#Episode 237

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It turns out you don’t have to wait until Halloween, any night of the year you can knock on a stranger’s door and demand a treat under the threat of a trick. They just won't react well *at all*.

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Episode 237: The Nanki-Shirahama Mystery Tour (Part 2)

Maki-san set up an alibi with Kanako in order to murder Madoka Madonna, but Madoka was meeting up with Computer Geek, so instead, alibi imposter, Kanako murdered Maki-san. 

Best Quotes:

Random Kid: “Just once more, let me go on the adventure coaster!”

His Mother: “Only if you promise to study when we get home.”

Kid: “Yes, I promise!”

Mother: “But remember, it’s the last time.”

(Lightning bolt flash) Conan: “I see. I understand now. I have the solution to the mystery.”

Conan: “I’m sure that’s the killer, but I’ve got no proof.”

The Mother: “Oh, come on. How can it be so hot at a time like this? (Takes a sip of her juice)

Conan: “I see. That’s how it was done! I’ve found the definitive proof.”

[forensicated]

Smiffina Episodes - Episode 237

It's the morning of Jim and June's wedding day. I love that they open on a recreation of the first ever scene from Woodentop. "Right Carver, lets do it!" First he rings June to tell her how excited her is. "You shouldn't be ringing me today, it's bad luck!" she grins. What an omen.

David and Kerry have moved on fast over the last week and she's slept over for the first time. David is living with Irene and Wayne whilst she 'gets settled' so Kerry jokes if he's going to smuggle her out the back way. Unfortunately it's too late and Irene is already awake and she invites Kerry to breakfast - but doesn't stay herself. David jokes 'She'll be fine by Christmas." This aired in August...

Unable to drive, Wayne gets Kerry to drive him round doing errands: aka, collecting 'money 'things' from their businesses. Kerry checks one of the bags whilst Wayne is in another shop and sees thousands of pounds inside. She meets up with Rob away from the station. He tells her to drop their unofficial undercover job - but she insists she knows what she's doing and she's staying in. He insists it can't continue but she won't be swayed. "Sometimes you've got to break the rules to get the results."

That afternoon, Wayne lets Kerry in and tries to charm her before literally getting thrown out the room as David arrives. David asks why Kerry shrugs off compliments and says she's clearly never been made to feel special or appreciated and it will change. This isn't the case though, that night at the club, David has to leave her to go to do some 'urgent work'.

At the station, Gabriel is stewing. He tells Reg he needs to do a private job - "Im the middle of the shift?" Gabriel takes himself to June's and forces his way in whilst Reg watches CCTV of their first call. Gabriel says he respects marriage so he has to tell her things now before she becomes Jim's wife. He thinks she's only marrying him because it'll keep Jim sober. He thinks Jim is too safe and boring for her and that they're not marrying for the right reasons. He wants to be sure 'they're doing the right thing' and has to be sure she knows what she's doing. He doesn't want her to throw her life away and is deluded into thinking that she still loves him and wants him over Jim. "I'm being cruel to be kind. Don't hate me." He tells her he loves her and kisses her. June returns it for a few seconds and then pushes him away. She declares that it's all wrong and Gabriel turns: "You're right... it's your wedding day. What are you playing at?" and claims he came as a friend and threatens to tell him. June breaks into tears and asks why he has to poison everything and threatens to kill him if he goes near him. All the time this is happening, an excited Jim is getting ready for his wedding day.

Gabriel gets further involved, inventing a reason for Reg to go visit Marie, Jim's ex wife who is a potential witness to an assault. Gabriel knows Reg has been asked to be a witness. He promises Reg he'll step in if it overruns but insists Jim is asking him personally to do it. Reg speaks to her but won't be drawn on what Jim is up to or if he's in. Marilyn calls him out of the interview room as there's been an important call for him. Marie takes the chance to ask Marilyn about Jim, pretending she's an old friend. Marilyn tells her that he's not in because it's his wedding day.

Gabriel arrives at the wedding venue making Jim nervous because he's scared something has happened to June because she's late. Gabriel assures him everything is fine but Reg has gone to deal with Marie because he knew that 'she wouldn't want to see me' - as Marie accused him of assaulting Jim (which he did do!) He manhandles the situation into Jim asking him to be the second witness to the marriage. Eventually June arrives and Jim is breathtaken at how amazing she looks.

