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I think part of it is that we don't really have much indication as to White Josh's character or characterization. I'm not sure what he wants from life or existence. I know Heather was a psych student interested in Rebecca's psychology. I know that Greg is damaged from his mom leaving him with his dad and has issues with unattainable women and chronic intellectual sarcasm. I know that Paula is struggling with a lacklustre marriage that fails to entertain or excite her. I know Valencia is the Mean Girl who pushes people away partly because she's dubious of ulterior motives and possibly due to past betrayals. Rebecca has abandonment and self esteem issues due to her father leaving and her mother... well over mothering. White Josh I have no idea who he is, what he wants, his psychology. All I know is he's a personal trainer and he's part of Josh's group without knowing why he's hanging out with a bunch of straight boys. Did they play in the same football team? go to the same school? Makes rooting for a romance with him and some other guy kind of difficult. His gayness was only clarified this episode. As was Daryl's bi-ness. I know in my case I only dated an older guy because he had a house and could cook and he didn't live with his offspring. Completely shallow reasons but for a 19 year old fresh on the scene it wasn't completely outrageous. White Josh is 20-30ish? Does he want to settle down with a guy that has a career? Is he bored of gym bunnies ? Does he have daddy issues? Is he attracted to noobs ? Probably over thinking it, but anything to avoid thinking of how terrible the Rebecca/Josh situation is :P . lol

Honestly as a 'queer' guy I'm like White Josh is a personal trainer at a gym and DARRYL is the type of guy he's into ? Not any of those ripped toned gym bunnies that he'd see on a daily basis? I'm just like okie dokie whatever floats your boat I suppose. It's rare to see fit athletic guys in their 20's attracted to middle aged men with children very often in today's media. Which I suppose is a good thing. I mean I've been there done that but I've yet to find why in particular WJ (White Josh) likes Daryl other than he's adorably befuddled. Maybe they'll go on a date and we'll see if there's anything there. On an unrelated note I didn't even recognize him as Sue's love interest in the Middle. I guess because he mostly has his shirt on in this show.

I'm going to give Jude a pass on this one because he was usually talking from his feelings about not having a real established relationship with Zero and it bringing up unpleasant memories about never getting public recognition or affection from his father. It's not that surprising that if he was thinking about how great it would be to hold hands with Zero out in public he'd willfully blind himself to the consequences for Zero for coming out. He was making the mistake that because Zero wasn't out with him that he didn't love him. Which was stupid and nonsensical but emotion based so I can understand how he'd get there. That said once Zero came out Jude really should have started acted like Zero's former agent/manager and did some damage control or spin or something other than being all up and down about it. Sometimes Jude reminds me of a whining puppy, cute but sort of insufferably needy. I was kind of hoping for some sort of reaction from the basketballers he works/plays with. Homophobic, supportive, indifferent player interactions but the closest we got was Terrence making a snide remark at Yelena about her ex swinging both ways. Then again I guess it wasn't that surprising since there were no matches? games? this episode. Do these people ever go to practices ? Derek is obsessed with Aisha, Terrence is obsessed with getting control/ownership of the team and yet noone seems that interested in the basketball. I mean I don't care about basketball but I haven't devoted my life to it so it's fine that I never talk about it. But these basketball players have devoted their life to being the best at the sport (theoretically) and yet none of them seem that interested in playing. Also where are the naked shower times ? Or team bonding sessions ?

Julia's insistence that people should risk their lives for her for nothing is tiresome. I did find it amusing that none of these magicians show any self defense magic. No fireballs, shields, detection spells? If only any of these characters were people who cared about their own lives at all.

I'm not sure I see Greg trying to protect his friend he's known for over a decade from someone that constantly lies and manipulates in the same category as a crazy ex boyfriend. She's obsessing over a guy she dated ten years ago and thinking about what their children will look like even though she's not dating him. While he is merely pointing out to Josh that she may not be trustworthy. Which she's not. It's not like he's manufacturing situations in order to spend time with her and get her to love him. He's literally saying to her face she's a terrible person and has been since he told her she wasn't a very nice person and she went off to do a custody case to spite him. I don't think we've seen any indication that he would want to date her any more. Sure he may be drawn to her but he hates himself for that and her for constantly manipulating him with her tears and breakdowns.

Totally agree. Her behavior in the bar was like a child throwing a tantrum in a shopping center in order to guilt someone else into getting them what they want. I hate her now. She just comes off as greedy and selfish instead of smart and ambitious. Seriously she never thought to bribe or trade for more spells ? She just yells and breaks things and expect people to give her stuff. She is such an entitled little brat. On the upside it was good to see Alice come out of her shell a bit and be something other than grieving desperate sister. Also we got some backstory for Kady, her mother didn't think things through and Kady paid the price as did 2 other people with their lives. Despite the lying and thieving I actually kind of have some interest in Kady now where before she was merely a background character.

