I'm not going to lie - I had a few tears in my eyes. Two grandmas who fall in love with each other just before they die - It was impossible for me to not get a bit emotional (´；ω；`)
"Look at that. How dare she invade your privacy like that? It's perverse! ... God, I have to pee."
That scene made me laugh so hard :D I honestly enjoyed the dynamic with these two obsessive people and Joe's lack of self-awareness. It was weirdly entertaining.
I'm actually really glad Jasper died. I admit I wasn't a fan of him during the last episodes, but the reason why I'm glad is that he wanted to die for a long, long time now. They're in an apocalyptic world and it's so normal that some people just don't want to do this anymore, so I'm glad he didn't suddenly find a reason to keep on living. Some people just don't want to keep fighting and that's only natural, so I'm satisfied with the way this ended. It was sad and real.
That was the worst episode in my opinion. It wasn't actually that bad, but it lacked any suspense or surprises the previous episodes had. There was no real twist and the ending seemed a bit over the top. Also, I hated Waldo.
I honestly think this whole season was a waste of time because I can't even name three things that would make this season relevant. It just feels like pure filler with bad writing. I'm sure I could have skipped this whole thing and didn't miss out on anything.
- I can't believe Bear just suddenly remembered he had a camera installed. What an absolute lame "twist" to solve Kenny's death.
- Geraldine was just... pointless? I thought she might be involved with the Twelve or has some personal agenda, hidden secrets or something. But I guess the whole point of her was to have mommy issues?
- I was hoping for more infos about the Twelve when Villanelle becomes a keeper, but I neither know what a keeper even is nor do I have any more knowledge about the Twelve. Disappointing and feels like a wasted story that Villanelle tried to go up the ranks.
- The ending was okay. I wish I could be more emotionally involved, but the whole season was such a drag that I just feel... numb. It's nice they finally chose each other, but I hope that'll be relevant in the next season because the cat and mouse game gets a bit boring by now. And I hope they'll finish with season four.
I have to say that this ending wasn't really satisfying. I don't expect to get an answer to every single question because it makes sense to keep some mystery and keep some things left for a new season, but there wasn't really a conclusion. It didn't feel like a season finale. There are so many open and unanswered storylines/questions that I feel like I'll get to see another episode next week.
Don't get me wrong. It wasn't a bad season and I did enjoy it, but nothing really wrapped up at the end and that's bothering me.
What the fuck, Michaela. I'm so annoyed that she cheated on Asher with a guy from Scandal we literally just met and who won't even be relevant anymore in the next episode. It completely came out of nowhere. She and Asher have been through so much and she just cheats with some random guy from another show. Jesus Christ. I'm honestly angry at this.
I was not prepared for such a goddamn casual reveal. HOLY SHIT. What an absolutely fantastic episode! I'm still in shock.
I'm really impressed that Betty and Jughead took pictures of the car and went to the police with it. I'm not used to this. Usually teenagers in shows always want to do everything on their own. But these two made sure they have proof and informed someone. Well done.
And I'm still laughing about the fact that Archie is like a side character in his own show :D
"My first kill!"
Oh God, I never realized it's really Eren's first titan kill :'D
"Hello. You... No, fuck no, I'm not doing that."
I love how they still kept that kind of humor :D
I'm still not feeling Candace. I find her scenes a bit exhausting and she comes across as fake, but besides that the whole humor, story and mood really felt like season 1. I just hope Love will have more depth and not just be a manic pixie dream girl, but it seems likely things will take a crazy turn again, so I'm looking forward to more.
Looking extremely DILF-y today.
Oh God, Cheryl.
Wow, that interrogation scene with Ani was so fucking dumb.
Cop: "So you're gonna tell me who did it?"
Ani: "Yeah, but before that I'll rat out every single other person and reveal their darkest secrets because they all had motives, even though none of them actually did it. iT's AlL AbOut HomECOminG NigHt ANd EverYOne HAd A ReAsoN!!!"
Speaking of my biggest complaint - Fuck Ani. I barely made it through this season and was close to dropping it because I couldn't focus on anything else than how goddamn annoying and bad her character was. And now she's a love interest and will be in the next season. Holy shit.
I'm not satisfied that they shifted the blame to Monty. Not at all. It just feels so frustrating to watch how that goddamn Mary Sue even convinced a cop to lie. Yes, it was his son, but it doesn't feel any better. This is not How To Get Away With Murder.
