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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Hostages Pilot


FBI Special Agent hostage negotiator Duncan Carlisle has taken hostage the family of Dr. Ellen Sanders. Sanders is chosen to operate on President Paul Kincaid in Maryland College Hospital in Washington. The night before the operation Duncan has held captive Dr. Ellen, her husband Brian and her two children Morgan and Jake. Everyone in the family is keeping secret. Brian has an affair with his assistant Samantha. Morgan is pregnant but has not told her parents. Jake is secretly selling Marijuana. 


Duncan seems to be forced to go through with the assassination to help her ill wife Nina Carlisle. Duncan is 
conspiring with Presidential chief of staff Quentin Creasy and his father in law Burton Delaney.
By the end of the Episode, Ellen decided to delay the surgery but announcing that an error with medication was made and proceeding with the operation would be fatal for the President. 


I find the pilot episode just okay. There are still a lot of questions specifically what is the motivation of a FBI agent to go rogue and conspire to assassinate the President of the United States. According to some of the articles, each of the episode would be through a span of 1 day. The whole season would tell the events that happens on span of two weeks. So if they miraculously go beyond season 1, what Plot would be there to keep audience entertain. When I watched the Pilot a series came to mind Prison Break. In the whole course of the show, they were able to break out of two Prisons. So I ask myself, would it be possible to prolong the hostage situation? Wouldn't they get caught or don't they really care if they did?The premise is simple. To assassinate the President, take the family of the surgeon in charged of the operation. Show how badass and serious the hostage takers are for Ellen to comply but kind of show would it be if there won't be any resistance. 

I have to see more episode before decided whether to continue watching this show. What are your thoughts? 

The Blacklist Pilot



One of FBI’s most wanted fugitives has surrendered. Raymond “Red” Reddington was trained by the Navy and was being groomed to be an admiral until he left his wife and child and became a broker of deals for Criminals.


He agreed on helping the FBI in capturing an individual who they thought was dead and was preparing a chemical attack on the United States. But he has only one rule. He would only talk to Elizabeth Keen. Keen is a rookie FBI profiler who is just starting her career with the FBI. It is still unknown why Red is so interested in her but the episode has shown that he knows a lot about Keen and has been watching her for quite some time. He has also revealed that he knows about her past starting with her father who is a career criminal and also knows something about her husband. At the end of the episode, Elizabeth found a box hidden in the floor of their kitchen. Inside the box are money, passports and a Gun. Elizabeth confronts Red at the end of the episode regarding his knowledge of his husband’s identity.



When I watched the first episode I was easily hooked. It kinda reminds me of Hannibal Lecter. I think somehow James Spader is channelling him. The idea that Red has a list of criminals that the FBI doesn’t know is quite interesting. Although when I was watching the pilot it kinda reminds me of “The following”. I hope they write a better story line than that show because by the end of the 1st season I found “The following” quite unbelievable and the feat that the cult has achieve was not easy.

How I met your mother Season 9 Episode 2: Coming Back

Friday at noon, 54 hours before the wedding

Barney’s Brother James has arrived in Farhampton. Barney told Robin, Ted and Lily about the Stinson’s family curse that caused all Stinson men to be desperate for sex. Barney however believes that the curse has been lifted when James was married to Tom. James has told Barney that they are getting a divorce. Robin persuaded James in not telling Barney in fear that it might cause him not go through with the wedding. James reluctantly agreed however an intoxicated Lily has spilled the beans.

Robin followed Barney how has stormed off. Robin thought that he was fazed with news but he was just asking the inn keeper for James’ room key to remove the erotic surprise gift that he prepared for James and Tom.
Marshall is still stuck in Minnesota with Marvin. The last remaining flight to New York was cancelled due to a storm. Marshall had to race Daphne, the passenger got ban from the flight along with Marshall, to rent a car. The cars ran out but Marshall got the last key. They made an agreement that Daphne would rent the car and purchase a baby seat and Marshall would pay for the gas.



Ted is in bar when James arrived. James told Ted that it is difficulty to be truly happy knowing that what happens after the marriage isn’t always good. The inn keeper gave James’ room key leaving Ted alone in the bar. A flashforward is seen in which Ted is with the mother exactly a year after. He told her that he made a promise to himself to bring her to Farhampton a year after that date. The mother told her that he hasn’t met her in which he replied that he knew that they would meet.The episode ended with Ted getting his room key but the surprise gift the Barney prepared was in the room.



