Gossip Girl- Con Heir

"I've lived here long enough to know not to write a check until they actually show up."

Well Gossip Girl returned this week and it wasn't short of drama or comical relief. While tensions were high with the Van der Woodsen's, more of that tension was building up between poor Blair and Dan, who found it impossible to catch a moment to finally, well, do the deed. After much anticipation they found their big break at a hotel that Rufus rented for them. Seems like ever since the last episode things have been falling apart on the Upper East Side. Lily and Rufus had to move back in to Dan's apartment. Blair has to sneak around with her new beau in order to keep out of the press and hope that her divorce from Louie will come quickly, you know before she is caught cheating on him. No one really has any privacy anymore. But anyways, their big moment seemed to be quite the disappointment. This did bring on much comedy to the episode and allowed us to get some chuckles out of a drunk Waldorf. Who would have thought the day would come when Blair Waldorf would be caught eating breakfast with lonely boy in Brooklyn and/or getting drunk off of cheap vodka with Dorota. Oh the changes! But fortunately the couple found their groove by the end of the episode and basked in their lovey dovey euphoria. It is actually so sickeningly cute that for a second I forgot I was a Chuck and Blair worshipper...... In an odd way the relationship with Dan has made Blair more down to earth than ever, which means that maybe it is a relationship worth pursuing further. They literally are the only couple worth watching for these days. 
But while Blair and Dan steered clear of the drama, Serena received a not so anonymous package. As Georgina passed on the Gossip Girl stick to her friend we realize the amount of power Serena now holds.  Now that she's lost her job at the Spectator she will want to get her revenge on Nate and what better way to do it than by blasting him on Gossip Girl? Once the ball is in personal territory, you can control what gets put up and what stays hidden. Yet that didn't really stop her from blasting her own family and ruining the brilliant plan hatched by William and Lily to take down Ivy. 

Everything else on the show seems to surround Ivy Dickens, which sickens me because I can't stand that Florida trash. After inheriting all of Cee Cee's money she is doing everything to stay on top in a town that hates her. Wouldn't it make more sense to take all that money and go somewhere to start a new life?  Although we are always suppose to respect a deceased person's wishes it becomes hard when you have lost everything because a con-artist got all of your money. Unfortunately this weeks scheme didn't really work out the way it was planned, but they can always find another way to run Ivy out of town right?  My guess is that once they expose Ivy the whole truth about William being Charlie Rhode's dad will come out as well. Maybe in Ivy's desperation (you know since her un-earned funds are frozen and all) she will figure out the secret and manipulate the family with it. You never know what kind of extremes desperate people are willing to go to.


Lastly, while Diana Payne making a come back to take over the Spectator and cause a bit of chaos in Nate's new relationship (poor Charlie will never understand what a normal life is from this day forward), the writers also want to bring back Elizabeth. We found out in this episode that unfortunately Uncle Jack is a bit of a liar and he was not the one that gave blood to save Chuck from dying. In fact, he was covering up for Chuck's mother. The question remains why? Why bring her back? What does Chuck still want from the woman that abandoned him? What good could this storyline possibly do for us? Is it just me or does it seem like we are giving up on Blair and Chuck for good? Maybe its for the better. Seems like Chuck's luck with women... and family in general, isn't that great. Of course maybe next week for a change the writers will set the dramatics somewhere other than some random party that everyone has to attend.

The Secret Circle- Sacrifice

"In some way your lucky. If you remembered you'd miss it and missing it is the worst part."

