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Psych – Dead Air

by Alan Rapp on May 17, 2013

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Psych - Dead Air

When their favorite DJ (Brent Chapman) is murdered on the air, and the station is in jeopardy of closing down without their #1 money maker, Shawn (James Roday) and Gus (Dulé Hill) go undercover as “Santa Barbara’s newest and most potent morning show” and “The Playa Gus” to find the killer. Suspects include the DJ’s producer (Haig Sutherland) and former partner (Dale Wolfe), the station manager (Garcelle Beauvais), who has a little thing for Gus, and another radio personality (Dale Wilson), all of whom had motives for wanting the man dead.

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Arrow – Sacrifice

by Alan Rapp on May 17, 2013

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Arrow - Sacrifice

Arrow‘s First Season finale begins on the eve of The Undertaking with Green Arrow (Stephen Amell) in the clutches of Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman). After escaping, with the timely assistance of Diggle (David Ramsey), Starling City’s vigilante gathers the troops who include Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and Detective Lance (Paul Blackthorne), who puts his career in jeopardy to help save lives. Oliver convinces Tommy (Colin Donnell) to confront his father and Moira (Susanna Thompson) to stand-up publicly and reveal Malcolm’s plan, but the threat of stopping the Dark Archer falls on the shoulders of Green Arrow alone in a season finale where not everyone will survive.

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  • Title: Teen Titans Go! – Dude Relax! & Laundry Day
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Teen Titans Go! - Dude Relax! & Laundry Day

After going an entire week without any crime-fighting, and constantly getting into the business of the other members, the team forces a jittery Robin (Scott Menville) to learn to relax by locking him in the Titan Tower and refusing to let him out until their leader learns how to chill. (They do know Robin was trained by Batman, right?) The funniest moment of the episode involves a confession by Beast Boy (Greg Cipes) who admits at times he replaces himself with an animal he has painted green, allowing him to sneak back to the Tower and find his “oneness with the couch.”

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  • Title: Hawaii Five-0 – He Welo ‘oihana
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Hawaii Five-0 - He Welo 'oihana

Five-0 investigates the murder of a security guard at geological site who stumbled upon Yakuza dumping ground of murder victims whose bodies the killers were removing. Things hit even closer to home for Kono (Grace Park) when Chin Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) discovers partial remains of two bodies whose killer was believed to be Adam‘s (Ian Anthony Dale) brother Michael (Daniel Henney). When her boyfriend returns home still secretive about his dealings in Japan, Kono traces a call from Adam to Yakuza hitmen and straight to a warehouse with the bodies of the Yakuza victims leading to a shoot-out with two suspects that leaves Kono seriously wounded.

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  • Title: How I Met Your Mother – Something New
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How I Met Your Mother - Something New

The show’s Eighth Season finale opens on the eve of Robin (Cobie Smulders) and Barney’s (Neil Patrick Harris) wedding as the pair decide to break-up an annoying couple (Keegan Michael KeyCasey Wilson) at a restaurant after they steal Robin and Barney’s table. Meanwhile, Marshall’s (Jason Segel) takes an emergency trip back home to Minnesota with baby Marvin after his mother (Suzie Plakson) learns Marshall and Lily (Alyson Hannigan) are moving to Rome for a year and no one bothered to tell her.

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Castle – Watershed

by Alan Rapp on May 14, 2013

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Castle - Watershed

In the show’s Fifth Season finale Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) investigate a murdered skid row prostitute who turns out to be a Harvard honor student as Beckett faces a difficult choice concerning her future after interviewing for a job in Washington D.C. working as an investigator for the Federal Government.

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  • Title: Doctor Who – Nightmare in Silver
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Doctor Who - Nightmare in Silver

Blackmailed by her two young charges, Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) gets The Doctor (Matt Smith) to take Angie (Eve De Leon Allen) and Artie (Kassius Carey Johnson) to Hedgewick’s World of Wonders, the universe’s greatest amusement park which spans the breadth of an entire planet. There are only two problems with the trip. First, on arriving the travelers learn the park is closed. And second, with the arrival of fresh young minds, a small group of Cybermen begin to awaken after being dormant for 10,000 years. Things get even more complicated with the leader of a group of soldiers has standing orders to blow up the planet if the Cybermen ever reappear and The Doctor runs off to get himself assimilated leaving Clara in charge.

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  • Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The Pulverizer Returns!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Pulverizer Returns!

The ease with which the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have dispatched the Shredder‘s (Kevin Michael RichardsonFoot soldiers has forced The Foot to broaden its recruitment, even accepting someone like The Pulvirizer (Roger Craig Smith) as a member of the clan. Realizing something must be done, Shredder decides to try and use Krang technology to create better soldiers. Meanwhile, aware his students are becoming complacent, Splinter (Hoon Lee) forces the Turtles to swap weapons in an attempt to teach them resourcefulness and keep them focused and on edge.

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Nikita – Invisible Hand

by Alan Rapp on May 12, 2013

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Nikita - Invisible Hand

With Division closing down and President Spencer (Michelle Nolden) officially signing each of their pardons, Michael (Shane West) grows concerned that Nikita (Maggie Q) is unwilling to leave her search for Amanda (Melinda Clarke) behind, especially after her new friend Smith (R.J. Parrish) kills an asset of Nikita and makes an attempt on her life as well. Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) and Sonya (Lyndie Greenwood) are able to hack into The Shop‘s secret satellite network where they learn of The Shop’s interest in a Nobel Prize winning Sudanese human rights activist the group has targeted for messing with their supply lines of Third World guinea pigs.

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Scandal – Any Questions?

by Alan Rapp on May 12, 2013

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  • Title: Scandal – Any Questions?
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Scandal - Any Questions?

Mellie’s (Bellamy Young) bombshell about the President’s (Tony Goldwyn) affair rocks the nation and sends the White House into full panic mode. Fitz orders Olivia (Kerry Washington) to “stand down” and not try to fix the situation which includes his plans to announce he won’t be seeking a second term, a decision Cyrus (Jeff Perry) begs the President to reconsider. Mellie hires a fixer (John Barrowman) of her own but is unwilling to take the one-step (naming Olivia as the mistress) which her husband would never forgive. Meanwhile, despite Harrison’s (Columbus Short) pleas, Olivia refuses to engage and refocuses the group on uncovering the identity of the mole.

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