Nobody talked me into it and it had nothing to do with religious reasons. I walked away from one of the best nights of the year as a kid because of shaving cream. I've thought about that night more than I probably should have, but it taught me something about getting hit and how to respond when you get blindsided that is still helping me to this day.

Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday, this is episode #721, “Quitting Halloween.” I’m Darrell Darnell, anything Reese’s is my favorite Halloween candy, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living.

Let’s jump back in the Delorean and head to October of 1985. Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alissa Milano was the top movie. Take On Me by a-ha was the top song. The most popular Halloween costumes were Hulk Hogan and Freddy Krueger.

My parents had divorced earlier that year, and the summer of 1985 meant a move to a new town. My dad rented a house, and after school we'd usually end up at his girlfriend's house, hanging out with her kids. She would eventually become my stepmom, so that's what I'll call her here. I was in fourth grade. My brother was in sixth. My soon to be stepbrother was in fifth, and my soon to be stepsister was a senior. New town, new house, new people. Everything about my life that fall was new.

The town was Wellston, Oklahoma. Fewer than 1,000 people. Picture Hawkins, Indiana in Stranger Things. Hawkins is 10-15 times bigger than where I lived.

Downtown was one block. No stoplight. On one side of the street you had a video rental store, a grocery store, a pool hall, and the post office. The other side had a deli, an insurance office, and two vacant buildings. There were probably a few other spots that were either small businesses or empty storefronts, but I honestly can't remember. That's about it. If you wanted to see the whole thing, you didn't need a map. You needed about ninety seconds.

Like most kids, I was excited about Halloween for one reason: candy.

I have no idea what I dressed up as that year. I've tried to remember. I'm sure it was great. Maybe that was the year I tied some bandannas around my body and went as a member of the Rock N’ Roll Express. What I do remember is that I was going trick or treating alone. That may seem shocking or dangerous to some of you but it was a very small town, and it was a different time. I was given instructions on where to go, and I was given one rule. Don't go downtown.

Downtown was where the older kids hung out on Halloween. I'd been told they used it for a giant shaving cream and egg fight, and I was supposed to stay far away from it. That was fine with me. I was nine. I had zero interest in getting egged or covered in shaving cream. So I had a plan. Stay in my zone, hit my houses, fill my bag, go home.

Remember that word. Plan. I guess I’ve always been a guy that appreciates making plans.

I left my stepmom's house and started working my way door to door. I did what you're supposed to do. I rang the bell, said the words, got the candy, and said thank you. Things were going great.

Then I came to a large two story house about two blocks from downtown. Two blocks. I remember thinking that was a safe distance. After all, my new best friend lived right across the street. I rang the doorbell, got my goodies, and turned to head back to the sidewalk.

And then out of nowhere, something hit me in the face.

It was shaving cream. One of the kids who lived there had been hiding on the balcony, waiting, and he ambushed me as I walked away. I never saw him. I never heard him. I'd followed the rules. I stayed away from the big kids downtown, and I still got hit. It came from above, from a house where somebody had just handed me candy.

I wiped away what I could, but it was on my face, my hands, and my costume. And I did what I'm not proud of, but I'm going to tell you anyway. Like Ralphie in A Christmas Story when he broke his glasses, I started crying. Then I ran. I ran the whole way back to my stepmom's house.

Once I got cleaned up, I didn't want to go back out. I was too scared I'd get hit again. My night ended with candy from only a few houses. No full bag. No friends. No best night of the year. I let that shaving cream ruin my night.

I wish I could do it over. When I think about it now, I feel silly. Shaving cream doesn't leave a bruise. It didn’t actually hurt me. I wasn't knocked down. I was surprised, embarrassed, and a little scared, and that was enough.

A few years later I watched a man take a real punch and do something very different.

When I was a kid, Mike Tyson was unstoppable, and I’m not exaggerating. He was the heavyweight champion of the world, and he had legs like tree trunks. His uppercut looked like it could separate a head from a body. He didn't seem like a normal person. He seemed otherworldly. Every time he fought, you didn't wonder if he'd win. You wondered how quickly he would end the fight by knocking the other guy out cold.

Tyson is credited with a line you've probably heard: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." It's one of the most quoted lines in sports, and when you think about those guys who were brave (or foolish) enough to step in the ring with Mike, it makes sense. People had good plans. Then they met his fist.

By the time I was in eighth grade, Tyson was 37 and 0. On February 11, 1990 he traveled to Tokyo to take on a challenger named Buster Douglas. Nobody gave Buster a chance. At least one sportsbook had him at 42 to 1 underdog. We all viewed it as a formality rather than a fight.

But Buster Douglas had a plan too. He used his jab and his height. He had about a twelve inch reach advantage, and he kept hitting Tyson with that jab again and again. He lasted a lot longer than anyone expected and made Tyson look human.

Then came the eighth round.

Tyson landed an uppercut, and Buster Douglas went down. This was exactly what everyone expected. This was the part of the story where the underdog's plan met Mike Tyson and the plan fell apart. A man who'd been written off was on the canvas, and the referee was counting. The formality was in full effect.

The only thing is, Buster Douglas got up. He got to his feet at the count of nine. Right at the last second. A controversial, slowly counted last second, but still, he got up before the count of 10.

Think about that. He'd just taken the best punch the most feared man in boxing could throw. He could have stayed down. Nobody would have blamed him. It was Mike Tyson and he was getting paid either way. Instead, he got up, and he kept fighting.

Two rounds later, in the tenth, Douglas used that jab again to set up an uppercut of his own. It snapped Tyson's head back. Then came four more punches, and Mike Tyson, who had never been knocked down in his entire career, hit the canvas.

I remember the part everyone remembers. Tyson fumbled around for his mouthpiece. He got it halfway in, and it wasn't enough. The referee counted him out at 1 minute and 23 seconds of the tenth round. The unstoppable champion was stopped. Buster Douglas shocked the world.

The man who got knocked down first, won. The difference between the winner and loser wasn’t the size of the fist, it was the size of the heart. It was replacing fear with fortitude.

Now, to be clear, I'm not comparing a can of shaving cream to a Mike Tyson uppercut. A nine year old on a sidewalk and a heavyweight challenger in a boxing ring are not in the same boat. But the question is exactly the same. When the unexpected hit lands, what do you do in that moment?

Here's what I learned.

First, the punch that gets you is rarely the one you planned for. I planned for downtown. I had a whole strategy for avoiding the big kids, the egg fight and the shaving cream. And I got hit by one kid on a balcony, two blocks away, at a house where I thought I was safe. Life works like that. You prepare for the big, obvious threat, and the thing that catches you off guard is smaller and closer.

Second, being hit doesn't mean you lost. It means the fight started. I used to think that getting hit meant I'd done something wrong, that my plan had failed and now the night was over. But Buster Douglas got hit harder than I ever will, and his night wasn't over. It was round eight. The fight still had four rounds left and he only needed two of them to become a legend. Getting hit just told him what the fight was really going to be.

Third, you're allowed to take a count. I'm not saying get up instantly like nothing happened. Buster didn't. He used every bit of that count of nine. Wipe off what you can. Catch your breath. Cry if you need to. A setback can sting, and you don't have to pretend it doesn't, but there's a difference between taking a count and taking the night off. One is a pause. The other is a decision to quit.

And that's what I did. I didn't get knocked out of Halloween. I walked out of it.

I'd love to tell you that was the last time I let a small hit send me reeling, but I'd be lying. I've had plenty of shaving cream moments since then. A door that closed. A conversation that went sideways. A day of parenting where I lost it and wanted to hide in my room for the rest of the evening. And each time, I get the same choice that nine year old kid had. I can head for the house, or I can wipe my face and ring the next doorbell.

I think about the candy I missed that night. Not because of the candy, but because of what I didn't get to do. I didn't get to laugh with friends. I didn't get the full experience. The shaving cream only lasted a few minutes. What I lost by quitting lasted the whole night. Quitting is the thing from that Halloween that still haunts me to this day.

So here's what]]>Confession time. When I was nine years old, I quit Halloween.

Nobody talked me into it and it had nothing to do with religious reasons. I walked away from one of the best nights of the year as a kid because of shaving cream. I've thought about that night more than I probably should have, but it taught me something about getting hit and how to respond when you get blindsided that is still helping me to this day.

Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday, this is episode #721, “Quitting Halloween.” I’m Darrell Darnell, anything Reese’s is my favorite Halloween candy, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living.

Let’s jump back in the Delorean and head to October of 1985. Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alissa Milano was the top movie. Take On Me by a-ha was the top song. The most popular Halloween costumes were Hulk Hogan and Freddy Krueger.

My parents had divorced earlier that year, and the summer of 1985 meant a move to a new town. My dad rented a house, and after school we'd usually end up at his girlfriend's house, hanging out with her kids. She would eventually become my stepmom, so that's what I'll call her here. I was in fourth grade. My brother was in sixth. My soon to be stepbrother was in fifth, and my soon to be stepsister was a senior. New town, new house, new people. Everything about my life that fall was new.

The town was Wellston, Oklahoma. Fewer than 1,000 people. Picture Hawkins, Indiana in Stranger Things. Hawkins is 10-15 times bigger than where I lived.

Downtown was one block. No stoplight. On one side of the street you had a video rental store, a grocery store, a pool hall, and the post office. The other side had a deli, an insurance office, and two vacant buildings. There were probably a few other spots that were either small businesses or empty storefronts, but I honestly can't remember. That's about it. If you wanted to see the whole thing, you didn't need a map. You needed about ninety seconds.

Like most kids, I was excited about Halloween for one reason: candy.

I have no idea what I dressed up as that year. I've tried to remember. I'm sure it was great. Maybe that was the year I tied some bandannas around my body and went as a member of the Rock N’ Roll Express. What I do remember is that I was going trick or treating alone. That may seem shocking or dangerous to some of you but it was a very small town, and it was a different time. I was given instructions on where to go, and I was given one rule. Don't go downtown.

Downtown was where the older kids hung out on Halloween. I'd been told they used it for a giant shaving cream and egg fight, and I was supposed to stay far away from it. That was fine with me. I was nine. I had zero interest in getting egged or covered in shaving cream. So I had a plan. Stay in my zone, hit my houses, fill my bag, go home.

Remember that word. Plan. I guess I’ve always been a guy that appreciates making plans.

I left my stepmom's house and started working my way door to door. I did what you're supposed to do. I rang the bell, said the words, got the candy, and said thank you. Things were going great.

Then I came to a large two story house about two blocks from downtown. Two blocks. I remember thinking that was a safe distance. After all, my new best friend lived right across the street. I rang the doorbell, got my goodies, and turned to head back to the sidewalk.

And then out of nowhere, something hit me in the face.

It was shaving cream. One of the kids who lived there had been hiding on the balcony, waiting, and he ambushed me as I walked away. I never saw him. I never heard him. I'd followed the rules. I stayed away from the big kids downtown, and I still got hit. It came from above, from a house where somebody had just handed me candy.

I wiped away what I could, but it was on my face, my hands, and my costume. And I did what I'm not proud of, but I'm going to tell you anyway. Like Ralphie in A Christmas Story when he broke his glasses, I started crying. Then I ran. I ran the whole way back to my stepmom's house.

Once I got cleaned up, I didn't want to go back out. I was too scared I'd get hit again. My night ended with candy from only a few houses. No full bag. No friends. No best night of the year. I let that shaving cream ruin my night.

I wish I could do it over. When I think about it now, I feel silly. Shaving cream doesn't leave a bruise. It didn’t actually hurt me. I wasn't knocked down. I was surprised, embarrassed, and a little scared, and that was enough.

A few years later I watched a man take a real punch and do something very different.

When I was a kid, Mike Tyson was unstoppable, and I’m not exaggerating. He was the heavyweight champion of the world, and he had legs like tree trunks. His uppercut looked like it could separate a head from a body. He didn't seem like a normal person. He seemed otherworldly. Every time he fought, you didn't wonder if he'd win. You wondered how quickly he would end the fight by knocking the other guy out cold.

Tyson is credited with a line you've probably heard: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." It's one of the most quoted lines in sports, and when you think about those guys who were brave (or foolish) enough to step in the ring with Mike, it makes sense. People had good plans. Then they met his fist.

By the time I was in eighth grade, Tyson was 37 and 0. On February 11, 1990 he traveled to Tokyo to take on a challenger named Buster Douglas. Nobody gave Buster a chance. At least one sportsbook had him at 42 to 1 underdog. We all viewed it as a formality rather than a fight.

But Buster Douglas had a plan too. He used his jab and his height. He had about a twelve inch reach advantage, and he kept hitting Tyson with that jab again and again. He lasted a lot longer than anyone expected and made Tyson look human.

