New Pokemon Series X/Y First Impression

   

       So yesterday after the Gensect movie Cartoon Network gave a preview of the new series for the Pokemon franchise and that is Pokemon X/Y. As usual you have our man hero Ash and Pikachu starting off a new adventure in the Kalos region and I thought the first two episodes were pretty steller. I have been watching the series since the first season with Ash, Brock, and Misty who will always be my favorite traveling trio in the history of pokemon. These three just had a great dynamic when they travel together and the thought of Ash and Misty being a couple has always crossed my mind. Ash and Misty just had this love/hate relationship that was so playful and cute that he just never had with anyone else he traveled with. Despite the shows up's and downs it had with its plot lines and the people who Ash traveled with who I wasn't too fond of, and even the direction team rocket took to the point where they annoyed me I still stood with the show because it will always be part of my childhood.  In regard to Ash and Pikachu's traveling companions the Unova one's have to be my least favorite and for that matter the whole Unova season weren't that great in my book. The only part I liked about it was that Team Rocket got a better plot line than just the normal trying to steal Pikachu and failing horribly at it, I liked that they became these really good team rocket members. For one time in their lives all of their scheming paid off in the end and they actually got the job done because lets face it their plot of them trying to steal Pikachu have gotten so old and so constant that it became annoying, it was great in the first couple of seasons but after awhile it tiresome seeing them do the same thing in every episode.
      Ash's traveling companions in the Unova region were Cilan the pokemon connoisseur/ gym leader. I hated his whole connoisseur approach and how with everything he does he has to evaluate it and discover its flavor. It was complete Bullshit!! And to add to that he was a connoisseur for almost everything, not just pokemon battles, he was a fishing connoisseur, a detective connoisseur, a relationship connoisseur I mean seriously it was so annoying. And his pokemon evaluations were so stupid he would say things like this pokemon's move has a spicy aroma with a hint of sweetness. I was so terrified for every pokemon he evaluated because I thought he was going to chop them into bits and eat them to really get to the bottom of their spicy flavor. Ash's other companion was Iris and I couldn't stand her and her ego. She always had a habit of calling Ash a little kid and always bringing him down, Isis you all are little kids and still have a lot to learn but really based on the time line of Pokemon has is way older than all of them. Iris always felt she was better than everyone else in general always to prove that she was right and everyone else is wrong. But Ash is not getting off that easy as I found him very annoying in the Unova region for starters he used his pokedex for EVERYTHING!!!!!! Even for pokemon he knew like metapod and beedrill I mean come on Ash you know who these pokemon are and you even called them by their name yet you still use your pokedex? You used the pokedex on them in like the first season so they were already registered.
       But anyway enough about Unova lets talk about Kalos and the new series Pokemon X/Y and the 6th generation of Pokemon. So as you know the new games for this series came out earlier this October and they look amazing. Now I don't actually have the game but I have been watching Marriland's Pokemon X walkthrough on Youtube and just by that it makes me want the game's even more and the fact that its on the 3DS makes it even better. Hopefully I will get some money so I can buy at least one of the games. But the series looks great it was a good start and I love that Ash is starting off on his own plus Pikachu but Cilan and Iris are not with him thank god. I thought they were going to go with him giving to fact that they are all traveling to the Kanto region together. But I love that is just Ash and Pikachu and that he will get new travel companions. So Ash and Pikachu arrive in Lumiose City along with Alexa who is currently traveling with the Unova gang to Kanto. But she won't be with Ash long in Kalos as they soon part ways, so the first thing Ash want to do why a gym battle of course. So he haed to Prism Tower home of the Lumiose City Gym but can't battle because he needs at least 4 gym badges before battling there similar to the game. So after getting booted out of the gym he meets Clemont and his little sister Bonnie and for those of you who have played the game you know Clemont is the Lumiose Gym leader but I wonder how long it would be till he tells Ash this? He might be like Misty and how she concealed the fact that she was a gym leader till Ash got to the Cerulean City gym we just have to wait and see. So after the three get acquainted Ash and Clemont have a battle but before a winner is decided Team Rocket buts in and does what they always do try and steal Pikachu. And like always they fail but it was very nice to see Woboffet back on their team. So after that they meet the Pokemon professor of the region Professor Sycamore and he tells them about Mega Evolutions a new evolution that only a small amount of Pokemon can do and that its only temporary. But as usual Team Rocket is listening in and decide that they want mega evolution all to themselves. So they invade the Poke lab and put a shock type collar on Garchomp as they plan to steal it because it can mega evolve but as always they lose and get blasted off but the collar on Garchomp was still on him and it was making him go crazy. So with Garchomp terrorizing the city Ash saves the day like always and things go back to normal. So after that Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie decide to go on a journey together and depart from the professor's lab but not without the professor giving Ash a Kalos Pokedex and Ash also gets his first Pokemon in Kalos a Froakie a water type pokemon who helped him defeat team rocket.
         I honestly feel this is going to be a great new season in the Kalos region, I love the vibe I am getting from it and I love the new travel companions Clemont the wacky gym leader/inventor and Bonnie the little girl who is fascinated by everything she reminds me of Max from the Hoenn Region series and I know soon they will be joined be Serena when they finally meet her. Overall I can't wait till this season starts the Unova one has to end soon cause I want this one to start right now. So did you guys see this preview of the new X/Y series? What do you think? Good? Bad?    

Total Drama All Stars: Fun Zone

   Another day on the Island means another day of a crazy Chris challenge. On the Villains side Cameron adjusts to his new life on the Villains team and makes a new friend in Gwen. Wile Heather and Alejandro form an alliance to get rid of the other teammates first keep in mind they still don't trust each other. On the Heroes side Duncan realizes he becoming good and Sierra deals with the loss of Cameron, while Zoey is still untrusting of Mike. I hope the Malevolent One causes more chaos in this episode. The alarm then sounds as Chris summons the campers to the dock for the next challenge.

The Challenge: As the teams gather on the beach Chris tells them they will be heading to the "fun zone". But like every challenge the campers are always skeptical of Chris' idea of "fun" because fun for him means torture for the campers. So as Scott returns from Bony Island with no luck in finding the invincibility stature but instead of getting off the boat Chris pushes him back on along with the rest of the campers and heads back to Boney Island. Yup the "fun zone" is on Boney Island(red flag number one) and according to Chris the invincibility statue is hidden inside the "fun zone" so someone might just find it. Lol Chris is such a tease putting balloons outside the "fun zone" to make it more appealing but red flag number two came when Chris locked the campers inside the fun zone by a steal metal door with no way to escape and the fact that he stood on the outside directing the challenge from the tv monitor haha these guys are in trouble. Rules: So as Chris locks the campers in the "fun zone" aka the most dangerous place they will ever be in, he explains the rules of the challenge. The teams have to collect eggs and put them in a basket but the eggs belong to all of the mutant animals from season 4 and the first team with six eggs in their basket wins. But if an egg hatches they have to keep whatever hatched in the basket and the person who collects the most eggs for their team get a special reward.
       And just like Chris says it will be fun to watch this go down and with that being said let the challenge begin. So as teams split off and pair off Scott decides to take a nap creating a cute scene between him and Courtney as she tries to wake him up. Zoey and Mike decide to work together to hunt for eggs and to figure out Mike's problem. Meanwhile the villains score their first egg by Alejandro even though Heather stole the glory. But as Heather and Alejandro run off to search for more eggs what is to stop the other team from stealing eggs from their basket, nothing, so Alejando stays behind to guard the egg. On the Hero side Mike and Zoey spot Larry, if you don't remember he is the giant man eating plant, they then come up with a plan to steal the egg by Zoey taking the flower from Larry to distract him as Mike gets the egg and it would have given them a point if the egg didn't hatch at the last minute causing all the baby plants to scatter back into the forest. The "lone wolf" Duncan then scores an egg for their team and he chooses to stay behind to guard the nest. Soon after Sierra returns with an egg as well giving the lead to the heroes but then the egg hatches into two mutant rodents and since the rodent mistake Sierra for its mom she stays behind to guard the eggs and take care of her "children" no one should ever have to deal with that type of torture not even mutant rodents. On the villains side Heather is doing some scheming as she try to convince the other members of her team to vote for Alejandro, she tells Gwen and Cameron that Alejandro wants to vote off Cameron and she tells Courtney and Scott that he wants to vote off Scott good move Heather. Courtney then saves Scott from a giant gopher and scores herself an egg for her team and she then races back to the nest leaving Scott behind, on the Heroes side they are striking out in the egg department as the animals keep attacking them off. The villains then score three more eggs as Cameron, Heather, and Gwen put an egg in the basket, making the score 4 to 2.
     As Heather searches for more eggs and is fending off a bat goat Alejandro watches from the side lines as he sees his favorite lady in distress bad move because the egg Heather was carrying held the invincibility statue but instead of holding on to it she stashes it away bad move Heather because Alejandro was watching leaving him to take the statue from her. And I thought Heather was smarter than that especially when she sees Alejandro after she should have realized that he was watching her instead she tells him that she found the statue just to spite him. She should have held on to the statue and put it in her tiny short pockets I mean if Alejandro can hide the statue in his tight pants pockets then Heather could have done the same she is going to regret it later. Back with the Heroes Mike and Zoey try and figure out how to get his other personalities back and the best solution they can come up with is to hit him over the head with a rock yeah stupid plan. Duncan then finds an egg for his team and claims he had to fight off a vicious animal to get it but lucky for him this is a reality competition with cameras everywhere watch the campers every move so Chris played back Duncan's "vicious fight" so everyone to see lol. Oh man that  fight was something all right seeing Duncan take the egg from a mother bird and then crying for it because he is taking the egg away from it wow he has gone so soft. With the score 5 to 3 its anyone's game as Mike and Zoey come in with a nest full of eggs and Heather right behind with the one egg that will give her team 6 eggs. So in a last attempt Heather throws the egg as it flies past Mike and Zoey and lands on Cameron's head hatching into a bat goat and flying away and giving the win to the heroes with a score of 17 to 5. Before the teams leave the "fun zone" Chris asks the campers if they left anything behind that they would like to retrieve as Heather heads back to the rock to get the statue which is not there anymore and for some weird reason Heather thinks Chris took it, first of all he was outside the fun zone and second she should think back to who was around her after she stashed the statue. In the confessional Mike follows up with his plan to hit himself over the head with a rock to get himself back to normal. But it went totally wrong because he winded up letting out the Malevolent One as he became trapped inside his own brain chained to a rock looks like the Malevolent One wins that round as he is out to stay, awesome singing his catchy little tune. Which I totally know that tune from the German movie M directed by Fritz Lang oh man that's awesome.

