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Leverage: Redemption – The Pyramid Job

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  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Pyramid Job
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The Leverage crew tackles a pyramid scheme which has ensnared the granddaughter (Taina Dominguez) of one of Sophie‘s (Gina Bellman) old associates (Max Baker). “The Pyramid Job” plays on several common themes of Leverage: Redemption with Harry (Noah Wyle) getting in over his head as part of the con attempting to bromance one-half of the couple (Christopher Gorham) running the scam and teasing more information about Sophie’s past. It’s notable for the female-half of the operation (Virginia Williams) being smart enough to see through Sophie’s con, but not smart enough to realize she’s self-incriminating herself to her pyramid of mommy saleswomen. As for Sophie’s story, we learn a bit more about one of her largest regrets and get a mention of another man from her past foreshadowing more trouble for the team down the line.

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Will Trent – Two Hundred Dollars and a Bus Pass

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  • Title: Will Trent – Two Hundred Dollars and a Bus Pass
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Both A and B mysteries provide plenty of entertainment for our detectives in “Two Hundred Dollars and a Buss Pass.” Investigating the murder of a victim who reminds himself of his own experiences, Will (Ramón Rodríguez) uncovers a connection between a campus drug study and the murder. In the B-story, Angie (Savannah Hutson) and Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) investigate the murder of a magician at a retirement community (where he and his accomplice were fleecing the tenants out of thousands of dollars). Both cases involve our detectives dealing with uncooperative groups of college kids or seniors before getting to the truth.

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The Company You Keep – A Sparkling Reputation / Against All Odds

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  • Title: The Company You Keep – A Sparkling Reputation / Against All Odds
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After some proverbial will-they-or-won’t-they, the second and third episodes of The Company You Keep play on the emerging relationship between criminal Charlie Nicoletti (Milo Ventimiglia) and CIA Agent Emma Hill (Catherine Haena Kim) whose stories are also tied together by Daphne Finch (Felisha Terrell) who forces our thief’s family to do jobs for her to pay off their debt as Emma and the government continue to investigate her. 

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History of the World: Part II – I

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  • Title: History of the World: Part II – I
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The first episode of Mel Brooks’ History of the World: Part II, a sequel to his 1981 film no one was really asking for, is, to put it kindly, brutal. Following the same format of the 42 year-old film, the opening episode of the Hulu series offers us various sketches throughout history. Some are one-offs, and others will be returned to over and over again over the course of the series. Very few, however, are funny.

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