April 2013

Doctor Who – Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

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  • Title: Doctor Who – Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
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“Don’t get into a spaceship with a mad man. Didn’t anyone ever teach you that?”

 

Doctor Who - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

While letting Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) fly the TARDIS something goes terribly wrong when the Time Lord’s craft is caught in a Magno-Grab by a salvage ship looking for scrap. With Clara still trapped onboard, lost in the maze-like bowels of the ship, The Doctor (Matt Smith) convinces the two brothers (Mark Oliver, Ashley Walters) and their android (Jahvel Hall) to help save Clara by offering them “the salvage of a lifetime” in exchange. After boarding with the salvagers, The Doctor activates the TARDIS self-destruct and locks them all aboard, giving them a half-hour to rescue Clara before they all die.

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XIII – Joust

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“You don’t meet your enemies, you create them.”

XIII - Joust

Captured by Synequanon security, XIII (Stuart Townsend) finds himself at the mercy of Amos (Greg Bryk) only to be rescued by Betty (Roxane Mesquida) and Mozambique () who have become far more militarized since the last time he saw them.  Only as the situation spirals further out of control does XIII realize he’s stuck in a virtual reality courtesy of Synequanon in Amos’ attempt to get to the truth. When false reality does get Amos the answers he wants he turns to old fashioned torture.

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Nikita – Self-Destruct

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“Niki’s good at inspiring stupid people to do really stupid things.”

Nikita - Self-Destruct

Ryan (Noah Bean) awakes from his coma to the ashes of Alex‘s (Lyndsy Fonseca) foiled rebellion, a broken computer system, and news that Owen (Devon Sawa) has stolen the Black Box and is working with Amanda (Melinda Clarke) to sell it to the highest bidder. As Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) and Sonya (Lyndie Greenwood) work to try and get Division up and running again, Nikita (Maggie Q) leaves to find a broken Alex, who fled what’s left of Division following the death of Sean (Dillon Casey) and has turned her aggression on local drug dealers in a suicidal plan that reminds Nikita of her own behavior after the loss of Daniel (Sebastien Roberts).

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Elementary – Dead Man’s Switch

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Elementary - Dead Man's Switch

As Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) nears a full year of sobriety, he and Watson (Lucy Liu) search for the accomplice of a murdered blackmailer (David Mogentale) who specialized in targeting the families of rape victims including a friend (Thomas Jay Ryan) of Alfredo (Ato Essandoh). Holmes gets Captain Gregson (Aidan Quinn) to agree to keep the murder under wraps giving the consulting detective a small window of time before the man’s accomplice learns of the murder and does something rash like publishing the video of the rape of Eva (Portia Reiners), along with those of other girls, online as a form of reprisal.

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Scandal – Seven Fifty-Two

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“There’s no such thing as out.”

Scandal - Seven Fifty-Two

With Molly (Mageina Tovah) killed the same night both Olivia (Kerry Washington) and Huck (Guillermo Díaz) were attacked, Quinn (Katie Lowes), Abby (Darby Stanchfield), and Harrison (Columbus Short) redouble their efforts to find Albatross. With Huck lost in his own mind, and Olivia still in the hospital, the group tries to talk him through his odd state where all he can seem to do is rock and repeat the same phase, Seven Fifty-Two, over and over gain.

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