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The Peripheral – Haptic Drift

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  • Title: The Peripheral – Haptic Drift
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The third episode of the series feels a bit like The Peripheral is treading water without making much headway while refusing to do more than hint and larger ideas and secrets. What “Haptic Drift” does deliver is Burton (Jack Reynor) making an arrangement with Pickett (Louis Herthum), more of T’Nia Miller‘s character working against our heroine (for reasons still not explained), some information and backstory on more supporting characters I don’t have reason to care about yet, and Flynne (Chloë Grace Moretz) returning to the future and finding the secret apartment of her earlier visit but still no sign of the missing Aelita West (Charlotte Riley). “Haptic Drift” continues to be stronger within the sim than in reality, although a mystery that doesn’t make any headway could get equally tiresome quickly.

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Stargirl – Chapter Nine: The Monsters

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  • Title: Stargirl – Chapter Nine: The Monsters
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“Chapter Nine” picks up the pieces of the season so far with Courtney (Brec Bassinger) and Pat (Luke Wilson) returning to Blue Valley both still feeling the aftereffects of their experiences in the Shadowlands. For Courtney this means apologizing to her friends and choosing to tell Cameron (Hunter Sansone) the truth about his father and the JSA’s involvement in his death which is preempted by an out-of-control Rick (Cameron Gellman) leading to the season’s biggest action sequence. For Pat that means beginning the search for Mike‘s (Trae Romano) mother. Speaking of Mike, he and Jakeem (Alkoya Brunson) continue their search for the missing Cindy (Meg DeLacy) still hoping to recruit her.

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Abominable and the Invisible City – Peng vs. Peng

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  • Title: Abominable and the Invisible City – Peng vs. Peng
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While Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Ethan Loh) attempt to help Yi (Chloe Bennet) control the magic she and Everest (Darin De Paul) create together, the trio also need to cover-up the fact that its Everest who has been sneaking into the restaurant and eating the candied treats Nai Nai (Karen Huie) has been working on. Things get even more complicated when Peng accidentally swallows a magical creature and starts acting even crazier than normal, but also allows Yi to have a breakthrough with the magic and save her friend and discover answers to the creatures origins and Nai Nai’s problems as well.

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Professionals – Snipe Hunt / Entanglements

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  • Title: Professionals – Snipe Hunt / Entanglements
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The first two episodes of Professionals give us the pairing of a talented soldier of fortune (Tom Welling) and a good-natured billionaire (Brendan Fraser) who get teamed up through a woman (Elena Anaya) and the destruction of a recent rocket launch. Neither of our two stars is asked to do all that much. Fraser can sleepwalk through playing the goofy nice guy which was his bread-and-butter for decades with a scruffy Welling getting to play the bad ass, but still principled, leader of a band of soldiers.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Ride or Die

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Ride or Die
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After a fight with her mother about wanting her daughter to put away myths and fantasy, Jun (Ashley Liao) joins Tom (Jeremy Shada) in testing out the fire suits and exploring the Fire Realm where they rescue a small dragon from a pack of Flame Thrower Dragons. With two of the riders out adventuring, Olivia (Julia Stiles) shares her discovery of the gem with Wilma (Carrie Keranen) which leads to the scientist begin digging dangerously close to the dragon realm leading to Alex (Aimee Garcia) and D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner) scrambling to come up with ideas on how to keep the miners out.

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