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Bad acting. Very bad acting. And I don't say that often. Confusing storyline. Still not sure what exactly a chubracabra is supposed to be; would've been nice to see one in the episode, which is what I was hoping for...instead we got a confused mess of an ending with 2 different endings that aren't endings, but the ramblings of 2 superstitious women that really should've known what hazmat suits look like. Ugh! Did I mention the acting was horrible?

Ok, imb people, why does the review have to be a certain amount of letters? I have nothing else to say about this episode, except that whoever watches it, I hope you're a fan of subtitles, cos there's a lot of those, for some reason. Yikes, rewatching it now; even the male actors are bad in this. That takes a special kind of not caring if people like this episode.

The star crossed lovers were young, the ghosts were old. Who would let ghost haunt people so horrifically only once a year? What was their motive? Someone who gets it, seriously, help! And since when does Mulder deny having witnessed an unexplained phenomenon? It makes no sense. I mean, give me something; aliens, another dimension, ghosts that are the same age as when they died, characters that act like themselves, something that is making them hallucinate...something. If you just want to get spooked, then watch this; but if you're looking for something that makes sense and is true to canon, skip it.

Ok, so I was an older fan in 1993, 13 years old. It was cheesy then. I expected cheesy,. The oldest actor, David Yost, was only 23 at the time, so i didn't expect top notch acting then. Now, I don't know if all the rangers still act; I know that David Yost is into other things now, so I feel that excuses his acting being wooden, and like it was when he was 23. But no one seems to know how to do facial features during sad moments. When the character Trini died, they didn't look devastated. The actor playing her daughter did a better job in that area when she got the news.

But maybe that's what they were going for, so that it would feel like it did back in 1993 for the fans of that era. And the movie had some good moments. I liked Trini's daughter, even though most of the reviewers didn't. The monsters looked way better, Robo Rita was a great idea(too bad they couldn't bring Zordon back), the fights looked way better(swords actually went into monsters, instead of barely hitting them, which produced sparks somehow), the cgi I thought was better, the way they tied up loose ends was good, the song at the end, which was from 1993; I loved it then, and I love it now. The fighting doesn't look jerky or forced, like it used to, especially when a ranger that was in costume got injured; that part always annoyed me, and I'm glad they fixed it. The jokes and quips are corny, but they've always been.

Now, me personally, I stopped watching power rangers when they got rid of Billy, since he was always my favorite character, so I don't know how good or bad the series got since then. I'm comparing this to my memory of the original power rangers, which is pretty good. This is good nostalgia, and a good tribute to Thuy Trang especially. Spoiler alert; thought it was very cool they had Tommy and Kat married with a kid. Really sad that Jason David Frank died. A shame there was obviously no time for them to give him a bigger tribute. All in all, give it a watch when you have the time.

Spoilers-ok, so the haters say this movie is predictable. I disagree. If you were able to guess what was happening in the first five minutes, like one reviewer said, congratulations, you're a genius. The twist is familiar, yes, but it was very cleverly done. All throughout the movie, the older sister is talking to other people. She talks to the dad, who seems to be looking at her, same with the girlfriend. She's there with the group when the boyfriend is found dead, and it looks like they have all been taking to the sheriff, including the sister. And the sister talks to several people on the telephone. They make it seem like she's really there, even though Anna is the only one actually talking to her. But the older sister seems to be the black sheep of the family, so this doesn't raise any red flags, for me at least. When it turns out that the older sister died in the fire with her mother...that was done brilliantly! The soon to be stepmother was never the bad guy after all. Actually, in my mind, there was no real bad guy. Anna was crazy, and she couldn't help what she did, so I feel sorry for her when she remembers everything. I even feel bad for the father, even though he's the one that started all this by fooling around with his wife's nurse. I mean, come on, dude, your wife is dying! You seriously can't keep it in your pants until after she passes? But in the end, he did lose everything; his wife, his fiancé, his older daughter, and in a sense, his younger daughter. He's alone in that great big house. Some may say he deserved it, but I feel sorry for him. Oh, and the way that those dead kids fit into the story, that was really well done.

Now, some have commented on whether Anna was crazy to begin with, because of what she says at the end when she's back in the psych ward. She tells her doctor that she did what he told her to do; finish what she started. But I don't take this to mean that she was faking it this whole time. See, no one is a bad guy in their own mind. She has been through a horrible ordeal, and her brain needs to rationalize it; she was just following her doctor's orders. Now, some may think that when she decided to burn the house down with her father and his mistress in it, she was in her right mind. Again, I disagree. Someone in their right mind would barge in on them and start yelling, not immediately try to burn the house down. There was something wrong with Anna from the start.

