Preacher's of L.A. Episode 12 review

LAWD!

Let's jump right into it. I've actually been watching this holy hot mess of a show for a while now. So here we are on the episode 12 of this season and it's as foolish as ever.

We start out with Gang Bang Gibson talking with his wife about the Gang Summit event that he's helping to host. He seems pretty excited.

We switch over to Jay and his wife. I'm sure he's excited to show off his moves, but for the love of gawd if he says he's going to the hood one more time!

Let's scoot on over to Deitrick. He's having a meeting with someone. I can't remember the nature of their relationship, but she seemed more than just business. Hehehe. The gist of the convo? God ain't making him enough money. Time for the secular music. Ay! I ain't mad atcha. I find it hilarious, though, that he tries to use his religion to justify his venture. Hey, if you like it. I love it. He'll be inventing sex in NO TIME!

Moseying on over to this Gang Summit event. Gang Bang Gibson is meeting with the "gatekeepers" (still can't get over that bs). We meet with Khalid and Sista Soulja. My has she aged! lol. Seriously I was like, "OH! Sister Soulja is making an appearance." Nah. It was another Sister Soulja. Her story is heavy. She lost 2 sons.

So Gang Bang Gibson and his mini entourage walks out into the neighborhood and this young dude calls him out. "You're not from here!" "You're a fraud!" And I'm all like "OHHHHH!!!!" Gang Bang Gibson get's all flustered and get's in young dude's face. Challenging him. We all know Gang Bang Gibson has no problem shooting the people he's supposed to help. Or so he says. Because it's the Christian way.

The whole ordeal spoke volumes to this man's lies. Gibson acted as if he's in the community doing constant work and always present. But when he gets there, the young cat's that he's supposedly always there helping has no idea who he is. You can't be an old head who hasn't been active in years and get buck with them when they question your motive. He doesn't have to live there. It's no longer where he rests his head. Have the respect to listen instead jumping fly when someone expresses valid concerns. His fellow old heads echoed the same. "Bruh, we haven't seen you here in years!"

Sista Soulja breaks it up. Pretty much telling Gibson, "No! Not here! Not now! You won't fuck this up! You're supposed to be the voice of reason. Fuck your ego. Fix this shit."

Gibson goes to apologize to the guy and you can tell the guy wasn't sold. Yeah, I wouldn't have been either. Show and prove, brother. Show and prove.

Back to Deitrick and he's all hot and sweaty in the night club. Bird chest all exposed. Am I the only one disturbed by the zoom in of his crotch? Maybe it was just me. Carrying on!

We meet again with Deitrick and his new mistress business partner? I have yet to find out who she is. But their interactions made me uncomfortable. Who is she? Does Dominique know about these "meetings?" Anywho Deitrick want's to make REAL music. Not that Gospel crap. lol Okay so this wasn't what he really said. At least not the "gospel crap" part, but he most definitely insinuated.

You know, I watch this show purely for the drama. If you can get something out of it then much pwer to you. I just can't though. I may be back to review the next episode. It looks horribly interesting enough to review again.

Stay tuned!

The Revolution Will Not Be Fixed

 

 

Join hands, pour some libation, sing kumbaya, and.... victim shame?

Iyanla was DEAD wrong for this entire episode. In fact it was toxic. How you might ask? Oh let me count the ways....

1.) How dare she pop up for a couple of days and tell them that they have no plan? If she really cared to know what was going on then she would know that the young people are organizing. They are not tearing up and protesting without any end game in mind. Did she really just take the chief's word? He's currently protecting his murderous brother in blue. 14 days of peace? To do what? Keep people of color docile and sweep the whole matter under the rug? That's what 14 days of "peace" (silence, really) will do. No justice, no peace. Iyanla needs to get right.

To add... The youth just recently drafted a list of demands. Guess what? It wasn't due to Iyanla's visit. They were effective without her.

