The Originals: Possible Predictions

        There have been a few pictures released over the last few months about the new season of The Originals. From those I can possibly gather what may happen in season 4.

Back to dungeons and whips.
Are we sure it's not a set of an S&M porn?

      Last season finale Marcel placed Klaus in the cemetery and bricked him up after he sunk that magical painful dagger into him putting him in an agonizing catatonic state. In this new photo Klaus is conscious and in chains facing Marcel in some crypt. Something must have happened to make Marcel want to "free" his father-figure. Possibly a new big bad or Hayley coming back to cause trouble and Marcel figures out that he was deceived and is trying to figure out Hayley's game. But I feel this is one step towards their reconciliation because like it or not Marcel is family; maybe not by blood but Klaus raised Marcel as his own son. There's a connection between them and like I said, there's probably a new big bad that they'll need to ally against.

I can already feel the Daddy-Daughter
chemistry between them!

       It's been 7 years I'm guessing since Hayley has been to New Orleans, driving around in that moving truck with the bodies of Kol, Elijah, Rebekah, and Freya in it. In a trailer shown at Comic-con little Hope asks, "Are we going to get my dad?" Hayley responds, "Yeah, sweetie." And then a photo was released showing Hope meeting her father for the first time since she was a baby. I for one am excited to see how Hope's powers have progressed over the years and that she has developed a personality that could interact with her family. These people are essentially strangers to her so she won't understand why they do some of things they do like murder indiscriminately. Klaus wants to be a good father though he's still controlling so I feel Hope and Klaus will argue sometimes but he will truly change as a person while trying to catch up on all the years he's missed out on seeing his daughter grow up. Hope is a hybrid of vampire, werewolf, and witch and as she gets older she becomes more dangerous and more important to those three races who will either fear or revere her. A pack of werewolves believe she's the "chosen" one or something so Hope may play an essential role and her family will rally around her.

Look at Joseph holding Hope's hand! So cute!

      Now in the trailer we see that the Mikaelson compound has been abandoned being over taken by nature as if a century had gone by. I'm guessing that Marcel didn't want anything to do with the place after sentencing his father-figure, friend, and role model to eternal suffering. He doesn't want to be a Mikaelson anymore or associate with them in any way like before where he wanted to emulate Klaus (taking the compound right down to the "M"). Last we left Marcel, Vincent was scolding him for leaving his vampire kills in plain sight for any one to find (one almost killed Kinney who I guess is the new human of the cast of crazy characters). Vincent took back St. Anne's church making it a sanctuary for anyone running from Marcel. So you can bet Vincent and Marcel will be at odds in the start of the new season. Will this contention last? Alliances are always shifting on this show which is what makes the TVD/TO universe so interesting. Two people would be enemies one day, then allies, then enemies again, then friends and perhaps maybe lovers. I'm feeling good for this season. 

Emerald City: My Thoughts

           After having a few days to digest the premiere of NBC's Emerald City I feel like I can finally give you all my thoughts.

Ok who wouldn't want to find a half naked guy on
a cross?

      Okay the whole story is similar (eerily so) to ABC's Once Upon A Time. It certainly has a few elements in common: Dorothy (Adria Arjona) like Emma has a job that helps people though Dorothy is a nurse but she has a criminal element where Emma has a record, Dorothy steals pills for her family to make money on the side to help them pay the bills. Both heroines have an identity crisis because they were given up as infants by mothers who were hoping to save them from evil forces. Both heroines are drawn into a strange world to find that they are not normal but have magic. And they both have love interests with criminal pasts. Perhaps one of the few differences between Dorothy and Emma is that NBC replaced a cute kid with a cute dog, a police dog to be exact. I will say that Dorothy seems more well adjusted though but that's because she was adopted and raised by her Aunt Em and uncle who love her like their own daughter.

Will these poppy seeds make me forget this storyline
is boring?