I'm getting a little lost in the whole mess of things on the Secret Circle. If Ebon is trying to rid the world of all witches than why is he working with a witch and trying to achieve this with magic? He's the one that frowns on it right? Seems like he's a pretty big hypocrite. I also cannot seem to figure out what John Blackwell is up to. First he lied about not having magic, than he faked a curse to keep Adam and Cassie away from each other. Of course this was done with good intentions because he wants to keep the circle safe but lying to your daughter in the first place is a bad idea. Especially cause its been so hard for her to trust you anyways. Now we find out that he has attempted to unleash demons and thats the reason for the fire in the boathouse and the reason why so many people died. Yet Cassie still believes he's a good guy and sure he comes off like that. He saved her from the demon and kept the circle safe with his power and has now become their "leader" in the fight to save the circle from witch hunters. But at the end of the episode we see him back at the ground where demons were just unleashed doing something that he obviously didn't want anyone to know about. What is he up too? Is he really good and altruistic or is he going to turn his back on the circle? 


The stress of magic is really getting to everyone in the circle. This week they all just wanted to step back and live a normal life, away from magic and demons and witch hunters. But unfortunately you cannot run away from what you are born into. That being said when the circle is in trouble you drop everything, take your "to-go" coffee and help. It might be rather hard for Diana to form a relationship with a mortal especially since a relationship will only work if it is based on the truth and that means she would have to tell him she's a witch.  I'm not sure how smoothly that would go over especially because you can never trust anyone in Chance Harbor. He might be a witch-hunter as well for all we know. Faye and Melissa let loose this weekend with a little flirting competition courtesy of Adam who actually needed to get his mind of off things. It is utterly tragic to watch Cassie and Adam, a couple that was so in love act like nothing ever happened. The change that has occurred within Adam is enough to break my heart. Cassie still loves him and although he knows he loves Cassie he cannot remember that feeling. Will enough time pass before Cassie falls in love with Jake  or will Adam break through the potion and fall back in love with Cassie? 

All we know is that the battle is just beginning between good versus evil. But which side is the circle on good or evil? In order for them to defeat Ebon and stay alive they need to be more powerful than he is now that he has unleashed the demons. The power lies within the crystals. If they find all the crystals and put them back into one they will be more powerful. The only problem is that as of now they only have Melissa's crystal and from what I remember one crystal was used up and Diana's dad has 2 crystals- his and Cassie's grandmothers. Does this mean that the fight is going to occur between parents and their children? All we can do is wait till April and find out. 


Memorable Quotes

• Cassie: So now witch hunter are hunting you. How does that feel?
• Adam: I don't negotiate with terrorists.
• Diana: Thats not an exaggeration, thats a lie. 

The Vampire Diaries- The Murder of One

"But why force when I can persuade?"

The Vampire Diaries needs to stop going on hiatus! They show three episodes and than bam their on a break again. Since the first 2 episodes were pretty bland and boring this one really brought back all the spice and gave the storyline some interesting twists and turns. 

Never mess with the originals. That's lesson number one. We can see what Rebekah is capable of when hurt and used by Damon. Girl is into some kinky things. But nonetheless the originals will use anything and anyone they can to get what they want. Even Jeremy isn't safe and he's thousands of miles away living a normal and happy life. This was also the return of the evil and cold-hearted Klaus, the one with the menacing glare and no remorse, its almost as if the the art loving and travel the world Klaus never existed. Nonetheless, it obviously cannot be as easy as staking one original and they all die. While Stefan, Elena and Matt were plotting to kill Finn, Klaus had Bonnie working on a spell to unbind all the siblings and guess what, it worked. The death of Finn unleashed repercussions that they weren't ready for. Once Finn died everyone that he turned would die as well. It was like a chain reaction. Truthfully seeing Sage spit up blood and turn to stone was pretty pleasing since her character irked me and she didn't really do much to the story. She was there to guide along the characters but her presence was rather irrelevant. 


But what does this mean? Well in order to kill Klaus they must use the one oak tree stake that they have. The problem? Killing Klaus will also kill everyone he has turned/sired to him, mainly Tyler. Unfortunately nothing ever comes easy at the Mystic Falls. But if they don't kill Klaus than we already knows he plans to leave MF with Elena in tow and create more of his kind or as he likes to call them his "new family." After that fight he seemed to have with Rebekah I have a feeling she is going to switch teams and join the Salvatore's in trying to kill her brother. She's right they might be pretty messed up and useless but family and friends is something they will always cherish and fight for.