2.) How dare she reduce black men to criminals feared by all? "Black women clutch their purses when they see young black men walking down the street." When in fact these tatted up young men with golds, dreads, and sagging pants are the ones caring for the injured, women, and children. Furthermore where were the highlights of the young women and girls who suffered a premature death at the hands of police? She's just further reinforcing the stereotype that young black men are animals, uncivilized and deserved their fate. It was as well disrespectful to the women and girls who died very similar deaths.

3.) How dare she equate a system of white supremacy that devalues and criminalizes people of color to "they treat you like that because you don't treat each other right?" Way to stand up for racism there Iyanla! Black on black crime? Wow really? This has nothing to do with police who seek to brutalize and kill people of color. none whatsoever. It also has nothing to do with fatherless children. None. They've been killing us unprovoked for decades, centuries. We don't deserve it because of our internal conflicts.

4.) Why is she regurgitating msm bullshit? There was minimal rioting. If the rioting hadn't happened then Mike Brown's murder would have been ignored. They made a big enough fuss to catch the attention of the world and exposing a racist, classist, militarized system within America. Unfortunately it attracted opportunists like Iyanla to capitalize off of poc's struggle.

5.) This man said because of this tragedy we have people coming together who otherwise never would have. When 2 gangs can settle their difference to fight an oppressive force. That speaks volumes. That's big. Iyanla's never impressed because it has to be all about how SHE thinks things should go. So instead of being proud of that fact she tries to open old wounds by in so many words saying "that's not enough". Apparently she thinks it's not good if it wasn't done before the fact.

6.) Then she brings out... Benzino? He and she are advocating that rappers stop making songs that glorifies killing and other distasteful subjects. That's all well and good buuuut you're still on LAHHATL's pay roll. Yes I saw a snippet of that hot misogynist, ratchet ass mess that is LAHHATL. How about we take responsibility for that since you're saying that our culture is to blame for the injustices we suffer? Never mind the fact that rap music has nothing to do with an oppressive, racist, and classist system that goes unpunished for repeatedly brutalizing and murdering men, women, and children of color.

7.) And did I hear her ass say "justice don't give you no job?" I'm done!

Look, what I have to say is that Iyanla should have stayed her ass at home. She didn't help a damn thing and quite possibly could have damaged things further by planting these ridiculous assumptions that somehow we play a part in the injustice we receive.

Iyanla (as well as these popular tv doctors and life coaches) has a terrible knack for grossly oversimplifying complex situations and mark them as fixed in a few days tops (or even hours). The publicity stunt that she pulled in Ferguson was dangerous and counter-productive. I was never too fond of Iyanla anyway. But this episode just sealed the deal. I absolutely can't with her.

Before I go. I want to leave you with a few words quoted from her during this past week's special...

"I have failed you."

Why yes Iyanla. Yes you have.

Teen Mom 2... Season 5 already?

Well, it's Kail's birthday and.... she doesn't look too happy about it. Oh who am I kidding? She never looks happy. She gloats to her hairstylist/mail order friend (yall know how MTV does) about how she was the bigger person to make amends with Jo and Vee. She claims she loves Vee (o.O) "No like I really do!" I get it. She's cool. No need to lay it on thick.

Soon Javi arrives and forgets to bring Lincoln. Where did he leave him?? Anyway Kail emasculates Javi by basically telling him he isn't shit, tells him there was no reason to come here if he wasn't bringing Lincoln, and berates him some more. Javi gives us that same nervous chuckle and smile that many abuse victims may give in the moment of embarrassment and scurries out of the door while Kail admired her mane in the mirror.

**I can't remember who goes next but I'll proceed with Chelsea**

Being the damsel in constant distress that she is, Daddy must be the logical thinker for her and do what any other concerned parent with half a brain would do if they suspected illegal activity. Just go to the clerk of courts. Geez. But I have to keep in mind that Chels is a special one. So she needs a little extra guidance from "Papa". Don't you love how Randy-licious and Chels conveniently spills the tea all in the presence of Aubree? Yes, it may be all truth. But stop being so messy for crying out loud!
Aubree is being a brat as usual.

