Riverdale 1.05 Chapter Five: Heart of Darkness

Riverdale 1.05 Chapter Five: Heart of Darkness
Looks like the entire Blossom family are messed up to begin with. I'm not a fan of Cheryl's snobbery, but for once she stood up for her brother. It was in a way only a sibling could genuinely do. I think the sleepover was a bit of a stretch, but my guess it's for Veronica's screen time as the new-nice girl in town.

The Blossom grand aunt in the corner of Jason's old room was so scary. Jughead hid behind Betty when it happened and I was surprised they stood there for so long. At least we learned Polly was engaged with the family ring this whole time. They weren't forcing the relationship as the "score book" indicated.

I'm surprised for the sake of journalism Jughead and Betty have uncovered so much information. I feel with what I said previous about Hal Cooper, a lot is pointing his way. He jacked Sheriff Keller's map of clues to Jason's murder and hid it in a box. It's getting messy now that the parents are involved and the Coopers have a history of hating the Blossoms.

Archie has chosen music over football. I wonder if that means he will start his band "The Archies" just like in the comics. Reggie is a TERRIBLE person and the actor is less than mediocre. He's made to be a dumb jock and isn't getting anywhere with his storyline.

Riverdale 1.04 Chapter Four: The Last Picture Show

Riverdale 1.04 Chapter Four: The Last Picture Show
Let's start off with how STUNNING the opening introduction of this episode was. Jughead's narration of the tear down of the "home away from homes" Twilight Drive-In flowing into Sheriff Keller's interrogations with each family. The beautiful use of purple orchids in the Blossom mansion to the homes of everybody else was such a good way to portray the cookie-cutter dynamic of each family.

Jughead's living arrangements are getting torn down. I didn't think he would be homeless all this time without anybody noticing. If Archie doesn't know that he's living in the drive-in then how can he possibly be getting by all this time. Also, what happened to his little sister, Jellybean? She's not in Riverdale or else she'd be living with Jughead at the drive-in. It looks like things are going deeper with Jughead's character, but it's sad he has a strained relationship with his father. Does nobody know a member of the Southside Serpent gang is Jughead's dad? Or are the citizens of Riverdale purposely choosing to ignore it? I'm happy we're uncovering more about Jughead's past, but I hope it's not as painful as what we saw.

Archie ratted himself out by answering Betty with, "Did Jughead tell you?" At least it prompted him to end his secret tryst. It's good that Miss Grundy skips out of town now, but she was also a suspect to Jason's murder. There was evidence of him being tied up and tortured for a week, Archie could have been her useful alibi for the days in between. She could at least manipulate him further into lying on her behalf.

Betty is so good and digging for clues that it's insane. What high schooler knows how to pry open locks and jimmy cars open?! She just knows everything and how to get around it. I have no idea why Mrs. Cooper is so quick on her radar. She comes at the exact heightened moments every single time. I don't know if her strong persona is a result of post-Polly trauma OR if she's covering something else up. It seems she hates the Blossom family, so I wonder if her husband Hal killed Jason. They seem to be hiding him in the background like an additional character. It would really be a big surprise in all of this.

Cheryl is hot and cold all the time. Very unpredictable with how she carries out her behaviour. She tries to be nice at one point, a mean girl the next and a weird in-your-face neutral at the drive-in with Veronica and Kevin. Her character is inconsistent but also falls back on her late brother as an excuse.

Looks like Mayor McCoy is involved with Lodge's blood money. Everything has to happen behind closed doors for people to succeed. It looks like an act but I guess everybody has their own personal agenda.

Sheriff Keller is an awesome dad. He acknowledges his openly gay son and encourages him to date! I'm glad to see he doesn't have traditional views of a small town and actually cares for his son's well being. I was beginning to think Kevin didn't tell his father about his sexuality judging from the first few episodes. It sounded as if he had a lot of explaining to do when he admitted he was out with Moose. Hopefully he doesn't fall too deep with Joaquin (I believe I caught his name correctly) from the dangerous gang.

Riverdale 1.03 Chapter Three: Body Double

Riverdale 1.03 Chapter Three: Body Double
After last week's episode, I'm glad the issue of suppressing and silencing women was the foreground story. With current events today, I am glad to see there are other forms of media being influential and positive. Gender equality is an ongoing fight and human right. I'm happy to see the dominant female heroines of the show take matters into their own hands and stick up for each other. Josie and the Pussycats are FANTASTIC with what they symbolically stand for as strong women of minority. Mentioning how their mother got hate mail and harassed when elected mayor is truly something that happens in current events. Loving the relevancy of this show and the subject of woman empowerment (except for the predator that is Miss Grundy).