The other prediction could be that the Salvatore's will have to turn to the originals for help and make a sort of super vampire team. Alaric's psycho alter ego has taken the only stake left which means that he could at any time try and kill any original and that means depending on who he kills he could take down Katerina, Stefan, Damon, Caroline, Bonnie's mom etc, with him. I wonder how one can fight this alter ego. Alaric has been drinking the herbs to help him with it but seems like when he isn't being watched he transforms anyways. The scene between him and Caroline was really touching as Caroline has gotten more of a softer side. Before she was a vampire she was a little loony but now she seems to be taking more of a calmer approach to things. 


And obviously we are back to the Damon, Stefan and Elena love triangle. After Klaus talked some sense into Stefan he finally realized that fighting to kill Klaus and pushing everyone away was a mistake. He was just hiding from his problems. But his love for Elena isn't enough to make her forget about Damon and when he asked her to look him in the eye and say she didn't feel anything for Damon she just couldn't do it. Unfortunately that means that Elena is loosing both Damon and Stefan. How long can one woman be in love with both before they both give up on her for the sake of each other? What she has to do is be truthful to herself and figure out who she would rather be with. And in the meantime they have to figure out how to kill Klaus without any more casualties. Lets face it but Elena is a strong person, she's lost so many people in her life yet she seems to hold it altogheter. Bonnie on the other hand needs to go on a tropical vacation or something because as the only witch on the show she seems to be the bait that everyone uses for their pleasure. 


Memorable Quotes

• Damon: His morals get very questionable when he has revenge on his brain.
• Caroline: Hear you had a run in with Buffy the vampire.
• Elena: The entire vampire species would just die with them. 
• Rebekah: Nik he's my play thing not yours.

One Tree Hill- Anyone Who Had a Heart

"Love means giving chances when there's no more chances left to give."

Mark Schwahn is an epic and brilliant writer and producer. As One Tree Hill is coming to a close he took us fans back to the very beginning. He instilled that same feeling in these last few episodes that the original One Tree Hill gave us. He created a show that could be quiet, dramatic, sad, happy, sexy and could make each and every person feel like they weren't alone. He took characters and he made them our family. But eventually all good things must come to an end and it is bittersweet feeling. We have come a full 360. We grew up with these characters and 10 years later we can still relate to them. Few shows have that little piece of magic that Tree Hill has. 

This week we were taken back to the River Court, because of course that's where everything started. Although we were missing Nathan and Lucas it was damn good to see Mouth, Skills, Fergie and the boys announcing and b-balling it up.  We saw the importance of Tric, honoring its owner Karen and creator P. Sawyer and we know that the finale will take place at a 10 year anniversary concert at Tric, which is brilliant since Tric was a vital part in the earlier episodes of OTH. You know so much can change and yet everything can stay the same and while one show ends for us, Julian begins to tell the story all over again because hell its a story worth telling. This week we got a little glimpse into the past but next weeks 2 hour series finale is going to take us all the way back home home... back to the girl behind the red door, back to Peyton's dark and twisted room, back to that tragic hallway for literally the last time. 

But I think the most unexpected moment was the burning boat. As we allude to the very first episode the burning boat is tradition in Tree Hill. One that Lucas and Haley attended when Peyton was still dating Nathan and Brooke was trying to get into Lucas's bed.  We throw in things we want to forget, to rid ourselves of.  Who would have ever thought that Brooke Davis kept a diary? I mean what happened to "good girls keep diaries, the bad girls never have the time." One really fantastic thing about this season is that they are finally giving Brooke's character justice. Unlike Haley who has been a well respected character throughout when you look back at old episodes Brooke was kind of a slutty ditz. Its nice to take a step back and look past all of that to see a girl who was just lonely and trouble and craving attention. And as awkward as it is that her parents are back together she finally got a shot at having a real family. In the past she always relied on the kindness of strangers, Karen, Peyton, or Lucas. Julian really is a fabulous husband for Brooke and although he wasn't a core character for a majority of the first seasons he's really made a place for himself. 


