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I am glad that they followed up on this, its clear that Carisi is not/was not over this whole messed up situation and hopefully this can give him and the story some closure. It was a decent episode, no big twists or anything all that exciting, but certainly not bad, it at least kept my interest. It seems a bit easy to make it so that the accomplice was always a bad guy and doesn't display any remorse for what happened, but its not like it isn't inconsistent. Some bad people aren't really outright deranged and sadistic like the other guy, some bad people are just selfish and cowardly, which can let guys like that run around causing havoc. The guy might not have been a murderer or rapist but he didn't really care that his buddy was beyond how it affected him. I also think it was weird that so much of the episode was focused on just the rape charge and the murder was hardly mentioned. I guess because Tess is still alive and that was the harder charge, but an innocent man was killed and that was pretty underplayed in how serious that was. The actress playing Tess was excellent, I too am still haunted by that primal scream, I am glad it looks like things are improving for her. The guest and regular cast in general did good work here, even if I wish some of the rest of the squad got more time to shine. Benson of course gets to play super shrink, but she did make an astute comment on how Carisi hates to feel like he's a victim in any way even as he's clearly spiraling.

I'm so glad that this came to Netflix, I had heard great things and this didn't disappoint. I have always enjoyed Godzilla shows/movies, and this was such a unique take on the subject, we got some cool monster action but I was really pulled into the human drama of it all and how war can so badly hurt people on a personal and national level. The original Godzilla was a metaphor for nuclear weapons and attacks, and while that was there too, Godzilla seemed to be more of a metaphor for the way that war tears people apart even after the fighting has stopped. You can end the war but there are still monsters after you. Koichi was a great protagonist, he suffered so much and felt so much guilt for his supposed failures, it felt really fulfilling when he found a family and could step up and do what needed to be done and put in the effort to live. The rest of the cast and characters were great too, Noriko, the Dr. the Captain, the engineer who eventually came around on Koichi, they were all really engaging and never made the show feel draggy when we aren't seeing the monster. The effects on Godzilla were pretty awesome, I can see why this is the first Godzilla movie to win an Oscar. He wasn't as huge as some past Godzilla's but he was certainly more imaginative than a lot of them. This is a really interesting story to be told in the context of post war Japan, especially from Toho itself. So much of WWII era Japan was based on the idea of "honorable sacrifices" that led men like Koichi to think that the best way to protect their country was to take their own lives and to follow orders at all cost, no matter how horrible what they were being ordered to do was, and you could see throughout how much that the people and the nation were traumatized. At the start of the movie people were still angry at Koichi for the crime of not killing himself, and by the end everyone was cheering that he survived, as the people and country started to heal.

Heather being Lena really does explain a lot, although I do wish that Margaret had figured it out in a more interesting way than just noting their facial similarities. When she was doing her whole "sure I'm working to get an evil man who you correctly loath out of jail but that shouldn't affect us baby" routine on Trent all I could think is how delusional this lady must be, and knowing that she's Sir's sister really explains it all. They not only share eye shape, but long con plans and delusions. The case of the week was pretty good, I like that nether parent was really perfect or awful, they just had issues, and it was the snobby parents and corrupt therapist who screwed things up. I felt bad for both of them and their son but Monty was right to turn himself in. He had good intentions but he did threaten and hold two people hostage with a gun, I hope that they go easy on him but its very fair that he faces consequences for his actions. This Jamie story will literally never end, every time I think we're getting answers they pull back yet again, like even the characters are purposefully padding this story. I like the idea that Lena kidnapped Jamie and set him loose on the team to mess with them now that Sir's in jail, it would certainly tie everything together, but for gods sake, can they just reveal everything? This is probably the first episode that I really felt like Jamie was Jamie, he really did seem afraid when he found out his mom was in danger. The flashbacks are really sad, although now I wonder if Margaret's husband knows something that he's keeping from her. Margarete is obsessing but he seems kind of chill about his son being missing, although its also fully possible that he's just trying to keep it together for his daughters. It was really sad when Margaret's husband asked if she would fight for her daughters and she couldn't answer, those poor girls lost their brother and their mother in one day. Again, I have to ask, why aren't any other members of their family there to see Jamie? I would love some interactions between Margarete, her daughters, and Jamie.

