#gotta make a little bat for my boss! she got jealous that everyone else has a bat but not her :c

[shinybulbasaur]

okay okay I am finally going to sew again after like. a week and a half of doing nothing

[staliasjeronica]

Riverdale S5 Ep11 Thoughts *Spoilers*

thoughts under cut to keep tag from being cluttered :)

- Oh yeah I forgot that Chad was blackmailing Veronica about the dirty dealings in her company even though it’s not her at all (unless it’s just been so long and I’ve forgotten but she’s my baby and I feel like I would’ve remembered but-

- Hiram and this dumb prison is one of the worst things for this show it’s a constant plot of people escaping and it’s so annoying like sure Hiram owns it and he was in the jail but no one has, like, taken him back to jail…??? Hiram is a fucking disease smh

- “back to remote learning” why didn’t you just stay that way though… like even right now in covid schools are opening back up and kids are complaining because it’s still not safe so like… just… go back to it??? I’m so not built for this world fasdhfkahf

- Veronica and Smithers 🥺🥺💞💞

- the way Veronica hugs Archie is so cute bc she’s so tiny but like she always gives her all and Archie is just 😐 never giving anything ahjfsdfsh it’s quite sad you can tell how done KJ is with Varchie lol

- “I really hate that I’m dragging you through this.” … what about constantly pulling him into your mob boss father mess that the writers refuse to allow you to escape from?

- “until you and Chad are officially done, I think we should keep our distance.” Varchie bones!!! you just KNOW that Archie has been looking forward to this because that man is whole heartedly in love with Betty and has been since forever and that while Chad prolongs the divorce papers, Archie will not be waiting for Veronica considering he doesn’t want her. Varchie = bones we love to see it!

- now who tf would join Penelope Blossom’s ministry… no one, realistically.

- can Cheryl stop being given the craziest and usually most boring plots ever please...

- Not someone holding a gun to Tabitha literally don’t hurt Riverdale’s best girl weirdo

- these bitches really haven’t aged huh…. poor Veronica though being robbed but like they stole some watches or something and the opal like that’s all you take..?? okay-

- Fangs 💞💞💞💞💞 also rip to him having to work with his ex tho

- STOP HAVING ARCHIE GO TO HIRAM WE’RE TIRED

- You know considering the whole reason why Hiram is still here as the villain and ruining Veronica’s life/growth to keep her in his plots al because Mark is a big soap opera celeb and apparently brings in money, you’d assume they would give him GOOD shit instead of everything he’s gotten. If they hadn’t of hired Mark can you imagine how much better off the show would be if they didn’t have to keep him around bc of his status????? God why-

- Reggie’s always there for Veronica muah…. oh fuck me I guess fjasjkdf

- “I work for one Lodge and it’s not you.” lmao okay??? you acting like that’s a flex, and that you’re working for the better Lodge who literally left you to die after the Serpents thought you shot Fangs so-

- MARTY BEING WHY REGGIE IS WORKING FOR HIRAM…….. YOUR DAD IS ABUSIVE LET HIM HANDLE HIS OWN DEBT??? God both Veronica and Reggie are always fucked over when it comes to their parents huh

- don’t you just love when they make characters act ooc for a plot ahhhhhh it’s totally fun to watch and totally not frustratingly annoying

- “FOR OLD TIMES SAKE.” 💞💞💞 we love Veggie even though they made Veronica act ooc and hurt him back then and they weren’t given an actual chance.

- “don’t be such a Betty” now why is Betty so surprised she only ever had fun when she was with Archie, when she’s with Jughead all she did was do what she wanted and order him around so likeefjhakdfh

- “he shouldn’t really be my problem anymore.” BUGHEAD BONES YASSSSS

- I know it was just a sound they used but like that squish sound when Darla kicked Tom’s face… did she like smash his face in damn what is this The Walking Dead?