Elimination Ceremony: So as the villains head into the elimination ceremony Gwen(who is hiding in the bushes) grabs Courtney as their friendship seem to be back on as Gwen tells Courtney she ended things with Duncan and it makes me happy their friendship is back again. Since Zoey brought in the most eggs for her team she wins the special prize but Chris won't reveal what that is until later. So as the votes are in its Alejandro who is doing the flush of shame tonight but since he took the invincibility statue from Heather he is safe and he reveals to Heather and the others that he can walk making Heather leave by default. And for the Heroes the Malevolent One offers to go to Boney Island which is weird since the statue was already found but as he is leaving he is whistling his tune and it makes Duncan realize where he knows him from. Juvie!!!! I knew it oh man turns out the Malevolent One ran the joint and he was known as Mal I so don't like that name we will stick to the Malevolent One it sound more sinister. So the Malevolent One heads to Boney Island and Heather heads done the toilet. Bye Heather you won't be missed well maybe by Alejandro.

     This episode was good I enjoyed the fun zone very much even if the campers didn't. I love that the Malevolent One is out to stay as he chained down Mike in his brain. I have to say this but I am going to miss Heather this is the first time she has left before the team merger she almost always makes it to the end of the show but we still have Alejandro and the Malevolent One to cause havoc. I can't wait till next week to see if Duncan tells the others about the Malevolent One. So who do you think is leaving next? What exactly is Zoey's special reward? Can anyone stop the Malevolent One I hope not?

DWTS: A Trip Down Memory Lane

      Its another week of DWTS as our celeb cast takes a trip down memory lane. We begin the night with the first live performance of the evening by some singer I don't even know. Our favorite head judge Len is back and thank god they didn't do a judges intro like last week cause I would have lost it lol. But before we get into some dancing Tom announces that based on viewer vote a female star will be leaving the ballroom. Oh man talk about spoilers. So with that being said lets get into the dances shall we, will the judges please reveal their scores.

Christina and Mark: Dancing the Cha-Cha-Cha. After Mark's slap to the face by guest judge Julianne last week this week was all about Christina and her trip down memory lane. Her story was the time she had her kid and then her marriage ended soon after wow what a memory to choose. But she wants to show in the song that women can bounce back from this and become stronger. In a sparkly colorful dress Christina rocked it. I thought the dance was amazing and fun and Christina shined in the dance and Mark didn't so that is a plus. Overall Score: 28/30 These guys scored the first ten of the season and it was very well deserved.

Jack and Cheryl: Dancing the Waltz. Jack's quest down memory lane is the time he found out he had MS. But in his dance he wants to show that he can grow stronger from it not only for himself but for his daughter. The dance itself was beautiful but what was up with all those lights. My god I have never seen so many lights for one dance in my life it was definitely light overkill. As for the dance it was beautiful and romantic, Jack head was in the game with this dance which made it that much better. Overall Score: 27/30

Leah and Tony: Dancing the Contemporary. I don't really understand Leah's memory trip but they are dancing contemporary and don't understand that dance either so I am already going into this dance confused. Ok so if I wasn't already confused about what contemporary is this dance did not help me understand it one bit. I really didn't like the dance, I didn't even feel like she was dancing I felt more like they were doing karate moves in a martial arts class, there was lifts and kicks everywhere. And then the dance started off with this weird puppet show and the song choice was not that great. Overall Score: 22/30

Corbin and Karina: Dancing the Foxtrot. Corbin dedicated his dance to his sister Phoenix who was diagnosed with scoliosis. Honestly this really hits home for me because I also have scoliosis its not as bad as hers but to deal with it every day is a real pain. OMG I nearly cried I thought the dance was so beautiful and so touching. Knowing the meaning behind it and knowing how much effort he put behind it made it more special. And seeing him spinning Karina across the floor was awesome. Overall Score: 28/30 Yes, second ten of the night very well deserved.

Bill and Emma: Dancing the Viennese Waltz. This dance is dedicated to his wife and Bill memory is when they got married. Aww I bet Bill wished he was dancing with his wife for that dance, I thought it was beautiful and so romantic. Again very weird lighting but it worked for the dance and it wasn't complete over kill. The dance was so fluid and I was in love with Emma's dress. Overall Score: 24/30 It deserved to have been higher.

Snicole and Sasha: Dancing Jazz. Snicole's memory is the time when she had a baby and became more responsible. Honestly I did not get this dance at all I mean was she trying to show us she moved away from this party life style and into adulthood if so this dance did not work. I felt like I was in a club with all the strobe lights and crazy dance moves. And it didn't feel very jazz to me it felt more like a modern techno so I was not a fan of this dance. Overall Score: 27/30

Brant and Pita: Dancing Contemporary. Brant's memory is the time when he lost his father and his journey to become an actor and his father influence over that. Ok so we have the great circle of lights which was total over kill and completely unnecessary. But other than that I like the dance it was passionate and awe inspiring so it was good but those lights have got to go. Overall Score: 27/30

Amber and Derek: Dancing the Foxtrot. Amber's memory is when she got her big singing and acting break on Glee. With that mic in the middle I thought she was going to sing and not dance but but she did do that in the end which was ok. I thought it was good but I don't know if it was just me but Derek was going a little too crazy in the dance but other than that the dance was fun and bright. Overall Score: 26/30

Elizabeth and Val: Dancing the Jive. Her memory lane trip takes her to the time her son was born and her Saved by the Bell days. Oh man I'm so Excited seriously this is the dance I have been waiting for. Elizabeth is going to channel her inner Jesse Spano and rock on in this dance. Holy crap that was awesome!!!!! Memories for her and for me oh man I loved that skit in the beginning and the whole dance all together *girl scream* it was great to relive Saved by the Bell memories. Overall Score: 26/30 Man Tom way to bring a girl down telling these guy that they are in jeopardy but props to Val for blaming Carrie Ann lol.

Elimination: Safe: Corbin and Karina, Amber and Derek, Bill and Emma, Jack and Cheryl, Brant and Pita, and Snicole and Sasha. The Bottom Three: Leah and Tony, Elizabeth and Val, and Christina and Mark. Eliminated: Christina and Mark.

     Wow that was interesting. Christina and Mark are gone was it because of Julianne's comment last week that opened viewers eyes to Mark's madness. But either way these guys were not happy to be the opens leaving especially Christina but at the end of the day someone has to go home. As for this episode it was great to have Len back I really missed him. As for the whole live musical performance I didn't really care for it mostly because I had no clue who this performer was and also he added nothing special in his performance to the dances shown. And honestly their was no point in Brooke interviewing Paris Hilton I mean really who cares what she has to say and by that I mean Brooke and Paris. But I guess that is all for this episode. Who will leave next?   

