Month: October 2020

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 1 Recap and Thoughts

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So happy that season 2 of The Mandalorian is back! We pick back up with the Mandalorian on his new quest to reunite baby yoda with it’s people.

Not a ton going on in this episode story wise. We kind of get a general direction of where the season is headed and then The Mando gets sucked in on a side quest to help out some people in trouble, classic Mando!

So The Mandalorian is on a mission to reunite the child with it’s people and thinks that finding some more Mandalorians could help with that. So he follows a rumor about a Mandalorian spotting on tatooine. This is where we meet the Marshall, a dude who appears to be crusing around in some of Bobe Fett’s old armor and protecting a small mining village on Tatooine.

The Mando is obligated to take back the Mandalorina armor from the Marshall and return it to his people. Instead of killing the Marshall, Mando makes a deal to kill a Krayt Dragon in exchange for the armor.

After getting some help from the Tusken Raiders and an epic battle, the Krayt Dragon falls to the Mando. The raiders harvest the Krayt Dragon pearl and the Mando gets the armor while also saving the village.

We end the episode with a shot of some badass dude, all scarred up out in the deserts of Tatooine. He’s got some tusken gear on his back and look like he’ll be a factor for the Mandalorian before he leaves Tatooine.

Big Brother Season 22 Finale Recap and Thoughts

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It’s finally over! After tonight we never have to talk about this season ever again!

First off congrats to Cody, I’d say he was the most deserving of the win this year. He played a good game in all aspects of the competition and even though it was boring he always had himself positioned in the right spot. He never went on the block, won a ton of competitions and had a great social game. Hard to argue with anyone beating him in the final two.

Da’Vonne wins America’s favorite player. I honestly had no clue who was going to win this and was kind of hoping Janelle or Kaysar were going to pull out the win. That’s $25,000 for Da’Vonne to take home to her family.

Does anyone else think these prizes are a little bit stingy? $500,000 for the winner isn’t bad but $50,000 for 2nd and $25,000 for AFP seems pretty pathetic. Most of these people gave up 3 months of their lives and walk away with 5 minutes of fame (and a podcast?). For fill 3 months of primetime with three episodes a week, I’d like to see everyone walking away with a bit more cash in their pocket.

Alright that’s it for this season. Hopefully Season 23 is a little bit more interesting than this one was.

Married At First Sight Season 11 Decision Day Recap and Thoughts

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Decision Day on Married At First Sight and one couple hit us with a surprise decision.

Well lets go straight to the bombshell of the episode, Miles and Karen decided to stay married? Why? They have no romantic connection whatsoever, no physical connection whatsoever but yet they decide to stay married? There must be something we haven’t seen between them because I’m honestly shocked they are still married.

Next up we have two couples that also decided to stay together but actually seem like good couples. Amani and Woody were so happy to see each other and even had the experts crying as they expressed their love together. Bennett took his love even a step further as he revealed his tattoo of Amelia’s initials on his butt. So happy both these couples decided to stay together.

And then on the other side of things we had the two couples most doomed for failure. Olivia and Brett split six weeks ago so no surprises there. Brett did do a better job of actually participating in a conversation, something he wasn’t great at this season. Henry and Christina were just a terrible match, add to that the accusations that Henry was gay and this couple was headed to divorce.

Reunion episode next week and I’m interested to see if Miles and Karen are still together.

The Bachelorette Season 16 Episode 3 Recap and Thoughts

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Tonight on the Bachelorette DALE. And then later, MORE DALE.

I think we all have a pretty good idea of what’s going down on The Bachelorette this season. Clare has her eyes on one man and one man only. The further we get in the more it becomes clear that Clare and Dale are leaving together. And it all might happens sooner rather than later.

We opened the night with Yosef absolutely embarrassing and disgracing himself on national TV. Good job bud. Way to make your family and daughter proud of you. You know what would have been less disgraceful than what you just did? Playing strip dodge ball. Glad to see Yosef walk out the door, good riddance.