- see the problem with them randomly bringing characters/parents in when they need them is that they’re never around so like no one really cares… like they could have utilized the parents so much (and Skeet and Marisol never would have left) and it would have been so much better than random appearances that make them look incompetent and awful parents because they’re never there during all the other times their kids need them. but we have to see the two toxic parents that won’t go away constantly??? literally what the fuck

- Betty calling Jughead’s writing cringey wbk she’s never liked his writing she was just stroking his ego bc she was his gf and had to be supportive lmaoo

- why are these 60+ year old men beating up Jughead like for why???

- so they just forgot that Tom was checking in on the convict huh gotta love dumbing down characters for plot!

- Fangs with his switchblade muah

- jealous Tabitha muahhh over a password

- “wait THE BETTY?"

- Cheryl looks so good

- Find meaning in his death… girl didn’t you not care that your husband killed your son over the illegal maple stuff I forgot the plot but it was something illegal and dumb

- “drain the vein” …...

- Reggie helping muah

- Why is Archie acting like an ass? like sure he doesn’t know that Chad is abusive and toxic but c’mon fucker you cheated on her and never apologized and you don’t even wanna be with her in the first place so why are you acting like you’re personally hurt sit down

- God Archie really hates Veronica huh… I don’t even blame him considering the shit she’s brought him into time and time again.

- Jughead was kicked like maybe five times yet he was fine falling out of a two story window and the serpent imitation but now he needs antibiotics..? plot convenience!

- literally don’t remember anything about Doc tbh or him talking to Donna and Bret like—

- ever since Negan people are obsessed with bats with barbed wire.

- also! yes please kill Hiram <3 I know they end up saving him bc of the opal but c'mon

- they searched basically nothing for five seconds wow such great detective work you guys!

- we know you just want his manuscript Jessica

- Cheryl with her rainbow skirt how cute!

- “daddykins” girl you’re like 25

- Veronica acting like she cares about Hiram fjsadhkfhas these guys thinking that they’d kill Hiram even though they need him lol

- bad bitch Ronnie we love her even though she’s gonna have to save her father to save others and get her opal </3

- not Veronica calling Archie first and not Kevin considering Kevin’s dad is there…. this is the pandering va fan service bs we have bc it makes no sense and it’s so forced

- Fangs knowing Archie rides with tools in his truck mmhm that’s a little sus idk how but archiefangs agenda coming through!

- no one would actually believe that Jessica ashkjdfsj and they take this bait…??? you gotta be joking lmao

- Jug got to help doc this time 🥺😭

- …. tell me why when he said boyfriend I immediately thought of Reggie I hate myself for wishing fahsdjkfsafj

- okay as cheesy and corny and awful the fight scene is since they posted a clip of it, them working together is so refreshing and nice we love leader!Veronica bc she’s so good at it. but the show only cares for Betty which is funny since she’s an awful detective fbahsdjfj

- my god enough with Jason’s body!!!!!!!!! you burned his body please let him stay dead let his body rest

- okay but the back and forth from Betty and Jessica is so good like I wish we could get that kind of rivalry drama type stuff all the time. too bad they refuse to let Veronica act like a normal person and get angry at being cheated on and such :/ when will Veronica slap the fuck out of Betty

- he’s not a blameless victim but Betty take responsibility for how awful a person you are PLEASE

- THE VOICEMAILLLLLLL Jughead only speaks the truth! it’s weird that he only realized what we all knew about Betty after but whatever, finally he gets upset like damn. also jeronica crumb he’s the only one to ever include Veronica smh ALSO Cole acted the fuck outta this voice mail muah

- the way Betty just sits there uncaring… she really is a freak huh god when will someone punch her in the face and take her ego down a million notches she’s so annoying

- “that’s darkness.” …?? what?

- the way bh’s relationship parallels jughead’s with Jessica though. the unhealthy habits, the bad energy, etc. except Jessica left it and Betty didn’t and it turned Betty into whatever the fuck this is. I miss s1 Betty :/

- so when will they sue Jessica for drugging them? mmhm probably never

- poor Tabitha being the only one who cares about jughead tho

- oh no I forgot there was a random musical number…

- you’re gonna have Betty and Tabitha act like THAT and not put them together so rude

- when will Cheryl be free from her mom. is was like turned on by abuse or something sigh why do the toxic (and most boring!) parents get plots and screen time and everyone else doesn’t...