The Amazing Race: Airport Turbulance

       As a new leg begins the racers are put to the ultimate test having to book a fight. Yup teams now have to head to a new destination Lisbon, Portugal once they land they have to head to Martim Moniz Square and ride a tram to the top of the hill and receive their next clue. I think this is my favorite part of the race as the teams try to book the earliest flight and get to the destination before everyone else so lets see how these new racers do on their first run. Team NFL were the first to leave the mat and got to the travel agent first but unfortunately for them their travel agent booked their flight on the wrong date letting the Doctors take the flight that was meant for them where they will be arriving in Lisbon via Sao Paolo at 7 am. The Party Boys searched for a flight to Lisbon on the net and will arrive at 11am via London with their racer wives the Ice Princesses also joining them. For Team NFL their new travel agent booked them a flight to Lisbon via Sao Paolo as well but arriving at 12 pm along with the Beard Bros(new name should know who it is) who are also on the flight but the agent will continue looking for earlier flight for the two teams. Meanwhile, Team Party Boys try and be sneaky by convincing Team Oklahoma to get on the same flight as them so they won't have to race against their race wives in a race to the finish but these small town boys were not falling for their trick and booked themselves a flight to Lisbon via Madrid arriving at 10 am and joining them are the Beard Bros as the travel agent pulled through for them and got them an earlier flight. As for Team NFL the travel agent also pulled through for them and they will be arriving in Lisbon at 7 am but by two connecting flight via Buenos Aires and Madrid.
      Now if you know in the past double connecting flights can be serious trouble as flights can be delayed to the point where they miss their next flight so these guys might run into some serious problems, none the less the NFL players are the first ones to leave out of Brazil lets just hope everything goes good with their connections. The Trophy Wives then arrive in the airport and book the flight that arrives in Lisbon at 12 pm via Sao Paolo along with the Doctors, Dating Couple, and Pinky and No Brain. So as all teams have left Brazil we now join Team NFL in Buenos Aires but their flight to Madrid was delayed for 4 hours oh man I knew this would happen but then they found a flight that will take them to Sao Paulo but with their luck that flight was delayed before take off. On the Sao Paolo flight teams race to the booking agent to see if they can get an earlier flight but sadly for them there was no one at the counter but the Trophy Wives took a detour to the executive lounger to put their names on a standby by list to get an earlier flight I have to same that was a pretty smart and effective move as the did manage to get on the same flight as the Doctors arriving at 7 am also on the flight was the Dating Couple the only ones left behind was Pinky and No Brain cause some drama between them and the Trophy Wives looks like they aren't getting the express pass. But the airport fun continues as Team NFL finally reach Sao Paulo after a two hour delay and now they have to race to the next flight that Pinky and No Brain are boarding right now but in this instance they were not fast enough as the flight left without them I really hope these guys aren't eliminated.
       We are finally in Lisbon, Portugal as the 7 am flight just arrived and as the Doctors, Dating Couple, and the Trophy Wives race to the square as the Doctors and Dating Couple are the first to grab the tram to the top of the hill. Once the teams receive their paintings they have to figure out that they have to go to Museu Nacional Dos Coches and match the coach to the one in the painting to get their next clue. So as our two front runners grab their clues the next stop is a detour. Back at the airport the Oklahoma boys and Beard Bros touch down in Portugal and are now off to the square. In the London airport as the Party Boys and Ice Princesses are waiting for their flight the NFL players also touch down in England to catch their flight. Oklahoma and Beard Bros then decide to work together because what other choice did they have it was not like they were in last so to help each other out is a good strategy. Once again we are back in the airport as the next flight arrives in Lisbon who can it be? Why its the London flight with the Ice Princesses and the Party Boys as the two teams head to the hill to pick up their painting. Once again back in the airport Pinky and No Brain also arrive leaving the Football Players in last place since their flight hasn't arrived yet and are stuck in London because their flight is delayed once again it not looking good for these guys.

Detour: Teams have to choose between tiles or miles? Tiles: Teams have to assemble a tile puzzle when the puzzle looks right the tile expert will give them their next clue. Miles: Teams have to use a giant measuring tool to measure how many miles Magellan sailed over 10 destinations when they get the answer within 500 miles they will get their next clue. Lets talk about the teams who chose miles the Doctors and the Dating Couple as the teams decide to work together on the task they breeze by it pretty quickly and are off to the next destination. The Oklahoma boys did miles as well and after a little number problem they fixed it fast and managed to get their next clue. The Party Boys and their wives do miles and work together during the task and as the boys are felling confident that they will get it the girls not so much. But both teams fail horribly at the task as the Ice Princesses switch task leaving their husbands behind. The Trophy Wives opted to choose tiles as they begin to struggle with the tiles. After a minor setback with the tile the girls pull through and complete the task sending them to the next location. The Beard Bros also do tiles and they feel confident in their ability to put together the pieces and they were as they assemble the pieces and get the clue. As the girls are working on the tiles their party boy husbands then arrive to do the task as well, soon after Pinky and No Brain show up, the girls then receive their next clue and are on their way out the door. While still at the detour the Party Boys try to psych out Pinky and No Brain into using their express pass and it worked at least for no Brain as he was doubting that they could finish the task making Pinky and him argue about the situation. The next stop in Portugal is the Clube Portuges de Tiro A Chumbo and search for the next clue which is a roadblock.

Roadblock: One team member has to put on a knight costume, armor and all and then use a ancient bow and arrow machine(ballista) and hit one of the shields 150 feet away once they do hit one they will receive their next clue. Jason(Dating) and Travis(Doctors) choose to do the task but its Jason who come out on top as he hits the arrow on his first try. Sending them on their way to the pit stop Castelo Dos Mouros. After struggling to land an arrow on the armor Travis get some words of encouragement from his wife he lands an arrow as well and they head to the pit stop. The Trophy wives arrive as Nicky chooses to shoot the arrow and gets it on her second try. Danny for Team Oklahoma does the task and gets it on his second try. As the Boys are leaving the Beard Bros are arriving as they suit up and land an arrow on their first try. Sometime later The Party Boys and Ice Princesses arrive as they face the challenge at the same time but the boys pull ahead and land the arrow first with the girls scoring after. Later Pinky and no Brain arrive as no Brain hits the arrow in the first try. Keep in mind as all this is going on Team NFL is more than likely still in the London Airport.

1st: The Doctors, despite leaving the roadblock after the Dating Couple, the Doctors manage to pull ahead and finally score a first place finish

2nd: The Dating Couple, After getting lost on the way to the castle by Jason's based sense of direction the team got second place instead of first.

3rd: The Trophy Wives
4th: Team Oklahoma
5th: Beard Bros
6th: The Party Boys
7th: The Ice Princesses
8th: Pinky and No Brain
Eliminated: Team NFL, after disaster in the airport the boys finally arrive in Lisbon but its bitter sweet because instead of doing the task Phil arrives and tells them that they are the last team and they are eliminated. So sad I was really pulling for these guys to win.

     Well this was a fun airport crazy leg. I feel really bad for Team NFL they just had the worst airport trouble I have ever seen in TAR history I mean they didn't even have a chance to do any of the tasks. I am for one glad that the show was shown in its actual time frame I really hate when its delayed because I always hate having to record the next show. But I disliked the fact that the teams were scattered all over I love when there is a challenge between teams when teams are all on the same page, instead of this easy breezy go through where the teams are doing the task at different times. Now since the NFL team is gone I am now rooting for the Beard Bros to win I really like these guys they are super fun to watch. Who are you guys rooting for? And who do you think Pinky is going to give the express pass to because lets face it No Brain has no say in that decision?

DWTS: Julianne Tells All

   

    Dancing, dancing, and more dancing yup its time for Dancing With the Stars. And as the pros hit the dance floor the stars are on the side lines just clapping and swaying back and forth it was an awful intro they really have to bring back the down the stair intro ASAP. Then we get a judges intro as Carrie Ann and Bruno strut their stuff on the dance floor and introducing our new guest(temporary) judge Julianne Hough which was stupid and pointless I mean no one not even a guess judge should get that type of an intro even if she was a former contestant. Even Paula didn't get a big intro like that. If that wasn't bad enough we also get a video montage of her journey from contestant to judge ugh. But with all that nonsense out of the way lets get to the dances. Will the judges reveal their scores.

