Reviews

First I'd say I love this show. Which is strange really because I usually prefer serious crime solving shows (like Criminal Minds for example). I hardly ever watch comedy shows and very little drama. Im more drawn towards mysteries, crimes, horror and action. When I heard about this show I was very skeptical. How can death and crimes work together with humor and fun? Well, I gave this show a chance and it actually works!

Surprisingly, I'm watching it because it's light hearted fun! I love the jokes and lightness of this show (not so much the 80's and the movies references cause usually I don't get them). Shawn is very smart and perceptive and yet funny and immature. He has a personality that just makes you like him. He knows how to balance the seriousness and silliness in a perfect way. I love watching the flashbacks to his childhood and his relationship with his dad and also with Carlton (both are more serious and mature characters). I like Vick and Jules too.

This episode was a lot more serious than usual. CAREFUL, SPOILERS ALERT! The first part was good, serial killer vs psychic, riddles and danger all around but then they got real serious when Shawn's mom was taken. I can say I liked the way it ended. The serial killer just let him win. Obviously that's not the end of it and although I don't know, I'm pretty sure Mr Yin/yang is actually a couple (that Mary guy looks like a good option). Or maybe she has something else in store for Shawn. Either way it was solved in a very unsatisfactory way. I usually love stories that go beyond one episode but something about the way she gave up and just gave him the switch was bizarre and unsettling. I also did not like the whole Abigail-Jules mess up at the end. I'm not a huge fun of this whole "will they/won't they". I've seen it done so many times (Bones for example). I prefer they just pick a lane and stick with it (like on Elementary - no romance from start to finish). I don't particularly enjoy the romantic tension and dragging it for seasons on end. I'd rather they just be a couple from the start (it would be way more refreshing to see a married couple working well together than for the millionth time wondering if they end up together or not). Shawn and Jules clearly have a connection between them and for three seasons I watched them flirt and pull back. Now that Jules decided to go for it Shawn is suddenly unavailable with "the one that got away". Come on! Stop dragging it out so much! I also didn't like that Shawn was the serious one and Gus was the goofy one (doesn't work, Gus looks silly). Oh and are we really supposed to buy that Shawn rejected Jules to go on a date with Gus. I get that maybe he's not ready yet and a romantic relationship between him and Jules would complicate their working relationship but flat out rejection is a bit too much.

So this is why I have mixed feelings about this episode. The storyline with the serial killer was interesting but the balance between the serious side and the light side was somewhat ruined. Plus, the unsatisfying midway conclusion and the sort of like romantic triangle just didn't sit right with me.

Fun episode as usual but I gotta say that I totally felt bad for Henry. I mean, come on! You can win but still buy the guy a present. Poor guy was left losing the holiday bet and without a gift?! Not cool lol. But the rest of the episode was fun. I especially liked the story of Santa and his little girl but I didn't understand why Santa (Carl) did not tell Shawn and the cops who is likely responsible for the murder. M He knew the third partner got out of jail and started a fight because he was in jail with the Krav Maga guy so he asked Shawn for protection without telling him who he's afraid of? That's weird. Maybe I missed something but something didn't add up there...

This story is absolutely unbelievable and not only because of the criminal behavior. Which was definitely creepy and extremely weird (he was practically begging the police and the media to believe Denis and for the police to catch him).

What was more incredible to me was how incompetent the police were. I get tunnel vision, in a way, while still wrong, it's understandable but here we have police officers and FBI agents who didn't even bother to investigate. How hard was it to check surveillance cameras? It happened in 2015 so even though I'm not familiar with the area I think its a safe bet to assume they had some. Then you have a group of girls following the perpetrator and actually giving the police his name and address and still nothing was done? How hard was it to put surveillance on him for a few nights and catch him during the act? Then you have a woman who was attacked at her home in the middle of the night and an officer asked her if she is sure it wasn't a dream. Seriously????

I get that not every crime could be solved but one would expect the authorities to at least try. The boyfriend told them about the ransom call and they didn't monitor his phone? Forget monitor, turn the damn thing on! And if that's not bad enough they go out to the public and smear the victims?! They should have gotten a lot more than 2.5 million dollars! And where is the apology and consequences?! Of course no where to be seen!

