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Halo – Allegiance

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  • Title: Halo – Allegiance
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“Allegiance” offers the tease of a peaceful happy ending for Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) and Makee (Charlie Murphy) following their shared experience with the artifact. Then, all goes to hell. Dr. Halsey (Natascha McElhone) corrupts the other Spartans and attempts to steal Master Chief and the artifacts, and Dr. Keyes (Olive Gray) makes a discovery about Makee’s recent history and allegiances that reminds her of the evils of humanity and makes it impossible for her to leave the Covenant behind. The only good news for John by the end of the episode is that Cortana (Jen Taylor) chooses him over Halsey’s orders and helps to stop the doctor from getting her hands on the Spartan.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Serene Squall

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  • Title: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Serene Squall
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Although the episode relies on a twist you’ll likely see coming, “The Serene Squall” has the feel of a classic Trek adventure with the Enterprise fighting space pirates on the edge of Federation space. Themes from the season continue to be played out here including Spock (Ethan Peck) and  T’Pring‘s (Gia Sandhu) relationship and the tease of Nurse Chapel‘s (Jess Bush) feelings for the Enterprise’s Science Officer. Jesse James Keitel is well-cast here as the main guest-star whose character needs to be insightful and empathetic to Spock but also to turn on a dime when the plot calls for it.

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Charlie’s Angels – Angels in the Wings

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  • Title: Charlie’s Angels – Angels in the Wings
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to the tale of three beautiful former police officers turned private detectives working for a faceless boss known as Charlie. “Angels in the Wings” is an unusual episode as much of the time is set aside for song and dance numbers (which are actually quite good) rather than mystery solving. The Angels are called in to investigate a cursed theater after an actress (Shani Wallis) is almost killed by the latest accident on-stage. While there are subplots offered in terms of her estranged son (Nicolas Beauvy) and her ex-husband’s (Gene Barry) gambling debts and unwillingness to do the show, there’s not much of a mystery and much of the Angels’ investigation takes place off-camera.

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The Villains of Valley View – Finding Another Dimension

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  • Title: The Villains of Valley View – Finding Another Dimension
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The new Disney+ sitcom The Villains of Valley feels like a mix of 3rd Rock from the Sun and Fuller House. The opening episode of the series, complete with lame jokes and laugh track, introduces a family of super-villains hiding out in Texas after getting on the wrong side of the League of Villains. In the opener, the family’s mad scientist dad (James Patrick Stuart) makes a dimensional portal gun out of the microwave where his children (Isabella Pappas and Reed Horstmann) accidentally send their land lady’s (Patricia Belcher) happy-go-lucky daughter (Kayden Muller-Janssen). Wackiness, or what settles for wackiness, ensues. Yeesh. 

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Only Murders in the Building – Persons of Interest

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  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – Persons of Interest
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Only Murders in the Building returns with a Second Season with Mabel (Selena Gomez), Oliver (Martin Short), and Charles (Steve Martin) as persons of interest in the murder of Bunny (Jayne Houdyshell). The celebrity of their arrest creates interest in each member with Charles getting asked to appear as a supporting character in a new Brazzos show, Oliver getting propositioned by Amy Schumer (playing herself) to take the podcast to Hollywood, and Mabel’s art grabs the eye of a new friend (Cara Delevingne). However, despite their plans to leave the world of murder behind, events will eventually pull them back in.

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