Quinn and Clay are also characters that haven't been part of the Tree Hill family for too long their storyline has finally developed into something pure and magical and they have become characters that got a place in our hearts. With the addition of Logan they finally became a family that Clay always longed for and Quinn could never attain. It helps a lot that Logan is honestly the cutest munchkin on the planet, but despite everything he, like Brooke has finally gotten the parents he always wished for. Who knew a kid could bring people so close together that Clay even popped the will you marry me to question to Quinn. Logan came to the rescue with his power ring and I know that each and every person watching this episode couldn't help but beam from one ear to the other. Unfortunately we will not get to witness much of the rest of this journey just how we won't get to see Brooke's boys grow up to be Jaime's age or see his relationship with mini- Haley (Lidia). 

Even though we cant see all of favorite characters in the finale, seeing many of the familiar faces this season has really made it a superb one. It pains me to say goodbye but I must find the words and mentally prepare myself for next week. Everyone get your tissues ready. If one thing is for certain, Mark Schwahn will definitely not disappoint. 


Memorable Quotes

• Brooke: What about vampires? We like vampires? We wanted more of them in the pilot. And werewolves!
• Brooke: OMG
• Dad: Funny thats what you were just saying.
• Brooke: My dad screws me over, my mom screws me up at which point they start screwing each other and I give up. 

Here's To Epic One Tree Hill Music!

90210- Blue Ivy

"Nothing Lasts Forever"

Things are starting to heat up on 90210 and I can't help but giggle and say I told you so occasionally.  Naming the episode after Beyonce's baby wasn't the only awkward part of the episode. For one there is 
 Annie is falling for a priest while Naomi is getting married. And while she is ecstatic about finally settling down with the guy of her dreams (happened awfully quick don't you think) it isn't all rainbows and unicorns. PJ is only marrying Naomi because of the clause in his contract. If he's not married by 28 he looses all the money that he received from his family. Everyone would go to such extremes if their whole life savings was at stake. He just messed up by telling Annie, Naomi's best friend. Sure, we all know Annie can keep a secret, but if it ends up hurting her friend? Either Annie will spill or Jen will have already known the secret and it won't be long before Naomi finds out. 

Annie will also not be too thrilled to find out that her friend Silver accidentally slept with her ex Liam. At this point we can safely say Silver has dated every guy on the show, including Teddy. But I guess we all kind of saw that coming. After Liam found out that Vanessa was crazy he kicked her out. Of course it was obvious that she would steal everything from him on her way out but Liam didn't think that far ahead. You guys think she's gone for good? I hope so, its bad enough she was lying and stealing from Liam but she also tarnished his reputation in Hollywood.  Oddly enough Vanessa's plan actually backfired. As she was the one who told Navid about Silvers cancer test she wanted to bring them closer together so she could keep Silver away from Liam. In reality all it did was send her away, make Navid and Silver fight, and bring Liam and Silver a little too close. How do you guys think Navid's going to react to all of this when he finds out? I mean he's still in love with Silver and from my understanding she was in love with him too??? And were those results negative or positive? I'm leaning to the positive side and thinking that Silver really does have the cancer gene. 


While Ivy is dealing with the pain of loosing Raj and not getting to spend all his last minutes with him she finally lets her feelings free at an Irish wake. And although everyone seems to think that Ivy has got it all together, she seems to be wishing upon death to go spend time with Raj? The ending scene of her running into the dark waters to surf don't make it seem like that will end well... What ever happened to Diego? I understand her husband just died but shouldn't that be more of a reason for her new beau to kind of help her cope and have a shoulder to lean on???