- Veronica would be able to do Moree than pepper spray but whatever only Betty is allowed be “badass"

- fangs being fangs ugh so sexy my babyyyyy

- Trevor Stines is so attractive it’s a shame they only bring him back for five seconds to traumatize Cheryl over and over again though </3

- wow varchie in a pop’s booth what season is this again??

- god it’s so upsetting how amazing varchie would have been as just friends…

- the way he smiled at Veronica was so contradicting to the blank, “please don’t” expression when she was telling him she was gonna get divorced as fast as possible. why can’t he just admit he doesn’t want to be with her!!!!!! my god they’ve put off barchie long enough just let them be together so their characters can finally act in character and stop being so awful and annoying

- “this cause” what cause you fucking weirdo

- not Hiram threatening the mayor he could literally be your downfall if we had good writers fjasdkjfasf

- jughead how would you have killed him with a small wooden basket

- I like doc so much but I know we’ll never see him again until we randomly need him seasons from noow

- Betty wasn’t hit by the drugs until after the message though… how would she not remember? it didn’t seem to be doing anything to Betty until the bunker

- hopefully since they’re friends now Tabitha can make Betty act like a decent human being <3

- the way Tabitha looked at Betty please stop doing this to me...

- maybe we can finish that dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jabitha rising bughead dying we love to see it!

wow that episode felt like it was two hours long but thankfully I finally finished it… don’t have many actual thoughts but anyways hope you enjoyed my live blog of my thoughts!

[steve0discusses]

Yugioh S4 Episode 2: Rebecca...She’s back, I guess?

So I got hella sick this week so it’s...just one update this weekend. The rest of the next update has the caps done but then the copy I was putting together got very distracted about which Founding Father was the hottest and I think that was the Dayquil? I barely know what day of the week it is rn. I think it’s Saturday, is it Saturday?

Anyway, we’re battling that Monocle guy. Gurimo? Yeah his name is Gurimo. I honestly can’t remember him saying his name even once, so thanks Google for the help.

It’s a new season so not only did we suck all the power out of God Cards but now you can’t use them anymore with the new glowing green mechanic. The writers really did just...a lot to make it so God Cards are no longer relevant. Like they buried them so far.

This guy repeats himself quite a lot about being soul hungry? Yeah I watched all of Sailor Moon so like, I’m super up to date on my soul energy anime. I’ve walked this path before I know it well.

(read more under the cut)

Such a shame we can’t read those stats which may just be Hebrew letters in lorem ipsum (note that when Pegasus makes you a card, you don’t get to have stats) but it’s nice to know that, if you wanted to, you could play Rex and Weevil in universe of the show and something would happen.

Anyway, Gurimo lost, his eyes went all glowy red at some point, and decided to go out throwing stuff because it’s Yugioh and you have to throw cards at least 3 times a season, its in the contract.

Don’t think about physics guys, just trust that cards can do this on a roof where there’s no wind for some reason.

And then he went up in a green ball of glory. It was nice of the green beam of soul energy to wait until the impossible card toss was over.

Lol this show and how it just kills people on screen just...all the time. All the freakin time. Can’t show a gun, but murder as many people as you like. It’s OK, his soul is in a paper card so he’s not *really* dead. That won’t terrify children under the age of 10.

So Pharaoh decides to do the tactic of telling a bunch of motorcycle gang edgy kids (adults? not sure about those three) that stealing is Wrong.

They also, youknow, are implicit in murdering Rex and Weevil but youknow, stealing is wrong and the God Cards don’t belong to them and Pharaoh is shook that these kids won’t keep their end of their bargain that whoever wins the card fight keeps the cards.

So basically Gurimo died for freakin nothing.

Welcome back to the fold, Rex and Weevil, apparently this show isn’t done with you yet. I was pretty much done with both of you 3 seasons ago but alas, you will be back, with your raspy as hell voice acting, at the beginning of S5. I am sure of it.

