Television Reviews

Spider-Man – Night of the Lizard

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Spider-Man - Night of the Lizard

Spidey Sunday takes us back to the 90s and Spider-Man‘s (Christopher Daniel Barnes) first run-in with the Lizard (Joseph Campanella). Forgoing any unnecessary origin story, the 90s Spider-Man series kicked off with Spidey already firmly established as a hero in New York. The episode plays things close to the vest using the comic blueprint for the characters to build from without making too many obvious changes. Many of the classic character beats can already be found here with Peter always struggling to make ends meet earning what he can by selling photos to J. Jonah Jameson (Edward Asner) and The Daily Bugle, balancing his life as both Peter and Spider-Man, and always feeling guilty about not being able to do more for Aunt May (Linda Gary).

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Zorro – Revenge

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Zorro - Revenge

Picking up just a few minutes after the previous episode ended with Diego’s (Miguel Bernardeau) secret exposed and him at the mercy of Ramirez, events take an unexpected shift with the arrival of Nah-Lin (Dalia Xiuhcoatl) and her men brutally killing anyone left alive including Ramirez (thus keeping Diego’s secret safe once more). Although Nah-Lin does untie Diego, she also stabs him and leave him to bleed out in the carnage, allowing him to die and her to assume the mantle of Zorro.

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Death and Other Details – Hidden

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Death and Other Details - Hidden

“Hidden” focuses primarily on Jules (Hugo Diego Garcia) as the likely suspect after his con man’s past comes to light. Despite circumstances, Imogene (Violett Beane) digs a little deeper into what Jules is hiding which turns out not to be murderous intent but instead a family of refugees he’s smuggling across the ocean. With the help of the family down belong, Imogene helps Rufus Cotesworth (Mandy Patinkin) uncover the murderer onboard the ship before taking off with the family and Sunil (Rahul Kohli) for an adventure of their own.

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The Irrational – Scorched Earth

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The Irrational - Scorched Earth

While initially attempting to help a young woman scarred in a fire much like he was years before, Alec Mercer’s (Jesse L. Martin) investigation actually leads to the discover of a serial arsonist who will take more lives before their eventual capture. “Scorched Earth” still has sequences with the FBI, including Marisa (Maahra Hill) helping with the investigation, the long period off for the show does feel like the writers are pulling back on the FBI’s direct involvement with another case starting with Alec. And, as we’ve seen in the past, this is a winning formula starting with a case that hits home with him given his own scars (physical and mental) form a similar situation.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians – We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of

  • Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians – We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians - We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of

Suddenly at the entrance to the Underworld, because why bog down your audience in the logical progression of plot or story when randomly jumping ahead is just easier, Percy (Walker Scobell) and his friends descend looking to both free Percy’s mother and retrieve the magical artifact that Percy discovers has been in his backpack for multiple episodes. And, here’s the kicker, Hades (Jay Duplass) doesn’t even want it.

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