        That being said I feel Emerald City is much darker than Once Upon A Time. It's more surreal taking elements from the original novel and/or film and twisting them inside out: the yellow brick road was turned into a road layered with golden poppy seeds; the muchkins are now feral tribesmen of the Freelands; the Wizard of Oz (Vincent D'Onofrio) is actually a paranoid dictator who is suspicious of magic and has outlawed it; the "scare crow" has become a man who was crucified brutally and having amnesia; the Witch of the East (Florence Kasumba) isn't necessarily evil but nevertheless she tortures Dorothy and her new companion Lucas (scare crow guy) (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) leading Dorothy to trick the Witch into killing herself with the gun when she asks how it works; The Wicked Witch of the West (Ana Ularu) is... running a brothel and has a drug problem; Glinda the Witch of the North (Joely Richardson) seems less bubbly than her film counterpart being much colder and business-like; OH! And the ruby slippers have been transformed into gold and ruby studded gloves that have dissolved into Dorothy's flesh which is a good thing because ruby slippers are ostentatious and not great for walking also it adds a mystery that may keep you for the next episode.

I do like how they made the flying monkey a
mechanical one

      But perhaps my favorite part was the end of the episode where a cute little boy Tip (Jordan Loughran) who was being held prisoner by the crazy herbalist Mombi, turned out to be a cute not so little girl. Mombi apparently kidnapped or just took in the child protecting him/her from the dangerous world but Dorothy set him/her free after crazy Mombi tried to poison her traveling companion Lucas. Though Lucas crushed Mombi's head in a fit of rage because she tried to hurt Dorothy and himself, you saw that her hand twitched so you will see that cuckoo bird again. So the gender-bender thing is a shock. I'm trying to figure if Tip is supposed to be the "Tin Man" or Tin Woman in this case. Mombi was giving him "medicine" that kept his feminine side locked away in which case I think him being a girl is his "heart"? Sounds weak but it's one of the few story lines that isn't completely boring.

The dog is probably gonna be the best character
on this show

      I do like the Lucas/Dorothy aspect. I'm just a sucker for fantasy/romances with soul mates in them (no matter how cheesy and played out that story is). Adria and Oliver have some spark between them on screen. They don't force it but there are moments where you're just rolling your eyes because it's so obvious these two are gonna be a thing. However, I feel the overall setting and other elements of the show are just enough to compensate until this romance blossoms into something better... or not. There are plenty of other characters for you to love on this show with curious relationships to explore if you don't want to watch the cliché of princess/chosen one falling love with their knight in shining armor. 

West is her name? That's it? Come on

      Still I like how Dorothy is now a bit wary of Lucas (she named him after her hometown... because he's symbolic of her home... in case you're not already aware these two are gonna be romantically involved). She saw his dark side and that maybe Mombi was right that he's really a wicked guard of the Wizard who doesn't have a heart (oh maybe they combined the Tin Man & Scare Crow characters cool). There was a scene where Dorothy tries to teach Lucas how to do a knock-knock joke which was cute but then it came back around where Lucas is trying to make Dorothy now less afraid of him by saying "Knock-Knock" trying to engage her. So this romance will develop organically in some sense where it won't be all flirting all the time and blindly trusting a guy you met on a cross may not have amnesia after all. 

Don't harden your hearts just yet...
Even though this cliché is super played out

    
      I'm willing to give this show a shot. So the story is monotonous and looks like it's probably going to rely solely on visual effects (which is what a few people are saying) I'm always willing to give a show a chance to find it's voice, flow, vibe whatever you wanna call it that makes the story move fluidly. I feel people have been bombarded with so many fantasy shows that they're bound to be combined in another story but does that mean it's going to be bad? Not always. It's hard to come up with completely original elements without someone being a dick calling it out in a show then ruining it for everyone. Sometimes you just got to let that stuff go and give a show a chance to tell it's story before you go criticizing it's style or writing. Don't click your ruby heels on this one just yet. Give it a few more episodes before you make pass judgement.


       

TVD: Is Damon Back?