(PS I just noticed I spelled resurrect wrong and I know I should go back into photoshop but like...I’m too sick to care at this moment so maybe I’ll change it in the next week or so I dunno, I’m just gonna post this thing so I can feel like I did something productive today.)

And so these kids decide the police are never going to freakin show up to the rooftop brawl where a guy super died and several children were endangered and a huge beam of light you can see from space went out like a bat signal to the rest of the city of “ps, something bad is happening over here, if any of you adults feel like helping out these four high school drop outs? Nobody?”

First, they decide to keep this horrible thing:

(which second thought is not SO surprising, because Yugi clearly loves hoarding dead people)

And then this other horrible thing:

Why would you keep these? Why would you do this?

I mean Yugi’s got such specific dark tastes that I wouldn’t be half surprised if his closet is filled with dozens and dozens of rat skulls he collected from the subway station.

And then the next day, Yugi decided to just like watch Joey and Tristan dangle Rex and Weevil like puppets. It just seemed super unnecessary.

Like Yugi isn’t even Pharaoh right now but he’s absolutely fine with these guys getting shook around. Yugi is all sorts of gray area in this show and I’m glad that’s never changed although sometimes it’s like “Is Yugi slowly turning into a mob boss? Because I’m down, but also somewhat concerned?”

Anyway, the God Cards aren’t even here anymore so we say farewell to Rex and Weevil who seem just as confused at how the hell you can steal a God Card as we are.

*not entirely sure where Rex and Weevil are from. I’ve been assuming the UK or the US but like...maybe they live here? I don’t even know.

And then Chibiusa--I mean Rebecca showed up.

Ah, remember this plot point from S1? What if she shows up and (according to Bro) Just never leaves?

I’m coming to terms with this. Anyway, Rebecca’s only purpose seems to be as a part of a (love????) triangle (square????) between Yugi and Tea but like...

And maybe this is the Dayquil speaking but...

Is this even weird?

Seriously, they’re family friends, why is this weird? Maybe it’s because one of Rebecca’s core traits is that she’s American and I’m also an American so I don’t even see a problem with Rebecca and how she acts (since she’s a freakin child with a crush on a card-famous person) but like what small child see her friend she hasn’t seen in 2 years and is not going to hug him?

Anyway, Yugi was the worst to not remember this chick. Maybe his brain looks like a box of loose packing peanuts (I say as a metaphor remembering that his brain literally looks like an Escher painting screensaver), but he can’t remember this chick from just 2 years ago that he gave his rarest card to? The chick who’s grandfather had that blue-eyes he gave to Yugi’s Grandfather? The chick who’s grandfather helped his grandfather get that necklace around Yugi’s neck? The necklace he wears every single day and is super cursed by?

How do you forget the Hawkins when they are part of the reason everyone thinks you’re losing your mind?

But I guess she looks older now and got a pair of glasses (bifocals????). She No longer has her hair in pigtails but, I dunno, she looks basically the same to me since she’s still about the same size as Yugi but wtv.

And then Yugioh was like “Listen everyone, we’re very tired of all of your angry reviews, and I see y’all are saying we never do romance, well get ready, we know how to do romance really well, get ready for it, we can make things move faster than a snail in wet cement, just watch.”

Because somehow, after Yugi was the biggest asshole ever to Rebeca, I guess she figured like “well, at least you’re still card famous”

You know what? I have several girlfriends who I am not dating, but, if it’s been a couple weeks since they’ve seen me last, will give me a huge as drunk hug on my arm and go “MY LOVE MY GIRLFRIEND MARRY ME” and like...Again I’m American so maybe this is just my culture here in California?

I’d like to believe that Rebecca is just messing with these people because she can.

Ps I’m pretty sure this girl was 6 last time we saw her but they decided...we better age her up if it’s gonna be a romance but they only made her 12. OK show. Yugi’s pushing 17 at this point so like...barely even logical. I’d say legal but I’m thinking more of just logic at this point because the last time we saw this girl she was holding a teddy bear (which we can guarantee is probably still shoved into her luggage)

...OK, show...

