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One Piece – Romance Dawn

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One-Piece - Romance Dawn

The opening episode of Netflix’s One Piece, adapted from the manga of the same name, introduces us to would-be pirate Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) who, like so many others, has gone in search of the former pirate king’s treasure known as the One Piece. Over the course of the first episode, in his attempts to find a map to lead him to the treasure, Luffy will run into others such as the thief Nami (Emily Rudd) and the swordsman Zoro (Mackenyu) who will become the start of the crew of what eventually will become known as the Straw Hat Pirates. In his adventure at sea, Luffy also meets the amicable Koby (Morgan Davies) who he saves the the pirate captain Alvida (Ilia Isorelýs Paulino), but Koby decides to pursue the dream of becoming a Marine rather than throwing in with another pirate.

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Archer – Face Off

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Archer - Face Off

Archer (H. Jon Benjamin), Cyril (Chris Parnell), Zara Khan (Natalie Dew), Krieger (Lucky Yates), and Pam (Amber Nash) go undercover at plastic surgery resort in search of an elusive criminal who no one knows what he actually looks like. It takes almost no time at all for the Agency team to get distracted with Archer’s confidence plummeting after a doctor informs him his body can’t take much more of his hard living, Krieger corrupts one of the doctors, and Cyril gets some unnecessary surgery done on his calves.

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The Irrational – The Barnum Effect

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The Irrational - The Barnum Effect

Three episodes in the show seems to have found its formula with the FBI being completely clueless about a crime, ready to place blame on the wrong suspect, and utterly reliant on Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) to find the truth. The case of the week involves a plane crash authorities are all too willing to blame on pilot error, although thanks to some sleuthing by Alex, his assistants, and the victim’s brother, someone far more sinister is eventually uncovered. Highlights continue to be how the show works in psychological experiments into the show’s premise while the breadcrumbs of Alec’s past tragedy and who his wife is currently aren’t nearly as engaging.

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Bob’s Burgers – The Amazing Rudy

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Bob's Burgers - The Amazing Rudy

As the title suggests, “The Amazing Rudy” focuses not on the Belchers (the first show of the series not to do so) but instead on Rudy (Brian Huskey) and his growing dread for the awkward family dinner later the night involving his equal anxious father, his father’s new girlfriend, and Rudy’s mother and her boyfriend. Bob’s Burgers is a show that is often at its best when embracing awkward moments and there’s plenty of those throughout the episode between father and son, Rudy’s failed magic trick (and the heartbreaking montage of how his dinner magic once connected his now fragmented family), and the growing concern of the Belchers when Rudy admits he fled the restaurant after the trick bombed and showed up at their home for dinner.

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Found – Pilot

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Found - Pilot

NBC’s Found falls into the genre of increasingly bizarre police consultant shows. Prodigal Son offered us an unstable profiler making some questionable calls by often making use of his serial killer father. Found goes even further down the rabbit hole with Gabi Mosley (Shanola Hampton) secretly keeping her childhood kidnapper (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) chained up her basement using his experience to help with her team who operate with, but outside of, law enforcement in their search for missing children. While the “Pilot” episode keeps the reveal of her house guest a surprise for its final scene, every commercial and promotion gave away this pair being the primary dysfunctional relationship on the show.

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