It was a funny episode. Seeing Ted and the mother together for the first time was a great scene. In my opinion they did a great job casting the mother role and she is great with it. With a few more episodes left in the series, I can’t wait to see how it would the story unfold.

How I met your Mother Season 9 Episode 1: The Locket

Friday 11 AM, 55 hours before the wedding



Ted and Lily driving their way to Farhampton Inn for Braney and Robin’s wedding. Ted has irritated Lily with his detours about historical figures that Lily does care about. He asked Ted to drop her at the train station. In the Train she meets Ted’s future Wife.


Barney and Robin are being driven by Ranjit to Farhampton. While having a conversation about possible Wild cards of those who are likely to ruin their wedding, they both mentioned a “Crazy cousin Mitch”. They were horrified with the possibility that they are related. But Robin’s grandma confirmed that Mitch is related to Barney by Marriage and Robin by Adoption which was a relief for both of them.



Marshall is on a plane with Marvin when he received a text message from his mom about Marshall becoming a judge. He asked her to delete the picture since Lily is still not aware of him taking the Job. He was asked to turn off the phone by a flight attendant. Sitting next to her Daphne has Marshall to turn off the phone. He refused to turn it off until her mom deletes the photo. Eventually Marshall and Daphne were banned from the flight. In the Airport, Marshall accessed her mom account but was unable to delete it since he could not click on options. Marvin click on a random key and the photo was deleted before Lily seeing it.



On the train, Lily has met the mother. Lily took some of the cookies that the mother offered her and they started conversing. Lily told her about Ted and his behavior which she secretly finds cool. The mother then commented that it seems that Ted wanted her to take the train. And Lily remembered that a few days earlier, Ted helped Robin in locating a locket that she buried a few years back. Ted remembered that the locket might be with Stella, his ex-girlfriend, who now lives in Los Angeles. He confessed to Lily that he emailed her about the Locket and was told that he had to go to Los Angeles himself to find it in a storage unit. Lily is worried that Ted will use the Locket to try to win Robin back.

In Farhampton, Ted was about to give his gift to Robin but was tackled by Lily. When Robin opened the gift it was a picture of the group taken 8 years ago. Ted tells Robin that he wants Robin and Barney to find happiness. Lily apologizes and made Ted promise that he won’t do anything to ruin their wedding. Future Ted said that he meant the promise at that time. It was also revealed that Ted flew to Los Angeles days before.

I always thought that Robin and Ted look great together. There were times that I wish that they ended up together. Ted has always been a romantic and if he ever pulled off in acquiring the locket, it would be a big surprise and might be a game changer. But also seeing the mother in this episode I know that she is the perfect fit. What are your thoughts?

Revenge Season 3 Episode 1: Fear

In the last season Declan died due to complication due to injuries he incurred during a bomb explosion which was meant for Jack. Nolan was imprisoned. Victoria’s long lost son Patrick appeared in Grayson Mansion. And Jack was about to shoot Conrad but Emily was able to stop him by revealing that she is Amanda.
In the opening scene of the Episode, Amanda is in a Yacht wearing a wedding dress and apologizing to someone. She was shot twice and was floating in the sea. The season is set two months  before that event.

Daniel has not seen Victoria for the last six months. She was spending time with her son Patrick. Charlotte meets her mother and asked her about their property in Paris but was told that it has already been sold. Grayson has lost almost all of their money in the last season. Their only source of income is Conrad’s Governor Seat.


Emily is back on her revenge path and has organized the Grayson’s Memorial Day party. Her plans for the party might be spoiled due to additional security that Conrad has requested instead Emily has asked Nolan to assist her in smuggling a poison intended for Conrad. Ashley is back in town and is intent to regain her place among the Grayson Family. Nolan parachuted his way to the party to avoid the metal detectors and bring in the poison. Conrad fell ill while doing his speech and collapse. During the party Emily introduced Ashley to Dr. Jorge Lopez and made sure that Victoria saw them talking.


In the hospital Emily changed the result of the test to Huntington’s disease. The family tried to keep the diagnosis a secret with fears that it would force Conrad to vacate his Governor’s seat if the news gets out. Emily made sure that it did and made sure that it is tied to Ashley.

Jack is back in town as well. He agreed to keep Emily’s secret but gave her an ultimatum until the end of summer to finish her plans and leave town or he would reveal her secret. Before the episode ended, Aidan is seen in the balcony of Grayson tower offering his help to Victoria to bring down Emily.