Now listen listen listen. All ships are fine here. I’m not gonna go after shipping because like, c’mon, it’s 2019. If you stan Rebecca and Yugi, go for it, why not? I’ve said it before, and my feelings haven’t really changed, I’m immune to shipping, so I feel absolutely no different with Rebecca and Yugi than I do with Tea and Yugi. I think Tea makes more sense, but that’s not saying very much because literally anyone else on this cast who isn’t related to him could probably work. Go ahead and bring back Mako Tsunami. There’d be a fun pair.

Bro got very excited when I mentioned a MakoxYugi pairing just now ps.

But it really does feel like this ship has the dynamic of the Usagi/Chibiusa/Mamaru ship from Sailor Moon where Usagi was always jealous of small little Chibiusa spending time with Mamaru who was her OWN DAD. Why would you EVER be jealous of a 12 year old girl hanging with your boy...friend? Tea is a 17ish year old ballerina who never, ever wears full pants. She’d have this in the bag if she ever decided to like...do anything with...this. And I don’t blame Tea for never doing anything with “this” because like...look at “this.”

I just don’t think the writing team knows how to write a competent love triangle (square) but...this exists now. They even had Rebecca decide to dress nearly identically to Tea as a demonstration of her devotion but like...it honestly comes off more that this small child just admires Tea. Because she’s 12.

Yugi is just babysitting this girl for his Grandfather and it feels like the writing team just had to have the girls be all catty at eachother. Because it’s a kids show. Gotta have those girls all catty. Can’t let them be friends.

Anyway, back at this museum that these kids visit so freakin often, you’d think they’d change their home address, we meet up with the granddads in question.

Ah, now Ishizu is no longer with us, Exposition Grandpa is here to take the torch. Can’t wait for that.

And I made his font gray because I freakin give up. Grandpa Hawkins might change his font color every episode. I...I’m figuring it out.

And then, every helicopter in Domino shed a single tear.

Wow. I’ve been so mad for so many seasons that they never use a freakin seaplane to cross the ocean that when they actually do I’m like...kind of disappointed?

I mean it’s not shaped like a dragon, but I will take this perfectly acceptable seaplane.

I can’t believe they drew a normal ass plane. on this show.

*Waits patiently for it to turn into a blimp next episode*

Anyway, if you just got here, this is a link to read all the caps in chrono order. There’s over 3 seasons of this. Y’all I’ve done over 100 episodes.

[milquetoast-on-acid]

Sanctuary City pt1, A Reactionary Post

Father issues

What this episode is about: Mason's Zeal Reserve Officer Watson Camilla Page, the cop version of Emma Rios Young Love Triangles (or quadrangles) Kelly and Ryan and Miguel and Lucas Rusty and Gus and Aiden Concerned Families Diaz, Rojas, Garza and Garrett St Josephs: The Fathers Julio dealing with Loss The Raydor/Flynn Beck Family + The Squad The Official Return of Stroh + A Mother's Concern Wedding Details A Wedding and A Funeral

Major Crimes, S6xE1: Episode Review

This episode is a gigantic information dump, very similar to Hindsight. With tons of players involved. There's so much to unpack here. From personal plot lines, a new character, learning about three different families, the missing kids and Stroh.

"My daughter and both of my sons attended St Josephs, Lieutenant. No priest in my parish has ever been accused of wrong doing." Typical Provenza when it comes to anything having to do with the catholic church. And this is such a rare thing to see from Sharon. She usually is very diplomatic when it comes to her emotions and beliefs. My guess here is that because it's involving a school/parish she's been involved with for decades - she isn't mincing her words. Even Amy gives Provenza a look, like that might not be the best of comments.

"All this trouble and the boys are probably just at a double feature, somewhere." "A double feature somewhere, should we be looking for these boys in the 1950's." I love this bantering. And maybe Andy's suggestion is kind of ridiculous but.... Drives in's do still exist. Although they are extremely rare. There's one around where I live and I did go to a double feature a few years back. Didn't Sharon and Andy go to the movies pretty often on their not-date dates. So wouldn't he be pretty familiar with the LA area having a drive in? Love the sliding wall but...How is this new tech going to help them with their investigations? And is that new printer? An actual printer that Provenza won't be able to charge people to use.

