Reviews

Blah blah, and blah blah, and blah blah... Iron fist is even more the whiny kid in this one. Oh and, how come Jess knows about Matt's past suddenly?

Awesome acting.

Hard to forget the big plot hole though: how could a psychopath be allowed to join the FBI?

I enjoyed it less than the first movie. This time most jokes fell flat. A few laughs here and there. Still pleasant enough movie to watch to relax or pass the time.

*** spoiler ****

at first I got mad they would use the old "dead wife" trope, but fortunately, it got better ;)

I really enjoy this series, especially the acting. Something I regret though, is the lack of credibility of the script sometimes. For instance, how come Quayle has such a high position if he's so clearly unable to keep his mouth shut? I just can't believe it.

This episode was well paced, well played by the lead and most actors (there are two exceptions but I do not want to name anyone), but... When you forget character development and base your story on torture porn instead, the plot gets way boring after a while.

Also I did not get Bellamy's change of heart (grounders are not enemies anymore, pal?), the fact that Clarke trusts him again (same as season 2), the demise of Ontari (I feel she could have been a bit more "useful" to the plot), how Roan immediately accepted Clark's crazy story and plan (if someone told me that, I'd think they're wacko :), why Harper forgot how to fight and went down so easily...

I would agree with Murphy though: "Clarke is always in trouble". And always saying sorry... and always suffering, but "sucking it up".

Like I said: boring.

Lexa was the kind of character we do not see often. Extremely well written, layered, and played. She will be awfully missed. So... she is dead.

But the worst is:

Why kill her in this stupidest way? This is just plain silly. The way it happens is silly.

O scriptwriter, O show-runner, please tell me: 1/ where were her guards? Why a warrior like her would enter a room, unarmed, without guards, after hearing gunshots? The same guards magically appearing after her death? They were RIGHT BEHIND THAT F*** DOOR! 2/ Clarke, who is almost a doctor, and loves her dearly, who managed to save quite a few lives in the past, DOES NOT EVEN THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE HEALERS IN THAT TOWER to help her?

This is bad writing. Too bad, the rest of the episode was quite intense, but that last bit, really... spoiled everything.

And I am not even talking about the damage it has done to the LGBT community, especially the youth (whom CW targets). To show an independent and strong woman, a warrior, stupidly dying by accident, by the hand of a patriarchal figure no less, RIGHT after she had consummated her relationship with the woman of her life. What message is that!!!? Especially after having LURED them to watch this "groundbreaking show"? Nothing groundbreaking here... Just an old trope seen a thousands times.

Only the actors saved this episode. Special kudos to Alycia Debman-Carey (already missing you!), Eliza Taylor (I'll keep watching The 100 only because of you), and Erica Cerra (impressive in that one).