Don't Die On Me is the title of this episode and by the end of it..I too questioned that..But not in the way you're thinking. As always I am ahead of myself.For those
lovely folks that don't mind my extensive and very long posts or reviews like some like to call it please bare with me
This is going to be an interesting ride.
Laura anapi -season3baby :) Savana_ Dying for season3!Recap: When we left off in Man Or Beast Catherine, Vincent and the Beasty clan had just found out that Reynolds was the mastermind of KILL ALL THE BEASTS!(voice of Gaston from the Disney movie here)
This ticks off Vincent who doesn't want to play nice with Reynolds but rather um..Just rip his head off. Do you blame him? I the hell wouldn't! Look what this man has done to not only HIM but also HIS own DAUGHTER.
This is where Catherine and Vincent are at odds..She wants to bring Daddy in to face the music(the music of justice) BUT instead things go wrong and well as the WINTER BREAK ends , Catherine SHOOTS Vincent and Daddy is in jail.Now we come to 7 weeks later and the FAMOUS DON'T DIE ON ME
ACT 1: Catherine questioned, Vincent bleeding out,Catherine confronts VincentCatherine is giving her statement to what happened the night before. She explains how she apprehended her father, having flashbacks in the process, the car crash cause of Vincent the dog(How she describes him not me, that comes later)
We see her flashback of pleading to Vincent. The officer tells her that everything was fine and thanks her for being such a good cop and forgetting that Reynolds was her father.After this Gabe is waiting in the wings, following her and asking how things went.Catherine herself said she
she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown (really is that all? ) She tells Gabe she's worried about Vincent and then Gabe tells her she had no choice but to shoot him. The would was cut deeper when she said that she would do it again (OUCH turn the knife a bit more yeah)
Now we change to the boathouse and Vincent on his bed(One he once did nookie with Catherine, sorry I just had to go there, at least one good memory or for some NOT) well as it goes,Vincent is bleeding out.Explaining to Tori that the bullet must have nipped a vein and that the
bleeding wasn't stopping.Tori suggested going to the hospital but Vincent refused. The idea of being exposed scaring the crap out of him. So instead he asks her to go and get him more gauze. Tori continues to grill him about exposing himself(no ladies NOT that way) He tells Tori all he's done is hide and he doesn't know how to do anything else
that he no longer had Catherine on his side for support evident at least to me. While they were talking Catherine walks in and calls out to him. Catherine is met by Tori and Tori comes straight out with it :How could you shoot him> I thought you loved him?" GO TORI! Sorry guys but that question I would have asked too! Then another knife turn to my heart..
"I did." (KILL ME NOW BUT it gets WORSE!),Vincent coming down the stair surely he heard her answer tells Tori to leave..Tori goes upstairs and Catherine tells Vincent she's there to see if he's alright..Vincent says he's fine, obviously Catherine thinks he isn't and questions him,"You don't look fine." In which he gets defense and
tells her that he isn't her problem anymore.. Catherine starts walking away and turns back around. "Don't blame me for this." she tells him. He lashes back with "You're the one that shot me!! That whole interaction until she finally walks out is a painful as Vincent face full of pain after she leaves.
Act 2: Catherine telling Tess she's moving on,Vincent goes to JT for help,Catherine story and loopholesCatherine again is at the police station trying to convince herself that she is getting back to being herself before Beasts and Vincent(Yeah right, wake up and smell the beast coffee woman)Dhr tells Tess she's ready to move on but there something that she still feels that is holding her back with Vincent but she can't pinpoint what it is.(Silly woman it's LOVE)
While she is with Tess,Gabe comes back with the investigator who now wants to ask her more questions in the interrogating room.She's in deep caca LOL..She looks at Gabe and begins to walk.
Now at the Gents lair, JT is hard working on something and there's banging on the door, When he opens it ..It's Tori and a hurt Vincent, Tori tells JT Vincent has been shot and well he's in shock but not ore when he finds out Catherine was the one that shot him. His face was like 'Oh s---! NOW WAY)Tori said that Vincent didn't want to go to the hospital and JT agreed BUT when he saw Vincent's nasty wound he retracted his
opinion and suggested he should. Vincent again said no, and well he told JT to go and steal blood and antibiotics ..JT went a bit ballistic but Tori went BEASTY on him and JT just left them both there.gets a phone call from business associates of her father. Asking her to remember an appointment to sign some papers. Tori refused to go until the lady tells her that they know about her father and what he was. So Tori decided to meet them. Vincent asked her if she was okay
Tori says yes..Vincent sense her heartbeat and questions her. She continues to tell him that it's that she doesn't want to leave him like that. But still goes.
