#walker 4x03

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Walker 4x03 Promo "Lessons From the Gift Shop" 

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Finally catching up on Walker for real now that I'm done writing. I've tried a couple times, but couldn't concentrate and it sorta washed over me while I did other shit. So I've SORT OF seen these but now I'm paying attention.

Geri donating the shirt Emily got Cordell STILL rubs me all kinds of wrong ways. How is she soooo careless? First of all, how does she not stop to think "oh that was a trip he took with emily, this might be sentimental"???????????????? And who tf DONATES their partner's things without fucking asking? Who tf throws away their partner's things without asking? I'm fucking climbing the WALLS over here. Reminding me more and more how fucking callous she was with Hoyt's feelings. I wanna bite her (derogatory).

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Charah proposal era is coming 🥹🥹🤍

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HEY GUYS!!

"Where'd The Dogs Go?, They Need A Fucking Adult & "L" Bomb Dropped!!"

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Cordell Walker in WALKER 4x03 "Lessons from the Gift Shop"

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Walker 4x03 "Lessons From the Gift Shop" Promo - Trey and Liam try to help Walker figure out his next steps with Geri. Liam confides in Walker that he's worried about Stella. Meanwhile, Stella and Sadie look into recent events. August begins his bootcamp training and it is not what he expected. Liam helps Cassie sift through the clutter. Lastly, the family works together on a fundraiser. Also starring Molly Hagan and Mitch Pileggi. Ben Hernandez Bray directed the episode written by Blythe Ann Johnson. Original airdate 4/17/2024.

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Con O'Neill as Ben Walker in Wycliffe (1997) ↳ Episode 4x03, Lone Voyager

(Remaining screenshots below cut)

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Titans 4x03

SPOILERS AHEAD

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

(Might be pointless at this point since most people have already watched 4x03)

Sorry this is a little late, I've been busy with Grad school work and my job lately.

Let's dive in!

-I'm glad we picked up where we left off in episode 4x02. 4x02 left us on a big cliffhanger of Raven losing her powers. Her hair turning white and her gem breaking is a huge deal. The more episodes we get into the more I see the parallel between Titans and Teen Titans season 4.

-This is more of a personal comment, but we've been here for 4 seasons and they can't get a more realistic wig for Raven? Gar's wig has a nice part that looks natural, and so does Kori's wigs. But for some reason Raven's still lacks for me. Don't get me wrong, it's perfect for Raven, but it needs to look a little more natural.

-Jay is finally getting his training!!! I'm really excited to see how he develops into his own hero and become Red Robin. I know some people are bothered by him (idk why, he's great) but I want to see him come into himself and how he will contribute to the team. He had a great impact last season with helping Donna to come back and reunite Hank with his brother. I can feel he will do great things and we have much more to see.

-Dick's development these three episodes is such a 180 from the man we've seen the last 3 season. It still irks me that it has only been about 2 weeks since they left Gotham, and he's already made such big changes and his developing feelings for Kori. To me, it seems rushed on some part, but the other part of me has to realize this has been building for 3 seasons. But I can't ignore that Dick from a month ago went off to face Jason without back-up. That is why I was glad Dick told Kori she was coming with him to meet up with Jinx. He wanted her there to help him and I think that is a big change for Dick.

"We're a team, we take this on together."

I feel like a proud mom.

-I love that Krypto is pretty much a ESA(Emotional Support Animal) for Connor cuz that kids really does need some emotional support. Between Kom last season and Lex literally being murdered in front of him...kid needs a big fat hug.

-I love that last season we had Gizmo and now we have Jinx. Are we entering a HIVE era?!?!?!?

-Jinx has always been an interesting character for me. The most I know of her comes from Teen Titans, and I won't lie, she's a pretty cool anti-hero/villain. I aways liked her powers and the badass person she is. But what I did not like about her on Titans is they made her another one of Dick's flings. I just don't understand the purpose of this. Why can't she just be a woman from Dick's past that he tried to help but she turned on him? Why bring up that they used to hook up at some point and she betrayed him? I think the only relevant part of their past that should be brought up is Jinx is deceiving and will betray you. That is enough to get the point across without whipping out Dick's long list of lovers.

Moving on before I rant too hard...

-Dick's reaction to Kori turning into stone was too precious. Immediately this man was ready to fight for this woman. He was overly concerned and adamant that Jinx turn her back to normal. But when she didn't Dick was ready to do anything to get her back to normal.

