Television Reviews

Spenser: For Hire – She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

  • Title: Spenser: For Hire – She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the mean streets of Boston and the travails of a smart ass private detective. “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not” gives us a rare Frank Belson (Ron McLarty) episode when Frank’s old partner (Jess Osuna) is killed by those searching for the smuggled minks the former cop turned into a lucrative business years before. Gail Strickland guest-stars as Frank’s new neighbor who he immediately falls for not realizing she’s a hitter from out of town after the minks as well. The pair make for an interesting, if short-lived, couple.

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Will Trent – My Stupid Detective Brain

  • Title: Will Trent – My Stupid Detective Brain
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Bodies found in the woods pointing to a serial killer torturing and killing his victims bring Trent (Ramón Rodríguez), Faith (Iantha Richardson), Angie (Erika Christensen), and Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) together to all work the same case. “My Stupid Detective Brain” continues to build on the partnership of Trent and Faith each sharing some personal truths with each other and playing on the animosity between Treent and Ormewood (who finds the killer first, only to nearly become his latest victim).

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Wednesday – Woe What a Night

  • Title: Wednesday – Woe What a Night
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Discovering Xavier (Percy Hynes White) has drawings of the creature in the woods, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) offers a sample of his DNA and a claw from what she believes is the monster’s cave to the sheriff in an uneasy alliance between the pair. Although she initially asks him to the dance, in a way to explain away her snooping, Wednesday ends up showing up with Tyler (Hunter Doohan) thanks largely to Thing playing matchmaker with the pair. 

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Night Court – Just Tuesday

  • Title: Night Court – Just Tuesday
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The third episode into a series is a bit early for a character to have a major crisis of faith that changes their behavior, but that’s what’s on tap for “Just Tuesday” after Abbie Stone (Melissa Rauch) over corrects when accidentally outing an undercover cop. The police’s attitude to the court trickles down to Olivia (India de Beaufort) who finds herself not getting her usual special perks for the job. In true sitcom fashion, by the end of the episode everything is reset back to normal with a few words from Dan (John Larroquette), some of which land him temporarily in contempt of court. Some fun moments here and there, but a bit of an odd episode to be set so early in the series.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Entombed

  • Title: Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Entombed
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After discovering a compass Omega (Michelle Ang) found in a junk yard might be a map to treasure, she and Phee (Wanda Sykes) convince the Bad Batch to go in search of whatever might at the end of the map. “Entombed” offers the expected moments of the Bad Batch working their way through the quest from finding the hidden tomb, to deciphering riddles, to avoiding boobytraps, and eventually reaching their prize. “Entombed” is one of those episodes that will work find for viewers as long as they don’t start asking some rather obvious questions (particularly in what happens after the twist).

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