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Almost Paradise – Uncoupled

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  • Title: Almost Paradise – Uncoupled
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Kai (Samantha Richelle) enlists the help of Alex (Christian Kane) to go undercover at a self-help retreat in order to investigate the cult in control of the private island and rescue a brainwashed young woman (Sarah Edwards) overwhelmed by their influence. The episode is also notable for the return of a vacationing Lockhart (John Storey) who ends up on the couples retreat alone after being dumped for a masseuse. Given a subplot of his own, involving him getting lost in the jungle, Lockhart doesn’t play much of a role in main story until the end of the episode.

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Only Murders in the Building – White Room

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  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – White Room
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“White Room” takes its name from the multiple panic-induced breaks from reality Charles (Steve Martin) suffers while trying to get the patter song down for the play and deal with the realization he may have made a mistake in asking Joy (Andrea Martin) to move in with him. In each episode, Charles blacks out finding himself in a peaceful white room only to return to his consciousness to the horror (or, in the final example, delight) of what he’s done during his blackout. Although we don’t see exactly what Charles did during each of his episodes, the disgust of Oliver (Martin Short) and the others is certainly suggestive. The end of the episode’s realization that Joy the trio’s new prime suspect in Ben‘s (Paul Rudd) murder isn’t likely to calm him.

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Ahsoka – Fallen Jedi

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  • Title: Ahsoka – Part Four: Fallen Jedi
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While I have enjoyed moments in Ahsoka, the series has increasingly felt like world building for the next big Star Wars project rather than a standalone series with its own tale to tell. Glacially moving the plot incrementally forward, in a race to Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) neither side feels all that compelled to win yet, the fourth episode of the series does offer some individual moments of note. We get a lightsaber battle in the woods of Seatos with Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) killing the nameless Inquisitor eliminating all the preposterous fan theories about the character’s identity and importance to the series. We also get Ahsoka pairing off against Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) who reveals he knew Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), without, of course, providing any helpful details to his character or past.

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Tiny Toons Looniversity – Freshman Orientoontion

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  • Title: Tiny Toons Looniversity – Freshman Orientoontion
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Following in the steps of the rebooted Animaniacs, Tiny Toons gets reimagined into the new Tiny Toons Looniversity featuring younger Looney Tunes characters following in the footsteps of the original Looney Tunes characters who act as mentors and teachers at the Looniversity. The new version brings back the core of the original show (albeit with new voice actors). Not surprisingly, the opening episode puts twins Buster Bunny (Eric Bauza) and Babs Bunny (Ashleigh Crystal Hairston) front and center as they arrive on campus and are forced to make new friends after being separated into different dorms.

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Smallville – Craving

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  • Title: Smallville – Craving
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Smallville Saturday takes us back to the time Amy Adams came to Smallville. Guest-starring as an overweight teen obsessed with shedding pounds, Jodi Melville (Adams) gets her wish when her meteorite-infused vegetable shakes shed her body fat but also leave her with insatiable cravings. Making her a friend of Clark‘s (Tom Welling) offers early clues to what is going on, and the episode giving Jodi a crush on Pete (Sam Jones III) gives him something more to do in the episode as well.

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