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Covert Affairs – Rock ‘N Roll Suicide

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“Let me get this straight, you staged an unsanctioned, off-book, one-man jailbreak with an operative from a competing spy service?”

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Annie (Piper Perabo) may have tracked down Lena (Sarah Clarke) and exacted some vengeance for the death of Simon (Richard Coyle) and the attempt to kill and destroy Annie’s career, but as Covert Affairs returns from its mid-season hiatus the plucky young CIA agent has a long road home. Captured, and thrown into a Russian prison, Annie will need all the help she can get – including the unexpected assistance of an old friend.

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Hawaii Five-0 – Popilikia

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The Five-0 Task Force is called into investigate the complicated and expertly planned murder of a decapitated polo player (Robbie Amell) which was foretold by a local fortune-teller (Bai Ling). McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) is shocked when his missing mother (Christine Lahti) turns up unannounced in his kitchen to make him breakfast with news that she plans to move back home.

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Castle – Murder, He Wrote

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  • Title: Castle – Murder, He Wrote
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With no murder to solve, Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) head up to coast for a romantic weekend in the Hamptons only to have a murder investigation fall in their lap when a banker dies in front of them. Meanwhile, too curious to let the identity of Beckett’s new mystery man go unanswered, Ryan (Seamus Dever) and Esposito (Jon Huertas) begin an investigation into the identity of her new boyfriend.

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The Mentalist – Not One Red Cent

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  • Title: The Mentalist – Not One Red Cent
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The CBI are called in to investigate the murder of a bank employee who was killed during a robbery at the Sacramento Federal Bank which occurred just down the street from where Jane (Simon Baker) was getting a pair of shoes resoled. Lisbon (Robin Tunney) finds herself in  the middle of another CBI/FBI turf war when FBI Agent Mancini (Ivan Sergei) complains to Bertram (Michael Gaston) that the CBI is overstepping their bounds to investigate what he believes falls under his jurisdiction.

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Beauty and the Beast – Pilot

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The CW’s Beauty and the Beast is based loosely, very loosely, on the late 1980’s CBS show of the same name that starred Linda Hamilton as New York Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler and Ron Perlman as Vincent, the noble beast whom she fell in love with. Created by Ron Koslow, the 80’s show was a fairy tale love story between a spoiled rich girl turned crusader after a vicious attack and the man who became her protector. The show was filled with some terrific costume and set design including the world of “Down Below” where Vincent lived with outcasts from above. Did I mention how little the new version mirrors the original?

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