Television Reviews

The Newsroom – The Blackout Part I: Tragedy Porn

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Following an unprecedented ratings drop involving the loss of half their audience in five days for refusing to cover the Casey Anthony trial News Night 2.0 has to step back from the moral high ground, much to MacKenzie’s (Emily Mortimer) displeasure, and cover the stories the American audience wants to hear. They may also be in danger of losing their chance to host the Republican debate (and a format the political party will never agree to) which is what most of the staffers (John Gallagher Jr.Alison PillAdina PorterChris ChalkMargaret JudsonDev Patel) are gearing up for on the three-day Memorial Day weekend.

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Political Animals – 16 Hours

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In exchange for her burying the story of T.J.’s (Sebastian Stan) latest drug overdose and suicide attempt Elaine (Sigourney Weaver) offers Susan (Carla Gugino) full access to the rescue mission of the 100 Chinese soldiers trapped aboard the nuclear submarine off the coast of San Diego. Her editor (Dan Futterman) smells a rat, but can’t argue too hard with one of the year’s biggest exclusives being handed to his paper on a silver platter.

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Leverage – The French Connection

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In “The French Connection” the Leverage team sets their sites on the ruthless owner (Steve Valentine) of a culinary school with ties to organized crime who has cut funding for underprivileged youth, beating up and firing the chef in charge of the project – who happens to be an old friend of Elliot’s (Christian Kane), in favor of promoting celebrities and dealing black market truffles under the table to the highest bidder.

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Burn Notice – Unchained

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In order to get information on the sealed FBI file of Nate’s (Seth Peterson) murder Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) agrees to help an agent of the Bureau (Brian White) and friend of Sam’s take down a Boston mobster who they believe is hiding somewhere in Miami. In order to find the boss Michael allows himself to be arrested so, with the help of Fi (Gabrielle Anwar), he can escape along with the mobster’s right hand man (Billy Smith), already in custody, leading the FBI straight to Quinn (R.D. Call).

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Rookie Blue – Out of Time

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“Out of Time” picks up moments after the final scene from “The Girlfriend Experience” as Andi (Missy Peregrym) returns home to discover Gail (Charlotte Sullivan) bound and unconscious on her living room floor. Andi wakes up the next morning alone in her apartment, drugged, and with no clue as to who attacked her and made off with her friend.

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