Back in the precinct Catherine is getting reamed by the investigator, the dude is accusing her of lying about what really happened, Catherine again had to go on the defensive and Gabe stepped in(BROWNIE POINTS)..The investigator showed Catherine a bullet which he claimed was taken at the scene and it had blood. Catherine had a flashback of Vincent looking at his abdomen as he realized she had shot him. Catherine denied it.
My BEEF here is this..Why did Vincent not HEAR Catherine's heartbeat when she went to see him and YET he heard Tori's heartbeat? BOO BOO BOO writers!
Act 3: Catherine indirectly protecting Vincent again,Tori meeting,JT roughed up by Tess,Catherine goes to see VincentCatherine continues to be nailed by the investigator, she is denying that she shot anyone and that her and her father were keeping mum about a third person on the scene. The investigator takes her gun and badge and tells them that until the matter is resolved she's suspended, As see gets out of the interrogation room she is telling Gabe how she is still protecting Vincent and that to keep him safe she has her job on the line and that they will eventually know she's lying. Gabe volunteers to help her by removing evidence. Mind you all these POINTS here and there for Gabe will lead him to a good thing(once again I'm ahead of myself)
So as they continue to talk in the precinct, Tess comes in with the news that JT was caught trying to steal blood and drugs, Catherine figures out that Vincent was lying to her about his true condition and decides to go see him, "I refuse to let him die because of me." <__ NO CRAP LADY YOU SHOT HIM FEEL GUILTY MUCH?
Tori meets up with the two not so interesting baddies LOL, She discovers her dad has a antique shop and questions how come her father owned it. She refused to sign anything. Spoiled little BRAT was what the baddie chick called Tori..Tori obviously didn't like that and half BEASTED out on them and FLEW out of there, left the baddies baffled cause now they know that she's a beast.
In the meantime Tess has JT where she wants him?(Or does he? Those two can make an interesting couple!!! LOL ) Jt sense that Tess likes getting rough with him <-- exactly my point LOL and so she questions why JT is so loyal to Vincent. They banter about how she would do the same for Catherine but Tess tells him that it goes beyond friendship and loyalty that there has to be more.
Poor Vincent is nursing his wound with what seems to be water or is it LIQUOR? Hope so cause he's gonna need it! As do we! LOL Catherine walks in and he tells her that JT isn't there.Catherine tells him that she knows cause JT is in jail for stealing blood from the hospital. A desperate Vincent "You gotta get him out." Catherine tells him that everyone is covering for him again that when is he going to get the cojones to actually begin to defend himself. Vincent once again reminds her that "He's NOT her problem anymore" OBVIOUSLY these two are trying to just FORGET everything that they have been through(The same way some fans want to forget this WHOLE season 2 so far)
For me this was a very VinCat heart to heart, especially when it came to Catherine cause IMO Vincent was still angry about Catherine shooting him for him to really FULLY understand what she was trying to tell him. She said that even though things turned out the way they did, She can't just stop caring for him, that it takes time and that she doubts that she can ever not stop caring(This is to me the closest sign that she is FAR from giving up on him) But Vincent of course once again reminded her that "He wasn't her problem anymore"..Catherine asked him to go to the hospital and once again he said no, that they would take his prints and ID him, she said it didn't matter that all they would know was that
he was VINCENT KELLER , he then admitted what 'we' as the fans knew from te beginning of season 1..."I don't even know who Vincent Keller is anymore." BINGO! You win the LOTTO my dear Vincent! That is the problem, You are no ,longer the Vincent we all loved, For you to call out and say you don't even know 'who you are' is truly a breakthrough if not to the person saying it but cause of US the fans who have watched for 7 episodes to see the OLD VINCENT back! This is a wake up call to those that still had hope that Vincent 1.0 would surface will be devastated!(MY HEART JUST SUNK THERE BTW) Cause I truly wanted to see Vincent come back. Catherine then said that it was okay that her father was in jail and that M was no longer,that NO one else would go after any beasts. DRUM ROLE PLEASE..
