Season Finale! So I officially hate ABC Family. I know I bitch about people who complain about spoilers. Because honestly, if you don’t want spoilers, stay off the internet. The thing is, something seems wrong about a network tweeting the fucking ending within a few hours of it airing. I mean, maybe consider the people who didn’t get to watch it live. Regular people are one thing. A network should be more considerate.

Anywho, I’m also hungover so I’m extra bitchy. This does not bode well for my opinion of Amy.

I really hate clichéd photobooth montages. They suck at weddings, they suck at carnivals and they suck on television. Plus it is so fucking obvious that the “good” is going wrong.

Has Chloe never seen Everwood, The Vampire Diaries or The Notebook?! Ferris wheels absolutely make the relationship. (See, totally bitchy tonight).

Alek won Aslan. That’s hilarious. But Paul is totally awesome considering he gives Alek constant shit.  I’ve secretly decided that they are going to be another of my favorite bromances. Shipper names, please apply.

And In a weird twist, Amy didn’t annoy the hell out of me.

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“The more beautiful things are, the more prickly they can be. I was talking about me.” And within a minute, I was on the floor, dying of laughter. I don’t know how to explain my love of some bedroom stalker boys and my hatred of others but I fucking love Alek.

You guys, I kind of adore the maturity on this show. I mean, on the one hand, we still have the standard plot twists but things are actually dealt with. Issues come up, like boys, and the characters confront their feelings. It’s delightfully refreshing. Also, how hilarious was it when Alek is like “What?!” when her mom says she didn’t like him at first and then like “whatever” two seconds later, because that’s everyone’s reaction.

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A word from SB:

YOU GUYS.  I am the biggest fucking asshole in the universe–Melissa actually had this done last week and it somehow totally got by me, and I’m just posting it now.  YIKES.  So please, show her the love, both on this post and the next, which will be up just a few minutes after this one.  Thank you again, Melissa, for being so forgiving and gracious … not to mention awesome … okay, enough kissing ass, let’s get to it.

I feel like a discussion of the love triangle for this episode. Actually, if I’m being honest, I’m so late on this recap because I couldn’t decide what in the world to discuss. See, while the secondary characters are growing more well-rounded, the love triangle is one of the best on television and Chloe’s mom is an ever growing mystery, the weekly storylines kind of suck. And by that I mean, the main “who’s the big bad villain of the week”. I think the writers did a decent job building up the idea of The Order but in deciding not to show their hand right away, ended up causing some problems. It seems fairly obvious that this massacre, of which Chloe was the only survivor, was The Order slaughtering Mai. How Chloe’s parents fit into that does interest me though. There was also that hint ages ago that Chloe may not have killed Xavier by kissing him. So if we know The Order is capable of such things, I don’t believe they would ignore her, even with Valentina’s threats.

But we keep having these random storylines to show off Chloe’s fighting abilities (or Alek’s and Jasmine’s, as the case may be) and we see The Order, but nothing is meeting up. I’m more than a little frustrated at that. I could even accept that The Order is sending randoms after Chloe to mess with her. But this business of putting the threat out there with no validity to the threat is annoying. Take this week for example–I would have felt so much more power behind the fight between Chloe and her mom if we’d found out that the cop worked with The Order. Turning Chloe against the woman she loves and trusts to take care of her? That’s some dark shit and well worth tuning in for. Stopping a fake robbery only to learn the cop is in on it and needing to take them all down for no purpose? Boring. Okay, I know I kind of went on that little mini rant/explanation for a bit. I just think you should know that I’m still struggling to love the show even as I love many of the characters. So let’s delve into the love triangle.

I’m so torn between Brian and Alek. Like seriously, you guys, I’m normally not one for love triangles. I pick my favorite couple and I put up with the other one because I know that shows think the world isn’t complete without a love triangle. Which, on that, I wish once in a while a show would be realistic and realize that most of us are hoping for one guy to notice us. I don’t know any girl who’s been stuck between two guys, let alone two smoldering hot guys. However, since we are talking about a girl who is the potential leader/savior/whatever with super cat powers, I’ll let the unrealistic romance slide. (Wow, tangent much?). Anyway, I think the show’s done a really good job of giving us two very different but very similar guys.

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I feel an apology is necessary to you all. You see, last week I went to Comic Con. And silly little me, I thought that since the events didn’t start until Wednesday, I could easily watch the episode and recap it. Clearly, that was a foolish idea. So my deepest apologies. However, I did do some very important research while I was down there and discovered that Grey Damon’s eyes are even more beautiful in person. I swear, you could swim in those eyes. *swoon*.

Now that’s done, let’s catch up quickly from last week. I began this series saying that The Nine Lives of Chloe King, in small ways, reminded me of Buffy. The show lost that a bit over the next few episodes yet lately it has brought back that sensibility. Yet not in the witty banter of the beginning. Nope, this shit has gotten dark. I mean, first off, we’re already dealing with the fucked up fact that Chloe can’t kiss the guy she’s in love with. At least Buffy got to make out with Angel. Chloe’s in love with a guy she can’t have and who also happens to have a father that’s trying to kill her. Truly the foundation of all perfect relationships. Oh, who am I kidding? Half the epic romances on television start with forbidden sex and death threats. (Now THAT is some fucked up shit).