Mason's Zeal "I'd rather I overreact then discover I didn't pay enough attention, later." Right off the bat Mason is completely different to both Taylor and Pope. He sees three kids missing and wants to jump on the case. He makes an excellent point that if the three boys where white the LAPD would be jumping on this case. While the squad is rather reluctant to move on it because of the short time frame the boys have been missing. 

Personally it's a really welcome change from Taylor who was (mostly) motivated by money and press. Pope who often times went along with Brenda but half the time he was trying to bone her and the other half of the time he was only looking out for himself. 

"Commander it's your call but I think we need to get the faces of the boys out to the media." Another welcome change from Mason. When Taylor would go to the press first or push Sharon to go to the press despite her feelings other wise. Mason states his opinion but leaves the decision up to Sharon. And it should always have been her decision to release information like that and I love that Mason is working with Sharon instead of against her.

Reserve officer Watson "If you interfere with this investigation you'll be standing in front of a camera with a booking plate across your neck." I love each of the squad's reactions to Buzz interviewing one of the parents. Mike is proud AF giving Buzz an nice high five. Amy reassures Buzz he doesn't need to dress the part. Andy (who if you remember took Buzz out on his first ride along) pushes Buzz not to be shy and to take charge of the interview. While Sharon has every confidence in Buzz. I love our little Police family here. Everyone's own personalities coming out in their reactions to him. 

Buzz' involvement in this investigation is such a contrast to his boyscout behavior in "Turn Down". He's rather forceful with Marvin Garrett and threatens to arrest the guy if he won't cohoperate. I love it! He's so much more confident and it seems that he really did learn something from Andy and Provenza. Even Buzz' knowlege of spanish comes in when he heads the search warrent of the Diaz' house. When supririse, suprirse their hiding something. Like a big wad of fat money under the floorboards.

Camilla Page, the cop version of Emma Rios She's very socially awkward and seems to bounce ideas off of herself. Although I guess that you would be used to doing that if you were used to working by yourself. Why she has to do it out loud though, is anyone's guess. Why all of the female characters are introduced as annoying AF? Amy, Emma, Winnie, Linda Rothman, and even Sharon. Couldn't we have a female character that's introduced into the story not made to be annoying? 

I suppose the difference being that she has a sympathetic backstory and that one of our beloved characters has a relationship with her. So it's supposed to ease her into the story better but as of yet. I'm not buying it. My big question is...if Cami is so important to Provenza, why has Andy never even heard of her?

“Hey that's great news, Detective. Now would you like to hear what the Commander would like you to do?" hahah I love Andy's sassy come back at Page jumping the gun. Gotta love Mike's face when she interprets Sharon. Mike and Andy share a look and then Mike shakes his head. 

I kind of what to see a jealous Buzz as Provenza mentors Cami. I do love the images that come to mind when Provenza was light on fire by a hot dog. 

Can someone explain Page's actions when the squad meets with Mason after Provenza shits on Garret? It appears she's just moving a bunch of shit around while doing nothing important. Was this originally supposed to go somewhere and they cut it out? It seems really odd. As in this cut, her actions don't go anywhere. 

"Now all five of them are in or through college." Wait...what!? Just how old is this girl? I get it. I myself am the poster child for looks can be deceiving when it comes to age. But how old is she supposed to be?

The Love Triangles

Kelly and Ryan and Miguel and Lucas

Seems like Kelly like all of the boys and at the very least Miguel and Lucas like her. My money is on one of the boys or Kelly is responsible for the abduction.

"She kind of likes all of them."

Love the look on Mike's face when it was revealed that Kelly likes all of the boys. Like wait what!? The girl could be completely innocent or she could be manipulating their feelings for her.