-It's a big deal that Raven lost her demonic powers, a huge deal if the Cult wanted her powers for the crystal. But Raven is so happy not to be an empath anymore. Like this poor little girl is calm and free of demons for the first time in her life. And I hate that she will experience this freedom, a brief taste of it, and then eventually she'll have her demonic gem back and she'll have these dark powers again. I'm unsure if they will have her experience her mother's magic and discover it or just keep her powerless until the red moon.

(Also, Raven taking a swing of maple syrup was fantastic.)

-I've been saying it since 4x01 but with Gar's visions from the "skin walkers" and them warning him of the Red Moon and the troubles they will face in the near future, MAJOR. THE. END. VIBES. Like there is no doubt in my mind that Trigon will be resurrected as well as Slade as his servant, because if I recall correctly from the promo, Slade was in it. In Teen Titans, Slade did Trigon's bidding and went after Raven, but it seems like Mother Mayhem is also part of this servitude as well. Now it makes me wonder what Sebastian has to do with all of this. Mother Mayhem speaks of him like he is her lost child, but who is he?

-I really liked the moment between Gar and Rachel. I like knowing that they have each other's backs when weird shit starts to happen.

-Random, but I need to say it. Why the hell was that dude barreling around 40 gallons of blood?! Is that even sanitary? Is that FDA approved?! I also feel for the guy, he was about to propose and he gets killed by a blood spider, a fucking blood spider. I already have arachnophobia but that increased my fear by tenfold.

-I love Dick having a long list of things he hates: Ninjas, and now Magic.

Okay, the big scene of the episode (in my opinion): Kori's vision.

-It was nice to know Kori wasn't completely unresponsive while in the state she was in. But her having visions again is interesting. In 4x01, Dick is listing off Kori's destinies and that is a big foreshadow for what is to come. So far her destines were: Kill Rachel, Save Tamaran, Kill a bunch of people, & Save Gotham (as per Dick Grayson). But during her vision Zadira, her old trainer from Tamaran, tells her there is so much more to come. And that her destiny is still evolving.

But

But

Dick is a huge part of that destiny and I want to know right now. We already have an idea of what Kori's destiny with Dick will be since Dick saw part of that destiny in the form of an adorable little Mar'i Grayson, but I need it now. I am deprived!!

But I also want to point out hat Kori will have a big part in the Red Moon. Will she be the reason is comes to be? Will she be the one to resolve the issues associated with the Red Moon? What will be her purpose and how will it lead to her destiny with Dick???

Let's bring it back.

-When the bullshit with Jinx is over, Dick straight up is done with her antics. I'm glad he extended an invitation for her to help them since they are so out of their element with magic (even if it was a bribe to get out of some debt). But it was a smart move to make, but I have a feeling it will backfire at some point with Jinx history of betrayal.

Now for that scene: "To lift the magic you have to kiss her."

-When I say my jaw dropped, it dropped. Dick seems to pause for awhile and I'm glad he didn't just straight up do it because A) that would be their first kiss outside of their relationship from season 1. B)Hellllooooo consent is key people!!! C) Part of him definitely did not believe Jinx, which I'm glad for the hesitation.

(I also want to point out that Brenton played Prince Phillip in Maleficent and you know the story of sleeping beauty. I thought it was a cute nod to his previous character, especially since he had to give up the role in the second movie to stay playing Dick Grayson for us.)

Once Kori is woken up from the spell, I love the fire and rage she has towards Jinx.

"I will fuck you up."

I got so hyped up after that.

Last mentions:

-I will mention the scenes with Sebastian-I'm curious to see what Mother Mayhem has in store for him. They really keep fucking with him and now that he's with the Titans, I'm expecting a big fight scene next week. Or maybe even a rematch between Mother Mayhem and Super Boy. That would be pretty cool to see.

Lastly,

"When the blood moon is full, the world will fall to evil."

The chills I experienced after that line.

We are really in it this season and I'm beyond excited.

Until next time! Hope you like my break down of the episode!

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Walker 4x03 “Lessons from the Gift Shop”

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Loving the Liam and Cassie juxtaposition on this storyline

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They are the cutest couple 🥹💙

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You’re acting awful bitchy, Burton. Or whatever it is you go by.