Slut-shaming jocks? Okay I hope that's the end of it. Keeping "score" in their lame book really says something. I wonder if Jason's agreement was to keep his sister off limits to it all. It's disgusting and I have a feeling that may be a starting motive for the death.

Cheryl Blossom has a bucket of secrets! I understand her sticking up for her brother's story, but I don't know why all the hoops the town had to jump through just to get to half of the truth. I'd like to think Mrs. Cooper or Betty did this to Jason. Only because Betty "forgets" and blacks out when it comes to what happened to her sister Polly. Also, it would be good of her mom doing tough love to cover up the truth with what happened. I think torture is wrong, but the one to benefit from getting rid of Jason are the Coopers (maybe it was the Mr. Cooper? He hasn't come forward with his feelings in all of this). I'm liking all the change happening in this town.

It's all making sense Dilton saw Miss Grundy's car that day! He must have been busy trying to hide his gun and saw them together in a hurry? I wonder if there are other witnesses in all of this. It sucks Jughead is caught in the middle of all of this, but he sounds like the conscious one trying to help Archie out.

I wonder if we'll find out the history of Hermione Lodge with the rest of the town. I was hoping we would see more of the true colours with their past, but it may get messy with too much character stories. I'm thinking Mrs. Cooper creates a lot of enemies (possibly because of her profession or maybe due to the nature of Polly's placement in the mental institution).

Definitely looking forward to reviewing next week's episode after the preview on Miss Grundy's identity.

Riverdale 1.02 Chapter Two: A Touch of Evil

Riverdale 1.02 Chapter Two: A Touch of Evil
I'd like to mention Reggie Mantle is a pig. I can't stand homophobia of any sort or the fact there's aggression channeled by insecurity when there are topics people don't understand. Being a star jock does not give anyone the right to be a top-notch jerk to anyone. I'm disappointed Reggie Mantle is the typical small-minded role, but I hope this portrays the divide the good characters that exist. Midge is mentioned to exist in Riverdale, but it doesn't look like she'll have a credited scene from the way Moose is moving forward.

I'm ecstatic for more Jughead screen time. I have to admit I got nostalgic when I saw his suspenders, giant headphones and all black sneakers. This was my outfit on civvies day in high school and any other day outside of it! Anyway, back to the part he got to play in this episode. So Jughead has a pre-existing friendship with Archie after all; Miss Grundy got in the way of them. I'm glad Jughead gets to act as his conscious and get Archie grounded into his old ways. I like Jughead's narration role in all of this, but now he gets to be present in the story. He's clearly made an impact on Archie and can get him to do the right thing.

On the female spectrum of the school, we've visited Cheryl VS Betty & Veronica; Betty & Cheryl VS Veronica; Betty VS Cheryl; and Betty, Veronica & Cheryl. If your head hasn't spun around yet, I commend you. There's been a lot of girl fighting here, but I'm happy to see a much softer Veronica. Her character gets labelled as poor, little rich girl but she gets to be a different person in this school. Betty's friendship really gives her strength so I think that's where they'll thrive as a girl power team.

As for how the episode ended, clues were obvious Cheryl knew the nature of Jason's death. I don't want this to be the lingering backstory throughout the show (similar to Alison DiLaurentis in Pretty Little Liars).  It will get to be a tiring plot that if it doesn't get resolved by the end of this season, fans will lose interest. Fingers crossed that won't be the case.

Riverdale 1.01 Chapter One: The River's Edge

Riverdale 1.01 Chapter One: The River's Edge
My childhood/pre-teen comic book is coming to life at last! My dad would always bring home Archie comics home for me and my sisters if he was ever able to. It was always a fun preppy storyline, so I am glad that the CW decided to pick up on it. That being said, they also added a neat twist to it. I think the network has always had the theme of spooky TV shows, so it seems fitting to have the same follow through with Riverdale.

First off, Veronica Lodge gets to come to town sans Mr. Lodge. It's good they harped on the whole father embezzlement topic. This way, her mom gets to settle back into Riverdale normally. I thought they would make Veronica a poor little rich girl, but it seems like she wants to turn a new leaf in this town. It's nice to see a reinvention of a character.

Betty looks like she has a tough character to carry out. She's suffering under difficult circumstances with her older sister put away in institution and a vengeful mother. I feel the parents are playing more prominent roles in this town, but Mrs. Cooper seems like a dominant one.

Jughead is narrating the town like Gossip Girl! I love this, I hope he gets more character development. I'm sad to see he doesn't have the relationship with Archie as he does in the comics. I wonder if it's because they appear to be in different social groups that they're behaving awkwardly around each other. It's like the opposite of the female friendship structure Betty and Veronica have.

