#10x21 finale

[cinnamonanddean]

Okay Smallville friends, here we go: finale time.

"And now, the series finale of Smallville" WHAT IF I'M ALREADY SAD

"Special Guest Star: Michael Rosenbaum" wow spoilers much?? I mean not for me obviously but for OG viewers. I would have SCREAMED.

Lois, sweetie, he could be saving people every minute he's doing anything, by that logic. Why is his working at the Planet, etc, any different than spending time with you?

Aww, bye Luthor Mansion. You've been a fun place to stage so, so many Clex fics. Hmm I wonder if there are more fics set there or in the barn loft? I'm torn between them, personally.

Kind of rich for Martha to complain about Clark moving on when she hasn't been around for years. "This is our home" okay but you left him here. He's had to cope without you. It's not fair to put the responsibility of keeping the past alive on his shoulders alone.

Oh no his vows 😭😭😭

I feel like we don't have enough time to wrap up this (rather dull) Darkseid plotline AND have a wedding AND bring Lex back? I know this is a double episode but still. Although I suppose Lex's scene will be short and right near the end.

Oh no her vows 😭😭😭

Again I ask: has there ever been a TV wedding that just goes smoothly?

At least Lois's dress is nicer than Lana's. That bow haunts me.

Is he gonna walk down with her AGGHHHH this is so sweet 😭

Uh oh. Lois girl, pay attention, that's not the right ring. Oh thank god for Chloe.

Can't believe they're doing this to Oliver ☹️ hasn't he suffered enough?

So wait: did Clark Luthor not have powers? Did I miss that? I swear he was throwing people around and shit.

Lol is that a Herve Leger bandage dress on Lois?

Agggh Tom does vulnerable so well. "I can't, Dad" just like a little baby boy, I weep.

OH GOD I KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT ALT!LIONEL, it's a fucking jump scare every time.

Oh my god so this Lex is a fucking Frankenstein?? That's...weird. A Frankenlex.

OH MY GOD HE'S GONNA TAKE TESS'S HEART

IS THAT MICHAEL?? Wait probably not, we didn't see his face.

YES GIRL KICK THEIR ASSES

YES GIRL KILL THAT OLD BASTARD!

God this Darkseid CG is so bad

Omg omg omg omg omg OH MY GODDDDD

Oh I hate when they take an already blurry photo and then CSI-style ENHANCE! it to magically unblur it

OH MY GOD OKAY HERE WE GO

I see one of the Franken-pieces was his sassy ass mouth. God I've missed him.

Lex, honey, you've been back for thirty seconds and you're already waxing poetic about how he says your name??? I see another of the Franken-pieces was the need to make every interaction so incredibly gay. "Yet...with a hopeful finish" oh my god honestly

Apologies in advance: I might have a comment on every line of this dialogue.

Oh dear, you can see the bald cap a bit when he raises his eyebrows. I remember Michael said the bald cap was more trouble than just shaving his head lol

Lord, it wouldn't be a proper Lex return without a history speech. HONEY I'VE MISSED YOUUU!

"that's the thing about memories: you can't forget them" mmmm I don't think that's true baby.

Oh gosh the vitriol.

"You and I - we will both be great men. Because of each other." Honey the WAY you talk about the two of you. THE VOICE CRACK. "We have a destiny together, Clark, only on different sides."

Everything he says sounds like a love confession I'M SO SORRY BUT IT DOES

Stop wait one fucking minute here. The last piece of Clark's little "am I strong enough to face this threat" puzzle, the last person to give him the courage and the conviction to do what he needs to do - is LEX FUCKING LUTHOR??? NOT LOIS NOT HIS PARENTS NOT CHLOE BUT LEX??????? oh my god what is happening that is INSANE OF THEM

I need to watch that again. Gosh I haven't done that since the Lexana scene from Fracture.

HAHA I missed Lex's joke about Lionel's heart the first time around. Why is he so funny

God Michael is so fucking good. He just elevates the tone. It's really what's been missing from these last seasons. The others are good - Tom is so good, I'm not discounting him at all - but Michael is on another level.

