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The Endgame – Pilot

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  • Title: The Endgame – Pilot
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Feeling like it was inspired more than a little by The Blacklist, the first episode of NBC’s The Endgame introduces us to a super-criminal (Morena Baccarin) in control of a vast global network who allows herself to be captured the the United States Government to further her own plans and put herself in the path of a single agent (Ryan Michelle Bathe). While the heads of the various agencies are at first smug at the prize they’ve snared, they soon realize who is in a trap when Elena Federova (Baccarin) masterminds a number of bank heists across the city while still under FBI lock up.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – First Flight

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – First Flight Part 1 and Part 2
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Well this is an unexpected series? Set more than a thousand years after the various movies and TV-shows that make up the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, comes Dragons: The Nine Realms. Set in present day, our main character is precocious teen Tom Kullersen (Jeremy Shada) who relocates with his scientist mother (Julia Stiles) to the ICARIS research station investigating the Kullersen Fissure which holds a secret no one has guessed: a pathway to a world of dragons. Obviously a modern interpretation of a very familiar character to the franchise, Tom will be the one to discover a dragon and unearth a whole new world. Or, to be more precise, a much older one.

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Hawkeye – So This Is Christmas?

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  • Title: Hawkeye – So This Is Christmas?
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Hawkeye doesn’t skimp on action in the finale was we get Kate (Hailee Steinfeld) vs. Yelena (Florence Pugh), Echo (Alaqua Cox) taking some vengeance, and our two archers struggling to stay alive against wave after wave of baddies thrown their way by the Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio). There’s trick arrows, characters jumping off a buildings, and the Kingpin shrugging off everyone’s best shots. Hell, even the ridiculous swordsman gets into the action, albeit not on the side you would expect given events of previous episodes.

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First Look – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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Here’s our first look at Amazon Prime’s upcoming series set in Middle Earth, but centuries before the events of The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is scheduled to be released on the streaming service on September 2nd.

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The Book of the Mandalorian – Return of the Mandalorian

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  • Title: The Book of Boba Fett – Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian
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For the first of two episodes The Mandalorian hijacks the six-episode run of The Book of Boba Fett. Hey, it’s only fair given Boba Fett‘s (Temuera Morrison)  attempts to upstage on the character on his own show, right? As an episode of The Mandalorian, “Return of the Mandalorian” makes sense (even if it feels like a step backward for the character). As an episode of The Book of Boba Fett, it feels very much out of place. But, seeing how The Mandalorian is the superior show, I’m willing to enjoy the ride.

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