Then came the eighth round.

Tyson landed an uppercut, and Buster Douglas went down. This was exactly what everyone expected. This was the part of the story where the underdog's plan met Mike Tyson and the plan fell apart. A man who'd been written off was on the canvas, and the referee was counting. The formality was in full effect.

The only thing is, Buster Douglas got up. He got to his feet at the count of nine. Right at the last second. A controversial, slowly counted last second, but still, he got up before the count of 10.

Think about that. He'd just taken the best punch the most feared man in boxing could throw. He could have stayed down. Nobody would have blamed him. It was Mike Tyson and he was getting paid either way. Instead, he got up, and he kept fighting.

Two rounds later, in the tenth, Douglas used that jab again to set up an uppercut of his own. It snapped Tyson's head back. Then came four more punches, and Mike Tyson, who had never been knocked down in his entire career, hit the canvas.

I remember the part everyone remembers. Tyson fumbled around for his mouthpiece. He got it halfway in, and it wasn't enough. The referee counted him out at 1 minute and 23 seconds of the tenth round. The unstoppable champion was stopped. Buster Douglas shocked the world.

The man who got knocked down first, won. The difference between the winner and loser wasn’t the size of the fist, it was the size of the heart. It was replacing fear with fortitude.

Now, to be clear, I'm not comparing a can of shaving cream to a Mike Tyson uppercut. A nine year old on a sidewalk and a heavyweight challenger in a boxing ring are not in the same boat. But the question is exactly the same. When the unexpected hit lands, what do you do in that moment?

Here's what I learned.

First, the punch that gets you is rarely the one you planned for. I planned for downtown. I had a whole strategy for avoiding the big kids, the egg fight and the shaving cream. And I got hit by one kid on a balcony, two blocks away, at a house where I thought I was safe. Life works like that. You prepare for the big, obvious threat, and the thing that catches you off guard is smaller and closer.

Second, being hit doesn't mean you lost. It means the fight started. I used to think that getting hit meant I'd done something wrong, that my plan had failed and now the night was over. But Buster Douglas got hit harder than I ever will, and his night wasn't over. It was round eight. The fight still had four rounds left and he only needed two of them to become a legend. Getting hit just told him what the fight was really going to be.

Third, you're allowed to take a count. I'm not saying get up instantly like nothing happened. Buster didn't. He used every bit of that count of nine. Wipe off what you can. Catch your breath. Cry if you need to. A setback can sting, and you don't have to pretend it doesn't, but there's a difference between taking a count and taking the night off. One is a pause. The other is a decision to quit.

And that's what I did. I didn't get knocked out of Halloween. I walked out of it.

I'd love to tell you that was the last time I let a small hit send me reeling, but I'd be lying. I've had plenty of shaving cream moments since then. A door that closed. A conversation that went sideways. A day of parenting where I lost it and wanted to hide in my room for the rest of the evening. And each time, I get the same choice that nine year old kid had. I can head for the house, or I can wipe my face and ring the next doorbell.

I think about the candy I missed that night. Not because of the candy, but because of what I didn't get to do. I didn't get to laugh with friends. I didn't get the full experience. The shaving cream only lasted a few minutes. What I lost by quitting lasted the whole night. Quitting is the thing from that Halloween that still haunts me to this day.

So here's what I'd say to you, and to nine year old me. Something is going to hit you in the face. Probably soon. It might come from the proverbial balcony of a house you thought was safe. Don't be shocked when it happens, and don't believe the voice that says you're done. Take your count. Wipe off what you can. Then get back up, and go ring the next doorbell.

You don't get to choose when the punch lands, but you do get to choose whether it's round eight or the end of the night.

I'm Darrell Darnell, and this has been Stuff I Learned Yesterday.

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We also cover the girls' side plot as Nikki and Max launch a Valentine's Day flower-selling hustle to cover Nikki's busted amp. From dodging Lunch Lady Phyllis and her cockroach accusations, to the chaos that erupts when demomoths infest the school kitchen, this subplot takes a dark turn fast. We share our theories on what these creatures actually are, how they connect to the flowers, and what Mike's history of ghost-related trauma might mean for the season's bigger mystery. Whether you're Team "ghosts are real" or Team "it's definitely Upside Down business," this episode has plenty to talk about!

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Darrell and Addi unpack the creeping dread of what it means when Eleven's instincts kick in and what she picks up on while trapped in the school with Mike, Will, and Nikki. The episode masterfully uses the blizzard as both a physical barrier and a storytelling device, trapping characters in tight spaces with rising fears and unresolved conflict. Tune in as your hosts break down the episode's standout moments, debate what El's warning could mean for the group, and tease what this perfectly crafted slow-burn setup might be building toward in the episodes to come. PLUS, a special guest joins in for our feedback segment!

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In this episode, Darrell and Addi dig into everything Chapter Six is juggling. They break down the November '84 flashback and what it reveals about where these characters have been, explore how the split storylines keep the episode moving even as the blizzard locks Hawkins down, and get into the detention subplot and the bold choice that triggered it. We also unpack the secret lab thread, what the vine experiments mean for the mythology of Tales From '85, and how this episode feels like the season shifting into a higher gear. Plus, as always, we share your thoughts! Listener feedback was great for this episode and we had a blast interacting with you all!

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But it wouldn't be Stranger Things without a twist that changes everything. Darrell and Addi also dig into the emotional undercurrents running through the episode, namely the ongoing tension around Nikki's place in the group and what it means for the gang's dynamic going forward. And just when you think the crisis has been handled? The episode's closing moment pulls the rug out entirely, revealing that the so-called "snake monster" featured in The Weekly Watcher is not tabloid fiction at all. It's a very real creature from the Upside Down, and it has Jeff. Tune in as your hosts unpack all of it, including what this cliffhanger could mean for the rest of the season.

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In this episode, Darrell and Addi break down everything Chapter Four brings to the table. They dig into Mike's decision to go to Hopper, what it means for the group's secrecy going forward, and the quiet tension that makes the episode's payoff hit so hard. They also get into Steve's long-overdue entry into the H.I.C., what his dynamic with Dustin adds to the animated series, and how Nikki and Will's mosh pit moment continues to build her place in the gang. Plus, Darrell and Addi weigh in on how "The Confession" balances humor, heart, and genuine stakes, and what this episode sets up as Tales From '85 heads into its second half.

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In this episode, Darrell and Addi dig into everything "Evolution" throws at the audience. They break down the growing revelations around Nikki and what her relationship with Will, explore how the show is deepening its mythology while keeping that signature Stranger Things heart, and talk through the crew's evolving dynamic as trust is tested and the pressure mounts. They also weigh in on how "Evolution" raises the emotional stakes alongside the supernatural ones, and have a great time exploring all the great listener feedback!

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In this episode, Darrell and Addi break down everything Chapter Two has to offer. They dig into Nikki's full introduction to the party, what her addition means for the group's dynamics, and how the Hawkins Investigators Club is already taking shape as a fun new element of the spinoff. They also get into the creeping agricultural horror at the center of this episode, the Winter Festival as a backdrop for chaos, and how the show is building its threat episode by episode. Plus, Darrell and Addi weigh in on the pacing, the animation, and what the escalating strangeness might be setting up for the rest of the season. PLUS we share tons of great listener contributions in our feedback segment!

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In this episode, Darrell and Addi break down everything that makes this animated premiere tick. They start with the chilling cold open that wastes no time pulling you back into the eerie atmosphere of Hawkins, then move into the fresh voice cast stepping into iconic roles (Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Luca Diaz as Mike, Braxton Quinney as Dustin, and more). They dig into what it means to revisit these beloved characters as younger versions of themselves, unpack the interdimensional threat already bubbling beneath the surface of this snowbound small town, and weigh in on the spinoff's tone, animation style, and whether Tales From '85 captures the magic of the original. Plus, who exactly is this new kid, and what are they really doing in Hawkins?

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Our roundtable dives deep into character arcs that soared and ones that stumbled, the mythology that captivated us, and whether the Duffer Brothers stuck the landing. We discuss standout moments that defined the series, compare seasons, and debate the show's ultimate legacy in the television landscape. Whether you loved the ending or wished for something different, this conversation celebrates everything Stranger Things gave us while honestly examining its final bow. Join us for laughs, hot takes, and a proper farewell to Hawkins, Indiana.

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But beyond the production stories, we share our thoughts on the themes of growth and closure that resonate so strongly—the cast reflecting on how they've matured alongside their characters, just like the kids from Hawkins, and the Duffer Brothers discussing the bittersweet end to their vision. We also analyze standout moments like the unseen set construction for the Mind Flayer battle and the emotional weight of saying goodbye to characters like Eleven and Vecna. Whether you're still processing the finale's twists or craving more behind-the-scenes magic, this breakdown celebrates what made Stranger Things a cultural phenomenon.

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We're also sharing your personal stories about what Stranger Things has meant to you over the past nine years, how the show impacted your life, and what you'll miss most about this journey. Whether you're finding hope in Mike's belief that El survived, cherishing the chosen family bonds that carried the group through, or simply grateful for the community we built together, this final listener episode celebrates everything Stranger Things gave us. Thank you for being part of this incredible adventure. Always.

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On this final episode of the Don't Blink podcast, Jada Wilkerson and Wayne Henderson review "The Church on Ruby Road", and go over what they liked, and maybe a couple things they didn't. We also share some absolutely brilliant listener feedback. It's all on this last episode of YOUR Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!

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Card games, and a game of catch, all with stakes at a new all-time high. And that's just part of the wild wild Giggle episode we're talking about on this edition of YOUR Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!

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What did you think of our reasoning for why Star Wars has fallen off? Are there any ideas you have that could get more people back into feeling the Star Wars hype? Let us know, and connect with us at Mouse House Weekly, we'd love to discuss with you!

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Sir Issac Newton, a giant floppy Doctor and Donna, one really slow robot, and Wilf, all on this edition, all on this edition of your Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!

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The Doctor is back, in more ways than one! It is certainly a pleasant surprise, of double-proportions, as we get David Tennant and Catherine Tate reprising their roles as The Doctor and Nonna Noble! It's all part of the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary celebration. Join in, as we talk about The Star Beast with you, all on this edition of your Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!

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What did you think of our reasonings? Are there any reasons we may have missed, that you think help the Disney Parks to stand out? Let us know, and connect with us at Mouse House Weekly, we'd love to discuss with you!

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Many of these remakes come from the company's large catalog of full-featured films like, The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, Herbie, and The Absent-Minded Professor. Recently we have seen an increase in the remaking of many animated classics into live-action adaptations, like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. But the remakes have faced criticism for being overly reliant on nostalgia and not offering much that is new or innovative. But are there movies that Disney would not remake?

In this episode, Rachel and Jeremiah are going to tackle this exact question. They go over 10 classic Disney films that they believe the company will not try to remake. Hear their thoughts about each picture and why they think a remake is not going to happen.

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Walt Disney passed away in 1966 during the planning of his second theme park, Walt Disney World. Disneyland was the only Disney Park Walt visited, and is the only Disney Park where Walt lived. Today, a guest can take a unique tour and visit this iconic apartment. A dedicated tour guide leads guests up and down Main Street USA, telling stories about Main Street USA when it first opened in 1955, and pointing out fun decorations and surprises guest may not normally notice.

The tour ends with a visit to Walt's private apartment, located above the Main Street Fire Station in Town Square. The apartment is typically closed to the public, and your only chance to see inside is to either know the right people, or buy your way in. But is this tour worth spending your time and money on?

In this episode of Mouse House Weekly Rachel and Jeremiah discuss their recent visit to Disneyland when they decided to take this very special event. They go into detail about what they experienced, and then they close the show with some insights on some of the other walking tours the park provides. Come listen and join in on the conversion.

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In this love fest we look back on ten years of memories both from things that happened on the show, on set, and on the podcast. We are joined by Anthony Pepe, Makeup Department Head for The Blacklist and superfan of the show just like all of you. We hope you love going back down memory lane with us as we give our farewells to the show and characters we loved to watch, dissect, and learn from each and every week for a decade. This show and the podcast would not have been possible if it had not been for you. The loyal fan who told your friends your enemies your neighbor and stayed subscribed all these years so that you were able to keep yourself off - The Blacklist.

The Blacklist may be over but you can still connect with Troy and Aaron via the FB Group but most importantly join us on our other show The Hollywood Outsider. We also have a list of other shows we have done in the past. Aaron's work can all be found on the Hollywood Outsider website. You can find Troy's past credits, and more about Troy here.