Hmm seemed a bit too easy killing the Prophets

Oh poor John Glover. This is Not Good. He was always so suave and cool as Lionel, this is a step down.

Aww look how far our sweet boy has come 😭 I'm so proud of him.

HE'S FLYING 😭😭😭

OH I DIDN'T KNOW WE GOT MORE LEX I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE SCENE WITH CLARK

Ahh jeez. I kinda came around to Tess. She wasn't Lex but she was fun.

Oh riiiiiiight, I forgot he gets his memory wiped. Again.

OH MY GOD THE LAST MEMORY IS HIM AND CLARK OF COURSE IT FUCKING IS

Lol what the fuck does he think is happening, now that he can't remember?

THE LUTHORCORP SIGN TURNING INTO LEXCORP THAT WAS SO RAD

Our baby finally in the suit 😭

Girl I don't think they just let you film the President like that. That camera is gonna be taken away IMMEDIATELY.

Oh yeah I forgot about Jimmy. That was...a choice.

ALL HAIL PRESIDENT LEX!!!!

"yes Miss Lane" "that's so hot" girl yes it is.

Oh the theme 😭 what an ending

That was so great. A bit hokey in parts, but overall such a satisfying finale. What a ride.

[teruel-a-witch]

'two gays guys on their beach watching the sunset'

(as far as I'm concerned this is the last shot of the show then fadeout)

[movies-tv-more]

the series finale of THE BLACKLIST airs tonight at 8pm on NBC

[lanechester]

No series finale can ever touch Smallville that's just how it works

[greg-montgomery]

Mr. Scratch - Aaron Hotchner x GN!Reader

a little hurt/comfort inspired by ep. 10x21 - mr. scratch aaron's hallucination is you getting killed right in front of him. pre-relationship <3 words: 1.6k warnings: basically everything bad that happens in that episode: being drugged, hallucinations, blood, feeling paranoid

Aaron stayed unfazed by the sight of the gun pointed at him; his stare cold and unwavering.

“Oh, that was good. Oh, that was so good,” Peter whispered. “That was so impressive.”

His eyes almost sparkled with excitement as he went on, “The way you got into my head…It makes me want to know how I get into yours.”

A sound from right outside interrupted him and Aaron already knew where it was coming from. His team was there, you were there.

“You were right,” Peter said. “They did come calling for you.”

“They’ll kill you,” he threatened him with the same certainty he knew the sun would come up in the morning.

Peter’s next words though made his heart tremble with fear. “Are you sure about that?”

The dead silence in the house allowed him to focus on every little sound being made. His ears despite having been injured in the past could almost hear the door open. They could almost hear the sound of footsteps. He was certain, you were inside the house.

Peter had disappeared in the darkness and he could only pray you would get to him first. What if you weren’t fast enough? What if he drugged you too? What if-

A gunshot from the next room tore his heart in half.

He cursed himself for being unable to move, frozen in the same place as if he was stuck in the middle of a nightmare. Someone was being hurt and he was too weak to help; too slow to save them.

More gunshots followed, he thought he heard someone scream.

And then he heard you. “Hotch!”

Your voice was desperate, scared. But it meant you were alive, and that was more than enough to him.

“Here,” he said with every inch of power he had left in his body.

“Where?”

“Here,” he repeated. “In the study.”

First he saw the outline of your body, moving like a shadow towards him. Your eyes were wide with worry, like every time you saw him in danger. His sweet Y/N, who cared for him in a way he never knew he needed before.

“Where? Where is he?” he breathed as you knelt next to him.

“I shot him. He’s down,” you said.

Before he had the chance to feel relief, before he had the chance to look into your eyes for just a moment of comfort, a body hid the light behind you. He wasn’t dead.

“Y/N!” Aaron yelled, but the bullet had already left Peter’s gun.

You fell to the ground and your hand covering the wound in your neck did nothing to stop the blood from running.

“No,” he screamed with desperation. “No, no, no.”

Tears ran down his cheeks getting mixed with your blood that had been splashed on his face, but he was unable to move. He wanted to run to you, to take you in his arms, to steal you away, but he was stuck watching your terrified expression as you were bleeding to death.