But I didn't love it. The wadi were an interesting race, but the episode just left them as being mysterious without providing answers. They never appeared again, which was unfortunate, as it would have been interesting to learn more about them? Why do they like games so much, why did the audience keep clicking those sticks together? Was it to represent applause or was it like when Quark blew on the dice, they did it for luck? And why drag the other crew members who had nothing to do with Quark cheating? Throw Quark into the game, or something. Odo could have played to save his life. Now that would have been cool. Overall, I still like it. The head of the wadi, I recognized the actor even with his makeup. He played a psychiatrist twice on Threes Company,(for you younger readers, that was a sitcom from the mid-70s to early 80s). Anyway, I like him in this.

I love this one, I really do, but that's mainly because Sam Waterston is so good in it. When someone can be that convincing in something they never do, in this case, horror, that's the sign of a good actor. That being said, can someone please tell me what Jordan did that deserved such an awful fate? So he told a creepy stalker type to get lost after he found him at his home for the 4th time, I would have done the same thing. Was it because his monster creations didn't scare him, or because he likes scaring people? As a writer myself, why would his own creations scare him, that's not their purpose. And he enjoys making people feel the way their supposed to feel when watching or reading horror stories? Oh, how terrible! Are people supposed to react to a horror movie the same way they react to something warm and fuzzy? Is it because he doesn't like people? The cure for being a recluse is not scaring them and driving them to suicide. The man isn't a monster, so why does he eventually turn into one? He should have done something truly horrible to deserve such a fate.

A little confusing at times, but cute. Tv shows in the eighties were less concerned about plot holes, I guess. It would have been nice if they could explain why a Golden person's powers diminish as they get older, and therefore smaller, and how the heck is a small person supposed to give birth to an adult sized infant anyway? Ah well, it's still cute. The boy acting like an adult was very good. Kids in general seem to be able to play adults well, while grown ups in general seem to have a harder time playing kids. Anyone ever notice that? But the adult golden person did a good job in this case.

Ok, first, I agree that Dr. Crusher had no business refusing to try a treatment Worf was on board with, but as for assisted suicide...no, no way, no how, na-na. No one can convince me otherwise. I know about suicide, both contemplating it for myself, and seeing the affects on friends that had family members commit suicide. Their grief was painfully different than grief from someone dying a different way. I saw a friend lose her teenage son, my brother's friend, and it still wasn't the same kind of grief I witnessed with my other friends who'd lost loved ones to suicide. It was utterly, utterly heartbreaking, and that people would actually condone it instead of saying that another way of coping should be found and encouraged is disgusting to me. Good for Crusher for not letting Worf do it, it would have been selfish on his part. His suffering and shame would be over, but he wouldn't have had to deal with the fallout. And as far as the doctor who took risks, yes, the procedure worked, but only because of Worf's back up systems. Her other patient died because of her recklessness. I loved it when Crusher told her off.

I hope that's not because she's a woman, but I digress. So, spoilers galore, since I just re-watched this. It starts with the coolest looking game I've ever seen on any Star Trek episode; I forget what it's called. It involves shooting a runaway disk with phasers on a holodeck. Anyway, Janeway wins most of the rounds, which infuriates Seven. She's younger, has more stamina, and increased eyesight thanks to Borg implants, so she feels she should have been able to win all rounds. Janeway explains the game really isn't about strength, but involves tactical problem solving and intuition. She tries to leave, but Seven tries to stubbornly start a new game. She tells her to be a good sport and leaves. Later on, she's still trying to decipher the message Starfleet sent, but she still can't. Nelix introduces her to an alien named Arturis, who has natural linguistic abilities. He can decipher alien and computer languages easily, so Janeway asks for his help with starfleet's message. While doing so in astrometrics with Seven, Janeway not so subtly asks Seven if she's ever encountered his species before right in front of him. Maybe she thought for some strange reason that seven would suddenly develop the ability to be tactful. At any rate, Arturis isn't upset, and brushes it off. We then see some relatively boring stuff. They find a cool ship that can supposedly take them home in a short amount of time, they want to tow voyager along as well, they make modifications, yadda, yadda, yadda. In astrometrics, janeway, who has learned to be suspicious, is trying to decipher the part of the message that Arturis said was too degraded. She and seven have a heated argument about Seven's remaining in the delta quadrant. This is the one that really feels like a mother arguing with her teenage daughter. The daughter (Seven) wants her independence, or so she thinks, saying she has outgrown humanity, but Janeway knows that, realistically, she couldn't care for herself out there, and besides, this is really about her fear of not being accepted on earth. The argument is interrupted by the computer relaying Starfleet's real message. Suffice to say, their new alien friend has been lying to them. So, fast forward past the scuffle on the alien ship, onto the reason why Arturis has been lying. His species had fought off the Borg for centuries, but lately, the Borg have been getting closer to defeating them. Then they got involved the war with species...I forget the number, because frankly, I hate numbers. Let's just stick with species. Anyway, Arturis' people were counting on that war to wipe the Borg out, but then Janeway made the deal with the Borg, species went back to their own space, and the Borg finally were able to assimilate the people. It's a sad story and all, but throughout the telling of it, I kept wondering why his people didn't take advantage of the situation, and use their slipstream tech to whisk everyone off to a place far away from the Borg, instead of developing a wait and see, and let's hope species will leave us alone attitude. And captain Janeway was right. Species was more of a threat. They wanted to purge the whole galaxy(in other words, kill everyone). At least with the Borg, everyone would still be alive, in some fashion. Sure, it's upsetting to be assimilated, but after, you won't care. In captivity, Janeway tries reasoning with the unfortunate dum-dum, but he's too consumed by hatred, saying revenge is all he has left (bull). To sum up, Janeway and Seven are rescued, and on the bright side, Arturis is reunited with his people in Borg space...yes, it's as a drone, but again, at least they're alive. I'm sorry, Janeway haters (not sorry), but Janeway is my favorite captain, and not just because she's a woman, although that's part of it,(hey, I'm a woman, too, so sue me). She really cares about her crew, she's like a mother to them. You see it in her facial expressions, even when she has to shove feelings aside in order to be the captain. Seriously, just watch her face when a member of her crew dies, like in the beginning of the episode One. Don't get me wrong, the male captains of Star Trek are fine, they're good men, but their relationships with their crews are too, idk, impersonal, distant, formal...Janeway has always struck the perfect balance in my eyes. She knows when to be strict, or stern, and she knows when to be understanding. I can practically tell what she's thinking just by her body language, facial feature, and tone of voice. I don't get that with the other captains. That's just how I feel.