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Hour 1 of the finale sees up playing the catch me if you can cat and mouse we expected coming out of last week's episode. Red is trying to flee the city but boat, by plane, by fire truck. Yes Red does it once again and burns down yet another house so that he can jump a fire truck and get past the blockade setup by Hudson and Nixon. He manages to make his way to a boat which he sinks in favor of a smaller boat to get him to Weecha, who then gets him to a plane for his trip to Spain. Along the way Red also pays a visit to Paula Glenn's mom and picks up the skull of Islero the bull from the bath house. Dembe gets arrested for tipping off Red at the airfield and in transport Red saves the day but not before Hudson shoots Dembe in the neck and Red shoots Hudson in the head.

Don't worry Dembe is fine in hour two, however he is fired from the FBI but no charges will be pressed against him. Red now in Spain is tailed by Ressler thanks to quick thinking on Siya's part. Thank god she spent a whole two episodes with him to notice Islero the Bull skull missing from the bath house. Red is clearly sick after transfusing blood to Dembe and his illness has returned. He makes a call to Agnes to check on her to which Agnes says to red, "You're are such a mom!" Re replies, "I guess I can't help it." Confirmation once again that Red is Katarina. Red then walks the countryside as he contemplates death, Ressler gets closer, but a bull much like Islero gets even closer first and kills Red. Ressler lands in the field to find Reddington's mangled body and he places Red's hat on his chest.

A laundry list of music for you this week on the series finale. First we hear "Pendulum" from Pearl Jam - toward the end of hour 1 as dembe is transported for questioning after his arrest. Then as the shootout goes down we hear "Stay Alive" by Jose Gonzalez. When Red is sleeping in Spain there is a great track that we were not able to catch. "Familiar" by Nils Frahm plays while Reddington is walking to the market for some melons. When Dembe gives his final speech about what Reddington means to him as Reddington walks the countryside we hear "Knocking on Heavens Door" by RAIGN. Later, as he series moves into the final minutes, we see Red walking by a tree and climing a stone wall to the tune of "Tree" by TMBM. And at the very end we get "A Mi Manera (My Way)" by the Gipsy Kings as the camera pans aways and we cut to black on The Blacklist.

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What does ice cream, a hacked meeting at the capitol, and an exploding plane have in common? If you guessed Raymond Red Reddington you would be correct. And that is just the tip of the iceberg this week as taskforce 836 is now under the purview of the AG and is being broken down piece by piece, agent by agent, file by file, screen by screen. It is finally time to say goodbye to the post office once and for all. Granted Red doesn't help matters when we goes off on the AG, and at the same time Cooper basically tells the AG flat out I did good work, I stand by it and I quit.

But it comes I am sure as no surprise to long time fans and watchers of this show that the AG doesn't give a crap about all this. He only cares that his noes is clean. So he gives Cooper the ultimatum that we all feared. Catch Raymond Reddington once and for all, or the whole team gets the book thrown at them. Catching Red however will be harder than it looks as he fakes his own death in an airplane explosion, (did you really think he died?), only to be saved by Weecha and his pilot EDWARD? Yes Andrew McCarthy gets a cameo this week on the show. Red pays one last visit to Cooper and leaves him with the parting words catch me... if you can.

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Two songs this week on the show. One a classic Hewy Lewis song as Edward stands waiting for Red to pick him up. The other at the end of the episode as Ressler leans over Jonathan's overdosed body.

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Red continues on his tour of dismantiling The Blacklist operations as he calls a group meeting at 4 in the morning to let the task force know that it is the end of the world as we know it, if what is about to go down actually goes down. A top secret classified report about the US Nuclear Arsenal is about to be stolen and Red needs the task force to stop it. Why? Because if the FBI finds out who the theifs are they may just learn about room 417. What is room 417 you may ask. No it is not a secret torture room of some kind, however it is the outpost in the capital building for someone to spy on every room, chamber, office of the US capitol building. All intel received is then relayed via FAX to a central location which receives similar intel from all over the world.

Meanwhile Hudson leverages Ressler's pal Jonathan once again, this time to hack into Ressler's phone. Super easy just get Ressler to unlock it, let you make a call from it, and use it for at least 5 minutes. Thankfully for Jonathan and Hudson, Jonathan seems to be pretty good at this spy game. Sadly for Ressler and the task force Hudson now has what he needs to bury the Task Force for treason. In the end it is because the tap produceds a conversation between Ressler Cooper and Dembe how this central location is one of the many intel sites for The Blacklist that routes the info back to Latvia.

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Again no music for the episode this week. Say it with us... :( !

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No one ever gets tired of a re-telling of Romeo and Juliet, especially Red who has always thought the greatest villain or enemy is love. Red attends a meeting of two families who have been at war for decades in order to finally broker a peace between them as a new generation looks to take over. Suddenly the heads of the family all start dropping dead from what appears to be poison in their drinks but turns out to be a toxin delivered via the china they ate off of that targets a persons allergies and makes them super sensitive. Wormwood is the guy behind this toxin and he supplied it to one of the daughters of Family A, who wanted to take down the patriarchy so the war could end so she could be with her lover in Family B.

Meanwhile Hudson finally brings Jonathan, Ressler's AA pal into his office to convince Jonathan to dig up intel on Ressler and the task force. Jonathan is reluctant at first but is able to get enough information out of Ressler to confirm what Hudson has been saying, that Liz Keen and the task force have been influenced by Reddington. That doesn't matter to Red though, nor does the toxin matter as he risks becoming infected in order to make the dance recital and see Agnes perform, yet again, swan lake.

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Still no real music this week except for the except from swan lake during Agnes's recital.

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In our main story this evening Red is visiting Agnes with some ballet gifts and talks with his soft and cuddly buddy Cooper about one of the biggest cases he has ever given the task force. A company known as The Morgana Logistics Company, which looks so legit, no one has ever brought them down. Turns out this organization even rivaled all the cells of SD6 and the 12 from Alias as they had operations all over the world. Turns out in the end the whole thing was brougnt down by the GPS signals of a few rental cars. Moral of the story, always use maps on your own phone. In the end Morgana turns out was run by RED and he wanted to shut down the operation that benefited everyone, employees, leaders, the task force. But what did Red get in the end of the day other than a sad memory of a fantastic dyansty that was?

Meanwhile Hudson is like a dog on a bone and won't stop at anything to find out what the task force is up to. He calls in an old FBI friend and learns about a secret meeting between 4 ADs of the FBI, one of them being Assistant Director Cooper. Hudson shakes down another senator for some information and learns of a single name ZUMBA. This leads Hudson to the that random photo taken of Red and Dembe from a few episodes ago that appeared in the paper. That photo along with the name Zumba plus Cooper and Ressler's connections to Reddington just may end up seeing our Task Force days come to and end.

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Three eps and no music to talk about. They did have four the last time we chatted so it evens out.

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The first of the three episodes focused on a woman who used her position working in a parole office to get parolees to fake woo women of international decent in order to steal their wedding dowries. Through the course of the episode as the team is tracking down the theif, Siya is tracking down more clues about her mother. When push comes to shove, Red fills in the final missing pieces that she was adopted by Meera because she rescued her during an operation and Nigel her parter was blackmailing her. So Meera did what any parent would do to protect their child. She took out, or at least didn't stop Nigel from being Murdered.

We still don't know if Red is dying or retiring but he is definitely contemplating the future, the future of Agnes Keen that is. Red gives Cooper three seemingly random cases to get the team working again in the wake of Arthur Hudson's inquiries. Each of the cases puzzles the task force as non of the crimes are high profile killers, criminals, or theives. They do however all sit on the same board of a charity that Red has his eye on and before he could make a sizable donatinon that would fund reasearch for years he has the team get the board memebers removed for their own personal crimes.

With the slyness feeling of one Ana McMahon (Season 6) Blair Foster is a high powered attorney for politicians, large corporations, you get the picture. She is good and never loses, until today when she lost some information that made it's way to the FBI and put them on her trail. But as all good lawyers do, she pleads a deal to get Congressman Dorf out of the way of the task force so Hudson is slowed down, but with her freedom, she seizes the opportunity to work with Hudson after all.

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Three eps and no music to talk about. They did have four the last time we chatted so it evens out.

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Here are a just a few of our favorite scenes from this week.

Each week of The Blacklist Exposed will take a deep look at both the minor and major plot lines to this fantastic series. Be sure to subscribe and review us in Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or through whichever podcast app you prefer. Also check out our other Golden Spiral Media Podcasts.

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We start the show with Mira and Nigel waiting for a prisoner exchange as "Roads" from Portishead plays. "Black Steel" by Tricky plays as Meera steals cash from the CIA storage facility. Later, as Nigel dies and Kathleen shows Red a picture of him, "My Cell" by the Lumineers is heard. Finally "Lucky Man" by the Verve closes the episode as Siya gets the check from Nigel's widow Kathleen Sutton.

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Be sure to answer our profiling question of the week: If you were Dembe, would you choose to go with Red or stay with your partner? Visit our feedback page to leave a response or call +1 (304) 837-2278.

At the end of the episode as Dembe helps close the suitcase and Pops talks to Agnes we hear "Bless Me" by Moses Sumny.

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There was a song that played when the witnesses arrived in the bar but was unable to ascertain what it was.

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No new songs were featured on the episode this week.

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Here are a just a few of our favorite scenes from this week.

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Along with a duo of classical pieces in the first hour we hear "Run for Your Life" by Cody Crump which plays immediately after the phone call to Flynn's wife goes to voicemail, Flynn next checks out the news on the laptop, then rushes over to the hospital. No songs were featured in the final part of The Troll Farmer.

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During the cold open this week as The Freelancer goes to work on the engine room of the ferry we hear "Time is Off" a collaboration by Flash Sendeic and Neoni. While the ladies are tending to the Egyptian cotton sheets as Red arrives at Rojellios place we hear "Rondo Alla Three" by David Stienberg. Finally as Ressler and Dembe question the 9th floor after the building fire we hear "Smile With Your Teeth" by the New Mystics.

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At the end of the episode this week we hear Chris Garneau's "Ballard" as Ressler and Siya chat and Red says goodbye to Robert Vesco.

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Be sure to answer our profiling question of the week: Do you like Balcklisters who have no tie into Red whatsoever? Visit our feedback page to leave a response or call +1 (304) 837-2278.

No new music was included in this week's episode

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Here are a just a few of our favorite scenes from this week.

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No new music was included in this week's episode

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It may be the end of the road for the Jodie Whittaker Doctor, but if you're going to have a send-off, THIS is how you do it! Talk about pulling out ALL the stops! In fact, that's a great idea, let's TALK about this amazing episode, all on this edition of your Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!

Also check out other fine podcasts on Golden Spiral Media, like the Fringe Rewatch Podcast, Entering the Fifth Dimension podcast, Mouse House Weekly, Maid of Steel, The Blacklist Exposed, and more.

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Sea Devils have returned to Doctor Who, for the first time in decades! This episode also features some ties to historical Chinese sea captains and pirates. We're here to talk about it all with you, on this edition of your Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!!

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I knew from the very first episode that Supergirl was going to be my favorite show. It was funny, light, and full of hope. I was immediately drawn to the characters and the bond I could already see forming between them. The podcast was super fun too. I often invented a role for Green Butterfly to play in that week's plot. I always wanted to make people smile so I let my silly side come out. I love that the characters on our show are not bonded by blood but by something stronger. A deep emotional connection and commitment to each other. They support each other through this life all while keeping the world safe. I also felt my friendships getting stronger as the show continued. Friendships that I feel may not have existed if Supergirl had not come into our living rooms.

There were aspects of the story that mirrored my life in ways that made the show even more meaningful for me. One example is when Kara is exposed to kryptonite she is weakened and sometimes nearly paralyzed. I have Cerebral Palsy so when my muscles get sore and tired moving can seem like a monumental task. Supergirl always fights through and I do too. When they had Alex come out in season 2 I was moved by how much that story resonated with me. The words and emotions Alex was expressing echoed mine from a decade before.

The stories entertained me every week. However, the people in the real world that I met because of the show will always mean the most. In the years that have passed I have learned so much about my Superfriends. I understood which story elements would excite them and which one's would drive them crazy. When Miss Ice said she had to step away I was really sad because I was worried Maid of Steel would not continue. Immediately I started praying for a hero and I was rewarded. I can't imagine my life now without Silver Vox. He swooped in when we needed him most. National City got a new voice to speak the truth about what was happening there and I got a treasured friend.

I could never fill the Scarlet Cougar's shoes. Karen taught me so much about superheroes and really ignited my passion to know more. It was with her encouragement and the help of John, Geoff and Emilee that I found the bravery within myself to let my voice be heard on a weekly basis. I can't be Scarlet Cougar, but I will always honor her and be your eye in the sky. The Legacy of Supergirl for me will always be one of fun, friendship, and hope. Whatever our next adventure holds, I hope you all will join us. Because the most important thing to remember is tv shows will come and go but Superfriends are forever.

