Alan Rapp

Glee – A Katy or a Gaga

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Glee - A Katy or a Gaga

To try and calm the New Directions nerves after learning about their stiff competition at Nationals in only a few weeks, Mr. Shue‘s (Matthew Morrison) latest assignment puts each member out of their comfort zone as the more conservative members master performances of Lady Gaga while the “edgier” members (or what passes for edgy on Glee) of the group are given songs by Katy Perry. Although the episode makes use of the conceived feud between the singers (which may or may not actually exist in any real form), it has a hard time explaining the differences of the two who are equally extravagant (albeit in different ways). In fact, you could easily argue that the episode’s final song, a Perry number, is more over-the-top than the episode’s earlier Gaga numbers.

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Elementary – The Marchioness

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“Let’s see what a would-be horse assassin brings on his rounds, shall we?”

Elementary - The Marchioness

Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) is shocked by the sudden arrival of his brother Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) in New York for both the opening a new branch of his restaurant and try and help his former fiance (Olivia d’Abo) – an engagement that ended when she and Sherlock exposed her as a fraud (which he accomplished, in part, by beginning an affair with her).

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White Collar – Controlling Interest

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White Collar - Controlling Interest

After sitting it out for two weeks following the death of Special Agent David Seigel (Warren Kole), Neal (Matt Bomer) returns to work with Peter (Tim DeKay) re-assuming his responsibilities as the con man’s handler. First up, the odd case of a confused former bank robber on the straight-and-narrow (David Call) who turns himself into the FBI after realizing he broke into a vault  and stole a large sum of (already stolen) money against his will. With the bank unhelpful and refusing to admit a robbery even took place, Peter and Neal perform a two-man con which lead the pair to a psychiatrist (Elizabeth Marvel) of both the criminal who committed the robbery and the criminal who was robbed.

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