   Damon & Stefan are taking their Devil Show on the road! Before they went Damon received a gift from Caroline: Elena's necklace. The minute Damon saw that necklace it sparked memories of his one true love prompting him to kill Sibyl. Does that mean Damon is... back?

Sibyl's like that mosquito you want to swat.

     It's hard to say. You can definitely say that Damon is in possession of his free will again. However, Damon still believes in hell which is still a problem. He's no longer under Sibyl's influence and he's burned so many bridges Damon has nothing holding him back from his new mission. Say he does his job for Cade the Devil for 60-70 years, Bonnie dies then Elena wakes up. What's Damon going to do? Just... leave her hanging after waiting for so long?

You were supposed to carve the turkey, Damon, not the
dinner guests.

     Damon has been brain washed to believe in hell and given all of the horrible things he's done it's a definite yes that he's got a one way ticket to eternal damnation for all of his sins. Before his plan was to just wait for Elena to wake up then consume her blood to cure his vampirism so they can live happily ever after. Yet since Damon believes he's going to hell he may not want a fragile mortal life. Cade is giving Damon a "Stay Out of Hell Free" Card. Fear seems to outweigh true love in this scenario but that doesn't mean there's no hope for Damon and Elena.

Damon, stop whispering evil thoughts to Stefan to
make him go Dark Side!

      So I wouldn't say Damon is entirely back. Nina Dobrev is supposed to come back this final season. My theory is that something happens to Bonnie that wakes Elena up. Hopefully Bonnie becomes a vampire which is a loophole technically so she can still be with Enzo. If seeing a necklace his great love wore is enough to wake Damon up then maybe seeing her in the flesh will help shake Cade's hold over Damon. At least I'm hoping. 

The Flash: Will Cisco Ever Forgive Barry?

Cisco & Barry's friendship is a corner stone

      Barry has royally messed up. When he created Flash Point then changed the timeline he changed quite a few things: Martin Stein has a daughter, Diggle has a son instead of a daughter, Caitlyn has powers, and Cisco's brother Dante is dead. Cisco and Barry had just gotten back on good terms but then evil Caitlyn let it slip that Dante was alive in his original timeline until he changed things. 

They used to be so close!

      Cisco has a right to be upset and angry at Barry. He did a selfish thing. Dante and Cisco were never close but they were getting there. Barry might as well have stolen that time Cisco and Dante had. Yet... at the same time I have to kind of defend Barry like Oliver had. Barry has lost so much. Oliver even more so. Put yourself in Barry's lightning shoes for a minute. If you had the chance to resurrect your parents you would. His mother died when he was young and his father was murdered right in front of him. It's completely understandable and okay for Barry to have one slip of selfishness seeing as he's done so much good for everyone else.

I don't know what to do if Barry & Cisco aren't friends

     Also Barry isn't a god. Saving his mother caused a simple ripple effect. Other big events such as the particle explosion still happened and people make choices which shapes our reality. It's like flipping a coin. Scenario: You're walking down the street and see a flower shop across the road. Right next to you is a jewelry shop. You just realized it's your sister's birthday. You don't know if you should get her a bracelet or flowers. You decide to flip a coin. Heads you get flowers. Tails a bracelet. In one timeline you get heads, in another you get tails, in another you probably decide to get both. Who's to say Dante wouldn't have died anyway? He was hit by a car but he could also have been killed by a metahuman or fallen off a cliff. Oliver and Iris have both given the same argument. 

The universe doesn't make sense without Cisco
& Barry's friendship

      I feel like Cisco will forgive Barry. Barry's hard to stay mad at. Barry sacrifices so much for everyone else you have to forgive him for being selfish. It's not often he changes the timeline for a self-serving reason and Stein now has a kid and Diggle may have lost a daughter but he still has a child. Mourning over what was or might have been is a waste of time. Cisco and Barry have been through too much to throw away their friendship. At least I hope...

TVD: Is There Saving Enzo?

They choose each other this time!