“No,” he cried. “No, baby, not you. Help!” he screamed. “Somebody help!”

His body was shaking, but as if he was under a spell, he couldn’t even lift his arm. A feeling of helplessness took over his body that he had only experienced once before; the day he lost Haley.

“Not my Y/N,” he choked on his sobs.

“Now I know what scares you,” Peter said, towering over him.

The gun he pointed at Aaron turned towards your body again and you were met with a final shot.

“No!”

His eyes closed, his blood boiling with fury. “Son of a bitch. Son of a bitch.”

When he opened them again, he had to blink a few times before he realized that your body was gone. His head was dizzy and his vision was blurred, but he was certain of one thing: you were no longer lifeless, laying right in front of him.

“It’s okay. You can move now.”

He had been fooled, just like all of his victims before. Aaron knew what he had to do now, the fact that you were still alive giving him some clarity.

“I’m about to come through that front door.”

He was lying, but still Aaron accepted the knife Peter gave him and turned to the door. You were about to come in, and this time for real; he had to play along. This time he had a second chance. A second chance to save the person he loved that was so brutally taken away from him the first time.

“My gun,” he asked. “I need my gun.”

“Look. Here I come,” Peter said. “Kill me.”

Aaron reached out for his gun and pointed at the spot he had shown him. As soon as he saw the door open, he turned around and shot Peter as fast as he could.

“Hotch!” you ran to him. “We need a medic in here!” you asked.

“Take it,” he said, terrified, giving you his gun. He didn’t trust himself with it; not when it was you right in front of him. “Take it.”

You did as he said, placing your hand on his arm, trying to figure out a way to comfort him.

“He made me see things,” he cried. And then in a breath he said again, “He made me see things...”

“It’s over,” you said softly. “You’re okay. Look at me.”

Aaron met your gaze and you didn’t seem to think twice before reaching out to him and taking him into your arms. He couldn’t help but melt into your embrace.

“It’s okay,” you kept repeating to him, and it wasn’t the words you used, but the sound of your voice that calmed his shaking body down. “I’m here, I got you.”

“He’s gone,” Spencer informed you.

--

“He looks traumatized,” JJ said, staring at her boss. Peter had just been arrested but it didn’t seem to have calmed him down. His attention was completely devoted to you, as you held his hand and talked to him at the back of the ambulance.

“His hallucinations were probably traumatic,” Rossi said.

“He needs to talk about it,” Derek added.

“I’m sure he will. He has Y/N to talk to.”

Their attention turned back to you. You were holding a piece of cotton now, patting it softly over his wound. He kept insisting to the medics he was fine, but seemed fine with you touching him.

Your free hand was still holding his.

“I didn’t know they were…” JJ said before David interrupted her.

“This isn’t the time or the place for a conversation like this. Let’s just be grateful he’s letting someone in.”

“You’re right,” Morgan said.

--

You insisted on driving Aaron home and if he was honest with himself he had no issues with it, since he had also no intention of ever leaving you out of his sight again.

He was thankful Jack wasn’t home. The last thing he wanted was for his son to see him in that state.

Closing the door behind you, you made your way around his couch and sat next to him. You seemed almost awkward in your moves.

The fact that you were a soft spot for him was not a piece of information he had ever shared with you before. But after that night it would be ridiculous for either of you to pretend you were just a unit chief and his subordinate. Your dynamic had shifted.

“Thank you,” he said. “For driving me home.”

“I would never let you drive in that state.”

Any other day your sweet words would have made him smile, but Aaron didn’t have it in him at that moment. He was exhausted and scared.

“Aaron,” you said, reaching out for his hand. The sweet gesture and the use of his first name made his heart flutter. “You can talk to me…about what you saw.”

Flashes of your bleeding body appeared right in front of him. He was back in that house, frozen to the ground, hearing your desperate chokes as you bled away.

“Hotch? Aaron?”

It all vanished the next second, as he blinked to send them away.

“I saw your death.”

His words visibly shook you, and you slightly opened your mouth but without making a sound.

