Written by: Finny


So I'm sure most of you have seen this episode already, but just in case you haven't: I'm going to rock out some **SPOILERS** in this review. I know, I know, I'm breaking every single rule of Doctor Who - and if you want to find Liam Neeson and have him give me a call, fair enough. :P

So really what this episode is all about, and most likely every new episode of Doctor Who in this season will be about, is Clara. So to me, Clara is a really interesting character. We've met two versions of her in the past, and now we are onto V3. But what does it all mean? Is Clara the one and only companion who can make us forget the ultimate question "Doctor Who?" and move onto "Clara Who?". Because to me, I really, really want to find out how she is the only impossible thing out there that's actually possible. And luckily, The Doctor is wondering the exact same thing.

I mean, The Doctor goes as far as to rock out back in time to check up on Clara's parents - just to presumably figure out how she's even where she is today. It's a beautiful story about how a leaf blinded her father, and that led to him meeting her mother and ever since they met, they've kept this leaf as a symbol of what was, and what will be. But more on that leaf later.

Right now, let's focus on how Clara and The Doctor end up on an alien world where a giant parasite needs to feed on emotion, song, spirit and basically anything else meaningful to many different alien races. We meet The Queen of Years, who is a really young lady whose singing can calm basically anything that's evil - except on this day. Which is where I got a little bit confused. Did her singing work? Did it not work? I really don't know - because nobody really seemed to react in any way at all. Maybe it wasn't supposed to work because this is where we needed to see Clara really shine as the voice of humanity. 

About that leaf. The most important leaf in the history of humanity I believe was how it was put (probably not verbatim, but it's how I remember it). Clara shows us a lot of passion in this episode. She shows and speaks to how this leaf isn't only important because of what happened between her parents in the past, but what could have happened between her parents in the future. It was this monologue that totally made me empathize with her character. She took this leaf that was a symbol of her parents, and herself, and sacrificed it because it saved the lives of countless others. She showed an incredible amount of passion while doing it - because she knew how much it meant (and that freaking parasite god sun thing seemed to really want that leaf - which was preserved pretty nicely after all those years, by the way) in terms of showing these aliens the true capabilities of human compassion. 

Overall, I think it was a pretty great episode - although there were a few things that seemed out of place, but par for the course with Doctor Who I suppose. I love that Clara took charge even though it was presumably the first time she'd ever been on another planet with aliens and other folks she knew nothing about. BUT, there's one thing I absolutely LOVED more than anything throughout the entire episode - The Doctor's speech. This gave me chills. And I'd like to know other people's thoughts on this as well, but here it is:


"Oh you like to think you’re a god. But you’re not a god, you’re just a parasite. Eat now, the jealousy and envy and longing for the lives of others. You feed on them. On the memory of love and loss and birth and death and joy and sorrow.  So…so.  Come on, then. Take mine. Take my memories, but I hope you’ve got a big appetite because I have lived a long life and I have seen a few things. I walked away from the last great time war. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and I watched as time ran out moment by moment until nothing remained. No time, no space, just me! I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a mad man. I’ve watched universes freeze at creation’s birth. I have seen things you wouldn’t believe. I have lost things you will never understand. And I know things. Secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken. Knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze! So come on, then! Take it! Take it all, baby! Have it! You have it all!"

And that was pretty bad ass.

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Written by: Stinson

Warning, may contain spoilers!
So the long awaited return of Game of Thrones has finally arrived!! While there were some deviations from the book (we'll talk about those in a minute) it was still what fans have been jonesing for. The CGI was as always, top notch. I hear that we're going to be getting a more steady stream of it this year vs just one huge mega explosion at the end of the season. Which is very good. I know they're going to have to do some work to Nikolaj's hand for upcoming episodes. 
   So about the deviations. Some major, some minor. Like Shae. I don't see how they're going to purpose her betraying Tyrion. From the looks of things, she actually truly cares for Tyrion and Sansa. I suppose that will make it hurt so much more though.
    My next big issue was with Samwell Tarly. He did get the ravens off. He was quite proud of himself for doing so too. That really wouldn't have taken much for him to say. It would have given his character a bit of redemption for the viewers as well. He doesn't get a lot on the series. Also, while we're on the subject of Sam... Why the hell was Ghost with him?? I know that him and Jon part ways in the book, but that's not til he's about to scale the Wall. Unless there's another large white wolf wandering around with the Brothers...
    Wandering now to Jon. First off, Mance has every single wilding in his camps. So why is the camp so damned small? And where were the Frostfangs? I did really enjoy the change they did in Jon's dialogue with Mance. He says something about never being more than a bastard on the Wall. While the new dialogue has him saying ‘I want to fight for the side that fights for the living’ and that is just such a great line!! I wish GRRM would have used it in the original story. I also wasn't very fond of the actor that plays Mance. I always pictured him younger and… a bit like Stannis I suppose. Not in demeanor, just in the looks mind you. That’s a personal preference though. One more thing… Where was Varamyr Six Skins?
  On to Dany! So the only real problem I had with her WAS EVERYTHING. Where was Strong Belwas? Was he just not an important enough of a character to bring into the story? Or does that just make the whole Barristan Selmy thing too complicated? Oh yeah, don’t even get me started on Selmy. He was supposed to remain unknown for about half the book! I don’t care if it’s confusing! It’s supposed to be! The Unsullied weren't supposed to have armor, they don’t need it. All they have is a shield with some random animal on it, and the customary spiked cap of the Unsullied. But nooooo, let’s waste lots of money by making this guys armor instead of making a nice, big mountain range for our giants to play in! And last but not least, they could have made it seem like Dany understood what The Good Master was saying. She did. She knows like, what 4 languages now? It wouldn't have been hard to shoot some reaction shots. 
   So over all, though there were deviations (it’s to be expected, I know) it was a good episode. Not my favorite, and there will be better. I can’t expect the first episode to be an instant run away hit. They have to set up for stuff, I know. I give it 6 and ¾. It’s better than a half, but not good enough for a 7. 

