Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 4 "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" Review

With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with Klingons, Burnham begins to settle into her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.

This was a really entertaining and interesting episode that was really interesting to see how everything played out. I enjoyed watching Michael finding her place aboard the Discovery and figuring out her new work position which was to find out more information on the creature that attacked her in the last episode and turn it into a weapon. And I really loved when the truth came out about the creature that she refers to as Ripper and how it is connected to the warp system by it essentially being the navigator. I really hope that in the episodes to come Michael will come up with some kind of device to help the creature to navigate without it causing so much pain, or somehow gain the creature's trust enough that the creature will navigate without needing to be hooked up. Then all the moments with the Klingons were interesting with there continued war between one another about which families should rule in this war environment and which should go away. And I really enjoyed the ending of this episode for the Klingons where one was left behind and he has become determined to get his revenge and prove himself to the rest of the Klingons and win this war for himself. Then the ending where Michael opens the gift from her old captain was really great and I can't wait to see her used the telescope in some way. And just overall this was a really interesting and entertaining episode and I'm really excited to see what will happen next.   

Inhumans Season 1 Episode 3 "Divide and Conquer" Review

The Inhumans desperately search for each other in the wake of Maximus' coup; they must learn who they can trust on Earth.

This was an interesting and entertaining episode that wasn't the best because it was very similar to the last episode, but this episode did have some really great and highlight moments. And I really enjoyed all the moments with Black Bolt in prison and watching him gain a friend who is also inhuman. And also having this scientist who is also coming for him which I want to know what that is all about because I want to know if the scientist actually knows who he is or if he wants to just research Black Bolt or turn him into a weapon. Then everything around Medusa wasn't the best because it was very reminiscent of Black Bolt from the last episode where she is just doing whatever she wants without really thinking about the consequences. I am really happy that the one scientist lady who is looking into what was going on with the moon finally has made a connection to the rest of the group by the end of this episode with her now being partnered up with Medusa as they continue to try and follow Black Bolt. Then everything with Gorgon was really fun with him finally getting his moment to fight and it was really cool to see some of the inhumans that were brought down to fight him and the main one that they showed off being someone who can move plants around which is very helpful when you're in the jungles of Hawaii. Then the moments with Karnak where not the best and seemed kind of pointless with him giving up on his mission to protect his king because he thinks of himself as broken. Then the moments with Maximus and Crystal were very similar to the last episode where it is Maximus trying to convince Crystal to join his side. I am really happy that Crystal finally managed to get away and is now on earth and I can't wait to see what might happen to her next. Then I really enjoyed the flashback moments in this episode even though they were very similar to the last episode with them showing Black Bolt gaining his abilities and struggling with how he can be king and have these abilities, and Maximus being very present in the background and being very jealous of his brother. I very curious to know if the reason Black Bolt was locked up in that one room where he and Madusa first met because he killed his parents with his voice or was it something else that came later. And just overall this was a really entertaining and interesting episode to watch and see everything play out.  

Inhumans Season 1 Episode 2 "Those Who Would Destroy Us" Review

The Royal Family is separated and scattered in Hawaii, hunted by the royal guard. Black Bolt is arrested while his brother takes over as King.