Why ruin a franchise with something we've seen a million times? The boy was good because there was no supernatural stuff going on. The very alive and crazy Brahm's coming out of the mirror with a creepy mask and a childlike voice was different, scary, and interesting. Doll from first movie ends up being alive and getting boys to do it's dirty work, not even a little bit. I repeat...WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS A HUNDRED TIMES! Child's Play, Annabelle, all of their many unnecessary sequels...why make another one? Why ruin what was unique about this film? Oh, the movie was enough of a hit that you want to make more money with a sequel, but you've supposedly painted yourself in a corner with the ending of the last movie? How about using your imagination. I'm a writer. Here's an idea, off the top of my head. Brahms survives knife attack from first movie. Keeps hiding in the wall with his doll that he put back together. Family comes thinking house is abandoned. Instead of latching onto the boy in the family, he becomes obsessed with the mother, which goes along with his serial killer persona from the first movie. He starts with the manipulating with the doll again, the mother finds the woman from the first film to get the backstory, she comes back to the house to take care of the unfinished business with Brahms, and...go from there. Something like that is more in line with the first story, and if you have the imagination, you could do a lot with that premise to make it a good sequel. Just stick to the first one. Pretend these unnecessary sequels don't even exist. Sigh.

Whoa. Just whoa. That was my only thought upon seeing the ending of this. I love, love, love Claude Raines. He's good whether he's playing a nice stable character, a mean character, even a side character where he's not the star, (like in Now, Voyager), or a crazy character. Here, he's crazy(not as crazy as when he was the phantom in the 1950s Phantom of the Opera, but that's kind of a given). Even when he's the "bad guy", I feel sorry for him, and I feel sorry for his character here, John Fabian. Since this is Hitchcock, we go right to the scene of a murder. The detective comes, (I don't remember the character's name, but he's played by Charles Bronson, and while I normally don't say this about him, since I've never seen him so young before, I gotta say it now...hubba-hubba!) He first talks to one of the people who found the body, who directs him to the ventriloquist, Fabian, saying that the deceased had been wanting to talk to him. So he goes to talk to him. His wife is also there, and just one look at her, you know it's not a happy marriage. Fabian denies knowing the dead man's name, but the dummy (who's name I cannot even hope to properly spell) demands (politely of course) to be let out of her box, (in case this is your first time watching anything with a dummy, spoiler alert; this is a very bad sign). At first, the dectective is annoyed (instead of properly creeped out). The wife makes it known how much she hates the thing. The doll is actually quite beautiful, and realistic, but in a non-creepy way (believe it or not). Anyway, the dummy suggests the detective talk to Fabian's manager. This angers the wife more, and the detective, possibly to cool down the situation, and talk to the wife alone, asks Fabian to get him. We learn that she has been his assistant for 8 years, and has been married to him for nearly the same amount of time, but she says he's more in love with his work than her, and largely ignores her. The manager comes, and it's revealed they're having an affair, giving the manager a motive, only he says that Fabian already knows all about it, so it didn't have to be kept a secret. Fabian concurs, then for some reason, laughs (and is properly chastised by his dummy for it) Now, this part is a little unclear, the inspiration for the dummy. He fashioned it after a previous assist, who he was in love with, when he was using a male dummy. Now, I can't figure out who was abusing who, or even what happened to the girl. Something is said about amnesia, but that's not explained, she might have been killed, but suddenly, that's dismissed. At any rate, she's gone. Fabian tried to find her, even getting the police involved, but she was never found. It was at that time, that he decided a male dummy wasn't working anymore, too many copy cats, so he made the female dummy himself, making it look and sound like his lost love. The way he describes how he made it, how it came to life in his hands is super creepy. Spoiler: In the end, the dummy tattles on him. Raines is brilliant in this. The close up is just of him and the dummy. His mouth moves ever so slightly, like a real ventriloquist, even though an actress is providing the voice for the dummy. You see the conflict on his face, he wants to tell, but he doesn't want to at the same time. The dummy describes the murder as she 'heard' it in her box. The detective at first thinks it was because he knew that he murdered his lost love, but she says he didn't murder her. The detective asks for a motive, and with the dummy's prompting, Fabian himself tells it. How they got away with this in 1955, i'll never know. The victim wanted $1,000 to keep quiet about Fabian's relationship with the dummy. That's right folks, he'd rather get it on with the dummy he created than with his wife. What he says next shows that on some level, he understands that this is wrong, very twisted behavior. Tears in his eyes, he says that if that got out, it would ruin their relationship. They'd be mocked, ridiculed, called freaks trying to be some version of Romeo and Juliet. He couldn't have that, it would ruin the best thing in his life. The dummy says it's already ruined. At this point, the detective just plain looks embarrassed to be there. If this were in color, he'd probably be blushing. He wanders off to a corner, maybe to give them privacy so the dummy can 'break up with him'. Fabian pleads with her not to leave him, but she says she may have been able to live with his lies, but she can't live with something (that's right, something) that kills. Her voice begins to fade away as she mutter 'how can I live' and her eyelids flutter close. The deceive reluctantly, or sadly, takes the crazy man to jail, (or the looney bin) as he drops the doll to the floor in despair. So, in summary, the ventriloquist would rather be with his dummy than a real woman, like his wife, and after he murders, the dummy would rather 'kill herself' than be with him, (hence th title of the episode). Yikes! Not even Romeo and Juliet had it this bad!

So, I saw this when it first came out, I was 6 years old. Normally, Magnum is not this upsetting, otherwise, my Mom would have never let me watch it. She was out of the room when the ending came. I was very upset, and confused, as I didn't understand multiple personalities at the age of 6. So why on earth is it a favorite now? Mostly, because at 41, I understand it. Now, I still hate sad endings, but sometimes, I make an exception. Seeing it at 41, it's powerful. And it makes sense. Just plain siblings would have a hard time coping with being kidnapped, held for ransom, physically and sexually abused, and only one of them coming out alive, but twins, especially identical twins, tend to have a deeper bond. I still really felt bad for Magnum. At the end, when he found out that Diane's sister Derdra had died as a child, and that Diane was actually a prisoner of her own mind, he really tried to help. He tried to convince her she didn't need Derdra to survive. But it doesn't work like that. And Diane knew, even if Derdra left, she'd be back, maybe after years of being away, and then she'd kill Magnum, like she tried to do in the end. The poor woman was just too damaged. Now, I think poor Diane did the only thing she could to save Magnum, which was kill herself. Maybe it would have been better if she had never met Magnum. She would have had to go back to the hospital either way, and she would just be upset at having to be apart from him, not to mention, as ill as she was, she may have had to stay for the rest of her life, but she would want to be with Magnum. Do you see the problem? Anyway, if anyone is confused as to if Diane shot herself, or if it was Derdra that killed her, remember what tipped Magnum off, then watch the scene again, and look at her hands. Diane was right handed, Derdra was left. She shoots herself with her right hand. Diane was in control at that moment. Again, sad but powerful.

