Starchild

Am I recalling correctly that his abilities were in evidence even when there were only his other vampire fighter friends around? So he could do it without vampires around. The only way it would make sense to not work on an energy vampire is if the energy vampire actively counteracted Van Helsing DNA. ETA: or if he no longer has the ability since he was turned vampire himself.

I don't see why it should only be available if a vamp were nearby. I don't think we've seen evidence of his vampire-fighter abilities since he became a vampire himself. I wonder if it was eliminated when he died.

So does Guillermo no longer have the Van Helsing strength and reflexes?

Don't hold your breath re: Kitty. Since her weight loss I'm 100% sure Ru wants to see her again somewhere.

Question is, when might Olympia remember that? I suppose if she does, Mattie could position it as a coincidence, wandering around the legal district feeling nostalgic, then finally deciding to come back for real when money troubles got bad, but that's a stretch.

Isaac's of course

Why though? This is inside Jay's head, Marissa isn't dead, she can't project into dreams, and Sass is a smart guy. How could he possibly think he was talking to the real Marissa? I kept thinking he would come to that realization but he never did, at least not in any way that was verbalized.

This was great, so many easter eggs.

Even that is messy, because we saw the kid urging TK to be careful, slow down. We didn't see/hear how the altercation in the locker room started. Maybe TK was intimidating him, or threatening exposure, in order to keep his supply going.

I love Actavia's energy and personality, really sorry to see her go.

I really think Marmalade deserved to win it. But there wasn't a stinker in the bunch (a first?) and I'm not going to argue too hard against La Voix (whom I adore).

Cloaca, interestingly. Speaking of which, where's the cat doctor?

Well hell. I was hoping this was going to be a limited series, but I guess not.

It just occurred to me how brilliant these editors have been. They knew we all called a biased win for the American before the season even started, and so they figured out a way to lead us from hating that outcome to clamouring for it. Alyssa for the win! (If it can't be Nelly.) And at first you might think this emotional maneuvering is all at Nelly's expense. But by emphasizing Kitty and Kween's nastiest behaviour, while simultaneously displaying Nelly's grace under fire (and hiding most if not all of her clapbacks), they expertly steered us away from the frontrunners and towards the old pro who was never quite able to be a front runner herself. All while launching Nelly into the stratosphere. It almost makes me feel sorry for Kitty and Kween. Almost, but not quite. Production threw them under the bus, and I'd feel bad for them if they hadn't supplied all the material to build that bus, the fuel to power it, and the driver to steer it right over themselves. All that said, I'm very happy for Alyssa. And Nelly's career. ETA: I think there were better candidates for congeniality than Soa.

I lol'd while she slinked backwards.