'The Children' -- GoT 4x10

Warning: Spoiler Alert

Yes!! We got to see a bit of one of the Children at the end of the finale. I fear that we won't see much of her after this point in the show, but I am at least glad that she appeared in there for a little bit (even if I could have stood for her a little bit more).

I was very disappointed, however, that there was no appearance by Coldhands on the way to them getting Bran to the Three-Eyed Raven. I feel like it would have been all kinds of fun to be able to mess with some of the people who haven't read the books, and make it sound like he was actually Benjen (I know that there are people who are completely convinced that Coldhands is Benjen, but I still have not seen enough evidence to make me think that he could be ... I still think that Benjen is alive, and I have a theory about what it is that he's doing). I am kind of curious as to why the writers wouldn't have introduced Coldhands into the story, but at the same time, they had so many other things going on that I don't doubt that they wouldn't have had time to deal with him on top of everything else that they were trying to pack into the season.

But at least Bran has finally made it to where he needs to be, so I guess I can't complain too much, right?

Another character that wasn't introduced that should have been there (and who would have blown people's minds) was Stoneheart. I can understand not bringing Coldhands into the story, but not bringing Stoneheart ... that one doesn't make quite as much sense to me, since there is stuff going on around that character (and she does make things happen, as well as the fact that her very existence makes you wonder about the very nature of the White Walkers (what makes them and how much they remember of their previous lives) ... plus, like I said, her appearance was kind of mind-blowing).

I was also happy to finally get to the scene with Tyrion killing Tywin, cuz I have been waiting for that for a while. No lie. Tyrion is the only one of the Lannisters that I've liked, and it was nice to see him get a bit of revenge for everything that has been happening to him all of his life ... even if he did still have to make a hasty getaway in the end (but how would he really have been able to stay in King's Landing after killing his father ... even if that is the only murder that he legitimately did).

I kind of wanted to shake Arya for not going along with Brienne, but at the same time, I'm really glad that she didn't (knowing what's going to happen with her later on ... which I'm completely psyched about seeing happen, since it's legit awesome).

'The Watchers on the Wall' -- GoT 4x09

Warning: Spoiler Alert (for the episode and things that will likely happen in future seasons cuz they happened in the books

I really wasn't expecting that this entire episode was going to take place on the Wall. I figured that there would at least be a little bit of back and forth (like they usually do in episodes). This isn't to say that I'm complaining, since I really think that with all of the attention that has been spent on the palace intrigue, the haven't been doing justice to everything else that has been happening (especially when you consider the fact that there is a an army of zombies coming to take over the entire world ... but then, GRRM hasn't really been doing a lot with that either, even though it seems like the characters should be a little more worried than they are).

I loved, loved, loved the stuff with the giants. It wasn't just that it was that they were something out of the ordinary for what we usually see in the show (even if we know that they're there), but it's how their appearance means that everyone else who isn't on their side has the ability to be completely boned ... but then, there is also the fact that they bring the promise of the other things that are on the other side of the Wall ... like the First Men (who I'm really looking forward to seeing). I'm really curious to see how the showmakers do the visual of the chick that Bran meets later on, when he goes in to meet the three-eyed raven ... mostly I want to see if what they do is similar to what I have going on inside of my head.

There is a part of me that is kind of glad that Ygritte died when she did, cuz I can see the fear that she would always be coming for him could feasibly stop Jon from doing some of the things that he has already done in the books, and some of the things that he will likely be needing to do in the future ... provided that he survives the knife attack that happened in A Dance With Dragons (which I'm still not convinced that he's going to ... but I have a theory about what may happen to him, which I would love to see happen, but I'm not even completely convinced that that will happen, either). But at the same time, I wish that she could have lived. I don't see her giving up her bitterness ... at least not for quite a while, and she would continue to be a thorn in Jon's side (which would, in turn, end up hurting her). But if she had been able to let go of the hurt, I think that she could have been a respected leader amongst the Wildlings, and that would have been amazing cool. I could see her doing something along the lines of what Mace has done, and get a good number of the Wildling tribes to at least have a bit of peace amongst themselves. She could have been something akin to a Warrior Queen who was completely fierce, but who was remembered for peace and growth and building ... at least, that's kind of the romanticized vision that I have of what she could have been (inside of my head), whether or not she would have been capable of that (cuz of her own hang-ups, or the hang-ups of her people).

For all of the horrible things that were happening in this episode, I can't believe the amount of times I went, "Awww, Sam!" Cuz really! And I also got a bit teary-eyed when Jon and Sam came across their homie (whose name I am completely blanking on right now) in the tunnel. Yes, Jon, he did hold the gate. And the boys repeating their vows to give them courage ... ::hiccup:: ::sob::

'The Mountain and The Viper' -- Got 4x08

Warning: Spoiler Alert

With the name of the episode being what it was, I was expecting that there would be more to the fight between the Mountain and Prince Oberyn ... or at least, a little more to the lead up to the fight (more with Tyrion and Jaime ... and more than three seconds worth of Cersei). But I suppose that they have a lot to pack into these last few episodes, so they kept that part until the very end. And it really was a very cool fight. I kept wanting to scream at Oberyn that he needed to not show off so much (since showing off would only take his mind off of what he was trying to do), and that he really needed to get ahold of his temper long enough to just double tap before something bad happened to him. But seeing as though he felt like he was finally getting his revenge, maybe flaunting it a bit could be expected ... as could trying to make sure that the douche that killed his sister and her children confessed to what he had done before he died. Still ... if he had kept his head about him ... would have been able to keep his head.