Happy New Year Whovians! As is tradition, we got Daleks, but we also had a lot of comedy AND explosive action. We're here to talk about it with you, on this edition of YOUR Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!!

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Part 1: When a powerful alien threat arrives on Earth under mysterious circumstances, Barry, Iris and the rest of the team are pushed to their limits in a desperate battle to save the world.

Part 2: Despero warns The Flash that great tragedies will lead to Armageddon; Barry doubles down on proving his innocence, but a devastating revelation pushes him to seek counsel from Black Lightning.

Part 3: Barry meets Black Lightning at the Hall of Justice after things take a dire turn with Despero; Iris suspects something is off with Despero's vision of the future so she seeks help from a powerful ally.

Part 4: Barry is shocked when Eobard Thawne returns in the most unexpected way, and with a tie to a loved one. Damien Darhk offers advice to Barry but there is a catch. An epic battle begins with The Reverse-Flash against The Flash and Team Flash.

Part 5: Barry must decide whether to let his greatest enemy die, or save his life.

As for Alex and The Sentinel, she is consulted when Team Flash interacts with Despero to find out anything the DEO knows about Despero's species, which is not much. We then catch up with Alex at the celebration event on the impending nuptials of Eobard Thawne and Iris West. When Barry Allen shows up on the scene (as Reverse Flash) everyone goes into battle mode, including the Sentinel. Alex stays to hang with Team Flash to understand why Barry is here and what kind of trouble he might be trying to cause and takes it upon herself to try to navigate the potential relationship between two members of Team Flash, Allegra and Chester. She is successful in bringing the two together with the help of the Paragon of Humanity - Ryan Choi. And, that's about it. When Eobard is discovered to have created a Reverse Flashpoint most of everything in Parts 2-4 of this event are...negated. Gotta love the time shenanigans on The Flash!!

Summary: This Armageddon event was highly advertised with amazing visuals and the potential for some very cool crossovers but ultimately was uneven in its story telling and the heightened expectations fell short. As we mention in the podcast, this is sooooooooooooooo much better than what The Flash Season 7 delivered so we'll see what the rest of the Season delivers beginning in March of 2022!

Time is unleashed, some folks are reunited but only briefly, others are reunited maybe for forever, AND KATE STEWART!!! It's all on this edition of YOUR Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!

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We had a lot of world travelling, as seen in 1904. And we also have a new Kate Lethbridge-Stewart and UNIT storyline. But, wait, there's even more! A LOT more! And it's all on YOUR Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!

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What's more dangerous than a couple of weeping angels? Well, about FORTY weeping angels AND knowing they're working for The Division! The universe and the Doctor are in peril like never before, and we're going to talk about it with you, all on this edition of YOUR Don't Blink podcast from Golden Spiral Media!

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However, before we dive into whatever drama is brewing elsewhere in the Universe we need to hear from you. You know how Green Butterfly and Silver Vox feel about the Supergirl finale but what about you? Here at Maid of Steel you are the star of the show. You are the most important part of the story. There was a lot of anger, sadness and trepidation leading into this pair of episodes. Now that they have aired, did the story within them bring you any closure? My hope is that you found some joy in the characters we have all loved so much. Now it is time for my favorite part, an episode dedicated entirely to you, our listeners. Television shows will come and go but Super Friends are forever!

"Once, Upon Time" is the third chapter, of the six-chapter "Flux" storyline. Starting out with "Bel's Story", we quickly are treated to Cybermen, hidden time streams, peril, action, reveals, AND the Ruth Doctor aka the Renegade Doctor!

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The love totem is different from the others. Not only did it fuse with a living being, but each time it is activated some of the petals from the flower tattoo on the little girl's neck fall. Nyxly predicts that if all petals are allowed to fall then the totem will find a new host and will be lost to them. Lex and Nyxly disagree on how to separate the totem from Esme. Lex does not care if the little girl is hurt in the process. Lex thinks he is so clever, but we are shown a different side of Nyxly. She wants to possess the totem, but she doesn't want Esme to come to any harm. Nyxly also wants to obtain the totem honestly by passing the love gauntlet. In making this choice the gauntlet is achieved and the love totem judges Nyxly worthy of possessing it.

Meanwhile Alex and Kara are disagreeing on how to rescue Esme and keep the world safe. Alex wants to meet the ransom demands and take out Lex with her bare hands. Kara is worried about surrendering that much power to the enemy. If Nyxly and Lex can unite the totems to create the All Stone, Supergirl is concerned they will be unstoppable. She heads to Prague in pursuit of the destiny totem. This magical item shows Kara a possible destiny that she cannot allow to happen. If Nyxly and Lex wield the power of all the totems combined into the All Stone then they will destroy this planet and enslave its people. They must make a plan, so this future does not become a reality. Brainy has an idea to use a satellite to concentrate sunlight to super charge Supergirl. Alex just wants to take the totems and exchange them for her daughter. The sisters go their separate ways to try to achieve victory. In the final moments of absorbing the extra sunlight Kara has second thoughts. The people she wants to help are scared and running away. This can't be the right decision. Through the power of Brainy's legion crown and a little magic from Lena, Supergirl is able to deliver one last hope speech to everyone all at once. This mobilizes the citizens of National City to be the heroes in their own life. As a result of that speech there are many people to back up our Superfriends. The heroes won the day and evil has been defeated. Now it is time for the happily ever after. However, our paragon of hope is still conflicted. In the quiet moments following Alex and Kelly's wedding Kara gets an unexpected phone call. Cat Grant has bought Catco back and wants Kara to be her Editor in Chief. Can she find the balance in her life? Can she be both? After some encouragement from Alex and prodding that only Ms. Grant could provide Kara has made a decision. She does have the courage to do both and she will tell the world. She is Kara Danvers, Pulitzer winning reporter and Supergirl. Kara reveals to the world she is our beloved Maid of Steel.

"War of the Sontarans " is the second chapter, of the six-chapter "Flux" storyline. The Sontarans have been substituted in place of China and Russia, in the 1800s. The TARDIS' malfunctions are worsening, and Dan and Karvanista are everyone's new favorite duo.

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Nyxly and Lex find and take control of the Truth totem. It has taken the form of a camera because a picture cannot lie. In the gauntlet to control this magical item Nyxly must become very vulnerable and tell the truth.

Esme had an incident at school when another student made fun of her dessert in a baking competition. She still doesn't have complete control of her powers, but this is understandable for a young alien like herself. Alex takes her to the tower to run tests to hopefully understand how to help her daughter. When Kara suggests something to help control her powers, like the glasses Jeremiah gave her as a child, the sisters have an argument. Alex does not want Esme to have to suppress any parts of herself. She wants her to live happily and true to all aspects of herself. Kelly and Alex are both relieved when the symptoms their daughter has, including a mysterious rose tattoo, can be explained by Esme mimicking the powers of a new student in her class. The Superfriends head to the party. William and Esme head to the tower kitchen to bake something delicious.

When a monitor alerts William that the Tower security has been breached, he tells Esme to hide. Lena should have checked the Tower's defenses before leaving for the night. She should have been able to anticipate her brother's next move. She talked about Lex. I know it crossed her mind, but the Arrowverse has a long history with problematic security setups. This break-in at the tower has catastrophic results.

Back at the party Brainy is struggling with news he received from the Legion earlier in the day. Apparently if Querl Dox does not return to the 31st century to merge with the Big Brain the Coluan race will die. This is devastating news for our favorite 12th level intellect. He has had the opportunity in this time to be free of his emotion inhibitors. He has been able to develop his own sense of self. This is very different from the communal society he was born into. He has a family here that is connected not by blood but by love. Brainy is in love with Nia and can't imagine life without her. Another brainiac reminds him that the timeline will be irrevocably changed if he does not return to his own time. However, couldn't the same also be said for how much the timeline has been altered due to his presence in this century thus far? Timeline hypotheticals make Green Butterfly's head hurt.

Meanwhile, back at the tower, Lex Luthor has William at gunpoint. Lex is angry with William for publicizing his journals. Something he didn't even do. Andrea stole the private documents and published them under William's name. His blood will be on her hands now because Lex shot and killed William for this crime. In another room Nyxly lures Esme out of hiding with promises of cookies. The imp only wants the love totem. What will she do to the little girl whose body now contains it? Join us next week as our super series reaches an epic conclusion!

The "The Halloween Apocalypse" is the first chapter, of the six-chapter "Flux" storyline. Yay and the Doctor are being tracked down by an evil creature, known as Swarm, that claims he has been battling with the Doctor for ages, even though the Doctor doesn't remember any of it, yet.

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Nyxly is not convinced that the "Fancy Banker" is the key to her success. He (Lex) states that he is coming from the future, that he and Nyxly are partners and that in his future she did assemble the All Stone – but not in the right way and…she dead. Lucky for her (WOW) Lex was there, secured her consciousness and put it in the Lex-O Suit that he delivered in the last episode. Mitch identifies the fancy banker as Lex Luthor. Nyxly knows Lex is the one who sent Kara into the Phantom Zone. You know what Nyxly hates the most? Men who send women into the Phantom Zone. Lex zaps out of the scene.

Supergirl declares her CatCo quittedness to the Superfriends. Brainy has a plan to draw Nyxly out so they can finally show down the showdown. He needs Lena and Nia. Supergirl and J'onn are working together, interrupted by Alex who shows off the bling she's going to put on Kelly! There's a history lesson on the year ago that Alex and Kelly mutually cried out Hans Gruber as the best movie villain and here we are ready to make it a forever thing. Esme could not care less about elaborate proposal planning as long as there's mozzie sticks. My girl!! Al's Bar is not available on their special night because it's all booked up for a special event. Alex is majorly disappointed, and confused, because Al's is never booked for anything. L

Otis is thrilled to see Lex again, especially since he (Otis) is now on the LutherCorp Board of Directors – (Nice touch, writers – well played). Otis tries to convince Lex that he doesn't need the Imp. Lex explains that the only thing he wants is Nyxly – the love of his life. Otis: "I'm sory, say what?" Us: "Bull*%&$&!!" Lex has to convince Nyxly now that his heart and intentions toward her are genuine so that their relationship has a second chance (where she ain't…dead). Otis no understand this but "if she loved you before just do that again." Otis is a genius.

William's on the case putting out the latest press release about the Superfriends Plan! In a Kryptonian witch séance they have surmised that the next Totem will be the Love one that Nyxly will target. Lena's going to magic up a fake love totem with the same totem energy as the real thing, and they're going to lure her to their ultimate trap! MuHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. (Sorry.) Alex almost proposes to Kelly in a car but that is interrupted by Nyxly's appearance. (Whew.) Lena creates a magical ring that Nyxly can't cross and then the fireworks start exchanging. Nyxly is. Almost. Done. For. And then Lex Kryptonite's his way on the scene. Lena is a touch furious and starts a fire with the fake totem. "Miss me, Sis?" drolls Lex.

Nyxly is asking Lex how his sister can fake a totem, and fool her Mxy ball about its signal…and "how did you know where I was?" Lex reveals his little surveillance drone. Imp. No. Pleased. "Creep!" (She ain't wrong, y'all) She rejects his offer to help and beams me up, Mitch!! "I love you…" Lex whines to her absence. Supergirl is healed with Lena's help and Supergirl wants to make sure Lena is OK, after seeing Lex and all. Lena admits that her anger creates a FAWYER! Lena needs to bench her magic and Supergirl agrees, "You're so much more to this team than magic." AMEN, people, AMEN! Andrea is drooling over William, drooling on William, drooling about William's news that Nyxly and Lex are working together. William wants to make sure that the story is legit and Andrea ain't very interested. He'll go undercover with Lex's organization if he has to. The Superfriends can't figure out how Lex came back into the picture until Brainy realizes he's been hanging out in the 31st century. Brainy wants to use the totems that they have against the evil duo. J'onn says they can use the energy of the totems instead of the totems themselves. I reach for my Advil… Brainy is uber bothered that Lex has technology from the 31st century and wishes he could know what Lex was up to. He won't contact the Legion because the last time he knew future stuff he teamed up with Lex and things went fuzzbuckets. Supergirl and J'onn figure they can only use the courage totem to work the plan. What is the plan? No earth-prime idea. J'onn is going to go through Season 6 – Episode 13 "The Gauntlet" since Supergirl never passed it and she's not going to try now. Thanks very much, writers!! We go back in time to when J'onn lacked courage at the very end when the White Martians took out everything and everybody. Not. This. Time. In. J'onn's. Mind.

