Friday, November 7, 2014

'Grimm' Season 3 Finale/Season 4 Premiere/Second Part Gif-Tweet-Cap: Three In One!

I decided to combine three recaps in one this time, since I've been busy with life, remodeling, and work. This way, everyone gets a chance to have their tweets quoted, even if they stopped watching the show last year. So, here's the finale-premiere-second-part recap! I've made the following gifs available on this Tumblr post.

The Season 3 finale, "Blond Ambition," was wedding time for Monrosalee, but not until Rosalee's sister destroyed Rosalee's dress.
It's OK, Rosalee hated the dress anyway. It gave her a way to get a beautiful one.
Later, the royals made a deal with Adalind to let her see the baby they don't have in exchange for stealing Nick's powers by sleeping with him while wearing Juliette's face using a spell. Here is Nick's reaction to being raped-after-the-fact:
Meanwhile, the ex-FBI douchebag wanted Nick dead, and had no idea that he was busy going to a wedding, or that another Grimm was staying at the house. Renard figured it all out, but got nearly shot to death while trying to give Nick the cure. He was able to convey the info to Trubel before being shot, so Trubel cut off the FBI-Wesen's head with a machete, and brought the cure to Nick.
Unfortunately, Trubel didn't realize that Nick was being very careful to not be exposed as a Grimm at the Wesen wedding, and Monrosalee's family and friends came after her when she walked in, knocking the cure out of her hands. At least Nick was safe from them, what with losing his Grimm powers and all.
For the Season 4 premiere, "Thanks for the Memories," we were introduced to an octopus-head Wesen, who stole memories and left his victims with none. His first victim looked terrified:
Meanwhile, Nick forced Trubel to tell the authorities the truth of how she decapitated the ex-FBI douche, leaving out the Wesen part. The truth set her free, because they could verify everything she said, and it was self defense.
The house was still a bloody mess, however, so Juliette and Nick had to clean it all up. Now, Nick is not my favorite character, but somehow seeing him cleaning on all fours was pretty hot:
At the end of the premiere, Renard died... NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Whew! Renard was saved in the second part, "Octopus Head," by his mother (who somehow looks younger than him... how is it that Hexenbiests always have the best looking human faces, while they have the ugliest Wesen faces?). She used her handy double-sided Hexen-snake.
Later, Trubel ignored Nick's orders to wait for help, and followed the Octo-Man on her own. Of course, he captured her and tied her hands behind her back while working on his next victim. She beat him up anyway, saving the victim.
He got the upper hand again, but stealing Trubel's memories did not go the way he expected it to go. Her memories drove him mad, and she got to keep her memories. She still got a pretty bad headache though, probably because he did the same thing to her as he did to his first victim:
So, yay! Everything was fine... except that the very end of the episode saw Nick writhing in pain as he switched brains with Adalind (who was imprisoned by the royals because she somehow thought that her baby was being well cared for in a dark dungeon), and Trubel being abducted by the royals.
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Thursday, November 6, 2014

'Elementary' 3x1 'Enough Nemesis to Go Around' Gif-Tweet-Cap: Watson Shines

Elementary is back for its Season 3 premiere with "Enough Nemesis to Go Around." Gina Gershon guest stars as Elana March, proving that she can play a truly evil villain, while Joan proves that she is actually better off -- emotionally -- without Sherlock. Yes, it is all very female-centric, which is a nice change of pace. But of course, nothing within the main case can be solved until Sherlock arrives. I've made the following gifs available on this Tumblr post, and you can also check out my Baker Street Podcast review and "clue-cap" of the episode below, with host Zachary Hare:

