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The Residence – The Fall of the House of Usher

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  • Title: The Residence – The Fall of the House of Usher
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Presented through flashback during a congressional hearing from various witnesses, the first episode of The Residence introduces us to world famous bird aficionado and investigator Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba) called in after the head usher (Giancarlo Esposito) of the White House if found dead in the residence during a diplomatic dinner with Australians. While the President’s lead advisor (Ken Marino) is quick to call it a suicidal and attempt to sweep everything under the rug, our detective, whose lackadaisical style only infuriates him more, discovers discrepancies with such an easy explanation.

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Wednesday – Here We Woe Again

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After a glimpse of her summer vacation, which included capturing her favorite serial killer, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) returns to Nevermore Academy to find herself a celebrity due to her actions that saved the school at the end of the First Season. This time Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) joins her as well (who will end up having his own unexpected adventure in accidentally raising the dead while investigating the school’s most famous ghost story). While struggling with her sudden fame, the idea that her mother (Catherine Zeta-Jones) might be sticking around to help with the school’s upcoming gala, and uncertainties over the school’s new principal (Steve Buscemi), Wednesday will also stumble upon new mysteries to solve.

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The Sandman – Season of Mists

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“Is the rescue of a single soul worth risking your entire kingdom?”

Making reference to several events from the show’s First Season,  the Second Season of The Sandman opens with a summoned meeting of the Endless called by his brother Destiny (Adrian Lester). Despite the sequence being a bit stilted, and the characters hilariously awkardly dressed, things go progress thanks to Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) who, unintentionally goading him into it, will lead Morpheus (Tom Sturridge) back into Hell with, or without, Lucifer‘s (Gwendoline Christie) permission. It seems the warning Destiny received from the Fates portending upheaval and change for the Endless has begun as the show kicks off its second, and final, season.

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Nine Puzzles – Episodes 3 & 4

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The third and fourth episodes see Yoon E-na (Kim Da-mi) further insert herself into the life of Kim Han-saem (Son Suk-ku) by joining the department to profile the killer of Mi-young (and even invites herself to dinner with Han-saem and his mother). While he continues to suspect her guilt in the death of her uncle, the detective does learn to respect her skills as a profile over the two episodes as the pair keep getting thrown together against his wishes. As a prime suspect is revealed, dumping a body before disappearing, E-na makes one more important observation that even Han-saem must admire.

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Bob’s Burgers – The Dead Bo-ats Society

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“The Dead Bo-ats Society” offers a Saturday morning adventure for Tina (Dan Mintz), Louise (Kristen Schaal), and Gene (Eugene Mirman) who explore a boat in a scrap yard out of town only to become trapped when the owner leaves and releases his guard dog. With time becoming an increasingly important factor, due to the bet they made with their parents that they would be back by 11, the trio end up having exactly the kind of crazy adventure they were waxing poetically about just that morning (albeit a more chaotic and dangerous one than they had planned).

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