Category: TV Review

Diana Vacc sees “Girl Meets World” Season 3 Premier

by Diana Vaccarelli

I’m a kid at heart. Growing up watching Boy Meets World I was super excited about the spinoff Girl Meets World. I’ve been watching this show for the past two season. Season 3 recently premiered and follows Riley (played by Rowan Blanchard), the daughter of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishell) and her friends as they start High School.hbt

THE GOOD:

  • The nostalgia that it brings while watching it. It reminds me of the original and brings back great memories of youth. I’m totally stuck in an irresistible groove that keeps me smiling at all the old characters coming back into my life.

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Diana Vacc Sees “Outlander” Episode 9 “Je Suis Prest”

by Diana Vaccarelli

04outlander2-master768This recent episode of Outlander titled “Je Suis Prest” follows Jamie (Sam Heughan)training his men to be soldiers and fight for Bonnie Prince Charlie, while Claire (Caitriona Balfe) tries to deal with a dramatic event from her past. (I mean her future. I mean the future but still her past…oh well, if  you’re a fan you know the premise, right?)

To Those Who Haven’t Viewed This Episode: Be warned. This review may contain spoilers.

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Diana Vacc Sees Outlander Episode 8 “The Fox’s Lair”

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by Diana Vaccareilli

This episode of Outlander entitled “The Fox’s Lair” finds Claire and Jamie returning to Scotland after the tragedies they went through in France and meeting Jamie’s Grandfather Lord Lovatt. If you haven’t viewed this episode yet be warned: this review may contain spoilers.

THE GOOD:

  • The writing of the episode was good but not “oh boy, gosh wow, fantastic” as previous episodes have been. Anne Kenney writes beautiful scenes between our two leads, showing them healing after losing their child, which was quite moving to watch but lacked the dynamism present in previous episodes. One scene in particular, showing Jamie (Sam Heughan) holding his newborn niece was touching and heartbreaking at the same time.
  • Clive Russell was fantastic as Jamie’s devious Grandfather. I was amazed at how his performance presented the character exactly as I’d pictured him while reading the book.

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Diana Vacc Sees OUTLANDER Episode 7 “Faith”

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by Diana Vaccarelli

This episode of Outlander entitled “Faith” finds Claire at the hospital where there are attempts by the Doctors to save her life and the life of her unborn child. So much happens in this episode. If you haven’t viewed this episode yet be warned this review may contain spoilers.

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Diana Vacc Sees “Outlander” Episode 6 “Best Laid Schemes”

by Diana Vaccarelli

Outlander Season 2 2016
Outlander Season 2 2016

The “Best Laid Schemes”episode of “Outlander” finds Jamie and Claire trying to stop Bonnie Prince Charlie from getting the funds necessary to start the Jacobite rebellion. If you haven’t viewed this episode yet be warned this review does contain some spoilers.

THE GOOD:

  • The writing of this episode was the most dramatic and emotional to date. Matthew B. Roberts writes an episode that made me both laugh and cry. The drama was so powerful that I don’t think I could have made it through the show without the funny moments Roberts gave the character Murtagh.
  • The hard-hitting dialogue gives the actors so much to play, and they went all the way with it. Caitriona Balfe’s Claire goes through a major betrayal in a performance that made me feel her pain as though it was my own. Sam Heughan’s Jamie is nothing short of fantastic. The scene where he makes Claire promise to go through the stones if anything happens to him would bring tears to, well, a stone.
  • I’m so glad that Black Jack is back! I keep saying there is no one better to play this well written villain then Tobias Menzies, and he proved it again this time out. During the crucial duel scene between Jamie and Black Jack, Menzies taunts Jamie with words far stronger than their swords. To me, that scene was perfect.

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