Television Reviews

Nikita – True Believer

  • Title: Nikita – True Believer
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“You were supposed to tear that place down. You kept it running!”

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With the new Division now under the leadership of Ryan Fletcher (Noah Bean) and with a mission to track down and bring in all their rogue agents, Nikita (Maggie Q) gets an assignment that throws her for a loop. The former assassin is asked to bring in an undercover Division operative (Scottie Thompson) who has intimate knowledge about a terrorist group and their leader (David Meunier).

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Elementary – Lesser Evils

  • Title: Elementary – Lesser Evils
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While doing a little late night experimenting in the hospital morgue Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) uncovers what he believes to be the work of a serial killer acting as a self-appointed angel of death by killing terminally ill patients. Barricading Watson (Lucy Liu) and himself in the dead man’s hospital room Holmes comes up with a single clue which leads the pair in search of the victim’s neighbor (Rozi Baker) and the last person to see the man alive.

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It’s Always Sunny – Charlie and Dee Find Love

  • Title: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Charlie and Dee Find Love
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“I guess Charlie had the cruelest intentions of all.”

its-always-sunny-charlie-and-dee-find-loveAfter getting rear-ended by an attractive, and rich, young man (Josh Casaubon) and his sister (Alexandra Daddario), Charlie (Charlie Day) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) find themselves invited to dinner. Not willing to see the pair screw this up, Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Mac (Rob McElhenney), Frank (Danny DeVito) offer their own brand of helpful support which leads to an awkward dinner that somehow, despite all logic, doesn’t turn off the pair’s new friends.

Believing the situation to be too good to be true, and some kind of rich game of humiliation, Dennis, Mac, and Frank tag along on a trip to the Taft mansion the next day. After he stops trying to hit on Charlie’s new lady love, Dennis does discover that Dee and Mac have gotten themselves humiliated exactly as he thought they would. That’s right, possibly for the first time ever, Dennis Reynolds was right. Dennis is able to get revenge for Mac and Dee’s public humiliation, by showing an awkward recording of Mac and his new rich pal to an entire room of his peers. Charlie’s situation, however, proves to be more complicated.

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Person of Interest – Bury the Lede

  • Title: Person of Interest – Bury the Lede
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“How am I supposed to save a woman who wants to put me on the front page?”

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Reese (Jim Caviezel) has to find a way to protect the life of investigative journalist Maxine Angelis (Gloria Votsis) who is threatening to destroy a crooked politician and has taken an interest in HR, especially now that Special Agent Donnelly (Brennan Brown) and the FBI are rounding up members of the rogue police force, thanks in large part to Fusco’s (Kevin Chapman) help behind the scenes,  and trying to flush out Simmons (Robert John Burke) and the group’s mysterious boss who may or may not be the son (John Ventimiglia) of a famous mob boss.

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The Extract Obliteration

  • Title: The Big Bang Theory – The Extract Obliteration
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“What does Sheldon Cooper and a black hole have in common?”

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Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) excitement over Stephen Hawking accepting his invitation for a friendly game of Words With Friends soon becomes an obsession when Hawking suddenly stops playing. Based on Howard’s (Simon Helberg) experience with the scientist, Sheldon believes the he was beating him so soundly that Hawking decided to move on to other pursuits. However, when given the change to throw the game to cement his friendship Sheldon has a crisis of faith.

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