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Cleopatra in Space – Akila Says No

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Cleopatra in Space - Akila Says No television review

There’s a simple premise to “Akila Says No” as Cleopatra (Lilimar) and Brian (Jorge Diaz) try to convince the always agreeable Akila (Katie Crown) it’s sometimes okay to say no. From time-consuming chores to a trip barter with space scavengers, it’s a chore to get their friend to finally refuse to do something (a lesson she learns which backfires on the group after making it safely away from the scavengers). The episode’s epilogue is also notable for introducing Cleo to Pharoh Yosira, foreshadowing more interacts to come.

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The Flash – Family Matters (Part 1)

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The Flash - Family Matters (Part 1) TV review

The Flash follows up one Barry (Grant Gustin) has a bad idea episode with a second one. Unlike “Timeless,” where the episode startled the line, “Family Matters (Part 1)” pushes Barry into full dick mode as he becomes convinced training an ill-prepared Alexa (Sara Garcia), who is still afraid of the monster inside her, is the only way to keep her safe. It’s finally Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) who steps in with the personal experience that Alexa needs to hear. Despite the process of getting her ready not running smoothly, and Barry putting her into harm’s way in a somewhat irresponsible manner, Alexa is able to get control of the monster and help reach Psych (Ennis Esmer) who has been using his powers to attack old friends who turned their back on him years before.

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Legends of Tomorrow – The Ex-Factor

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Legends of Tomorrow - The Ex-Factor television review

Legends of Tomorrow follows up a horror episode with a goofy story featuring the team battling an alien assassin to win the future’s most popular singing competition. Returning to her own time, the episode takes advantage of Zari‘s (Tala Ashe) celebrity who tricks the unstoppable alien with a fleet of invading warships behind him that the only way to win the planet is to win the competition, a competition run by her ex-boyfriend (Ryan Bell) who is more or less a walking s’more. “The Ex-Factor” has some fun lampooning reality-TV competitions, which are really game shows, while stealing bits from various current shows to create “Da Throne.”

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Kung Fu – Rage

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  • Title: Kung Fu (2021) – Rage
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In an effort to keep another weapon out of the hands of Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman), Nicky (Olivia Liang) enlists the help of Henry (Eddie Liu), Ryan (Jon Prasida), and Althea (Shannon Dang) to steal the artifact from the local museum on the night of a gala. While her logic is more than a little National Treasure-ish, and her group of friends and family are bizarrely good at their first heist, things go with a few other familiar faces showing up at the museum including Zhilan.

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Legacies – I Was Made to Love You

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“I Was Made to Love You” confirms a couple of suspicions that the Landon (Aria Shahghasemi) who returned isn’t the real one, and is in fact made of Malivore mud, and the mysterious shaman/hunter is actually Hope‘s (Danielle Rose Russell) boyfriend. While I didn’t expect Cleo (Omono Okojie) to be responsible for the Landon golem, there were plenty of clues from this season about there being much more going on with the character than what we’d seen up until this point (and the callback to Hope’s bust was a nice touch). Looks like next week will be reserved for answers concerning these revelations (and maybe, finally, the conclusion to the end of the Malivore storyline?), meaning other lingering threads needed to be taken care of here in the various B-stories which turn out mostly well.

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