        I missed the episode but caught up with the CW app and I have to say my heart broke for Bonnie and Enzo. They're the new epic love to perhaps rival Damon and Elena. Which begs the question do Enzo and Bonnie have the strength to fight for their love? Is it strong enough? Hopefully because Bonnie deserves to be happy for once.

Enzo is a deeply romantic guy.
He rivals Damon for my affections!

       First you have to factor in character traits. He may be a wicked flirt but overall Enzo is a chivalrous guy. He's a deeply romantic guy and puts the needs of his lover first. When Enzo was imprisoned at Whitmore he fell in love with the nurse but he compelled her away to spare her any torment. When he got out all he wanted to do was find her so he could thank her for being his comfort through out the torture. Enzo found out Damon killed her he was really pissed. Then Enzo moved on to Lily Salvatore. Enzo went so far as to duel Julian to win her but she still walked away with the other hot psycho vampire so Enzo decided to fold. However, he did offer to runaway with Lily while her sons defeated Julian. Then he fell in love with Bonnie. He holds the corner stone on romantic gestures to say the least (rivaling Klaus I think). Enzo went to great lengths to save Bonnie's life. He always goes the extra mile even when it hurts. Enzo turned off his humanity to give Bonnie a chance at surviving Sibyl. That's true love!

Who knew that little spark would ignite a passionate flame?

     Bonnie has always been a loyal, fierce friend. She's dedicated to the point where she will literally die if it would save the person she loves. Bonnie was Damon's adversary for quite a while but once they bonded she basically became his only other friend besides Alaric. Damon even calls her by her lovable nick name "Bon Bon." Bonnie will even suffer in silence as she did when she was the door to the other side. Every spirit that passed through her caused her excruciating pain but she kept that secret from Jeremy so he wouldn't worry about her. Bonnie has this innate sense of responsibility to bear the weight of other's troubles so she'll go to the ends of the earth to save someone's life.

Hope they work it out! Hope Enzo doesn't die or Bon Bon!

      Enzo was used to being the one that was alone, never chosen. Bonnie was used to bearing the weight of her own sacrifices. These two are uniquely matched with each other where Bonnie finally finds a guy who's willing to sacrifice his personal happiness for her well being and Enzo finally finds someone who will choose him. Bonnie won't give up on Enzo and he has faith that she can switch his humanity back on. I do too but it'll be one emotional ride!

TVD: How Will It ALL End?

The End is near...

   Since this season will be the last I've been wondering how it will all end. I did a post a while back on how I wanted it to end but since then we've lost quite a few characters so it leaves me wondering if there is room for a happy ending for any of our heroes...

She finally chose Damon now they need
a story book ending

    Delena is ENDGAME!

           It's clear that Damon and Elena are the epic love and that they will end up together but how? Nina Dobrev said that she would be back for the final season but will it be when Bonnie finally dies of old age or she dies young (again). Perhaps we'll see Elena and Damon having their first child with Stefan checking in on them or Elena is working in a hospital then finds out she's pregnant. Either way I see Elena and Damon having babies. They will have to go into hiding (which could be material for any fan who wants to continue this story in their fan fictions) because they hold the cure to vampirism in their blood (which could also be passed on to their children... wow that's perfect material for another story!). Anyway I see a happy ending for Damon and Elena. Speaking of happy endings for epic loves...

Ok I'm biased but they're gonna end up together

   Klaroline is ENDGAME!!!!!!

          I may be biased but I don't see Stefan and Caroline working out. They may last a hundred years or so but Caroline and Klaus are meant to be! For the end of this series I see Caroline with her girls all grown up or at least teenagers because Caroline would never abandon them not even for Klaus until they've aged and died. It would be cool if The Originals (despite lower viewership) goes further that Caroline takes a trip down to New Orleans since once The Vampire Diaries is over we can focus entirely on the Original Family and jump ahead to as many years as we like to explore the new family dynamic with a powerful Hope who would clash with her father, Klaus on her powers and her love life. To see Caroline playing step-mother to Hope would be interesting to see.