I can't help but kind of want to hug Arya. It's not just that her reaction to finding out that her aunt had died made me giggle (cuz it was so very inappropriate), it was also the idea that maybe she was masking what she was really feeling. Sure, she might have been feeling rather victorious over the idea that the Hound hadn't gotten the sack of gold that he thought that he was going to get, but the way that it was played ... I got an underlying feeling of FML (as though she may have been thinking, "Well of course my aunt is dead when I get here. My mother and brother were dead once I got to them, too."). And let's be real, there is a very real FML feel around her, since everything seems to be conspiring to make sure that she doesn't get back to her family. Sure, there's the feeling that all of the Stark kids are being pulled apart, but I always got the feeling that it was a bit more sad with her, cuz she was trying to get back home, and pretty much everyone thinks that she's dead.

The way that the writers are working with Sansa's character, I get the feeling that they're working her up to be a mover and a shaker in the world of politics. Those little looks that she kept sharing with Little Finger made it look like she was starting to become crafty in a way that she hadn't been before, and that one day, she would be just as dangerous as the most cunning. I'd really like to see them do that with her, since I would love to see her be one of the ones left standing when everything is destroyed in the end, and the whole world has to start over after the zombie apocalypse (she can be the new Cersei, but not evil).

'Do You Believe in Miracles?' -- SPN 9x23

Warning: Spoiler Alert

So, Dean is a demon now ... ::sigh:: Cuz no one saw that one coming. Kripke'd yet again. Show is nothing if not something that will give you exactly what you expect (over and over and over again).

The thing that bothered me about the story that Crowley was telling about the legend of how Cain first turned into a demon was that he said that he had used the First Blade on himself, and that the mark wouldn't let him go after that. The way that the writing made it sound, it sounded as though Dean would have had to've also used the First Blade to kill himself if the Mark of Cain was going to properly bring him back from the dead (and turn him into a demon) ... but the fact that he actually got shanked by an angel should have made it so that he died. He wouldn't have gone upward (not only cuz they haven't explicitly said that the doorway is open now (and unless it's said, I'm not going to assume that it is), but also cuz he's got the Mark of Cain ... which would have to keep him out of Heaven even if he was otherwise able to go there), so he probably would have found himself back in Hell again. He would have become a demon after awhile (probably a bit more quickly than he did last time, since he's already got the scaring on his soul from the last time, and the fact that he's got the Mark (which would probably make him something special once he got down there)), but I have a hard time believing that the Mark would have pulled him back and turned him into Super Demon after Crowley's story ... the logic of it just didn't sit well with me (since there wasn't really much of it from what I saw).

Cas not killing Metatron ... I can understand why he didn't (taking a stand to be a better "man" and all), but it was an incredibly stupid move on his part. At some point in the future, I can see Metatron figuring out a way to get himself out of his cell, and once he does, he's going to be coming after Cas and the boys like whoa. They really need to start throwing a shit ton of books at him stat. They probably won't find a whole hell of a lot of them that he hasn't read yet, but they can always hope that he'll be entertained enough by those that they bring him (even if he probably has read them before) that he won't be thinking about trying to get revenge on the people who stopped him from being the new God.

And honestly, since this show isn't above going all deus ex machine all over the place, I half expected to see Chuck show up at the last second and save everybody from Metatron (having him say something along the lines of WTAF, Metatron?), and I'm glad that they didn't do that (I'm still disgruntled by the fact that Chuck is supposed to be God).

I'm hoping more than anything that next season will be the last, and that both of the boys will die ... and stay dead (without any kind of fine print that will get them out of it ... like a deal with a Crossroads Demon, or an angel (gripping them tight and pulling them from Perdition)). Show is getting tired (and has been for quite some time now), and I would like to be able to see them both die for realsies before I give up completely on the whole thing.

'Mockingbird' -- GoT 4x07

Warning: Spoiler Alert

You know, what with the name of this episode, I was really expecting there to be more of Little Finger and the Eyrie (what with that being his symbol and everything), but there was hardly anything of them in this episode. Not that I'm complaining, cuz everything about Robin and Lysa has creeped me out since I first read the books, and I am super glad to get past the part where Little Finger pushed Lysa through the Moon Door.

I was kind of interesting to see Arya bond a little bit with the Hound, especially since he's on The List ... but I suppose that it would be expected in a weird sort of way (since he's her only real companion right now, and Stockholm Syndrome is a real thing).