The second time Paula brought up burning him Rebecca didn't say no, she tilted her head and looked like she was considering it. The fact that Paula brings it up twice says nothing good about her sanity or sense of morality. That part didn't really make any sense. Wouldn't the first question be. Do you know Rebecca? If he answered no then they'd have proof. Why did they need him to show up at all ? This show is quickly becoming like Ally McBeal, so far fetched that it's straining my ability to enjoy the musical numbers.

It's official I now hate Paula and Rebecca. I just can't take plotting to burn someone as funny. It's not. That crossed the moral event horizon for me. Their obsession with mixed race babies with someone she's not dating is absurd and creepy and she needs to be locked up immediately. As for White Josh I loved his little aside when the others were trying to convince Josh he was smart enough not to fall for her lies and stalking with a 'Is he?' At least White Josh has an accurate take on Josh's stupidity. On a lighter note it was funny when Daryl walks into the office and is not the slightest bit miffed that the whole office has been turned upside down for some weird Apollo 13 homage.

I have to say the procedural part of this episode was dull dull dull. So is Chloe most of the time. I liked Maize tearing through the gang members so easily. It's nice that someone displays some martial aptitude since apparently the Devil is too lazy to fight his own battles.

I really would have done more than just break the masseuse's camera if I was Zero. Zero and Jude can never seem to have more than 5 minutes of happiness. Also I hate Aisha... She really needs to stop cheating on her murderous bf. Before she falls over too...

This show is hilarity. It's just so wacky. The Monarch is so entertaining in his vendetta against Rusty. Even though we still have no idea what caused the Monarch to hate him. I do find it funny that Mrs Dr Girlfriend or whatever she is now automatically assumed that her husband was dating his henchman to spite her. Does make you wonder what happens with their swinging. If they still do that ...

So I'm guessing she's lying to Josh about a coupon, a fake non existent boyfriend and probably something else in order to spend more time with him like a crazy stalker that she is. I am hoping she crashes and burns.

Just because a character admits they have an issue with boundaries doesn't automatically mean they become a perfectly bland well rounded person that has no boundary issues. I'm sure there's lots of drama to be mined from Rebecca meeting other obsessive people or from Josh realizing that even though he's attracted to Rebecca and Valencia that neither really suit him and he should try and date more than 2 people in his entire life before settling down. Then Rebecca could have Heather as her sponsor or her watch dog in order to shut down obsessive behavior instead of Paula enabling her unhealthy obsessiveness due to boredom. Having this show being a rinse and repeat of Rebecca and her rationalisation hamster for obsessing about Josh in unhealthy ways leading to failure and embarrassment followed by depression and self hatred is both formulaic and repetitive. If Rebecca dealt with her problems, she could have awkward conversations with her mother about all the lies she told to gain approval. She could track down her father and deal with that emotional trauma and have that out. If every episode is going to be an emotional train wreck, it would be nice to have a bit of variety. Issues with father, mother, friends, coworkers and love interests. Maybe an episode with Josh and his family or speed dating at Greg's workplace or some follow up with Darryl and White Josh.

Personally I'm assuming the Elves and the trolls and gnomes emigrated to Modern Earth from the Land of Faerie to escape the demons 300 years ago. Demons lay waste to most of the human population setting back progress to a weird blend of Middle Earth and technology from 21st century. The elves eventually overcame the demons with the help of human weapons and the vast number of humans. Skip forward a few generations and most of that history is more myth than history with deep distrust and dislike of Elves from other races and patchwork technology/magical usage. Or at least that's my fanwank for this nonsense. I don't know I haven't read the source material. What I'm more curious about is, are there more elf stones and can only royals wield them ?

I think judging by Elliot's? reaction when he started casting that spell. I think it might be a high level dangerous spell to begin with. Or maybe it's like bringing a sledgehammer to hammer in a nail. Overkill. That said, I do completely agree that this show is super unclear about magic. I leave most episode more confused about magical rules than when I started. I can't tell if the 3 main students (Penny, Alice and Quentin) are prodigies or just straying off the garden path and being super reckless.

I actually hated that part. Riley is supposed to be a lawyer. She couldn't have just talked to Danny that she didn't want to cook or arrange some kind of schedule for chores or eating out if that was such a hassle ? When Bonnie told Riley that it worked on her last husband, my automatic response to the tv was 'and he turned out gay'. It's very early in the game for Riley to resort to such passive aggressive manipulation just to avoid doing something. It makes me think less of her as someone Danny should be with. He's not the sharpest crayon in the pack but taking advantage of his naivete feels like kicking a puppy. Unnecessary and mean.

