May 2013

Rookie Blue – Surprises

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Rookie Blue - Surprises

The Fourth Season of Rookie Blue opens six months after last season’s finale with Andy (Missy Peregrym) and Nick (Peter Mooney) still undercover working to take down a drug ring. When Blackstone’s (Louis Ferreira) plan to spook the ring into a mistake backfires, Nick heads out with the group alone and Andy is caught snooping by one of the drug dealers (Tyler Hynes) only to awake finding herself tied and gagged in the back of a moving van. Things get even more complicated when the dealers put a gun in Nick’s hand and expect him to kill his “girlfriend” to prove that he’s not part of the leak as well.

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Nashville – I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive

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  • Title: Nashville – Why Don’t You Love Me
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Nashville - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

The show’s soapy First Season comes to a close with Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) reeling from the shooting of Dante (Jay Hernandez) and Jolene’s (Sylvia Jefferies) suicide, Gunnar (Sam Palladio) faced with the decision of choosing a career based on a the songs of his brother or fixing his broken relationship with Scarlett (Clare Bowen) who has been spending more and more time with Avery (Jonathan Jackson) both on-stage and off, the U.S. Attorney closing in on Teddy (Eric Close), Maddie (Lennon Stella) and Deacon (Charles Esten) learning the truth that Rayna (Connie Britton) has kept from both of them for 13 years, and the arrival of the CMA Awards.

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Natalie Maines – Mother

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Natalie Maines - MotherSeven years after the release of the Dixie Chicks 2006 album Taking the Long Way lead singer Natalie Maines returns with her first solo album. Mother, a collection of seven covers songs with three original songs from Maines and her collaborators Ben Harper, Jesse Ingalls, Jason Mozersky, and Gary Louris. Although the eighth song credits her former band mates Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, the album is a complete departure from the Chicks mix of country, bluegrass, and pop that made them so successful over the years. Rather than a triumphant new beginning, Mother feels very much like Maines is still trying to find herself following her comments about George Bush and the backlash of the Chicks fanbase that led to the Dixie Chicks taking a prolonged hiatus.

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G.I. JOE: Special Missions #3

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G.I. JOE: Special Missions #3The race for Cobra’s lost fortune continues as the Baroness‘ attempt to recover the billions Snake Eyes sunk to the bottom of the ocean becomes more complicated by the the Scarlett and the Special Mission force’s arrival on the scene, back-up JOEs on the way (along with an entire legion of Serpentor’s best warriors), and an on-board mutiny when the sailors for hire discover just what the Baroness is having them pull out of the watery depths. And Scarlett punches a shark. Twice.

Scarlett and the shark, which only take up about half a page of the comic, are really the highlight here. Chuck Dixon reminds us again just how smart and dangerous the Baroness is as she sniffs out the mutiny well-before the crew make and attempt on her life to keep the cash for themselves.

Forgive me for the water metaphor, but three issues in the storyline still feels like its treading water. I’m still interested to see where things are going, and trust Dixon to get there, but I would like events to move forward a little faster. For fans.

[IDW, $3.99]

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