Bye Bye State of Affairs

Hey People,

As you can see State of Affairs is no longer in my recap for Mondays and that's because I quit the show. After watching the last episode, I realized that I just didn't care what happened to anyone in the show, especially Charlie because she deserves what she gets since she caused it.

The whole show is about her saving her own *ss so she doesn't go to jail, while doing her job (which seems like she can do just about anyone's job).

Good luck to Katherine Heigl with this one.

Luv ya,
            Diva

Previously On...Monday

Hey People,

S1 E7

I want to know what normal people wine taste like. As I try to figure out how to get my hands on some, lets recap what happened 2 weeks ago on this adorable show.

Usually it's so easy to root for a couple in most love triangles, but in this show it's really hard to choose. Yes, of course I want Rafael and Jane to be together, but Michael isn't a bad guy either. Actually anytime he was in a scene I always thought he was on the brink of crying. It was really sad to watch, but even he got some in the end. I just wasn't expecting it to be with his partner.

Like like daughter, like mother since Xo also is starting a love triangle of his own and with this one I really can't decide. I love Rogelio just the way he is (#pleasefindjane), but did you see the hunk Xo was talking to? Plus, he's sweet and has a kid of his own so he gets it. If Xo can't be with Rogelio because she's scared of ruining Jane's relationship with him, then I am perfectly happy with her settling for him.

Petra basically Stockholm syndromed the Czech, which I have to say was very clever and something I did not see coming. But I still think  it would have been easier to just kill him with the peanut allergy and then make it look like an accident. But hey, if they can use in the process, then why not. I just don't like how Rafael is being brought down by her mess. So he's fired and is going to Mexico. That puts a damper on things for the lovebirds.

Speaking of Jane and Rafael, aren't they the cutest thing you ever did see. I love how Jane tried to respect Michael's feelings in the situation, but Rafael's right, she doesn't have that much time left to be selfish. And what a romantic evening they had. Can't wait to see what happens next for this couple.

S1 E3

*Correction: Last recap I said a guy was watching her and that was true. I just failed to realize the guy was Nick.

So the case-of-the-week was about 20 girls being kidnapped in Nigeria, but the US didn't want to get involved because we needed good relations with China since China was doing dealings in Nigeria. It worked out in the end when US saved the girls using the private sector so that China didn't have to deal with the kidnappers in the area.

Seems like Charlie is making an enemy out of Navarro since she keeps on going behind his back. We also find out that Nick isn't behind the texts, but he has a gun stashed away and it was covered with a cloth. Most likely to prevent fingerprints. What is he up to?

I have to say, I'm kind of losing interest in this show. Something needs to happen tonight for me to stick around.

S7 E9

Now that is what I call a fun case. So the victim was Bruce Willis and he just finished shooting his stint on The Expendables. I love how this show imitates life. Turns out the victim was trying to good by saving his own kid and when the mother found out she had him killed since she was already married to another actor and didn't want the truth of the real baby-daddy coming out.

On the home front, Beckett moves out of her apartment officially. Even though Castle didn't like the place all that much, Beckett created memories there. I guess she wanted to leave her mark because she inscribed her initials in the place. I liked the little moment between Lanie and Kate. We need to see more girl time. I'm still waiting for a Kate and Alexis centric episode. Also, watching Castle act like a little school boy is always too cute for words.

Tonight is the last episode of the year and it's a Christmas episode, so make sure you watch.


Luv ya,
           Diva

Previously On...Monday

Hey People,

Not Showing This Week

S1 E2

I'm still iffy about this show so maybe I'll give it until the end of this year to make my final decision. Charlie just doesn't seem like she has a weakness other than the mysterious texter. She can do it all, even some jobs that I don't think are even in her job description.

Anyway, the case-of-the-week last week was very potent and very well acted. A Russian spy ended up killing himself and his crew members so the Russians couldn't get 6 months of intel on the US.

On the story-arc front, the mysterious texter sent her a pic and it wasn't a nuddy of him or herself. This pic showed Charlie, dangerous Nick, and Fatah side-by-side taking a stroll. Charlie had Syd try to trace the pic back to its original owner, but no luck.

At the end of the episode, we then see a man watching Charlie from within his car.

S7 E9

It was all about Javi last episode, which I know some people weren't happy about since Esposito isn't the most likeable character out of the bunch. Actually, it could be argued that Esposito is the most hated character of the bunch. But I have to say, he has always been the pessimist of the group. As much as I wanted to hate this episode because it was focused on Espo, I hated the episode for an entirely different reason. Can we please move away from the ebola case scenarios? I'm so sick of seeing these flu/ebola widespread type of case-of-the-week in shows.

However, this does open the door for Lanie and Espo to talk about...wait for it...kids! I like how the mom cop told Espo how it is because if she didn't I would have wondered if they should be together because he definitely had chemistry with her. But at the end of the day, Esposito will always have Lanie on his mind.