Lex and Otis go over the future history of Lex and Nyxly going over the different options to get Nyxly on board the love train. Otis suggests brainwashing. "That is the underpinnings of a toxic relationship," replies Lex. Otis suggests just telling her how Lex really feels. Lex laughs. The duo have Mitch captured. Mitch is going to give Nyxly very important info but not tell her where he got it – where the love totem is. Nia also simultaneously dreams where the Love totem is – Portugal! Nyxly shows up, repels our heroes, again (oy, ve), and Supergirl has Phantoms all up in her mind grill. The love totem disappears before Nyxly can get it.

Supergirl recovers and they can't figure out where the totem went. Except that the totems are now found out to appear and disappear randomly throughout history. I reach for more Advil… Nyxly seeks out Lex, who is waiting for her at his grand piano. She wants to know if he knows where it went. But no lovey dovey, just his help. J'onn is guilty that he couldn't protect Supergirl just like he couldn't ultimately save his Martian daughters. Supergirl admits the dream energy took her back to the phantoms and that it's *really* hard to find hope. (Perhaps because you DESTROYED HOPE?!?!?!?) J'onn theorizes that maybe these experiences are trying to tell them that they are stronger than their fears. He can't save his Martian daughters, but he can save his family now. Supergirl says they should use their totems as weapons. If they use the humanity totem Supergirl could lose her (Kryptonian) humanity. More Advil… Supergirl wants Lena to magic up her a force field. Lena's like "did you not understand that I'm all fired up at the moment?!" Supergirl is hoping that Lena will understand that using the totems is the only answer. Supergirl knows that her family will pull her back from the nightmare of becoming a Phantom. Lena can use her new family to pull her back instead of being attached to Lex as her family.

William comes upon Alex, who explains that her proposal to Maggie went fuzzbuckets and she is worried about the same deal going down with Kelly. William says that with Lex around nothing is guaranteed. "If you have love to give, give it now." (Still don't appreciate you, William, but you're not wrong.) Lex has blended up magic and 31st century tech to fix the Mxy ball. Nyxly asks if she gets her revenge in the future. Lex paints a glory-full picture of her revenge. "Every time you talked about it you glowed." Mxy ball tells Nyxly where the love totem is for realzzz.

Alex tries to bullrush Al's bar since it's supposedly booked but it turns out the surprise is on her because Kelly and Esme are the ones who booked the bar. Kelly knows it's the anniversary of the first time that she knew Alex was the one. (Chyler is going to make me cry.) Alex wants to be the one who proposes. She goes into her pocket and pulls out (not the ring but...) the love totem. Nyxly and Lex show up and start firing. Esme screams for Supergirl. Lex and J'onn go toe to toe while Supergirl and Nyxly go at it. Lena magic up's the force field, Supergirl uses the humanity totem as a weapon, J'onn takes Lex out and joins Supergirl in the fight. Nyxly is almost done so Lex beams her out of there, even though he could have grabbed the love totem. It turns black from the pink that it was.

J'onn says he hit the love totem with all the energy of the courage totem, which turned it black. Kelly wonders if the love totem is toast, does that mean all of the love in the. whole. world. gone? Alex says no way! "That thing turned black but I still love all y'all!" Alex says we're surrounded by chaos, but nothing could tell her apart from Kelly. She proposes. All of the Superfriends are there to celebrate. Except Lena. And Nia. But Brainy captured the video. Booooooooooooo. Meanwhile, Lex fixes Nyxly from her total blast of Humanity and Courage. She doesn't understand why Lex abandoned the love totem to save her. She wants the truth. Lex declares the truth is that he loves her with the fire of 10,000 destroyed hope totems. She is his equal in every way and he was overwhelmed by her. She admits no one has ever acted selflessly for her and so therefore they can be friends. Then there's the proposal party. Brainy is moody because he can't understand Lex's selflessness either. Brainy needs to know what changed him in the future and Nia assures him that he can call the future because he has her and team behind him. Kara thanks Lena for her sacrifice and Lena thanks Kara for helping her free herself from Lex. William ignores a call from Andrea to join a covert meeting with Otis. She's not happy so she Acrata's up and goes for the information at Luthor manor herself and comes across a love poem Lex has written. Nyxly is bummed because she can't build the All Stone without the Hope totem. Lex has it in his hands!! Lex explains that you can destroy the shell of the totem, but its essence flows into something new. Advil, Advil, Advil!!!!!!!!! He also knows that the destroyed Love totem will come back and appears to be coming on the back of Esme's neck. I ram my head into the television – hence, more...]]>Previously on Supergirl…Bitter Imp! Totems, Totems, Totems. Battle for the Universe as we know it! Supergirl has been one step behind since Season 6 – Episode 8!! Pew, Pew, big booms! Supergirl destroyed the Hope Totem, the All Stone will never be completed. Wait…wha? Lex Luthor?!?!

Nyxly is not convinced that the "Fancy Banker" is the key to her success. He (Lex) states that he is coming from the future, that he and Nyxly are partners and that in his future she did assemble the All Stone – but not in the right way and…she dead. Lucky for her (WOW) Lex was there, secured her consciousness and put it in the Lex-O Suit that he delivered in the last episode. Mitch identifies the fancy banker as Lex Luthor. Nyxly knows Lex is the one who sent Kara into the Phantom Zone. You know what Nyxly hates the most? Men who send women into the Phantom Zone. Lex zaps out of the scene.

Supergirl declares her CatCo quittedness to the Superfriends. Brainy has a plan to draw Nyxly out so they can finally show down the showdown. He needs Lena and Nia. Supergirl and J'onn are working together, interrupted by Alex who shows off the bling she's going to put on Kelly! There's a history lesson on the year ago that Alex and Kelly mutually cried out Hans Gruber as the best movie villain and here we are ready to make it a forever thing. Esme could not care less about elaborate proposal planning as long as there's mozzie sticks. My girl!! Al's Bar is not available on their special night because it's all booked up for a special event. Alex is majorly disappointed, and confused, because Al's is never booked for anything. L

Otis is thrilled to see Lex again, especially since he (Otis) is now on the LutherCorp Board of Directors – (Nice touch, writers – well played). Otis tries to convince Lex that he doesn't need the Imp. Lex explains that the only thing he wants is Nyxly – the love of his life. Otis: "I'm sory, say what?" Us: "Bull*%&$&!!" Lex has to convince Nyxly now that his heart and intentions toward her are genuine so that their relationship has a second chance (where she ain't…dead). Otis no understand this but "if she loved you before just do that again." Otis is a genius.

William's on the case putting out the latest press release about the Superfriends Plan! In a Kryptonian witch séance they have surmised that the next Totem will be the Love one that Nyxly will target. Lena's going to magic up a fake love totem with the same totem energy as the real thing, and they're going to lure her to their ultimate trap! MuHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. (Sorry.) Alex almost proposes to Kelly in a car but that is interrupted by Nyxly's appearance. (Whew.) Lena creates a magical ring that Nyxly can't cross and then the fireworks start exchanging. Nyxly is. Almost. Done. For. And then Lex Kryptonite's his way on the scene. Lena is a touch furious and starts a fire with the fake totem. "Miss me, Sis?" drolls Lex.

Nyxly is asking Lex how his sister can fake a totem, and fool her Mxy ball about its signal…and "how did you know where I was?" Lex reveals his little surveillance drone. Imp. No. Pleased. "Creep!" (She ain't wrong, y'all) She rejects his offer to help and beams me up, Mitch!! "I love you…" Lex whines to her absence. Supergirl is healed with Lena's help and Supergirl wants to make sure Lena is OK, after seeing Lex and all. Lena admits that her anger creates a FAWYER! Lena needs to bench her magic and Supergirl agrees, "You're so much more to this team than magic." AMEN, people, AMEN! Andrea is drooling over William, drooling on William, drooling about William's news that Nyxly and Lex are working together. William wants to make sure that the story is legit and Andrea ain't very interested. He'll go undercover with Lex's organization if he has to. The Superfriends can't figure out how Lex came back into the picture until Brainy realizes he's been hanging out in the 31st century. Brainy wants to use the totems that they have against the evil duo. J'onn says they can use the energy of the totems instead of the totems themselves. I reach for my Advil… Brainy is uber bothered that Lex has technology from the 31st century and wishes he could know what Lex was up to. He won't contact the Legion because the last time he knew future stuff he teamed up with Lex and things went fuzzbuckets. Supergirl and J'onn figure they can only use the courage totem to work the plan. What is the plan? No earth-prime idea. J'onn is going to go through Season 6 – Episode 13 "The Gauntlet" since Supergirl never passed it and she's not going to try now. Thanks very much, writers!! We go back in time to when J'onn lacked courage at the very end when the White Martians took out everything and everybody. Not. This. Time. In. J'onn's. Mind.

Lex and Otis go over the future history of Lex and Nyxly going over the different options to get Nyxly on board the love train. Otis suggests brainwashing. "That is the underpinnings of a toxic relationship," replies Lex. Otis suggests just telling her how Lex really feels. Lex laughs. The duo have Mitch captured. Mitch is going to give Nyxly very important info but not tell her where he got it – where the love totem is. Nia also simultaneously dreams where the Love totem is – Portugal! Nyxly shows up, repels our heroes, again (oy, ve), and Supergirl has Phantoms all up in her mind grill. The love totem disappears before Nyxly can get it.

Supergirl recovers and they can't figure out where the totem went. Except that the totems are now found out to appear and disappear randomly throughout history. I reach for more Advil… Nyxly seeks out Lex, who is waiting for her at his grand piano. She wants to know if he knows where it went. But no lovey dovey, just his help. J'onn is guilty that he couldn't protect Supergirl just like he couldn't ultimately save his Martian daughters. Supergirl admits the dream energy took her back to the phantoms and that it's *really* hard to find hope. (Perhaps because you DESTROYED HOPE?!?!?!?) J'onn theorizes that maybe these experiences are trying to tell them that they are stronger than their fears. He can't save his Martian daughters, but he can save his family now. Supergirl says they should use their totems as weapons. If they use the humanity totem Supergirl could lose her (Kryptonian) humanity. More Advil… Supergirl wants Lena to magic up her a force field. Lena's like "did you not understand that I'm all fired up at the moment?!" Supergirl is hoping that Lena will understand that using the totems is the only answer. Supergirl knows that her family will pull her back from the nightmare of becoming a Phantom. Lena can use her new family to pull her back instead of being attached to Lex as her family.

William comes upon Alex, who explains that her proposal to Maggie went fuzzbuckets and she is worried about the same deal going down with Kelly. William says that with Lex around nothing is guaranteed. "If you have love to give, give it now." (Still don't appreciate you, William, but you're not wrong.) Lex has blended up magic and 31st century tech to fix the Mxy ball. Nyxly asks if she gets her revenge in the future. Lex paints a glory-full picture of her revenge. "Every time you talked about it you glowed." Mxy ball tells Nyxly where the love totem is for realzzz.

Alex tries to bullrush Al's bar since it's supposedly booked but it turns out the surprise is on her because Kelly and Esme are the ones who booked the bar. Kelly knows it's the anniversary of the first time that she knew Alex was the one. (Chyler is going to make me cry.) Alex wants to be the one who proposes. She goes into her pocket and pulls out (not the ring but...) the love totem. Nyxly and Lex show up and start firing. Esme screams for Supergirl. Lex and J'onn go toe to toe while Supergirl and Nyxly go at it. Lena magic up's the force field, Supergirl uses the humanity totem as a weapon, J'onn takes Lex out and joins Supergirl in the fight. Nyxly is almost done so Lex beams her out of there, even though he could have grabbed the love totem. It turns black from the pink that it was.

J'onn says he hit the love totem with all the energy of the courage totem, which turned it black. Kelly wonders if the love totem is toast, does that mean all of the love in the. whole. world. gone? Alex says no way! "That thing turned black but I still love all y'all!" Alex says we're surrounded by chaos, but nothing could tell her apart from Kelly. She proposes. All of the Superfriends are there to celebrate. Except Lena. And Nia. But Brainy captured the video. Booooooooooooo. Meanwhile, Lex fixes Nyxly from her total blast of Humanity and Courage. She doesn't understand why Lex abandoned the love totem to save her. She wants the truth. Lex declares the truth is that he loves her with the fire of 10,000 destroyed hope totems. She is his equal in every way and he was overwhelmed by her. She admits no one has ever acted selflessly for her and so therefore they can be friends. Then there's the proposal party. Brainy is moody because he can't understand Lex's selflessness either. Brainy needs to know what changed him in the future and Nia assures him that he can call the future because he has her and team behind him. Kara thanks Lena for her sacrifice and Lena thanks Kara for helping her free herself from Lex. William ignores a call from Andrea to join a covert meeting with Otis. She's not happy so she Acrata's up and goes for the information at Luthor manor herself and comes across a love poem Lex has written. Nyxly is bummed because she can't build the All Stone without the Hope totem. Lex has it in his hands!! Lex explains that you can destroy the shell of the totem, but its essence flows into something new. Advil, Advil, Advil!!!!!!!!! He also knows that the destroyed Love totem will come back and appears to be coming on the back of Esme's neck. I ram my head into the television – hence, more Advil.