The biggest stretch for me in this episode? That anyone would recognize Melissa without her hat. I try to limit my exposure to behind the scenes drama in shows that I like, but I do feel bad that so many of the actresses feel like they had the rug pulled out from under them when the got killed off. It also seems to strongly suggest that there really is no grand plan about where this show is going, which is rough when your writing a mystery show. In general I have found this season to be a big improvement on the last season, but this is giving me real worries about where the show is going. Poor Van, she tried to do something good and it majorly backfired. I liked seeing her and teen Van interacting though, its really interesting how so many of the girls have ended up on that plane when they died as adults, like their lives ended the second that plane started going down and its catching up with them now. I guess she at least managed to stop bad Tai from taking over, although without Van as a stabilizing force who knows how long that will last. I am and am also not surprised that Tai and Van were manipulating the cards, we know from back in episode one that Tai will make the ruthless choice if she thinks it will benefit her and Van usually follows Tai's lead, at least in the teen flashbacks. Even in the flashbacks Van is pushing against Tai more, which makes me wonder if Van will keep participating in the card manipulation. Teen Shauna is such a monster now, its not even about survival for her at this point she just loves having power. I am really not sure why they let Shauna/Lottie/Tai just decide that they wouldn't go home, there are way more people on team home than team crazy, and Shauna didn't even have the gun if memory serves. Is everyone just that afraid of Shauna? I don't really blame them for being scared of Shauna, but she is just one person, if she really wants to stay they could just leave her and the rest of team crazy. Poor Nat, I so felt for her when she saw the snow and realized how screwed they were. Damn, so Nat knows that Misty was behind them being stuck here and that now that things are getting worse she's going to play the hero? I guess Nat keeps Misty's secret for some reason, that certainly does add a lot to their relationship as adults. I really like Misty, she's a great character, but its often hard to feel bad for her knowing that every terrible thing that happened after the crash could have been avoided if she had told the truth instead of keeping everyone there so that she could feel included. I did not see Travis being the one to make the pit trap, especially to kill Lottie. Of course Lottie walks over it like she's walking on water, not because she's chosen by the Wilderness, probably because Travis is a traumatized half starved teenage boy who doesn't know how to build death traps, but I fear Travis might join Lottie's cult again. Its wild to me that so many people watching this still think that the magical angle could be true, the show has been hitting us over the head over and over there there are logical explanations behind everything that has happened. Jeff and Callie smoking pot together was a small but very effective scene, it was sweet in a sad way to see them bonding about how hard things have been.

I should have known that the whole snake debacle with Rick and Chelsea was foreshadowing their fates. Rick lets the dangerous snakes out in a fit of emotion without thinking about the consequences and Chelsea gets hurt, and in the end Rick does the same thing when he shot Jim in the middle of the resort and Chelsea got killed. Or maybe Rick was the snake?

You either die a hero, of live long enough to become Tonya. For real though, I don't think it was exactly the same as what Tonya did to her, the plans Belinda and Tonya had were a lot more thought out than what she and Pornchai has talked about, but it does go to show that money can change people. Zion was really feeling himself with his "MBA baby" salesman pitch, he's just lucky that Greg seems like he just wants to be done with the whole thing instead of arranging for Zion and Belinda to have some kind of unfortunate accident. Timothy, maybe when you use a blender to make poisoned cocktails to kill your family and decide not to, consider cleaning it out? No wonder your going to jail. I was sure that we would get just one body this season as we have previously, I was really surprised that we got such a high body count. Poor Chelsea, collateral damage to her boyfriends need for revenge. Rick had so many opportunities to just let things go and move on with his life, a life that seems pretty good, and he threw it all away. That's bad enough, but he clearly didn't have to bring Chelsea along to his murder vacation, who he really doesn't even seem to like, but he did and now she's dead. The tragedy of Rick and Chelsea is that they both thought that they were the protagonists in totally different stories, Rick thought he was in a "you killed my father" revenge story while Chelsea thought she was the manic pixie dream girl that saves a tormented man, and they were both wrong. I love that as soon as Piper decided that the simple life was not for her she stopped wearing her earth tones and simple dresses and started wearing bright colors that look a like how her mom dresses. I am really disappointed that we didn't get to see the the Ratliffs reaction to finding out that Timothy lost their money and is going to jail, Victoria might drop dead on her own accord. At least she has finally figured out what country she's in, which I guess is character development. Mook might be one of the most unhinged characters in this whole show, and that is syaing something. She was all disappointed by Gaitok's story about how he saved someone in the last episode and how he understandably doesn't want to be a security guard, but is all over him the second he kills someone. Gaitok gets the promotion and the girl, but at what cost? I am not surprised that the girls trip ended the way it did, once you've been friends for that long your just stuck with each other. You might be catty and shitty to each other, but they still have that bond. This was a weird season pacing wise, and I think we could have gotten more out of the location and themes, but it was a fun ride.