Lastly, and this is the most unbelievable thing to me, does they not have computers?! Cause I'm pretty sure we had computers back in 2015! The good detective was working very hard to try identify who the blond hair belonged to and she found out about the "gone girl" case from a witness she was talking to by accident. Do they not have a software that detectives can log into and search for similar crimes? How many crimes involves home invasion+kidnapping+rape+ blackout goggles+Mustang in California?!

This is all so unbelievable! Way more than the bizarre behavior of the criminal who clearly suffers from some sort of mental illness. I can almost understand him more than I can understand the incompetence of the authorities we are supposed to trust in an hour of need to help us. Watching this makes you want to arm yourself and never trust anyone.

Oh and one more thing, the criminal said something I really agree with. I'm an animal lover and let me tell you, every house should have a dog! There are so many dogs who desperately need a home. Even a small dog could be a huge deterrent and of great value. My friend has a very small dog and last year she was woken up by his barks at 03:00AM. She was home alone. Her husband had taken the kids to his parents for the weekend and she decided to stay home and catch up on some work. When she woke up she realized there's movement outside her back door. She realized two guys were trying to get inside her house so she immediately grabbed her phone and a knife and and screamed to the intruders that she is armed and already called the police. She than took her dog and her phone (and the knife) and locked herself in the bathroom. The police arrived ten minutes later and the intruders were nowhere to be found. They heard her and vanished. Many criminals are just looking for an easy opportunity. Maybe they thought no one was home and decided to rob the place but once they heard she is armed and called the police they run away. That little dog saved her from a a way more frightening and dangerous situation. So my advice to anyone reading this, whether you are a woman living alone or a couple or a family - get a dog people! They will fill your hearts with joy and keep you safe.

I'm binge watching the show and so far I like it but I was disappointed by the way the story with the man with the tattoo ended. When he broke into Mickey's house and we found out who he was it seems like he was a very clever psychopath. I was looking forward to watching Mickey and him battle and Mickey eventually outsmart him but they ended this story in about five minutes. It was very anticlimactic. So as it turned out he wasn't clever at all, he was just being stupid. I get that as a defense lawyer Mickey has dealt with dangerous people before but this murderer was clearly threatening him and his family. I don't know about the legal side of things. I always thought that if there's a conflict of interest the lawyer has to go with his first client but I guess in a situation like this he has no choice but to drop the first guy. It was just solve too fast and way too easy for my liking. I was expecting this guy to be more of a threat especially considering it was so hard to find him. I don't know if it's the same as the storyline in the books and I don't mind watching short legal stories among the main one but I had high hopes for this storyline and I didn't feel like it paid off.

I really enjoyed this season. I just finished binge watching it and I can't wait for a second season.

This last episode was good. I really enjoyed the scenes at the containers lot and at Camp David (especially the scene near the helicopter).

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As for the season final, I was mostly satisfied with it. It's great to see the good guys win! They tied up the loose ends and finished the story quite nicely. I was a little disappointed that Peter's father was not the good guy Peter thought he was. I was hoping he was framed and that Peter would get the chance to clear his name. I know it's a cliche and it's been done a million times before but I don't care. I love watching the good guys win and I thought that maybe the season would end with Peter finding new information about his father. Something that would be a stepping stone for next season. It's just makes sense, since Peter is such a decent person with good moral values that so was the man who raised him. I was hoping he would be able to clear his name but I guess they didn't want to go down that road. They did leave lots of room for more to come since Peter is now a Night Agent. Not really sure how Rose fits into it though. It would be great to see them work together again. It's a shame she wasn't recruited somehow to join the FBI. With some good training she could easily work with Peter and the both of them can do whatever it was her aunt and uncle were doing. I guess we'll have to wait and see what is coming next for the two of them. I hope we see Chelsea again too btw. I loved her character.

I also loved that they didn't end the show with a cliffhanger. I guess they didn't know what success this show would have and they wanted to give the viewers a decent ending just in case. I very much appreciate it! I hate watching shows that ends without giving the viewers the answers we were looking for. It makes me feel like I've wasted my time and it's very frustrating.

So all in all it was a great show and I would definitely watch the second season once it's released.

I loved the show and I thought the ending was pretty good. I enjoy watching the good guys win! I really hate it when the writers are so focused on ending the show with a twist that they ruin it. It didn't happen here. The ending was good.

