Friday, August 22, 2014

13x04 My Own Worst Enemy:



One thing to note with this season is while the episodes all have their own names instead of being all part one part two they might as well be as the subplots for every episode pair carry over.

That said, this episode begins on an ominous note with Clare getting her MRI. She's scared and it's showing as she tries to get the nurse to stall though she assures Clare she's not alone as her mom and boyfriend are right outside. I wish we got even a passing acknowledgment about where Jake and Glenn are in all of this. I mean Jake is most likely picking mushrooms but Glenn?

WHATEVER IT TAKES

Thursday, August 21, 2014

13x03 All I Wanna Do


They are in Paris which is really just the Epitome back lot with loads of green screens and facades. Tristan and Maya think it’s surreal that they are there as Miles asks Winston to help him as a wing man. Winston once again says how much he loathes his nickname Chewy as their Parisian teacher introduces the course to them telling them the city is their classroom and to enjoy.
Everyone is moving in and Tristan is eyeing a shirtless Miles who tells him to take a picture. Tristan then says he has a girlfriend and as Maya walks by the dorm he declares that it’s her.

WHATEVER IT TAKES

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

13x01/02 Summertime


The season opens with shots of the school and a marque announcing the Summer Day Camp the school will be running. Maya and Tristan eagerly race up the steps so glad to be on campus despite it being Summer break and they are excited. It’s going to be the BEST SUMMER EVER as they are planning on spending the next two months in Paris. Upon entering the school Maya literally runs into Miles who is in the office with Winston and upon seeing her heart eyes Tristan informs her that Tori’s family has moved away and she’s his new hag….er Bestie so no boys for her.

They arrive in the French classroom for a final meeting about the trip where we see Alli, Conner, and Jenna are also in attendance. Madame says two people are missing and Alli says how Clare has an appointment so she’s taking notes for her and soon another person arrives in the form of West Drive star Zoe Rivas. Tristan is fanboying saying she’s amazeballs and upon introducing himself to her and finding out she along with the cast is fans of his fan blog Tristan declares he’s making Zoe his new BFF and  says they can all be friends. Zoe invites Tristan (and Maya she guesses) to a concert. Tristan is in but reminds Maya about her super early curfew.

WHATEVER IT TAKES (the opening credits we’ve had since season 8 are gone and are replaced with a shortened version of the theme song and a title card that looks like it was created in windows movie maker….it’s horrible and prayer circle we get the old sequins back next season)

Thursday, July 10, 2014

So the reason why I never gave any postmortems since Unbelievable is partly due to work and partly because I just haven’t been that invested with the show this season. I don’t know if I’m growing up or that the new characters (well for the most part) are just veiled expys of characters past and allot of the vets we do still have are just shells of their former selves (cough Clare). That said I’m just going to go right in and do re-caps for season 13 (I’ll be queuing them up to start posting one a day beginning mid August) and once the finale of Dorm Life comes up I’ll do a critique of that. I never re-capped Dress You Up (Dress Me Up? I don’t know the title TBH) because it was just for MTV.CA.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

13 23x24 Unbelievable postmortem

 Due to the graphic nature of this episode the FCC deemed the episode unsuitable to air in the 9 pm hour stateside though apparently the cable company didn't get the memo so here is hoping that between now and when I recap I don't delete the episode of Big Time Rush saved to the DVR...

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

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No formal basketcase post-mort due once again to me having closing shift.... mid-shift next Tuesday so I'll be doing a post-mort then..... also there is a new webisode series that I'll most likely comment on when/if it's posted on YouTube (I think it may be a MTV.CA online exclusive though)

Between 13C and 13D I will most likely re-cap the rest of the episodes and once 13D ends I'll recap the season as a whole.....