Aaron’s voice broke. “He shot you right in front of my eyes. You were bleeding to death and I couldn’t move.”

His breaths were getting shorter as he sobbed and you moved closer to him, placing your palm right over his heart. “I was too late again. I didn’t save you.”

“You did. You shot him, remember? You saved me,” you smiled sweetly. “You saved all of us. He drugged you and you still managed to shoot him.”

He couldn’t help but let all the tears out. “I’m scared I never woke up from it. I’m scared you’re not real.”

“I’m real. I’m right here, I promise.”

“Y/N…”

Your movements were careful as you lifted your hand to cup his cheek, and the comforting motion of your thumb rubbing the side of his head brought him back to reality. You were real, his inner voice repeated.

“I am terrified of losing you,” he admitted.

“You won’t.”

He tried to speak again but his sobs wouldn’t allow him to.

“It’s okay,” you said. “It’s okay.”

Your eyes were watery too, and he wanted nothing more than to kiss your tears away. But you put him back to his place, silently reminding him that he was the one who needed comfort this time, as you wiped his tears away with your hand. “I’m here.”

“Will you stay?”

“Do you think I would leave you here alone? I would stay even if you didn’t want me to,” you answered.

“I would never not want you here, Y/N.”

Aaron fell into your arms and you held him there with no intention of letting him go. “I know.”

[shinelikethunder]

Hey, I'm the spn anon from the incest poll blog. I'm this 👌 close to watching the damn thing, but 15 seasons is A Lot and I heard it kinda goes downhill, so is there a "the show should have ended here" season or should I stick with it to the bitter end? Also, any tips?

the traditional stopping point if you want to get off the ride while the getting's good is the end of s5, when the original showrunner left and wrapped up all the main plot arcs. everything after that is going to have at least one big dangling cliffhanger to reel you back in.

otherwise, bail after the s8 finale if you don't want to watch the show get more rough-bad than just silly-bad, or after the s11 finale if you don't want to watch it devolve any further into self-parodic gibberish. (note: these are just, like, my opinions, man, but they do track actual ragequit-inducing shifts in the show and correspond to decent stopping points. s5 i think is the only one that's widely agreed upon.)

also, tips: don't skip episodes, at least not until the show really jumps the shark a few episodes into s7. after that, feel free to look up fans' viewing guides, and have no compunction about skipping widely-beloathed stinkers. (on skimming an episode list, i'd nominate 7x05, 7x08, 8x15, 9x20, and 12x05 as "nothing of value would be lost" standouts, and 7x03, 10x21, and 11x22 for "not skippable per se, but Fucking Brace Yourself for ragequit-inducing bullshit." past s12 or so, if you're still watching, it's because the show has frog-boiled you into a level of ambient masochism that makes it pointless to try and single out individual episodes as "bad.")

[chicagofires]

listen i understand why people are worried about stella’s reaction to the kids conversation but also this is like the formula for big stellaride milestones: they go through a really big blow up, eventually work through it and wind up in a really good place, start considering their next step but are afraid because #commitmentphobes, but eventually take the leap. here are a couple examples

-season 9: kelly shut down on stella, they made up and kelly started considering proposing but was worried that stella didn’t want to get married because of grant, but she showed him that she wanted it as badly as he did and so he proposed

-season 10: stella went MIA, they made up and were happy and kelly gave her an engagement ring, but they got cold feet before the wedding before deciding they were ready in the 10x21 hospital scene and getting married sooner than planned

now let’s evaluate where we’re at after season 12: kelly went MIA, they eventually made up and were in a really good place, kelly brought up the idea of kids and stella seemed hesitant. which means that the next step in the formula is them deciding to start trying!

so yeah i’m really not worried. i’ll genuinely be shocked if stella isn’t pregnant by the season 13 finale at the LATEST

[mlobsters]

supernatural s10e23 brother's keeper (w. jeremy carver)

so here's what i'm gonna try to do. shelve all those ugly feelings about how they handled charlie and (hopefully) not let it completely ruin watching this episode (and the show). i have too much emotional investment in sam and dean to want to walk away entirely, but i also don't want this to turn into a hatewatch.

but gonna say again what a shame it is sam is giving this impassioned speech to cas about saving dean when i can't appreciate it nearly as much as i could have a few seasons ago.

