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Night Court – Pilot / The Nighthawks

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  • Title: Night Court – Pilot / The Nighthawks
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Hollywood’s love affair with reboots continues with this modern take on the 80s sitcom Night Court. The Big Bang Theory‘s Melissa Rauch stars as Judge Abbie Stone, the daughter of Harry, who in the “Pilot” episode takes over her dad’s old stomping grounds. The only character brought back from the original show is John Larroquette as Dan Fielding who is lured back to the courtroom by the spunky younger Stone as the court’s new public defender. Both the first two episodes are about Abby and Dan struggling to fit into their new roles as the show itself attempts to find its footing.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Faster

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  • Title: Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Faster
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I’m all for one-off episodes of The Bad Batch. Saying that, they aren’t all going to be winners. “Faster” isn’t a bad episode, but there’s not much more to it than a racing episode as Omega (Michelle Ang), Tech (Dee Bradley Baker), and Wrecker (Baker) head off with Cid (Rhea Perlman) to the races where they are forced to get her out of a tough jam when she makes a bet with an old rival she can’t pay. The episode does allow Tech to get a little more time, becoming the hero of the episode by flying the winning speeder. The episode ends with a warning about Cid from a less-than-reliable source that doesn’t really tell the clones anything they didn’t already know about their partner of convince.

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NCIS: Hawai’i – Rising Sun

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  • Title: NCIS: Hawai’i – Rising Sun
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“Rising Sun” offers the return of CGSI Neil Pike (Mark Gessner) whose undercover mission to recover smuggled guns ends in bloodshed when put between various sides of the local Yakuza when the upstart son of one of the most powerful families starts up an old rivalry for his own gain. Pike seems to get passed around to someone in every episode and this time he’s Ernie‘s (Jason Antoon) problem (although the pair do manage to forge a bond by the end). Other than Team Nernie, the episode is notable for Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) and Whistler (Tori Anderson) having each other’s backs and for stirring up the ongoing B-story involving Kai‘s (Alex Tarrant).

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AEW Dynamite – 1/18/2023

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The January 18th edition of AEW Dynamite included Orange Cassidy defending the All-Atlantic Championship against Jay Lethal, the Young Bucks’ first tag team match of the 2023, Bryan Danielson versus Bandito, appearances by Danhausen and “Hangman” Adam Page, a heel turn for Toni Storm, and Darby Allin’s defense of the TNT Championship against Kushida.

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Abominable and the Invisible City – A Cabbage Kinda Day

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  • Title: Abominable and the Invisible City – A Cabbage Kinda Day
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Following up one the weakest episode of the show’s First Season, “A Cabbage Kind of Day” puts the focus back on Yi (Chloe Bennet) who takes on more responsibility than she can handle in a single day including dealing with one of the babies from the previous episode found still lurking around the rooftop for Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Ethan Loh) to look after. We also get a bit of a jealous older-brother vibe from Everest who doesn’t like the attention the baby is getting from his friends. Certainly better than “Jin’s New Look,” the episode also features some nice morals for its younger viewers touching on asking for help, jealousy, and finding balance in your life.

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