Daredevil: Born Again S2 E7

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“The Hateful Darkness”

Whoa. Did not see that coming.

The penultimate episode of season two of Daredevil: Born Again dropped on Disney + tonight and, oh was an ending.

Prior to that ending, I legitimately pumped my fist when Matt Murdock walked into the courtroom to be a co-defense attorney for the trial of Karen Page.

Last week when Karen was at the gunpoint of AVTF goon Officer Powell, I worried about how she was going to escape that predicament without being killed. Imagine my surprise when she is walked into the cop precinct and fingerprinted, booked and placed in jail. I actually said, “They arrested her?”

It made a lot of sense when they talked about it. Fisk wanted to do everything by the book, above board, so they could put her on trial with their vigilante court… which, again led to Matt Murdock strolling into the court displaying his gigantic balls.

When Matt spoke with Karen, I had the move figured out, especially when the “previously on” segment reminded us that Matt Murdock as a “hero” according to Wilson Fisk. Even though I had it figured out, I still popped like crazy.

I wish Matt had more to do in the court. I wanted extended scenes of Matt cross-examining Powell or any other AVTF agent on the stand ( I see you Cole). Even with the limited time we got in court, I loved the Matt Murdock stuff.

Meanwhile, Daniel was preparing to deliver BB to Buck. BB figured out what he was doing and was able to convince him to let her go. Daniel went to approach Buck without BB and Buck brutally beat him to try and get him to reveal where she was. Daniel honestly did not know and he spoke to Buck, trying to get him to turn away from Fisk. It looked like he was going to convince him of it.

And then Buck shot him.

Screen to black. I sat here with my mouth agape for a good thirty seconds. I couldn’t believe what had happened. Watching Buck coldly readjust his suit and step over Daniel’s body was shocking. I suppose Daniel might not be dead, but it sure seemed as if it were a final blow to the young Gandolfini.

RIP Daniel.

Jessica Jones approaching Mr. Charles at the beginning was awesome. It is so great to see Krysten Ritter again. She is such a perfect casting of the role. Charles also dropped the name “Luke” during this conversation. Jessica told Matt about what she discovered (and met Cherry… who looks great after his recent heart attack. Great to see Cherry). Jessica is still basically out, needing to stay with her daughter Danielle.

Bullseye was given one good deed to do from Daredevil, and he took it. Bullseye saved the Governor from being strangled to death by an assassin sent by Fisk. However, he looked as if he left the assassin alive, which might be a great thing for getting Fisk. Prior to the attack, the Governor had decided it was time to get Fisk out of the New York mayor’s office. Here is something to help with that, perhaps.

Karen and Heather’s confrontation in the prison was epic. Karen showed how much of a bad ass she really was, not succumbing to Heather’s old true or false questionnaire that she screwed the Swordsman with. Karen got under Heather’s skin big time as Heather slapped Karen multiple times as Karen laughed at her. The image of Muse peering through the window was scary and certainly seems to be foreshadowing Heather’s own mental illness.

Next week’s finale is going to be huge. I hope the people who apparently aren’t watching this show come to their senses because this is wonderful.

Something Very Bad is Going to Happen E2

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“Bride-Shaped Hole”

The Sorry Man is not real.

Yeah, right.

Episode two may not have been as creepy as the premiere, but it was still very disturbing and unsettling as this bizarre family comes together for a wedding. But who knows if the wedding will ever come to pass.

It is four days before the wedding and Rachel discovered that her wedding dress was missing. She was sure it had been brought, but it all felt like some kind of machinations among this family.

As Nicky went to Cleveland to see if he could find the dress, Rachel was involved in a fitting using Victoria’s old dress. This degenerated into a weird and wild event. Rachel wound up wandering through the house, hearing all kinds of strange whispers and discussions between the others about her and the situation. It was very creepy.

Rachel found the dress hung up in the woods over an effigy. Meanwhile, Dr. Cunningham was digging a grave. This, understandably freaked Rachel out and she started running from them. Nicky was returning as she was running away and she wanted to leave immediately, but, also understandably, Nicky wanted to speak with his family.

Turned out this all had to do with a tumor in Victoria’s brain that is killing her. The wedding came up as a surprise and they were going use it as a way to bring all the family together for one last celebration.