SAM Dean guessed! Cas, What are we supposed to do, huh? Just sit on our asses, do nothing? CASTIEL No. We find Dean. SAM And then what?! The only thing that stopped Cain was death. Do you want to kill Dean? Because I don't. And the only way I know how to save my brother is to cure the Mark. And, yes, I know there will be consequences, but not you, not Dean, not anybody can tell me what those consequences are. So I'm not gonna let my brother destroy himself on a guess. We save Dean.

finally someone as mad as i am about that trope, about how they jump to conclusions and make decisions off bad or no information constantly. really fucking grinds my gears. so, thanks, sam.

DEAN Well, they let her leave the house looking like a whore.

even when will graham's brain was melting, he wasn't a fucking asshole. jesus. dean wasn't this horrible when he was a full fledged demon.

maybe i'll paint rowena some day. she's so pretty and i do love drawing red hair. working on another one of gillian at the moment.

also was wondering the other day if crowley wasn't witchy enough to do the spell. before sam tried to kill him, that is. cooperative-ish somewhat human-ish demon witch who has (apparently) an actual soft spot for the winchesters. obviously wanted to keep rowena on the board and in action but

my tolerance level for this particular variant of asshole dean is at a zero. read the script and fast forwarding this awful interview scene with the parents.

SAM Cas, take this. It's Dean's hair. You need it for the spell.

contemplating how he even got much of his hair. i have hair of a similar length to dean's and i don't need to brush it. maybe he uses something when he styles it? i just use my hands with goop. the only time there's much of it around is after i cut it. so did they have it on-hand already? stockpile of their various leavings. little apothecary drawers of sam and dean's respective locks of hair and nail trimmings.

oh so now they're gonna show the "dark thoughts, creepy visions, violent urges." (10x21)

aha, i have seen this in gif form a number of times. context. everything continues to be fine

CROWLEY Who summons anymore? Couldn't you call? CASTIEL You're not in my contacts list.

all right, that got a small chuckle out of me

kinky

not this again. (5x18) skipping self destructive and going straight to suicidal.

i really enjoy julian richings as Death, and he and jackles play off each other really well. but this trying to make a deal with him, some new made up bullshit about how *dun dun DUN* if no one has the Mark some unspeakable evil dark miasma will destroy everything, it's tiring. reminds me of some improv game where as they pass the story down to the next writer, they have to play off whatever scenario has been set up.

DEAN Brother, I'm done. SAM No. No, you're not. Dean. DEAN Grab a pen. It's time to say goodbye.

i thought i was done with suicide trauma related triggers for the season. silly me

hello improv game. yes, rando dude working at the diner is the immortal oskar of rowena's past. of course.

DEATH Even if I remove Dean from the playing field, we're still left with you, loyal, dogged Sam, who I suspect will never rest until he sets his brother free – will never rest until his brother is free of the Mark, which simply cannot happen, lest the Darkness be set free. Then there was that time you stood me up.

think that's technically on dean, not sam

DEAN Remember when we were in that church, making Crowley human, about to close the Gates of Hell? Well, you sure as hell were ready to die for the greater good then. SAM Yeah, and, Dean, you pulled me back. DEAN And I was wrong. You were right, Sam. You knew that this world would be better without us in it. SAM No, no, no, wait a second. You're twisting my words here, Dean. DEAN Why? Because we -- we track evil and kill it? The family business? Is that it? Look at the tape, Sam. Evil tracks us. And it nukes everything in our vicinity -- our family, our friends. It's time we put a proper name to what we really are and we deal with it. SAM Wait a second. We are not evil. Listen... We're far from perfect, but we are good. That thing on your arm is evil, but not you, not me. DEAN I let Rudy die. How was that not evil? I know what I am, Sam. But who were you when you --when you drove that man to sell his soul... Or when you bullied Charlie into getting herself killed? And to what end? A good end? A just end? To remove the Mark no matter what the consequences? Sam, how is that not evil? I have this thing on my arm, and you're willing to let the Darkness into the world. SAM You were also willing to summon death to make sure you could never do any more harm. You summoned me because you knew I would do anything to protect you. That's not evil, Dean. That's not an evil man. That is a good man crying to be heard, searching for... some other way. DEAN No, there is no other way, Sam. I'm sorry.

halfway convinced me they should have ended this several seasons ago, reunited in heaven and be done with it all.

when dean was beating the shit out of cas i was wondering when sam and dean were gonna get into it. well.