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FTWD 6x09: Things Left to Do

Okay. How did everyone like the episode? Fear is always full of TD symbolism and callbacks, but it tends to be less full and relevant than regular TWD. So, most weeks, unless it’s SUPER full, I’ll probably just do one post about it. Like this one. 😉 Just FYI.

***As always, spoilers abound below for FTWD 6x09. Don’t read until you’ve watched!***

In this week’s episode, we start with June burying John. It really is a LOT like Ty’s burial in 5x09. Just the way they show it with the shovel in the dirt and such. Also, June is wearing a yellow, flowered shirt. I think the flowers are white and the shirt is yellow, but still. It reminded me of the graveyard flowers in Alone.

Then Virginia takes her back to Lawton where she lines everyone else and puts them on their knees. Morgan won’t answer her, and she starts yelling into the walkie that if he doesn’t answer, she’s going to kill one of them. He just shows up in person on his horse.

Now, because of the on-the-knees lineup, clearly there are parallels to Negan here. But beyond the on-the-knees part, I actually find this more like Grady. Unlike 6x09/7x01, no one actually dies here. 

Daniel is the first to get hurt. He gets a deep wound on the left side of his forehead. It isn’t caused by a bullet, but it is caused by a gun. One of Virginia’s rangers hits him with the but of his rifle. 

It’s a deep, canal-like split in his scalp. And although Beth’s wound obviously didn’t look like that, we’ve seen a lot of walkers with a similar wound. The one that crawled after Bob in the Big Spot in 4x01 had that. But lots of others have, too.

Morgan gives a speech about how Virginia is a hypocrite and doesn’t follow her own rules. When something goes wrong, she covers it up. (Dawn at Grady, anyone?)

When Virginia goes for her gun, Strand shoots her in the shoulder. Then he yells at everyone to stop and calm down, saying, “Stand down! This is all that has to happen.” 

Again, it reminded me of the “it was just about her. Stand down,” from Coda.

But things get out of hand and a shootout ensues. Virginia manages to take Daniel and Grace hostage. One of her rangers leaves with them.

Strand and his people want to execute Virginia, but she says if Morgan allows them to, Daniel and Grace will die. So, he takes off with her, rather than giving her to Strand.

They go to the vacant water tower we saw earlier in the season. * 👀 👀 👀 *. It seems to me that safety and salvation are always found in and around water towers of some kind. Here, Virginia confesses that Dakota is her daughter, not her sister.

Here’s my first big takeaway . It’s clear after watching it twice that Virginia is something of a Beth proxy . It’s a bit counter-intuitive because she’s all evil and stuff. But I think the proxiness is really just about the situation in this episode. Overall, she’s very Dawn-ish as well, and we can relate that to Beth.

But during the lineup/prisoner situation, she got shot (in the shoulder, not the head) and survived. She goes to a water tower. She’s wearing blue the entire episode. A lot of it. And the dialogue, both from her and around her really stuck out to me. People say, “she’s alive,” “she’s still alive,” and “you’re still alive,” to her constantly. She has a couple of “bullshit” lines. That sort of thing.

They have to run from the water tower because Sherry’s people, who also want to kill Virginia, come.

They have a conversation where Morgan says he’s nothing like her. He says, “you and me are not the same.” And she says, “Oh Morgan. We’re all the same.”

We’ve heard this LOTS of times before, including in 2x08, Nebraska, and from Crazy Tattoo Guy at Terminus. (I might have more to say about the Nebraska episode later this week. Stay tuned. 😉)

Morgan takes Virginia back to the place he’s building on the dry riverbed. Dwight, Alicia, Al, and most of the others are there. No one is very happy he brought her. Strand and Sherry’s groups show up, demanding they turn Virginia over to her.

Virginia finally decides to be self-sacrificial. She says she’s willing to die as long as 1) they take care of Dakota and let her live with them and 2) Morgan kills her. She’s afraid the others will torture her, and she just wants it to be quick. She says if he agrees she’ll release Daniel and Grace. So, he does.

He takes her outside the walls and it reminded me a lot of when Daryl turned Lydia over to Alpha. It even had ominous music (but not the same music from that scene or the Red Machete; much softer than that.) 

And once again, it doesn’t end at all the same way, so I don’t know if it’s meant to be a parallel. He’s taking her out to be killed, not exchanged. And, long story short, Morgan can’t do it. He says if he does then they’ll be setting a precedent that’s exactly like what Virginia did at Lawton. So, he takes her back inside and makes her talk to Dakota.

