situation to teach the interns, who technically are now second year. However he’s still being pretty miserable to them.
Finally Ross is spiraling out of control over the guilt he feels about Brooke’s. He’s detached himself from Derek and chosen to work with Christina instead. Wow he must really feel guilty if he is putting himself in that kind of situation! I don’t feel bad for him though . . . I still want Brooke’s back!
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So “Dracula” finally premiered last night. It was a good show, but a little bizarre. All the characters from Stoker’s novel are there, but they are playing somewhat different parts.
It’s around 1886 and Dracula has been revived after years of imprisonment. He is now “living” in London as Andrew Grayson, and American entrepreneur. At his side is his manservant Renfield. At a large party he throws to introduce himself to society, he ends up meeting Mina, who feels she knows him. That’s because she seems to be the reincarnation of his dead wife. He also meets Mina’s boyfriend Harker, a journalist, and their friends Lucy and her guy (whose name I forget, Thomas?). Mina is a med student, working under Van Helsing, who we later learn is who revived Dracula. The twist is that Dracula isn’t all that bad. Yeah he has to feed, and he uses prostitutes to do that, but he was revived to take out an enemy he and Van Helsing have in common . . . The Order of the Dragon. These guys where the crusaders who killed Dracula’s wife and then imprisoned him in a coffin. Van Helsing also has a grudge against them. They’ve moved beyond being crusaders, now they are capitalists firmly planted in the industrial age and politics of the time. However they are no less dangerous, they are just more clever and cunning now.
The show was good, it’s just odd to see Dracula as a good guy. He’s more grayish than good I guess. He kills, but only kills to feed, and seems to prefer to kill bad people. I guess this is NBC’s answer to “Twilight” and “True Blood.”
I’m sure we will get many more backstory’s as the show goes on. I thought it was at least well made and well acted. No horrible CGI like a certain other show out there 🙂
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“Grimm” finally returned this week for its third season. Just like last season, it’s been sooooooo long since we last saw it that I had trouble remembering what was going on! Mainly with Adeline’s story more than anything.
Nick, having been zombified, was put in a coffin and was being flown back to Paris with Renard’s brother. While Renard and Hank were trying to stop them, Juliette, Monroe and Rosalee were coming up with a potion to stop all the other infected zombies. They did, but worry by time they get to Nick that it could be too late for him. Also the fact that he’s a Grimm may cause the toxins to react differently him.
They were correct about Nick. Nick woke up in a rage and caused the plane to crash! We saw the pilots and the voodoo guy were dead or dying, but Nick walked out alive. Hmmm, where is Renard’s brother? Hank got the news of the crash and they all went searching for Nick, whose gone on a rampage in some little town near the crash.
Over in Europe, Adeline and the gypsy woman killed Adeline’s other friend. They tore her to pieces, put her heart in a box, and buried her parts in a field for some kind of spell to see if Adeline would be “accepted.” I can’t recall, but I think this was an attempt for her to get her powers back in exchange for the kid? Whatever happened seemed to work, as these weird green spirits came forth and went up her nose.
We still don’t know who the father of Adeline’s kid is though, unless we learned last season and it’s been so long that I forgot!
Previews at the end showed some upcoming episodes. It looks like Nick gets back to normal, but that the experience has left him with enhanced powers somehow.
Wendy was determined to shut up the wife of the guy who got murdered and Joanna is accused of killing. She of course was using magic, which Joanna isn’t thrilled about. Wendy seems to magic before she thinks, causing bigger problems for all. During a public altercation she shut the woman up by causing blood to gush out of her mouth. At the hospital Dr Shirtless, I mean Dr. Rex, I mean Dr. Dash, found this nasty thing in her throat and took out. Something tells me he is going to investigate it and find out what it is . . . 
