Author: Aaron Couch

April 28, 2015 6:20pm PT by Aaron Couch

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A cat and mouse game has begun between the STAR Labs team and Eobard Thawne.

[Warning: Spoilers ahead for Tuesday’s episode of The Flash, “The Trap.”]

The future is not looking bright for The Flash gang.

The STAR Labs team got a glimpse of the future in Tuesday’s episode, as season-long mysteries began to unravel. Things have never been more dangerous for Barry (Grant Gustin) and his friends.

Barry, Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) and Cisco (Carlos Valdes) met Gideon, the artificial intelligence Wells (Tom Cavanagh) talks to inside his time vault. Gideon revealed that Barry is her creator, and that she will follow any order he gives her (that should come in handy later). She also revealed that Barry has a high-up job in the police department in 2024 — the year he also disappears after a mysterious event.

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The STAR Labs team developed an Inception-like plan involving lucid dreaming in order to trap Wells into confessing to the murder of Barry’s mother — which could free Barry’s father Henry (John Wesley Shipp), who was wrongly convicted in the case.

It doesn’t go as planned, and that led to a whole host of complications. Among them:

The game is on. Wells knew what steps the team would make ahead of time, thanks to surveillance he ran out his time vault. Even as the team set a trap, he was setting a trap for them, forcing shape shifter Hannibal Bates (Martin Novotny) to impersonate him. Now they have played all of their cards and are no closer to stopping Wells.

Iris knows Barry’s secret. Second time is a charm, as Iris (Candice Patton) discovered Barry is the scarlet speedster. Unlike the last time this happened, time travel does not look like it will erase it. Could wedding bells soon follow? According to the newspaper from 2024, Iris and Barry end up marrying.

Eddie is the bait. The Reverse-Flash kidnapped poor Eddie (Rick Cosnett), revealing to Iris’ boyfriend that he is in fact the villains’ ancestor. (Viewers have known that for some time.) That gives Wells/Eobard more reason to keep Eddie from proposing to Iris, whom he knows is supposed to marry Barry. If Eddie marries Iris, that could in a Back to the Future way prevent Eobard from being born in the first place.

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Viewers still don’t know why Eobard wanted to kill Barry. The big question: Why is Eobard doing all of this? Gideon gave the obvious answer that he killed Barry’s mother because he was angry. But that doesn’t explain why he traveled back in time in the first place.  Reguardless, this sounds bad for Barry: “Nothing will be forgotten. There will be reckoning,”

Next week, the much-anticipated Grodd comes into play, and Wells is pulling the strings behind the psychic gorilla. 

What did you think of the big developments? Sound off in the comments.

The Flash airs Tuesdays on the CW at 8 p.m

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April 26, 2015 10:00pm PT by Aaron Couch

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Iwan Rheon says his character will do anything to please his father, but he’s still as bad as ever.

[Warning: Spoilers ahead for Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, “High Sparrow.”]

Sansa (Sophie Turner) is playing a very dangerous game.

The young Stark has agreed to marry Ramsay Bolston (Iwan Rheon), whose brutality rivals one of her former fiances, Joffrey (Jack Gleeson). Sansa’s big gamble in Sunday’s Game of Thrones gives fans plenty of reasons to worry.

Though Ramsay was the perfect gentleman when greeting Sansa at Winterfell, his horrifying tendencies are not a thing of the past.

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“He’s got to behave a little better and try to pretend that he’s a young lord,” Rheon tells The Hollywood Reporter. “But he’s still just as evil.”

Ramsay, the bastard son of Roose Bolton (Michael McElhatton), was officially made a Bolton last season so he could help rule The North with his father. Sansa hates Roose for helping orchestrate the deaths of her brother Robb (Richard Madden) and mother Catelyn (Michelle Fairley) at The Red Wedding.

But she ultimately agreed to the marriage, because Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) convinced her that by wedding Ramsay, she could become a player in the game of thrones, rather than a bystander.

Ramsay has spent the last few seasons tormenting Theon (Alfie Allen), and Sunday’s episode revealed he’d taken to skinning alive people who displeased him. But his father Roose isn’t keen on those tactics, and dad might temper Ramsay — and potentially prevent him from harming Sansa.