The part with Dakota is interesting. Virginia tells her she’s her mother and it’s very tragic. But Dakota is a prisoner in the church, which I couldn’t help but side-eye. We know they tried to bury Beth in a church, even if we didn’t see it. So, the idea of her being imprisoned there is interesting. 

Plus, Dakota is walking around with this huge iron shackle around her foot. The way she drags it around reminded me of the walker with its leg in the bear trap in 4x03, Isolation, when Carl and Hershel are gathering berries.

And if you’re wondering why that’s important, this walker with the bear trap on her leg is Beth foreshadowing. There’s the bear trap stuff around Beth from her figurine. So Dakota in this scene, being imprisoned in a church with a metal shackle on her leg, is a Beth proxy.

After that, Morgan goes back out and basically talks everyone out of killing Virginia. Sherry is really pissed, but most of the others see sense and get on board.

Then we have this interesting sequence where we see three different couples in different stages of coming back together. First, Morgan and Grace, who hug and she goes inside the walls with him. 

Then Dwight and Sherry. She says she’s not ready to go inside with him yet, but she’s getting there. He accepts that. 

And then Alicia and Strand. (I know they’re not a romantic couple, but friend-wise they’ve been something of a dynamic duo lately. They may be the new Daryl and Carol.) They’re really not on the same page at all. 

She feels like he betrayed her earlier when he wouldn’t take her with him. He says Morgan’s place isn’t for him. They basically argue again, solve nothing, and Strand leaves. *coughs Carol*.

Then we get to the final scene where June says she took out the bullet, but ends up killing Virginia. Couple of things here. The dog licking Virginia’s face as she wakes feels significant to me. With all the other Beth parallels to her, I feel like it’s a hint. She’s literally asleep (think Beth at Grady, even though it really doesn’t look at all similar) and a DOG licks her awake.

She’s in the church when it happens. Much like Dakota, the church symbol feels important to me. *Gross picture below!*

I want to make a point about her head wound as well. Now, obviously Virginia is dead. I don’t think anyone will make a case for her return. And for most of you, this is preaching to the choir, but for those who still think Beth���s gunshot wound was fatal, look at the difference. Specifically in the entrance wounds.

Gunshot wound trivia 101: the exit wound is always MUCH larger than the entrance wound. That’s because the bullet pushes blood and tissue and anything else in its path ahead of it, so it does a lot more damage exiting than entering.

We don’t see an exit wound on Virginia, because we can’t see the back of her head, but it’s probably 2-3 times as big as the entrance wound.

But look at Beth’s tiny pinprick of an entrance wound by comparison. See the difference? It might also be significant that Virginia’s is on the opposite side of her forehead. (Like, opposite side = opposite outcome, in this case?)

But since that’s what we see, let’s focus on it. It must be 10x the size of Beth’s and blood is POURING out of it. (Probably because the gun is bigger and much closer to Virginia’s head.) We also see flecks of skin and bone around it. (Ew.) There’s no doubt that Ginny is dead. But do you see why Beth’s wound is small potatoes by comparison?

And of course there’s a parallel in the fact that it’s in her forehead. In a church. After all the other Beth dialogue and parallels around Virginia.

And of course June puts on John’s hat, which sort of has a new sheriff in town vibe. She also leaves the community. I wonder if she’ll end up with Strand or just head off on her own. And of course this makes her a proxy to Daryl.  Though it took much longer, she took out the person who indirectly but overall killed the love of her life.

As for who the villains in the second half might be, it will probably have to do with those guys who were trying to get Emile’s key, and are part of the red submarine/ “the end is the beginning” group. I forgot about them.

That’s about it for this week’s Fear. (There will also be no more TTD until the Fear finale, so I won’t have anything to report on there either. Thoughts?

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BAU Death Toll

I had a couple hours to kill (pun intended) one day, so just for funsies, I tallied up the body count of each BAU team member.

I went through each episode on the Criminal Minds Wiki and looked to see which unsubs were dead and who shot them. With the ones where multiple team members fired, I did have to watch the scenes to see who most likely had the kill shot. The only ones I had to watch closely were the shootouts and firefights. Overall, the whole thing took me about two hours.