Cut to the scene of A-dum-uhhhh's receding Mohawk. (Like how old is this guy, really??) I refuse to believe they attended high school together. Whoever the mail order friend was eating lunch with him an Paisley (Paislee, Paysleigh, Paaiizzley, Pasties however you spell it) gave him pretty sound advice about being there for his children. Oh and his newest baby mama just left him. Something about he didn't do nothing. Go figure!

Ah next up is Barbie and Jenelle. I'm beginning to think she just can't say no to parents who refuse to take care of their children. In fact I am convinced that the new little boy that we always see at her house is her new adopted son. A Barbie's work is never done!

Jenelle dishes about how miserable life is because the man who knocked her up is in jail, she has to maintain her own house while her mother takes care of her child, she's taking a couple of online classes, and she's bored. Such a hard life!

Barbie pretty much tells her to suck it up because multitasking is the name of the game called life. And I know deep down Jenelle fought back the urge to yell "Shut the fuck UUUUUPPPP!" Or maybe she did, but MTV left it on the cutting room floor.

Later Jenelle takes Jace to her home... alone! I was actually nervous for him because I figured she'd spazz on the poor child and try to blame it on Nathan's jail time and her pregnancy. For Jace's sake that was not the case. The dogs on the other hand weren't so lucky. In a nutshell, she hates her dogs and will not clean the garage. Hmmph that'll teach them!

Oh! Let's not forget Nathan's prison call back home. He's living the life of a king. Couple TV's and a shower with (get this!) CURTAINS!

*SIIIGGGHHH*

Leah, Leah, Leah. I can't with this girl! On a trip to the ice cream shop she gushes to her mail order friend that she is selling Mary Kay to make money. I chuckle thinking, "Yeah, lets see how that works out." My mouth dropped in horror when she shared that spent $1800 on a kit. You should've seen her mail order friend "GIIIIRRRLLL BYE!" look. By the way, what happened to her tanning salon job? Leah admits that she has a spending problem. Uh ya think??

Oh and I'm so glad she ditched the yucky ratty hair and blush that made her look like she had the worst case of rosacea.

Cut to scene where we're in the car with Jeremy and Leah are en route to buy a new dryer. They find one that will do and she goes to pay with their credit card.

DECLINED!

Leah calls to see if the bank could raise their limit. I never caught whether they were actually able to purchase.

But watch the clip here

http://www.wetpaint.com/teen-mom-2/video/2014-08-06-leah-messer-credit-card-declined-sneak-peek#ooid=p2c3BnbzoYgQH42_qa-jgW3plgGSibdF

And then this happened...

http://on.mtv.com/1tvKPyT


lol if all else fails screech about needing to go to counseling and being controlled by a husband who has concerns about your self admitted "spending problem". Why is she spending thousands on Mary kay when she claims they don't have enough money to pay for one of the A-twins motor scooter? Leah has no priorities whatsoever.

And that's the end of this review. This bunch (Leah specifically) is going to cause me to have an aneurysm trying to make sense of the nonsense.

Until next time!

The Walking Dead Season 4 Finale Recap and Review

How will I survive 7 whole months? Talk about torture!

We began the finale with flashbacks of a seemingly easier life at the prison. Carl opens the gate to let in Glenn, Maggie sporting full body armor (remember that), and Rick. They're all greeted by everyone's favorite Santa, Hershel!

We've missed you old man! *tear*

The scene cuts back to a blood soaked, slightly quivering Rick staring into space.
Looking like a European Jesus

*cue the opening credits* Man am I going to miss that intro every Sunday.

We're back to a present day Rick, Michonne, and Carl sitting around a fire comparing their levels of hunger. (I mean how else would you pass the time during the end of the world?) As they leave that area, on their quest to Terminus, Carl asks if whether they should tell the new camp about all of the things they've done.

I'm sitting thinking, "Dude! Have you ever heard of 'don't ask don't tell?'"

The crew arrives at an animal trap. Oooh they snagged a bunny!

Good thing Lizzie wasn't around! (R.I.P. btw)

As Rick explains to Carl how a slipknot works we hear a man's voice yelling, "HELP!"

And like the Carl from the good old days, he just couldn't stay in the damn house. Or in this case, he couldn't stay in the damn trap.

