Saturday, September 26, 2015

Z Nation, Season One, Episode Two: White Light










Dominion, Season 2, Episode 12: Day of Wrath









Z Nation Season Two, Episode One: The Murphy

Alarms are going off up north and Citizen Z, is actually away from his monitors, having gone outside to meet the incoming bomb.  Warren and Murphy are driving separately away from the lab. Murphy's skin has gone the oddest shade of blue/purple.  In the rear view mirror, Murphy watches the explosion.  Similarly, Doc and 10K see the explosion out the back of Warren's vehicle.  At the lab, Dr. Kurian, having climbed into a fridge has survived the explosion.  In the Arctic, fortunately for Citizen Z, a plane got into the path of the oncoming bomb, thus allowing him to survive.  Warren manages to drive her truck into an underpass and though the vehicle tips on it's side, she and Doc and 10K survive the explosion. Cassandra climbs out of the wreckage of the lab.

Warren regains consciousness first and climbs out of the over turned car.  10K follows, helping Doc out of the truck.  The first thing they see is radioactive fall out from the explosion.

In the arctic, zombies start to walk out of the plane that intercepted the bomb.  Citizen Z is ready for them because he has a rifle and begins shooting.  Unfortunately for Citizen Z, he is a terrible shot. Citizen Z makes his way back into the compound and almost immediately a zombie attacks.  It actually takes the man three shots to bring the zombie down.  Another zombie comes running and Citizen Z barely manages to blow its head off.  Anyone else notice how fast the zombies are suddenly moving? They need to explain why the change.   Citizen Z then heads to the broadcast room, seals the entrance and sends out an all call bulletin for Murphy to be transported to the CDC.  Upon reflection, Citizen Z adds that the CDC is offering a reward for Murphy, as well as the opportunity to be first in line for any cure which is developed.  Citizen Z implores his listeners to save humanity by saving Murphy.

A naked Mruphy hops out of his van and enters a store of some sort.

Mack is driving along on a four wheeler and he makes his way to the compound where Addy decided to stay last season. Addu tells Mack that the women are all dead.  She explains that they were on the hill watching the nukes explode and the boy who was banished returned and set the whole place on fire.  The boy capped it off by releasing the zombie men.  Mack snarks about men being all bad and then they share a moment of awkwardness before Mac walks back to his four wheeler.  In the distance, the bear can be heard. Somehow I don't think we've seen the last of that bear.  Mac simply asks Addy if she is coming or not, then starts his four wheeler.  Addy hops on back and Mac drives away.  The woman who is pregnant with Murphy's baby walks out of the woods.

Murphy is wearing a ridiculous satin robe and is being followed by a group of zombies.  When Murphy finds an item he likes, he simply tosses it at the zombies.  Finally, having chosen a suit and a hat, Murphy swaggers along until he gets intercepted by someone who heard Citizen Z's broadcast. The stranger shoots Murphy's entourage and then plays Citizen Z's broadcast which includes a description of Murphy and a warning that Murphy can control zombies.  The stranger then asks to see Murphy's bites at gunpoint. Murphy complies and opens his shirt, asking what is going to happen now.  The stranger informs Murphy that everyone is looking for him, so Murphy tries to buy his way out by offering the stranger some Oxycotin.  The stranger decides to take the drugs and Murphy to California.  Murphy starts to laugh at this and gets tased for his trouble.  The stranger starts to threaten Murphy but is stabbed in the back by none other than Cassandra.  Cassandra is clearly changed.  She can barely communicate and looks wild.  The stranger who attacked Murphy comes back as a zombie and becomes the newest member of Murphy's zombie entourage.  Murphy and Cassandra pause long enough for Cassandra to put on the clothing Murphy picked out for her.

10K struggles to support Doc, as they try to walk.  Doc is ready to give up and asks for a weapon and some ammunition but Warren isn't ready to give up.  Warren decides to take off on her own to look for food and water since Doc is no position to keep walking.  Warren warns them that if she is not back in 48 hours that they are on their own. 10K and Doc wish her good luck.

Citizen Z is hiding with his dog from the zombies who have invaded the compound, as in the background, the emergence broadcast repeats.

Addy and MacK are next to a radio tower but all they can here is a repeating broadcast which says a list of numbers.  Addy is sure that it is some kind of code.  Addy picks up a part of a message about Murphy.  Mack questions if they still care if Murphy is still alive and Addy asks why he is still trying to contact Warren and the others.

Warren stumbles through a wooded area and falls.  Clearly, the time without food or water has gotten to her.  In resignation, Warren lies on her back and says, "don't die until you can kill yourself." Warren then sits up and pulls out gun to check on her bullets.  Warren notes that she has two more bullets than she needs and says, "sorry Doc and 10K I tried."  Warren puts the gun in her mouth but before she can shoot, she hears a little girl crying for help.  The girl is trying to hold of a group of zombies with a long stick.  The zombies have managed to encircle the girl.  Fortunately for the girl, Warren arrives and takes out all of the zombies before collapsing on the ground.

Murphy is now inside a bar which is pretty much intact.  Cassandra is now looking at herself in the mirror admiring the outfit Murphy chose for her.  Yep, she is wearing gold hot pants, a gold crop top; it could be a strippers out fit.  When a zombie gets too close Cassandra attacks it, throwing the zombie across the room. Cassandra is adamant that she is not a zombie and Murphy assures her that she is better.  I don't like this new Cassandra one little bit. What the ever loving hell is this? Murphy decides that now is the time to show off his zombie whispering.  This results in two female zombies making out while Cassandra and Murphy watch.  It goes okay for a while but one zombie decides to rip the lip of another zombie.

Dominion, Season 2, Episode 11: Bewilderment of the Heart









The Strain, Season 2, Episode 11: Dead End

Dutch has been imprisoned by Eichorst in a slightly creepy SAW set up. Eichorst continues to be creepy and evil. He continues to be creepy and Dutch just isn’t having it with this evil nazi vampire. Just to make it even worse, it seems Eichorst is becoming fascinated by Dutch

This also leads to this week’s flashbacks – now Eichorst’s life before the war when he was a door-to-door salesman. Which he wasn’t that good at (not helped by Germany’s economic woes). This is, of course, all about a woman, Helga, who he was all dorkily crushing over back then. She was kind to him when he was being mocked for being a terrible salesman. They have a little romance where he tells her to pursue her dreams while he has no ambition at all. Which is when, all vulnerable, he hears a Nazi speech which he thinks is the bestest thing ever. Helga disagrees because she is vehemently against anti-Semitism but Eichorst is all for blaming the Jews for everything. She is thoroughly disgusted, especially since she is Jewish. He tries to walk back his bigotry and say only foreign Jews are bad

Unsurprisingly this doesn’t comfort Helga.

Later, as a Nazi and member of the SS, Helga appeals to Eichorst to help her not be deported to a concentration camp – which he refused to do. She is later hanged and he pretends to be unaffected

We now return to present after this completely unnecessary flashback where Eichorst force-feeds Dutch pineapple. To further this storyline we really do not need and do not want, he forces her to take off her trousers and then puts lipstick on her. She manages to use pepper spray on him before he rapes her with his vampire tongue-thing.

She runs through the boarded up section of the hotel (in lipstick and without trousers because the writers need a good slap upside the head).

Vasiliy, Nora and Ephraim head to the hotel where they were told Dutch was being held – and it is crawling with National Guard. Vasiliy has a lot of knowledge of the city and knows a back way in to the boarded up section of the building.

Doctor Who Season Nine, Episode One:The Magician's Apprentice































