Lyra Hale
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Lyra Hale likes geeking over scifi, fantasy, and all things spooky. Let's stalk and nerd out together to our hearts content.

‘The Walking Dead’: The ABC’s of Richonne

Every good story needs a romance. No matter if it’s action, mystery, or a drama, romance is part of the human condition. We crave it. We write fiction about it, create art for it, and form communities around it. Zombie…

‘iZombie’ 3×07 Review: Dirt Nap Time

iZombie‘s ‘Dirt Nap Time’ is the long suffering plague of all shows…the filler episode where they set aside really important issues to the way side to buy some time and fluff the season with micro issues. It’s only saving grace…

‘American Gods’ Clip Features Shadow & Laura Contemplating Death

American Gods is gearing up for what is honestly my favorite episode so far. In Episode 4, entitled “Git Gone”, we get an inside look at the life of Laura Moon, Shadow’s recently deceased wife. We’ll get to explore her life…

‘American Gods’ 1×03 Review: Head Full of Snow

American Gods “Head Full of Snow” feels like a landmark episode where the Starz show has finally hit it’s stride and left us surprised, awed, and wanting for more. Not only did this episode have Mr. Wednesday teasing us and…

‘Supernatural’ 12×21 Review: Another Female Hunter Dies & the BMOL Brainwash Mary

The penultimate episode before the Season 12 Finale of Supernatural left me feeling like I got sucker punched by the British Men of Letters (BMOL) before being locked in the bunker to perish. Why are they alive again? Oh yeah, they’re…

‘The Shannara Chronicles’ Set to Move to Spike for Season 2

Changes are coming for The Shannara Chronicles. Ahead of it’s Season 2 release, Variety has reported that the MTV scripted fantasy series will be moving from MTV to Spike. The change is due to a rebranding of both networks. Spike…

‘iZombie’ 3×06 Review: Some Like It Hot Mess

iZombie‘s ‘Some Like It Hot Mess’ had Liv doing a complete 180 with her personality of the week, Blaine finally revealing his treachery, and Peyton being…well, Peyton. The sudden shift from controlling dominatrix to forgetful DJ was a shock to…

‘American Gods’ 1×02 Review: Anansi’ Entrance, Shadow’s Grief, and the Power of Belief

If you were under the impression that Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods was going to get any less weird in it’s second episode, you’d be wholly and unequivocally wrong. Things always get weirder when it comes to Gaiman…

‘American Gods’ Introduces Czernobog Ahead of Episode 2 in Exclusive Clip

Mr. Wednesday isn’t going to start any war on Starz American Gods unless he has Gods willing to fight and take up arms for his side. That’s where Czernobog, played by the infamous Peter Stormare, comes in. He’s an old…

‘Supernatural’ 12×20 Review: The Bane Twins & The Lengths Hunters Would Go For Family

Supernatural‘s ‘Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes’ showed us that hunter families really aren’t that different. No matter your upbringing, if the supernatural touched you then you are open to its power and pitfalls aka sacrificing yourself for the other.…

‘American Gods’ Introduces Zorya Vechernyaya Ahead of Episode 2 in Exclusive Clip

Traveling with Mr. Wednesday will introduce Shadow Moon to a wide range of strange and wonderfully weird people (that he doesn’t know are actually Gods, but that’s a discovery for another day/episode.) One of those strange and wonderfully weird people…

“Angry Gets Shit Done” in New ‘American Gods’ Clip Featuring Orlando Jones’ Mr. Nancy

Mr. Nancy/Anansi, played by Orlando Jones, is a trickster God come to life in Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. In this exclusive clip Mr. Nancy gives an explosive speech to a group of slaves aboard a ship bound…

‘iZombie’ 3×05 Review: Spanking the Zombie Hits Us Hard with Major Lilywhite Feels

iZombie’s ‘Spanking the Zombie’ lured you into a false sense of security before slapping you down and making you realize you and everyone on this show doesn’t have any control over what’s going on in their lives. Well they have…

‘American Gods’ 1×01 Review: First Meetings, Faith, and That Scene with Bilquis

American Gods ‘Bone Orchard’, the premiere episode of the Starz adaptation, has breathed new life into Neil Gaiman’s novel and started us down a road that is weird, unbelievable, visually stunning, and bloody as hell. This adaptation has opened doorways for…

‘American Gods’ Crispin Glover Talks the Mysterious Mr. World

Mr. World, played by Crispin Glover, is the leader of the New Gods in Starz American Gods. He’s fashionable, omniscient, and apparently knows about people…all of them. And if you haven’t read the book, his role is key to what…

‘American Gods’ Pablo Schreiber & Bruce Langley Talk Mad Sweeney, Tech Boy, and the Upcoming War

One is a tall leprechaun with a Napoleon complex and the other’s an audacious God obsessed with being up to date. Sounds like the start of a bad joke or romantic comedy. I assure it’s neither of these things. The…

‘Supernatural’ 12×19 Review: Castiel Sees The Future & Forgets That Ohana Means Family

At the core of Supernatural’s The Future, and the show in it’s entirety, is this concept of family. It’s the heart of the show. But sometimes (a lot of times) it gets weighed down by people not trusting each other enough…

Emily Browning and Yetide Badaki Talk ‘American Gods’ and Women on TV

Laura Moon and the God Bilquis are fighting for their survival in Neil Gaiman’s adaptation of American Gods. Everyday is a struggle that answers some questions and poses new ones as they try to make it through life. They struggle…

‘Stop and Fangirl’ Episode 29: The ‘Supergirl’ Example

Here at Fangirlish we continue to support your right to fangirl over any fandom you desire – whether that is a book, a TV show, a movie, or even sports. That’s why we have Stop and Fangirl!  So you can…

7 WTF Moments from ‘iZombie’s 3×04 Wag the Tongue Slowly

iZombie‘s “Wag the Tongue Slowly” was admittedly a slow episode which nudged the plot along but didn’t give us any big wow moments or answers. It was used as a piece to show Ravi mourning what he did with his…

Bryan Fuller & Michael Green Talk ‘American Gods’, Female Stories, and Male Nudity

Executive producers Bryan Fuller and Michael Green didn’t come into American Gods with the express purpose of creating a show that acted as a response to our political climate now. American Gods is the story of the American experience, even…