The funny thing is that by the end of the season we get to know who is Erin Carter without really knowing who she is. Her background story is a bit vague. We know her mother left her when she was six years old and that she went from one foster home to another until she grew up and decided to join the police. We don't know who her mother was, why she abandoned her and what was her real name but we learn who she is as a person, what she's been through and what really matters to her so basically we don't know who was Erin Carter but we know who she is now.

We don't get all the answers to all of our questions but that leaves room for a second season. What happened to the gold? What's next for Erin Carter? What is her old boss planning for her? Will she stay where she is or will they sell the house and move somewhere else? Who is the big boss? Who is above Daniel Lang? Do they know about Erin? Will they come after her? Will she continue working as a teacher? I'd love to find out which means I'd definitely watch a second season!

I wasn't expecting to love this movie so much but I really enjoyed it! It was intriguing, original, emotional and super creepy!

It's definitely not your typical horror movie (with tons of gore and jump scares). It's a mixture of horror and thriller and it has a supernatural ingredient which is really interesting and unique.

I found the plot to be very unique and original. Most horror movie that have a supernatural element usually includes demons and stuff like that. Here it's different. The supernatural element helps instead of hurting the main characters. I found that to be really cool (and creepy).

The main actors are children and I was surprised with how good the acting was. The connection between brother and sister was very powerful and I was really rooting for them. Ethan Hawke was also very good! Totally creeped me out! The mask was for once actually scary and so was the way he was looking and talking to the boy.

I read some reviews that complained that there was no explanation for why he took the kids and for the supernatural element but honestly it didn't bother me that much. I would have liked to know the background story of the phone. One of the murdered children said the kidnapper can hear the ring too. I wonder why that is. What's the story behind it? Also seems like there's a story behind the basement. Maybe the kidnapper was locked there too as a child? We don't get the answers but the story is still very very good! So different from the usual horror movies. It's hard for me to find horror movies that I actually like because usually they include really dumb characters and lots of gore which is more gross than scary. This movie was more creepy and suspenseful than scary but if you ask me that's a good thing! I'm usually not looking for anything original and unique. I'm very happy with movies that are just good but I found the movie to be both good and original. It kinda reminded me of another horror movie that I really loved called Happy Death day. They are both similar not in style but in the fact that the supernatural element is unusual and helpful. Just to be clear, Happy Death Day has a comical element to it. This movie is not like that. This movie is more dark and creepy but both are original and great if you ask me.

I read they are planning on doing a sequel. I'd definitely watch that! If you like horror movies and suspense movies I'd definitely recommend giving this one a chance. I really liked it!

Although I'm not a big Liam Neeson fan, I have seen a lot of his movies because I like this type of genre.

The story here is actually pretty good. A hedge fund guy takes his kids to school and is being blackmailed to do things when a mysterious caller claims there's a bomb in the car under his seat.

The first 70 minutes are pretty good. The story is believable and the acting is convincing. Then the story completely falls off the rails and becomes as unrealistic as it can get.

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Once the children are out of the car and Matt decides to take off it gets so unrealistic that it's almost laughable. First, the bomb would have exploded when he run into the cops cars. Second, how exactly did he evade the police chasing him (convenient). Third, it was very easy to predict who the perpetrator was. Forth, even if you're willing to believe that the accident wouldn't have caused the bomb to explode he would have been dead before he hit the water. And those are just the bigger problematic things about the way this story ends. I actually prefer action thrillers that are more realistic so it a shame they went this way.

On the plus side, the movie was still enjoyable. The acting was good and for once we didn't get to see Liam Neeson in some ridiculous fight scene (he's over seventy so it's getting ridiculous to see him win physical fights with villains that are half his age).

If you are a Liam Neeson fan or if you love these kind of films and you don't mind suspending your disbelief you can enjoy this movie. It's predictable and flawed but still entertaining.