What will the next season even be about? Who killed Monty and that gun from the ocean (had to read comments to figure out that was Tyler's bag from season 2)? And wasn't Bryce having some "blunt force trauma" and a gaping hole in his head? But guess that isn't relevant anymore...
I said it before and I'll say it again - Bryce should've been the narrator. We should've seen from his perspective how and why he tries to becomes a better person. As an unreliable narrator it would've made more sense to see him being nice suddenly. Though that part still doesn't make sense to me - Why did he suddenly try to get better? Because some rich kids made mean comments, he fell in love with a "special girl" and had an epiphany? Nah, miss me with that shit and try better. We're talking about the guy who got hard thinking about rape and showed no remorse until this season. His scenes were nice, but made no sense to me in the bigger scheme of things.
So instead of having Dylan and Haley move in the empty apartment above Cam and Mitch where they could learn to be independent but also be close enough for emergencies we get more of Pam (by far the least likeable character) and her pointless son, and Haley is back into the basement. Who thought it's a good idea to have more of Pam instead of giving Luke, Alex or Manny some proper story line?
So my queerdar is still working perfectly because I thought since the first episode Peach was having a crush on Beck :D Actually really liked the twist of Joe "competing" against another stalker which also lead to a lot of funny lines (especially him trying to catch up with Peach jogging).
I don't hate Beck, but it was hard to watch her in this episode. She didn't even bother to stop Peach from rummaging through Joe's apartment, then she casually mentioned Peach tried to kill herself multiple times but apparently it's no reason to get her into a hospital.
Why the hell would Clarke throw the worms just at the ground and let them crawl around there? Jesus Christ. Now the only question who these worms will attack.
"Call it off. You're a dictator, right?" Monty might not have many lines (unfortunately), but when he talks he just drops truth bombs. God bless.
But fuck Octavia for destroying his farm. She doesn't deserve any kind of redemption arc. I'm angry because it could've helped them and because Monty didn't deserve that. He finally deserves something good.
I find Jughead a bit exhausting at the moment.
Dude, you've been in the gang for like three months and even life-long Serpents like Toni can take the jacket off during the school day, so please chill and sit down, Jug.
All in all I enjoyed this show much more than I thought I would. I just started watching it because I was looking for a new show and my expectations were really low. The show is cheesy, a bit over the top and there are quite a few stereotypes, but at the same time it has a certain charm. I'm actually excited for a new season :)
Another nice episode.
I really liked the idea of it (getting blackmailed and not knowing what your blackmailer actually wants) and the plot twist at the end was great! I honestly didn't expect that. By now I'm used to paying attention and I usually have a lot of theories and try to find subtle clues, but somehow I didn't see that one coming. I was so naive and thought the main character was really just masturbating. I just started to get skeptical when he even agreed to rob a bank, but I still couldn't figure out what's exactly going on.
By the way, if you rewatch the beginning you might notice the scene with the little girl which seems creepy in retrospect. But at that point I really thought it was to show that he's just a nice young guy.
Well done. Another plot twist I haven't seen coming like that. And of course the acting was incredible again :)
I really, really love deep and emotional friendships, especially when two people are even so comfortable and trusting around each other that they'll cuddle and hold each other (platonically). So when I saw the scenes with Bonnie and Frank I was so happy at first because they seemed to have such a strong bond and it was adorable to watch them cuddle and support each other.
But of course it turned into something sexual. And I'm so, so, so goddamn tired of it. This show turns nearly every friendship into something weird and sometimes it's even completely out of character and out of the blue (cough Laurel and Wes cough). And it just adds even more unnecessary and forced relationship drama.
TL;DR Please keep some friendships alive! Friendships are good! Not everything needs to be sexual!
Whoever talks shit about Monty deserves to be hit lbh.
I'm actually not a fan of all the cheating/love triangles right now : Jean/Jakob/Remi, Otis/Meave/Ola, Eric/Adam/Rahim, possibly Otis/Ola/Lily. I hope this will resolve rather quickly because I'm usually just bored with love triangles. Most of the time we know who'll be together anyway.
Big applause for the ace representation though! I actually don't think I've ever seen a show where someone comes out as asexual. And the explanation was done so well by Jean. The way she explained some ace people still want romantic relationships and some ace people don't care about that at all made me so, so happy!
Get some goddamn curtains, Beck. How can anyone have such huge windows on the first floor right next to a busy street and then not add any kind of curtains or blinds. Drove me crazy just watching this.
But I really enjoyed this episode. The first ten minutes already had me hooked. The voiceover reminded me of Dexter, the camera work was nice and I was really pleasantly surprised to see that this show even took a really dark turn at the end.
