Television Reviews

My Adventures with Superman – Mobile Suit Toyman

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The second episode of the show’s Third Season offers a trip to a fan convention where Jimmy (Ishmel Sahid) finds new ways to screw up a romance with Kara (Kiana Madeira), a crazed Lois (Alice Lee) loses all sense of reason after discovering Winslow Schott (Michael Yurchak) selling toys to children, and Superman (Jack Quaid) stepping out to deal with a bank robbery who includes the new super-villain The Whip (Melanie Minichino).

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Poirot – Peril at End House

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Murder Mystery Monday takes us back to the early 20th Century and another case for the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to solve while on his travels. While vacationing with Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) in the Cornish resort town of St. Loo, Poirot (David Suchet) makes the acquaintance of Nick Buckley (Polly Walker). After hearing her recount a series of close calls, Poirot becomes convinced someone is attempting to kill her. Setting out to prevent a murder, however, Poirot’s actions only lead to a different murder taking place.

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The Legend of Vox Machina – Taryon, My Wayward Son

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Doty, take this down. This is the episode where Taryon Darrington (Wayne Brady) proves his worth leading Vox Machima home. While  Percy (Taliesin Jaffe) and Grog (Travis Willingham) keep his father at bay in a game of chance by pulling from a Deck of Many Things (leading to one of the funniest one-off closing lines of the series), Taryon takes the group to the mines mistakenly believing his father is innocent of all the chicanery afoot. Confronting his parental issues, Taryon proves instrumental in the travelers’ victory earning him an official spot on the team. Other fun moments include Pike‘s (Ashley Johnson) fake pregnancy and a callback to the previous season with an appearance by the skull of Umbrasyl.

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My Adventures with Superman – Into the New World

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“Into the New World” kicks off the Third Season of My Adventures with Superman with Kara (Kiana Madeira) still trying to figure out who she is as the show continues to tease a possible romantic relationship with Jimmy (Ishmel Sahid). Clark (Jack Quaid) broaches the next step in his relationship with Lois (Alice Lee), and we get trip to the Kent Farm for Halloween which is interrupted by an investigatin into to another secret facility housing Kryptonian experiments.

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Rick and Mory – A Ricker Runs Through It

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Exposing a betrayal of trust, in “A Ricker Runs Through It” Morty (Harry Belden) discovers Rick‘s (Ian Cardoni) cool friend Reese (Owen Wilson) who the duo enjoying hanging out with from time to time is nothing more than an android Rick whipped up in his lab. Reese purpose is to be a password authenticator created to show up when he gets so blackout drunk he gets locked out of the lab. Following a standard formula of the show, a hurt Morty attempts to help Reese (allowing us to venture into more of the subterranean levels of the basement) only to cause more harm and almost get the family killed when Reese, and Rick’s passwords, fall into the hands of vindictive space hogs.

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