From the opening scene, it seems like this might be the last season for revenge. Emily was shot in the opening scene leading to question of who shot her. There are a lot of potential shooters. Who knows especially if writers decided that Emily’s secret would be revealed. Along the course of the show she has made a lot of enemies.

On Aidan, I am not sure if he is sincerely teaming up with Victoria. Maybe he is going to use Victoria and plan to get rid of the Grayson’s to save Emily the trouble. Jack is a wild card. He said that he feels nothing for Emily. Who knows what he will do.

Sleepy Hollow Season 1 Episode 2: Blood Moon



 Katrina again appears in Ichabod’s dream. Now she warns him that an army will be gathered before the rise of the four horsemen. Katrina also warns that a witch belonging to a dark coven will rise to aid the Demon who controls the headless horseman.

Captain Frank Irving has informed Abbie that the two policemen who saw the headless horseman have changed their statements. Although Irving somehow believes Abbie, he understands that most people are skeptical and won’t believe their story. He tasked them to gather more information on mysterious events happening in Sleepy Hollow. 


Andy Dunn is resurrected by the same Demon who killed him. He was tasked to assist in the resurrection of a witch named Serilda of Abadon. Katrina was responsible for weaken Serilda. Serilda was then captured and burned at the stake. Serilda would need to gather her bones and the ashes of descendants of those who have condemned her to death to rise again. 

Ichabod told Abbie about her dream and they set out to the Sheriff Station to access Corbin’s files. Unfortunately it was transferred to the Archives and she would need to get Irving’s approval to gain access to it which they could not get since he is unreachable. Ichabod remembered that there were tunnels beneath the Sheriff office that leads to the archives. They broke through a wall to access the tunnel and were able to get to the files. 


After obtaining the ashes of the descendant of the people who killed her, she sets off to the tunnels to obtain her bones. She was successful and the she was rid of all of her burned skin. Ichabod use the gun powder stored in the tunnels to blow her up and kill her. 

No headless horseman in this episode. It is seems that John Cho might stay longer to reprise his Andy Dunn Character. We also saw a vision of Sheriff Corbin almost giving advice to Abbie. I found the episode lacking and quite boring. It was easy for them to kill off a powerful witch. Although it is interesting how they mix history with fiction, I am not sure that this episode was something to remember. I hope they do a better job in the next episode. 

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Movie Review: Man of Steel


After years of harvesting of Krypton’s natural resources, Krypton is faced with its imminent destruction. The chief scientist Jor-el has warned the council about repercussions of harvesting the natural resources which caused the planet’s core to be unstable. General Zod has staged a coup to gain the leadership of the planet. Jor-el and his wife Lara has decided to send their son Kal-el to earth after infusing his cell with the genetic codex of the entire Kryptonian race. Zod killed Jor-el but was unable to stop the spacecraft that would bring Kal-el to earth. He and his followers were captured and were sent to the Phantom Zone as their punishment. After the destruction of Krypton, Zod was free. Since then they travelled to different colonies that were previously controlled by Krypton but found no survivor. They instead salvage what they could use include a world engine.

On Earth, Kal-el was found in Smallville Kansas by Jonathan and Martha Kent who raised him as their own and named him Clark. He discovered his abilities as he grew older. Jonathan warned Clark not to use his abilities in fear of humans discovering his true nature. Even in his death, Jonathan refused to be saved in order to keep his secret.  Years after, Clark was wandering and has taken several identities to keep his secret. He learned of a discovery in the Artic of an Alien Spacecraft and joined the team that is investigating it.
The ship allowed him to communicate of a preserved image of his father Jor-el. He explain that the reason for his abilities. Also in the Artic, Lois Lane was part of team investigating the spacecraft. After seeing Clark sneaking in to space craft, she followed him. She was injured and Clark was forced to use his heat vision to cauterize the wound to prevent her from bleeding out.

The Spacecraft has sent a distress signal which Zod use to locate Clark. He demand that the Humans handover Clark or face the consequence. Clark agreed to have the Military surrender Clark. After learning of Zod’s planning repopulating the planet and changing the planet’s atmosphere using the world engine Clark refused and decided to oppose his fellow Kryptonians.