The thing I found weird while Quentin was casting his singularity is the way the crowd reacted. Everyone minus the Dean seemed to start panicking. Older experienced magicians acting like civilians confronted with something unusual and dangerous. Noone cast a personal protection spell or a teleportation spell or tried to block it or cast a shield or anything ? The only person who actively did something was Alice who canceled the spell when it spiraled out of Quentin's control. It is amusing that Alice took the role Quentin had last time of stopping something dangerous. You'd think Magician's would have study buddies as a matter of course, people to ground them, to try and prevent them from trying random reckless spells whenever. Especially since some spells apparently require lots of energy and have the potential to kill you. For a magical community they don't seem to be very well organised. They have an apparent hierarchy but don't seem to have much in the way of magical cops, lawyers or security. I really hope they flesh out the magical community, school and curriculum a little more. I don't need to see classes every episode but something that provides more context would be nice. Half the time I have no idea what I'm supposed to be taking away from some scenes because it's so open to interpretation as to leave me feeling like I'm missing something crucial. Maybe it's an editing thing ? I don't know.

Something I forgot to add last post. It was nice to get a reasoning behind Alice not being on the admittance list. Dean didn't want to cause her family any more heartache. It was good he apologized for that. Now if we only knew anything about how magic worked in this universe we'd be set. Where are the teachers for this school?

Considering the way Julia used magic to steal money from a bank, it's up to the viewer to guess whether Hedge Witches use magic to cover up the consequences/observances of their misuse of their magic or they simply don't care. The latter seems more likely but it's hard to tell at this point due to lack of info. I do agree that the series still doesn't feel like it has hit its stride. It's just hit and miss as to whether an individual episode is entertaining enough to ignore the vague plot arc of the season. Even though Quentin is a tiresome sad sack I kind of wish that we had less of Julia and her obsessive magic hunt. I'd prefer they focused on Penny or Cady? Kady? stories so that we could get a break from the two major 'protagonists'.

Personally I'm thinking Marina wiped Pete as retaliation for Julia's actions and instead of just wiping Pete's memories of everything Julia was involved in, Marina just altered his memories so there was a girl with a different face to Julia's and a different name and a different ending. So instead of remembering Julia while he watched Point Break or MI2 he remembers Sandra who was a blonde who was better endowed who got a drug habit and that he dumped for a drug addled loon. Then maybe she followed up with a cyber wipe of his phone and computer of any pictures of them together. Of course there's tonnes of loose ends but since their social circle seems fairly small it wouldn't take that much effort to alter/erase Julia out of James life and honestly he's better off without her. Also now Julia go off and pursue whatever magic she wants without having to explain it to anyone, not even her invisible parents or friends.

I think my biggest problem with Julia isn't that she's ambitious which I could theoretically get behind... It's that she's so entitled as to expect people to go out of their way to help her just because... Then she uses sex or crying or tantrums to get what she wants which is just pathetic and kind of adds to Elliots anecdote of Hedge Witch behavior. I think I lost all respect for Julia when she stole a bunch of spells from the second ranked safe house, didn't bother to teach that one guy a single spell or even give a second demonstration because from what we've seen she shows little remorse or interest for how her behavior effects anyone else. She didn't even bother sending Quentin an apology card for nearly killing him. Then after that she complains about the quality of the spells she defrauded the Hedge Witch Network and then tried blackmailing Pete while trying to claim some moral superiority or something by claiming she had a boyfriend that she loved. Honestly I'm surprised that Marina didn't show up and kick Julia's ass personally for pulling that kind of shit. Or at least come after her in order to reclaim those spells. Or maybe theft is just overlooked. I did find Dean Fogg assertion that he's not the magical police funny. Such deadpan delivery. Especially the way he just assumes that Julia will just crash and burn. Which given everything he's seen isn't that much of a reach. I am confused as to why these dire consequences that he hinted about didn't manifest in regards to Marina stealing back her memories. Or has he not noticed? Or does he not care ?

I think I'm done. Part of me tells me I should finish off the last episode but honestly these last couple of episodes have been seriously underwhelming and I wasn't even a huge fan of the show so it's not like I had high expectations or anything. On a shallow note Robbie Amell looks good in a suit and tie combo. Almost makes me forgot how much of a pill his character was on the Tomorrow People. Almost.

Well... I'm glad that that dude is dead... That's about all I can say about the episode.

Yeah it's unusual that I like tv children as they're usually whiny brats or conversely they cause their parents to say their name over and over again driving you crazy with their myopic world view. I like Chloe more when she's talking to Trixie than when she's talking to Lucifer, simply because she keeps asking him who he is and he keeps answering the same way. It dull and tiresome. Maybe it's a cop thing though, keep asking the same question over and over again until you hear something you like. I'm so glad Maze had something to do this episode as her nagging Lucifer to punish people was a bit repetitive. As for the COTW I figured that there was something dodgy going on once it was revealed he was a pick up artist so it was likely he'd probably be a target of a woman's elaborate revenge plot. Though I'm still unclear as to Not Lindsey's plan? Reveal her backstory, cause him physical and emotional pain, then take his money and kill him ?

This was a great ending to the show. Sure it was a little cliched how it all ended so neatly but I'll roll with it because it was gloriously silly enough that I'll overlook contrived happy endings. I have a weak spot for Transformer Mystery Shack. It ruins my critical thinking.