Jude, Jules’ son, apparently took the dress and put it on the effigy as a way to confuse the Sorry Man. Jude had discovered blood that Rachel had dripped on the floor the night before when she had her bloody nose, and he was trying to keep the Sorry Man from coming and killing Rachel. His father made Jude repeat that the Sorry Man was not real.

Of course, the silhouette in the woods that showed up at the end of the episode told a different story.

Two episodes in and there are so many weird things going on that I sure hope pay off. I am invested in the story so far and these characters are all so sus that I can not imagine what the real situation is. Good stuff on Netflix.

Something Very Bad is Going to Happen E1

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“Never Get on One Knee”

That was really creepy.

I have had this limited series, Something Very Bad is Going to Happen, on my Netflix queue for several weeks now. I had heard positives about the series that I wanted to watch it, but with the load of other TV and movies, not to mention comics and school, I was not sure when I could squeeze it into. However, I have gotten to a point where The Pitt, Invincible, Paradise, Shrinking were all done and Monarch is on its last episode. I only currently have Daredevil: Born Again and The Boys as active TV shows that I was watching, so I thought this was a good opportunity to start this show.

Man, what a creepy first episode.

It grabs you right away with a somewhat disturbing wedding and the reaction of the bride was unexpected. We then flash back five days prior to the wedding and things get even creepier.

The podcast they listened to in the car was unnerving too as it gave the story of Larry Poole, a man who sold custard and was a serial killer.

As this podcast was telling the story, we were suddenly at a rest stop and the story switched gears. Rachel and Nicky, who were the couple getting married, were driving to Nicky’s family cabin. Stopping at the rest stop, they find a baby inside a car, apparently deserted.

There were some real disturbing images at this rest stop including a dead fox in the women’s restroom. Rachel chose to go back and find a phone to call for help and Nicky would stay with the baby. This felt like a poor choice, but it is what happened.

Rachel found a bar that was mostly deserted, but the woman working there “Benjamin” was creepy and there was another man there who was apparently stalking Rachel. She ran off to her car after stabbing the man in the hand with her keys.

When she returned, the baby was gone and Nicky had been punched by the baby’s father, who thought Nicky was trying to steal the baby. The whole encounter with the parents happened off screen and something about it felt odd. There was a scream that Rachel had heard in the woods before Nicky came back.

They headed to the cabin, which is humongous. Rachel meets part of Nicky’s family when she was looking for ice for his head. Nicky’s sister, Portia, tells Rachel a story about when their brother Jules wound up lost in the woods as a child and supposedly saw the Sorry Man.

According to Jules, the Sorry Man came from Hell and murdered women by slitting them open and turning them inside out, trying to find his lost wife inside them. Rachel also mentioned a scream from the woods, which made me think about that rest stop and how the parents of that deserted baby had taken a stroll in the woods.

Things only got creepier as Rachel woke up with a bloody nose and wandered off to find Nicky’s mother who said that they would not be seeing each other very much. Rachel found a returned wedding invitation on the floor with the words “Don’t marry him” scribbled on the back.

There are so many weird and bizarre things happening that it truly did a great job of making me anxious as I watched it. The music was excellent in that manner too. I was full of suspense and I was feeling scared. Most of the time, scary things do not bother me that much, but I have to say that this really kept me on edge. I am excited to continue this limited series later in the week.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 E9

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“Ends of the Earth”

So it seemed that Kentaro has caught the stupidity gene from his sister Cate. Maybe it is genetic after all.

Kentaro has come up with a hairbrained idea that they can go back in time and save their father, and that is why he is doing everything that he has done with Isabel. Honestly, these two deserve each other. I used to not mind Kentaro that much and I was hating Cate, but now the roles have switched completely.

I’m not 100% sure what the motives of Isabel are. Why are they manipulating poor Titan X who just wants to take care of her egg baby? Is she planning on using her to open a rift to use as her personal time machine? That plan feels as if there are a few holes in it. Like gigantic, titan filled holes.

Lee and Keiko have come back together and found the rift on Skull Island where Billy had been sending messages to for years before his death. It kind of reminded me of LOST when messages were being sent in the tubes that wound up in one of the hatches. However, Billy was using the rifts to send a message to Keiko, making Billy’s remaining years really sad and maybe even a little pathetic. Romantic too , I guess.