... But she's horrified to see their second witness. He doesn't disrupt the ceremony but after he kisses the bride - on the lips, whilst Jim's back is turned. June looks disgusted but can't show out.

The Relief are arriving for the reception, all dolled up to the nines and looking fantastic. Gina warns Honey not to breathe a word about the competition win originally being hers - especially not to Jonathan!

Jim and June kiss as they arrive and everyone cheers and throws confetti after coming down to meet them - leaving Gabriel looking heartbroken at the back. Gabriel approaches June and tries to manipulate her but she reminds him she knows who he is - and that she holds all the cards in their situation and throws him out of the reception. "Fine I'm off, but I'll always be there to remind you that this marriage is cursed."

Jonathan is amazed at the free bar at the reception, enjoying time with Gina. They talk about his ex and how cynical it made him after they divorced but he smiles and says he's mellowed over the years and that he's happy with Gina.

After 5 minutes of peace and happiness... it's shattered again, but this time by Marie turning up - drunk. Jim tries to throw her out the reception.

Smithy struts with Jonathan in his tux. "I was born for this gear you know." Jonathan smiles and confides that the wedding has put things into perspective... "Are you saying I might have to hire this gear again?" "I'll get back to you...."

Next is the bouquet catching and, hilariously, Smithy literally shoves Gina into the group of women waiting and holds her arms up in the air outstretched to try and make her catch the bouquet 🤣

He then asks her if she's sure she wasn't a little bit hasty in giving it away...."Because after talking to Jonathan... I reckon you should have just caught that."

Unfortunately for Gina, Jonathan and Jim are talking and Jim tells Jonathan that it was Gina who handed over the All Expenses Paid Wedding price.

Happiness reigns again, only for Marie to break into the reception during the first dance (Spandeau Ballet - True), to give a malicious and drunken speech. Wrestled outside, Marie shouts at the couple, slaps Jim and ends up toppling backwards down some stone decorative stairs. Jim has to be taken to hospital too as he needs his ankle looking at.

Jonathan finds Gina sat outside and tenderly kisses her palm. She playfully tells him off for being soppy. Jonathan tries to tell her how he really feels and Gina says firmly, she likes things as they are. Seperate lives but together. Jonathan sighs and says he wants - no needs - to look after her. Gina says she wants to do that herself... she's too independent for Jonathan. He kisses her forehead and heads to their room. As Gina follows a little later, she finds him leaving the room. He wants to share more than a hotel room with her and knows that it scares her to death so he's leaving for his early start in the morning and sadly they break up.

Fed up of waiting after being abandoned, Kerry goes to find him and finds a transit van full of women. David and Irene are involved in sex trafficing and, at the end of the episode, they come out to find Kerry having opened the van and found the women. At the end of the reception, June retires to the bridal suite alone.

[hauntingblue]

Nami going through the place he found usopp beaten up in and remembering omg....

[mokneydloaf]

[juneofbones]

All Smiles Eve and now Frown Night are such interesting insights into both Desert Bluffs and Kevin’s character. Night Vale is horrifying and oppressive in many ways but every time we get a Desert Bluffs episode I’m reminded of just how tame it is in comparison, and just how much trauma Kevin and the other residents have been through, even post-Strex

[arolotl-queen]

The Night Vale episode, Frown Night, is actually horrifying. At first you feel bad for Lauren, or Mother Lauren as she is now called and then you are absolutely horrified by her. Not to mention the whole idea of the holiday is absolutely terrifying. I forgot about the horror/gore part of night vale.

[mattiebearr]

I am simply doing what God couldn’t or rather wouldn’t. Be the change you want to see.

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Gintama Episode Tourney

Episode 237, "Please Take Me Skiing" The Shinsengumi escort a very important person during his trip to a ski resort when things go awry. The first half of the Vacation Arc.

Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya After being sent to an apocalyptic future, Gintoki must stop a mysterious being spreading a deadly virus that is killing the world.

[grimbeak]

Ok.

Reaction to tonights episode under cut.

First off: Holy fuck. Holy dick n balls. What the hell do I do now? What am I supposed to be doing now? Going to sleep? What the fuck. Holy crap. What.

Moving on.

"Call me Mother Lauren."

The Boy. His reluctance to talk about his mother. Lauren.

