Lucifer & Second Chance: Yay or Nay?

              Been editing my first short story since high school so I've been kinda busy but seeing FOX's 2 new shows I felt like I needed to blog them.

   Lucifer: The Devil is here!

           Even the Devil needs a vacation. The story is Lucifer quits hell and hoofs it LA where he enjoys every sinful act under the sun. No one can resist his dark charm until he meets a beautiful yet serious detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German). Intrigued by her resistance to his charisma, Lucifer, with his super power to make people confess their deepest desires, helps Chloe solve crimes and deal out punishment in his devilish style. Yet his demon body guard Maze and brother Amenadiel are determined to get Lucifer back to hell where he belongs.  

          Tom Ellis fits the role perfectly. He gives his character this playful energy, an electric charisma that makes you immediately fall in love with him even though you know he's the Prince of Darkness. And aside from the amazing chemistry, Lauren German is very stunning. I just love watching her. I remember protests about the show since it casts the Devil in a heroic light when I feel the opposite is true (the show is based off the DC Comic actually). Lucifer is more of an anti-hero. He's selfish, proud, self indulgent doing whatever pleases him not caring about the consequences of his actions. But underneath the bravado is a guy who believes in justice. He deals out punishment only to those who deserve it. Lucifer is fascinated by humans while also being frustrated by their complex natures that causes them to do evil for any reason. I would love to see more of the supernatural play into the story as so far it's been procedural but so far I'm loving it. Let's hope FOX has the good sense to give the Devil his second chance. Speaking of which...

   Second Chance: Yes, No, Maybe... I don't know

          After going through a few title changes once being called Looking Glass (which to me sounds much better but whatever), the story is based on Frankenstein. A 75 year old disgraced sheriff, Jimmy Pritchard is transformed into a new man, literally, by the famous computer twins Otto and Mary Goodwin. Mary has cancer but Jimmy's unique genetic code may be able to help her beat it. Jimmy stays at the isolated Goodwin mansion donating blood to Mary while also trying to reconnect with his estranged son, FBI agent Duval Pritchard. 

          Honestly? I don't know what to feel about this show. So far it's been a bit mediocre. While Tim DeKay always plays a great FBI agent and Robert Kazinsky is great eye candy I'm not feeling emotionally invested enough in the story. I feel like the story could have gone better if Jimmy was Duval's long lost brother instead of his father. The story still works that way. The trouble with science fiction procedurals is that it can go either way. It's best if you have a continuous thread that connects everything instead of doing individual cases as it keeps the story alive and you become more invested. With regular procedurals like the NCIS franchise you don't have to do that because... well they're regular and there's usually no big conspiracy that needs to consume the whole show. 



       I'm more than willing to give Second Chance well... another shot hoping that it gets better later on. Already there was a big reveal at the end of the last episode. Lucifer on the other hand definitely has some kind of future. The characters are a lot of fun and I get excited every week for a new episode.

The 100: Prince Roan, A New Friend Or Foe?

Men never ask for directions...

           The season 3 premiere did not disappoint and I feel like this will be the season of Bellarke (however I'm biased) and then there's this new face, Prince Roan formerly of the Ice Nation who seeks redemption in the eyes of the Commander. Will he be friend or foe?

He's looking for a woman. Maybe he should
get a bath & a hair cut & he'll find one no problem

         We find out that Roan is the son of the Queen of the Ice Nation. However, he abandoned the Ice Nation to join the other Grounders. Why did he do that? Very few things can make a man forsake his own people to join another. One thing I can think of is a woman. Or maybe it was a man (I don't judge). Either way it is interesting that Roan would seek redemption from the Commander whom he claims he wants to serve despite that his mother and Lexa are enemies. Costa, Lexa's old lover was murdered by the Ice Queen so definitely some bad blood between the families. But if Roan did switch allegiances for a woman I hope it's not the Commander because she clearly bats for the other team. 

Oh good you're blond again!

        I definitely felt some sparks fly between Clarke and Roan though he had her bound and gagged trying to take her as a bounty. And even though he injured Bellamy, when Clarke pleaded for his life Roan did spare him. There was also a moment where we sense that Roan and Clarke could be more alike than either one is willing to admit. Roan admits that he thinks Clarke abandoned her people like a coward while he was only banished. 

Playing possum are we?

       However he could also be a spy... No but that doesn't mean he won't sell Clarke out if it meant redemption for him. Remember season 2 when Cage of Mount Weather was ready to murder so many of the people of the Ark? If something means survival for one at the expense or the destruction of another then 9x out of 1o someone will choose survival. So Roan may never become a true ally at all for Clarke but a much bigger foe.

Clarke looks hella pissed!

        Both do want redemption but both go about it a different way. For Clarke it's solitude. For Roan it's bringing Clarke to the Commander. They're enemies for now but alliances often shift back and forth on this show. They could even become lovers. I doubt Clarke harbors any romantic feelings for Lexa anymore after what Lexa did. I can see Clarke and Roan together either as intimates or as allies. Like I said, there's a spark there. It feels similar to how Bellamy and Clarke first started out as adversaries until they realized they had a common goal and also they both saw each other at their most vulnerable. Yes it's totally possible that Clarke and Roan could become romantic or just allies.