Next up we plunge head first into the Dale show. Even though we are heading on a group date, the focus is solely on one person. Dale pulls Clare early and they spend the first hour of the group date making out. Most of the other guys aren’t too pleased by this and are getting a bit pissed at Dale. As other guys start to get some time, the tension of the group date settles slightly until Dale “accidentally” walks in on Clare and Jay talking, Clare insists that she “talk” with Dale a bit more and soon they are making out once again. Chasen goes to interrupt a few minutes later and Dale has to do an awkward walk out of the room to hid his boner. Classic Dale! Needless to say Dale gets the group date rose to kick off our week of Dale!

Next up we have a one on one date with Zach J and Clare. The date does not go well and it takes about 10 seconds before Clare is wishing she was with Dale. Things get even worse after a botched kiss between the two and Zach starts agressively grabbing her neck to try and pull her back in for a redo. I really did not enjoy watching this whole sequence with Zach trying to force a kiss from Clare. Thankfully Clare puts an end to the date and sends Zach home.

Next up we have the second group date that goes 100% focused on Dale. What starts off as a light hearted roast, turns into everyone attempting to bash Dale. The guys thought it was funny but Clare most certainly did not appreciate it. From there the night does not go well for the guys as Clare wants them all to explain why they were bashing Dale and none of them can come up with any real answers for her. The jealous boys end up seeing Clare walk away, rose in hand soon after.

It looks like next week will be the big break down of the season. No dates were teased in the teaser and we caught our first glimpse of the next Bachelorette, Tayshia Adams. Expect fireworks in the near future.

Big Brother Season 22 October 22nd Recap and Thoughts

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Cody casts the sole vote to evict as we head into the final three. The season finale is on Wednesday so only a few days left before we crown a winner.

Christmas made a last ditch effort to sway Cody to take her to the final three but her pitch was just too little, too late. Cody sends Christmas packing to cement the final three of Cody, Enzo and Nicole.

No surprises here but one interesting thing is that Enzo should be guaranteed into the final two now. I just can’t see any reason Cody would take Nicole over Enzo and also no good reason why Nicole would choose Cody over Enzo. You gotta give yourself the best chance to win and I think that puts Enzo in a very nice position.

Bonus episode tomorrow night, most likely a season recap but we will have to see. Past that we have another episode on Monday and the two hour finale on Wednesday.

Married At First Sight Season 11 Episode 15 Recap and Thoughts

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A pretty wild week before we head into decision day next week. Two couples seem headed toward doom and two that were looking great left the episode with more questions than they answered.

I don’t even know where to start tonight. Lots to discuss about all four of the remaining couples and a lot to digest from tonights episode.

Might as well just dive right in with Amelia and Bennett. They’ve been amazing all season long but the definitely hit a strange issue tonight. Bennett was asking Amelia why she came on the show and Amelias answer was more or less that she thought it would be fun to be on a reality show. It almost seemed like it was just something to do before the next chapter in her life. A bad vibe to end on before heading into decision day.

I’d say we got a pretty clear picture of what decision day holds for Miles and Karen, they will not be staying together. After spending four loveless months together, it’s become clear that these two just don’t work together. They are clearly looking for something different from a partner than what they are receiving and I’m pretty sure Miles rejected a kiss from Karen as she left before decision day. The outlook is grim!

Another couple that is clearly going to say no on decision day is Christina and Henry. Henry has made up his mind and there is no redemption possible for these two. While it did seem like Christina kind of turned a corner tonight, her behavior this season has to make you question her sincerity in everything. Too little too late for this couple and I expect to see these two heading their separate ways next week.

Lastly we have Woody and Amani, who ended on a very bad note this week. I’ve been optimistic about this pair all season long but they haven’t been perfect by any stretch. The issue tonight happened right before the couple parted before decision day. Amani and Woody were talking about what was going to happen on decision day and they started talking about what would happen if Amani said no. Woody really spiraled out of control during the conversation and dug himself a huge hole. Combine that with them getting a very bad edit in the preview for next week and you have to start wondering if these two will be parting ways next week.

A lot going on this week and I’m really looking forward to decision day.