The episode begins with a nice conversation between friends... or not. Despite their friendly posture, Joan and her "friend" are actually enjoying a nice meal over a dose of snide remarks from Elana and sarcastic wit from Joan. Elana is actually a drug cartel queenpin, whom Joan plans to put away with testimony from her sole witness, Karen Lloyd.
Meanwhile, Joan has many other cases that she is solving on her own. She seems happy and stable. She's even taking care of Clyde the turtle, who pays her back for the wonderful treatment by helping her to find a boyfriend. Yes, she helps a man searching for his brother's bearded dragon by using her knowledge of reptiles. And then they stroke his lizard together.
Later, Watson reassures Karen (the star witness against Elana) into leaving for the courthouse and getting on an elevator. A few seconds later, Karen and her escort, Det. Palmer, are dead in the elevator. There is no sign that anyone broke in or out.
Two months later, Watson still has no credible leads. She's at a dead-end, until she receives a tip from someone named Montcliffe Ekuban, a name Joan remembers from books Sherlock had her read by authors with those names. Naturally, she goes to the Brownstone to see if Sherlock is around. Sure enough, he's sitting in his empty home, looking ridiculous.
Later, Watson spots a young woman who had been following her for several days, and Watson out-single-sticks her. The poor thing never had a chance.
While searching for clues, Sherlock informs Watson that he had instructed Kitty (The Other Single Stick Woman) to follow Joan for the past week in order to find out whether she was wasting away without him (he was working for MI6 for the past either months, before being fired). He also brings out the arrogance in telling his dear Watson that he realized that he never needed her in the first place, and that Kitty is a fine replacement (even though he continuously begs Joan to work with him). He also asks Gregson for his old job back, but requires him to get permission from Joan, which she eventually gives.
Almost immediately after his arrival, and searching for a few clues, Sherlock solves the case. Elana hired a hit man to kill Karen and Palmer by sneaking a large magnet into the hotel room adjacent to the elevator, and using it to pull the murder bullets he had stashed in the other side of the elevator right through the victims. Sherlock demonstrates with a not-to-scale model of the elevator-death-trap.
The only problem is that they can't prove that the hit man did it, because the evidence is gone. Watson snarkily tells Elana what she knows anyway, over one of their drinks-and-murder-talk meetings. Elana is unfazed, giving Joan the evil eye as she informs her that she plans to kill her, without actually saying it in those words.
Soon after, however, Watson finds the final clues. The hit man had brought the magnet into the hotel in pieces, in his luggage. After the job was finished, he had no way to get the magnet back out, so he stashed it in the shower bench in his hotel room. Watson had noticed the new grout in the pictures she had taken of the room while searching for clues with Sherlock.
The hitman goes into witness protection so he can testify against Elana without being murdered, and Watson finally gets the satisfaction of watching Elana being taken away in handcuffs.
At the end, Kitty makes amends with Watson, asking her what to expect with Sherlock. Hopefully, the cat fight is over with!
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

'Person of Interest' 4x3 'Wingman' Gif-Tweet-Cap: Finch and Fusco Hilarity

"Wingman" is a much funnier than expected episode of Person of Interest, with characters acting out of character, and all sorts of other hilarity. Team Machine now has a new home base in an old subway tunnel, along with a secret phone system that Samaritan is unable to track. So it’s time to get working on some new numbers! I've made the following gifs available on this Tumblr post.

Reese (aka Det. Riley) kneecaps a guy because "it's hot outside," and his new tough female captain isn't too happy about it, especially since this is the fourth kneecapping this week! She believes it's narco-cowboy stuff (his previous cover). Oh, if she only knew!
Finch is broke, and needs Shaw to help cover her part of the costs out of her new job. Wait, what? Finch... isn't made of money?
Fusco eye-flirts with a pretty blonde at a bar as Shaw watches. He's there to meet a “wingman” named Andre Cooper who will help him date women, but Andre is actually the next number. After a few digs at Fusco's attire, Fusco is convinced that Andre is in danger from... Fusco himself.
Root invites Finch on a "scavenger hunt." Hmmmm... what is this madness?
Reese suddenly moves from dunce cap to captain's pet with some good paperwork, and a few unnamed connections.

Andre wants to see a little more positivity out of Fusco, and attention to his appearance to show some respect for the ladies, but Fusco just can't help being grumpy.
Finch gets all scary during a "scavenger hunt" shady deal in which Root has enlisted his help in buying some heavy weaponry -- a rocket launcher.
Fusco is uncomfortably smiley at his first attempt to meet women under the guy's watch, failing miserably.

But Andre seems a bit uncomfortable when he spots a supposed "buddy," then Fusco ends up breaking his cover as a cop when some other guy tries to beat up Andre for looking at his girl. Fusco's got some pretty good skills, by the way, intercepting the punch and taking the guy down in one smooth move.
Andre is pretty upset that Fusco lied about his job, but Fusco says it's just so he won't get picked on by the other cops.

Finch goes into badass mode again for another shady deal.
Shaw continues shadowing Fusco and Andre as Fusco continues his attempt at hooking up, until Shaw spots a bad guy. She takes out the first guy, but there are more, and Fusco and Andre are both abducted.
Reese tries to help Shaw find them, but his captain is still on his ass, so Shaw takes Bear as backup instead.
Turns out Andre’s buddy is a murderous evil-doer. He plans to turn on his friend a second time by murdering Fusco and setting it up to look like Andre did it.