Next week? Dancing, Dancing, and more Dancing!

Nia has returned empty handed from Parthas. Maeve took all their mother's books and research and fled to parts unknown. Brainy suggests that Nia have a healthy breakfast including her greens, give her mind over to her dream powers and let her visions lead the way. Meanwhile, Nyxly is also looking for the dream totem. She breaks into a research facility where a scientist has built a machine to harness dream power. She uses the gauntlet from her secret admirer to open a portal to the dream realm. What escapes in the interim will cause much havoc in the city and will need to be contained.

Nia's dreams lead her to a university to speak to a professor there. Upon her arrival at the office door from her dreams, Nia comes face to face with her sister Maeve. This is the first time the girls have been together since Maeve insulted Nia at their mother's funeral. Despite the pain that has been caused the sisters set out to the dream realm to save the next totem from Nyxly's grasp.

Downtown a nightmare monster is tormenting National City. Lena reprograms some of Lex's old satellites to project a dome over half the city. This is necessary to contain the creature who was steps away from causing a nuclear catastrophe. The Super Friends have saved the city, but the Governor does not see it that way. She sees a group of people who leap into action before consulting those in charge. She only sees a large barrier that is separating people from their homes and jobs. Also, parents from their children. The National Guard mobilizes against the dome nearly causing the monster to not be vanquished back to its realm.

Nia and Maeve are still working to decode which path leads to the totem. Maeve's jealousy takes hold again for what she feels is a birthright lost. I am glad to see that after such a deep hurt on both sides the healing is not instantaneous. However, their lack of solidarity in this moment cost them the dream totem.

Needless to say, when a quiet day turned into chaos Kara missed her interview. William reminded her of advice from Cat Grant. "You can have it all but not necessarily all at the same time ". Maybe right now is the season for Supergirl to shine. Kara turns in her resignation to Andrea. Nyxly's suit is badly damaged from her battle with Dreamer. The AI within the suit asks to hold the dream totem. A few seconds later Lex Luthor materialized in the room. What is he doing here? What is his role in the story? Will he ever pay for sending our beloved Maid of Steel to the Phantom Zone?

Meanwhile Alex and Kelly welcome Esme into their home. We learn that the little girl is a species of alien that can mimic the powers of others. It must be really overwhelming to acclimate to one superpower let alone adjust to a countless number of them depending on what type of alien is around at that time.

I am really glad this episode illustrated some struggles with this brand-new family. It makes the story richer to show Kelly, Alex, and Esme working through struggles versus showing a perfect family right off the bat. I also like the comparisons made to Kara's adoption which I think makes Alex uniquely qualified to care for this little girl.

Mitch fashions a device for the Courage totem that restores a portion of Nyxly's power. She strips the diplomats at the summit of their courage which results in a widespread distrust among the world leaders. Nyxly is about to cause a nuclear catastrophe on Earth and the Superfriends must fly in to save the day. Nyxly must come up with a new plan to obtain the totem. Nyxly feels that she cannot beat Supergirl in the gauntlet for hope. She will let Kara win the totem and then use blackmail to get it from her. This leads the Imp princess to kidnap William.

The quest for the totems feels like a truly epic battle. Something that is not easily won in 42 minutes of TV. The quest challenges each one of our characters. Their struggles draw me in. The way they help each other honors Supergirl's theme of "stronger together". Ultimately the team decides that one of the totems must be destroyed so that the All Stone can never be reassembled. Supergirl hurls the Hope totem into the sun. Kara is confident that hope can be restored to the world without this small physical representation. This made me wonder if the totem would integrate into our sun and perhaps cause it to shine down some extra hope on all of humanity. That would be the type of legacy I would love to see for this series. Supergirl made the world just a little more hopeful than before she arrived.

William has used his friendship with Kara to win himself entrance into the Tower. He is going to write stories about the Superfriends. This should make Andrea very happy. J'onn must lay some ground rules to make sure that missions and secret identities are not compromised.

Lena continues to work on her magic. I love that she continues to look at this new skill in a logical way. This honors her long standing character trait of the scientist that we know and love. Nia says that the way Lena speaks of magic reminds her of dream interpretation and offers to help. I really like the deepening friendship that is forming between these two characters.

Nothing in life is free and Nyxly learns there is a price to pay for activating the Humanity Totem. All the goodness and compassion that left the people of National City is now flooding Nyxly's system. It is all these emotions that stop her from capturing the next totem of Hope.

Green Butterfly's favorite part of the episode was getting to check back in on Esme. The cute and charming alien girl with a heart for justice. At first glance when Kelly arrives it looks like Esme has found some happiness. However, when her foster parents are faced with a heartless hoard, they leave the little girl outside the door. They beg her to use her fire breathing power to defend them. This is a power Esme has but has not learned how to utilize and control. She is left alone scared facing the angry mob. Kelly and Alex rush to rescue her. Will Kelly and Alex give Esme a forever home? This butterfly sure hopes so. Who better to raise and protect this little alien girl than the woman who shared a bedroom with one for years? Seems like the right choice to me.

Nyxly relinquished the Humanity Totem. All that compassion is getting in the way of her ultimate goal of taking over the world. Now she has her sights set back on the Netherlands and the totem of Hope. Supergirl and her team are focusing on the totem of Dreams. Who will win this race? I think it is still too early to say. We will have to tune in next week and find out. Until then this is your eye in the sky Green Butterfly wishing you a Super Week!

A key fact that is uncovered is that the totems have attached themselves to objects that embody the power they represent. The first totem Kara must find is the one representing courage. Consequently, a slingshot that David used to beat Goliath has just arrived at a museum in National City. Finding and possessing the slingshot is not enough. The bearer must prove their worth by running the gauntlet and showing true courage.

Nyxly and the Superfriends arrive at the museum simultaneously. In the struggle the totem is split showering those in the vicinity with fifth dimensional magic. This deluge of power comes with a feeling of undiluted courage. Not a bad thing for superheroes, right? Not necessarily because a balance of courage and fear can help keep you safe. For example, rushing towards a fire breathing dragon may not be the best decision. Letting emotions cloud your judgment could cost you precious time in a situation where quick thinking could make all the difference. On the flip side, making a guess without calculating all the variables could be equally dangerous. The people responsible for breaking the totem must face the gauntlet alone if they are to gain the power. Harnessing the power will stop the surge of irrational behavior that is plaguing National City.

Kara is taken back to the night where she revealed herself as Supergirl. She did this to save the person she loves the most on this planet, Alex. Nyxly goes back to the day she attempted to overthrow her father, the mad king of the fifth dimension. She thought her brother was on her side but at the last moment he betrayed her. That betrayal sealed her fate of banishment to the Phantom Zone.

Nyxly was victorious at her challenge while Kara was not. Supergirl sacrificed her chance to repeat her gauntlet to save her city from the violence its residents are experiencing. Nyxly has won this round and has the control of the totem of courage. However, our Paragon will not lose hope. Perhaps Dreamer will awaken with a lead on the next totem. We will have to tune in next week to find out. Until then this is your eye in the sky Green Butterfly wishing you a super week!

The people in charge won't help. Counselman Rankin is only seeking the best treatment for herself. Now that the building set aside for low-income housing is gone, she can build a more opulent building to attract more businesses to the area. The residents of this area will continue to struggle while Rankin gets richer.

When Nyxly destroyed the building, she inadvertently infused it with fifth dimensional energy. When Rankin is exposed to the energy, she begins to exhibit strange powers. When she thinks about something it magically materializes. Anything from a simple sandwich to a stack of money. This comes at a cost to the other victims of the building collapse. Every time the counsel woman conjures something out of thin air the other victims get weaker and sicker.

After Kelly calls James to vent, John Diggle appears in National City. He has been where Kelly is before, so James called him in to support Kelly. Sometimes our heroes are only looking at the big picture. Our team is not perfect, and it is their imperfection that makes these scenarios so real. I was proud of Kara and Alex for the conversations they had with Kelly in this episode. They both came from a humble place admitting that they can never understand fully what Kelly's life experience has been. Conversely there are aspects of Kara and Alex's life that Kelly will not be able to fully understand. We are all influenced by the experiences that build our life and make us who we are. We all have blind spots. It is what we do when the invisible becomes visible to us that defines what happens next.

Imps can be tracked by their magic. Therefore Mxy must find a way to be of service without using his powers. J'onn says "an imp without magic is like a rocket ship without fuel". Needless to say, this is a difficult mission but Mxy tries his best. His heart is definitely in the right place. Magic from the fifth dimension is hard to beat. The properties of which nullify the first few solutions our team comes up with. Mxy is on the right track, however, a Trojan horse may be just what they need to win this fight.

Lena makes her way to Fortune Cove to try to discover more information on her birth mother. Strangely, as soon as she mentions Elizabeth Walsh's name the local residents become unhelpful and eager for her to leave. Andrea uses her sources to find the last woman Lena seeks. Florence was hard to find, but once located, is willing to share the information Lena has traveled here for. Lizzie came to her in her dreams and told her good friend that someday her daughter would come seeking answers. Lena has inherited more than a beautiful face from her mother. She also possesses the spark of her magic. This revelation made Green Butterfly really happy. I have always wanted Lena to be more than another Luthor in a House of El story. I love Lena the scientist and business genius. She is one of my favorite characters so how could I say no to an expansion of her character. I only wish we could have more episodes left to explore this untapped skill.

Now all I can say is Lena better fly home quickly because the Super Friends need some magical help. Lena always gives 100% to any problem she faces. She will work tirelessly to help the team succeed against the Imp with world domination on her mind. Supergirl and her team must find the totem of courage before Nyxly does. Whoever controls courage also controls fear. Don't you worry though. Silver Vox and Green Butterfly will be with you every step of the way as we continue the adventure of Supergirl's final season. Stay safe and have a super week!

Nyxly is now free of the dream realm. What does that mean for Earth? The mischievous imp kept her end of the bargain too. Nia gets 24 hours to learn from her mother. Isabel stresses to her daughter that she must never run from her dreams. She must stay and interpret what they are trying to tell her. Nothing in the dream realm is meaningless. Her mother also reminds Nia that even after the time expires on this day that she should keep her eyes open for wisdom Isabel will share in her dreams. Nia also has her sister Maeve. Yes, her sister was devastated when the dream powers were not bestowed on her. Maeve expressed her anger by uttering words that hurt Nia very deeply. Maybe all is not lost. Perhaps forgiveness could be found. Then Nia could benefit from the years of research and knowledge her sister has compiled. Then they could both rise as heroes to honor all the dreamers that came before them and inspire the ones that will come after.

Mitch has had a hard time on Earth since Naxim left. When he captures Nyxly he feels like he has what he needs to restart the cosmic managerie. This imp is not one to give up easily. She does what she knows best and makes a deal. Why would Mitch want a powerless Imp when she has the tools to capture the Maid of Steel? The very Kryptonian that slipped through his fingers years ago. The plan is to kidnap an alien scientist that can make a cryo-nuclear bomb that can trap Supergirl in ice. Luckily Kara's heat vision is able to neutralize that threat, but the battle is yet to be won. On her way home Supergirl is cornered by Nyxly. Supergirl inadvertently recharged the Imp's power with her heat vision. It is time to fight magic with magic. Kara must call in some backup from the fifth dimension as Mr. Mxyzptlk arrives. Whose side will he take in this battle? We have to wait until next week to find out. Until next time this is your eye in the sky Green Butterfly wishing you a super week!

Kelly is on her first assignment for social services. She heads to a group home where a young boy named Joey with EMP powers is acting out. When Kelly speaks to him, she discovers he is stressed that his incarcerated brother Orlando is overusing his powers. This could lead to irreversible harm or even death if it were to continue. Kelly enlists the help of Kara to go speak to the warden of the prison where Orlando is being held, to inquire about his well-being.

Meanwhile Nia is sent home from work for falling asleep in a staff meeting. She is still plagued with doubts regarding her powers. She is desperate to speak to her late mother to ask for her wisdom and guidance. What price will she pay to get the advice and reassurance she craves? When Nyxly invades Nia's dreamscape Green Butterfly begins to worry the price will be very, very high.

