Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The Messengers: Strange Magic Review


I know he's the Devil and all but what would I give
to be wrapped in those arms
                   Getting excited every time Friday rolls around now that The Messengers is on The CW. Perfect to hold me over until Dominion in July. So let's discuss last week's episode "Strange Magic".


You're crazy town banana pants, lady, and I should have
smothered you with a pillow... err I mean...Crap

        Doubting Vera

                Everyone... well almost everyone was wondering if anything Rose was saying was true. Vera was very vocal about how insane this all sounded. Everyone else was like: "What? Seriously? Maybe..." Joshua needed no further convincing, yet through out the whole episode Vera kept giving rational explanations for the crazy stuff happening. What did you expect she's an atheist? "You're all crazy" and you were just about to smother a coma patient, Vera so who's really the crazy one? But someone has to be rational I suppose and she has reason to doubt God given that she lost her child a few years back. Something as horrible as that would make anyone cynical. 


Rule 1 when on the run: NO HOSPITALS!

          I have to say I could feel some sparks between Vera and Josh. Most of it debating belief but you know what they say about opposites attracting. These two seem less obvious than Raul and Erin anyway. I'm guessing Erin has a thing for the rough, bad boys (who doesn't?). Vera doubts right up to the end until she sees their wings reflected in the mirror. Explain that, Vera! (Group hallucination...? Not very likely!)


First murder didn't work out so onto the second!

         The Man With No Name

                  Technically he does have a name. Rose called him Satan. Isn't he already in hell? We may discuss that in another blog. Another question: where is The Man getting his clothes? Do we have to start a missing persons hotline if he's in town? At least Vera's reluctance to murder somebody allowed Rose to wake up just in time to give the Devil the stink eye and tell him to "f*$k off" in Enochian (I'm guessing). So there's a slight kink in the Man's plan, but he regroups and instead decides to murder someone else to set things in motion. Who better than a wounded vet who was having an awesome day until he got challenged to a game of chess then lost... and then the Man threw that huge wad of cash into the garbage. WHY?! As someone who's in debt that hurts me the most! On top of that the vet gets hit by a bus! And so falls the first domino...


So where's Charlie...?

          Out of all the Dive Bars in All the World...

                You can fight it all you want but fate worked it's ass off the whole day to get our angels back together. Raul went to see some relatives. I guess he's the baby of the family because it looks like Uncle Raul is the same age as his niece Nadia who blames him for breaking up her family (would love to get into that story later on). Of course this was all before Raul beat up a police officer for Erin so she wouldn't get arrested for "kidnapping" (I put that in quotes because I'm all for her protecting her little girl). Amy wasn't the only one who noticed some heat going on between Mom and the new guy (by the way are we sure Amy isn't some sort of prophet or even the 7th angel we have yet to find?). Peter meanwhile was literally following the signs. He basically just walked the whole day being directed by well placed, ominously worded signs. And just like that they all end up in the same bar... It's beginning to get more interesting.


This is the most dangerous game of hide and seek
ever, Uncle Raul...

           I'm hoping Fate is kind to this show and the TV gods grant it big ratings because I'm really liking it's originality and morality content. I like programs that challenge their viewers. This Friday we meet the Horseman of War and the more I see the military stone walling Vera and her partner the more I suspect they're going to be more involved in the future as they start the Apocalypse with something nuclear. 

Can't we keep him, Mommy?


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