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Arrow – Damaged

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“He blames me for the death of his daughter. He also thinks I dress up in a green hood and shoot people with arrows.”

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After being arrested by Detective Lance (Paul Blackthorne) on suspicion of being Starling City’s new vigilante, Oliver (Stephen Amell) denies any assistance Walter (Colin Salmon) and his mother (Susanna Thompson) can offer and demands the only lawyer he can trust to defend him – Laurel (Katie Cassidy). Believing in Oliver’s innocence, and sure the self-centered rich boy she’s known her entire life is no do-gooder, Laurel agrees to take the case even if it means squaring off against her father over the man he still blames for the death of Laurel’s sister.

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Covert Affairs – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

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  • Title: Covert Affairs – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
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“I told you a long time ago that there’s no such thing as trust among spies.”

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The fallout from last week’s botched drone bombing of a suspected terrorist continues as Arthur (Peter Gallagher) is ordered in front of a Senate Oversight Committee, Joan (Kari Matchett) orders Annie (Piper Perabo) to return to the Blue Bonnet facility to resume her complete Moscow debriefing, and Annie’s asset (Michelle Nolden), who is now targeted for death by the man (Haaz Sleiman) the CIA failed to kill, has disappeared. As Auggie (Christopher Gorham) and Barber (Dylan Taylor), and a boatload of CIA agents, are called into help circle the wagons Annie is left a difficult choice to play it safe, keep her head down, and follow orders or head out without support to find the missing journalist. For our heroine it’s no choice at all.

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Hawaii Five-0 – Mohai

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The discovery of a carefully planned abduction leading to a brutal ritualistic murder on Halloween night makes the Five-0 Task Force believe their killer is only getting started. Max’s (Masi Oka) autopsy of the victim shows she was kept alive while the killer carefully removed several of her vital organs. The killer made no attempt to keep the organs viable for black market sale or transplant. He simply enjoyed his work.

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Bones – The Method in the Madness

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  • Title: Bones – The Method in the Madness
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“Anthropology’s all about dancing.”

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Taking pity on Sweets (John Francis Daley) who has been living out of his office since his sudden break-up with Daisy (Carla Gallo), Booth (David Boreanaz) invites the shrink to stay with Bones (Emily Deschanel) and Booth until he finds a new apartment. Although Sweets is welcome into their home, his arrival does cause a few uncomfortable moments (including Bones’ dancing). Meanwhile, the Jeffersonian team begins looking into the remains of a 20 year-old woman whose skin was eviscerated and body was torn apart while she was still alive.

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Castle – The Final Frontier

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  • Title: Castle – The Final Frontier
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“I was a sci-fi-loving, costume-wearing geek.”

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The mysterious murder of a young woman (who was apparently killed with a phaser) at a sci-fi/pop culture convention where Castle (Nathan Fillion) is hawking his latest graphic novel brings Beckett (Stana Katic), Ryan (Seamus Dever), and Esposito (Jon Huertas) to investigate. The case also brings out Beckett’s inner-geek and her love for a short-lived sci-fi series on whose “fan experience” the body was found.

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