So most people here like this episode. I do too. A couple don't, which is fine, nothing wrong with a difference of opinion, but one complained about the character Jason cruelly playing God, judging his family worthy of this particular punishment...and then proceeds to judge the ones that like this episode. Pot. Kettle. Black. Jason is a crabby, but loveable type. He's friends with his doctor, and polite to his servants. There's a sense of foreboding with regards to his family. Even the servants don't like them. The daughter is a hypochondriac, which isn't evil, it's a mental condition, and she should seek psychiatric help. But when the doctor comes down, she shows perfunctory concern for her father, then says they've been expecting his death for some time (wishing for it, actually), and then tries to get the doctor to diagnos one of her made up ills right then and there. The look on the doctor's face says it all; when your father is dying, expected or not, now is not the time to be focusing on your own problems, unless, of course, you happen to be having a heart attack or stroke at the time, which she wasn't. When Wilfred sr introduces his daughter to the doctor, she doesn't even look up from her compact. She greets her grandfather in the same way. Now, granted, this alone isn't enough to warrant the mask becoming her perminant face. But this is. After dinner, while waiting for her grandfather to come down, she is very bitter about being bored, and having to stay inside with a dying, crazy old man while there's a celebration going on. Isn't that lovely? How dare her elderly grandfather be at death's door when there's a party to go to, (eye roll). Now even though we don't see an example of this, I believe Jason's assessment of his son-in-law as a man who only cares about money, so much so, that there probably is a cash register inside him. Then we come to Wilfred jr. To the person who doesn't think he deserves what's coming to him, this is a guy who takes pleasure in hurting small animals. Hello, that is now known as a major character trait of serial killers! He got off easy. Now as far as them living in a hell thanks to a vindictive old man, couldn't they just wear attractive masks when they go out in public? Look into plastic surgery? Or, heaven forbid, change their ways? Maybe then their faces would return to normal. If not, so they have to live with a permanent reminder of what they are on the inside. Worse things could have happened to them.

Wow, people really hated this episode. It's always been one of my favorites. Had no idea about the dubbing, although something did seem off about the girl's voice. And the beginning that's shown later, i've seen it done several times as a way to show the audience there's a problem, then they go back and show what led to it, then how it's resolved. No biggie...to me, anyway. The story itself was awesome. As has already been said, the parents are awful. Seriously, 'loud mouthed kids' 'you darn kids'. Does she really believe she's a good person talking to her own children like that? The father isn't much better. He's not as unkind as the mother, but he's distant with his children. Now, what's really messed up is them making the children decide who they are going to stay with, and you can tell they're thinking, 'please don't pick me.' Who does this? Are there actually parents in the world that think it's their children's job to decide these things. When the mother says to Sport, 'well, if it wasn't for you kids, we wouldn't have stayed together as long as we did, so you might show us a little consideration' I wanted to throw stuff at my tv. Why do they even have kids? Now about the portal to Aunt T's, very cool. They got the right actress for the part. She reasons with the kids, even when they want to fight each other, and talks to them like they're people, not property or a nuisance. At first, Sport calls her a kidnapper. Her response is very heartwarming and believable. She's thought about it, whenever she sees children being treated badly, but, as she said, she's always resisted the temptation. It's a natural feeling to want to do something to protect a suffering child. Sport hears her mother calling them, but Aunt T tells her those voices will fade over time. Sport still isn't convinced, and insists their parents still love them. Jeb wants to stay, but Aunt T says if their parents really do love them, they should go back. It's unlikely they can come back for a visit, many who leave don't come back. Next thing you know, Jeb goes back, with Sport covering for him. She goes and gets him when their mother wants to talk to them. She's still hopeful, telling Jeb that things will be different, their parents are going to love them. It's heartbreaking. Then we're back to the beginning, and the children escape their parents by jumping in the pool and calling for Aunt T. When they suddenly disappear, the father dives after them, and the mother suddenly cares if they drown. I love the very end. The kids are with Aunt T and the Huckleberry Finn boy, about to dig into the cake, when Sport suddenly stops, thinking she hears something. It's her mother, her voice is very faint, and she's pleading for them to come back. But Sport isn't falling for it this time, they had their chance. She shakes it off, and eats cake, proving what Aunt T said is true, the voices fade over time. I don't even feel a little bit sorry for the parents. They didn't really want children, now they don't have children. Careful what you wish for. Awesome episode.