We got both Godzilla and Kong cameos. Godzilla wrangled Titan X to Skull Island and was happy. Kong- not so much. Kong does not like people around his island. It sure seems that Kong is going to bring the hurt to the invaders in the finale next week.

The penultimate episode of this show brought some good action and some tense moments. It went back into the past once again with flashbacks which are always welcome. This show has consistently been more entertaining in the past than it has been in the present. It seemed that Kurt Russell’s Lee has come to his senses after a couple of episodes of lunacy. I guess it is understandable that you go a little cuckoo when you have spent time talking to past self.

I hope the finale next week brings it hard, because the second season has been up and down for me and I would love to end on a strong note.

Sunday Morning Sidewalk #66

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“Seven”

There are times when I hate the format of the Sunday Morning Sidewalk. Today is one of those times. Episode four was a great build to the Trial of Seven and the ending was a dramatic cliffhanger. I wanted desperately to go on to the next episode, available right now on HBO Max, but that is not what the Sunday Morning Sidewalk says, so I wait until next week.

As Duncan faced his punishment for his taking up arms against Aerion in an attempt to protect Tanselle, Aerion looked to more than a trial by combat. His claim for Trial by Seven fits beautifully in the cowardly persona of Aerion and placed the emphasis on Duncan to find six more knights willing to fight by his side… a task truly difficult.

Dunk and Egg reunited after Dunk was angry at the young boy’s lies. Despite it being his own family, Egg (short for Aegon) supports Duncan and stays as his squire.

The dramatic conclusion saw Duncan begging for one more knight to join him so he could get seven. This was after Ser Steffon Fossoway betrayed Duncan by turning away from him and joining Aerion’s side just prior to the battle’s start. He was bought off by a Lordship.

Duncan’s pleas fell on deaf ears, although one man appeared to stand to help, only to cut an obnoxious fart to a chorus of laughs. This set up the dramatic arrival of Baelor, uncle to Aerion, to take up arms beside Duncan.

This episode sets up a dramatic battle that I can assume comes next episode. I have truly liked this Game of Thrones spin off so far, making me wonder if I should finally watch GoT.

The Boys S5 E4

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“King of Hell”

You wouldn’t think that they would need to have a filler episode in their final season. Yet, that is exactly what it felt like when watching “King of Hell.”

That is not saying that it was not a great episode. It just did not feel very significant to the overall story that has only a few more episodes to go.

I did like the reunion between Annie and her absentee father, and the family that he had now built. This was some good character work and was the best part of the episode.

With Butcher, Frenchie, Hughie, MM and Kimiko in search of the original V1 formula, they head to Fort Harmony, which was anything but harmonious. There were spores in the building that made everyone become raging assholes (I mean… even more so, in Butcher’s case) which would lead the Boys to try and kill each other.

They also dropped a bunch of angry lines and comments that were cutting with their honesty. While this was entertaining, it felt like a side quest that did not truly mean much of anything with the exception of Frenchie and Kimiko apparently breaking up (maybe?).

Oh, and Homelander has decided that he is the savior… that he is God. And he told Firecracker that she was in charge of making everyone believe it.

Homelander is simply off his rocker completely. His patheticness is reaching new levels of disgusting behavior. There is just so much mental illness in Homelander right now that I have no idea what is going to happen next.

It is fun to know that “The Walking Dead” and “The Last of Us” are canon in the Boys universe.

Invincible S4 E8

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“Don’t Leave Me Hanging Here”

I have to say, I found this finale for season 4 to be very interesting. There were no major massive blood fest battles. No one is ripping the literal guts out of Mark. No huge planetwide destruction. Chicago doesn’t get trashed again.

Instead, Mark returned from the war with loads of PTSD and guilt over things he did or did not do.

Eve admits to having an abortion, which was a shocking revelation for me. I was scared that Mark would react in a negative way toward Eve, but instead, he turned those feeling inward to the core of his being. He took the stance that he was not here for her, that he left her alone. It just added one more psychological trauma to the young man’s psyche.

The hallucinations that Mark continued to have all episode, seeing Thragg brutally murdering the people he loved, was weighing on his mind drastically. It was sending Mark into a deep depression, filled with anticipation of what he was not going to be able to prevent.

