Synopsis of 6×13: Bonnie tries to kill herself on her birthday while the others rush to stop her. In the meantime, Enzo plans to corrupt Sarah Salvatore and Caroline tries to cope with her mother’s illness. Rating:★★★★☆ Well, this episode was depressing. It’s Bonnie’s birthday, so the Mystic Falls gang […]
Reign: Sins of the Past Recap
Synopsis of 2×13: The King of Navarre extorts France for money, Mary sets Francis free, and Catherine figures out why she’s been having visions. Oh, and apparently the dead are coming back to life. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Can we talk about how great Catherine’s material was this week? The poor woman’s […]
Reign: Banished Recap
Synopsis of 2×12: Bash unravels the truth of the twins’ murder while Catherine ties up some loose ends concerning her dead husband’s affairs, one of which is Diane du Portier. Greer leaves the castle for good, and Francis and Louis have a metaphorical and literal stick fight over Mary. Rating: […]
The Vampire Diaries: Prayer for the Dying Recap
Synopsis of 6×12: Caroline’s mother dies and comes back to life, while Kai finally gets to merge, killing Luke. Rating: ★★★★☆ The best part of the first season of this show was how often it startled me – this episode made me startled-jump at least 3 times. The nostalgia is […]
Reign: Getaway Recap
Synopsis of (2×11): The Pope’s emissaries are calling for the death of all of those with the mark of the Dark Riders, which leads to trouble for Conde. Bash and Francis end up removing the Cardinals from French Court, but Catherine is still having visions and Mary is still not […]
The Vampire Diaries: Woke Up With a Monster Recap
Synopsis of (6×11): Elena spends a significant amount of time being tortured by Kai before Damon and the rest of the cavalry save her. In the meantime, Liv trains Joe to survive the merge and Caroline races to find a cure for her mother’s cancer. Rating: ★★★★☆ Sometimes I forget how much […]
Short Shoujo Showdown! Elise’s Favorites
Full disclosure: I have a problem where I won’t get into a series if it has too many seasons. For some reason, the amount of history automatically translates into too much commitment, and I have serious television commitment issues. (Hence the word ‘Short’ in the title.) Granted, I’ve also watched […]
Mid-Season Predictions for Reign
In the first half of the second season, we’ve already seen a lot of changes happening inside and outside the castle. With France headed closer to a civil war and the royal couple close to their breaking point, here are my predictions for the rest of the season for each […]
Mid-Season Predictions for The Vampire Diaries
The gang’s all here – er, well, almost. We left the Mystic Falls crew mid-season with Bonnie still trapped on The Other Side, Kai taking Elena hostage, and the anti-magic border around town disintegrating. We also left Elena without her memories of Damon, but with some sort of indication that […]
Renewed! CW Series
The CW recently announced its renewal and cancellation decisions for this upcoming year on the network, and it looks like it’s early renewals for all the regular-season series! The CW’s blanket renewal is particularly surprising because the network has historically cancelled a few shows each year and the network didn’t […]
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