SAM That's enough. Hey, that's enough. You will never, ever hear me say that you -- the real you -- is anything but good. But you're right. Before you hurt...anyone else, you have to be stopped at any cost. I understand. Do it.

i know i'm especially jumpy about dean being ready to die, but sam who i tend to be more bonded with these later seasons, he's ready to die for the greater good quite regularly. or when he thinks it's time. or whatever else. but his comes from a place of being (theoretically) logical and rational, whereas dean's is the opposite. and i guess that's why it pushes my buttons so differently.

all that said, i haven't cried like this from a finale in some number of seasons. but it feels greatly cheapened by the inane plot hoops needed to jump through to get us here.

sam nodding to give the go ahead to kill him is crushing.

i know dean kills death at some point, which is a shame. i'll miss his actor. but i'm guessing now's the time

it's giving twister (1996)

i hate that all this was essentially setup for the new big bad. but we can't have the sam and dean show without these kind of plot hijinks. and trying to come up with new bigger badder bads over time just makes it more and more ridiculous. the reality that there's 5 seasons left to go is really hitting me now.

[imjustwritingg]

Why do u think laroyce tagged Jesse in his post?

I honestly have no clue other than it was probably just a mistake, especially since Jay wasn’t mentioned in 10x21. I know I’m not getting my hopes up. We have one more episode left and then this hell season will finally be over.

[twdmusicboxmystery]

Hey,

Hey,

I was wondering your thoughts on this from Norman's EW interview, "His journey was a long one," says the actor. "Longer and even harder and weirder than you would think. He was so close to getting what he wanted and to where he wanted to be. And, of course, in Walking Dead rules, he had it ripped away. To Daryl, you might as well have dropped him on the moon. This world now, it's bigger, it's deeper, and just as heavy, if not heavier."

I have several questions about this. First "weirder"? How much weirder for the GA than Beth surviving her gun shot wound and being alive all this time?

Next, what does Daryl really want and where does he really want to be? I think what he has always wanted is someone who understands him, loves him, and wants a family with him. We know Beth understands him probably better than anyone. We could see her falling in love with him, and she most definitely wants a family. Many would argue that Judith, RJ, and Carol are his family. That is true, but they are never truly his. They are Rick and Michonne's, as evidenced in the finale, they are not HIS happy ending. The only time Daryl himself asked someone to stay in a place for a while is Beth at the mortuary. He even says that if the people come back, they could make it work. I think that France will be another time jump. He will already have found Beth, and they were planning a life together. Something went wrong and he ended up on a ship. Possibly he does not remember the last few years at first, but we will see their story start to emerge as he regains his memories in flashbacks. This will cause a HUGE wave of publicity for the show and maybe attract viewers they lost after seasons 5 and 6.

On somewhat of a side note, I saw a pic that looks like MMB filming in Paris, but the report said she was filming with Dog. What are the chances of Dog sailing to France? I think MMB is filming flashback scenes.

On a side note,

I love this, and I could probably write volumes about it. In general, it shows that how Daryl gets to France isn't what most of the general audience thinks it is. I've been saying since the spinoff was announced that it can't be as simple as him ending up on a boat that gets shipwrecked. There had to be a specific journey, a specific reason for him to be there.

Obviously, there's a whole reason for him to end up where he did. The beginning of the spinoff isn't the beginning of Daryl's journey. It's the center of his story and they're just plopping us all down right in the middle.

He went to a specific place for a specific reason--probably searching for something--and that's where we, the audience, will join him.