I really like Joan, I would love to know more about her and have her show up again. She and Sass seemed to get along really well but, sadly, he just cant shake Shiki. I like her whole vibe, I am curious as to how she died, no visible wounds and she was still a young woman. She's lucky she had that flask, that's an awesome thing to have with you as a ghost, its just too bad she didn't have a cigarette. She had already smoked her four packs of the day, we love when things are both fun and healthy. I usually like Flower, but its like all she can do now is talk about famous people she slept with and make fun of Sass for being a virgin. I get it, we all get it, give her some new material! Polar Opposites really is an amazing name for a Christmas romantic comedy, Joan really does have the gift. I love the reoccurring jokes about Sam's love for Christmas and Rose's Christmas filmography. Thor and Alberta and Thor's amazing plan to get back at her for missing his 1000 year birthday party went about the way I thought it would. "I swear to God Peter..."

I did not call Whitaker being the one to find Robby, that must have been such a rough moment, he handled it really well. I cant imagine how it must feel to have gone through this physically and mentally draining day only to find your boss (who you just met) having a total breakdown. He was very calm and empathetic and got him standing again with a "we need you" that got him moving again, which is what he needed. Their conversation at the end was great, Whitaker being a theology minor is really interesting, I can see how someone who wants to study medicine would find theology interesting, and vice versa. A part of me is sad seeing Robby snapping at people in ways that he normally wouldn't, especially Dr. McKay who I don't think really deserved it, due to this terrible day and how much he is struggling, but the other part is loving watching him telling annoying people to shut up. First that lady who is always on him about some bureaucracy things, then those stupid antivaxx parents. I really felt that sardonic chuckle when he realized that the kid had measles, like he just cannot believe that he has this now on top of everything. The little girl who's brother has measles was a really good actress, it really hurt when she told Princess that she couldn't have a snack because she already brushed her teeth, it was so innocent and sad. Those utterly stupid idiot parents, especially the mom who was still pulling stupid articles on her phone as her son is unconscious and possibly dying, made me want to throw hands. At least the dad seems to see the gravity of the situation and wanted to listen, the mom is just all kinds of stupid. No one just wants to "drill holes into your child" for fun, they're trying to save your sons life, despite your best efforts to stop them! I never thought that the kid was the shooter, and I never thought that the shooter was in the hospital hiding or anything, it all played out the way that seems the most realistic. The killer is some guy we never see who killed himself near the scene of the crime, he isn't important, only his victims are. That awkward moment when you bust your co-worker/supervisor for being addicted to drugs only for him to come back to work and you have to work on a patient who overdosed. Now that the crisis is wrapping up, is Robby going to tell Langdon to go again? He might not really be in the mental place to think of even dealing with him, and Santos is the only other person who knows what's going on. Another really intense episode, but at least we had a few dark chuckles, like Mel awkwardly taking off her blood soaked gown to talk to the little girl, and sweet Vic freaking out over her crush.

I swear, I spent the whole episode just waiting for some ridiculously dramatic turn, but this was a shockingly normal episode, almost a return to form. We have a low stakes conflict like everyone (except Athena) forgetting Hen's birthday, some wacky calls that escalate, multiple rescues (of the same guy) and we even have some process in Eddie's frustrating story. Its not great but its a real improvement on the melodrama we've been dealing with, I am crossing my fingers that this is a good sign. I felt really bad for Hen, even if it does seem like a stretch that even Karen would forget her birthday, I would think that they would have made plans in advance. How very 16 Candles, and Karen didn't even have a wedding to plan. I liked the part where she was like "yeah its silly, but it hurts my feelings" which is very fair. Its not about birthday cakes, its about feeling valued. I felt bad for the unlucky guy, even if he went too far by the end of the episode. I actually thought the gift he gave Hen was cute, in an awkward way. Eddie's parents are awful, especially his passive aggressive mom. His dad seems more like he doesn't fully get how insensitive he's being, but his mom is full on being an asshole trying to keep Chris to herself. Sabotaging the dinner, making shitty comments about Eddie's groceries and his job, I am glad that Eddie finally laid down the law. He's Christopher's parent, not her.