     Tonight was the premiere of season 7 part 2 of Doctor Who and oh my did they deliver as usual! This episode of course brought about the question that we've been asking since we first met Clara Oswin Oswald. Who is she? There are so many questions about Clara and just as many guesses about who she is. (Of course, at least this time Moffatt let her live.) But aside from us trying to figure out who Clara is let's get on the subject of the actual episode shall we?
     This episode was about something that most of us deal with in every day life. Wi-fi. Think about it. How many of you use wi-fi in your daily activities? We have wi-fi on our laptops, tablets, cellphones, etc. Wi-fi is everywhere! And if something were to get into the wi-fi then we would all be up the creek without a paddle. As for the Great Intelligence, I'm sure you remember him from the Christmas special The Snowmen. Does anyone else think there's a connection with Clara here somewhere? The Great Intelligence has also had appearances in the Second Doctor's run as well in the episodes The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear (approximately a century after The Snowmen episode took place). All of the questions we were left with from this episode probably will not even be answered this season.
     Now, I'm trying not to be a spoil-hound here, but sometimes you just can't help it with Who. Can we just talk about the author of the book the boy Clara nannies for was reading (and the girl on the stairs was from)? AMELIA WILLIAMS. Oh yes. Yes we all know that name well. It may not have registered to everyone at first glance just because she is using her married name, but it was one Amelia Pond. This made me extremely giddy! Just seeing that Amy went on to be a successful writer after all the things she and Rory went through makes me happy to no extent. 
     So, to end my somewhat confusing review of this episode of Doctor Who, I give this episode an 8.5/10. It was a great episode, but not one of my favorites. This is just the beginning of the adventures with Clara (because we all know she is going to say yes to travelling with the Doctor), and I do look forward to more of her witty banter with the Doctor and believe this will make for a great second part of the season. 

    The newest episode of Supernatural was back on tonight, after a (what seemed like forever) three week hiatus. Boy do these writers know how to kill us Supernatural fans. They leave us hanging wondering what happened to Castiel, who Naomi is and why she is insistent on controlling him. Then they bring us back with a wham, bam, thank you ma'am! I didn't even know what to say through half of this episode. First you see Cas killing Dean, only to find out he's "killed" Dean thousands of times in preparation  Then Cas just shows up and kicks ass and saves Sam from a demon then goes all mighty on the other lady and poofs away. Just when I thought things couldn't get any weirder there's Meg as a hostage! Meg, the only female who has lasted on the show this long and what happens to her? The same thing that always happens! Although, with the seemingly sexual tension between Meg and Cas, I don't see this being the last we see of her. I mean, Cas, Sam and Dean have all come back from the dead more times than I can count on my fingers.
     Anyway, lets get to the part that really killed me. Naomi telling Cas he has to kill Dean. Dean begging Cas to stop, then those words, oh those words. "Cas, we're family. We need you. I need you." And of course Naomi made the biggest mistake she could ever make, asking him to choose between the angels and the Winchesters. Like that's even a choice for him anymore. He know that the Winchesters are truly his family and he would never choose anyone over them. That's when Naomi's hold broke over him, that's when she lost him. The look on Dean's face when Cas was reaching in to heal him. I have never seen such a scared look on Dean Winchester's face throughout this entire show. It's like he knew Cas had the power to kill him, but he was afraid that he had just lost another family member too. 
     'Goodbye Stranger' starts to play and we see Cas riding off in a bus. Where he was going we will not know until the season finale. Here's to you Supernatural writers. Thanks for killing all of us slowly.