I'll post more of my fellow theorists' observations later in the week, but based on the location he comes ashore, he's not coming from the Atlantic Ocean, as you might expect if he set sail from the Easter side of the US. He's coming from the Mediterranean Sea, which has such a lush, biblical feel to it. I can't wait to find out more about his story and what he's doing in Europe. And more specifically, why he was headed there to begin with.

Another thing I'll have to post more about at some point is that the episode Diverged (ep 10x21) foreshadowed this spinoff in Detail. Daryl and Carol part ways at the beginning, and Dog goes with Carol. So, they may be flashbacks, but I honestly don't think they are. I think we're definitely seeing a fulfillment of what they set up in Diverged.

Either way, I can't wait for October! How about you?

Thanks, Nonny! Xoxo! 🎆😍

[go-to-two]

Hey how's it going? I don't want to bother you, but I would like to know if you could clarify a doubt for me: I saw that they inform the synopses of the final episodes 10x20 and 10x22, but there is no information about 10x21, which according to the Fandom girls would be centered on Towers! Do you have any suggestions as to why this mystery? Please, I'm just asking for your PERSONAL opinion, I was just curious about this mystery and your opinion is always very relevant to me! Thank you for everything💓🌹

Hi! Not a bother!

The lack of synopsis for episode 21 wasn't some kind of slight towards the episode. The episode 22 synopsis was released with an article (TV Line? I don't remember) that highlighted finales for several shows coming up. We only got it earlier than usual so it could be included in that article. Also, the 21 synopsis is out now!

[wafflesetc]

Now that it looks like 10x21 will be a Torres episode as well, I‘m seriously starting to doubt we‘ll get closure on the Hailey (and by extension, Jay) storyline by the end of the season.

And if they’re gonna address it again in the finale, whatever the outcome may be, it will most likely be done without the proper build-up and feel rushed.

It's hard to judge a book by the cover. We have seen very limited BTS photos recently and the background casting posts give us a very limited scope into what's going on. I know it's hard and we may not get what we want by the end of ten, but I also think we don't know enough yet to draw full conclusions. But that's just my opinion. We will see what happens.

[litres-of-cocaine]

everett and grace lynch managed to rival foyet and cat adams if we’re talking about returning unsubs and i’d say that was fairly impressive given the show was coming to a close and the writers were already having to reintegrate cold storylines in order to fill out the seasons (in both s14 and 15).

I would say with the exception of 10x21 and maybee 13x01 (but that’s a stretch) lynch made a more compelling unsub than mr.scratch whose storyline dragged by the end, and lynch’s surprise escape felt like an actually consistent thematic choice especially for the show’s finale (ignoring the revival that is).

the mr. scratch plot probably fell by the wayside due to thomas gibson being yeeted off set and the whole scramble with reid’s prison arc that didn’t exactly fit, but still, everett lynch was a coherent enemy and just the right amount of unlikeable yet capable enough to present a threat to the bau where mr.scratch just…. didn’t?

he’s perhaps not the most interesting unsub - and i’d say scratch would have held that title uncontested if his character hadn’t become a random boogeyman instead of having actual motivations like in his first episode - but lynch does his job as an antagonist and *no one* can deny that the his and grace’s escape sequence in 15x01 isn’t captivating. Not just in terms of the team’s response but the heist-atmosphere itself.

anyway everett lynch is slept on as an unsub

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10x21 Finale

[chicagofires]

i’m trying to think realistically how a stellaride pregnancy could be revealed in the finale. we know they filmed on the med stage for the episode, so i feel like if it happens, they’ll find out at med. it’s very different than how other pregnancies have been revealed on the show and honestly i think it’s very fitting for them😭plus stella getting injured could be a fitting way to wrap up the stellaride conflict (thanks a lot, damon), similar to 10x21

my only issues is you know boden leaving is going to be a huge thing as it should be, and i feel like they would want to use the last scene to be a goodbye to him, but also if stella is pregnant there’s no way that’s not the cliffhanger. plus it’s not like we’ll never see boden again

AHHH i don’t know what to think

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OH BERLIN. I should have known better than to watch Berlin.