Jack and Cheryl: Dancing the Quick Step. After a dip in their score from last week Jack and Cheryl have something to prove tonight. I thought it was ok I felt it wasn't quick enough for the Quick Step standards. The judges were split in their evaluation with Bruno and Julianne on one side and Carrie Ann on the other but either way they were united in their score. Overall Score: 24/30

Elizabeth and Val: Dancing the Argentine Tango. Before the dance can start Val and Elizabeth had a staring contest in order to connect with each other which was borderline creepy which showed in their dance. The dance itself was a little scary as Elizabeth creeps up on Val as he is playing the violin. The dance was dark, mysterious and very eerie and I couldn't keep my eyes off of it I loved every minute of is and I wanted more that stare contest really worked. Overall Score: 27/30

Brant and Pita: Dancing the Salsa. Despite an injury from last week Brant and Pita were at the top of the pack last week. But this week he injury is really taking having an effect on him as he looks like he is falling apart in his video. But the dance must go on and it was not his best the salsa is fast and lively and he looked kinda stiff with the leg work. And taking off his shirt did not help one bit its one thing to have a peek a boo style where the shirt is open but not full off but when the shirt is completely off during the dance it just looks so awkward and it made me wish he kept it on. Overall Score: 21/30

Valerie and Tristan: Dancing the Viennese Waltz. Valerie is still struggling with her bad knees but is still going to go out there and prove herself. Her dance was not great but it had a lot of heart but I felt like Tristan was holding up Valerie in a way that he was making sure she doesn't fall or make a mistake. Overall Score: 18/30

Leah and Tony: Dancing the Cha-Cha-Cha. First off I was not a fan of Leah's outfit she looked like she had hairy fringed legs it was not flattering. But I thought the dance was rocking it was fierce and dynamic all their hard work paid off in the end and I really enjoyed it. Overall Score: 24/30

Corbin and Karina: Dancing the Paso Doble. WOW there was nothing hip hop like about that dance it was awesome I loved every minute of it. The intensity on Corbin's face and the forcefulness of his moves was amazing. But he also took off his vest leaving him with no shirt on top and although he was nice to look at cause he has a good body but there is something about when the guys have no shirt on top that I am not a fan of I feel like it takes away from the dance cause then you start looking at his chest and nothing else. Overall Score:27/30

Snicole and Sasha: Dancing the Jive. So Snicole has just been on a downward spiral since her first good week of dance. I thought she looked tired and she didn't have the energy that the jive needed so I didn't enjoy the dance unlike the judges. Overall Score: 24/30

Christina and Mark: Dancing the Foxtrot. So Christina and Mark were in the bottom last week maybe because Mark is too gimmicky I knew that would happen. Ass a metaphor to Christina's prison with Mark as her partner the dance started off with the two dancing behind bars which was like a weird intro. But I felt there was too much dance in my mind the foxtrot is smooth and elegant and this was untraditional. And then Mark got a bitch slap to the face by Julianne basically saying that he loves to steal the spotlight from his partner oh man though I agree with her I felt it was really harsh. Its like she was dying to say that to him and this was her perfect moment to do it. Overall Score: 24/30

Amber and Derek: Dancing the Tango. Amber was facing an injury this week as she was having trouble with her knees giving the two not much time to rehearse. The dance was in my opinion not that great it was not as forceful as it should have been and it could have been better. But Derek bribing his sister for a good score was pretty funny. Overall Score: 27/30 these guys got three nines I did not see that coming????

Bill and Emma: Dancing the Samba. I love Bill E. he is my new favorite Bill but the dance was not as good for my. From his movement it looked stiff like if he was just throwing his arms in the air instead of naturally doing it. But it was fun and vibrant and it was good in that aspect. Overall Score:21/30

Elimination Time: Before elimination can officially begin at the end of Bill and Emma's dance Tom already informs them that they are safe. As for the rest of our dancers well here are the results. Safe: Elizabeth and Val, Leah and Tony, Corbin and Karina, Amber and Derek, Jack and Cheryl, Christina and Mark. Leaving Brant and Pita, Snicole and Sasha, and Valerie and Tristan on the Bottom. Eliminated: Valerie and Tristan. Well this is the end of Valerie as she put up a good fight and a good run and despite everything she proved something on that dance floor. So bye Valerie you will be missed.

      This episode was good I thought the judging from Julianne was so planned in a way that she was dying to get up there and tell it like it is especially the Mark comment. But as for the scoring process the judges were all on the same page with no verity what so ever. I loved that Bill Nye was there in the audience it was good to see him again. And finally Brooke oh man Brooke just has to get a steady place on that show I feel her time on that show is just being wasted and she should just get out while she can.

Total Drama: Once in a Blue Moon

      Its another day on the Island and as our campers settle in for the night some interesting developments take place. On the Heros side as the gang is eating their gruel Cameron gets tripped while walking down the stairs causing his glasses to break and guess who witnessed the whole thing Zoey. The culprit The Malevolent One aka Mike yup Zoey says Mike tripped his best friend and she even gets to thinking that he was the one that broke Sam's gameguy and Sierra's phone finally someone beside Chris is on to the Malevolent One but Zoey thinks its actually Mike doing evil stuff you know as Mike. So lets see if the Malevolent One will come out more in the episode. Over in the hotel Heather is having a crisis of her own as she fears that Alejandro has lost interest in her aww Heather you know you want him back and Courtney well believe it or not she is missing Scott who is spending the night on Boney Island. Courtney and Scott for the win!!!! On Boney Island before Scott can do any real searching for the invincibility statue he gets taken away by Chef and plopped back on the main island with the other contestants. Its time for a night challenge!!!

The Challenge: The teams have to race across the forest to the other side and the first team with all their members wins the challenge. The Catch: Tonight is a rare blue harvest moon which turns the scary animals nice and the cute animals evil. Oh man this is going to be good. For winning the last challenge by default the vultures get a map to help guide them through the forest while the hamsters have to wear bacon hats and sausage tails which will provoke an animal attack. So with that being said Chris sounds the alarm and the race is on. And as the teams race through the forest the blue moon comes out turning the grizzly bear into a clam animal and the average bird into a home invasion destroyer. Yup bad is good and good is bad and the Malevolent One is bad!!! I mean really bad oh man the blue harvest moon was a chance for the Malevolent One to come out and to stay out and cause havoc on his teammates. I think Chris totally planed this knowing the full moons effects and knowing that it will turn Mike into the Malevolent One for his enjoyment and for ours and I thank you for that Chris. Now we can really see what this evil personality is all about. One the Villains side they have some scary things to deal with as well and that is Heather being NICE!!! Its super scary even Alejandro was afraid, it was scary and funny at the same time. The Malevolent One puts his plan into action as he splits up his team leaving Sierra and Zoey to fend for themselves taking Cameron along with him and then while in the woods the Malevolent One cause Cameron to trip again leaving him alone in the woods to face off a evil bunny lol. I love this character. The villains then come across a bridge which they have to cross in order to reach the finish line and everyone is down with crossing the bridge except for Gwen because everyone who has seen a horror movie know that the rope bridge always breaks. Smart move Gwen.
       On the Heroes side the Malevolent One is conspiring with an evil bird and Duncan over hears him talking and claims that he seen Mike/Malevolent One somewhere before. My guess the Malevolent One spent some time in the slammer the same time Duncan was there and that is how he knows him. The villains attempt to cross the bridge as Scott offers to go first and after screaming his head off for no reason he makes it safely to the other side but then get attacked by a beaver and then the beaver ends up cutting the rope bridge forcing the villains to cross the bridge with the only part of the bridge that is left. While crossing the bridge Heather almost falls but Alejandro to admit that he still cares for Heather and that her whole nice at was just a ploy to trick Alejandro nice move Heather. After the villains make it safely across Courtney takes the beaver and has it cuts the other half of the bridge forcing the heroes to take the long way around. The heroes reach the bridge and before the Malevolent One can off Zoey the rest of the gang shows up and with no way to cross the bridge Sierra comes up with a plan to rope swing across which almost works. Meanwhile the Villains reach the finish line with everyone except Gwen who was still in the woods somewhere but when a deer attacks Courtney Gwen shows up and saves her but when it looks like they are both are about to be eaten the blue moon fades and the deer goes back to being good. But the heroes past the girls in the foot race but when the moon affect the Malevolent One turning him back to Mike he then stops unaware of what is going on letting Courtney and Gwen cross the finish line giving the Villains the win and send the heroes to elimination.

Elimination: As elimination begins Gwen is still bummed that she isn't a hero but honestly the girl is safe she should not be wishing she is a hero right now but then Duncan gives her a kiss to cheer her up which was sweet but then Gwen breaks up with Duncan. Why? Well he is still OCD when it comes to Courtney and the fact that Courtney is avoiding him, is really getting to Duncan and is really annoying Gwen which causes her to end it and I don't blame her. Scott once again offers to go to Boney Island which is ok with me because he missed out on his chance to search for the invincibility statue so its off to Boney Island for him. Then before voting can begin Cameron offers to do the flush of shame because Sierra is bugging the hell out of him and don't blame him for leaving. But instead of being flushed Chris adds a twist that Cameron will be switching teams putting him on the villains side. So that puts an end to this episode leaving Cameron a villain, Duncan confused, and the Malevolent One in control. Oh man I can't wait for next week.