Lots of funny bits in this episode, but Dia doing the "aliens from Signs" walk is still making me laugh a day later. "She's still doing it isn't she?" Very cool seeing Jill Scott, loved everyone dancing together. And Ava even admitting that she misses Abbot and wants to be back in some way, which is much better than her needing to come back or everyone begging her.

I got a kick out of seeing Connor and Michaeka from How to Get Away with Murder back together again, poor Aja Naomi King just cant escape murdering people via time jumps. I did enjoy watching Brett show up his ex wife terrible new husband, he was really cute with his son at the party. I don't trust him to help him out financially at all, he is still up to something. I'm glad that the kitty is alright. At this point I am invested enough to want to know what's going on and I still like the cast, but this is really starting to drag.

I think that Ani still got the best deal at the end, even if she was understandably emotionally drained. She never has to see that spoiled little shit Vanya again and gets a ton of money out of this whole mess. I enjoyed the movie, even if I don't think it was anything super special, not enough to win a million Oscars. I wouldn't even say that its the best of Sean Baker's films, my favorite is The Florida Project, although its still pretty solid. I liked the movie a lot more when it turned into a more dark comedy in the second half, so many people who are just Over It dealing with this pain in the ass spoiled rich kid. I like Sean Baker's interest in depicting working class people and people who you don't see much of in movies.

I knew that Heather's client would be Muse, especially after seeing the Previously On, but it was still really intense when he started talking about how Heather helped him "show himself" to the city, poor Heather just trying to go about her work day and this happens. I am sad to see Muse go so quickly, he was a cool villain and the actor was great at being creepy, but with so much going on I can see why they wanted his arc over. I like Heather but it does seem weird that she hasn't picked up that something is up with Matt, not even that he's Daredevil but at least that he's hiding something. Those bruises she saw didn't look like they were just from accidents that can happen to a blind person, it definitely looks like he's been in a fight or six. Fisk's new Wesley seems pretty interesting now that we've seen him more, he made a really good point about letting Daredevil take down Muse himself if he's so invested in taking care of the city, especially as Daredevil isn't targeting him yet, but of course Fisk is more interested in getting rid of Daredevil than actually keeping the city safe, he had to turn this into a photo op for his corrupt cop task force. I respect Fisk a lot more as a crime boss than I do as a politician, at least as a crime boss he's more honest about who he is and isn't trying to re-write his own history about how that mean old masked man destroyed his totally legitimate business and even hurt his workers. He broke bones! As we all know, Fisk would never engage in such behavior. Even Buck was giving him a "sure boss, whatever you say" look during that whole rant. I know that we always have to have someone to tell Matt that he needs to stop being Daredevil, but I feel like one of the most prolific serial killers in American history is an "all hands on deck" sort of situation. Vanessa and Fisk are at least a bit on the same page now, I do hope that they fix their marriage soon, its weirdly sweet when they're together.

You know things are bad when Will is even shutting Betty out! Give that sweet little dog a hug righty now, you will both feel better when you get some puppy snuggles. Will, at one of his lowest points, going undercover in a cult for traumatized people is going to end so poorly. The main cult lady is telling him everything he wants to hear, about how awful he is and how they have the ways to move past the trauma, I don't know if he'll full on drink the kool aid, but he might take a few drops, and that's even beyond the danger if he gets caught. He is in way too vulnerable a place for this. I like Dr. Seth, especially now that we've seen more of him with the rest of the cast. He and Will geeking out over nasty tapeworms was hilarious, it was by far the happiest Will was in this episode, and he seems like a really good influence on Angie. I am really happy that Angie seems to be ready to be friends with Will again, I really like their friendship and would hate to see their connection severed. They're toxic as hell as a couple, but as friends they're great, Will needs someone who is willing to look out for him who really gets his issues. I get that Faith is upset, this is a bad situation for everyone, but she really needs to cut Will some slack. If Will wasn't in such a self hating place he would probably ask Faith what he should have done in that situation. Let Jeremy be arrested? I would think that Faith would be angrier at Jeremy than at Will, but I guess its easier to be angry at her partner and not her son. It also feels bad because Will is so miserable, talk about kicking a guy when he's down. I am so glad that we have Ormewood for comic relief, things have been pretty intense around here lately. I don't love you guys sitting on the same side of the table...

I did not have "Uncle baby Billy water skiing naked with his package all out" on my bingo card for this television season, but I probably should have. I am also so not surprised that he has a cybertruck, that is just so on brand. Its pretty funny watching the siblings all spiraling out over something even pettier than usual, its so bad that they're dragging the rest of their family in on it and its starting to cause problems.