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Stargirl – Chapter Five: The Thief

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  • Title: Stargirl – Chapter Five: The Thief
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As Courtney (Brec Bassinger) begins spending more time with Cameron (Hunter Sansone) and pulling away from the team, Sylvester (Joel McHale) steps up to fill the hole with another angry outburst and some questionable advice to Rick (Cameron Gellman), Mike (Trae Romano), and Yolanda (Yvette Monreal) foreshadowing trouble as Rick removes a safety on the hourglass and Yolanda makes a discovery that leads to more assumptions about Cindy (Meg DeLacy). As for the investigation into the murder of the Gambler (Eric Goins) no new suspects emerge. Flashbacks seem to clear Cindy of the crime, although Yolanda’s discovery of the laptop should lead to another confrontation between the pair.

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Archer – Distraction Action

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  • Title: Archer – Distraction Action
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After being played by Fabian Kingsworth (Kayvan Novak), our spies are on the run being hunted. Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) comes up with a plan of distraction to get Lana (Aisha Tyler) into court while calling on for some dirt on Robert (Stephen Tobolowsky) from an old friend to help Lana win custody of her daughter. “Distraction Action” is notable mostly for crazy distractions of Cyril (Chris Parnell) and Pam (Amber Nash) and the near total incompetence of the government agents assigned to capture them. Wacky fun, but rather standard Archer-craziness without any stand-out moments.

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Andor – Episode 5

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  • Title: Andor – The Axe Forgets
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After picking up the pace and finally beginning the main story in the previous episode, Andor slows to a crawl again as we spend another full episode waiting for the mission to begin. The season’s fifth episode also spends more time with Mon Mothma‘s (Genevieve O’Reilly) family and with the disgraced Syril Karn (Kyle Soller) without advancing, or yet justifying, either of those subplots. We also check in with Imperial Security Bureau Supervisor Dedra Meero (Denise Gough) despite no progress being made in her investigation. If you are looking for the definition of a filler episode, you’ve found one.

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The Umbrella Academy – Auf Wiedersehen

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  • Title: The Umbrella Academy – Auf Wiedersehen
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Finally putting the infighting behind them, the Umbrella Academy and the remaining members of the Sparrow Academy come together in an attempt to defeat the Kugelblitz and save the world. Although initially successful, by the end of the episode the universe is still in danger and the Sparrows are down two more members. “Auf Wiedersehen” postpones the fight between Viktor (Elliot Page) and Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) over the fate of Harlan and provides a sweet moment between Luther (Tom Hopper) and Sloane (Genesis Rodriguez) in the calm before annihilation comes calling again.

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Little Demon – Everybody’s Dying for the Weekend

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  • Title: Little Demon – Everybody’s Dying for the Weekend
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Weekend plans take unexpected twists as Chrissy’s (Lucy DeVito) weekend with her dad  (Danny DeVito) leads to a hellish games show of murder, and back on Earth Darlene (Lennon Parham) drags Laura (Aubrey Plaza) on a night out that also ends in murder (following some foreplay with a serial killer) and getting trapped in her pocket dimension running for their lives from an out-of-control ego monster. While Chrissy’s murderous winning streak on the game show ends up being disappointed by a parent, again, Laura learns to let loose a bit with Darlene eventually bonding with the noisy neighbor trying to push her out of her comfort zone.

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