This episode of TDAS was the best one yet. I love the Malevolent One and it was nice to see him in action this episode. I totally think Chris planned this whole challenge just to bring out the Malevolent One and to see what he can do and I think that Mike would have been the one to be eliminated and gone over to the villain side and now that the Malevolent One is in full control of Mike it would have been perfect. And what was up with the Gwen/Duncan break up???? I mean I fully understand that Duncan is way too obsessed with Courtney but just last episode Duncan was blowing kisses at Gwen and now he is obsessing over Courtney?? This relationship has been building up since season one and the writers are just going to end it just like that they have to be planning something and if they are it better be something good.

The Amazing Race: Salty Floatations and Birdcage Mishaps

    Once again we have a delay due to football overtime but as our race begins its anyone's game and anything can happen. So as Pinky and her whipped teammate depart from the race mat they are going on a boat Museo Corbeta Esmeralda where they have to find a sign then figure out what it says and then repeat that saying back to the officer in Spanish. And since the boat doesn't open up until 4 hours after they departed that means all teams will be on even ground heading to the boat. But as the teams are waiting for the boat to open Pinky just had to get bitchy and tell the other racers to put their bags in the order they can in so there are no cuts. In other news the Party Boys are all over the place in this leg and they even convinced the Ice Girls to be their race wives those girls better set some boundaries and let them know that doesn't included sleeping in the same bed. Cause no one should have to put up with that type of torture not even those girls. But anyway Charge the Ship, Men!!! Was the saying of the day as the Mountain Boys and Ice Princesses got their clue first. Teams now have to head to Irlanda Salt Mines and search for their next clue so while the Mountain Boys and Ice Princesses are just getting to the salt mines the other teams are just leaving the boat.

Detour: Our first detour of the race teams have to ride their bikes across the salt mine road and choose between two task mining and brining. Brining: Teams have to add enough salt to a pool of water until they can float above the water while reading a paper. Mining: Teams have to break open huge salt rocks until they find a mini clue hidden inside. The boy choose mining while the girls choose brining. Team Party Boys arrive next and they head to do some mining omg its like these guys are trying out for their own reality show or something. Soon the other teams arrive and choose their detour while Team Birdcage got stuck with a cab who had no clue where he was going and this was only the beginning of their problems during this leg of the race. So lets talk about the teams in mining first shall we, these teams are the Party Boys, the NFL, and the Mountain Men. Team NFL is breaking rocks with their bear hands as they just pick them up and smash it on the ground while the other two teams are hammering away with their picks and hammers. But its our Mountain boys who snag the clue first and soon after The Party Boys and then NFL. From the look of it Mining was the best choice since these teams were the first ones out. Meanwhile in Brining, the other teams, Team Pinky, the Dating Couple, Ice Princesses, Trophy Wives, the Doctors, and Team Ohio are mostly struggling with carrying the bags to the water because they are heavy. But its the Dating Couple who make it out of there first followed by The Doctors, then Team Pinky. After the Ice Princesses complete the challenge Team Birdcage is just arriving to the detour ready to mine away back in brining the Ohio boys are next to get the clue leaving only the Trophy wives who are struggling to carry the bags to the water. In mining the Birdcage team receives their clue and soon after the Trophy Wives leave as well so with that over.

     Teams now have to head back to the city and grab a bus to Santiago, Chile which is a 24 hour bus ride their so they better get a early ride, once there they have to head to Plaza De Armas and search for their next clue. So on the first bus which departs at 1:30pm are team NFL, team Mountain men, the Dating Couple, the Doctors, and the Party Boys. And can I just say the Party Boys are already trying to cheat on their wives by seeing if there are an girls on the bus umm I know those guy wouldn't make good husbands even if it is fake ones. On the second bus to Santiago which departs at 2:00pm are Team Pinky, the Trophy Wives, the Ice Princesses, and team Ohio and as for the Birdcage well lets just say they just made their second mistake of the night. So they were at the bus depot and they could have gotten on the same bus as the 2:00 teams but instead they got on a bus leaving at 4:00pm. Why you ask? Well after looking at the tape a couple of time it was a misconception on their part. After hearing the details about the 2:00pm bus and how it will be arriving at 6:00pm the guys then ask the clerk at the bus depot if their were any earlier buses leaving to Santiago and the clerk told them the Next bus is at 4:00pm. But for some reason these guys thought this bus arrives at 4:00 not leaves at 4:00, guys this isn't the airport where you can go to a different airline and grab a better flight this is a bus depot that acts on a schedule. So if you have one bus heading to Chile and that is on a time stamp then that one and only bus line will be departing at different times and only at those times so shame on your part for not listening next time learn Spanish so now they will be arriving in Santiago at 10:00pm and not 6:00pm. Back on the bus route the first bus is just arriving in Santiago and the teams book it to the Plaza. On the second bus it seem the Trophy Wives and the Exes have a little something in common one of the Wives husband is friends with the guy from team Pinky humm this might be a little leverage for the girls to get that second express pass.

Roadblock: Teams will have to go to one of the shoe shining stations set up for them and shine a customers shoes who are waiting for them once they are done the teams then have to pack everything from the station correctly and head to a storage locker where the guy in there will hand them their next clue. The key to finding these shoe station why just look for the red and white colors strings. Amy (dating), Nicole(doctors), Leo(Party Boys), Chester(NFL), and Brandon(Mountain) all decide to do the task and they shine the shoes with ease. But when it came to packing that is where the tricky part comes in to place everything in its proper place. Leo was first to arrive at the storage center but was sent away for improper packing giving the football players the lead as Chester gets the clue first. After Leo, Brandon, Nicole, and Amy all packed their gear right and receive the next clue. So night falls in Santiago as the 2nd bus finally arrives at 6:44pm 44 minutes after schedule. With Ashley(Ice), Nicky(Trophy), Danny(Ohio), and Marie(Pinky) all choosing to do the task meanwhile the third bus arrives carrying team Birdcage which got there early arriving at 7:03 pm they made up some serious time catching up with the other teams. Rowan decides to do the task and for the last mistake of their night well they did not read their clue properly and instead of going to a marked shoe polish station Rowan decides to grab an actual shoe polisher who is working in the plaza, hijack HIS shoe polish station, and then convince him to pack up HIS shoe shine set to go with him to the storage site. Like OMFG first off this whole situation was hilarious and sad at the same time because this guy should have read the clue properly!!!! But the poor shoe shiner went alone with this crazy tourist for some reason oh man the TAR producer better reimburse him for his missed sales. So while Rowan was at the storage site with the shoe polisher and as he was begging him not to leave I could not tell if Marie was saying no to the polisher or Rowan? But why didn't Rowan notice that everyone else didn't have their own personal shoe polisher but instead had actual shoe polish stations. So after that whole debacle here teams were on their way to the pit stop and here are the places for the teams.

1st: Team NFL now NFL only got first due to the Party Boys not paying their cab so they had to go back giving NFL first place.

2nd: Team Party Boys the Boys made a big error by not settling their cab before checking in costing them first place. this is the second time a team has cost themselves first place.

3rd: Team Mountain Men
4th: The Doctors
5th: The Dating Couple
6th: Team Ohio
7th: The Ice Princesses
8th: Team Pinky
9th: Team Trophy Wives, stuck at the road block with the Birdcage the girls forgot their rug so they had to head back for it making it a cab race to the pit stop and the girls won in the end.

Last Place: The Birdcage this was not their leg that is for sure from one mistake after another it was no surprise that they arrived in last place. bye guys time to head back to the theater.

I really enjoyed this episode it made me see the racers in a new light making me figure out who is going to be my favorite to win and who I just down right dislike. So far I love NFL, and the Mountain Men and I hate the Party Boys and Team Pinky cause the girl on that team is just a down right bitch.

Dancing With the Stars Hollywood Week

  

          Its another week of ballroom fun as we watch our Stars dance their asses off or at least try to. Coming off of last weeks first elimination tonight is Hollywood night as our stars pay tribute to even bigger stars than them. The night starts off with film noir style dance to introduce all of our stars in all honesty I really miss the walk down the stairs intros but I guess they have to add dances in somewhere since Tuesdays show is no longer. But lets get to the dances, will the judges reveal their scores.

