Glade

Ugh, reverting back to the original Lasher actor (despite so many chances for a recast, including keeping the young adult version who could actually pass as dreamy/seductive) ruins any lingering charm this could have had.

This was really compelling, it had my full attention from beginning to end even though I was prepared to not like it. I enjoyed the story and characters, and I'm glad it was made; these stories deserve to be adapted, regardless of how much some 'fans' hate female characters. I have no idea what the Watcher in the Water was, but seeing it eat an evil elephant was pretty cool and unexpected. The ending where she goes to meet Gandalf (off-screen) was highly unnecessary; Saruman was enough (and this brings to mind that horrible Hobbit ending where Legolas is instructed to meet Aragorn), but other than that I gave it 5/5 stars. I'd absolutely be down for more LOTR anime.

New Jenny felt cringe, imo, as she tried too hard to mimic LD's amazing performance. I really wasn't expecting Roger to go back to a different time, and was blown away when Geillis answered the door! This will be really interesting! Matches the speculation we had last year though, that the kidnapper might actually be going back in time due to some relation with Geillis/wanting to see her... As usual Jaimie is a gentleman but Leerie will never take responsibility for her own part, including multiple counts of attempted murder, and that during their marriage she gave him the silent treatment for weeks at a time, so no wonder he left.

Nino's new actor does not have the looks of his younger self that made it almost slightly understandable that Elena would run off with him at the end of S3. Now he just looks like any random middle aged married guy who will never leave his wife for you.

I wish this show would stop presenting mangled, inverted quotes from the LOTR films. It's not clever.

They manage to incorporate so much ugliness and graphic violence (slave camps, people eating cockroaches and rats...) into this show, so far beyond the realism of the Jackson films. I just can't get very interested, it feels like dragging out the inevitable as long as humanly possible, and everything has to be turned into a reference; Sauron has to come back like Gollumn.

It's interesting that Sunja believes Isak is still in the city somewhere and that she will see him again, which seems doubtful. I hope we will see him again though, Isak is so gorgeous, blows Hansu out of the water one thousand times over, which no doubt reinforces his jealousy. Did Mr. Kim actually do anything to help the family other than being a friendly kimchi customer?

Imane Khelif won the gold medal after beating Chinese boxer Yang Liu! I'm so happy she stuck it to the haters who know nothing about boxing and just wanted to attack a woman athlete for not looking feminine enough and baselessly accuse her of being a transgender abuser for winning a match.

Wow! The rockumentary format for Daniel interviewing Lestat is really intriguing! And he looks amazing, very glam/grunge, but also modern. I can't wait!

This cast list is stale AF, I wish there were more queens from diverse countries (Thailand, Sweden, Phillipines, Spain, anywhere else!) and who have either never been on all Stars, or only been on once before. Seeing Cheryl, Eureka, Kennedy, and Alexis again just feels depressing, it doesn't matter how likeable they are.

Butcher is really a disgusting idiot, playing right into Sage's plan by brutally murdering Nueman right in front of her daughter. I hope he meets the same fate next season. I absolutely preferred Nueman over her running mate.

That scene with Torbin was so hot! I want to hear more about the 'natural desires' he's suppressing, though sadly it looks like he never lives out these hidden erotic fantasies, since he goes on to meditate for the rest of his life. I like that we went deeper into the truth, but it makes the Jedi worse in some ways, since they blamed a (supposedly dead) child for their own selfish, short-sighted actions. I'm hoping that at least one of the witches actually survived to reconstitute their coven elsewhere.

This felt really stale--the show has already done the 'grossout supe sex party' skit before. And Hughie being sexually assaulted for half of the episode in a 'comedic' way was disgusting and completely gratuitous. Also, it didn't make much sense. Tek-night should have immediately clocked the switchup with his 'super-sight' when Hughie pulled down his pants; there is no confusing his butt with Web-Weaver's; this could have ended before he was tied up, assaulted and had 'cum' smeared over his face. We better get psychological realism with Hughie processing this traumatic assault in the coming weeks, not just pretending it's nothing.

This episode was amazing, a perfect end to a rollercoaster of a season. That scene where Louis chases down and taunts Santiago on the motorcycle reminded me of a similar scene in The Crow; City of Angels where Iggy Pop was stalked and killed. Louis was so skillful in luring him to his death, it was rapturous. As was the end-scene, where he openly dared the jealous hordes of the undead to come for him. I like how they gave Lestat just enough of a redemption before it was time for him to tell his side. Their reunion was beautiful, and it makes sense that it was actually Lestat, not Armand who saved him. I did think Louis/Lestat would be recoupled, but it looks like Louis wants some alone time after just showing Armand the door, which makes sense. I was not expecting Daniel to be a vampire! I'm guessing we'll see more of how that went down in flashbacks next season. Though he didn’t explicitly name Armand, just ‘his maker,’ it seems clear. Daniel being a powerful vampire himself, the only fledgling of Armand, similar to Lestat/Magnus makes it more likely that he’d approach Lestat to write his side next season, not as a vulnerable human, but a fellow vampire.

I have lost all interest and enthusiasm for this season. Even fast-forwarding to the runway was a letdown this week.