Free Adnan Syed.
How did that headline make you feel? Pause.
HAPPY NOVEMBER! AUTUMN IS FINALLY BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE AUTUMN.
That's a lovely photo. If you have a second, take some time to assess it and reflect on the first couple of days of November so far. Are you satisfied with how your month has begun? Are you happy? Are you equipped for the holiday season? If you didn't answer yes to all of these questions, fix it. Make them all a yes. I did not take this photo btw, Google did.
Now back to my headline: Free Adnan Syed.
If you aren't familiar with this gentleman, he's the subject of season one of the famous podcast, Serial. He was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his high- school ex girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Syed has served more than 17 years in prison and after Serial aired, he was granted a new trial. Journalism is POWERFUL. Executive producer, Sarah Koenig, dug deep into all of the evidence against Syed and broke it all down through out this podcast. The best part: interviews with Syed were featured greatly throughout the project. Like Koenig, even after that powerful podcast, I can't decide if I believe he did it. Not only because there wasn't enough evidence against him, but because even after seventeen years and a life sentence against him, Syed is the most humble being and still won't admit to a crime he claims he didn't commit. There's only one conclusion I came to after hearing this podcast and that is: my ambition to become an Investigative Journalist. Thank you Sarah Koenig for helping me find my way. Syed is fighting for bail right now as he awaits trial. Check out this article by the Huffington Post that features the full Motion for Release Pending Bail.
IT'S SHOW TIME! WELL ONLY 4/7 BUT I'LL TAKE IT.
How in the world is Hook's brother, Liam, alive?! This is insane! And Belle had her first check up appointment, alone, how sad is that? Why didn't Gold even try to attend? And oh my gosh, EW at Gold and the Evil Queen sharing a kiss. Gold looks dapper with a hair cut and all but, he's still not kiss- worthy. And I can't believe that the Evil Queen still wants Snow White's heart. This cross between the Evil Queen and Regina is starting to freak me out, how long will this play out? Is there any bit of Regina inside of the Evil Queen, like the Evil Queen was inside of Regina? Hopefully we will find out soon enough. And Aladdin better come to his senses and act like the savior he is destined to be! Stat.
HARRY DOYLE AND WILL OLSON? I had my suspicions about Doyle's sexuality but I had no idea about Olson's! This is juicy but surprise surprise, Doyle was just using him of course. But finally, Alex has a friend on the inside posing as a terrorist! We don't know who it is yet but it goes to show us that this war is just getting started. Now, is Miranda a bad guy or not? Olson covered for her and told Shelby she's not a bad guy, when in reality, he was the person Miranda texted to out Alex in the first place! So are they working together now? Last time I checked, Olson was still suffering from PTSD from his last run in with the terrorists so how did he get recruited to the other side? What changed?
Okay, I know I complained about Meredith's story line a lot but...where is it now?! What's the latest with her and Riggs? It seems like they can never split the show evenly with Meredith and all of the other story lines, but I wish that they would. I'm interested to see how Bailey restructures the residency program while managing not to step on The Chief's toes. I feel like they haven't changed the function of the hospital much since the merge, or maybe even since they renamed it Grey Sloan Memorial. Sloan...I miss you! And can Avery and April stop playing with my emotions and get back together? I can tell he's uncomfortable with her dating now and I'm waiting for her to catch his drift.
Now, this is getting real good and I like it. Frank is back and he's not a fan of Laurel and Wes! But we all knew that would be the case. Annalise concerns me. Sometimes she's strong and sometimes she's weak. She let all of the students tell her their true feelings, while she sat there and listened. Then she proceeded to get up and act like it was the end of class...dismissed! I would have had a lot of words for those kids but everyone has played an equal part in their downfall. And OMG! Is Wes really going to rat out Annalise in the big episode?! I think there's a big plan behind it, well I'm hoping there is. I'm just glad he's not dead. But does that mean Frank is under the sheet? We find out next episode!
V a m p i r e D i a r i e s .
I'm pretty sure I watched the entire sixth season in one day. Vampire Diaries has been giving me Grey's Anatomy emotions though. In other words, I've been having these random bursts of tears while watching this show. Whether it's Elena going into a coma, Caroline trying to gain her humanity back or even the gang having to evacuate Mystic Falls, this show gives the perfect balance of good and completely terribly bad. There is something about Enzo that turns me on, even as I watch this seventh season, he hasn't committed one good deed. Maybe it's the slicked back hair. Or the accent. Either way, I like it and I want him to just become a god guy already! Wait, am I already on season seven? I'm so close and if I'm lucky, I can catch up to the eighth season and add Vampire Diaries to my prime time line up. Wish me luck.
xoxo,
Mich.