"I remember as a child, when Frown Night ended, I’d take my bag of loot, and sit on the highest level of the lighthouse.

LAUREN: Oh, the one at the top of the mountain?"

The lighthouse on the mountain??? The mountain that is only in the desert otherworld???? Either this is finknor forgetting again (I doubt it since its an easy thing to at least look up on the wiki), his ass is lying, or...... that motherfucker grew up/lived in the desert otherworld as a kid.

"Mr. Schlecht, Mrs. Schlecht, Sister Schlecht, Brother Schlecht, and even their dog, who was a basset hound named Malo."

This one parodies the story he did the last time he did a holiday episode with Lauren, except its changed slightly. There is no second mother, there is no stick boy, it is a dog instead of a fucked up cat.

The names have changed. I believe in the last story, the citizens could not see their smiles despite the family smiling. This time, they know they are not smiling.

I still think this is Kevin's family, perhaps a different one of his however. Or maybe he's starting to remember it more accurately.

"And I want to add that The Smiling God loves all of Its children, no matter what…. Unless you’re shunned. If your community doesn’t want you, The Smiling God doesn’t either."

Kevin is shunned by the community. Later, Lauren says this:

"KEVIN: Not even a hint as to how the Smiling God sees me?

LAUREN: I’m only allowed tell people happy news. And if I told you what the Smiling God really thinks of you, you’d become sad, and the Smiling God does not like it when you’re sad. So…. no."

The smiling god does not love kevin.

"You know, when I think someone is feeling sad, I won’t talk to them again for months, maybe years. It’s important to give people space."

The last time Lauren saw kevin, supposedly, was at the mudstone abyss. She then did not speak to him for years.

"Isn’t that what you’d do, Kevin?"

Referencing herself, Carlos, or possibly Charles here. If we return to the theory that The Boy is Donovan, and he has been missing for several years in DOW time.... Charles and Kevin could've had a fight/temp broken up, hence why we don't hear about them.

"It’s important that we face our greatest fear, and that is sadness.

LAUREN: And it’s important that we face our pasts, too. The story of the Schlechts is not always a happy one, but we must make amends for the wrongs of history.

KEVIN: [dubious] Of course.

LAUREN: Because to ignore our past is to destroy our future. I hope you don’t have anything in your past that you’ve not atoned for, Kevin."

This.

"KEVIN: [knows she means him] No. I’m good."

Him? Who's him? Kevin? Charles? Carlos? Donovan? Cecil? Something happened since we saw Kevin last.

Also: The weather. The line about sitting and seeing the town you built together? Kevin and Carlos after having built Dow. The whole song, very Kevin and Carlos vibes.

Kevin's general uncomfortableness around Lauren. Compared to how we've heard him act before, Kevin in general seemed nervous, very much unlike his past self. He seems to be moving towards the third era of triptych.

Will analyze this all more probably wednesday/thursday, my phone is dying and i have halloween shit to do tomorrow.

THE BOY IS BACK!!!!!!!

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And I want to add that The Smiling God loves all of Its children, no matter what…. Unless you’re shunned. If your community doesn’t want you, The Smiling God doesn’t either.

[forensicated]

Ginathon Episodes: Episode 237

Smiffina recap here

It's the day of Jim and June's wedding. Sun Hill are done up in their finest and are in attendance at a beautiful country hotel. As they wait for Jim and June to arrive, Gina reminds Honey not to mention a word to anyone about how the wedding came to be - ESPECIALLY not Jonathan. "It should have been you in the frock today, Ma'am! That Jonathan Fox is a right catch!" "I'm very touched by your concern for my love life but I'm happy as I am!"

Later, Gina asks Jonathan what his wedding was like and he explains that it was a typical East End affair. Not quite pie and mash and the pearly king and queen though as his ex wife - Carol - had a grander ceremony in mind. "I'd only just finished paying for it when the divorce came through." He regrets how cynical it made him but he admits he's mellowed with the years and is very happy with Gina.

Smithy: "Gina scrubs up alright, don't she!" Jonathan: "Hold your horses, she's mine." Smithy: "No thanks, she's too high maintenance for me!" Jonathan: "She's lovely! I'd signed off my old age to poker games with the boys and microwave meals for one. Since we've met it's all different." Smithy: "I had no idea things were so serious." Jonathan: "Sometimes it takes a wedding to put things in perspective!" Gina: "Are you saying I might have to hire this gear again?" Jonathan: "I'll get back to you...."

