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The Old Man – IV

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  • Title: The Old Man – IV
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Nothing goes exactly as planned for Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges) in the fourth episode of the series. After arriving in Los Angeles, his business dealings in hopes of putting him in touch with an enemy of his enemy are stymied, Zoe (Amy Brenneman) discovers she has some leverage in the situation after all and makes an outrageous demand, and our super-spy is unable to talk Emily (Alia Shawkat) of getting on a plane with Harold Harper (John Lithgow) for a face-to-face meeting with the boogeyman of our story.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – A Quality of Mercy

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  • Title: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – A Quality of Mercy
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After getting off-track for a couple of episodes, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds rights the ship for the season finale that touches on one of the major themes of the season as well as explore one of the original series episodes in a new way. In something akin to Marvel’s What If…, “A Quality of Mercy” examines what might happen if you removed the Enterprise’s most famous captain from one of his biggest moments of his early career and instead left Captain Pike (Anson Mount) in command. The time travel is made possible by the arrival of Pike’s older self letting him know the consequences if he attempts to change the outcome of his accident several years in the future.

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The Boys – Payback

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It’s been awhile since I sat down and watched The Boys. A few minutes into Third Season premiere reminds me why. I’ll admit, the show works as gritty fun of awful people doing awful things to each other, but it’s hard for me to stay invested in a show that doesn’t have a single likeable character. Following the events of the previous season, Hughie (Jack Quaid) has a desk job and is now running Butcher (Karl Urban) and The Boys, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) is offered a major promotion, and Homelander (Antony Starr) is still in damage control mode for dating a Nazi. 

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Only Murders in the Building – Here’s Looking at You

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  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – Here’s Looking at You
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“Here’s Looking at You” introduces Zoe Margaret Colletti as Zoe, the daughter from Charles’ (Steve Martin) old relationship that walks back into his life on the shooting of the new Brazzos show. Although she plays coy over the reasons behind her visit, she does help our trio of amateur detectives discover the hidden passages within the Arconia. This explains how someone is planting evidence in attempts to frame them for Bunny’s (Jayne Houdyshell) murder. It also allows them to spy on their neighbors including both Nina (Christine Ko) and the returning Teddy Dimas (Nathan Lane) who is back in the Arconia awaiting trial and promising to fuck Oliver (Martin Short) over.

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Big Hero 6 – Baymax Returns

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  • Title: Big Hero 6 – Baymax Returns
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Set after the events of the movie, the two-part opener to the Big Hero 6 series follows Hiro (Ryan Potter) to the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology where he begins re-assembling Baymax (Scott Adsit) which he attempts to hide from Professor Granville (Jenifer Lewis). In an episode full of shenanigans, Hiro must steal from Granville in order to reclaim Betamax’s skeleton from Yama (Paul Briggs) who, of course, quickly betrays them and forces the rest of the team to suit up for a rescue.

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