Intro to Psychopaths

(absolutely called the culprit of the case the second we met him)

Also, cute ending. It makes me upset that we'll never get to know the rest of the story of "Goodman", but what can you do.

Uhhh, Ryan is scaring me. I almost would be inclined to think he's involved in this deep subplot. Like, they are dragging his story too long. I honestly thought he was up to no good when they showed him in the locker room. But I guess not. Go shuckers.

I wish we had more of Jasmine in this episode, or maybe in the entire season.

I do wish they could've brought up Sosa. Or Charlie. Anyone notice there was no mention of Charlie? And yet Julian, Doug, and Travis are all into her now that she's freshly ready to mingle?

That MRI scene and Dylan's vision scared the absolute crap out of me, I wanted him to be okay :(

Loved:

"Just a head?"

"What more do you need?! :D"

And the Grease references, wow that was uncomfortable.

I wonder if they would've made a Julian and Lizzie reconciliation in the next season if it were to happen? It seemed like it when Lizzie approached him about Maya's death.

And we'll never see the Wilson-Reinhart baby and what his name is.

please please please bring them back on another project.

Also, considering the events of the last scene of the latest episode, how dare CBS cancel a third season! There's obviously a greater conspiracy and plot and we'll never see it come to life.

I'm still waiting for Sosa to reappear.

(I should probably do one on episode 2)

Okay, episode just ended like 30 seconds ago, and I have never felt more anxiety for a show in my life.

Julian not showing up?

Jay not showing up? I thought Ryan or Dylan were going to get shot. So glad they didn't.

Also, the way they portrayed the teens (Alex's new friends) was incredibly inaccurate. Maybe it's because I don't live in a city like LA or NYC or anything, but those teens were assholes. If any teen I know was being interrogated by the freaking police, there is no way in hell they would be flashing out their phones like that and making fun of the police. I've never seen teens be that disrespectful.

To be honest, at the beginning scene, I felt more bad for the stepmom than the teens, even though Ella was portrayed as an "evil stepmom." Alex literally just commanded her to fire some poor kid without explanation for Ella to earn Alex's respect.

Also, when Lizzie and Dylan figured out the apple poison, they said Ella wasn't the evil stepmother, she was Cinderella. They criticize the teens for not knowing the fairytales, but they literally just confused Snow White and Cinderella.

I'm really going on a tirade about the teens, huh? I've just never met teenagers so bitchy.

I legitimately thought Kim during the middle of all of that would be the murderer. At first I knew she'd be a suspect later on, they never give that much screentime to a person who wouldn't be a suspect. But I thought that to earn Alex's respect, she'd poison her stepmother that she hated. Seriously, there is no reason why an AP student should have access to chemicals without teacher supervision.

Also Harris and Jasmine? Whoaaaaaa, what??? There is no way they are skimming over that.

Also, low-key agree with that Jewish Richard Gere joke.

I also thought he was talking to Lizzie at first.

Ugh, I also love that Dylan is taking Andy to all the gatherings with Lizzie or work parties, and integrating Andy into his work life, yay.

Lizzie being promoted to second grade detective and the surprise everyone set up for her was really cute, the entire precinct respects her so much.

I don't know why Dylan is supportive of his viral video now. Also I don't understand how that 2010 looking meme would've gone viral.

Definitely my personal favorite episode of this season. It was great!

It didn't follow a cookie-cutter plot like some of the other episodes (some one died, oh wow, the culprit is someone we knew of but didn't question or question enough!)

What kinda surprised me was Lizzie opening up her backstory, since she doesn't usually do that, it's Dylan's backstory that's always prodded at, and I'm glad they went back and mentioned Lizzie's mom and Katie, who I'd totally forgotten. I thought they'd go into Dylan's childhood a bit more, since he kinda went through a rough childhood as well, but Lizzie's does fit in well.

Also, they've all just completely ditched the Dylan analysis thingy that replays events as they happened with blue tint.

Also that Sam thing could've been a bit less shocking. We'd never heard of Sam, and then suddenly the Wilson-Reinharts are going to father her child. Out of sheer coincidence.

(is it foreshadowing when Andy looked over an Asian baby at the precinct and will then adopt an Asian baby?)

I kinda like Sam, she's cool and witty, I don't know if we'll see more of her because she'll be moving back to Sacramento, but since her boss is adopting her baby, they probably want to talk to her a bit more.

Jasmine is absolutely picking up on Jules, she must notice he's too good at his job. Also the feeds included private security footage. Did I heard that correctly? Hmmm...