This was a really interesting and entertaining episode that did a good job of picking up where the last episode left off and really showed how each of the royal family deals with their situation. The moments with Medusa were really interesting with her trying to find Black Bolt and the loved the moment between the two of them where Medusa asks him for any kind of sign to let her know he's okay and he just has her listen to his heartbeat, to me that was just a perfect moment for the two of them. Then I really enjoyed all the moments with Gorgon and him deciding that he is not just going to sit around and wait and see what will happen to him instead he is going to stand his ground and fight whoever comes for him. And him making friends with these random beachgoers was really fun to see. Then all the moments with Karnak were really interesting with him struggling through the jungle trying to find Black Bolt but he has a really bad concussion that is messing with his skills. And I'm really curious to know if they gave Inhuman abilities to Karnak because in the comics he refused to gain powers and instead he trained himself in these skills, but in this show, it really seems like there push more than his tactical foresight is a special ability and not a skill. And then with that I'm very curious as to what they are doing with Maximus because they really seem to be pushing on the idea that he is just a human and that the Mist turned him human, while in the comics everyone believed that until he took over and started showing his powers so I want to know if they are going to stick with the human side of him or when are they going to show his powers. Then all the moments with Crystal where alright with Maximus trying to get her to tell the public that he is king now. Then I liked the moment with Maximus going into the mines and trying to get the lower classes on his side. Then the moments with Black Bolt were really fun and really interesting with him just not understanding how he should behave on Earth and it causing a lot of trouble for him. It was a little annoying how when Black Bolt does get arrested how they keep trying to push him to talk and then when his started signing to him they just seem to ignore that and think that he is a jerk for not talking but at least he is working with them. And just overall this was a really interesting and entertaining episode and I'm really curious to see what will happen next.   

The Orville Season 1 Episode 5 "Pria" Review

Ed becomes smitten with the captain of a stranded ship, but Kelly suspects all is not what it seems.

This was a really entertaining and interesting episode that got a little confusing and hard to follow but still, it was interesting to see how everything turned out. I really liked what they did with the character of Pria she was really interesting to see how her whole story played out and how she was portrayed and what they had her do was just all really interesting. Then the truth about Pria was a weird twist of events and the whole idea of time travel and changing history was a little weird and hard to follow in my opinion. Because they talked about how if Pira wasn't there to help them everyone on the Orville would have died and because on history they can't go around being alive. Which is odd to me because once Pria did save the Orville all of that original timeline kind of got thrown out the window so it shouldn't have mattered as much as they put it out there as mattering. I did like the moments with Kelly in this episode with her realizing that something is not right with Pira so she is kind of trying to figure out if what she is doing is because she wants to protect the ship or out of jealousy for Ed affection towards Pria. And I loved the moment once everything was settled where Ed and Kelly had a conversation and decided that from now on they would trust each other for the safety of the ship and not let there past history get in the way as much. Then the moments between Isaac and Gordon were fun with Gordon trying to teach Isaac about humor and he tries to show Isaac about pranks and when Isaac tries to get back at him things don't go as planned and all that was just really funny. Then how the team actually got the ship back from Pria was really fun with how they communicated with each other without Pria catching on. And just overall this was a really fun and entertaining episode and I'm really excited to see what will happen next.  

Gotham Season 4 Episode 3 "They Who Hide Behind Masks" Review

Gordon travels to Miami hoping to convince Carmine Falcone to help him fight the Penguin, only to have his daughter follow him back to Gotham.


This was a really interesting and okay episode that did have some really great moments to it. I was a little disappointed that this episode had nothing to do with Scarecrow because he was the main part of this beginning half of this season that I'm looking forward to. There was a lot of focus on Bruce in this episode which was alright because there were some okay moments. I did like how all of this episode was very Bruce's focus and how it all tied back to Ra's al Ghul with one of the main things being around Bruce needing to obtain a knife that Ra's al Ghul also wants. I especially enjoyed those moments because it also hinted that maybe Barbra's mysterious benefactor is Ra's al Ghul because she is also on a quest to obtain this knife. And I really want to know what this knife does because when Barbra is confronted by a league member they seem really happy that Bruce has the knife. And I want to know if Barbra was resurrected in the Lazarus pit and fit she has trained with Ra's al Ghul and has some of his fight skills. Then all the moments with Gordon in Miami was really interesting especially in the moments with Sofia and she seems like such an interesting character that I really excited to see what she is going to do in Gotham. And I really don't believe what Sofia was saying where she forgave Gordon for killing her brother I think she will work with him for a time but eventually, she will get her revenge. And just overall this was a really entertaining and interesting episode to watch and see how everything turned out.   