Smithy teases Gina by interrupting her and Adam talking, turning her and pushing her forward and holding her arms up as the bouquet is thrown, only for Lance's boyfriend to be the one that catches it.

Smithy tells Gina she might have been a little hasty in giving the wedding away. "Because after talking to Jonathan, I reckon you should have just caught that." Gina is stunned and immediately charges after him. "Oi!"

Jim tells Jonathan that he couldn't be happier that June has gotten the wedding of her dreams and that he could never have afforded it. He's grateful to Gina for it but Jonathan is obviously lost. "She didn't tell you...? Gina won this competition for an all expenses paid wedding." Jim realises he's put his foot in it. "... I probably shouldn't have said anything." "It's alright, she's so modest she probably didn't want me to know." Jonathan covers.

Gina is sat outside when Jonathan later joins her, telling her he'd gone to their room for a few quiet moments as he had a headache after all the excitement. Jonathan lifts her hand and kisses her palm, gazing at her.

Gina: "Sure it's a headache and not too much champagne?" Jonathan: "Can't even hold your hand now?" Gina: "Course you can, you've just come over a bit soppy that's all." Jonathan: "I thought we'd turned a bit of a corner in our relationship recently?" Gina: "We've gotten closer." Jonathan: "I like that." Gina: "And so do I, but like you said the other day, we don't live in each others pockets. We've got our separate lives and that's why it's so nice when we do spend time together." Jonathan: "I know I said that, but-" Gina: "And I like that. Separate but together." Jonathan: "Why are you so bloody independent?" Gina: "Because that's who I am." Jonathan: "I want... I need to look after you, Gina." Gina: "And I need to look after me as well." Jonathan sort of looks resigned, nods, kisses her cheek and walks away from the table. Gina's expression suggests she doesn't quite mean 100 percent of how she phrased her words but the hint from Smithy spooked her a little.

Gina is about to return to their room when she spots Jonathan leaving holding his suit bag. He tells her he has an early start in the morning and needs to get back. "But we've booked the room?" Gina blinks. "It's only a freebie isn't it. Part of the prize?" Gina pauses. "... So you know. Come on, stay. We need to talk about this." Jonathan tells her his taxi is waiting and just hands her the key to the room. "I want to share more than a hotel room with you Gina. That's what scares you to death. Goodnight." he says quietly, leaving.

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237不止没有改进236，还他妈的直接... //CH237 did not improve CH236. In fact, it fucking—

Spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen CH237.

Damn. This chapter blows as a belated Gojo fan. Also blows as a character-work fan. Or a "surprise me with an interesting and creative maneuver after the last chapter" fan. I should be glad I didn't inhale dangerous amounts of copium last week beyond small doses and hope.

You know what feels like the point of JJK as of this writing? "Be an asshole, or lose." Megumi ain't an asshole, is he? So there you go. He kept getting punished. Bruh had been an L magnet for a while now for sure, but at CH237 you can reasonably believe he's in that same afterlife airport in yet another offscreen death. At this rate JJK is gonna feel like a fundamentalist/millennialist Christian talking point: "This life on Earth is shit. You can only hope for salvation in the afterlife. No point trying to fight suffering while living; no point dreaming about improvement. True happiness only exists after you die... In God's Kingdom Gojo's airport, mai furrendo. Until Sukuna Reality-cut through even the afterlife, that is."

Megumi had a lot of characterization early on, man. He's got an interesting psychology, legitimate mental growth, a self-ish goal revolving around Tsumiki, a selfless goal revolving around his definition of being a jujutsu sorcerer, a dynamic of interesting potentials between himself and Yuji + himself and Satoru + himself and Tsumiki + himself and the Zenin clan (or whatever's left of it), and a canonically busted technique. We would have been so stoked to see what Megumi himself could do with Ten Shadows, especially when it's said to rival the Gojo clan's Limitless.

Instead, when the 10 Shadow vs. Limitless fight happened, it was Sukuna who demonstrated how good it was, not the young hero we're rooting to master it. And now comes CH237 and Sukuna's like, "Yea, this technique was just an Anti-Gojo move so I can forget this now that he's 2.5jo. Bye Megumi's L Magnet body! Bye Megumi's soul; thanks for tanking Unlimited Void that one time! MAGICAL GIRL TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE! BELIEVIX, SO MAGICAL!"