Spoilers. Lots of spoilers. I'm sorry, but I liked this movie. Yes, I guessed who the murderer was, but throughout the whole thing, I was hoping I was wrong, as she seemed so nice. Well, like the others have said, the heroine is Carly. It starts out with five girls, Rose, Patty, Carly,Abby, and...rats, I forget the last girl's name, maybe because she's hardly in it...let's just call her so obviously not the killer. They are putting their darkest secrets and fears in a time capsule, to be dug up in 10 years. Rose never seemed to understand that point, because she seals her envelope with "the kiss of death", saying it should never see the light of day. Obviously not the killer isn't much better, saying she's glad to be saying goodbye to those memories. Is no one hearing Abby when she makes them all swear to come back in ten years to dig it up? Now, the actual idea of this capsule is a bad idea, sure, but it's also a very teenage girl thing to do, so they can be forgiven for it. Later, they are at Rose's fancy house throwing a graduation party. There is drinking, there are no parents. Abby is started to act off. The poor girl dies from alcohol poisoning. Fast forward ten years later. Carly talks Patty, who is now her BFF instead of Abby, because, well, she's dead, into going to their ten year reunion. They've apparently been invited ahead of everyone to Rose's parents house, which I think is now her and Chase's house. It seems Patty and Carly have stayed friends, and Rose and obviously not the killer have stayed friends, but all for of them haven't been together in a long time. Patty is now a lawyer, Carly a freelance photographer, Rose a teacher, and obviously not the killer is a politician's unhappy wife...which technically isn't a job. They meet up with the boys of the group, Chase, who is now Rose's husband, and Shane, who was Abby's boyfriend when she died. They're happy for like five minutes, and then gloomy gus Carly feels the need to remind everyone that not all of the old gang is here. She's never gotten over Abby's death. People feel that now is the time to break it to her that Abby didn't die of alcohol poisoning, she died of a drug overdose that was mixed into her drink. Only Carly sees a problem with this, because a)Abby didn't do drugs, and b)in my own personal opinion, the class valedictorian would know better than to spike her drink with a bunch of pills. Carly is quick to conclude that one of them murdered Abby. It's a leap, I know, but lifetime has to get to the main story line quickly, for some reason. Which is what i'm now going to try to do. Here goes... Carly finds documents Rose's dad drew up that stated the fake cause of Abby's death, and someone in a gardening mask thing is stalking outside and looks in her window. She then finds a cd Abby left her in the back of a picture frame. Abby says in it she doubts she's there with them, because she has read the secrets, and think they all have reason to want her dead. Now, she says it so calmly, my guess is she doesn't think they literally want her dead...we all know she was mistaken. Anyway, after advising them to leave the secrets buried, she says if anyone wants to still read them, she's left clues to make it like a scavenger hunt, cos why not? Maybe she's hoping everyone will be over it by now. Everyone just wants to forget about it except Carly, but when she keeps finding clues, they can't help but act a little excited and want to read them, and tell Carly what they mean, as the clues are personal. The masked person comes back, attacks her in the kitchen, then knocks Shane out when they are in Abby's barn at her house looking for the 2nd key left for Carly to open the box, and steals the clue she finds instead. Chase is called...oh yeah, he's a cop. Obviously not the killer is missing, and Patty very much wants to leave, telling Carly things are getting to dangerous. Chase tells her obviously not the killer called and said she decided to go to her husband's event after all. Carly wants to stay, and so does Chase, as his wife has worked very hard on this reunion. During the reunion, Chase is quite drunk, and is confrontational with Carly. Abby used to date him, and he claims she was only with Shane to get back at him, but that she still loved him. When Carly says that's impossible, Shane tells her Abby wasn't perfect, and to stop putting her on a pedestal. Carly tells Patty she wants to go home. Patty is a little too relieved. They get in the car, and Carly wants to stop by Abby's grave first and put flowers there. She does, then she swings by her mom's grave to do the same. Innthe flower holder, she find a not from Abby and the 2nd key. Abby mentions she did something unforgivable to Shane, which automatically makes him suspect in Carly's mind. Again, Patty seems too eager to agree. Shane has followed them, and they drive off after accusing him. They go back to the house to get their stuff. While Patty is in the house, Carly