Warning: minor spoilers for season 3 of The 100 and season 4 of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Two different shows, two different takes on the hive mind trope. One comes from an A.I. that interfaces with humanity by downloading people’s brains (The 100, season 3), the other an ancient inhuman (an alien-human hybrid with powers,…
First aired on May 9th, 2016. Jones (played by Barbara Sukowa) enlists Ramse (played by Kirk Acevedo) to travel to 1944 to rescue Cole (played by Aaron Stanford) and Cassandra (played by Amanda Schull). She offers him a life of freedom with his son and he agrees and is sent back two days before the…
Being underwhelmed is an interesting sensation. It’s not something that we should feel or need to feel, but when expectations and ideas of “how things should be” are not met with agreement of any kind, there will often be a consequential emptiness or disappointment, in most cases anyway. There are of course the few exceptions where what was expected was shattered…
First aired on April 19th, 2016. A voiceover narration denotes key events from season one, notably Cole (played by Aaron Stanford) rescuing Ramse (played by Kirk Acevedo) and sending Cassandra (played by Amanda Schull) to the future. Though Ramse betrayed him to the Arm of the 12 Monkeys Cole saves Ramse after he was shot…
First Aired April 17th, 2016. Two children are shown playing on a beach as walkers get washed ashore, but a fence along the shoreline keeps them safe. Meanwhile, the group aboard the Abigail learns that San Diego was destroyed while looking at the log from the sunken boat Nick (played by Frank Dillane) found. Strand…
First Aired April 17th, 2016. In the Underworld, Ruby/Red Riding Hood (played by Meghan Ory) is revealed to still be alive. Flashbacks show her in Oz looking for her pack with Mulan (played by Jamie Chung). Hades (played by Greg Germann) warns Zelena/The Wicked Witch (played by Rebecca Mader) about Ruby’s arrival which worries her…
First Aired April 10th, 2016. Madison (played by Kim Dickens) watches her children transported to Strand’s (played by Colman Domingo) boat amid explosions from nearby missile attacks. Everyone left on the beach is soon attacked by a horde of walkers until her son, Nick (played by Frank Dillane), returns in a lifeboat to rescue them….
First Aired April 3rd, 2016. Rick (played by Andrew Lincoln) gathers a group to get Maggie (played by Lauren Cohan) medical help at Hilltop. Meanwhile, after a long search, Morgan (played by Lennie James) finds an injured Carol (played by Melissa McBride) who refuses to return to Alexandria. Rick’s group in the RV encounter a…
First aired March 27th, 2016. Carol (played by Melissa McBride) is shown packing supplies as she prepares to leave Alexandria. Tobin (played by Jason Douglas) unexpectedly drops by and later that night while he sleeps, she sneaks out. Maggie (played by Lauren Cohan) starts building up Alexandria’s defenses, fearing another attack. Daryl (played by Norman…
First aired March 27th, 2016. Cruella (played by Victoria Smurfit) and Henry (played by Jared Gilmore) are searching for the magical quill. Henry meets the Apprentice (played by Timothy Webber) who warns Henry not to resurrect Cruella, but tells him where to find it in hopes he makes the right decision. Hook (played by Colin…
First Aired March 20th, 2016. Morgan (played by Lennie James) completes work on a cell he’s been building, reasoning imprisonment is a better alternative to killing. The Alexandrians’ everyday lives and routines are shown through a montage, signaling a brief period of peace. Denise (played by Merritt Weaver) asks Daryl (played by Norman Reedus) and…
First Aired March 20th 2016. Hook (played by Colin O’Donoghue) refuses to choose which of his friend’s souls Hades (played by Greg Germann) will take. As punishment, Hades dangles Hook over the River of Lost and threatens to condemn him to purgatory. Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold (played by Robert Carlyle) tells the group they need a dead…
