I think the most frustrating thing about this season of UnREAL has been all the unrealized potential. Because, with the two-part finale behind us (entitled Codependence and Commitment, for those who liked that kind of thing), it’s hard not to look to the beginning of the season for all that the third season of Lifetime’s reality-TV based show promised.
My crush on John Boyega continues unabated
So, over on my other site, my writing (/life) partner has been doing a retrospective of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the run-up to Infinity War and maybe I’ve biased but it’s great so get on that
When the title card came up at the end of this episode of Riverdale, it was over the sound of my no-holds-barred whooping with delight. Because A Night to Remember is everything I hoped it would be, and so much more.
I may have casually closed my eyes for the scary bits.
So, before we get started, I’m just going to take a hot second here to tell you that my debut novel, RAPE JOKES, is officially coming out at the end of this year! You can find my post about it here, and I’m running a Q&A on it soon so if you have any questions about the book or the writing or publishing process, hit me up!
But on to less exciting news: UnREAL is back, and it’s still struggling to find it’s feet after last week’s dire episode. Recurrent is certainly a step up from the show’s last outing, but UnREAL still doesn’t quite seem to know exactly what it wants us to think right now.
Whoops. Well, it’s been a while since we had a Carrie recap, which is my bad, but at the same time I had some pretty fucking wild crazy exciting news that you may want to check out that will hopefully redeem me for this late recap.
I still can’t believe I actually get to write this post. But here goes. This is pretty much the most exciting, terrifying, holy-shit-this-mix-of-emotions-is-going-to-make-me-burst-into-tears announcement I’ve ever made in my life, and so I’m just going to blurt this on to your lap before I spend another half-hour dancing around the house with excitement.
Did I mention I love horror films? Because I love horror films
UnREAL is always toeing the line between meta-commentary on the operatic, over-the-top nature of reality television, and just becoming a bad parody of that kind of bullshit. And this episode was firmly in the latter camp.