Luv ya,
            Diva

Previously On...Monday

Hey People,

S1 E6

Poor Michael, I actually feel bad for him. Yes, he lied, but I'm glad that Jane admitted to herself that's not the only reason she was breaking up with him. If you are about to get married and you have feelings for another man, I would suggest you back away slowly from the fiance and go figure some sh*t out. But at the same time, it kind of makes Jane look like a hypocrite. I mean, she was originally mad with Michael because he omitted the truth, but isn't she doing the same thing by not admitting her having feelings for another man is the true reason of why she backed out? I calls them, as I sees them.

Jane and Xo were dealing with their mean girls problem. In the case of Xo, she had to deal with the Rogelio's ex-wife, who was setting Xo up to fail for her gig. Luckily for Xo, she didn't need a back up band to sing. However, she did realize that her personal life does affect Jane and that she should steer clear from Rogelio so he can focus on getting to know Jane. Speaking of Rogelio, he bought Jane a car not as a meaningless gesture, but because he realized he missed out on the big events in her life and he thought giving her a car was a moment he could share with her.

Jane had to deal with the mean twins, who are her former step-sisters (this show, but still not worse than Once Upon A Time). Rogelio's ex-wife not only wanted to mess with Xo, but also with Jane and sent the twins to the same high school that Jane would be student teaching in. At first they were mean, set up a website of Jane being a pregnant virgin, and even got her fired at one point, but Jane had enough of being the nice one and listened to her mother's advice--she stooped to their level. It worked, but then Jane realized another side to the twins--they felt neglected and jealous. Jane got her job back and things are looking up at her job. But I would watch out for those nuns. They have exploit written all over their faces when they saw the twins webpage and how so many followers wanted to meet Jane the virgin.

As for Rafael, he admitted to Jane he didn't see her as a sister anymore and that he actually has feelings for her. At first, I thought it was a dream sequence, but no, it was real. Jane was already admitted having problems with Michael and this was Rafael's opportunity that he had to say or else he would regret it. It paid off for him because Jane broke up with Michael and when Rafael kissed Jane, Jane kissed back with pedals falling from the tree around them. If Michael's meet with Jane was epic, then this was legendary epic. (Did anyone else wonder why sawdust was falling from the hole when Jane and Michael kissed? I was seriously thinking Xo was getting it on upstairs. Makes their meet seem a little less epic to me.)

As for Petra, well her eye still hasn't healed and Rafael was relentless to get her out of the hotel. He cut off everything in the suit: the electricity, the air conditioning, the water. This man was determined, but it wasn't until Rafael had a witness of the fact that when Petra left his office she was unscathed that she had nothing to bargain with and decided to leave. When her Czech "friend" came around asking for money, she hit him over the head with the vase of Zazo's ashes. So now what is she going to do?

S1 E9

Let's start off by discussing the case-of-the-week. Gordon and Bullock are on the hunt for a very dangerous man who can make an explosive out of peanut butter if he wanted. The man was being transported for treatment when some Russians ambush the van and take the prisoner. When the Gordon and Bullock finally do find the guy (since he actually left them a breadcrumb for them to follow), the Russians weren't far behind and escaped with the man in tow. With the help of Nygma, Gordon and Bullock know exactly where the next target will be--Falcone's vault. Turns out, Mooney was backing the Russians just so she can hurt Falcone. Money's right hand man makes sure there's no evidence linking them by killing the Russians, but as we already know that doesn't even matter. In the end, explosion man, was sent to the Arkham Asylum that is now dedicated to the insane. Again I sympathize with the baddie of the week. He only exploded places selling weapons.

Meanwhile, Penguin was fact checking his new find by stopping by her apartment and smelling everything in the room. When he finally did confront the new lady love in Falcone's life, he made sure that she knew he had her wrapped around his little finger. Too bad Mooney keeps on undermining Penguin as a player in Gotham

On the other side of town, Cat got to stay at the Wayne mansion and this time she's actually invited. Gordon thought it was a good idea to have Cat stay with Bruce so she'll be more likely to testify is she gets to know him. Plus, they're the same age. At first, Alfred was being a worrywart because he thought Cat was a bad influence on Master Bruce. But Cat shows a different take on the world like how she tells him people don't usually fight with gloves and how holding your breath won't help you. But it's when Alfred catches Bruce acting like a kid that makes him change his mind. It was nice to see how these two finally meet.

We the viewers meet the future Two-Face who is working with Gordon to solve the Wayne case. Man definitely has two faces since all of a sudden he goes bi-polar on the man he wants to sue.