Rusty and Gus and Aiden "You are following Gus' boss on instagram?" So Gus is off living in Napa working in Aiden's resturant and the two of them are still having problems in their relationship.  Rusty hasn't heard from Gus in four days and it appears that he's off parting with Aiden. Sharon is rather patient and wants Rusty to not jump to any conclusions. Honestly, I think at this point if Gus hasn't contacted Rusty in four days (and Gus seems to have a habit of running off when him and Rusty are have problems). Then it's probably time to start moving on. And as obsessive as Rusty is with following Aiden on instigram, he seems to be coming to the conclusion that it's best to let Gus come to him. If Gus doesn't want to be found, then Rusty isn't going to go chasing after him. It really looked like at the end of Shockwave, the boys were going to break up. Kind of seems like a slow spiraling death for their relationship.

Concerned Families

Diaz, Rojas, Garza and Garrett

It really becomes clear as the investigation goes on that each family is hiding something. Mateo's his drug use, him and his wife's problems, and his anger issues.The Diaz' mysterious stash of money and the threat of being deported. Hector Rojas' mysterious death which looks like it was caused by Ryan. And Hector's abuse of Ryan.

The first thing we learn about Lucas is that he's diabetic. And because of that he's on a very strick schedule. It seems that, Lucas has a thing for Miguel's neighbor Kelly. And Marvin Garrett who's Kelly's father is biased againest anyone that's not white.

According to Miss Rojas, her dead husband Hector told her he was in the import export business. And that she had no idea that he was a gangster. But seriously how dumb can you be, when someone says import/export what else can that mean!?

What do these boys have in common? Father issues. 

"We have three missing boys, Sir. This is a crisis." Provenza being 100% done with Garret!I loved it so much!  The guy in his raciest rattled brain just could not fucking understand. These boys were missing and all he saw was the other. Loved that Provenza was sooo pissed off that he immediately shit all over him and didn't give a flying fuck when Mason chewed him out. 

Except that when Sharon gives Provenza that look, does he actually explain what he was thinking. Provenza thinks that Mason is favoring the Catholic church (just the way that Pope did) but thankfully Sharon explains that it's more like what the press is going to do with that information. Provenza isn't always the most strategic when he's pissed off but damn it I love what he did.

The Catholic Church St Josephs: The Fathers

Father Stan Love that Sharon's priest is making a big appearance in these episodes. Would have liked him to at least say hello to Andy. We got more interaction from him and Andy in White Lies when the two of them weren't even in the same scene together. While, Father Stan seems pretty antiquated with Rusty. Which certainly makes sense with Rusty having gone to St Josephs and all of the wedding stuff. But still...not interaction with him an Andy. That’s just odd. 

Father Jonas Alcaraz Both Provenza and Andy seem suspicious of Father Jonas Alcaraz. The first thing that Andy picks up on is the Father's very close relationship with the boys. To the point that he'd notice if they were missing. Provenza thought that the Father was trying to block his access to one of the missing boy's locker. To me both of these things could be explained but only time will tell who the abductor/killer will turn out to be.

Julio dealing with Loss It seems like all this guy has gone through his entire life is loss. His cat was killed by neighborhood gang members. His wife and unborn child are killed in a car crash. Then his brother is murdered by a gang in a drive by. He finally moves on from his wife's death only to date a multiple murderer. Then he tries adopting a kid, forms a bond with him and gets him take away. Only to have the kid come back to him. And now his mother is dead. Can the guy ever catch a break. Also it seems that Julio attends the same church that Sharon does. Interesting.

The Raydor/Flynn/Beck Family + The squad Sharon, Mike and Nolan all had the flu but it seems like Sharon's going through something worse than that. Which is pointed out to us by Andy, Rusty and Mike's concern over her. 

Andy and Mike share a look after Sharon seems rather sore getting up from her chair to greet her Priest. When Sharon explains that 'it's just the flu', Andy shakes his head in concern and disagreement. Later on Rusty pushes Sharon to go to her doctor's appointment. It's really great to see Rusty step out side of himself and show some concern for his mother. And similar to Brenda, when Sharon is on a case it's generally top priority. Especially since it's super critical to find Lucas who has't had any insulin in about a day. 

