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Alex Rider – Serpent

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  • Title: Alex Rider – Serpent
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In order to follow the lead given him by the mysterious hacker, Alex (Otto Farrant) takes the place of the world’s best players of the Feathered Serpent video game, the only one of the world’s best players who hasn’t RSVP’d for  Damian Cray‘s (Toby Stephens) release party of the sequel. What Alex doesn’t realize is just how crazy Cray is and whose identity he’s assuming (which turns out to be that of an old friend). The episode is most notable for Alex playing the game in VR environment with the madman constantly raising the stakes and danger as the cocky teenager continues to out-perform his expectations. While somewhat goofy on-screen, the segment works and allows Alex to get close enough for what he’s come for.

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Hit-Monkey – The Code

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  • Title: Hit-Monkey – The Code
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Things get a little crazy in “The Code,” and that’s say something for a show that was already about a murderous monkey in a suit haunted by the ghost of an assassin. The weakest of the episodes so far, but still a wacky ride (that may or may not require a tetanus shot after you finish), it certainly provides no end of violence as Hit-Monkey and his ghost travel down into the bowels of Sugano prison where even the guards don’t go, in search of the Accountant who has been running a bizarre world. The episode is notable for the monkey giving in to violence more and more and taking down Fat Cobra in the Accountant’s underground Fight Club. 

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Legacies – You Will Remember Me

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  • Title: Legacies – You Will Remember Me
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Hope‘s (Danielle Rose Russell) mission to take down the Triad heats up before the episode, and the season, takes an unexpected turn. After eliminating both the witch and werewolf factions, Hope runs into trouble during her confrontation with the re-introduction of The Originals character Aurora de Martel (Rebecca Breeds) who is still holing animosity to Klaus and his entire family. In a season where Hope has become the potential new big bad, Aurora brings back the idea of The Originals body-swap to give her control of Hope’s nearly indestructible body.

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The Big Leap – We Make Our Own Light

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  • Title: The Big Leap – We Make Our Own Light
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The Big Leap closes out the season with the long-awaited performance of Swan Lake, which despite the obstacles and drama (and some of the cast falling through a trap door on stage and getting lost during the live performance) comes off well. The finale plants several seeds to cultivate if the show would be renewed for a second season (cluing us in on which characters would likely come back). The Big Leap worked better than expected telling a self-contained story involves several characters who likely couldn’t be brought back including Piper Perabo who turns out to be the beating heart of the second-half of the season. I think anything more would offer only diminishing returns. That said, the season (and perhaps the series) goes out in style.

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NCIS: Hawai’i – Impostor

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  • Title: NCIS: Hawai’i – Impostor
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Taking place in Hawaii, it only makes since that NCIS: Hawai’i would eventual get around to a Pearl Harbor episode. “Impostor” offers some nice twists as the body of a sailor killed in the 40s is found leading to questions about the true identity of the retired soldier who has been living under his name for more than seven decades. The fact that the war hero has massive local support and is suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease makes the cold case even tougher for Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) and her team.  The B-story also showcases Lucy (Yasmine Al-Bustami) attempting to make more of an effort in her relationship with Whistler (Tori Anderson) while also touching lightly on Tennant struggling to talk to her daughter about racism.

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