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The Brothers Sun – Pilot

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The Brothers Sun - Pilot

What if The Parent Trap involved a Taiwan crime family? The first episode of The Brothers Sun introduces us to Charles Sun (Justin Chien), the crown prince of the criminal empire ruled over by his father (Johnny Kou). After his father is wounded in an attack on the family, Charles travels to Los Angeles to check in on his mother (Michelle Yeoh) and his younger brother Bruce (Sam Song Li) who has grown up in the United States completely oblivious to the family business. Bruce spends his time skating by on minimal work, attending community college, and secretly funding money into his love of improv.

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Citadel – Tell Her Everything

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Citadel - Tell Her Everything

Still largely concerned with coquettishly teasing Nadia (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) as the leading suspect to be Citadel’s mole, “Tell Her Everything” opens with the man who used to be Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia rescuing Carter (Osy Ikhile) from a Manticore black site. After his accusations against Nadia, most of the episode takes place in an extended flashback filling in a bit of Nadia’s spy romance with Mason and their time together at Citadel along with revealing that Kyle’s current wife (Ashleigh Cummings) is also a mind-wiped Citadel agent.

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Reacher – New York’s Finest

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Reacher - New York's Finest

After the only lead they had goes up in flames, literally, Reacher (Alan Ritchson) and his old friends start again. With only two more episodes in the season “New York’s Finest” fills in several blanks to Reacher’s investigation answering questions about the 650 stolen missiles and laying the foundation for the final two episodes of the season. In terms of the flashbacks, the episode is also notable for Reacher and his team being told to stand down on their heroin investigation which could make local military brass look bad foreshadowing the final piece of that storyline to unfold as well.

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Echo – Chafa

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Echo - Chafa

Spinning out of the events of Hawkeye, Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) gets her own five-episode series with Echo. The opening episode “Chafa” feels a bit oddly cobbled together. Following an elaborate opening sequence taking place outside of time and space alluding to the origins of the Choctaw, we’re given an episode focused on the childhood of young Maya (Darnell Besaw) growing up, racing through some individual scenes going into the family business, with the events of Hawkeye oddly jammed in, before picking up the thread of what happened to the character after the events of Hawkeye.

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Bob’s Burgers – Mission Impossi-Bob

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Bob's Burgers - Mission Impossi-Bob

While Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) gets his own adventure trying to help a trapped Teddy (Larry Murphy) in a recluse’s bunker, his absence provide the kids time to convince Linda (John Roberts) to cook a giant burger for a group of customers. Although I have serious doubts about whether or not they could have cooked the Beef-Hemoth all the way through, it’s exactly the kind of thing Gene (Eugene Mirman), Tina (Dan Mintz), and Louise (Kristen Schaal) would champion. And as wacky as Bob’s adventure is, he proves himself capable several times during his odd night out, finding Teddy on only the barest amount of information and even figuring out a way to protect Teddy calling him for help. All in all, a fun wacky time with the Belchers.

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