Alan Rapp

Pretty Little Liars – The Melody Lingers On

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Pretty Little Liars - The Melody Lingers On

As Alison‘s (Sasha Pieterse) trial begins Aria (Lucy Hale) and Emily (Shay Mitchell) continue to search for the mysterious Varjak whose only contact with the Liars is to play “Paris Skies A” over the phone, a song A teases the girls with as well after their nemesis beats them to searching Mona‘s (Janel Parrish) bedroom. Despite A’s gloating, the Liars do find a clue but do they have enough time to decipher it before Alison, and likely Hanna (Ashley Benson), is sentenced to prison?

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Princess Leia #1

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Princess Leia #1Beginning with the awards ceremony which closes out the original Star Wars, the first issue of Marvel’s new Princess Leia series centers around Leia struggling to find a new role within the Rebellion following the destruction of her homeworld Alderaan.

Although I think some of inking of artist Terry Dodson’s panels look a tad unfinished in places, Dodson’s art is a solid match for Mark Waid’s storytelling the offers a rationale for Leia to have a few solo missions of her own to fuel the series. Not completely on her own, Waid and Dodson introduce the character of X-Wing Fighter Pilot Evaan who is loyal to the last remaining royal from her homeworld even if she has issues with Leia’s public demeanor.

Although we get glimpses of other familiar characters including Luke, Wedge, Han, Chewbacca, and Admiral Ackbar, it seems that Leia and Evaan will be carrying the bulk of the story from here on out as the pair search for other survivors of Alderaan whom the Empire has put a bounty (including a certain Rebel princess). Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Scorpion – Once Bitten, Twice Die

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Scorpion - Once Bitten, Twice Die

Agent Gallo (Robert Patrick) enlists the help of Walter (Elyes Gabel) and his team to keep the existence of peace talks between nations on the brink of war from becoming public. When one of the negotiators is murdered by an unknown poison the team has only 90 minutes to find the the assassin and deliver an antidote.

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Battle Creek – Syruptitious

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  • Title: Battle Creek – Syruptitious
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Battle Creek - Syruptitious

The second episode the series continues the uneasy partnership between Detective Russ Andrew (Dean Winters) and FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Tad Hamilton) investigating a syrup conspiracy that led to murder while introducing an incredibly lazy B-story focused on Fontanelle White’s (Kumar Patel) investigation into a marijuana dispensary which gypped him on some fake drugs. The second is memorable only for the actor’s previous work while the first offers a bizarre twist on a local monopoly more cutthroat than you would expect.

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