is trying to call obviously not the killer, and is told she never showed up. She then finds a shovel with blood on it. She and Rose dig up what they fear is Rose, but find the box instead. Oh, earlier we saw someone hit obviously not the killer with the shovel, and rebuying the box, instead of destroying it, or getting it off the property. Not a very smart killer. Shane shows up, they freak, they find obviously not the killer's body in the well, freak some more, and Rose hits Shane over the head. Patty gets chase's gun, (where the heck is he, anyway) and puts it on Rose, saying she found the gardeners thing in her car, and something else incriminating, I forget what. Rose insists Carly is framing her (why?) but goes with them and sits down outside while they wait for the cops(again, where is the cop she's married to?!) Carly opens the box with her key, and reads Abby's. She cheated on Shane with Chase, but was planning to make it up to them by staying in the horrid town, and letting Rose and Chase be together. She also intended to flunk her test so she wouldn't be valedictorian, and Patty would (Patty looks too horrified at this). Carly makes Rose read obviously not the killer's one. She apparently got pregnant during a one night stand, and Rose took her to get an abortion, which was botched, and she possibly couldn't have anymore kids, which seemed to be true. Carly reads Rose's. She knew about the affair, and even though she could just kill the both of them, she plans to get even by tricking Chase into marrying her, I forget how (seriously, where is that boy?) patty insists Rose had the motive the kill Abby, she also insists that hers and Carly's secrets no longer matter. Carly finally wises up, and disagrees, reading Patty's. It says she hates Abby. She asked her as a friend to fail her test, because she was poor, and had no other way to get out of that town and not be like her mother without the scholarship. Patty tries to pass it off as blowing off steam, and there were no issues, but Carly doesn't believe her, and moves to stand by Rose. Okay, she this next part, i'll admit, is over the top, like the other reviewers have said, but come on; no one is calmly going to explain why they killed two people, especially when they've been trying to cover it up this whole time, and keep her bff from finding out. So, Patty loses it. She starts ranting. She also says she killed obviously not the killer because she's found the clue she'd stolen, and had uncovered the box. She gets angry at Carly for not believing her, when she didn't hurt her in those attacks, and went to the trouble of framing Rose for the murders, and she picks up the gun lying on the table that nobody thought to get away from her before this. Shane comes to, and she shoots him. The girls run to a car. Okay, this is the only part that I didn't care for. It's beyond unrealistic. I usually don't mind unrealistic in a movie, but this was ridiculous. Patty shoots at the car, and it lights on fire. The girls start to get out, but Rose's seatbelt (in this kind of situation, forget putting on the seatbelt!) gets stuck. After a couple of feeble attempts to get it unstuck, she tells Carly to just leave her. I wouldn't have done that. Death by burning is horrible, my worst fear, and I would ask her if she had something sharp on her, attempt to squeeze out of it, heck try biting through it, anything to get out. Well, she doesn't and the car blows up, so at least it was quick. Carly calls the cops on the phone Rose gave her, (ok, is the cop husband dead, and they didn't bother telling us?) Patty, thinking both girls died, stands over Shane's body, giving his leg a kick to make sure he's dead, (like that'll really make him perk up and say, nope, not dead yet, Patty!) she then begins cleaning up, when Carly reveals that she isn't dead while holding hedge clippers. She then declares just how pissed off she is by saying 'you've killed everyone i ever loved'. Patty tries to fire the gun, saying she just determined not to lose what she's worked so hard to gain, the things they've all taken for granted because they're rich, but the gun is out of bullets. Cue dear in headlights look, which was quite effective, and cue the 'oh, you're so dead,' look, also very effective. After a little chase, Patty grabs the shovel, and she looks confident again. But confidence ain't gonna beat that look of death, sweetheart! They argue as they fight, which I have mixed feelings about. On the one hand, it seems out of place, but on the other, i'd want to know why my bff would do this to her friends too. The clippers get knocked out of her hands, and land conveniently blade up in the grass. We all know what's going to happen, but personally, I don't care; it's so time for this rhymes with witch to get what's coming to her. Patty losses the tug of war, and lands on the clippers, cue rather gory death. Turns out Shane is alive, they have a little moment. I love lmn!

