Community: Pierce's Last Will & Testament
This episode opens with the study group coming back
from Pierce’s cult ceremony/ funeral. I thought this was a really great and
touching episode with a pretty sweet guest star. In what is basically a bottle
episode, the group spends it in the library getting questioned, and getting
bequeathed upon from the late member of the group. The whole time they are
wired to lie detectors that are run by a scientist who is also a pretty shitty
person.
The episode ties up Pierce's time in the series
without the character even being there, but he still manages to cause chaos
within the group, and gets them to reveal awkwardly truthful things about
themselves. In the end, this only
brought them closer together. The character, "Pierce" Hawthorne,
gives his final goodbyes to each member of the group, and also gives them some
obligatory sperm.
Except for Troy, he still gets sperm, but he also gets
the opportunity to sail around the world, and inherit Pierce's fortune. As we
already know, this is the beginning of the end for Troy. This episode also
touched on a sort of unseen subplot that happened in seasons past where Troy
lived with Pierce for a while. Even from the beginning, these two had a pretty
nice relationship. Pierce was kind of Troy’s mentors so it made sense. Still I
can't believe next episode will be Troy’s last, but more importantly what the
hell is Abed going do now that his sidekick is gone? It should be interesting.
As usual this cast
shows that they're able to carry an episode that relay’s entirely on their
performances. The episode is a real character piece and every actor on this
show is at the top of their game. It is kind of sad now that Pierce is off the
show for good, but this one was a great send off to the character. I'm giving
this one an 8 out of 10. This episode also had a great tag, apparently Pierce
died from masturbating to death. I’m going to miss Pierce, but at least he
became a Level 5 Laser Lotus, and died rich.
By: Isaiah Mueller
Arrow Episode
12-Heir to The Demon
Since the start
of season two, Arrow has consistently featured an engaging story, and
surprising plot twists. This trend continues with the newest episode "Heir
to The Demon." Even though it is not quite as successful as the last few
episodes, it still is an engaging, and enthralling view. I fully expected this
week’s episode to continue the overarching plot involving Brother Blood and
Slade Wilson, not to mention last week’s move by Oliver to reveal his identity
to Roy. However, it went in a completely different direction, introducing Ra’s
al Ghul's daughter Nyssa into the fray. I was a bit surprised/disappointed that
al Ghul’s daughter in the show was not in fact Talia, but Nyssa. However, she
soon made me forget all about Talia. Throughout the course of the episode, she
quickly cemented herself as a formidable Arrow villain by not being a full on
villain. She had some redeeming values and showed a human side,
unpredictability, if you will. Her romantic relationship with Sarah was
unexpected, but also very natural and not shoehorned in. Kudos to The C.W. for
that.
The overall plot
of this episode is that Nyssa al Ghul's coming to get Sarah and bring her back
to The League of Assassins. But with help from Oliver, and her dad, she decides
to stay and fight. After an emotional fight, Nyssa eventually releases her from
the League and leaves her alone and free. The episode ends with Sarah revealing
that she is alive to her family and suffice it to say that Laurel doesn't
respond to the news positively. Sarah's return and Laurel's reaction to it will
certainly make for an interesting dynamic in the coming episodes. The episode
ends with Oliver and Sarah making out in a scene that had me screaming at my tv
(I really want Laurel and Oliver to be together).
The flashbacks
that are synonymous with Arrow are present in this episode, but like this
episode are far different than anything from season two. It flashes back to the
Lance home, the day before the fateful shipwreck. It introduces Sarah and
Laurel's relationship and explores The Lance's, especially Laurel and Quentin's
reaction to Sarah's presumed death. It was certainly one of the high point of
the episodes, littered with raw emotion and background on these characters that
we've seen grow and struggle for over 30 episodes. The weakest part of the
episode was the moments that involved Moira's bid for mayor ship. It seemed
rushed and really took away from the main story line. That being said it still
had an amazing moment to it in which Oliver learns that his mom had an affair
with Malcolm Merlin, and that Thea was the result of the affair. This leaves
Oliver and Moira's relationship all, but destroyed. I'll admit I was
disappointed by Moira's actions, after all that she'd been through I had really
thought that she'd changed. But if there's one thing I've learned about this
show, it's that things are never as they seem. Also there was a weird scene
that involved Oliver with his shirt off, hitting a tire with a hammer. But come
to think of it there haven’t been that many topless, pointless workout scenes
lately, so I'll give C.W. the pass this time. All in all "Heir to The
Demon" is a welcome change of pace that explores different dynamics of the
Arrow world, while still maintaining the characteristics that make the show
great.
Score:8.8/10
+Welcome Change
of Pace
+Nyssa's serves
as a formidable and multi-faceted villain
+Great insight
into The Lance family life via flashback
+A bunch of new status quo's created
-Moira's
candidacy feels shoehorned in
-Weird training
scene
By: Alex Handziuk
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