In walks Tori, "Someone else knows about BEASTS!" BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Act 4: Tori explains about the curio shop, NOT AGAIN!, Gabe goes sees Reynolds, JT finds Vincent on couch DRUGGED by Catherine LOL, Catherine and Tori at the warehouse/curio shop WHATEVER! LOLAt this point Tori comes in with the news and as usual she gets questioned by Catherine by handling it as she usually does, BEASTING OUT, Vincent tells Catherine she was wrong about no one else knowing about beasts..He decides to go check it out himself, Catherine and Tori are for once in sync with the idea (WHAT THE FLACK? ) The man can hardly walk and he still wants to play HERO? Catherine tells him that a few seconds ago he was being protective about coming forward and that he was going to leave a trail of blood all over the city
that would identify him. He once again told her that it was his life, his fight. She said sure no problem, BUT with Catherine Chandler that is a problem LOL,so unbeknownst to Vincent or Tori for that matter she tells Tori to move and she shoots a tranq dart in his leg! LOL "You shot me..AGAIN!" .."You didn't give me a CHOICE AGAIN!" she tells him as he falls, she grabs his head and settles him on the couch..ROTFLMAO, as much as this episode was hard to watch, THIS scene was awesome! Not cause of the shot but the reactions of BOTH Catherine and Vincent.
It tells a lot of the actors. Jay and Kristin are talented and so believable. Maybe that's why I feel so much for these characters.Tori questions Catherine's problem solving by asking why LOL, Catherine explains it's to keep him safe from continuing to hurt himself So she decides to go and help Tori by going to the antique shop to help see what's with the place that people would want to expose beast for.
Then we come to Gabe, he goes sees Reynolds to explain that Catherine and her job are in danger cause of the bullet that she put in Vincent. Reynolds decides to help him and clearly sees that GABE has the HOTS for Catherine.."An x beast liking my daughter is better then one." Gabe is all JOLLY cause DADDY gonna help him. <-- I am beginning to dislike Gabe! He's kissing major MO JO to get what he wants..If there is an agenda behind all this goodie to shoes attitude and change is the fact he wants his nuts rubbed by Catherine! LOL
Back at the gents, JT and Tess find an unconscious Vincent bleeding. JT freaks out, 1. cause Catherine tranq him in the state he's in, 2. Cause he thinks he's too late to help him. Tess once again tells him that he's doing fine and that Vincent will be okay. JT in his desperation tells Tess that it's his fault. Tess questions him and JT explains to him a secret that he's been keeping from even Vincent. When M was seeking people to do the experiments, JT gave Vincent's name to a list and cause of that ..Vincent became a beast. Tess told JT he couldn't kill himself over it, that even though he did that, Vincent wouldn't have been able to save so many people and Catherine if it wasn't cause of
the fact that Vincent was actually a beast. That he should take some credit for the good Vincent has done throughout the years. Vincent wakes up after JT gives him a needle and "Where's Cathrine and Tori??" <-- What little shipper status I had it made me all warm and fussy cause he said Catherine FIRST LOL LAME I AM I KNOW! Romantic UNTIL the bitter end I guess.
Back at the curio shop, Catherine and Tori are looking around, nothing out of the ordinary there..so Catherine questions if there s a connection to beasts and the shop..UNTIL she finds this thingy in the wall, looks like a peep hole to me but that's just ME LOL, They are curious to what it is. as they get closer, the baddies show up! They explain it's a retina scanner and that they need Tori to open whatever it is suppose to open. But that they would kill Catherine cause they don't need her.
Act 5 : Catherine and Tori in trouble, Gabe wins MAJOR BROWNIE MO JO, Vincent saves Tori and CatherineCatherine and Tori are confronted by the NOT so baddie people.
