Reviewed by Franki Dean
The first show I have chosen to review is
Teen Wolf. This program has grown in popularity since it first started out in 2011. I want to start off by outlining why season 4 doesn't quite match up to the previous seasons. Every season has an opening plotline that gives away the story of the main one, but in this season, the Benefactor plotline was SOOO ambitious that it required too many episodes to clear up. No TV show really dwells on the idea of real life logic, especially not Teen Wolf. Teen Wolf is a show that should be appreciated for the impact of its emotions and visuals. Although season 4 was nowhere near as good as the previous, it was jam-packed with fantastic ideas, however, I don’t feel like the producers gave us enough mentions of the tragedy that happened at the end of 3B for fans of the show to truly get over Allison’s death. In the final episode, a showdown between Kate and the teenagers erupted. It didn’t last long though and soon enough, everyone was gathering outside waiting for the sun of Mexico to set. The final moment where Coach yelled at the boys for going to Mexico instead of lacrosse practice before reminding them that they needed to watch out for each other was touching and really indicates to me and the viewers of the show, the true meaning of friendship. That final scene taught us all that you don’t need to smother each other and never leave each other’s sides to be a true friend, but when your friend is in danger; you’ll fight to the death for them.
The second show I want to talk about is
American Horror Story or AHS for short. There have been 4 seasons so far, this one being the fourth. This season, the plotline is all about “freaks” working together as circus acts to earn money for themselves.
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| The promo poster above portrays a screaming woman with blood over her face, indicating the real horror of the show. |
Although we aren’t able to watch AHS in England (well we can but we’re like 3 weeks behind), the show is available to watch on Netflix. This whole season is based on real life “freaks of nature” such as the two headed woman and lobster finger man. Jimmy Darling (Evan Peters) plays a young man with a charming personality who is able to win the hearts of all the women in the town. However, he isn’t able to show his hands to these girls as he has “lobster fingers”. Jimmy faces the most struggles throughout the season as he battles to keep the freak show going so he is able to earn money and also fights to be a normal person. Just when he’s given up hope of ever being accepted for who he truly is, Maggie Esmeralda (a fortune teller) turns up at the show begging for a job. Jimmy is infatuated with her and makes it clear to everyone that she is to be offered a job. Unfortunately, later on in the episode we meet her; we find out that she is working alongside the man who is trying to shut the freak show down. The man has lost all hope of ever being able to just shut the show down, so he hires Maggie Esmeralda to win the trust of the acts so she can kill them and earn herself some of her own money. Though the season has not yet ended, I doubt very much that she will go ahead with the man’s plan, despite the gruesomeness of the show itself.
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| Captain Hook is featured above looking strong and fearless, although that is not the case. |
Season 3 of
Once Upon a Time isn’t recent, although it is my favourite season, purely for the fact that it features one of my favourite Disney characters, Peter Pan. However, the producers of the show created a twist and decided to make Peter Pan evil. I also found out recently that the character of Peter Pan is also supposed to be the Pied Piper. The intriguing character played by Robbie Kay brought an entirely new personality for Peter Pan which left fans of the show on the edge of their seats throughout the entire season. Although most of the characters stay the same; we are also led to view them as completely different personas as well. Wendy still portrays the same personality as the Disney character; however, she isn’t as feisty and definitely doesn’t talk back to Pan like she did in the Disney films. Tinkerbelle has no connection to Peter Pan whatsoever and helps the other characters try to destroy Peter Pan in the end. Finally, there’s Captain Hook as shown in the promo poster to the left. I feel that he is one of the truest personas to come from the Disney film (although no one ever walks the plank) as we see the ongoing feud throughout the season between Peter Pan and Hook. Hook is also proven to be very weak and doesn’t seem to like much confrontation. Even when the fighting scenes are happening, he still manages to keep out of the way until it’s just him and Peter Pan left. The only thing that upsets me about Captain Hook’s character is that his sidekick Captain Smee wasn’t ever shown and there was no crocodile constantly haunting the poor man. In the end, all of the Storybrooke characters work together to kill Pan, but there’s only one problem; for Peter Pan to die, Rumpelstiltskin has to die too. Both characters die in a brutal way and vanish in to thin air leaving the rest of the characters to pick up the broken pieces of their lives. However, in the second half of season 3 (which has nothing to do with Neverland), Rumpelstiltskin reveals he didn’t ever die, so the viewers are left wondering what this means for Pan. Is he still alive?
THIS DECEMBER, YOU SHOULD WATCH…
Fringe (Season Three)
Brooklyn Nine Nine (Season One)
Sleepy Hollow
Once Upon a Time (Season Four)
The Walking Dead (Season Five)