During this whole episode, I was just happy I didn't have to see Barbara's face. But of course that had to be ruined by the end of the episode. This whole time she was just sleeping with Montoya. I'm too so scared of Falcone so let me go sleep with my ex to make me feel better. Seriously what is the point of this character in the show because she has added nothing so far?

Tonight's episode will be the midseason finale so last one of the year guys. The less Barbara, the better the episode.

State of Affairs Pilot Review

S7 E7

Back into the old west and back into the grove of things on Castle. The case-of-the-week was about a woman who was killed by poisoning and our team tracked down the most probable place where she got poisoned--a dude ranch in Arizona. With no help from the town's Sheriff, Castle suggests they should go undercover as a newlywed couple to solve the murder. He suggested that this could be in place of their honeymoon to which Beckett immediately says no to, but changes her mind with the go ahead from the Captain.

Turns out the victim was there searching for gold, but found her dead father instead. The killer, who was the owner of the ranch, not only killed her father, but her as well to cover his tracks. Her father, his partner, and the killer found the gold 20 years ago and when there was a disagreement with what to do with the gold someone ended up dead, and the others split the gold.

Back at home when Castle and Beckett told the news of their marriage to their friends, they were not happy about it and rightfully so. They didn't get invited. Lanie got over it quick with a deal made to Beckett to buy her all the deserts on the menu of her chose of restaurant. The Captain just blamed it on Castle for the no invite. But Ryan and Esposito were sulking the whole episode and they didn't get over it until the Captain told them they were acting like babies and that they should be happy for their friends who been through a lot these past months. With that said, they decided to give 2 vacation days each to Beckett so she can have her honeymoon with Castle since she used all of hers up searching for Castle.

This Castle episode was superior in every way to the wedding episode. A good mixture of case-of-the-week that was fun to watch unfold and great Caskett moments with a touch of great wardrobe especially for Beckett.

Luv ya,
           Diva

State of Affairs Pilot Review

Hey People,

So I watched State of Affairs last night and I went in thinking not very good thoughts since I didn't hear anything good about this show. My father's coworker even said she fell asleep during the premiere and I read comments that said the same thing or that it was a total rip off of Scandal and Homeland. To tell you the truth, it reminded me of Madam Secretary. The point is I went in thinking this show was going to be crossed off my list immediately, but instead I enjoyed it. Let me explain.

Summary: There is an actual job where someone has to make a list of most wanted. Charleston, which is a pretty cool name, is a CIA analyst that's responsible for the daily briefing for POTUS. Charlie also would have been the President's daughter-in-law if it weren't for the fact that her fiance/President's son died.

Okay in the first 10 minutes of the episode I would have said boring. I seriously thought it was going to be about the briefers getting together and talking about what was relevant or not, which the show kind of is, but I guess what separated this show from Madam Secretary is the fact that she did things outside of her office. Now, I don't know how realistic that is. I mean, one minute she became the most wanted person at the CIA and the next she just walks to POTUS's office like you would if you wanted a cup of coffee at Starbucks. But there was action and I liked that. I also like the story-arc of this mysterious texter, who knows her secrets and every move she makes, which I hope they explore soon instead of every episode being about the case-of-the-week.

Previously On...Monday

Hey People,

Out with the old, in with the new. We have a newcomer tonight.

Say hello to our newcomer, State of Affairs. I seen so much advertisment for this that they really can't blame that as a reason for why it fails, if it does actually fail.

Starring Katherine Heigl, who I haven't seen on TV since Grey's Anatomy and Alfre Woodard, who is always lovely to watch.

The last thing I need is another political show, but I try to give everything a try at least once. So here's your try State of Affairs. Don't disappointment me.

I'll have a review of this later in the week.

S1 E5

So Jane moves out of the house and into fiance's. Felt really bad for her mother the whole time. Yes, she lied, but she only did it to protect Jane. Being a 16 year old girl is not easy. Being a 16 year old pregnant girl is a 1000x harder. Jane tries to get to know her father, but something they have in common is they both expect perfection, but perfection only exists in fantasy. Eventually, they'll get the hang of being a father and daughter. But for now at least Jane can replace the Smits picture with the one of her father and her as a baby. I couldn't stop laughing at that.

Baby-daddy told the truth about his marriage to Jane and how he plans to divorce Petra. Jane, like always, had a picture in her head of a perfect family for her baby, which we all know isn't true at all. After the talk with Jane's father, she realizes nothing is perfect and she wanted to be a part of this baby's life. So now it'll Jane, baby-daddy, and fiance. Maybe not the fiance since Jane found out fiance knew the whole time about Petra having the affair and he didn't tell her. To be honest, I was kind of on fiance's side. What is with women not understanding just because he's your boo doesn't mean he has to tell you everything that relates to his job (see Gotham). Keep your personal life separate from her business life especially when you're a cop. However, he didn't have to lie after she found out. The only good thing is it led Jane to go back to her mother for comfort.