Gabe with the help of Reynolds ID gets in the FBI Ballistics and evidence room and switches the bullets. (BROWNIE POINTS GAINED BIG TIME!)
they force Tori to open the thingy with her eyeball ..They threaten to kill Catherine if she don't. So she does, It leads to a chamber within the walls of the place. Catherine is forced in to check it out with one of the baddies the guy. Once inside she fights with the dude. Tori to protect Catherine closes the door behind her and leaves Catherine inside that room in the dark by herself,
Catherine puts her IPHONE light on and searches the room and finds a skeleton of a 'something that looks like a chimera, a dog, or a monkey take your pick! LOL Or a bit of everything
Either way while Catherine is making the discovery Tori is threatened to open the door and then the BADDIES start flying (literally LOL) two to be exact! Vincent emerges from above and fights with the baddies as does Tori. Um Vincent gives the female a knify ending LOL and then collapses on the floor. Tori scared, opens the door where Catherine was being held and calls her to help Vincent.
Catherine is shocked to hear he's there and runs out. Sees Vincent on the ground BLEEDING LIKE HELL! Tori tells Vincent what do we do, "Call 911" Vincent con seeds, Catherine "I got this." calls 911. Tori questions what to tell the police, Catherine tells her to tell the truth, to say Vincent saved her. Catherine supposedly 'sees the light' and looks at Vincent with Tori and just walks away.
Ladies and Gentleman, I know this scene had to come...It took 8 LONG episodes of that..BUT it damn hurt a lot...I actually as I write this I get teary eyed just thinking about it..MY SHIPPER HEART BROKE IN A ZILLION PIECES.
Act 6: Vincent at hospital, It's a DOGGIE'S WORLD, Vincent recovering, Cathrine and Gabe have fresh coffee, and MY NAME IS VINCENT KELLER!Vincent is taken by ambulance to the hospital. At the curio shop we see a bunch of DOGGIES going crazy for what is the exposed bones..MY theory LOL,,I dunno yet LOL, a DOGGIE BEAST DOG maybe? Vincent wakes up at the hospital after surgery with Tori in the chair next to him (DEAR GOD HOW I WISH IT WERE)
Vincent asks Tori if they already know who he is..She said no they took fingerprints and they should know shortly, He tries to get up cause again he wants to BAIL before they ID him.Tori stops him and gives him the speech that it's time to stop running and beginning to come into light...That he's a war hero and that he shouldn't be ashamed of anything. That the public don't have to know their secret.
Catherine is having a nice cup of coffee out in her balcony when the door rings...It's GABE, he tells her about Vincent but she says she knows cause she called the hospital. Catherine asks him what next. Gabe gives her back her badge and tells her that he and her father fixed everything. That now maybe they can stop lying and being honest to each other(YEAH RIGHT! WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE) Duh yeah right, he invites her to have some with him..a fresh cup! YEAH MY BUTT! LOL Okay I get it
Back to the hospital we see Vincent walking the hospital hallway, TORI "You ready, you can always run" VINCENT: "I'm tired of running." ..Vincent decides to go public, TOGETHER WITH TORI BY HIS SIDE! YEAH RIGHT G! He approaches the podium.."MY NAME IS VINCENT KELLER!"
I know that many think this is a very long post and if you read it ..NOT just breezing through it ..you'll see a few sarcastic and very funny things. In all honesty I needed to do it this way.
This episode was not so bad, Although I admit the ending in the curio shop broke my heart. She just walked away, I know I know nessasry but very very very very hard to watch. I saw a glimpse of OLD Vincent in this episode and I hope that the next one we see a bit more.
What I didn't like about this was the way they portray Gabe, I mean Gabe to me is SHADY no matter how much he loves Catherine, I understand he has feelings for her BUT that came into play after whatever HIDDEN agenda he had to begin with.
As for my VinCat heart..MY GOODNESS.. I sensed BOTH their denials. They tried to tell everyone and their mother that they were moving on..MY BUTT,they can lie to themselves BUT not to us.
Tess and JT I love their scenes, they make a cute couple
The baddies were wimpies LOL, Can't they get some people who are actually believable as BADDIES??
Vincent coming out of hiding..Okay what will he do now? I guess all the doors are now wide open..How he chooses to live is up to him...I just hope he becomes part of the man we all loved..I can tell you though that as much as I enjoyed this episode somewhat it also left me slightly empty..And even though I have faith in the show..I want some glimpse of hope,
right now I'm holding out and keeping faith. I just HOPE this SHOW Don't Die On Me!
Thanks for reading and hope I didn't put you all to sleep.. If you read the whole thing I commend YOU!
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