Television Reviews

Bones – The Tiger in the Tale

  • Title: Bones – The Tiger in the Tale
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While investigating a murder of a minimum wage day laborer working at an animal expo the team uncovers illegal animal trafficking. And, in one of the more bizarre B-stories the series has ever proposed (and that’s saying something for this show), Bones (Emily Deschanel) spends her spare time obsessing over a possible future run for President of the United States.

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Castle – Secret’s Safe with Me

  • Title: Castle – Secret’s Safe with Me
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Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) link the murder of a young woman to a storage unit up for auction the next day. Unable to get a warrant for the unit, with the auction already underway, Castle is forced to outbid the other interested parties to the tune of $3,600 (and a promise to name a future character after the mother of one of the other bidders), but to solve the case they’ll have to figure out what item in the junk was worth killing for.

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The Mentalist – Devil’s Cherry

  • Title: The Mentalist – Devil’s Cherry
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While investigating the murder of a diamond cutter Jane (Simon Baker) begins to hallucinate after making himself some of the victim’s poisoned tea. In his dreams Jane meets a young girl (Dove Cameron) who claims to be his daughter Charlotte (and is less than supportive of his never-ending obsession with Red John). After almost dying, a loopy Jane tries to use the lingering effects of the drug to solve the case.

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Green Lantern: The Animated Series – Reboot

  • Title: Green Lantern: The Animated Series – Reboot
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After discovering another Manhunter bunker with fellow Honor Guard GL Tomar-Re (Jeff Bennett), Hal Jordan (Josh Keaton) puts the old band together to search out the identity of whoever is controlling the former soldiers of the Guardians of the Universe. After recruiting Kilowog (Kevin Michael Richardson) and reacquiring the use of the Interceptor, the two Lanterns (with the help of one of Kilowog’s latest recruits) rescue Aya (Grey DeLisle) from dissection in the Oa science lab. The group then heads to the planet Biot which Tomar-Re believes the is the source of the signal reactivating and controlling the Manhunters.

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XIII – Revelation

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The First Season finale opens with Rainer Garehart (Tom Berenger) in control of the weapon and using it to create national chaos to further his own ends, as does Wally Sheridan (Ted Atherton) who uses the attacks on government facilities, airports, strategic oil reserves, and the CIA to strengthen his run for the Presidency. Despite being ordered by President Carrington (Stephen McHattie) to let the matter rest, XIII (Stuart Townsend) contacts Agent Jones (Aisha Tyler) and begins his own search for Garehart, but first he’ll have to deal with the hit squad Amos (Greg Bryk) has sent to take him out of the game permanently.

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