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Locke & Key – The Head and the Heart

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  • Title: Locke & Key – The Head and the Heart
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“The Head and the Heart” introduces new characters in Josh Bennett (Brendan Hines) and his daughter Jamie (Liyou Abere) as potential new friends for Nina (Darby Stanchfield) and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott), although the elder Bennett may have more nefarious motivations in striking up a friendship with Nina. The episode also sees the return of a fully conscious Erin Voss (Joy Tanner and Nicole James) who Kinsey (Emilia Jones) and Tyler (Connor Jessup) are able to save from her own mind using the Head Key while searching for answers about how to keep remembering the magic of the keys after they become adults.

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – The Champions of Grayskull

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  • Title: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – The Sword of Grayskull / The Power of Grayskull / The Heirs of Grayskull / The Champions of Grayskull
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More of a reimagining of its source material than Netflix’s other He-Man show, which took an approach closer in design to the original He-Man toys and cartoon (at least before it started killing off characters), the first four episodes of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe introduce us to the key characters while offering some new origins and ideas on the power of Grayskull. While still a prince, Adam (Yuri Lowenthal) has been raised as an orphan with no past (adapting it a bit of She-Ra’s story for Adam?) by the Tiger Tribe whose world is turned upside down by the arrival of magic thief Teela (Kimberly Brooks) and her stolen Sword of Power which leads her to Adam.

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Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles – Yokai

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  • Title: Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles – Yokai
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The second episode of Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles finishes the set-up for the series as Yuichi Usagi (Darren Barnet) is imprisoned for the various trouble he has caused in the city with those he has met eventually coming to his aid (and getting arrested as well). However, the city’s new Yokai problem needs a solution and Yuichi, Gen (Aleks Le), Kitsune (Shelby Rabara), and Chizu (Mallory Low) working together appear to be the solution.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Follow the Lightning

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Follow the Lightning Part 1 & Part 2
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Tom (Jeremy Shada) and the other Dragon Riders search for the missing Thunder in the two-part Second Season finale which plays on the previously-established themes of Tom and Thunder often going out on their own and not sharing with the rest of the group. The Riders eventually find Thunder in a previously unexplored portion of the underground world where he is caught in a battle between a much larger Skrill. Several other types of dragons make cameo appearances on the way, reminding viewers of past experiences, but the main story involves surviving the Skrill and the discovery of deeper caverns and artifacts that tie back to How to Train Your Dragon.

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The Sandman – Imperfect Hosts

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  • Title: The Sandman – Imperfect Hosts
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Except for a scene of The Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook) tracking down Ethel Cripps (Niamh Walsh) and proposing a partnerships of sorts, which is quickly rebuffed, the rest of “Imperfect Hosts’ stays within the Dreaming where Dream (Tom Sturridge) visits Cain (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and Abel (Asim Chaudhry) asking the most loyal subjects who didn’t flee to give up that which they love the most to help him put right his world. The odd brothers are well-cast as we glimpse into their relationship without needing to explain or explore it fully. Giving us a few minutes with Gregory also proves to make a difference in feeling the character’s loss, although Dream does leave the brothers a new gift.

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