So, major spoilers. Seriously, i'm gonna tell you everything I remember about this movie. I haven't seen it in a while, but it's one of my favorites. Ok, so it's like the other reviewers said, Emma came from an abusive home. Her mother takes the brunt of her father's abuse, as she tries to shield him from his wrath. She came up with an imaginary friend, which I get, I had plenty of those due to emotional abuse as a child. But then she grows up, and she still sees her. Now I also get that it's hard to let go of a coping mechanism; I had a heck of a time getting rid of mine, but once you're grown, I think you gotta rely on real people to help you, you know, real friends. Anyway, her psychiatrist husband brad seems all loving, but you see him being inappropriate with another patient early on. Now here's where I call foul. I take anti-depressants, meds for anxiety. You're not supposed to pop them in your mouth like candy every time you're spooked by a little noise. If you're husband is telling you to, even if he's a doctor, something is terribly wrong, and you should run for the hills. Just saying. Now, here's where it gets confusing. One night, while hosting a party, she actually sees her imaginary friend, all grown up. Now she's really freaked out. Just what was she seeing before, since this seems to be new? Is it because she can now touch her? Oh well. It's revealed early that the person she's seeing is her husband's girlfriend, another ex-patient. Ok, so Emma was also an ex-patient. What's with this guy? He doesn't want to be with Emma anymore, partly because she's mentally disturbed, but he expects to have different results with this woman? Moving on. Now, the girlfriend, whose name I can't remember, starts to like Emma, and starts to feel guilty about messing with her fragile mind. Now we get to the twist that I didn't see coming, and I usually see them. Brad comes home after a hard day of trying to convince his workmates to lock up his wife. Emma has dinner all ready. She then explains to brad that she no longer needs to be committed, as she took charge of her hallucination, How? Oh, she simply lured her into the shower and killed her. Knowing that this girl is real, he understandably freaks out. Now, I do suspect that the two woman are messing with him now, but when her 'ghost' shows up, wearing pretty convincing white ghost makeup, now i'm sure of it. So, they have now become friends, and are driving him crazy. Brad starts chasing Emma, who runs into the bathroom and has a little pow wow with her new BFF. They seem to be enjoying themselves, despite the fact that brad is pounding on the door and screaming bloody murder. The cops are called. No one is arrested, and things cool down for a while. Brad sleeps downstairs, and in a weird little move, calls Emma, upstairs in her room, on the telephone. They actually have a little moment, and i'm thinking, Emma, don't you dare forgive this guy. Then, we're back to haunting again. The girlfriend breaks character for a moment when brad smacks her new bff across the face, shouting, 'don't touch her!' Brad doesn't seem to notice. All the while, Emma is doing a great job pretending she can't see the girl. They go out in the backyard, and brad starts talking to the 'dead' girl. Now here's where Emma starts to scare me. She tells him the only way he can be free of her is if he kills her, like she killed her hallucination. Uh-oh. Is she serious? The girl seems to think so, and she starts backing away and telling him she's really alive. Now, i'm freaking out, as i've come to like this young woman, and would rather she not be killed. They sell it further when the cops come, and start asking about a girl, has Emma ever seen her before. It's unclear if there is a dead body, but I wasn't sure. Brad has now well and truly lost it, (couldn't have happened to a nicer guy), and she asks his doctor if she can say goodbye to him. Once they're alone, her goodbye is in the form of a gloat. 'Nice try.' I actually start clapping. But what about the girl? Is she dead? Nope. She finally appears with Emma in her backyard, although mostly in siloete and facing each other, toasting their freedom from Dr. Creepy. Whew! All is well.