Carl leaves Rick and Michonne to find a man trying to ward off a small hoard of walkers with a stick. Carl attempts to shoot, but Rick pulls him back before he could fire. "We can't help him," He says as Carl looks into the group of walkers eating away at the man's face.

Now, I'm not sure how I would react to a group of zombies attempting to eat me. But I'm almost certain that I wouldn't be yelling "HELP!" or "get away from me!" while wielding a stick when I have the ability to escape. Rick was damn right. That man clearly wanted to die, lol. Wasn't anything they could do to save his stick wielding ass.

*Another quick flashback to the prison... Hershel mention's Glenn's watch. Remember that...*

The crew escapes, but not before the small pack of walkers notices them and follows them out of the woods onto the railroad. Of course we're treated to a few of Michonne's samurai skills and then they're off!
They come across an abandoned car and agree to set up shop for the evening before completing their trek to Terminus.

Night falls and we spot a sleeping Carl inside of the SUV as Michonne and Rick keeps watch around a small fire. They reflect on how they've never really stopped to rest since the tragedy at the prison and whether Terminus is a place they need or want to be. All seems well until....

A sound of what seems to be a tree branch and leaves cracking under the footsteps of a person. Michonne and Rick turn around simultaneously to see who or what made the noise. Rick stands up to assess their surroundings. Nothing in sight. So he sits back down and they continue weighing the pros and cons of joining Terminus.

Before Rick could finish talking... There's a sound of a gun cocking and a barrel against his head. Oh shit! It's Joe! Just as Michonne reaches for her sword, one of his minions kicks it out of her grip and points his gun in her direction.

"You screwed up asshole."

Another couple of armed minions scurry out of the dark and the camera pans to the rest of the group surrounding Rick, Michonne, and a sleeping Carl.

Thank GAWD for the commercial break because I almost forgot to breathe!

In keeping with New Year's Eve, Joe counts down from 10 before ending the Rick we know and love. He gets to 9 and we see a knockoff Otis creeping in Carl's window.
"8 Mississippi..." and emerging out of the shadows is Dirty Daryl!

"Hol' up! They're good people."
"I think Lou would disagree with that... Your friend here strangled him in a bathroom..."
"Ya want blood. I get it. Take it from me."
"This man killed our friend. You say he's good people. Now that right there is a lie... Teach him fellas. Teach him all the way."

And Dirty Daryl gets his ass beat.

Meanwhile knockoff Otis gets into the car and drags Carl out of the car with a knife to his neck.

Let me tell you I felt Rick's angst. Shit, I stood up while watching and thought to myself. "Get the fuck off of him!"

Rick tried but was forced back down by Joe's gun.

I almost couldn't watch the scene with knockoff Otis attempting to rape Carl. I felt so uncomfortable. I wanted to jump through the screen and knock some heads off!

"Let him go... Let him go." Then BAM! Head butt! As Joe falls back he fires his gun right in Rick's ear. Remember the scene in the tank during season 1? Yeah...

Rick stands up and hits Joe with a haymaker. And Joe knocks him back down. Looks like the last fight scene between Rick and the Governor all over again.
Team Prison are all getting their asses kicked....

Rick stands up and holds on to Joe.
"The hell are you gonna do sport?"

Yo! Forget full Shane. Rick went full walker!
He bit right into Joe's neck and ripped out his jugular!

All of the minions paused in disbelief.

We all know how Michonne has the sort of precision to seize the perfect opportunity. She ripped the gun from one of the minion's hands and shot him in the th'oat. Not throat, but TH'OAT! She fired away while Daryl turns the tables on his attackers.

Michonne turned the gun to Knockoff Otis and he's all "I'll kill em!"

Rick's pretty much like "Naw Michonne. I got this!" Walked over to Knockoff Otis and gutted the fat shit.

*Another flashback to Hershel giving Rick a speech about how Carl needs to be normalized.*

The next morning, we're treated to a bloody, quivering Rick as Michonne tends to Carl in the car. (Such a better mother than Lori).