Soon it becomes clear Orlando is part of the group of aliens Supergirl and J'onn have been looking for. All five are being removed from their work assignment and diverted to another job. Turns out these inmates had been told if they complete this side job then they will be set free. This appeals to Orlando because then he can return to caring for his brother Joey.

Kelly is worried about the conditions she sees in the foster home. She returns under cover of darkness to retrieve security camera footage of the children being harmed by their caregiver. Kara and William have a breakthrough in their story. They were able to follow the money to a mob boss that wanted the assortment of stolen items to build a bomb. In the end the bad guys were stopped, and William was able to get an exclusive interview with Supergirl to appease Andrea.

As Nia takes another nap, I am disturbed to find Nia falling victim to Nyxly's manipulations. The imp offers her 24 hours with her late mother in exchange for Nia's help escaping this dreamscape. The wise owl tries to warn our Dreamer about the possible treachery. However, as we end the episode Nia is accepting Nyxly's bargain. Green Butterfly is filled with dread over the consequences that will need to be paid. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Supergirl's latest adventure. Until then, have a super week!

Andrea is irritated that Kara did not come back to work with a big story. Catco is falling behind the other news outlets and Ms. Rojas is desperate to get back on top. As Acrata she uses her shadow power to get a lead on Supergirl. If she can report on not only the Maid of Steel but her team as well that could put Catco back in the top spot. The Superfriends would be a great cover story. Kara has always been able to talk to Supergirl so Andrea puts her on the case. When Kara reads about the phantoms her team had to deal with in her absence her blood runs cold.

Uncle Archie aka Zor-El is adjusting to life under a yellow sun. He is interested in learning what his daughter has been doing here on Earth. He flies with her to put out a garbage fire before it can become an ecological disaster. Zor-El is concerned because death of the oceans is what spelled doom for Krypton. Kara shows her father the fortress. That is where he develops an idea to modify Kalex to dispose of trash in a nontoxic way. The plan seems successful at first. Then the power core in the droid malfunctions causing the trash to not disappear but pile onto itself. This causes a giant being made of rubbish to form and threaten the city.

The team must work together using their various strengths to vanquish "Bad Trash". Zor-El decides it is time to head to Argo City to face Allura. Lena wants to go home and explore her roots on her mother's side. Kara and Alex return to the couch for some dinner and some wine. Alex reiterates to Kara that she will be with her every step of the way as she deals with the trauma caused by the Phantom Zone. Stronger together! Always and forever! This is the strength they will draw on as Nia is awakened by a dream of Nyxly. A maiden sure to cause some mischief as our story continues…

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The "Revolution of the Daleks" special holiday episode of Doctor Who, picks right up where the previous episode ended. An old friend helps break the Doctor out of the Judoon prison, just in time (so to speak) to reunite with the "Fam", to try and defeat two vastly different types of Daleks.

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The Master wasn't understating it, when he told The Doctor that "everything you thought you knew, is a lie". This season 12 finale episode of Doctor Who truly does change everything! With the help of brilliant listener thoughts and theories, Wayne Henderson and Jada Wilkerson review this landmark episode. They also try to figure out what is going to happen next with The Doctor, Ryan, Graham, Yaz, The Master, and more.

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Jada Wilkerson and Wayne Henderson review the "Ascension of the Cybermen" episode of Doctor Who, and look into the good and bad from the episode, as well as theories and unanswered questions. And, the Don't Blink listeners yet again share excellent feedback..

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Please sit back, and enjoy this one last trip down memory lane of everything we loved about Arrow and Arrow Squad before the series finale falls upon us.

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Clean No Longer: Joy and Annie: The Cult have prepped Joy to be Amity's vessel. She is adorned in flowers and a brides dress. She is a clean vessel ready for the taking. Annie, Chance, Abdi and Nadia have worked out a play to blow things up once Annie and Chance have gotten Joy. But things never go as clean as the plan. Annie & Chance sneak up to property. Chance is moving slowly, liked an enthralled person, towards the house. Vera sees her and says NO and other join her. Chance is captured by the deputy. Annie cannot get through to Abdi & Nadia and so she runs to the house and gives up the plan in order to save Joy. While Pop two other cult members search the tunnels, Annie is kept outside. Abdi & Nadi blow the charge beneath the statue, right before the ceremony begins. The destruction of the statue and freeing of the bugs, breaks the enthrallment and the people begin to run. Joy stabs Augustin and leaves. Annie finds Joy and they are reunited. They get back on the road. Annie discovers a Misery book and begins to read to Joy. Annie is taken away into it 's world. They enter Canada and Annie sees a poster for a home health nurse. Annie and Joy have the run of the place. Joy is slowly coming around. But she will not talk about Maine, doesn't want to change her hair color, is watching things in French and denying phone calls. Annie and the voices in her head are suspicious. She looks in Joy's drawing book and is horrified. She suspects Joy has been implanted with Amity. She drugs her to get answers. Joy denies it and tries to run off. Annie drowns her and returns to the house in a daze. She finds a letter to her from Joy. It says that she was going away and working with a lawyer for emancipation. Distraught Annie runs to the water and revives Joy. We see a happy Joy and Annie having fun, driving, getting ice cream and more. Joy sketches a perfect likeness of the house calling it the Laughing Place. They go to a book signing for Misery's Love. We suspected things, but here they were confirmed. We see Annies mother and father in the crowd. A man asks if Joy's seat is taken and Annie says yes. As Paul Sheldon begins to speak we see the seat is empty. Joy died and Annie totally broke mentally. Both of them Mother & Child/Sister & Step-sister had blood on their hands and neither got out clean.

King Connections: The connections to Misery are clear with three of Paul Sheldon's books Misery's Quest, Misery's Paradise, and Misery's Love. Misery's Quest is the first book in the series. Misery's Paradise falls towards the end and Misery's Love was the book before Misery's Child (that sent Annie over the edge) source data can be found here. We had it confirmed from Pop that the Castle Lake area is a Thinny. This is mentioned in many of King's works. So our choice of book and audio book is Wizard and Glass (fyi this is what Amazon's proposed Dark Tower series will start off being based on).

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Caveat Emptor – Pop vs Augustin: Caveat Emptor was a hostage situation and battle of the wills. Augustin/Ace needed the info Pop had, but he was not going to give up that easily. Pop realizes that the letters between Warden Dale Lacey & Alan Pangborn are the key. He obtained them when he bought Alan's trailer after he died last year. He pours over the letters. Augustin and the cult got to Dale's wive, killed her and took her over for info on the Kid. She does not have any info, but knows about the letters and that Pop, the Collector, has them. Pop heads to the hospital and finds Nadia and what happened to Chris. They are getting ready to leave when Chance arrives warning them of the Cult killing the people who didn't respond to the noice and statue. They race to the Emporium but are stopped just short. The gun battle is not going well, when Abdi slams into the Cult's car and kills them. The Resistance locks down the Emporium and sets up Pop's pressure cooker bombs around the doors and windows. They discover Annie and her crew and question them. After Jamal is discovered, the Cult shows up outside. Augustin calls Pop via CB and introduces himself. He offers safe passage out for Abdi, Nadia and anyone else in return for Dale's papers. Pop says that he burned them, which he does later. Augustin calls Pop out for hitting Ace a lot as a kid. He say he ruined all four of the kids in his care. The battle of the wills via CB continues to ramp up. Augustin says they will kill Pop and take his memories of the letters, but offers to do it easy. Pop say no on retires these days. He says he has wired up a suicide vest and will kill himself first. So Augustin sends in the Cult. Pop is buying time for the others. Abdi, Nadia, and Chris played a game as kids, They ran across the railroad tracks to escape Ace. The train is a mile long and takes a long time to get through town. The Resistance intends to do the same thing now. They fight their way though the Cult members and make it to safety. Pop makes his way back to his office, killing along they way. He injects himself with the mind altering drug on the way. When he arrives at the office Augustin is there. Pop attempts to blow himself up, but it fails. Ace kills him.

King Connections:

All the floors and layers of the Emporium reminded me a lot of Jonsey's Memory Warehouse he is trying to get info while being pursued by the enemy. We see the resistance fleeing across the railroad tracks to escape. It reminded me of the train scene from Stand By Me/The Body. We have Annie trying to get her way with a man strapped to a bed and dishing out vengeance on him like in Misery. Pop is called the collector and his Emporium holds things that people will give anything to get to. That plus the mentions of the Mellow Tiger take me back to Needful Things.

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Emotions are high as Oliver starts preparing his farewells to everyone, making sure he says what needs to be said before it's too late.

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No One Wants a Dirty Annie: Annie and Joy have been taken to the Marsten house and Ace is there to greet them. The cult has switched out Annie's medication with placebos to try and make the weaving process easier. But she is having vision of her mother. Crysilda is telling that they want to use Joy and there is only one way to keep her clean, kill her. Annie is popping pills and brewing tea to try and calm down. But one of the cult members sees Joy's drawings and takes it to Ace/Augustin. They realize that Joy's drawing style resembles Amity's. Ace finds out that Joy is not on any medication and a untainted vessel. So he locks Joy up in the Attic to await the weaving. Annie's visions of her mother are getting stronger. She sees the door to the basement open and investigates. She finds dead bodies there. Joy is missing and Annie get the info out of a cult member before killing her. She has to take out another with a sledgehammer (hello Misery shoutout). Finally she and Joy are reunited, but Crysilda is begging for Annie to get them out clean. Annie goes to choke Joy, but the memories of baby Joy snap her out of it. They sneak their way to the back door. Outside they find a crowd of enthralled citizens. They are sneaking out when spotting. The crowd begins to move and the two are separated. Annie is captured and Joy is enthralled.

King Connections:

This week did not have a lot of connections. We see Annie with the sledge hammer and she wields it just like in Misery. We also have two small shout outs to The Shining. We see a wet and decaying Crysilda speaking to Annie. This reminds me of the woman in room 217 who appears in both The Shining and Doctor Sleep. We also have Annie with the big chef's knife ready to defend her child just like Wendy did.

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Join us as we go through the same day over and over as Oliver tries to save guest star Quentin Lance each time!

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The Word of Amity:

Amity Lambert (Mathilde Dehaye) was the daughter New Jerusalem's head man and the lover of the pastor Pere Augustin (David Alpay. Their crops are dying and they need a word from the Lord. Amity lays all the blame at her father's feet. When she tries to testify she goes into a seizure. She is chained up and Pere Augustin pleads for her. But her father, Marius Lambert (Thomas K. Belgrey), knows that the Pere has been sleeping with his daughter. He kicks them both out of the town. They wander towards what will be know as Castle Lake. He is taken ill and she is looking for food. Up on the cliffs, where Warden Lacy will one day drive off of and Henry Deaver disappear from, she finds a fire and a figure. This angel of light is really a demon in disguise. It is The Kid (Bill Skarsgard).

Amity makes a deal with the devil and her town is flushing again. She is hailed as their prophet. She has her father and his men burned on upside down crosses. Those who will not follow her directed teachings of the angle are kicked out. Amity and Pere desecrate the church and erect a carved image of the angle. But the deal goes bad and hunger returns. Amity is desperate to get an answer for her people. The bugs we have seen all season come swarming out of the image and Amity has her answer. They dig under the church and create the catacombs. They build coffins. Each member of the town are fed one of the bugs and then their throats are slit. They will return in new bodies in 400 years. Amity gives final instructions to Pere before he kills her and then himself.

King Connections:

The flashback to 1619 takes place before the King story of Jerusalem's Lot, but it still reminds us of it. It also reminds us of how the evil of the Vampire in Salem's Lot could be attracted here. We see a lot of art on the walls of the Marsten house. One reminds me of the Dark Tower. Pop's brother-in-law is in Shawshank for the murder of his wife. Tim Robbins played a man accused of murdering his wife and put in Shawshank in the Shawshank Redemption. We see a boy in a clown costume with a balloon in the parade, could this be a shout out to IT? A small shout out in the parade was that beautiful 1958 Plymouth Fury. It was a shout out to Christine, so it is our pick of the week.

This week's book is Christine. Here is a link to the Book, Audiobook and Movie.

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We also get an old friend back, as we head to Russia and meet up with Anatoli, who after all this time, still can impart wisdom for Oliver to follow.

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The Mother Rita vs Annie:

Rita has moved from California to New York to escape her past and joined AA to help with her addictions. All she wants to do is find her Evangeline and be the mother she was meant to be. She makes it to the Rock and finds Chance, who stonewalls her. But Vera overhears and finds her later for the cash reward. Annie sees her and runs back in the house.