Like I don't think that they are going to kill Sharon. IMO, that would be way to dark for Duff. But an illness for Sharon, you know I don't know. I've mixed thoughts on it. There is that thought in the back of my mind even though it's not really logical. That I don't need another Laura Roslin in my life. On the other hand if this is an emotional arc for Sharon...that's something that is very needed.

The Official Return of Stroh + The theme of Moby Dick Last year there was build up on Stroh coming back and that build up continues. With him squeezing in on them. It seems he's cleaning house (why I haven't figured out yet). The guy had killed off his stepmother - which means protection for Brenda, Linda and Rusty. Only of course Rusty doesn't want protection.

One of the boys was reading Moby Dick. The significance of having that book on Sharon's desk is that Stroh is Sharon's white whale. Sharon was rather obsessed with finding Stroh and keeping Rusty safe in season 3. That it stopped her from living her life until she finally closed Stroh's file. And how he's returned and with that Sharon's obsession with capturing Stroh and watching Rusty like a hawk. Now that Stroh is at their backs, Sharon in particular is going to feel the pressure.

Wedding details That Singer... So as soon as Father Stan mentions the singer. It became obvious that it was going to be Olivia Mell. And then we find out that Rusty is a ring bearer. Which I like a lot more than having Ricky and Rusty walk Sharon down the aisle.

A Wedding and a Funeral The ending scene, hits you square in the gut. The music and the chiming of the church bells really sets a ominous mood. The editing with the flashes of the scene inter cut with hard fade in's makes it really feel like a funeral. Beautifully shot, beautifully edited. Visually this is going to bookend Sharon and Andy's wedding at the end of the Sanctuary Arc. Especially with the way that Provenza and Kendall are standing. Not to mention that the focus is on Sharon in this scene, walking down the sidewalk in a light grey trench. Not dissimilar to the color and length of a wedding dress. 

Sharon is so deeply effected by Ryan's death that she has to break away from everyone to take a breather. And I love that while she's alone in her thoughts. A worried Andy is in the background waiting for her to come to him. Letting her know that he's there if she needs him but not hovering. I rather think that Andy has learned to let Sharon sort things out, inside of her head before he talks to her. He's giving her space and I love that because it really illustrates just how well he knows her at this point. 

For decades Sharon has been used to dealing with everything on her own. And while she has a partner now who she can rely on in emotional situations. I really think that it's still very hard for her to let go. Also because of the emotional damage from her first marriage I don't think that Sharon will ever just go to Andy immediately when she's dealing with something.

Speculation: I'm ruling out Ryan's douchebag biodad. He guy doesn't care enough about Ryan to dump his body in a blanket at St Josephs. This is someone who knows and cares about him. Someone from one of the three families, one of the other missing boys or possibly Kelly Garrett. That's who my money is on.

What I don't like: Raymond Cruz was not in this episode and there for his name was not in the credits. I don't care for that. Whether or not he wasn't in the episode, he is part of the main cast. When Mary was a part of TC's cast in season 7, she was always credited whether or not she was in an episode. The editing in the beginning of the episode is kind of odd. There's some zooming edits to the beat of music. Sometimes MC gets a little experimental in how they shoot things but it's a little odd here. Especially since it doesn't continue throughout the rest of the episode. 

We get a TON of information in this episode. With the case and with the personal stories. In my opnion too much information, although this is pretty typical of this show at times. Like to pack so much into their episode and not enough time for all of the storylines to breathe properly. Not a fan of the new character and they seem to make a rather big deal of her. Although I do have to say I like her slightly better then Emma.

What I do like: Dogs, Dogs, Dogs!!! Love the search Dogs all over this episode. That ending scene just loved it! Everything about it is really amazing. I enjoyed this episode, I like the dark tone. Can't say it's my favorite premiere and I think it suffers from too much information being thrown at us at once. I loved Buzz learning to being more forceful. Andy and Rusty being concerned for Sharon over her mysterious illness. Loved Provenza shitting all over Marvin Garret and his bit about drugs, drugs, drugs.