Not all of these are completely confirmed, but here goes...

Aaron Hotchner with 23

Derek Morgan with 22

David Rossi with 14

Jennifer Jareau with 11

Spencer Reid with 8

Emily Prentiss with 6

Matt Simmons with 5

Tara Lewis with 3

Elle Greenaway, Alex Blake, and Luke Alvez, all with 2

Kate Callahan, Stephen Walker, with 1 each

And for those of you that like all the information, spoilers for Seasons 1-15 under the cut

You'll notice some names are repeater. Those are the one where multiple team members fired, and the unsub's death was most likely caused by all of those shots.

Aaron Hotchner

Cult Member (1x17)

Marvin Doyle (1x18)

Charles Holcombe (2x22)

Armando Salinas (4x05)

George Foyet (5x09)

Drew Jacobs (6x10)

Robert Bremmer (6x22)

Robert Adams (7x04)

James Heathridge (7x19)

Matthew Downs (7x24)

Willie Kestler (8x11)

Bryan Hughes (8x13)

Colin Bramwell (9x03)

Tivon Askari (9x14)

Corrupt Cop #2 (9x24)

Owen McGregor (9x24)

Steven Parkett (10x01)

Hayman Vasher (10x03)

Serial Killer Inmate #2 (11x23)

Anarchist #2 (11x23)

Anarchist #6 (11x23)

Anarchist #7 (11x23)

Anarchist #8 (11x23)

Derek Morgan

Mark Gregory (1x20)

Paul Mulford (2x21)

Charles Holcombe (2x22)

Benjamin Cyrus (4x03)

Miranda Jakar (5x08)

Dale Schrader (5x11)

Ronald Boyd (5x19)

Billy Flynn (6x01)

Trafficking Ring Leader (6x24)

Trevor Mills (7x15)

David Roy Turner (8x06)

Joshua Moore (8x08)

Willie Kestler (8x11)

Terrorist #1 (9x14)

Justin Mills (9x24)

Corrupt Cop #3 (9x24)

Jacob DuFour (11x09)

Edgar Solomon (11x16)

Solomon’s Man #1 (11x16)

Solomon’s Man #2 (11x16)

Solomon’s Man #3 (11x16)

Solomon’s Man #4 (11x16)

David Rossi

Max Poole (3x06)

Greg Phinney (6x21)

Linda Collins (7x16)

John Curtis (8x24)

Terrorist #2 (9x14)

Donnie Mallick (10x13)

Patrick Sorenson (11x17)

Anarchist #3 (11x23)

Thomas Yates (12x09)

Sara McLean (12x20)

Cult Member #1 (14x01)

Stephanie Carter (14x14)

Rolling Devil #4 (15x05)

Beaumont Unsub (15x08)

Jennifer Jareau

Jason Clarke Battle (3x09)

Willie Kestler (8x11)

Jonathon Ray Covey (8x21)

Michael Hastings (9x14)

Corrupt Cop #1 (9x24)

Corrupt Cop #4 (9x24)

Colin Dupley (10x23)

William Taylor (11x08)

Zac Rubenis (11x11)

Shelby Mattson (15x03)

Everett Lynch (15x10)

Spencer Reid

Phillip Dowd (1x06)

Tobias Hankel (2x15)

Chloe Donaghy (7x01)

Daniel Milworth (9x10)

Terrorist #2 (9x14)

Andrew Meeks (11x15)

John Bradley (11x16)

Casey Allen Pinkner (14x15)

Emily Prentiss

Charles Holcombe (2x22)

Dale Schrader (5x11)

James Thomas (6x04)

Ray Donovan (6x13)

Michael Lee Peterson (11x19)

Benjamin Merva (14x01)

Matt Simmons

Desi Gutierrez (13x07)

Nathan Butler (13x19)

Cult Member #2 (14x01)

Dustin Eisworth (14x11)

Louis Chaycon (15x05)

Tara Lewis

Matt Franks (11x06)

William Taylor (11x08)

Anarchist #2 (11x23)

Elle Greenaway

Timothy Vogel (1x01)

William Lee (2x05)

Alex Blake

Leland Duncan (9x06)

Terrorist #2 (9x14)

Luke Alvez

Justin Franco (13x15)

Cult Member #3 (14x01)

Kate Callahan

Peter Folkmore (10x15)

Stephen Walker

John Malone (12x18)