Leah and Tony: Dancing the Rumba. This dance was inspired by James Bond but what exactly is James Bond like about this dance? The fact that they danced it to Skyfall? Then yeah sure I can say it was James Bond like but unless Daniel Craig came out and finished the dance then that would made the dance ten time more awesome and James Bond like. Overall the dance was ok for me it was very fluid and romantic the way it is supposed to be. Total Score: 24/30

Corbin and Karina: Dancing the Quick Step. Corbin was afraid he was not going to nail this but I think he did a pretty solid job. Their dance was film inspired as Corbin was the director and Karina was the actress trying to seduce him for a job through dance. The dance was really good, he landed all the steps so A+ in my book. Overall Score: 26/30

Elizabeth and Val: Dancing the Foxtrot. Val was full clothed for the dance dressed as a Airline Pilot and Elizabeth and his steward. I thought it was very elegant and beautiful, her steps were perfect and her movement was very fluid. But Elizabeth in all honest did you just get introduced to twitter this week??? #stopsayinghashtag. Even Tom agrees with me. Overall Score: 25/30

Brant and Pita: Dancing the Quick Step. So Brant is one of our stars with an injury this week, he has a sprained ligament and he just so happens to be doing a really fast dance so he picked the wrong dance out of the hat this time, at least its how I think they pick out their dances. They did a 50's style approach flappers and all but I thought the dance was ok the judges loved it but I think it could have been better maybe the judges saw something I didn't see. Overall Score: 27/30

Valerie and Tristan: Dancing the Cha-Cha-Cha. Inspired by Freddie Mercury and Grace Kelly, but Valerie was our next star with and injury as her knees were giving her problems and it showed. The dance was not good I even saw Bruno cringing in the background as the dance was going on. Overall Score: 16/30

Bill E. and Emma: Dancing the Pasadoble. In a western/Lone Ranger theme Pasdoble I thought they pulled it off really nice, it was like cowboys and Indians. He did really well even I was impressed he nailed everything. Overall Score: 24/30

Amber and Derek: Dancing the Charleston. My opinion of this dance it was like a hip-hop Charleston from the song to the dance moves and I was not a fan of it. Maybe because I don't completely understand how the Charleston is supposed to look but I didn't like it. Overall Score: 24/30

Jack and Cheryl: Dancing the Cha-Cha-Cha. They went 70's Hollywood with Go-Go boots, and pimp jackets. It was ok I felt like somewhere in the middle he looked like he was counting his steps and his hands and body looked a little stiff to me. Overall Score: 22/30

Christina and Mark: Dancing the Charleston. Of course with Mark you get the silly nonsense but for this dance his antics work because the Charleston is supposed to be fun. Mark had a clown face that I was not a fan of but the dance was good it was fun and peppy and I liked it. Overall Score: 26/30

Snicole and Sasha: Dancing the Quick Step. They chose Marilyn Monroe as their inspiration because for some reason Snicole feels she was just like Marilyn in a past life. She is clearly crazy for thinking that, they should have airbrushed her tattoos because Marilyn wouldn't be looking like that. Their dance was good it was definitely Snicole focused but the foot movement was spot on. Overall Score:25/30

Bill Nye and Tyne: Dancing Jazz. My poor Bill Nye injured himself last week but still he wanted to dance even though he was advised not. And in a futuristic Hollywood Bill could walk again it was not the best of the night but he took strength to go out there and dance. Overall Score: 16/30

Elimination Time: Bottom three are: Bill Nye and Tyne, Christina and Mark, and Brant and Pita. The eliminated team sadly is Bill Nye and Tyne. I feel so sad Bill Nye was the best but with dancing I do understand he was not as good. I am going to miss Bill he was the only reason I was watching the show this year but even though he is gone I will still continue to watch the rest of the season. By Bill Nye hope you get better.

Total Drama All-Star Ep.4- Food Fright

     
        Time for another installment of TDAS as Chris claims that he is a "genius" for mixing up the teams Chris nothing in this world can make you a genius. Just because you switched Duncan and Courtney doesn't mean chaos is going to take place you never know Courtney might come around and even forgive Gwen now that they are on the same team. Its raining on the island and chef's breakfast in bed is making its rounds in the loser cabin. It also seems like Courtney might get a new love interest as Scott flirts with her a little bit umm their might be potential for these two seeing as they are both cut throat. While in the Heros hotel they are throwing a party for their new"hero" teammate Duncan. But it looks like the Malevolent One strikes again where Sierra finds her phone smashed to pieces just like Sam's video game. In the confessional we have Gwen crying about Courtney not being her friend again. Ugh just get over it Gwen!!! So as the rain clears up Chris summons the teams to the beach for the next challenge. As the teams gather Chris brings back Cameron from boney island all smelly well the reason for that is because he decided to disguise himself as a fire hydrant log so the bears won't see him, which is smart I will give him that. But why the Hell would you follow the Bear!!??? the whole point of it is not to get noticed not try and get eaten but instead he got peed on.

The Challenge: So teams have to eat as much pancakes, Owen would so totally dominate this, as they can but when they hear the alarm for their team they then have to race through a wipeout style obstacle course filled with bouncy balls, rolling logs and a salad spinner, the teams have to do all this without throwing up and if they do throw up they are out oh and also the pancake is filled with booby traps. Once a teams pancake is eaten entirely then they have to run the course one more time to win. Sierra is the first one from the heroes as she begins to chow down but is out after she throws up after eating fish eyes ugh. Meanwhile, Alejandro goes first after cleverly nominating Heather to be captain to get on her good side smart move anyway after getting attacked by rats and surviving the salad spinner without throwing up the Villains are in the lead. Back on the side lines Duncan is caught by Mike blowing kisses to Gwen awww how cute I am truly convinced that Duncan really loves Gwen because he is always concerned for her and he calls her babe. As for the heroes Cameron is up next eats his fair share of the pancake, wipes out on the bounce balls, and totally misses the salad spinner and the giant shoe kicks him too far lol but Chris counts it because it brought the pain and humor so not fair. Next for the Villains is Scott but he does not look too good after eating all that gruel and doesn't even feel like going but after Courtney yells at him he changed his mind fast I think he might actually like Courtney but I'm not 100% convinced yet but if he starts ranting about Courtney in the confessional then I'm convinced.    During Scotts run this man is so full lol he even almost broke the spinning log things and the giant shoe couldn't even flight him into the spinner so Chris had to use it at full power he lands in the spinner but surprisingly he managed to keep it all in.
        Gwen is next for the villains and her run doesn't go so well cause while on the rolling pins she pukes right in Duncan's face which means she is out. Duncan is next for the Heroes as his lips get a new shade of purple, gets puke in his face from his girlfriend, but survives the salad spinner without hurling. Mike is up next for the Heros and after eating the pancake their was an explosion near him that launched him right into the spinner where he survived without puking but once Mike came out of the spinner so did the Malevolent One as he overrides the controls for the spinner. Man this guy is pure evil which makes me love Mike 10x more, he is sabotaging everything. Courtney is up next for the Villains where she gets green jelly splattered all over her which sends her in a frenzy she then makes it to the spinner but instead of stopping after a couple of rounds it just kept going sending Courtney flying. Its the final stretch in the challenge and Heather and Zoey are both up for their teams but after some trash talk from Alejandro Sam get pumped up and tells Zoey to tag him in and over on the villain side Heather tags in Alejandro. Its neck and neck as between Sam and Alejandro then Sam take the lead by eating his pancake first leaving Alejandro still eating but after a little let down by Heather, Alejandro then finishes his pancake. While on the rolling pins Alejandro easily passes Sam which means it might be a victory for the villains but while passing Sam Alejandro call him a game child which set Sam off kicking himself into high gear as the both make it in the spinner at the same time. And when it looks like the Heros are going to win cause Sam got out first Alejandro quickly grabs him before he touched the ground but when a bee stings his face it was all over for the Villains as the Heroes win sending the Villains once again to the elimination ceremony.

The Elimination: So the Villains are on the chopping block once again but before elimination can begin Chris has some news to share.  After reviewing the playback tape it turns out the Heros are the actual loser tonight because they didn't complete the challenge after Sam stuffed some pieces of pancake in his pocket instead of eating making the Villains the winners. Oh and Chris found out that Gwen wasn't the one who sabotaged Courtney does this mean he now knows about the Malevolent One? So it is very clear who is going home tonight, Its Sam just in case you haven't figured it out because he should have just ate all the pancake bye Sam. Meanwhile, Scott offers himself to got to Boney Island cause he feel he will most defiantly find the invincibility sculpture.

      This episode was good, it wasn't great but good. I don't know if its just me but what is up with Alejandro's voice it sounds so much different from World Tour??? They should have kept the old actor. I also think its clear that Chris knows about the Malevolent One but I doubt he will be telling the campers anytime soon because I am pretty sure he is enjoying watching evil Mike sabotage the competitors.  Now what do you guys think of the possibility of Scott and Courtney hooking up? I think I will be ok with it they kinda have the same mindset but I guess we have to wait and see.