Petra has sank to a new low. She's now claiming abuse. But damn, that was a straight up punch. Meanwhile, no-face-man killed another person. Does anyone else want another subtitles for feelings not said. I want that in all my shows now.

Almost forgot, fiance's brother is asking for $2000 and is dating Jane's best friend. I just can't picture the fiance stealing cars.

S1 E8

Last week had a really fun episode that I enjoyed very much. The case-of-the-week was a mix of Saw and The Office all rolled into one. Gordon and Bullock knew right away who the killer was which is a change up to what we usually have (trying to find out who the killer is). The only problem is they couldn't prove it. But once Gordon found their fighting spot it was all over for the killer. I actually love how Bullock stood up for Gordon and got the police force to actually help out and do their damn jobs for once, but by the time they get there, everything was under control. Actually, I can even argue that Gordon didn't need their help at all. I know the whole point of this episode for them was to prove you can't do it alone, but I think they proved the opposite for me. Gordon will clean the streets and put anyone who breaks the law behind bars, even if they do help the police from time to time. And now we know he can do it alone.

Bruce goes to school and has to deal with bullying and he flips out over a your mama joke. You got to love Alfred's parenting skills though. He actually drives Bruce to the bully's house so Bruce could hit him, just so the boy knows Bruce could kill him. Messaged received? Oh, and now Alfred is going to teach Bruce how to fight. I'm guessing not that well since someone else trains him when he's older. I hope this wasn't the moral of the story. Meanwhile, Cat gets caught breaking and entering and guess who she calls for help?

Over on the bad side of town, Mooney and Penguin meet to set up terms. Mooney tells Penguin that he better pray Falcone stays alive for his sake. I bet he does because we all know who Penguin really works for. It goes in this order Maroni < Falcone < Penguin. Penguin finds out that Mooney has someone close to Falcone and Mooney finds out another piece to her puzzle that we still don't know the details to yet. However, it does seem like her secret weapon is becoming soft, but that lie kind of helped. It wasn't all a lie. I'm guessing the part about her mother entertaining was correct, but her mother is still alive and singing apparently.

Back at home, Barbara leaves because Gordon hung up before she could say "I love you". This girl is ridiculous. First she wanted to know everything, and now that she knows, she's so scared, she's pointing guns at anyone who doesn't turn on the lights as soon as they enter. I hope she never returns, until she's ovulating and h*rny and just wants to have a baby. What can I say? I really, really, really want my Batgirl.

More Nygma, more Nygma!

S7 E6

Let's talk about this episode that to me was supposed to be the episode that would go down as one of the best episodes to date. It definitely wouldn't be in my top 10 and I'm not even sure it would make it in my top 50. Here are my problems in no particular order.

• The case-of-the-week was probably the weakest part of the episode. I'm not talking about how Castle went into alternate universe (I liked that), I am talking about the fact that it circled around an artifact gone missing and then they solved it once they went to coal factory. Yes, some cases are solved quickly in real life, but this is a TV show and I expect there to be some excitement. This has to be one of the worst cases on Castle and is definitely the worst case so far this season (not including the story-arc, but I have to say it may be worse). I know that it would have been a cliche, but I rather have seen Castle hit his head and was dreaming the whole time than this. The case-of-the-week just needed to be more interesting like the invisible coat. Some people thought the case-of-the-week was too long and didn't give enough time to the wedding. I actually didn't mind it. I meant how much time are they supposed to give to a wedding that was spontaneous? The episode was 10 minutes longer than usual (52 mins), so the case was pretty long since the actual wedding only took about 5 mins, but I don't think people would have cared as much if it was an interesting case, which it wasn't.
• That green screen. Anytime I focused on them my eyes would just move on their own to the background. It was just so bright, oh so distracting and fake. The only good thing is I could hear what they were saying (I loved their vows), but I couldn't focus on their faces if my life depended on it. Speaking of focusing, when Kate walked down the aisle or whatever that was, I was shocked she was in pants, but I thought she looked good. At least from the front she did, the back was another story. That bow on her butt had to go. It was the only thing that was bugging me about her wedding suit.
• I get they only invited family, but it just felt so wrong not to have Lanie, Esposito, and Ryan there. The viewers consider them family and it felt like a betrayal. A commenter even suggested the writers can write L, E & R giving the cold shoulder to Mr. & Mrs. Castle for weeks to come as punishment. All I have to say about it is work family is family too, especially if they are your closest friends.

I want to end on a good note so let me say what I loved, the vows, the alternate universe (what was different from reality), and (even though I didn't care for it) the wedding. Was I the only one who thought Alexis should keep her dark hair? It made her eyes pop and darn it, she looked hot.

Hopefully, the honeymoon tonight will be 1000x better. It can only get better.

Luv ya,

             Diva