Joy has been taken to a group home by Nadia and the next morning a CPS agent Bannerman talks to her through the door. He asks about her work, if she has documents on Joy and wants to come in. She lies and puts him off. She heads to the group home to talk with Joy. However the receptionist says Joy is talking with her mother. Annie watches from the outside, mirroring last episode where she watched her father's life from the outside. Rita tells Joy the whole story. Joy is shaken to her core. However she will not allow Rita to call Annie her sister. Rita says she is not there for Annie. She wants to know what Joy wants. Joy tells her to come back later. Rita hits the bar, Annie pops her pills and writes Joy a letter and Joy cries herself to sleep.

Joy has Chance break her out of the home and they are hiding in the woods around Castle Lake. Joy has called Annie and she comes with her letter. They talk things out, but Joy just cannot accept Annie due to the fact Annie was going to kill both of them after murdering their father and attempting to kill Rita. Annie says it was Joy that saved them with her laugh and that the only thing that keeps her straight is Joy. Anne leaves and Chance offers to get them to North Carolina where her step-sister will let them stay. But Joy reads Annie's letter and has a change of heart.

Rita is waiting for Annie at cabin 19. Joy has called Rita and refused to go with her. Rita confronts Annie and calls her out for snapping about the book dedication, because it made her feel small. Rita takes her into the woods at gunpoint. Annie escapes and struggles with Rita. But Rita is about to shoot Annie when Joy yells out "mom." Both women look at her. Joy dopes Rita with the emergency knock out drug. Rita tries to fire but the gun drops and shoots her in the stomach. Joy is overwhelmed thinking she killed Rita. Annie is trying to save her, when the cops show up. Annie sees Joy and takes the blame.

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King Connections:

Chance a.k.a. Georgia Lachance is a shout out to Gordon Lachance in "The Body" Stand By Me. The Child and Protective Services agent that questions Annie through the door is Steve Bannerman. Sheriff George Bannerman. He appeared in The Body, Dead Zone, and Cujo. That woman, Heather, rushed up to Nadia's car, frothing at the mouth, in a way that is reminiscent of Captain Tripps from The Stand. We the cult/witches killing people and putting them in coffins only for them to rise again. One of the ones waiting to be brought back is Amity Lambert. Mary Lambert was the director of the 1989 version for Pet Sematary.

This week's book is Pet Sematary. Here is a link to the Book, Audiobook and Movie.

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Annie's first Laughing Place, her Father: Annie has dyslexia, her teachers don't understand, her peers bully her and she lashes out against them. But Her father Carl, played by John Hoogenakker who has been in Annies visions as the Tall Man, knows a way to help her learn. He will home school her and help her read by having her take his hand typed pages and type them into the computer. Annie's mom Crysilda, played by Robin Weigert, has strong reservations and she doubts Carl's ability.Through the years Annie grows and helps her father write his story. Early on Carl tells Annie that anywhere can be her laughing place. To her it is her dad and he is her number 1 fan. Crysilda puts her foot down when Annie is a year away from her GED. She hires Rita K. Green, played by Sarah Gadon, to tutor. Rita has the ability to gain the trust of each one of the Wilkes clan. Annie thrives and learns techniques to help her read. Rita recognizes Annie's inteligence and plays to it. That along with an appreciation for Carl's writing wins Carl over. As the time comes close for the GED, we see Rita is pregnant. She sees Rita as a good and the baby's father is good or bad not complicated. Her views on morals are based on her mother. Carl has moved out of the house. Annie passes her GED and calls her dad to tell him.

King Connections: Their are obvious ties to Misery with Annie's Laughing Place, killing of her father and the number 1 fan phrases. This week we met Rita K. Green played by Sarah Gadon. she stared as Sadie Dunhill in Hulu's adaptation of 11.22.63. For that reason 11/2263 is our pick of the week. Here is a link to the Book, Audiobook and series. While you are watching the series take a listen to Wayne and Troy's podcast 11.22.63 A Look Back.

11/22/63 Novel

11/22/63 Audiobook

11.22.63 Hulu TV Series

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Arrow is on a roll in it's final season, as the emotions are building up, and the mystery of the Monitor stays in the shadows.

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Loss of Hope: Pop gets some bad news that the cancer treatment is not working. He decides not to fight anymore. Nadia and Chris both try to talk him out of it. He loses hope of coming clean to Nadia, after talking with Pastor Appleton (Aaron Staton). He decides to throw a wake. He invites all of his friends and associates. He even give his own eulogy. Meanwhile Nadia is pushing for treatments and finds several open through the veteran's affairs organization. But she needs his discharge papers. She searches at his house with no luck. After sleeping with Chris, she heads to the Emporium and finds the papers there, however she is confronted by two of the goons that work for Ace's protection racket. They want to punish her for Ace, but she takes out a hidden gun and defends herself. Later she goes over his service records and finds out Pop served in Somalia. She realizes what Abdi already knows. He killed their mother. He brought in the Somalis and took in Abdi and Nadia as penitence for his crimes. She goes the the wake and she and Pop have a dance while she confronts him about his time in Somali. He confirms he took them in because he felt guilty. He is left a broken man as she walks away.

The Ravening Angel of Hope?: Annie is desperate to find Joy. Chance breaks in and takes Joy's clothes and manages to slip them and the locked toolbox out of the window before Annie comes in. Annie threatens Chance wanted to know where Joy is, but Chance will not tell. Joy takes the bus to Castle Rock and ends up at the shelter in the church. Nadia does a free medical clinic there each week. She sees Joy there and they have an in depth conversation about trying to fix things. They call Annie. Nadia sits her down to say Joy is with her. They have a confrontation about Joy's dad. Joy needs help and so does Annie. There is no work for Annie until she gets help. Annie heads over to Nadia's. She is confronted by Abdi with a gun. He makes it clear that Joy doesn't want to come with her. Later Chance comes with Joy's things. She says she put minuets on Joy's phone so Joy can call her. Joy finally figures out the comb is 1225, Christmas, Joy! Inside is the car plates and a shiny revolver. Joy buries it in the yard. There is also an envelop with a date on it 7/9/2004 (or 9/7/2004). Inside is a CD-ROM it contains a PDF of "The Ravening Angel." The lines we can read are lines that we have heard in the midst of Annies visions. What does this have to do with Annie and what does it have to do with Joy?

The Tommyknockers movie The Tommyknockers book The Tommyknockers audiobook

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Tears continue to fall as we say farewell to Thea, and Oliver has to visit yet another location of his past trials, where an old foe makes an appearance. Join Flash and Cammie and the rest of the Squad as we all share our emotions over this episode of the last season of Arrow!

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Joy Cuts The Ties That Bind: Joy is starting to rebel and takes a chance with Chance and her friends to blow off some steam. Chance comes and asks if she wants to go and look for a dead guy. They have heard Ace is dead and are going to search Castle Lake for him. Joy is resistant at first, but she decides to go. Vera, Timothy, Chance and Joy have a blast out on the lake. They have so much fun because the brownies Chance brought were Pot brownies. It is all fine until they loose an oar. Embolden from the loosened ties, Joy jumps in and get the oar. She hears a weird noice under the water, is it the schisma? At the Lodge Chance tells her to keep her phone on as she leans in for what I thought was a going to be a kiss.

Annie Looses Ties To Reality: After seeing Ace, Annie suspects her meds are off and asked Nadia about it. She has searched the cabin but found no sign of the murder. She goes to the Somali site but the hole is cemented over. She heads up to the Marsten house. The place is much cleaner and some one is doing some restoration. Annie finds the door to the basement locked. Then a large Somali man, covered in goo turns to her and she freaks out. Back at cabin 19, Joy arrives to a shaken Annie. Annie tells her that she killed Ace, but he is back. Joy knows she is off and that it is an emergency. She knocks out Annie with a hypo. She then ties her up in the bedroom. She has researched and the drugs Annie has been taken are correct. She gives Annie the drugs, but she secretly spits them out for the mice to eat. Joy finds out that Ace has been seen alive. Joy refuses to release Annie. Annie talks about how everything she has done is to protect Joy. Joy's father didn't want her so she ran with Joy and the cops chased. She says that his is on his way to get them. Joy asks if that is her dad or Ace. Joy sees the dead mice and the pills and knows Annie has been beed full of lies. Dr. Nadia is at the door and Joy says Annie is unwell. Annie breaks a glass and uses the shard to cut the ties that bind her. Joy runs from bloody crazy Annie. Annie runs out to chase her but sees the Tall Man. Her meds don't work quickly enough and the Tall Man says Annie will kill Joy.

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New Jerusalem – Built on The Past: Annie awakes in the catacombs under the Somali construction site. Coffins from the 1600's are all around her. She cannot climb her way out, but water leads her to tunnels. She follows one to a large wooden staircase. She winds her way up and through the floorboards of a basement. She is in an old house filled with squatters. As she runs from the house, we see it is the infamous Marsten house from Salem's Lot. It seems that Abdi is trying to build a New Jerusalem over the literal bones of the old one. We have seen in both episodes this season that large bugs are spreading out from the site and they seem to follow death. The construction continues at the site, they hole to the catacombs is not visible, because Annie somehow covered it over. But one of the workers finds Annie's necklace. Abdi think's it is from the squatters in the Marsten so he sends Jamal to clear them out. He finds two squatters burned to a crisp. He is hit over the head with a cain and dragged down into the catacombs. It seems as if something or someone has awoken in the Lot! Annie is ready to leave and escape her trouble, but Joy is not having it. Joy storms off toward's Chance's and re-injures her hand. At the hospital, Joy asks to be seen alone and since she is 16 she can. Nadia questions Joy as she stitches her back up. Under the influence of anesthesia and upset at Annie, Joy searches for Ann Ingalls and herself and finds no record. She questions her mother on it, but her mother will not answer. Annie is in the Jeep with the bugs landing on the windows and sees Ace behind her.

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Annie's on the Run: Annie (Lizzy Caplan) has been on the run from her past, her family, the authorities, and herself, for all of Joy's (Elise Fisher) life. But their routine is interrupted when they enter Castle Rock. Annie & Joy land at the Star Gazer Lodge under the control of Ace Merrill (Paul Sparks). Her jeep is being fixed by Ace's brother Chris (Matthew Allen). Joy wants to make this stop longer to make this their Laughing Place, but Annie won't hear it. She is a week off her meds and the visions are coming. She finds work at the Deuxvilles Hospital that sits on the boarder of Castle Rock and Jerusalem's Lot. She makes her mark at the hospital by organizing everything and putting order to the chaos. This gains the notice of Dr. Nadia Howlwadaag (Yusra Warsama). Annie needs her meds but the finicky lock on the pharmacy door means only Nadia's key will get her in. She finds Nadia's address and breaks into her house. She gets the pass key, but Nadia's brother Abdi (Barkhad Abdi) comes home. Annie is stuck until fate helps her out. She heads back to the hospital intent on getting all the drugs and running, but Nadia catches her. Annie makes a heartfelt confession about needing the drugs to stay a nurse and provide for Joy. Nadia has mercy on her and tells her she will get the drugs Annie needs as long as she works there. With her meds, a helpful boss, and a fixed car, Annie is a different woman.She tells Joy about being a Searcher and a Settler. They are going to settle there for a bit.

But things go bad. Ace comes in and confronts Annie on being Annie Wilkes not Ann Ingalls and Joy's snooping. Annie Snaps, knees Ace in the crotch, driving an ice cream scoop in his mouth and then down his throat. He is dead. She takes his wallet and the scoop, cleans the place and looks for a pace to get rid of the body. She ends up at Abdi's Somali Mall construction site. As she attempts to burry him, the ground gives way to a space below. She falls in and is knocked out. Large numbers of huge bugs escape. Annie's visions start with an audio cue of a manual typewriter. She remembers running through the woods as a younger person. She is covered in blood and caring a box. The box has Wilkes written on one side and The Ravening Angel on the other. The box has something living in it. She gets to the edge of a lake. We see her with her hands in the water. Later we see her take a baby out of the box. We assume it is Joy. She as visions of the Tall Man (John Hoogenakker) with blood running up his face. It is his voice we hear in her visions. Is it her father? Is Joy really her daughter, possibly a child of incest. Is Joy her sister that she stole from her mother, whom she then killed? Or was it a baby she stole after killing the mother?

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Oliver, Diggle and Laurel end up in Hong Kong, Earth 1, and have to figure out why the Monitor took them there. Laurel struggles with the loss of her planet, while Oliver gets his next mission, to capture a scientist and bring him to the Monitor.

The future brings us more info about JJ Diggle and why he's turned bad, even though Connor isn't willing to accept it.

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