I'm glad that Brienne is at least aware now that Arya I still alive, since I didn't like the idea that no one realized that she was still around. She was really the only one who was unaccounted for amongst the Stark kids (everyone else knew of where at least one or two of the others might be ... or that they were at least alive. She was the only one that no one knew anything about ... but then, she is the lone wolf amongst the direwolves ... and that's why Nymeria is running around with her own pack).

I had forgotten that Prince Oberyn had offered to be Tyrion's champion, and had a serious "Oh, yeah!" moment during that scene. It really does make sense that Oberyn would offer (even if fighting the Mountain is next to suicide), since the two of them have a common goal (in wanting a bit of revenge on the Lannisters). And I really do get excited with every scene that Oberyn has about the thought of all of the cool Martell stuff that's going to happen in the future (they are complete badasses. No lie). I'm not really sure why Tyrion would have thought that Jamie would have been able to be his champion. He's smart enough to realize that Jamie has lost a hand, and he's probably not up to fighting strength at this point (and would probably not feel completely confident in his ability to fight with one hand ... and the wrong one at that). But he called for trial by combat in the heat of the moment, so not remembering that Jaime wouldn't be the one that he would be able to count on can probably be excused ... and it's all worked out in the end, so it's all good.

'Blond Ambition' -- Grimm 3x22

Warning: Spoiler Alert

Oh, look at that ... Adalind used a spell to get rid of Nick's Grimmy abilities. Who called that? This guy.

So, now we'll have a reason to keep the kid around (since she's the only one around now who has any Grimmy abilities. Of course, this will mean that she will need to get caught up with all of (or at least most of) the stuff that the gang has been dealing with latterly. That will mean letting her know at least part of their history with Adalind. The gang probably won't let her know about what they did with Diana, but they'll probably have to at least tell her everything up to that. Well, they may try to not tell her about Diana for a long time, but they'll probably have to tell her after awhile, if they really want her to be prepared with what may happen with Adalind trying to get revenge on them. But if they deal with that situation the same way that they've dealt with not telling Juliette or Hank or Wu about Nick being a Grimm, or Monroe and Rosalee being Wesen, it'll probably be like pulling teeth to get them to tell her everything that she needs to know about what she may be dealing with. True that the situation is slightly different (in that the kid is a Grimm, and Hank, Juliette, and Wu didn't know anything about Grimms or Wesen), but that doesn't necessarily mean that Nick is going to be down with giving her all of the information that she may need for what she's going to need to do.

Finally getting rid of Pony Boy. That character wasn't nearly as menacing as he could have been, and it was rather confusing as to why it was taking them so long to really deal with him, especially since he could have given them all kind of trouble later on.

I don't feel any of the suspense that I think that the writers were trying to create with the shooting of Renard. I have the feeling that they are probably wanting to make people wonder whether or not he's going to survive, but I don't think that there's any doubt that he's going to live. It's not just how much fun the writers seem to have writing for him, it's the feeling that I get of how much fans like him. They would have to be stupid to get rid of a character that the viewers like (which would only piss them off, and possibly lose them viewers).

I'm glad that they're finally dealing with the fact that Wu doesn't know about the Wesen (or Grimms) and that he totally should. Perhaps he can now finally be a part of the team in a real way, which he should have been a long time ago.

'Stairway to Heaven' -- SPN 9x22

Warning: Spoiler Alert

I'm not even going to lie ... I'm not sure how much longer that I'm going to be able to stick around with this show. I know that there's only one more episode left in this season, and that there's possibly only one more season after this one ... but I really don't know if I'm going to be able to make it through next season (and it would be even more iffy if I would be able to get through any seasons after that). I'm really hoping that the show ends next season, cuz it's lost all of the mojo that it once had, and I've only been watching out of habit for the past three or four seasons. And I don't expect that next season is going to get any better (or give me a reason to stick around). If past is prologue, next season is going to be even worse than this season (since it has been getting exponentially worse every season).

I guess that I forgot to do a review of last week's episode, which should probably show just how much I'm getting over this show. I didn't even notice until right now, when I went to double check the episode number.

It wasn't at all a surprise that it was Metatron using other people to undermine everything that Cas had been trying to do (whether or not he had been doing it of his own volition, or had been doing it cuz of some crazy string pulling that Metatron had been doing through his play writing). But it was at least good to know that Cas didn't seem to have all of the God complex that he had a few seasons ago ... even if I still don't like the idea of him being a leader of other angels (since there is still the possibility of him doing that sort of thing again). And it's a really good thing that he didn't have the Gabriel Trumpet a few seasons ago, otherwise everyone would have been fucked when it came to him taking over (the boys wouldn't have had all that much to work with since he hadn't been on their side back then).

I really wish that the First Blade would get lost in the ocean forever, and that no one would ever be able to find it ever again. While I did like what the writers had done with Cain (which was a switch to what they had normally been doing with characters), I didn't like the idea of bringing in another super weapon then, and I like it even less now. It's way too much of a quick fix to stuff, and they've already proven that they're going to be ham handed with the way that they deal with how it's messing about with Dean's mind.