Ade and Dixon's relationships seems to be in some big trouble. Truthfully in this whole story arc Ade is the selfish one. She wants nothing but misery for Dixon. She had her shot at fame and it destroyed her. She gave it up and if she really wants to get back into the music she can do it- by herself because Dixon got a deal that was just too good to pass up. Of course she treats their work relationship just like she treats their actual relationship and this is a prime example of why the two should never ever mix. I must admit though that Dixon leaving on tour so abruptly and leaving things in such a mess with Adrianna was a low blow.  Do you guys think Ade will loose it again completely? Is the couple really over? Jealousy can be the number one killer of an already unhealthy relationship. 

One Tree Hill- Danny Boy

"I told you the voice was wrong. It gets better."

With just 2 episodes left till the SERIES Finale the writers are really tying everything back into season one. We have come a full circle. Unfortunately between season 8 and season 9 we had to loose a crucial character to the show. They always say that the evil live forever, but when the evil turn good I guess their the first to go. At least that's what happened with Dan Scott. 


An episode full of emotion from beginning to end I found myself clutching to the tissue box and reliving every season and every moment with Dan. You can't kill Dan Scott he said and we believed him. We hated him. We hated him for being a jerk to Nathan, for abandoning Lucas, for hurting Karen, and most importantly for killing Keith. But in his last moments in Tree Hill we found ourselves reliving the good memories and realizing that no matter what, we had spent almost a decade secretly loving Dan Scott and his devilish smile and quirky remarks. So unfortunately saying goodbye was painful. The good part was that it allowed us to revisit a dear old friend in heaven, Mr. Keith Scott. An astonishing surprise for us faithful OTH fans, but those faithful fans are the only ones watching nowadays anyways. If Nathan, Deb, Haley, and Keith could all forgive Dan than I guess so could we. We watched go from being on top of the world, to hating himself, to becoming a fraud, to being the loneliest man in the world to dying as a redeemed man; one with his family by his side no matter what and proud of what he had become. 


The reunion of Nathan and Haley, the one couple that has stuck it out since day 1,  definitely alluded to some of the other hospital scenes that tugged at our heartstrings. Oddly enough that hospital feels just like home to many OTH fans just because we have had so many beautiful and so many daunting memories there. Just like the scene at the River Court the writers are taking their fans on a journey to all the places that we think of fondly. That hallway at Tree Hill High might have had some horrible memories, but seeing Dan and Keith walk through it made it feel like we never left 2006. 


Brooke Davis has had a tough season. With her psychopath stalker finally locked up she can concentrate on her family, friends and businesses. But when thing suddenly start going perfect after they've been a disaster for so long you start to get skeptical. And for good reason. Brooke once again realized that she could not rely on her father for anything. Instead of coming there to check up on her and see how she was doing all he came to do was convince her to sell Baker Man. Brooke might have been a weak target back in the day, but after 9 goddamn seasons in Tree Hill she's pretty damn good and slamming the door shut and cutting out the people that don't matter.


It would have been the most epic ending of One Tree Hill if Lucas and Peyton had made an appearance. We got to see Keith, we saw Deb, said goodbye to Dan but what about Lucas and Peyton. So much has been happening in their friends lives and they are nowhere around. I'm sure one episode wouldn't kill them. Once the writers start tying back all the story lines back to previous seasons we know the chapter is coming to an end. But I'm glad that despite the fact that Luke and Peyton couldn't make an appearance we still include them in some shape or form. For us dedicated fans, those two were the basis of One Tree Hill. Lucas's books are what made us believe in love right? So when Julian jumps at the opportunity at turning the Raven's book into a T.V show its kind of a happy relief. Just because One Tree Hill is coming to an end doesn't mean it has to be over! 

I'll admit it... As much as I was anti the Clay story line I have to give Logan full credit. He won my heart over. If I found out I had a son and he was as adorable and cute as Logan I would fight for him too. It has to be hard growing up without a dad and finding out that one day he walked back into your life but Logan is one tough cookie and he finally accepted Clay into his life. Seems to me that with two episodes left, everyones lives are pretty much falling into place. Although this season was probably a huge home stretch you have to give it up to the writers for writing a simple story about a small town, that made me fall in love with it genuinely and uncontrollably. A story that has had us addicted and entranced for 9 seasons. They sure as hell better give me a series finale I will remember for a lifetime. Always and Forever! 

