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Little Demon – First Blood

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  • Title: Little Demon – First Blood
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The opening episode of Little Demon introduces us to teenager Chrissy (Lucy DeVito) who discovers she’s the Antichrist, a secret her mother (Aubrey Plaza) has been keeping from Chrissy her whole life (although it helps explain the pair constantly moving over the years). The discovery comes on Chrissy’s first day of school when her mensuration leads to a giant black hole above the school, the awakening of new powers which she uses to brutally kill a pair of bullies, and finally the truth from her mother.

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The Sandman – Dream a Little Dream of Me

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  • Title: The Sandman – Dream a Little Dream of Me
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Dream‘s (Tom Sturridge) search for his missing sand takes him to London and the acquaintance of Johanna Constantine (Jenna Coleman). We’ve seen various versions of Constantine in both television and film, but this one of the best. Coleman is terrific here and I’d love to see this version of Constantine spun off into her own adventures. Smart enough to see what Dream is and guess what happened to him with the slightest information, Johanna leads him to his missing item although it means walking back into her past and discovering what has become of a former loved one.

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The Umbrella Academy – World’s Biggest Ball of Twine

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  • Title: The Umbrella Academy – World’s Biggest Ball of Twine
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While Luther (Tom Hopper) spends a little time with the Sparrows, Vanya (Elliot Page) makes an important change, Diego (David Castañeda) spends some time with his son, Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) returns dejected, and Klaus (Robert Sheehan) and Five (Aidan Gallagher) take a road trip (giving us the episode’s title) that leads to an important discovery about the Umbrella Academy’s existence in this new timeline. The episode carefully, but quickly, deals with Vanya becoming Viktor which is accepted by his family allowing the story to continue, and despite being a hostage of the Sparrows for most of the episode Luther continues to fall for Sloane (Genesis Rodriguez).

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Super Giant Robot Brothers – Gone and Back Again

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  • Title: Super Giant Robot Brothers – Gone and Back Again
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More like Pacific Rim for toddlers than Voltron, Super Giant Robot Brothers – Gone and Back Again features two bickering giant robot brothers (Eric Lopez and Chris Diamantopoulos) working for a world agency, run in part by a young genius (Eva Ariel Binder), working to save the world against invading kaiju that come from a black hole where the more annoying of the robots disappeared into for a decade. Filmed and then animated through motion capture, making the making of the series more interesting than the series itself, has an odd look with often minimal effort made to animated backgrounds in frame.

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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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