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So the kid that got shot at the beginning of the episode is determined not to have a gun and the one cop supposedly planted it on him. That doesn't make sense because we literally see him shoot at the 2 cops at the beginning of the episode, a bullet hole in the top of the stair column, and wood pieces from that column flying everywhere. After the episode was over, I went back to the beginning to watch it again just because it didn't make sense at the end. The other review on here said that the episode was complete nonsense. I didn't think it was that bad really until that glaring plot hole ended up having me question my sanity. Like how do you miss that when you edit the episode? That few seconds could have just been cut out or something. But this makes me question if he was originally supposed to have had a gun on him and they change the script in the middle of filming. Maybe they were afraid of angering a certain group and changed the story halfway. Who knows but I hope the rest of the show doesn't have any other glaring issues like this or I might have to stop watching.

Spoilers ahead!

I watched this because it was based on the movie Jumper which I enjoyed. I'm a big fan of scifi and teleportation and thought that concept would be cool. It's loosely based on that concept but is more about the drama and investigation by authorities of her crushing a car with her powers to escape an attempted rape. It wasn't bad but I found myself really disliking the main character.. she's just awful and by the end of the second season I could tell why. This is a villain origin story. Yes, Henry ends up being the villain by the end.. I think the show ended before they really could expand on that in the 3rd season but I think it was the writing that didn't work for me. Even villains need to be likable if they are going to be one of the main protagonists and Henry is just not. She was insufferable and her downfall was slow and hard to watch.. she makes the same mistakes over and over, is irrational for no reason, she lashes out at the wrong people. Etc. I mean as a villain it kind of works but as the main protagonist that you want to root for, it doesn't.

Slowly I've been seeing the decline of Archer throughout this series. He constantly breaks the rules and then criticizes others for doing the same, he constantly makes bad calls, and in this episode he threatens to kill Sim so he can save Trip, even when Sim could have been saved. I grew up watching TOS, TNG, Voyager, and even DS9 and I dislike Archer (and Enterprise) the most out of all old Star Trek. This episode especially shows Archer's bad character. When Captain Archer behaves unlike any other Star Trek Captain would in a similar situation, then it's like I'm not in the Star Trek Universe... like I'm watching another show. I think Archer just doesn't have good morals, lacks strong convictions, is petty and emotional.

I had higher hopes for this movie, but not from the trailers, I just had faith in the MCU. I guess that faith was misplaced somewhat. This movie is alright, not terrible, and not terrific.... mainly it just lacked excitement, character development, and heart. It felt kind of emotionless, like Vers being told to keep her emotions in check or the guy on the bike telling her to smile...maybe she should have tried feeling some emotions in this movie. A couple of whoo's when blowing up something up isn't the emotional excitement we want! I feel that they tried to make Captain Marvel tough at the expense of making her kinda blah. She had some one liners that were okay and some that were kind of corney. Some of the humor got a chuckle from me but not much more. Sam Jackson was fun, Coulson was barely in it but his part was fine. The yahoo moments were kind of meh and the finale was anti-climactic. Also, it seemed they intentionally went out of there way to emphasize her being a woman instead of her being a human. What is that about? And I don't know about you but if I found out that the team I'd been working with for 6 years, who we relied on to keep each other safe, was lying to me the whole time, there might be a little more emotional baggage there. This movie made her team seem like coworkers she barely knew so when she found out they were lying to her it was no big deal to break ties with them. In all honesty, the movie probably ranks about 5.5 out of 10.