Television Reviews

Futurama – Zapp Dingbat

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After her parents 40th wedding anniversary ends in divorce, Leela (Katey Sagal) takes her mother (Tress MacNeille) out into space to cheer her up and show her the wider universe she’s always dreamed of seeing. The night at a local space cantina ends with her mother making out with Zapp Brannigan (Billy West) which only leads to Leela’s world spinning further out of control.

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Franklin & Bash – Voir Dire

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After skipping the morning partners meeting Jared (Breckin Meyer) and Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) find themselves defending a chop shop mechanic (Gino Anthony Pesi) who brutally beat several other members of the crew in self-defense after the others refused to let him leave to start a new life and save a witness (Colleen Foy) to one of the crew’s robberies. Besides having almost no legal merit to stand on things get even trickier when an Assistant D.A. (Brian Howe) with a grudge against Peter, and plans on running for District Attorney, takes over the high profile case.

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Covert Affairs – Hang on to Yourself

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After witnessing the death of a very paranoid Jai Wilcox (Sendhil Ramamurthy) in a car bombing, Annie (Piper Perabo) finds herself shaken and reassigned out of the DPD, as does Auggie (Christopher Gorham) who finds himself promoted into Jai’s role as head of Special Projects and tasked by Arthur (Peter Gallagher) to uncover the people responsible for Jai’s murder. This, of course, also leaves Joan (Kari Matchett) without two of her most reliable resources during a particularly stressful time in the agency.

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White Collar – Wanted

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Picking up six weeks after the Third Season finale, Peter (Tim DeKay) receives a visit from FBI Agent Kyle Collins (Mekhi Phifer) from the Office of International Affairs who has been assigned by Agent Kramer (Beau Bridges) to find Neal (Matt Bomer), and he expects Peter’s full cooperation. Meanwhile Neal and Mozzie (Willie Garson) are living the good life in paradise off of Neal’s half of the recovered Nazi treasure.

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The Newsroom – The 112th Congress

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Where The Newsroom‘s first episode dealt with a single day, and the second focused on the show’s first full week under new executive producer Mackenzie MacHale (Emily Mortimer), the third episode of the new HBO series takes place over a period of five months as the newly re-branded “News Night” takes on the Tea Party and ruffles the feathers of ACN’s parent company bringing the full corporate attention to the show’s drop in ratings and disregard for the economic consequences at playing hardball with large corporations such as Koch Industries.

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