We discover that Debbie had broken off her relationship with Paul. When she found out that Oliver was injured and was left on Talescria, Debbie decided that she was going to be with Oliver. This seems to be the way Debbie and Nolan are going to get back together, even if he should not be allowed to do so. I am not sure I want to see them back together.

Mark is out for a flight to clear his head, when he come across Thragg. However, Thragg is not in a mood to fight. He has an offer. The remaining 37 Viltrumites are going to live on earth and try to reestablish their race by mating with humans. In return for being left alone, Thragg promised Mark that they would never do anything to hurt the earth or anyone again.

It was a deal that Mark did not want to accept, but the realization that, if he did not accept it, the earth would be the center of the war, most likely killing billions of people, if not devastating the planet.

Mark agreed to the deal. Thragg tells Mark that he saved everyone on the planet.

Quite a different finale than what we have been used to from Invincible. I liked the change of pace and the characterization of Mark is really strong. Of course, things are not finalized here because Alan received a message from “beyond the grave” by Thaedus that sent Alan to find the ultimate weapon, the virus that kills Viltrumites and gave him instructions to use it, even if it killed the whole human race.

Oh… not good.

That was a twist that reconceptualized the whole series and the allies. Things look as if they only going to get worse.

Daredevil: Born Again S2 E6

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“Requiem”

What a way to end an episode…

That final few moments of DD vs. Kingpin and the standoff with the AVTF and Karen outside was unbelievable. When that screen went to black, I was not ready for it.

I loved the appearance of Jessica Jones. We get the first appearance of her daughter. That was cool. I assume this is more comic accurate and that the father is Luke Cage, and we’ll learn about that later in the series. It seems that Jessica has been having issues with her powers since the birth of her daughter. They come and go. Not good for someone like Jessica Jones.

Karen is going darker with every episode. The conflict between Karen and Matt over Bullseye in this episode was one of the most intense ones in the series so far. It was a stunning moment of acting from Deborah Ann Woll. It makes me wonder if this is leading toward the death of Karen, who is one of those characters from the comics who has had an iconic death.

Daniel sets up B.B. to see if she is the leak. He gave her info that was fake, to see if she would release it. B.B. nearly does it, but she ends up deleting the message.

Matthew Lillard has some great scenes in this episode too, including one with the mayor. It feels as if there will be some big stuff with Mr. Charles moving forward.

The death of Vanessa devastated Fisk, and I was never sure what he was going to do. I did know that the doctor should not have come in to speak to Fisk. That giant Kingpin bearhug snapped the poor doctor’s back was brutal. Then the big Daredevil/Kingpin fight at the end of the episode was awesome.

There are two more episodes to go. I am not sure what else there can be. This season has been so great so far. I can not imaging where this is heading.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 E8

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“Separate Ways”

I’m not sure what happened this week, because I found myself behind behind Cate. I know… I really feel dirty.

I think what happened is that EVERYBODY ELSE IS SUDDENLY JUST AS STUPID AS SHE WAS.

I mean, why can’t they just talk about what is going on, share notes and be smart about it? They can’t everyone has their own hairbrained scheme to make things even worse than it was before. Lee has decided that calling Godzilla was the way to stop people from dying. That plan seems to have some holes in it. Kentaro is working secretly against Cate and Keiko by teaming up with Isabel. Isabel’s crew wants the egg. Titan X just wants to protect her baby… Godzilla is here to kick some ass (It is always great to see Godzilla). Does Godzilla figure out what is happening as they are flying away with an egg dangling from a helicopter?

When Cate is the voice of reason, you know shit is hitting the fan.

Everybody has their own motives, their own selfish choices, their own stupid ideas and no one is wanting to collaborate.

It makes me want to cheer for Titan X.

I love to see Godzilla, but some of the scenes of this show were so obviously green screen that it took me out of the moment.

I’m most disappointed that Shaw has caught the “I’m really Stupid” bug. I would like to think that he would listen to Keiko and believe in her. But I guess there was just too many years of brain cells depleting to make it make sense.

Go Titan X. Go Godzilla. Wipe out these dumb humans. Let’s start again.

Sunday Morning Sidewalk #65

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

“The Squire”

The third episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms featured a shocking conclusion where Egg stops Aerion’s men from exacting revenge on Dunk. He does so by revealing that he was one of Aerion’s brothers, and thus a prince.