Bellamy: "We're talking about taking one life to save hundreds."
Monty: “Oh really? Then let’s kill Octavia."
[silence]
Monty: “That’s what I thought.”
Same, Monty, same. Now I hope his algae will really win this war.
I think it would've been pretty cool to actually see them killing Octavia, but this just feels like another cheap near-death. Not really happy with that.
I'm already tired of Octavia's storyline tbh. I feel like this has happened so many times before - A person tries to cut off all emotions to become strong and fearless and yells "love is weakness". I'm not into her storyline.
"All of me for all of us" All things still point towards cannibalism. At least I'm excited how this will play out.
Oof, that was a lot to take in and I'm not quite sure where to start.
All in all I actually enjoyed this season much more. I felt like season 1 dragged on for too long and sometimes I was bored, though it might also be relevant to say that I read the book, so I knew most of the plot. The second season was more exciting for me and I think a big reason was that Clay wasn't the main character - We had all different kind of views and characters. It made it much more interesting.
The bathroom scene was completely shocking - I skipped through Hannah's rape scene in the last season, but this scene with Tyler was so quick that I was just staring at my screen and then it was already over. I honestly had to pause the video for a bit because I was feeling sick and I was crying. But now comes the point where I have to disagree with many people - I don't think it was unnecessary. The whole scene itself could've been done in a less explicit way, definitely, but I do think addressing the male on male rape and the continuing and even worse abuse Tyler suffered was relevant (though that should never excuse the planned shooting). And teenagers raping other teenagers with objects is so much more common than some people seem to think. It's not far-fetched.
So the only problem here for me is how graphic it was and I wish I would have been able to skip it, but society still acts like male on male rape is non-existent or even funny, so a show dealing seriously with it is something I welcome.
But I have to say I have a huge problem with the ending.
We were probably all wondering if the school shooting would happen or not because the "hints" have been there since the beginning (even at the end of the last season). I was never sure if they were using it as red herrings or if Tyler might get stopped while he's still planning it. So now I actually thought this would end with him shooting some people we know. To me it felt like the weirdest anti-climatic way to end it - Clay talking to Tyler instead of calling the cops and Tyler running away.
Which is actually my big problem with it - They definitely seem to have a third season planned and we are left with a bunch of cliffhangers which I really dislike. They had a chance to tie up some of the storylines in a slightly better way (skipping Chloe's pregnancy, having more moments with Jessica/Justin, not having Justing use heroin again etc) and the end with the dance would have been good. It wouldn't have been a perfect happy end, but it would have been bittersweet. But instead we are left with this. I know how bad it sounds to say "I wish they went through with the school shooting", but I think this would have been a much better idea than just having Clay talk to Tyler for two minutes.
I also think it's weird to have school shootings as a taboo in shows - Nowadays this topic is even more relevant than ever and I really hope Netflix didn't change the ending because of the recent Santa Fe shooting. Especially because of the recent shootings we shouldn't ignore such topics.
So I'm really angry that literally the last episode destroyed a lot of the progress we made (Justin getting clean, Tyler working on himself, Alex and Jessica getting together etc) and the only reason I can see is that they want to make a third season.
Come on, Eric cheating on Adam was so unnecessary.
They're still trying to make their relationship work and this whole season just showed all the effort Adam puts into it (improving his grades, writing poetry, having open conversations, managing his anger issues). Meanwhile Eric gets upset when Adam doesn't want sex or when he's worried about Eric in Nigeria? And now Eric cheats on him? I'm all for multi-dimensional characters, but would be great to see some effort or good side of Eric in this season.
Take a shot everytime Laurel yells "bUt He WaS tHe LoVe Of My LiFe" and then conveniently forgets how she cheated on him and was only with him for a few weeks.
Normally it should really help her to have some empathy for Bonnie, but nope. I'm still down for a "Laurel has psychopathic tendencies and really killed her mother" story line because that would actually explain some of her behavior.
Well, we all saw the cannibalism coming, so not surprising. Personally I didn't find it surprising either that Octavia killed people for not eating. My guess was she would throw them in the pit, but the death penalty for refusing to eat was kind of expected too.
Now I just wonder if the rations may still have human meat in it, considering how often they mention these rations and how the camera always shows exactly who eats it (like Bellamy and Monty in this episode).
But Jesus, they really had to make that meat in the most repulsive form - a raw square piece of meat that has the consistency of jelly presented on a single plate. At least make it a bit easier for people to eat that.