Big Brother Season 22 October 21st Recap and Thoughts

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Tonight on Big Brother, Christmas cries. Well It’s almost the final week of the season so why not just toss in a filler episode, worst season ever.

I really don’t have much to say about tonight’s episode. Christmas cried a lot, we had a luxury competition that was worse than watching commercials, a montage of everyone saying they wanted to win the veto and then finally we got the veto. Weird episode overall.

So what was important from tonight? Well Cody wins veto to secure his spot in the final 3 and that’s about it. No gameplay talk, no strategy and onto tommorows eviction.

The Bachelorette Season 16 Episode 2 Recap and Thoughts

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Well we’re now done week two and so far it’s remaining a pretty normal season. Yes things are accelerated between Dale and Clare but otherwise still a pretty normal week.

Ok Bachelor Nation, time for our first dates of the season. We opened with a group date and things were a bit weird. The first half of the date felt like they were going from random room to random room in the resort trying to make things as awkward as possible. The show is absolutely going to have to step it up if this is the standard we can expect for dates this season. Once we got to the second half of the date, things began to normalize. We got to see lots of one on one time and it felt more like a normal season. We did have the awkward start where no one wanted to grab Clare but from there we actually got to see some solid usage of time. Riley got the rose but the real winner of the date was Dale. Anyone notice that voice change when Clare started talking to him?

Alright onto the first one on one date of the season, shockingly it didn’t go to Dale. Clare chose the other football player Jason for this date. Overall the date went pretty well but I do have some concerns. Jason doesn’t seem ready to fully open up yet, he’d probably need another one on one or more before hitting that point. And also Jason did not seem to be reading Clare’s body language at all. Clare seemed fully invested in Jason but it didn’t seem like he was able to reciprocate those feelings. He still got the rose but even if we didn’t know the outcome of the season, I don’t like his chances in the long run.

The second group date saw 10 dudes playing strip dodge ball and ended up with four of them buck naked at the end. Yup. Moving on to the second half of the date we had three important events. Brandon getting sent home after not being able to tell Clare why he wanted to be on her season. Chasen swooping in to steal the rose. And finally Blake Moynes sneaking back into the date for some Clare time (which later on got him a rose).

We end the night at the cocktail party and might be headed for some more Yosef drama.

Big Brother Season 22 October 19th Recap and Thoughts

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It’s time for the final four HOH, winner will secure their spot in the final three.

Really the only thing that matter tonight is the safety given to the HOH winner. The nominations don’t matter and the behind the scenes posturing doesn’t matter. Winner advances to the final three and then we wait on the POV to see who takes home the real power for the week.

The HOH competition was a strange one. We saw Cody doing everything in his power to eliminate Christmas, while Enzo just kind of hung out and took home the victory. As much as it was bad for Cody if Christmas to win, it was just as bad throwing away a chance at safety for the week. It’s just too late in the game to be making sacrifices and now Cody is in a rough position headed into the veto. Chances are good Enzo is going to throw the veto. And chances are also good that Christmas and Nicole would both take a shot at Cody if they win that veto. It’s going to be a very interesting veto on Wednesday!

Big Brother Season 22 October 15th Recap and Thoughts

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Eviction night on Big Brother and for the first time this season I don’t know who’s going to go home.

It only took until the final 5 for an interesting eviction. I’m sure every season is like this right? Well I’m pretty impressed that anyone is still watching this season and honestly if I wasn’t doing these reviews, I probably would have checked out myself as well.

I think you could have made a solid argument to keep both players around tonight. Memphis is a threat to win the entire season but helps Cody and Enzo have a better chance at making it to final 3. Christmas could spoil Cody and Enzo making it to finale night but would be easier to beat on finale night. Ultimately Cody and Enzo decide to go for the win this season and keep Christmas in the game.

This is a weird week coming up. HOH doesn’t have much power but winning it does secure your spot in the final 3. The POV on the other hand is where the real power is because whoever wins it gets to be the lone vote that sends someone home. Our two comp winners will be safe and the POV winner will decide who that third person going into the final week will be.