Castle: Dreamworld

  

 
       So when we last left Castle well he and Beckett got engaged by the beginning of last weeks episode and by the end of the episode well Castle only has a day to live unless they can find the antidote by the end of this episode. So far so good for a season opener. Now lets get into this episode. So apparently the only way for Castle to live is to give him the antidote but the bad news is the thieves took it with them when they broke in the lab to take the toxin and to make a new antidote with take the science techs at least a week so Beckett and Castle really need to find those thieves and the antidote quickly. So Castle tell Beckett about the mystery about Dreamworld and Beckett and her team look into it and discover a reporter named Brad Parker who did an article about Dreamworld but was terminated by the government before it was published. After so good advice from Castle it turns out the reporter and Bronson were connected in that Bronson was his source for the Dreamworld article. So as Beckett and McCord track down Brad Parker, Castle stays behind and after some convincing from Beckett he is now able to help out with the case considering the fact that he is dying because of the case.
      According to our very hot reporter Dreamworld is a forward operating base in Afghanistan where Covert Special Ops worked at including Bronson. So some bad stuff happened in Dreamworld but Bronson never told the reporter but before he can publish the article the story was pulled by his editor by the request of the secretary of defense General Reed. Apparently General Reed was in charge of operations that happened out of Dreamworld looks like that General is trying to keep something quiet to protect his rep. But the girls are not having any of that and are heading to the head honcho himself to try and pull so info out of him and of course he denied everything cause that's what the government does just deny everything. And honestly his words are so contradictory its funny after admitting to killing the story and confessing that Dreamworld does exist he still tries to deny its existence really its quite comical. But the girls still press on till the man caves and tells them the base ordered and airstrike on a man named Anwar Zawari and all Bronson had to do was report when Zawari was in the building and then put a target laser on the building to guild the missile but even after all of that Valkyrie is still a mystery. What is Valkyrie? Looks like Al Qaeda is now retaliating for killing one of their best men but what exactly are they going to be targeting?
       In a very sad touching moment Castle is in a sense saying goodbye to Alexis and his mother just incase he doesn't make it but Castle your name of the show so their is no way in hell you are dying yet. So after some research they found 6 potential new suspects in the break in who are all members of Zawari's family. Out of those 6 only one stood out Waqas Rasheed second cousin to Zawari and who also witnessed the attack on his family so revenge might be on his mind since he was spotted following Bronson out of the coffee shop. Then the feds get a hit on Rasheed walking in DC with a backpack which might contain the toxin and the antidote. So its off to pick him up and can I just say can the feds be anymore standoutish I mean men in black jackets and dark sunglasses everywhere anyone can spot them from anywhere. Rasheed then runs and Beckett bolts after him and tackles him to the ground but bad news he doesn't have the toxin. If this guy does have the toxin then he hid it really well cause its no where to be found. Turns out he wasn't following Bronson but Bronson was following him asking him if he told any one about their little secret. The night of the airstrike Rasheed went to the scene and saw Bronson their holding a dead body of a female servant. When Bronson saw Rasheed he drew his gun on him and told him that if he told anyone about what he has seen then he will kill him and the Bronson takes off with the body of the woman. So this guy is in the clear and he also has a alibi for the night of the break in so its back to square one plus some more evidence.
      So its back to this mystery behind Valkyrie as the team search for it in the transcript of the airstrike mission. As Castle suggests to search for 8 letter words in the transcript about Valkyrie and they got some hits but since most of the words are blacked out they are getting no where so the next best thing to do is the listen to the audio recording. So we got the recording and Valkyrie was code for the American operative who was working undercover as a servant to Zawari. But instead of canceling the airstrike because Valkyrie was still in the building, General Reed told the missile to fire killing the American operative. Wow General Reed was really trying to cover that up but now he has some explaining to do. But after Kate's boss tells her not to act against General Reed Kate takes matters into her own hands and confronts Reed at his home because when the man you love life is at stake you will do just about anything. Kate really wanted to see what General Reed would do and his actions ruled him out as a suspect but the feds then manage to figure out who Valkyrie was her name was Farrah Usman. When her body was brought back to the states the person who signed for her was Brad Parker who was her fiancée. Looks like Brad was most likely out for revenge for his fiancées death. Parker is not home but he is the guy cause his next target is Reed the person who ordered the strike. So its off to Reed's location to stop Parker but soon Kate realizes that Reed might not be the target and that his wife is because for Parker Reed took away someone he loved so his is going to do the same for him. Meanwhile Castle is almost dying in the car while Kate is en route to the Reed household. Hurry Kate!!! Kate gets to the scene and Castle passes out on the floor and as Kate goes after Parker he manages to grab her gun OMFG Kate really!!!!! But thankfully agent McCord is there and they got the antidote. Castle Lives!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah he was not getting out of that wedding that easily lol.
      I loved this episode I feel like its getting back into the habit of that of Castle feel. But once again I hated the lack of Ryan and Esposito in the episode but thankfully they will be in next weeks episode throughout the whole episode and I am excited about that. So what did you think of Castle this week? Is it a good start to what the episodes are going to be like this season? 

The Amazing Race: The Race Begins!!!!

     Its that time of the year again its time for another season of my favorite competition show The Amazing Race!!! So after a very disappointing season of Big Brother this summer full of racist and a winner who I could not care less for , The Amazing Race is the next competition show from CBS that I am looking forward to, hopefully CBS can redeem itself after all that controversy from Big Brother. But anyway TAR is my favorite reality competition show and its the only reality competition show that I would even consider going on, I know for me is not only about that million dollar cash prize but also for the fact that you can travel and see the world on CBS' expense so basically you will get a free trip around the world see all of these amazing places and you just might win a million dollars yeah thats a good deal. I always felt this show would be perfect for me. We kick off this season on a western movie set which is pretty cool as we get introduced to our 11 teams and they are:

Chester and Ephraim- former NFL teammates from Huston, Texas. By the look of these guys they might out run the other racers in a foot race to the finish. I think they might get pretty far that is if they don't screw up by accidentally driving in the wrong direction.

Rowan and Shane- theater performers from North Carolina. The gays guys for this season look like they might be everyone's friends this year. They look like a lot of fun but lets see if they can keep up with the other teams.

Tim and Marie- the exes from New Jersey. Every season you have the exes either divorced or ex boyfriend or girlfriend. They are either here to work on their relationship because TAR is the new couples counseling or they feel like they can tolerate each other long enough to win the million. HELLO you guys are exes for a reason, they will be arguing before this episode is over.

Leo and Jamal- cousins from California. These guys seem like the party boy type that just want to have fun. I think they might slip up during the race either get lost or not read the clue correctly because of their cockiness.

Ally and Ashley- NHL ice crew teammate?? What the hell is that?? is that a real job? Anyway these two blondes feel that they are ambitious enough to will the million but being blonde they might make some mistakes.

Nicole and Travis- married doctors from Georgia. Ah the married couple with kids are most likely here to prove to their kids that they can do anything if they put their mind to it and to also prove to never give up. Yeah they are going to be tons of fun.

Hoskote and Naina- father and daughter from California. The parent/child teams can either get really far or fail horribly. Why? Well because they can support each other really well and get far or they can just bicker and complain at each others faults and get eliminated or be eliminated by an injury mostly from the parent.

Tim and Danny- Co-workers from Oklahoma. I don't know about these two, the race for them can go either way. But I think they might get lost very quickly which will make them fall behind.

Brandon and Adam- Childhood friends from California. These hillbilly mountain men look like they will be up for any challenge and will do just about anything, which is why I think they will go far.

Nicky and Kim- Baseball wives from the midwest. So opposite of the blondes are the brunettes, who can be smarter than the blondes but for some reason I don't think these girls are. I mean at least the blondes have jobs, not a great one, but a job while these girl are just trophy wives for their major league baseball husbands.

Jason and Amy- dating from New England. So rounding up the group is the dating lovey dovey couple. Who are in a serious relationship tester as they will be fighting about things they never fought about before.

        So with all the teams introduced and everyone is pumped and ready to go its time to begin The Amazing Race. So as my favorite host Phil explains to them what they have to do and tell them that the team that gets first in this leg will get not one but two express passes, one for themselves and one for a team of their choosing and they have to give it to that team before the next leg, he then sends them off in their race around the world. As the teams race past Phil and head to one of the Ford cars where they have to make a phone call to receive their first clue. As the first couple of teams enter the car and punch in the number they are told to held to LAX and grab a flight to their first destination of Iquique, Chile but like always there is a limited number of seats on the first flight so teams better make sure they don't get lost one the way there, but for this episode that title belong to team Oklahoma as they stop and ask for directions while the exes are already beginning to argue ugh lets hope they leave early. So the cousins arrive at the airport first grabbing the first seat on the first flight. Afterward, the following teams are on the first flight Team NFL, the Exes, Team Blondes, Team Trophy Wives, The Theater Performers and Team Doctors grab the last seat on the first flight. Leaving the rest of the teams on the second flight and they are the Dating Couple, the mountain men, the father/daughter team, and Team Oklahoma. So as they are waiting for their flight the teams take the time to get to know each other and possibly make some alliances and the first two teams to do that was the Cousins and the Blondes, the cousins felt they girls were eye candy so it was smart to make an alliance with them based solely on that reason good move guys good move.
        So the teams are off and headed toward Chile and when they land they have to travel by taxi to Alto Hospico. And if their cab driver doesn't get lost along the way then teams have to search the area for Zona de Parapentes and from the look of the picture on the sign is they are either parasailing by jumping out of a plane or but just jumping. Once they reach Zona de Parapentes they have to find a man named Javier who will hand them their next clue. While the first set of teams from the first flight land in Chile and head to the taxi stand the second half of teams are just getting on their flight which will be a whole four hours behind the other teams so more than likely one of these teams will be going home. Back in Chile the married couple are the first to reach the Zona and receive their clue.