This came not too long after a fortune teller told Duncan that he would be a great success and that Egg would become king and be hated and die in flames. The prediction bothered Egg deeply, but Dunk dismissed it as a joke.

The secret of the identity of Egg was spoiled for me as I was doing my write-up for last week’s Sunday Morning Sidewalk, which sucks considering what a revelation it would have been. I do know that the name of the Targaryens is a major name when it came to Game of Thrones, but I do not know what the significance it holds. Making Egg one of the Targaryens ties this to the bigger show immediately.

Dunk’s glare towards Egg at the end of the episode told a story about what he was feeling. He had been brought to the tent by Egg only to find Aerion trying to break one of Tanselle’s fingers because he believed his family had been insulted by her most recent puppet shows. Dunk fought with Aerion, only being stopped by the guards.

Aerion was shown earlier as a dishonorable man as he apparently intentionally injured his jousting opponent’s, Ser Humfrey Hardyng, horse. Egg had witnessed the event, knowing that Aerion was his brother.

Egg had requested earlier that day to be Duncan’s squire permanently after the tournament. Here’s to wonder what the fate of that request will now be.

The Pitt S2 E15

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“9:00 PM”

Who knew that what I really needed was Santos and Mel doing karaoke?

The ending episode of season two was filled with moments that brought such humanity to the show.

Noah Wylie is an amazing actor. His performance as Robby was sensational. He goes through the wringer during this episode as many of his co-workers and friends face him down with the concerns that he is considering ending his life. At the end, it felt like a moment shared with the little baby that had been abandoned in the beginning of the season was more helpful to Robby than anything else. He spoke to the baby about all the things she will see in her life and you could tell he was also talking about himself. I know Noah Wylie is the star of this show, but that does not mean that he is free from consequences of his potential actions.

 “I got a good feeling you’re going to be just fine.” Robby said this to the baby, but was he actually talking to himself?

Babies were an important fixture of this episode as Robby and Abbot were able to team up (with a whole room full of personnel) to save a woman and her unborn baby when she was seizing from pre-eclampsia (a blood pressure disorder that can occur around 20 weeks of pregnancy). She was doing a Wild Birth, a birth without medical treatment or with the help of doctors. That sounded insane to me, but I googled it an it was a thing. The show certainly showed how these consequences could have had a tragic result.

Langdon and Robby had their conversation, but it was not what I had envisioned. I had hoped to see Robby come and tell Langdon that he respected what he has accomplished, but instead, Langdon turned it back on Robby, telling him that he needed help. It was probably a more honest interaction than the happy resolution I had in my head.

The Pitt is a fabulous show and the second season was every bit as great as the first season. There are plenty of questions going into their third season including the fate of Dr. Al-Hashimi, who Robby insisted tell the admins about her seizures.

That emergency c-section was rough to watch.

The mid-credit scene of the karaoke was life-affirming as was the ending sequence with some great fireworks. It was the 4th of July remember.

Bring on season three.

Invincible S4 E7

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“Don’t Do Anything Rash”

We got a massive battle in space between the Viltrumites and Mark, Nolan and the rest. I mean… brutal and bloody.

Grand Regent Thragg seems to be unstoppable. He crashed through Mark, Nolan, Oliver… and decapitated Thaedus.

However, the biggest and most vicious maneuver of the whole thing was when Mark, Nolan and Thaedus flew through the planet of Viltrum, completely destroying it. Seriously, that was a horrific choice, even though the planet did not have much of a population remaining (and most of them are flying around space and fighting Alan and the others).

Thragg and the remaining Viltrumites disappeared after Thragg left Nolan, Mark and Oliver floating in space desperately imjured.

I really thought Nolan was dead from this. Why were the other Viltrumites seemingly easier to kill than Mark and Nolan? Is it just because they were the “red shirts?”

Apparently, it looks like Thragg and the Viltrumites are on their way to earth.

That’s not good.

Amazing episode this week.

The Boys S5 E3

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“Every One of You Sons of Bitches”

The Boys final season has been really brutal and all of the lies are coming back to haunt people.

Maverick was the son of Translucent and he joined up with Butcher’s gang as he believed that Homelander was the one who killed his father. Butcher’s group let him believe this even though they knew that Hughie was the one who killed Translucent.

We find out why Soldier Boy did not die from the virus. The first generation of V1 was in Soldier Boy’s blood. The compound was highly dangerous, only working five times.