Can I just mention that TVW is a gorgeous human being?

The ending of this episode was so sweet and cute, I'm just not totally buying the group hug between Robby and his dad and grandparents, that's just hella weird considering their hatred for each other for more than the past five years.

Harris and his freaking workout outfit, man.

Also totally proud of myself for noticing that van driver when he was first shown, but then shrugged it off until they brought him up again.

Thoughts are in no particular order, and is in the order that I think of.

And here we are. I suppose the week delay is a bit fitting as the last episode of Season 1 came about on the first of July.

Wow, it's odd doing one of these text posts. I have 10 drafts of text posts that I didn't think we're good enough (theories that I myself didn't believe, so I didn't post them).

Let's get started on the episode as a whole.

I wouldn't say it was the strongest start to a new season. I'd say it played out too much like a normal episode, seeing as the entire main murder would probably not affect the rest of the season.

But alas, the first and original murder they were investigating seems to be something we will delve into for the rest of the season as TVW is a series main for the rest of the season?

(Also I feel like they were throwing the Van Winkle name around a lot for the jokes)

So TVW coming into the scene as a series regular, working on the Sleeping Beauties case. I wonder how they'll affect the Lizzan dynamic, because I love their dynamic. Also, if they drag him on for the whole season, I wonder how this subplot will carry on as Lizzan probably will continue solving various murders that pop up around New York. Will Lizzan play a role in investigating the Sleeping Beauties cases or continue on with regular cases as per S1? Technically they did hand it off to Harris, so we'll see.

They still have not explained this hair situation. Obviously since Dylandy are still on hold in getting a baby, not much time has passed (I keep thinking this gap is six months?). They gotta explain why they both had hair changes in what seems to be about a week or so gap between seasons.

Also who got emotional when Andy was holding their baby and thought it was theirs?

Also love how Andy defends his hubby when his husband is a true chaotic neutral.

Let's not forget Julian's base being invaded? I don't doubt that this has something to do with the Sleeping Beauties investigations OR Sosa. I honestly thought it was Dylan at first, but no.

Julizzie has officially set sail. Still salty about Hot Mechanic. HM was supposed to be Lizzie's rebound back into the dating game, and they completely forgot about him. I'd like an explanation, please. At least one line on how previously celibate Lizzie (post-Charlie death) meets HM and suddenly is DTF Julian immediately.

This has been consistent, but isn't it such a coincidence that some event happens that triggers Dylan to think of the ulterior motive of these murders? He just taught about narcissism the day before or something and the killer is conveniently a narcissist?

Julian coming in so strong into the Lizzan dynamic has got to stir up some drama, especially into the relationships between him and Dylan and Lizzie.

I hope they mention Sosa and bring his storyline in S2. That was such a mindfuck in S1.

The dynamic in the 11th Precinct is so pure. They roast each other constantly and it's hilarious and shows how much they get along.

My boy Doug is back and still the same, and I am here for it. ("Frozen dead lady!")

NYPD has serious cybersecurity issues despite working under the government. Seriously concerning.

Dylan and Lizzie having the same crush on a guy and not recognizing him despite making solid eye contact, and they must've had to notice his face even more as he could be a prime suspect after his tirade.

I just thought of this now, but Dylan didn't do his analysis thingy at all during this episode.

I was slightly disappointed that the motive for murder didn't have something to do with the irony of the Olympic swimmer drowning or the woman who sought immortality dying at a young age.

Also, when Lizzie mentioned that the name that was replaced on the calendar sounded familiar, the only guy I could think of was the security dude because they literally talked to no one else and the husband was too obvious.

I love the simultaneous eyerolling behavior of Julian and Andy during their respective partner's obsession over work. ("How is the sea bass?") I also appreciate that they had a double date, I thought that was really cute. I wonder if Andy knows about Julian's double life?

I appreciate that in this episode they didn't have Dylan completely change his entire mindset on kids as if he reset. They still incorporate the fact that humans don't turn overall new slate so easily, displaying Dylan as a regular human rather than a 13-year old girl's portrayal of robotic characters in her fanfiction. This hints back to the season one finale episode about Dylan and being a bit hesitant to have a child, which is expected seeing as not much time has passed.

I'm really hoping they pull another wildcard episode like "Bye Bye Birdie" and do a sudden dynamic change such as with Sosa as the evil guy.

Let's not forget Reuben Julian Cousins (?)