Clark was able to destroy the World engine but was unable to prevent the damage that it caused to Metropolis. Clark was able to defeat Faora and Nam-Ek and was able to send them to the Phantom Zone again with the help of Lois Lane. Only Zod was left and able to adapt to Earth’s atmosphere and learn how to use his abilities the way Clark can. They engaged in a fierce battle that caused more destruction. In the final moments of the battle, Zod was about to kill a group of civilians using his heat vision. Left with no choice, Clark snapped Zod’s neck and killed him.



The military is still trying to find out more about Clark. A sent a drone crashing and told General Swanwick that he is willing to help but it would be on his own terms. Clark then took a job with the daily planet as a reporter as part of his cover.

Like most people, I found that the movie is lacking. It was a good movie but it was not great. The characters were underdeveloped. The fact that Lois Lane learned of Clark’s identity took away a lot of mystery. And it was too easy for Lois to put the puzzle together. Clark’s cover in the end doesn’t really mask his identity. Unlike the previous movie, Superman returns, they provided an Alibi by showing that Clark was clumsy.
Also I found it odd that Superman killed Zod in the end of the movie. Generally Superman does not kill. There are versions of superman in Comics that he does but generally he doesn’t. In TV series version, Smallville, Clark has gone to great lengths to prevent from killing. I think that part of Superman is what keeps him apart from other superheroes. We all know that he is flawed and at times has fallen prey to his dark side but killing is something that most viewers and fans would not approve. The battle scene was good but I think it was too excessive. It seems that he did not mind all the destruction and the people getting hurt.
What I enjoyed about the movie was the first part in Krypton. It is something that Movie makers really dwell upon. We all know that the sun is the source of his abilities but the idea that his cells absorbs them, the gravity is lesser in earth than Krypton and the atmosphere is more nourishing is somewhat refreshing.

There are references to Wayne Enterprise and Lex Corp in the movie. Is this a set up to future superman films? News has already emerged about the possible sequel which would involve Batman. I would guess that Lex Luthor, Superman’s greatest nemesis, would soon be part of the sequels. What are your thoughts?

Under the Dome Season 1 episode 3: Manhunt


Deputy Paul Randolph was imprisoned for killing Deputy Freddy. Before being locked up Paul managed to get the upper hand and locked Linda instead. Big Jim organized a search party to hunt down Paul. Barbie was reluctant to join has agreed eventually. In the woods, Barbie and Big Jim were held at gunpoint by Paul. Linda shows up and ended up killing Paul.

Meanwhile Ben informed some his friends that Joe has a generator in his house prompting other to come. Soon it became a party. Tensions between Joe and class bully has erupted and the two were about to get into a fight. The generator blew abruptly ending the party and their fight.

Alice and Carolyn arrives in Joe’s house and were about to take Norrie. Immediately after, Norrie and Joe touched hands and triggered an epileptic episode with both of them saying the line “The Pink Stars are falling”.




Also in the Episode Julia follows Junior in an abandoned cement plant. Junior explained that he was trying to find a way out of Chester’s Mill. As junior was approaching the barrier with his flashlight, it explodes leaving them in the dark. They had to use matches to find the passage out.

Under the Dome Season 1 episode 2: The Fire

When Barbie woke up he realizes that his dog tag has gone missing. He set out to retrieve it at the Cabin where he killed Peter Shumway. Junior Rennie has followed him believing that he and Angie has a sexual affair. Out of Jealousy Junior confronts Barbie and a fight broke out. 

The radio station DJ Phil and radio engineer Dodee has pick up a transmission between the Military groups stationed outside the dome. Julia heard about it and shared the information to townsfolk using the radio. After Duke Perkins’ death, Big Jim and Reverend Coggins plans to destroy the evidence regarding the propane Shipment. Coggins set Duke’s house on fire but miscalculated and got himself trapped inside. The town has cooperated to pass on the buckets of water to stop the fire from spreading further. Jim Rennie runs of unexpectedly but came back with a tractor to bring down the foundation of the house.




One of the town’s deputies, Paul, has gone hysterically and shot a bullet at the dome. Unfortunately the bullet ricocheted and hit another deputy, Freddy killing him instantly. Paul was subdued by Barbie and was arrested soon after.


We learn more about the secrets of the People of Chester’s Mill are keeping and the lengths that they are willing to do to keep it secret. People are starting to become desperate and people are panicking. I expect that more of this panic will manifest in the future episode.  There more questions still yet left unanswered. Hope next episode we will get more answers.

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