The X-Files - "Plus One" - Season 11 Episode 3

By Kaylynn Kasandra

Of all the episodes since X-files made its return, this has to be my favorite. Surprising since it lead us nowhere in terms of the big plot. It did however give me that feeling of nostalgia that we so often crave from the shows we know and grew up watching. X-files for me has always had a soft spot in my heart. It was a show I always watched with grandma, and this episode had the same feel of those episodes. Even though they ignored the big storyline, I wasn’t upset by it at all. We get to remember what it’s like to follow Mulder and Scully on their cases. And this one was quite… interesting.

I really liked the idea behind the case. Psychic twins who can create killer doppelgangers of their enemies from a child’s game. Can’t say that is all too common. And it was done in quite the tongue in cheek manner. I liked that they had the same actress play the twin brother as well. It added a level of humor. But, it also added to the feeling of the paranoia one must feel when seeing visions of themselves. I for one think it would absolutely terrifying to suddenly be plagued by visions of myself. To me that just seems so much more unnerving than any other supernatural being you may see. Unless of course you were born with an identical twin. Which, in that case, you’re probably used to that feeling. Just not the murderous part, or at least I would hope not.

I also think it was nice to see the connection between Mulder and Scully again. Many fans are probably really upset by the idea that William isn’t actually Mulder’s son. So to have the idea proposed that Scully may once again want a child, that’s a big win. At least for me. I can only see it being negative in a few areas if I were to be completely honest. One being if Scully were to be pregnant it would make her more vulnerable. Another playing of that, she would leave the baby vulnerable to being messed with by the smoking man. Which, could in fact actually be playing into his hands all along.

I do have to say, in terms of this case, Fox and Dana got really lucky. Seeing how the twins played their deadly game of hangman using their last names, they were given some extra time to figure things out. Even better, the twins allowed for their childlike bickering to take over and ended the deadly game with each other’s names. Thus again working out nice for Fox and Dana.

I’m curious to see how the timeline will play out throughout the season. I mean, if Scully does indeed end up pregnant, will they stretch that out or speed it up? Also, are we going to be given little pebbles slowly through the season in regards to William? Or are we not going to see him again this season? I just have a feeling we will be having a few more case episodes before we get anymore developments in those regards. I’m just happy they brought the show back and it’s not cheesy. It’s been done very well in my opinion and I hope they keep doing it. I’m really excited to see where this season will lead.

Written by Kaylynn Kasandra. Awkward hippie who enjoys helping people, creating things, reading, sci-fi, fantasy, and Thor. Find more from her at kaylynnkasandra.com and
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The Path Season 3 Premiere! - Episodes 1-3

By Kaylynn Kasandra

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After what seemed to me to have been a lifetime, I was pleased to see that The Path returned with not two, but three new episodes. Having been ill, I was quite happy to have essentially three hours to binge watch. Let me tell you, the wait didn’t disappoint! Within the first few minutes, I was sucked in! Sadly, the pace slowed down over the course of the three episodes, but the premiere episodes didn’t disappoint overall. Seeing Eddie take on a super human role in the start of the return episode was pretty cool. I have not been shy in showing I am team Eddie, so I was glad to see others see how awesome he is.

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 I would be lying if I said it wasn’t more satisfying for me to see Creepy Cal squirm having had witnessed Eddie’s epic Daernerys (Game of Thrones anyone?) moment. Creepy Cal has been way too comfortable in his role as leader of the movement. Now he is so disturbed by Eddie’s new role he took Mary, their baby, and fled. In true Creepy Cal style he stole the very ideas and structure of the movement and rebranded it as his own. He used it for his own financial gain as well as to feel that power of leadership once again. It bit him in the ass though. Again, making me very happy as I watched it all unfold. His traveling life coach show gig landed him in quite the pickle: he became all but a personal slave to an ex-athlete with some serious issues. Being the assholes they are, Mary and Cal were completely fine extorting this severe mental case until it became clear how much of a physical threat he was to them. While all this was unfolding Cal was still dealing with all of his own issues. He tries so very hard to push it all down and ignore it. As always, Mary isn’t blind to it. But she also has issues of her own, which is sure to come back to bite them in the ass later this season. I mean seriously… what was she thinking stealing from that mental athlete dude? And his rings of all things? Come on!

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Now let’s delve into my next least favorite character, Sara. She still seems to be the same overly trusting, bad decision making, selfish jerk that she has always been. I can’t be the only one who watched these episodes thinking her new friendship with this professor is going to be her downfall this season. That and her new obsession with that crazy bondage therapy she and Cal tried together. Once again showing us they have no freaking chance of ever breaking up their ridiculous co-dependent relationship. I’ve always said Sara is just as jacked up as Cal, and I think this season we will get to see that more and more.