I just finished binge watching the four seasons and I must say I especially liked this last one. I haven't read the books so I can't comment on that but even though I liked it I do have some small issues with this season that I'd like to point out. First one, which I must say is a big one for me, I wanted to SEE the characters when they found out the truth. I wanted to see Strike and Robin tell the daughter what happened to her mother and I also wanted to see them tell the father that they found his daughter. I hate it when they skip this part. They (the writers presumably) might think it's a waste of time repeating it to the characters but I strongly disagree. It's not enough for the audience to figure out what had happened. I want to see the revelations and the reactions of those people. The father was looking for his daughter for half a century. The daughter grew up not knowing what happened to her mother. If it was up to me, I would have liked to even see her friends reactions. Her best friend and the one who run away overseas because she thought she was the reason Margo disappeared and presumably murdered. I don't like it when I get to see the characters suffering but not the relief of finding out the truth. Second, I think TB as Strike is doing excellent job. He is very convincing! I enjoyed watching the personal stories about his childhood. Robin on the other hand is a different story. I really like HG as Robin at first but something changed and she is no longer behaving the same. I feel like she's become a little annoying. It's hard to put a finger on it but maybe it's the fact that she has way too much confidence in her abilities. Strike is the lead character and I don't think it makes much sense that they are equal in their detective abilities. She can be talented but experience is important and Strike has a lot of experience. I just didn't feel like it was quite right. Oh and I didn't like that they changed her hair color either btw. I also thought there was a lot of fuss about Ricci and his father and it turned out to be not important. There was no conclusion on them so they were basically just a distraction. Also, something about the flow of the season wasn't right either. Could be editing but there were gaps and time jumps that didn't work out. Lastly, I'm not a fan of the whole "will they, won't they" thing. If they are meant to be together just get it over with and have them work the cases while being a couple. If not then skip this part. Personally I don't see what's the problem. It's a show, not real life, they can be a couple that works together. Just pick one and don't mess with the audience because I think it's supposed to be more about the mystery they're looking to solve and less of a soap opera love story. With that said, I still enjoyed watching it. Missing person stories are very interesting and this one was very good.

Please be careful, huge spoilers ahead!

I enjoyed the show up until this last episode. I don't think it makes much sense and I have too many unanswered questions. It's not that I mind the way the story turned out, it's actually clever, but the build up wasn't done right plus it made everything pointless. If Maya already knew who killed her sister and her husband then what was she doing running around the entire show? What was she trying to figure out? All that chasing was absolutely pointless. Why would she do this? Makes no sense.

The storyline is very complicated. Many characters and plots that don't really work together. Maybe in the book it does but in the show they leave us with too many unanswered questions and unexplained behaviors. I don't understand for example why was she suspicious of her husband in the first place? Why did she decide to confront him in a public place she knew she can be seen? If she didn't know why he did that then why shoot him without getting answers and if she did then again, all that running around was pointless. Why did he kill the captain of the yacht? There were three other witnesses so what about them? Why was the audio so important in the first place? The fact she killed innocent civilians is worse than the fact she disobeyed orders so what's the big deal? Why was she even abroad when her sister was killed? Clearly it happened after he published his story so wasn't she fired by then?

The background stories aren't strong either. Clearly he was a psychopath that enjoyed killing people but do I buy that he killed this kid because he was better than him in soccer?! And also his own brother cause he was having second thoughts? I don't know if I buy it but more importantly is the relationship between the husband and wife. We were shown that they were in love and happy. There was no reason to suspect she had any idea she was married to a psychopath so then why suspect him? There's something really missing in the development of the show. She also pretty much committed suicide so she was leaving her daughter without any parents. Why was it so important to her to take the family down? Her own daughter should have been way more important.

There are unanswered questions regarding the other stories too like why was the detective on meds in the first place and why did the sister give away her first born for adoption without even telling the dad?

The story is complex and the pieces of the puzzle just don't fit right if you ask me. It felt like once again someone was more worried about creating a twist than ending the story right. Maybe it works better in the book but to me it felt wrong and unsatisfying. Oh and the whole 18 years later was so lame!! Really really awful! Did not like that part either!

I enjoyed the show but I'm not happy with the ending. Every time they do this I feel cheated not surprised or amazed. I don't understand why they keep doing it. Tying the loose ends is way more important than making a surprising twist ending. When will the writers learn this? Can't a story just be good? We aren't alway looking for the next big thing. Sometimes you just want to enjoy a good story. Shame.

I think this show was a good show but I wasn't satisfied with this last episode. I didn't like the way it unfolded, it didn't feel right to me. Some parts were forced, some major questions remained unanswered and some parts were downright silly. Here are few examples: (CAREFUL, SPOILERS ALERT!!)

• I was wondering the whole time how exactly did her husband get involved with these hardcore criminals. He was supposedly a good regular guy with a wife and two kids. The wife said they used to work together before her daughter was born so considering she's about seven years old something really BIG had to happen in those seven years that caused her husband to start working for them. I'm sure he was stressed with money considering he had a mortgage, a housewife and two children to support but that's not enough. What was the connection between them? Why did they even trust him? Was he threatened? What was the story behind that? We got zero answers about that.