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That was so the best opening of a superhero show ever. I kid you not, my first note said if the entire episode sucks it was worth it for that opening. If you missed it, basically Chloe, Alek and Jasmine are running all action sequencey and then Chloe fucking doubles over in pain, wheezing for air. Fabulous!

I really appreciate the insistence on training. A lot of shows (and movies) tend to have the supernatural mastered quickly. I found it refreshing that not only is Chloe forced to consistently train but that her superpowers don’t instantly mean super-muscles. She’s sore and tired and I like the realism. (Yes, I’m aware that I’m talking about realism on a show about an ancient race of cat gods.) The consistent training throughout the episode greatly improved my impression from last week. Sure it wasn’t totally badass supernatural stuff but it was supernatural and furthered some of Chloe’s powers. Works for me.

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Hmm, interesting third episode. Personally, I’m still enjoying the show, though it’s not quite living up to the impression it made in the pilot. I need either more mythology or, well, I’m not really sure exactly what I want but I want more. The relationship between Chloe and her mom continues to be one of my favorite parts of this show. Both actresses play the dynamic well and the characters are realistic. (Though I’m still wondering if there’s more to Chloe’s mom than we realize.) The boys continue to make an interesting (and hot) triangle, even if the triangle is only just beginning to develop. I do hope that Brian starts to at least get suspicious soon.The issue of whose side will he choose fascinates me. That said, I think overall there are two things that just aren’t meshing with me and maybe changing those will get the show back in the pilot’s direction.

1) The friends. Chloe’s got too many friends at this point. I feel like the show is trying to keep all of her friends central to her life by letting Amy & Paul know about her powers but it doesn’t click. Chloe’s human friends can’t do anything for her with The Mai and her new Mai friends don’t know her like Paul & Amy do. By the end of the summer season, at least one needs to go and one needs to be better integrated. If I’m placing bets (which I usually don’t because I suck at predicting story lines), I would say Jasmine gets killed. I’d rather lose Amy but if Jasmine dies, Alek is still involved as a potential love interest, leaving Chloe more time with her human friends.

2) The mythology. The pilot jumped us into Mai mythology but since then we’ve seen very little about them. I want to know more about their history, exactly why the Order is after them and what makes Chloe so special. Right now, Chloe is just being protected and we don’t even know what she can do as the Uniter. I need more mythology to actually care about what’s going on. I’m hopeful about the fourth episode though. In my experience, many supernatural shows take the first few episodes to really find their footing and create a balance within the story lines. On to the rest of the fun.

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And we’re baaaacckk!!!

Yes, I’m cheesy. Whatevs. I found this to be an odd choice for a second episode. For one, we don’t learn that much more about the Mai or The Order. After setting both groups up as such a major deal in the pilot, this surprises me. On the other hand, I do actually appreciate a series that throws a world upside down, then follows with an episode of how everyone adjusts their everyday lives. The Vampire Diaries actually did this with S2, upsetting the balance in “The Return” and then calming things down (relatively speaking) in “Brave New World”. I just find it odd for this show since we’ve only had the pilot so far.

That said, I definitely still enjoyed the episode. There’s a real sense of balance between Chloe’s day to day life (though seriously, people, I like school scenes. Fun stuff happens in high school) and her new supernatural world. It certainly could switch to focusing more heavily on the Mai but I hope it doesn’t. There’s no risk or sacrifice to the paranormal if you don’t have the normal along with it. I’ve decided to add a little mythology update section and end with random musings over quotes. The quotes haven’t been so quoteworthy and some of my thoughts just don’t fit in a category. Plus I make the rules in this recap. ;)

CBWA or Cute Boy of the Week Alert: Brian. Oh please, Grey Damon all hot and bothered when he was boxing? Like there was any other option. (I’m so glad he’s almost 24 in real life & in college on the show. It’s less cougary to find him hot).

Mythology Musings: Wait, so a Mai kiss doesn’t kill a human? Or is it that in this case it didn’t so the assassin dude killed him anyway? Or is this part of Chloe’s Uniter thing, that she can kiss humans? It would be kind of fascinating to me if The Order has been killing anyone a Mai is ever intimate with to keep perpetuating the myth and to keep Mai as alone as possible.

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I like The Nine Lives of Chloe King. Really, really like it. I’m not saying its perfect (but aside from Friday Night Lights, what pilot is?) and there’s a character I’d like to kill already. Still, I laughed, I worried, I swooned and I even teared up a little. The show’s been touted as a new Buffy of sorts and to be honest, it delivers. I’ll get more into my thoughts on characters later but the dialogue and the plot did remind me (in good ways) of Buffy without feeling like a rip off of one of the greatest shows of all time.

Oh, whoops, wrong intro. You have to get to know me. (If you give a shit. If you don’t, please pretend because I’m kinda self-involved). My hobbies include drinking wine and judging people, obsessing over television bromances and quoting Paris Gellar. Actually, I have no clue how to do an intro. I found a quote once that said “I’m a walking contradiction that has found consistency”. That about sums it up. I like television and have strong opinions. You’ve been warned. *insert evil/crazy laugh here*.

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