Draft 5, Chapters 1-4: COMPLETE.
I was hoping to be further than four chapters, but I’ve been running into some real-life trouble lately. Nothing serious, just that annoying thing where I have to work longer hours so I can have more money. 🙄
If you live in the United States, you know how it goes with tax time. Also, my truck’s radiator needed to be replaced.
Sheesh, I thought my writing would have made me a billion dollars by now. Who knew being a nobody artist was tough on the wallet?
Anyway, most of the edits so far have been ‘world-building’ additions. As I said before, I’m going to include more lore about the planet in this book. I even tell you about the different days of the alien week and their names. Isn’t that fascinating? 🤯
Okay, time for the reviews.
Daredevil: Born Again
“Remember this show? I was on Netflix for a while. Now it’s back for some reason. It wasn’t quite as good as the original, but they play with some interesting new ideas. Give it a try, but be prepared for some disjointed plots and returning characters that don’t always act like they used to.”
Okay. Now I can just copy/paste that for every show released post 2025. 😉
But seriously, I heard this show had production problems so watch at your own risk. Some episodes were amazing and others were snooze-fests. Here’s the one I liked the best:
The Best Episode, ‘With Interest’ – It’s a bottle episode, but it’s the best one I’ve ever seen. All Daredevil does is try to stop a bank robbery. There are no other members of the main cast—no Fisk, no girlfriend, no Foggy. Sorry, too soon?
It’s just Matt and one darn good antagonist. The dialog here is hilarious. Oh, there’s also a bank manager. He’s… not so hilarious.
But I had fun getting away from the usual storylines of the season. Especially the storyline about ‘Muse,’ a serial killer with no powers. OH! Excuse me! He had karate lessons. 🙄
That Muse dude should have trained with Cobra Kai; he would have kicked Daredevil back to Netflix for a crossover with Daniel san.
Supernatural Season 7 – Okay! I’m finally finished with this season. Sheesh, feels they’ve been chasing Leviathans all year. Where did I leave off? Oh, right. Bobby is dead forever and he isn’t coming back. Cue eyeroll emoji! 🙄
The eyeroll is directed at me, for thinking for ONE SECOND that Bobby would be gone forever. But first, we’re starting off with a wild one:
Dean gets zapped by Chronos, god of time, and travels to the past. You heard right! He must team up with Eliot Ness and Melinoe from Hades 2 in order to KILL TIME!
My favorite lines are from Ness, after Dean starts whining about Bobby’s death like how I was whining in the previous blog entry. It goes something like ‘Stop whining, idiot. Everyone loses everyone else. Then one day, your number’s up. So make the most of what you got.’
It was something like that. Remember, I can’t look stuff up because spoilers are everywhere and I have six seasons left. And I don’t want to rewind the episode because my earbuds will desynch. What a rough life I have. 😭
Amazon Episode: Yeah, the legendary Amazons show up. Like Wonder Woman. Dean impregnates one and the child grows up in two days just like Deanna Troi’s child from that boring Star Trek episode.
What makes THIS episode exciting are the Amazon warriors and the fact that Dean has to kill his own daughter. She must kill the father, you see. But Dean chokes at the last moment and Sam is the one that blows her away. A very nice parallel to the earlier episode where Dean had to go and kill Sam’s friend.
The Lull: Now we get two boring episodes in a row. I was afraid of this: with Bobby gone the bros have NO more friends left. That means the bros are forced to fight evil fear clowns and normal human serial killers with no beloved guest stars in sight. 😭
The Born-Again Identity: Wow, another ‘born again’ reference. Jesus would be proud. Happy Easter week, by the way. And what a gift! Castiel is reborn for some reason! He takes on the weight of Sam’s sins, but must be left behind at an asylum for now.
That’s one friend returned to life! And what’s this? Can it be!?
Bobby Returns! Yep, ghost Bobby. Most of this episode is from Bobby’s point of view and you get to see how an entire haunted house’s worth of spirits see the world. Bobby learns some tricks from the older ghosts, and he’s ready to help his favorite bros fight evil once more.
But at the end, the bros doubt whether the whole ‘ghost buddy’ situation could work. Will it all be for naught? Will Bobby devolve into a mindless, angry spirit?
Goldeneye Mission: Felicia Day shows up (Pearl’s daughter from MST3K) and takes on a secret mission to infiltrate Dick’s headquarters. Remember Dick and the Leviathans? Their plan, whatever it is, nears completion!
Ghost Bobby rages a bit at the end, but the bros get some sort of vital thing that Dick needs. And then Felicia Day’s character leaves, vowing never to return? What in the world? How can this show keep going if every ally bails out? 🤨
Final Episodes of the Season: A new prophet appears, along with a tablet that contains the word of God. This tablet has info on how to slay a Leviathan. Finally, we can end this!
Believe it or not, finding the three ingredients for the weapon is the most interesting part of this season finale. The penultimate episode with the alpha vampire was disturbing AND cool. Why isn’t THIS guy the main villain?
The ACTUAL finale is anti-climactic. Dick is killed with the ol’ switcheroo (That first magic bone I stabbed you with was just a distraction! Here’s the REAL magic bone through your neck!) and then Crowley steps in and says ‘I’m the bad guy now, ha,ha.’
That’s it.
Again, I would be ticked off if I was watching this as it aired. At least Dick got blown up in a fantastic explosion. Problem is, Dean and Castiel got blasted off like Team Rocket too.
The season ends with Castiel and Dean stuck in Purgatory—surrounded by a horde of beasts with glowing eyes.
Oh, and Bobby dies again. As in, the object tying him to the mortal plane is melted down. What do I do? Say goodbye again? Is it for real this time or another fake out? Will he show up in Purgatory next season and escape along with Dean? I’ll just expect him to come back for now.
And what about Lucifer!? I guess that wasn’t really him inside Sam’s mind? The show writers just always have a need to torment one of the brothers for half a season? Next time it will be Dean’s turn, I guess? He’ll come back with ‘Purgatory Rotbrain’ or some such?
And poor Meg. All she did was babysit Castiel and then toss some drain-o on some Leviathans. Now Crowley has her again along with the prophet.
Okay, half-way done! See you next time! 🥳