American Horror Story: Cult Episode 5 "Holes" Review

 

Beverly's journalistic integrity is called into question; Kai plans to broadcast a gruesome murder committed by the cult; Ally's phobias reach a new low.

This was a really entertaining and interesting episode that did a lot of going back where episode three left off but there is a bit of a gap in time between those two episodes. There were so many really cool reveals in this episode one of them being that yes Winter is a part of the cult, but it was shown that Ivy is a part of the cult which just blew my mind. And I'm very curious to see how all this is going to turn out because in this episode Ally found out the truth about Ivy when Meadow came to her looking for help. Then the parts with the cult were very interesting as there having the story jump back and forth through time as the group is progressing there skills and understanding more what they need to do to create fear in people. The main kill that the cult did in this episode was really great with them going after Beverly's boss so that she can more freely show some of the cult's activities on the news, and them just finding out all these secrets about Beverly's boss was really great. Then it was interesting with the cult and them realizing that now they have more power it is a lot easier to start getting rid of the weaker links, so it was interesting to start seeing them turn on each other. Then the part of the episode where it showed Kai's supposed backstory was really great and I kind of hope that he is lying. Because before he started talking it was commented that he has made up a lot of different stories about himself and I kind of hope this is another fake one and someone figures that out and goes into the locked room to find no bodies. Then I really enjoyed the revealed of even more members of the cult where it was shown that the detective is a member as well as Ally's therapist but the therapist isn't just a member he is also Kai's older brother. And just overall this was a really great and interesting episode and I'm so excited to see where they will go from here.

The Gifted Season 1 Episode 1 "eXposed" Review

A suburban family is forced to go on the run when the children are discovered to possess mutant powers.

This was a very interesting and entertaining episode That I do have to be completely honest originally I was not going to watch this show at all it just didn't seem all that interesting and really seemed like a Heroes rip off. But I say all the images from the show and who was going to be members of the underground mutants and with two of the members being Blink and Polaris I thought I had to give this show a chance and I was really surprised because it is kind of good. There were definite moments where it felt like Heroes with the family being these kids with powers and their father works for a group trying to shut down people with powers and he has to choose between his family or his career. But it also was a little different with the father only being an attorney and not one of the heads running the whole operation. I did really like how the dad managed to get in contact with the underground mutant because he was working on building up a case against them and somehow he got contact information on them. Then the two kids with powers were very interesting with them having very similar powers but they kind of differed on the emotions used to bring up the powers. Like the boy's powers are based on anger and fear while the girls are a lot calmer and with that, the girl's powers are a lot more wind like while the boys are a lot more destructive, but maybe that could just be because he is in less control then she is. Then the mother of this family was really kind of annoying because she really seemed to not know what to think and she seemed really overemotional and all her moments just felt really unnecessary to everything that was going on. I really did enjoy that they did introduce the Sentinels Security because the Sentinels are such an iconic part of the x-men world that the minute they showed up and said there name I was so excited. And I'm very curious to see what they are going to do because the Sentinels are usually robots so having human agents instead is really interesting and maybe as the story progresses they introduce the robots into everything. Then the whole underground mutants group I really enjoyed with Blink being new to the group so she is still trying to figure out where she fits in. Then with Polaris, she was the one mutant who was captured and they have her held up in a Magneto-like prison and she is there showing off a bit. Then Thunderbird they did a fairly good job showing off some of what he can do with him using his senses to track people. Then the new mutant who was introduced especially for this show Eclipse is very interesting and I kind of want to know more about him and all of what his powers do because there was a scene in this episode where he gets shot and instead of bleeding blood he bleeds light So does he have like a sun inside of him or what is up there. Then the whole relationship between Polaris and Eclipse I'm okay with because as far as I can remember Polaris never really had a serious relationship with anyone so to bring in someone new is kind of fun because it is a whole new story that they can play with. And just overall this was a really interesting and great episode that was dedicated a lot to just set things up for the episodes to come.