Rick and Daryl discussed where they've been since leaving the prison and replayed the events from the night before. Then they're all like:

 

 

 

Mid-day trekking through the backwoods in ATL and we've arrived to Terminus. To play it safe they scout out the place for any threats. Rick suggests everyone spread out and that he and Carl pair off. Carl's like, "Nah dawg. I'm good. I just saw you feast on that creep's neck. God forbid I don't get back in the damn house... I'll go with Michonne instead."

 

Carl. I don't blame you one bit. LOL. I did feel kind of bad for Rick though.

 

Michonne shares with Carl how she acquired her first set of pet walkers. Moral of her story? We're all fucked up, so stick with your Daddy or get lost.

 

Rick buries a bag of ammo outside of the fence... Ya know.... Just in case. And we're off to Terminus! Through the back way. Because that's just how Rick do lol.

 

They walk into a factory setting and find a golden girl recanting the infamous line "Those who arrive survive."

 

There goes a cute white guy. His name's Gareth. He's accompanied by a group of non-standoffish men and women. Another cute curly haired white guy welcomes them and pats them down to ensure they're not there to harm. Get this! They even gave them back their guns. Terminus must be a sanctuary for all!

 

Gareth leads them to the barbecue pit manned by the Devil.... Iiiiii mean Mary. Gareth instructs her to fix them a plate.

 

Michonne asks, "Why do you let people in?"

 

"When people become a part of us. We become stronger." Heh, go figure!

 

Meanwhile Rick assesses the place. Something doesn't seem right. The camera pans to an orange bookbag. Riot gear. Poncho.... Pocket watch. OH HELL NAW!!! That's Santa's watch!

 

Rick goes Rick James on the "Termin-ites" and smacks that plate down a la "Fuck yo couch."

Fuck yo food!

 

Then Rick's goes, "I'll be taking that. Thanks. Now you tell me where you got it."

 

*Yet another flashback of the prison. There's GREG!!!

 

I don't call him Patrick. He will forever be Greg from "Everybody Hate's Chris" in my book.

 

Greg is playing with Legos like the arrested developed man child that he is. He declares to Rick that he's not ashamed. Rick replies, "You should be."

 

Rick walks over to Carl reassembling a gun and asks him to come with him, but leave the gun behind.

 

I'm sure Rick was thinking, "Hershel may be right about needing to normalize Carl, but ain't no way in hell I'm gonna watch my son turn into a punk ass like Greg." Ay, I feel you Rick! 

 

BACK TO TERMINUS

 



Guns are drawn and the running gun battle begins.

 

These snipers have worse aim than Tyreese. My goodness!

 

Rick and the crew are ducking bullets while looking for a way out. During their escape they pass by a gate housing human remains. The Hunters!

 

Those bones were clean. Now I know how people in the south get down when it comes to cleaning chicken bones. But you could tell those people were boiled. Eh, I think I know where the other Greene is now. Beth Burgers anyone?

 

They run into a room full of candles, virgin mary statues, flowers, and names written on the floor.

 

Did they just bust in on an apocalyptic séance? No need to conjure the dead. They're already alive.

 

Team Prison tries to leave through one of the other doors in the room. Before they could get through, the door is slammed shut. They find another door and are able to leave the room. They're now back outside... Lo and behold. Back to square one.

 

Something tells me these snipers' bad aim were intentionally. They weren't trying to kill them...yet. They were leading them.

 

"Drop you weapons and walk to the train car!" When Rick walks up to the steps there are used boxes of powdered milk and Styrofoam bowls.

 

Remnants of Judith, maybe?

 

One by one, the leader, "Ma SON!", archer, and samurai step into the train car.

 

Out of the shadow steps Glaggie, Bobsha (I don't know why I'm so tickled when I see him. LOL), pathetic Tara, Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene.

 

Well what do you know. They're not dead after all! Don't you know Maggie STILL didn't mention Beth?

 

One last flashback to better times at the farm.

 

Then present day Rick say's, "They're gonna feel pretty stupid when they find out."

 

"Find out what?"

 

"They're fuckin with the wrong people." That's was the unedited version.

 

AND.... FIN!