Bear helps Shaw track them to a storage container headed for the bottom of the ocean. Reese shows up too, because his latest homicide traces back to Andre and his "buddy." The bad guys are still around, and they all get rightfully kneecapped.
The next shady deal for the Finch 2.0/Root team-up is to sell the rocket launcher to the mob, but Finch backs out at the last moment. Root and the Machine knew he would, and Root kneecaps all of them. It's all part of the plan.
The Machine's plan was basically to help them gain weapons and bags of cash for their work without Samaritan ever knowing about it.
All in all, Fusco gets something extra out of the job: a date!
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

'Arrow' 2x23 'Unthinkable' Gif-Tweet-Cap: The Kitchen Sink of Characters Are Here!

"Unthinkable" wrapped up Season 2 of Arrow with almost every major character ever presented on the show so far, all in one place. So many things happened in such a short amount of time, that you had to watch it a couple of times just to take it all in. Here are some of the highlights, along with a few animated gifs and tweets. I've also made the gifs below available on the following Tumblr post.

First of all, Thea is still mad at the world, and papa Malcolm tries to win her over. Instead, she tries to shoot him dead, which makes him very happy. Oh goody, he can mold her into the sleazy, conniving, murderous daughter he always dreamed of!
Later, the newly cured Roy plots to leave town with Thea, but then she finds his arrows. Of course, all this good-guy lying to protect her drives her to go be bad with her dad. Luckily, Oliver gives Roy his own mask so that he doesn’t have to also be driven to a dark place (we all know how touchy superheroes can be).
Now that they have the cure, they begin making up cure-laced arrows for defeating Slade’s Mirakuru army with the help of Nyssa and her League of Assassins. The only problem is that Oliver/Arrow disagrees with his girlfriend’s girlfriend Nyssa about killing bad guys. Arrow wants to wipe the floor with them (without killing them), while Nyssa wants to wipe them out. Nyssa wins the first round when she takes out bitchface Izzy (loved her in Firefly, by the way).
When Laurel is abducted, Quentin suddenly changes his tune and agrees with Nyssa. But Oliver wins his war on killing when he enlists the help of Sara, Roy, Nyssa and her League to take on Slade’s minions in a tunnel with the cure. Even papa Quentin gets in on the action, saving Nyssa.
Meanwhile, Diggle and Lyla (who’s pregnant!) bring Deadshot to the party to help force Waller to hold off on her drone attack against Starling City. They are successful in stopping the city from being destroyed, which means the show can continue to exist. Although, it would probably survive the attack, because that city survives everything. It must have been created by cockroaches.
Earlier, Oliver had taken Felicity to the Queen mansion for the purpose of being truly cruel to all the shippers out there. While there, he told her that Slade took the wrong woman (Laurel) because… he loves Felicity!! It’s all a show, of course, because Oliver knew that the mansion was being surveilled by Slade. He had slipped the cure into her hand, basically telling her with his eyes that she was bait for Slade.
The trick worked, and Felicity is abducted. When he finally meets up with Slade face-to-face, Slade goes on about how he is going to kill everything Oliver loves, and yadda yadda yadda. Oliver points out that Slade, in his rage, is missing the danger right in front of him. At that, Felicity stabs Slade with the cure.
Unfortunately, the cure does not cure Slade of his irrational rage, and the epic showdown begins. But this is not just a big-scale fight between two strong men. This is two fights juxtaposed — the old and new — into a single, flowing battle. Back on the Amazo, years ago, Oliver opted to stab Slade in the eye with his arrow rather than cure him.
In the present, Oliver allows Slade to live, but sends him away to rot on Lian Yu in an underground A.R.G.U.S. chamber. Good riddance... even though he was a pretty awesome villain!
At the end of the episode, we get to see a short preview of both the present and the past. In the past, Oliver wakes after stabbing out Slade’s eye, and is led outside of a building (in Hong Kong?!), and introduced to Amanda Waller!
In the present, Sara decides to join back up with Nyssa and the League, handing over her leather jacket to Laurel (which “fits”). Just after that, papa Quentin succumbs to his earlier injuries, blood spurting out of his mouth. Uh-oh! Not Harry Dresden... er… Quentin!
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