Why do so many people not like the later Frasiers? Niles becomes a little less whiny, less stuck up when he's with Daphne, who I never thought of as screechy, and Martin has mellowed dramatically. Oh well. This episode was one of my favorites. I love David Ogden Stiers, and he was great in this. I wish he was a recurring character.

In case you missed the warning, major spoilers ahead. First of all, I loved this movie. Acting was good, plot good, ending good. So we start with a party scene with.our main girl, 16 year old Sarah. She's drunk, so she calls big sister Jill for a ride home. After expressing concern for her, Jill does something stupid and poses for a pic with Sarah, while driving. I mean, yeah, it was Sarah's idea, but she was drunk, Jill wasn't, so what's her excuse? Moving on. 2 years later, Sarah wakes up from a nightmare about that night, and it's revealed that her mom is driving her to college. After meeting her roommate,Jodie, her mom encourages her to join her old sorority. Big surprise, given the title, huh? She reluctantly goes, meets the prez, daisy, who tells her this sorority is of course different. She buys it and joins, to her roommate's dismay. Daisy helps her get into a computer class she really wants to be in, and she meets a nice boy who's on the track team. She meets daisy's lap dog, er, boyfriend, also a jock, who just wants sex. He does favors for daisy, like trashing a sister's room who innocently brought her girlfriend from a rival sorority to a party. Daisy doesn't get along with Jodi, who's suddenly all attitude and rather annoying. Soon, sorority events consumes Sarah's life, affecting her work. Things go south when she innocently tells daisy that her computer teacher has been pushing her to focus on cracking a new algorithm so she can create a new app, or something. She also mentions that he put a hand on his shoulder, kind of like in a father figure way, but daisy latches onto that, convinces Sarah to accuse him of assault, and it's bye-bye nice helpful teacher. Jodie is the next to be the victim, when she gets beat up after putting something online about the crazy sorority. Daisy gets more controlling with Sarah, who teams up with a sister named Maria, in order to turn the other sisters against her. It works, but at a party, where the girls are in lingerie and the boys are in boxers(?) daisy's lap dog, er, boyfriend picks a fight with Sarah's boyfriend, and ends up breaking his leg. He in turn breaks up with her, like it's really her fault. So, after Sarah threatens daisy in front of everyone(cause that's always smart) daisy ends up dead from an apparent overdose. Sarah then hears Maria and daisy's lap dog, er, Maria's lap dog, er, new boyfriend congratulate her on disposing of daisy. Confrontation between the girls where Maria spills everything. She beat up Jodie, had lap dog break boy's leg, killed daisy, all so she could be valedictorian(oooaky). Sarah of course tries to out her, Maria of course sets her up, she goes to loony bin cause she became a little unhinged(wonder why). Sarah's mom apologizes for telling her to join, then helps her expose Maria. Sarah does this by using her computer project. She sets up a site where you can confess dark secrets anonymously, then has Jody spread the word around campus. Maria uses the app, because she can't resist telling people how cleaver she was with daisy's murder. Her confession is played at graduation during her speech. She goes to jail, Sarah changes things at sorority, and gets back together with boyfriend, while Maria gets to sit in group session at prison where they confess secrets, cause hey, this is a lifetime movie after all, which is what I came to see.