ROADBLOCK: This roadblock requires one team member to follow their partner who will be on a paraglider headed to a beach in Iquique when team will then be reunite and receive their next clue. From Team Doctor Travis chooses to glide and not too far behind Team NFL chooses Chester to glide and for the rest of the teams well they haven't arrived yet. One thing that I question about this challenge is what if that land in the wrong place then what? Soon after Chester and Travis take off the other teams arrive and gliding for them are Ally(blonde), Rowan(theater), Kim(wives), Leo(cousins), and Tim(exes). While all of our jumpers are pumped and ready to go Kim on the other hand is having a panic attack cause she is afraid of heights. If that was the case then she should have had a partner do the road block. But she sucked it up and jumped because she wanted to be a role model for her son because not having a job and being a trophy wife was not inspiring enough. Back on land it seems Jamal and Ashley let their taxi's go and in a challenge where you have to follow your teammate to a location via taxi its not a good idea to let your taxi go, so after a phone call they head to the road to get their taxi's. At la playa Travis and Chester finally reach land but their teammates are no where to be found since their taxi's dropped them off far from where they had to be. Which let the theater boys pass them as Rowan lands and his teammate is right their putting them in first place and off to the next location. The theater performers has to head to Muelle Prat and look for their next clue. As they leave NFL and the doctors are not far behind as they leave the beach also. Now its almost hard to forget that there is a whole other set of teams who still have to do all of these challenges and the second wave of contestants land in Chile they have some serious catching up to do. Back to the first half even though they left after the performers the doctors still mange to beat them to Muelle Prat and grab the next clue which is also a roadblock.

ROADBLOCK #2: Teams now have to grab a rowboat and search in Iquique harbor for one of three specific fishing boats and pick up 5 fish and with the fish in hand the teams would have to hand the fish over to the fish manager who will hand them their next clue. I have never used fish so much in one sentence in my entire life. So Travis once again chooses to do the task which is confusing for me cause I always thought the other teammate has to do the other roadblock maybe I missed something. Well it turns out I did miss something so who ever did the first roadblock has to do this one as well wow that sucks. Back at Muelle Prat the cousins and which makes me wonder did the performers and team NFL get lost somewhere cause they were the first ones to leave that beach before the cousins. But anyway the rest of the first flight teams arrive including the performers and team NFL  but as they are coming in the doctors are heading out as Travis finds one of the fishing boats gets all five fish and his team heads off to the next location. Now team doctors have to make their way ON FOOT to Teatro Municipal de Iquique which is the pit stop for this leg and the first team will get the express pass and an extra on for any team of their choosing and the last team will be eliminated. So the first mistake of the race by the doctors was they did not read the clue properly and took a taxi to the pit stop instead of walking making them take a 30 minute penalty costing them first place. Then next mistake of the race came from the party boy cousins who also didn't read the clue for the harbor challenge about the person who glided has to do the roadblock as well so they had to switch making them fall behind. In first place you have the Exes, Marie and Tim, do to the fact that the doctors got a 30 minute penalty they claim the express passes. Now lets see who they give it too.

2nd: The Doctors, Nicole and Travis
3rd: Theater Performers, Rowan and Shane
4th: Team NFL, Chester and Ephraim
5th: Trophy Wives, Nicky and Kim
6th: The Blondes Ally and Ashley
7th: The Party Animals, Leo and Jamal
8th: The Dating Couple, Amy and Jason
9th: Team Oklahoma, Danny and Tim
10th: The Mountain Boys, Brandon and Adam
And the eliminated contestant is the father/daughter team Hoskote and Naina due to the fact that Naina also didn't read the clue and had to get out of the boat and switch with her father. Ugh READ THE CLUE PEOPLE!!!!!!!

     But yeah that raps up this episode of TAR. This was a good start to the season all the teams look good and ready to go. I already have people who I don't like party boys and the exes as for the people I am rooting for well that is not decided yet I have to wait and see. But one thing I will say that did annoy me about this episode is that darn 60 minutes running over ugh it annoys me so much!!!! And the bad part is its going to be a reoccurring theme throughout this season. So what did you guys think of this? Good start after the craziness of Big Brother? Any favorites yet? Least favorites?  Moral lesson in this episode read the god damn clue!!!! Bye guys    

Castle Recap:Valkyrie Episode

        So Castle begins right where it left off with Castle asking Beckett to marry him. Like OMG I am all for a Caskett wedding but if he is only doing this just so she can stay in NY with him and not take the job in DC then I will be seriously mad. But it turns out he wasn't proposing for that reason cause he really just wanted to be with her whether she got the job or not. Well brace yourself Castle because Kate got to job in DC and she is taking it. This is going to be an interesting test on their relationship now as future husband and wife because Kate said YES to his proposal OMG so excited Casket wedding coming to a t.v. near you. We now jump to two months later in DC watching Kate on a case when suddenly she gets SHOT!!!! This is not happening I mean seriously writers???? But thankfully she is not dead because it was just a training exercise. Thank God because I was about to write a nasty letter to the writers. Back in NY, Castle is returning back from a book tour and there is a big surprise waiting for him. The good news was Alexis was back from Costa Rica a week early the bad news she brought her new hippie boyfriend. I wonder where he is going to be sleeping? Back in DC Kate is excited to finally get a couple of days off to spend with Castle but that excitement is short lived because she just snagged her first real case, sorry Castle guess you have to wait a little long to see Kate. But Castle was not going to wait that long as he makes a surprise visit to see her in DC. But even though Beckett was happy that Castle was there she laid down the law with him by telling him that she can't discuss the case that she is on with him because now her cases are considered to be confidential.
       But before she could leave with her new partner its Cuddy from House but now she is known as agent McCord Kate accidentally drops the classified folder but she doesn't seem to pick up all the photos leaving one behind for Castle to find and with Castle being Castle he investigates. With help from Ryan and Esposito, Castle gets further in the case than Beckett and McCord beating them to the golf course where the thieves made their escape. After Beckett yells at Castle for looking at her classified photo, well Kate that was kinda your fault you should have made sure you picked up all the photos before you left, Castle then tells her all the info that he gathered. Apparently there was a guy in a gold sedan staking out the place just a couple of days ago. Kate has to admit Castle is good at putting pieces together but Castle promised to do no more investigating and you know what he kept his word and since McCord didn't blab about Castle, Kate gets to keep her job. The girls then check out the security footage of the man staking out the golf course turn out the guys name is Jack Bronson a retired Marine soldier. So as the girls head over to his place to arrest his well it turns out he isn't there nope cause he is busy kidnapping Castle at gun point. So as crazy Jack is holding Castle hostage in his car he kept ranting something about Valkyrie and going to "Dream World" whatever that means then he actually goes off to dream world and crashes the car leaving him dead and leaving Castle in trouble with the feds.
         So it seems Castle got some explaining to do with the feds as they begin to grill him to find out what he knows. So after a funny interrogation scene the Feds then can't find any info on Valkyrie but they do find the name of Jack's girlfriend Jeanette Miller now its time to find her. Castle is now back in NY because he just causes too much trouble in DC. Alexis' new boyfriend is very weird making fake steaks out of fruit but he does offer some pretty good advice that Castle should talk to someone about his problems. So its off to police headquarters to talk to his two favorite boys Ryan and Esposito and Esposito tells Castle about Dream World which apparently is a secret military "ghost" base. Back in DC the feds catch Jeanette and question her about Valkyrie but she claims that someone was setting Jack up to have him talk the fall for everything. So Beckett dug a little further and found some more interesting developments with this case in regards to the break in. Castle on the other hand was looking up the ghost base on the internet and claims that he won't get caught until the Feds go to Castle's home and take him back to DC. Uh Oh Turns out the thieves took something else from a lab in the building, a chemical agent the lab techs were working on. The thieves apparently put the toxin in the air vents of Jacks car which is what killed him and since Castle was also in the car the toxin was now in his blood stream and he has less than a day to live. Like OMG are you freaking serious!!!!!!!!! I guess I will be writing that letter to the writers.
       Overall I thought this episode was really good for a season opener but I felt it was really lacking the Esposito and Ryan factor. I really love Ryan and Esposito they add this fun broish partner aspect against Castle and Beckett's romantic partnership. But really a to be continued episode on the season opener???? What's up with that don't you think we were left in suspense for long enough all summer to here if Kate said yes to his proposal or not???? Now they give us an open ending on the season opener I mean we only have to wait a week but still it was so not necessary!!!!