Keith and Dan Scott

Memorable Quotes

• Nathan: Hi Hales
• Haley: Say that again.
• Nathan: Hi Hales.
• Jaime: He'll be ok! Its Grandpa Dan.
• Nathan: Some people want to see you.
• Dan: Is it the cops?
• N: No its family and friends.
• D: I didn't know I had either.
• Nathan: No Dan wouldn't have come to save you. He cant stand you.
• Clay: Dude you were kidnapped.
• Nathan: Dude you're a father!
• Brooke: You're probably wondering how the line is coming along. I've been a bit busy what with the cafe and the psychopath and my friends missing husband.
• Jaime: You know whats cool. We've both been kidnapped and grandpa Dan saved both of us!
• Dan: Its too bad she'll never get to meet me, than again maybe that's a good thing.
• Dan: Am I in hell?
• Deb: No net yet.
• Mr. Davis: You're acting like a child.
• Brooke: How would you know you weren't around when I was a child

Ringer- That Woman's Never Been A Victim Her Entire Life

Things are getting way too rowdy up in Manhattan. Its complicated enough to keep up with both Bridget and Siobhan's double identities, but now we are dealing with a lot more, to a point where I can't keep story lines straight! Were a month away from the season finale yet so much has happened its shocking to think this was only season 1. 


We know for one that Olivia Charles is killing to keep the Martin and Charles ponzi scheme a secret right? Well at least thats what Andrew and Bridget think but lets than we find out that Henry really killed Tyler by accident after an altercation in his hotel room about Siobhan. The hit-man that was out for Siobhan in the first episode and in this past one was actually sent by Botoway Macawi, because Macawi does not know that Bridget is a twin. Could this be a fact? Or did Siobhan really send the hit-man on Bridget? Is Siobhan's story about being afraid of Andrew and what he might do to her legit or was Henry on to something when he said that all she wanted was to kill Bridget and the only way she knew how is to switch places with her? Because I don't think Andrew could ever be capable of killing his own wife, no matter how much he hated her. OR did Siobhan figure out that someone was trying to kill her because they thought she was Bridget? All we know is that Siobhan didn't assume that Andrew would fall for her so hard and end up saving her making the plot a lot more complicated. The last person who knew about the ponzi scheme was Malcolm, but apparently he too is dead. Once again was it Olivia? All signs point to Macawi and his men. Did Macawi know that Malcolm was going to testify??


All we know is that Siobhan is way to conniving and evil and she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. She was even so close to telling Andrew the whole truth. Did she really think that would make things better and mean her and Henry could be happily together, because im pretty sure with a revelation like that things would just get more and more complicated. Its only a matter of time before she will have to reveal herself to Bridget and make a plan that will save everyone and not just herself. Things have gotten way to messy. But what about Henry? Is he really that blinded by Siobhan and his love for her? He has moments of clarity where he blows up on Siobhan revealing the truth and than suddenly he crawls right back to her. Is he doing this just to get close enough to expose Siobhan. The hospital scene where he saw how happy Bridget made the family made us think that Henry was really not on Siobhan's team anymore. 

As for Olivia she is either the next victim on the list or she purely just made an escape to keep herself safe when the whole ponzi scheme blows up in everyones face. Now that Bridget knows about the plan that Juliet, Mr. Carpenter, Tessa and her mother executed there is just one more thing to make the police more skeptical about. Will she actually tell Andrew what happened? If she does things could get quite messy for Catherine and she might threaten Juliet. One thing is for sure, Bridget is the glue to the Martin family and they really are much happier when the real Siobhan isn't involved. When all the secrets come out what do you think will happen?