Cheryl Blossom is NUTS. She's the mean girl who has to dominate and bully everybody in sight. I think she totally has something to do with Jason's death. If she was the last person seen with her brother by Sweetwater River, everything points to her.

Josie and the Pussycats are made to be diva-like, but I'm glad they have singing voices. It goes better with the persona and how they want to be up and coming musicians from a small town. Reggie Mantle is asian (I don't know if the ginseng blurb was necessary) and Moose is uncomfortable about his sexuality. I like that they added in Kevin Keller as the fun gay friend. I don't recall him from the actual comic books growing up, but he seems to be a fun one. He must have came along once I stopped reading. My mistake, he was a character in 2010 and moving forward. He's a nice friend Betty can lean on when Archie isn't be around.

Now for Archie Andrews! It looks like he gets to have the music passionate, all-star athlete, popular boy character. At first glance, he's the guy who gets along with everybody and doesn't have much to complain about. I don't know how I feel about Miss Grundy preying on young Archie. I mean, it's interesting the writers set up this story, but SHAME ON HER! It's such a scandal already and I can tell she's manipulating Archie to have her way. I don't like the teacher predator story. We see it every show with a school setting from Pretty Little Liars and I'll even date back to my Dawson's Creek days. They even casted a pretty young looking female actor to play the role correctly, but I can't fully get behind this story. I hope Archie wakes up with this.

Going back to additional characters, I saw we got a sneak peak of Dilton and Coach Clayton. I want to know if Chuck Clayton will appear, or even Midge for that matter (since Moose is going in the direction of pairing up with Kevin). I'm having expectations now for this show since it's something I grew up with and the familiar storylines we know have been modified and modernized to fit the interests of today's youth.

Once Upon a Time 5.03 Siege Perilous

Once Upon a Time 5.03 Siege Perilous
Finding out Camelot has a secret motive gives me so much hope that Emma's decision to go dark was provoked. I'm hoping she reveals a bit of her downward spiral. We see her determination to take Excalibur, but she's letting her relationships with Henry and Killian suffer.

David and Snow are blinded by their love and are taking too much of a backseat. David is working too closely with Arthur (as we now know is a lost cause) but they should really be concerned with Emma's dark powers growing within her.

Regina looks like she's controlling all aspects of the situation. I think she's taking things too far in concerns of Zelena and her unborn baby. I'd like to think she would have a better moral compass after becoming a hero in all of this. Separating a parent unwillingly from their child is one of the worst things a human can do. I disapprove this and I'd like for her to remember her emotions when she thought Emma was taking Henry from her.

Heroes Reborn 1.04, Reign 3.01

Heroes Reborn 1.04 The Needs of the Many
I like the change in Luke's character. I was hoping he'd flip on his choice and grow a conscious and a pair to hold his own. His wife is too hard for him to handle. She's unstable and can't picture her bully him into murdering other Evos. I hope the separation is permanent. Luke can concentrate on finding other people to help out and Joanne can be destructive elsewhere.

Tough stuff, I'm bored of Miko and Ren now =/. There's way too many character stories to follow along. I understand Miko's importance, especially with the samurai sword being rightfully hers. It's just taking far too long to develop her importance.

Once again, poor Tommy can't catch a break. The accident is major and his mom needs to make it through. I hope he gets out of this one, but he's stronger with Emily on his team. It seems to be a repetition from the original Heroes where there's always an Evo and human together. This is the team that I have faith in. They may be young, but I hope they're not as naive as the rest of the characters we've seen.

Now in Los Angeles we see Dearing capture the priest. I don't understand what his end game is, or who he works for. I'm not sure it's her Erica. She keeps a lot of her Evo employees close, not so much on the field to do their own searches.

Wow, I'm surprised Molly Walker did something selfless. I wonder what location she's been protecting this whole time. It could have been the Evo in the very end of the episode.

Reign 3.01 Three Queens, Two Tigers
Awesome. We kick off the season with Francis and Mary back together. I'm glad Francis admits he's dying though. It shows he's choosing his illegitimate son, Mary and his country ahead of everything. I'm not sure how long Catherine will be banned for. She seems to be making great friends with Elizabeth, but we'll see how the plot thickens along the way.

I wonder if Elizabeth will get her way with having her lover on the side. Catherine is pretty supportive in her political reign, but obviously it's to secure her survival.

Why is Charles so big?! He's young, but I thought he was younger than Francis. They always age them like crazy on TV haha

Lola and Greer are getting pretty good side stories this season, better than Bash's present situation. The writers keep skimming on Bash lately, I hope he gets something proper.