“Ramsay is desperate for his father’s approval and he wants to be a part of ruling The North,” says Rheon. “His dad isn’t quite sure of him, obviously, because he’s a maniac.”

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Though Ramsay promises Littlefinger he won’t harm Sansa, there’s no telling what he’ll do behind closed doors. On the other hand, viewers have not seen him harm his lover Myranda (Charlotte Pope), a girl who serves his family. But there’s potentially bad news there for Sansa. Myranda looked at her with jealousy when she arrived at Winterfell — and women who make Myranda jealous do not stay in Ramsay’s good graces long. Last season, Ramsay hunted a girl with dogs and a bow and arrow for making Myranda jealous with her beauty.

The potential match between Sansa and Ramsay is also is a gamble for the Boltons, who will certainly earn the displeasure of the Lannisters by taking in Sansa, who is suspected of aiding her estranged husband Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) in Joffrey’s murder. For the record, neither Sansa nor Tyrion actually had anything to do with his death, but that won’t stop Cersei (Lena Headey) from seeking vengeance anyway. 

What do you think of Sansa’s big move? Will the gamble pay off? Sound off in the comments, and stay tuned to The Live Feed for much more from Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO.

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April 26, 2015 7:00pm PT by Aaron Couch

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One of the Starks eyes their own wedding, while Tyrion faces a threat from the show’s past in Sunday’s episode.

[Warning: Spoilers ahead for Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, “High Sparrow.”]

Game of Thrones has finally thrown a wedding without anyone dying.

King Tommen’s (Dean-Charles Chapman) nuptials to Margaery (Natalie Dormer) go off without a hitch in Sunday’s episode, which leaves his mother Cersei (Lena Headey) scrambling to retain the waning power she has left.

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Enter the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce). The mysterious religious leader is a fan favorite for book readers, and his introduction into the show is already shaking things up. His group of religious fanatics humiliate the High Septon (Paul Bentley), forcing him nude into the streets from a brothel. Cersei, who is less influential as her son Tommen becomes more enamored with his new queen, befriends the High Sparrow, a person she likely would have imprisoned in the past for causing such trouble. She sees him as someone she can use in the future. But for what?

The episode featured plenty of other big moves. Among them:

Sansa gets engaged to Ramsay. She survived a betrothal to Joffrey (Jack Gleeson), and now Sansa (Sophie Turner) is promised to another psychotic young man. Her husband-to-be Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) is the son of Roose Bolton (Michael McElhatton), who betrayed her brother Robb (Richard Madden) at The Red Wedding. To add insult to injury, Roose currently rules her homeland as Warden of the North. Sansa initially balks at the betrothal for those reasons, but Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) presents it to her as a way to enter the game rather than being a bystander. This could be Sansa’s chance to gain some real power — and avenge her family.

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Jon won’t be Jon Stark. Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) decides to stay true to his vows and remain on The Night’s Watch, even though Stannis (Stephen Dillane) offered to make him the legitimate heir to Winterfell. Declining the offer might be the wrong move in the long run. As Davos (Liam Cunningham) tells Jon, perhaps the best way to defend the realm would be to take the North and rule it: “As long as the Boltons rule the North, the North will suffer.”

Jorah kidnaps Tyrion. Poor Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) can’t catch a break. Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) spots him in a brothel, and ties him up. Jorah has been down on his luck of late, too. Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) banished him last season after learning he’d once spied on her for Varys (Conlethh Hill) before becoming loyal to him. After kidnapping Tyrion, he says he’s taking him to the queen. Presumably that’s Dani, though conceivably he could mean Cersei, which would be infinitely worse for the fugitive Lannister, who is wanted for murder.

Arya sheds her past. Arya’s (Maisie Williams) training to become one of The Faceless Men stalls, with her relegated to sweeping floors. Jaqen H’ghar (Tom Wlaschiha) encourages her to get rid of her possessions so she can truly begin to become a member of his sect, who have no personal identities and can change their faces. Arya complies, tossing her belongings into the water. But just can’t manage to let go of Needle, the sword her father Eddard (Sean Bean) gave her before his death. Instead she stashes it way. Perhaps this last bit of Arya will help her retain who she was.

What did you think of the episode’s big moves? Sound off in the comments — and stay tuned to The Live Feed following the East Coast feed for Iwan Rheon’s take on Ramsay’s future.

Game of Thrones airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO.

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