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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

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  • Title: The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
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While more successful than The Star Wars Holiday Special, there’s not all that much to The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special other than a holiday message, reworking a character’s backstory to create a familial relationship where none existed before, and bringing the oft-mentioned Kevin Bacon into the MCU when the actor is kidnapped by Drax (Dave Bautista) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) as a Christmas gift to Peter (Chris Pratt). Bookended by some animated sequences, the budget of the special is quite noticeably less than the Guardians features (especially where Groot is concerned), but fans may get some mild enjoyment from the modest proceedings.

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Rick and Morty – Analyze Piss

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  • Title: Rick and Morty – Analyze Piss
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In an episode that sees the return of Doctor Wong (Susan Sarandon), Mr. Numbus (Dan Harmon), and a number of new D-list villains causing havoc, Rick (Justin Roiland) attempts to stop engaging them leading to Jerry (Chris Parnell) stepping up to becoming a hero. Putting characters in unfamiliar places, there’s a lot going on in “Analyze Piss” where Jerry gets to prove himself and Rick discovers there isn’t much happening in his life without the constant interruptions from characters like Nimbus, Cookie Magneto, or Piss Master (Will Forte). A Rick and Morty take on a hero story, “Analyze Piss” (despite its piss jokes) allows the cerebral Rick to follow his heart for a change and do some good.

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NCIS: Hawai’i – Curtain Call

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  • Title: NCIS: Hawai’i – Curtain Call
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The death of a sailor who was involved in top-secret training videos for the Navy leads NCIS to discover he isn’t the only one who has been killed in recent days as another actor and the director of a safe house video both turn up murdered as well. With Lucy (Yasmine Al-Bustami) having left for her new job as agent afloat, Alan (Danny Kang) shows up as her temporary replacement. He’s not the only familiar face as Charley 1 (Linc Hand) also shows up on the trail of the killings looking for one of his former students who he believes is responsible.

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Stargirl – The Haunting

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  • Title: Stargirl – Chapter Eleven: The Haunting
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After making his appearance known to the Crocks at the end of the last episode, Icicle (Neil Jackson) returns home offering a message of peace (despite the whole murder thing just hours before). From there, Blue Valley’s favorite son makes his public return to a shocked Barbara (Amy Smart) who is able to guess his role in the death of the Crocks without any difficulty. Meanwhile, the JSA help Artemis (Stella Smith) search for her missing parents leading them to discover the villain’s lair and the fate of the Crocks at the hands of the JSA’s proposed new ally against the Ultra-Humanite. While the Humanite is the looming threat, it’s Icicle and the question of his role in Blue Valley moving forward (and the unique combination of fear, hatred, hope, and forgiveness his reemergence brings out from various characters) that is central to the episode.

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Kung Fu – Rescue

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  • Title: Kung Fu – Rescue
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The main storyline of “Rescue” involves Nicky (Olivia Liang) convincing Henry (Eddie Liu) to help in a dangerous and desperate mission to help save Pei-Ling (Vanessa Kai) by sending Nicky into the undead spirit realm to fight off the Harvester who is collecting the souls of the fallen and feeding them to Xiao. Although unsuccessful, the storyline does allow the audience to learn a secret about Nicky’s boyfiend, foreshadowing new romantic challenges for Nicky in the future, and allow for the return of Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman) to the land of the living (this time as an ally for Nicky). While the reveal might be the bigger moment for this episode, moving forward, I’m most interested in seeing how Zhilan adapts back to the land of the living and what role she will find for herself moving forward.

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