• How could she not have known anything about it? She wasn't just a housewife, she's an accountant. And seemingly a good one so how could she be that clueless? It's not impossible I guess if you blindly trust your spouse but still. She wasn't even aware of their mortgage payments which is usually a very big thing.

• I didn't like it that there was no explanation for her husband behavior of stealing the money. Why on earth would he do this? This is a huge risk for a guy with two kids. Taking it for yourself cause you want to go on the run is very very dangerous but giving it to charity is downright ridiculous if you ask me (maybe kind but still stupid). Was he some sort of a genius or was he really that dumb? Cause stealing from this crime family with all their money and connections and considering how ruthless they are is both dangerous and stupid if you ask me. I really wanted to understand him. I was very unhappy that we got no explanations. I was really missing his side of the story and it could have been done in a way of a flashback or a letter or an explanation from a close friend he confided with. We have absolutely no clue to what motivated him. All we know is that he was a good person but how can you be a good person and launder money for criminals while putting your family at risk? It doesn't add up. The story revolves around the wife but it all started with her husband. Very frustrating not to get a decent background story on him!

• I wasn't satisfied with the resolution of this story. It was done in a way that the main characters did not clash with each other in the end. I wanted to see the confrontations, the admissions. So we basically assume that this hotheaded guy decided to kill her husband in the middle of a huge deal his uncle was doing cause he was jealous. He couldn't have waited another day? I don't know. It didn't feel right to me.

• There were other things that felt forced to me like the fact that he even asked her to help him with the container business. Why would he trust her and how helpless is he that he can take care of a small issue like that? He just handed her all the details. Felt forced. Also when she was given permission by the guard to look around for the container cause sure, that make sense. Also the way they got this big shot criminal was that he forwarded unclean money to his daughter cause "he didn't want to risk a divorce"? Give me a break! And he let her do that? Really? Makes no sense. Either he's a very smart, untouchable criminal that can afford to pay for an island or he's that dumb to take such huge risk. I didn't buy it. Same with her criminal record btw, that popped out of nowhere and all we know is that it probably wasn't her fault but again, no real idea what happened there. Her father was almost beaten to death and the parents decided to punish her even though she had nothing to do with this? Why? What was the story there exactly? Again, we don't really know which makes this whole thing feels forced.

• It is also implied that she deliberately gave them time to kill her husband's killer by not sending the word "delivered" in time. This is a very strange way for police to conduct an operation. They send her in with a microphone, they don't follow her or the other people. She has time to sit around and write a eulogy while the cops are just sitting around waiting in their offices? Not buying it. She couldn't have known for sure the uncle was going to kill him. He could have captured him and tortured him or whatever. Also, the whole container story is a little ridiculous in the first place if you ask me.

• We also don't get to find out what happened to this family. Clearly they were moving out of their house cause they were carrying luggage but are they really going into WitSec? Doesn't look like it. Are they safe now cause the big criminal was taken away in handcuffs to the police station? It seems a little too easy. Usually these criminals are so dangerous because they have a whole network of connections and people and money and everything they need to overcome the police and to get back at those who betrayed them (even from jail, that's why they're so dangerous). I'm not a police officer or a criminal mastermind but the way the police was acting the entire show and especially in the end didn't feel right to me. Oh and I just HAVE to point out how MORONIC it is to put a million dollars necklace on the neck of a seven year old. That's NOT cute that's downright STUPID! Seems to me that through out the show, the characters were not behaving in a coherent way. Are they smart or are they stupid? And that includes everyone from her husband to herself to the criminals to the police. It's all over the place.

-Lastly, I have to say that I totally understand that she loved her husband but he left her in a huge dangerous mess, not to mention lying to her for a very long time so I think a little anger should have been expressed at some point but it seemed she was sure he was the best person in the world so again how is it all working out, I just don't know.

So these are the major issues I had with the show. Most of them could have been resolved in this last episode. I think it should have been wrapped up in a better way so that's a shame because I was invested in her story. It was like one housewife against the world.

So to sum up, while definitely not the worst ending to a show, it wasn't a great one either. The main story was good, the acting was really good and the production was good but more clarity and attention to details was needed.