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Rick and Morty – That’s Amorte

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Rick and Morty - That's Amorte

One lesson Rick and Morty never tires of returning to is how disastrous it is when Morty (Harry Belden) attempts to do the right thing. In one of the show’s more bizarre concepts, Morty learns that the delicious food provided by Rick‘s (Ian Cardoni) pizza night comes from inside suicide victims who die on 41 Kepler B. Not everyone who dies has their innards turned into delicious pasta, only those who commit suicide. Unable to deal with the discovery, Morty explains to the locals, who have no idea what spaghetti is and are initially horrified by his cannibalism, what is happening only to lead to the downfall of their civilization. 

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Bob’s Burgers – Bully-ieve It or Not

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Bob's burgers - Bully-ieve It or Not

The arrival of a new kid at school proves complicated for Zeke (Bobby Tisdale) who it turns out has an embarrassing past with Will. From the limited information provided, Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Louise (Kristen Schaal) assume Will bullied Zeke in grade school and decide to get revenge only to discover Zeke was the bully which hits especially hard for his best friend. Our adult storyline involves Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) having a conniption fit after Jimmy Pesto (Al Madrigal) steals his burger of the day idea for a new special at the restaurant.

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Lockwood & Co. – This Will Be Us

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Lockwood & Co. - This Will Be Us

I enjoyed the first episode of Lockwood & Co. that introduced us to psychically gifted teenager Lucy Carlyle (Ruby Stokes) in a world where ghost are real and overrunning the world. Much of the first episode deals with Lucy’s training and her truly awful mother’s (Sandra Huggett) attempts to make money on the daughter she can barely stand before eventually Lucy runs away in an attempt to make her own path. While one of the school’s best students, an unfortunate incident which got several of her classmates killed and her best friend comatose, Lucy can’t find employment at one of the larger firms due to leaving before her training is complete which leads her to the door of Lockwood & Co.

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The Irrational – Point and Shoot

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The Irrational - Point and Shoot

With Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) helping a legal team rather than the FBI for an episode, “Point and Shoot” almost feels like a different show. I wonder if this plot was a hold over from a slightly different pitch for the series, since the FBI involvement is minimally shoehorned in as a separate B-story. The main story involves the death of Kylie’s (Travina Springer) friend in a police raid gone wrong and the court case by the victim’s husband looking for justice. Malcolm-Jamal Warner stars as an expert witness for the other side whose involvement in the case convinces Alec to sign on leading to some interesting back and forth between the experts on the stand and a frank discussion about the use of experts in court cases.

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Wednesday – Quid Pro Woe

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Wednesday - Quid Pro Woe

No longer distracted by her parents, and using her friends’ attempts to celebrate her birthday by tricking them into some sleuthing, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) turns her attention on an image from a vision leading her to the abandoned Gates Mansion where someone has been recently staying. Already perturbed at being tricked and dragged into another adventure, Enid (Emma Myers) and Tyler (Hunter Doohan) are in an even less forgiving mood after being attacked by the monster. With no proof to show Sheriff Galpin (Jamie McShane), Wednesday finds herself in hot water with both the sheriff and Principal Weems (Gwendoline Christie).

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