Was the whole point of Megumi's existence just to erase Satoru? Were all those previous hints to Megumi's character development and psychology just haphazard salad dressings?

And man. Because I'm, indeed, a Gojo fan, what really bummed me out is this growing realization: Satoru seemingly still dead right now really lends substance to people who said he's the single-most stupidest loser in this story ever. He has never made any right choice, has he? Even his insistence on not executing Yuji, which was framed to be a move for a noble cause back then (I'll die on this hill; I really can't see it as a self-motivating cause no matter how some people might like to paint it), is now seen as a stupid choice that doomed the future because of how much the villains are winning right now (while the strongest guy on the good guys' side is chilling with "no regrets" in an afterlife airport).

You'd at least hope that Satoru managed to introduce some permanent damage to Sukuna for the rest of the camp. Lose the battle, win the war. But apparently, from the looks of it, that didn't last. Sukuna magical-girled into his Second Stage Boss form. It's reasonable that his brain just got renewed from this, which means Malevolent Shrine may be back on the table already. And any (meager) damage Satoru had left on him from their fight is just wiped clean. Bruh even has his dumbbell-looking weapon (it's actually a legit weapon in Hindu myth if I recall correctly, though what exactly is the name slipped my mind this time) now.

Hell, that simp Uraume is still alive and kicking. Satoru didn't even offscreen that annoying twerp with his 200% Hollow Purple at the beginning of the fight. Now Uraume is presumably acting out those Gamble God(赌神) Chinese New Year Hong Kong movies with Hakari up there in the sky.

Honestly Gojo Satoru, are you sure you were the strongest at all? Or have you just been subjected to that old Chuck Norris meme, where tales of Chuck Norris being "the strongest" in the most ridiculous ways possible spread among people—except in your case, everyone including yourself believed it? 'Cause man, the story disrespects you so hard now.

Oh, and don't bother looking for Satoru's body among the rubble. Nor bother with the cast's emotional reaction. No Yuji, no Yuta, no nobody except Kashimo and Hakari. Some said this might allude to a background event—maybe Satoru is being patched up in the background as we speak, ya know?

But I don't know. It's just... better not to expect anything at this point. Better not to cook unless the intention is to write fanfics and what-ifs for yourself or your community. I do neither of those things, so I don't wanna try cooking at all. "Nekkhamma", man. Non-attachment is the better frame of mind by this point.

Still gonna stick with JJK though because hey, I still wanna evaluate things when it's all said and done. I'm not gonna try persuading my best friend into seeing it with me when Season 3 comes, though. Her fav is Nanami and she's only interested in Satoru because of me. By this metric, there's no point in having her stick around past her personal interests. She's not even one who likes pointless tragedies nor is she wanting of shows to watch, aye, Fionn?

Sukuna fans can rejoice, though. He reclaims the form Sukuna fans wanted to see for years! And he's more powerful than ever and is indisputably the King of Curses very likely riding into a non-airport style victory (unless Kenjaku screws him). In addition to being the strongest and poetic (that's the character depth non-Sukuna fans like myself missed at our peril, I suppose), he's—by his admission—an unwanted child with a hint of him "working to become the strongest" (this has been a pretty persistent fanon for a while now. Just need a confirmation.). He also doesn't know "love." And thinks everyone else is trash. There are some genuinely interesting possibilities to speculate about his background based on the breadcrumbs provided CH237 though. I wonder if the conjoined twin theory is true!

Hey, Gege? If you're transitioning Jujutsu Kaisen to Sukuna Kaisen, might as well start throwing the most meaningful bones to Sukuna fans, okay? No more being coy. Just tell them his backstory. Hell, I'll stick around out of curiosity alone... even if I hate an asshole who never gets punished.

Thank you for reading my ramble.

[maxgicalgirl]

I just made the most inhumane squealing noises when I heard my man Kevin on the newest wtnv this morning

[notmuchtoconceal]

Rewatching Hannibal for the first time and it hits so much harder now that I've had firsthand experience being driven to the brink of madness by my manipulative af, not-even secretly pathetic not-boyfriend. You don't understand. This is what healing looks like. I don't need you to understand my problems when the film medium can assure me it already knows me better than you ever will.