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While on the subject of hard to break habits, Eddie seems to keep making some as well. This time he has let this Logan kid blind him into thinking maybe, just maybe he’s like he was at his age. But after Logan began fighting with Hawk we see a change of heart from Eddie, and he’s quick to show Logan the door. But really, who he needs to be worrying about is Veda. His new publicist that seemed to come just as he came out of the fire. I mean who the hell is this creepy lady and her even creepier mom Lilith anyways? They keep insinuating she is like the snake who we kept seeing around Steve in Eddie’s visions. Even knowing they were bad news from the start I was still shocked to hear them talking about Eddie’s death and how it needs to happen so they can live. That’s some creepy stuff that I can’t wait to learn more about.

I really hope in this season we will see more from Hawk. It seems as though he has found his way in terms of leadership within the movement, which is nice. But, I need to see more. Whatever happened to him levitating in the woods? Are we going to ever go back to that, or is this just going to be something we keep ignoring happened? I don’t want to give up hope that Hawk is going to be the key to everything when things start to unravel. Which, I believe is going to happen soon seeing as our new friends are around and Cal is on his way back.

Let’s just hope Hawk doesn’t get all emotional this season when it really matters. He seems to do that. There are quite a lot of new things happening within the movement with how things are run. Especially with the interfaith connections being made. Let’s hope these bonds will bring more positive than drama. Because frankly, I have a feeling they will have their fill of problems coming their way this season.

Written by Kaylynn Kasandra. Awkward hippie who enjoys helping people, creating things, reading, sci-fi, fantasy, and Thor. Find more from her at kaylynnkasandra.com and
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Supernatural - "The Bad Place" - Season 13 Episode 9 Review

Can you believe we have to wait a full month and ten days until we get the next episode? I know I should be used to the whole winter break stuff the CW does around the holidays, but damn...this will be rough. I feel like so much yet so little happened in this episode. I can’t even lie and pretend like I remember the psychic girl’s name, but we see her come back this episode. But, that was expected since Jodi set that up at the end of the episode psychic girl was on. So, from now forward, we will only be referring to her as PG for psychic girl. Scratch that, I remember now, it’s Patience. Apparently that’s what I needed to remember her name as well. It’s certainly something her dad needs to learn as well. You think he would get used to this whole “I come from a family of psychics” thing. I’m just glad she trusted herself when she got the vision of Jodi and chose to go to her.

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While I am confessing things, I must admit I was a little disappointed at being misled when it comes to Jack’s intentions at the start of this episode. I kind of liked the idea of Jack going rogue and being evil like his dad. It sure would have been a lot more interesting than the emo crap we have been seeing from him. But I guess the reality of the situation was pretty sweet too. The whole moment in the car after he was reunited with the Winchester’s and they professed they’re all family was, as the kids say, totes adorbs.

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Then we have Derrick, the dreamwalker who Jack had gone to see about “The Bad Place”. We didn’t know at the start of the episode, but Jack’s intention wasn’t to find his dad, but Mary instead. But we can’t blame Dean for thinking otherwise. I mean, part angel or not, his dad is the ultimate fallen and genes speak wonders for our personalities. Luckily for us, so does environment and all of Sam’s coddling, so it seemed to balance things. I must admit though, the angels are pretty messed up for killing Derrick. I’m sure he could have been more help to them had they given it time and not had been so hell bent on finding Jack. I’m just grateful Jack heard of Kaia from Derrick before the angels did him in, because seeing him awkwardly try to profess his non-existent drug use was everything. Being street smart, Kaia did a great job trying to escape from Jack once he helped her escape rehab. Unfortunately, Dean’s patience had run out the second he found his mom was alive and he completely lost his cool. Full on psycho mode. Quite the opposite of what Hunters stand for, but honestly, can you blame him? He’s lost her before and refuses to again. Poor Mary though, she is some serious trouble. And I am not quite sure after all the drama that went down between getting Kaia and fighting off the angels that Jack even got to her in time. When they show him there at her feet she seemed to have succumbed to the pain. And now we have to wait over a freaking month to see just how grave her condition is!

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There are a few other mysteries this episode leaves us with that make me absolutely bonkers! When Jack used Kaia to get to the world Mary is in, what exactly happened to her? We only see her on the side of the road. We see the Winchester’s in a world that looks quite similar to Jurassic Park. After everything they have been through fighting off all kinds of monsters, I’m not sure they can handle dinosaurs. And I am pretty sure they’re unarmed so that makes things way worse.

I really can’t wait until January. I miss Castiel, as he hasn’t been around again. And dare I say I miss Lucifer? He cracks me up and I can’t wait to see what revenge he has in mind for the crazy alternate Michael. Of course I can’t wait to see how the Winchester’s get themselves out of their dino dilemma either.

Written by Kaylynn Kasandra. Awkward hippie who enjoys helping people, creating things, reading, sci-fi, fantasy, and Thor. Find more from her at kaylynnkasandra.com and
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