Stefan Salvatore. Always the high school sweet heart
never the epic love

   Stefan & Matt Deserve Some Happiness

             Stefan doesn't have to end up with someone to be happy but it would be nice for him to finally have a girl and keep her instead of losing one to his brother (either romantically or because Damon killed them). He could go back to his first love but I don't see that happening. Stefan is happiest with human women I've seen. He's so empathetic, like Elijah, Stefan loves humanity. I can see him working on his car, living with a new girlfriend and they're deliriously content.

Haven't seen Matt yet but he's gotta be somewhere

       Is he still living in Mystic Falls despite Matt's vampire band? Of course! Despite Matt and Stefan's beef, deep down Matt knows Stefan is a good vampire who loves this town. They could form some agreement or deal that Stefan can stay if he helps protect the town from other supernatural threats just like the deal Marcel has with the city of New Orleans. Also Matt should find some happiness. I see him with a few kids while working as sheriff, a nice house with a white picket fence. He definitely deserves it given what he's been through since day one.

In this case Alaric is forever cursed

   Alaric Happy Growing Old

          Alaric has died, been brought back, then turned into an Original Vampire, then died again only to be brought back as a human. He needs some peace. Although he's had bad luck in the past with romance, if the nanny doesn't die by the end of the series then I see Alaric having some relationship with her (hopefully not marriage because let's face it he's cursed in that department). Or maybe he'll hook up with the plucky intern Georgie. It's not unheard of professors getting busy with their students. Maybe this will end happily. I also see him growing old, becoming a grandpa with his twin girls taking care of him. Though I just see Alaric taking his twins to school or sending them off to college in some scene in the final episode.

If either of them die before the end I'll lose it!

   Bonnie & Enzo

         I honestly hope Bonnie and Enzo get closure. She's mentioned that she hoped to grow old with Enzo but if she dies young which would bring Elena back then Enzo will be left heart broken. OR maybe Enzo will die before the series is over saving Bonnie (which would fall right in line with his chivalrous character). If that happens I don't see Bonnie happy with anyone else unless Jeremy decides to pop by to give it another try though I highly doubt it. Bonnie may want to live a quiet life though that depends on if she gets her magic back (let's face it, no way Bonnie can remain powerless forever unless that's Julie's plan). 


       So will any of our characters who have suffered so long end up happy? I think in a way they all will find some contentment by series' end. It's the least the writers could do after putting them all through the grinder so many times. What I'm hoping for is closure for the show. The Vampire Diaries got me into vampires again after the slaughter of the genre that was Twilight. I've really enjoyed the series and hope all of my beloved characters find some happy ending.


   
             

Timeless: Who Is Lucy's Father?

       

      Time Travel can be confusing but it's still fun to watch the twists and turns. While I wait for 12 Monkeys to return I recently got into NBC's Timeless. A recent mystery arose as to who Lucy Preston's father is.

Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus should come up with aliases
BEFORE they travel through time

  A Politician?

        Lucy's mother finally tells her that her father was her mother's professor who had desires into entering politics. He had asked to marry Lucy's mother but she refused leaving her to be a single mother. So Lucy's biological father may be some big politician that has been keeping watch over her all of her life.
  

"Garcia" Flynn? That's basically 2 last names

Rittenhouse Member?

       Flynn had asked Lucy to ask why Mason really chose her for this mission. I have a theory that Lucy's father is a member of Rittenhouse. It would explain why she was picked where there were possibly hundreds more qualified historians to ask. Most likely Rittenhouse has spies in government that could have suggested Lucy's name. Or Homeland secretly knows that there's a Rittenhouse and they're keeping quiet about it in order to capture those mysterious members. Either this is his way of trying to get close to his daughter or there's a much bigger piece of the puzzle that we're missing.


      Either way Flynn knows the truth. Eventually Lucy will find herself trusting Flynn to be honest when she discovers that she has been lied to from the start of this mission.