This leads to Homelander to search for V1 so he could be immortal like his father.

Ryan returned with anger of his own. Homelander beat the crap out of him at the end of the episode. Butcher had tried to convince Ryan to throw the virus in Homelander’s face, killing him. Of course, it would also kill Ryan. Thankfully, Butcher’s insane plan was broken when Dr. Sameer Shah discovered another truth that Butcher killed Victoria instead of Homelander. Shah destroyed the virus that had been made.

Who knew that Mork & Mindy was a Netflix Documentary?

And a cool invisible fight with Maverick taking on the very visible Hughie. Poor Maverick gets killed.

The Boys are struggling through the season so far. Homelander is getting crazier by the episode. Soldier Boy and Firecracker had sex. Annie took off after Hughie nearly died.

Lots of big things happen as the show has five remaining episodes.

Daredevil: Born Again S2 E5

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“The Grand Design”

Daredevil: Born Again S2 E5 is a rough one. Vanessa survived the initial injury at the hands of Bullseye last episode, but eventually succumbs at the end of the episode. The episode played like a “life-flashing-before-here eyes” for Vanessa as she flashed back to the art gallery and the night she met Wilson Fisk.

The episode had a bunch of flashbacks because this is the long awaited episode that saw the return of Foggy Nelson, albeit in flashback only. I know there were a lot of people who were in the “Foggy faked his own death” camp, but this sure feels like an end to those wishes. I do have to say that I am not sure what the purpose of the flashback was for Foggy, outside of getting Foggy back on screen. Foggy’s acquaintance from his youth who they got off the charges he was facing was a strange situation too. I feel like this guy is coming back in the story at some point.

We also got some appearances from Wesley from the original series during these flashbacks. Of course, Karen killed Wesley back during that original run on Netflix.

Daredevil and Bullseye are on the run from the AVTF after the confrontation at the gym. Bullseye seemed ready to die and tried to get Matt to leave him behind, but Matt was not having any of it. When he brought Bullseye into the hideout where Karen was staying, she gave Matt a look like she was ready to rip his throat out before she killed Bullseye. This might be a spot where the relationship between Matt and Karen is tested.

Daredevil dropped a hint about a “nurse” he knew that could help Bullseye. Could this be an allusion to Night Nurse aka Claire?

Speaking of being tested, what will Wilson Fisk do now that Vanessa is gone. When the doctor walked in to talk to Fisk, I joked that he was going to be killed if Vanessa did not make it. I am now worried about that doctor.

The doctor is just one step. The Kingpin is going to bring the fire to New York City. This is going to lead to the arrival of Jessica Jones, I bet.

I was also very worried that BB was in the trunk of that car that Buck and Daniel drove to Albany. I was concerned for Daniel too, as Buck seemed to be preparing to kill him as the leak. I have heard the online speculation that Daniel might be the MCU’s Rose, and I wondered if this was going to be proven untrue today.

This was a great episode highlighting Vincent D’Onofrio’s performance as Wilson Fisk when Vanessa came to for a short time. He is absolutely stunning as this character and having what has been Wilson’s heart ripped away from him. He deserves an Emmy nomination for this work.

Amazing episode that was tricky, but it hit every beat.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 E7

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“String Theory”

I have been down on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters over the last few episodes. I absolutely can’t stand Cate as a character and her consistent dumb actions just make me want to stop watching the show.

I have been close to just dumping this show form the watch list.

This episodes was much better, mainly because it focused on Lee, with both Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell playing Lee in the same scene against each other. While there are some holes in the concepts (which I tried to push out of my head), the performances from the father/son duo was fabulous. In particular, Wyatt Russell was extraordinary with the situation that he found himself stuck in.

The scenes got even more intense when young Lee learned that he was talking to himself as an older man. The conflict within Lee’s face over the idea that he could just step forward and have a life with Keiko was written across it.

This was strange, because I felt the stakes in these scenes because I was never sure if something would have happened to change history. I really thought something could have happened, and that was a nice change for the past events. They have always been the best scenes of this show, but there was always the idea that nothing was going to happen to out main three. That was not this.

Yes, I basically ignored the Cate scenes, especially after she fell into the well and was perfectly fine.

I do think that this show has bought itself at least another episode of my viewership. We’ll see how long it lasts.