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The Incredible Hulk Returns

Alan Rapp / May 11, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: The Incredible Hulk Returns
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the wanderings of the presumed dead scientist Dr. David Bruce Banner (Bill Bixby) and the savage creature within him known as the Hulk (Lou Ferrigno). Made six years after The Incredible Hulk concluded with David still haunted by his angry alter-ego, the first of three television movies gives us the scientist working on a a Gamma Transponder under an assumed name at the Joshua-Lambert Research Institute which he believes will offer him a cure and a chance at a normal life with Dr. Maggie Shaw (Lee Purcell). However, bad guys intent on stealing the technology and the unexpected appearance of an old student (Steve Levitt) and his power new friend Thor (Eric Allan Kramer) ruin any chance for normalcy.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Cut and Run

Alan Rapp / May 10, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Cut and Run
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The first normal-length episode of the series, “Cut and Run” sets up the template for what life on the run for Clone Force 99 (all voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) will look like. The team travels to Saleucami and introduces Omega (Michelle Ang) to former Clone Trooper Cut Lawquane (Dee Bradley Baker) and his family. It’s a little unclear what help the Bad Batch hoped to get from the family as things shift almost immediately to the clones working to get the family off the planet which is now under Imperial control. The rest of the episode centers around the team forging passes to get the team off-world (rather than simply take them aboard their ship and drop them off anywhere in the galaxy, completely under the Empire’s nose since they only discover the ship after the Bad Batch notify them as part of the convoluted plan).

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Prodigal Son – You Can Run…

Alan Rapp / May 6, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: Prodigal Son – You Can Run…
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The manhunt for the escaped Surgeon (Michael Sheen) begins. The show teases the possibility of capturing Martin in a single episode, returning the show to the status quo. Instead, we get a couple of twists as it seems the Surgeon didn’t think of everything. Malcom (Tom Payne) discovers he is more conflicted about the hunt for his father than he expected, especially after discovering one of his old toys in his father’s possessions and discovering Ainsley (Halston Sage) has been secretly communicating with their father in the weeks leading up to his escape. In the end, Malcom is able to profile his father well enough to deduce his escape plan and capture both the criminals he escaped with, but the Surgeon slipped through his fingers as it seems Martin’s journey took a far different path than anyone expected.

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The Flash – The People v. Killer Frost

Alan Rapp / May 5, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: The Flash – The People v. Killer Frost
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In a season that’s been struggling to define itself, “The People v. Killer Frost” throws a curveball both in the main storyline of Frost (Danielle Panabaker) being sentenced and the B-story where the fight against the Forces takes an unexpected turn. The outcome of the trial allows the show to give Frost a hero moment and complete the character’s arc by refusing to accept the permanent loss of her powers by the state and instead voluntarily sign-up for life in prison without parole rather than allow Kristen Kramer (Carmen Moore) to set precedent and go after the powers of all metahumans. Although not exactly a subtle metaphor, Frost speech taps into transgender and racial themes taking a strong stand for acceptance rather than oppression or an enforced normal. While Caitlin appears to be sticking around, it looks like we’ve seen the last of her frosty alter-ego… for now.

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Legends of Tomorrow – Ground Control to Sara Lance

Alan Rapp / May 5, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: Legends of Tomorrow – Ground Control to Sara Lance
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The Sixth Season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow kicks off with Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) missing in action after being abducted by aliens, who apparently include Gary (Adam Tsekhman), from 1977 London leaving Ava (Jes Macallan) to rally the troops and find her girlfriend. While searching for a lead, the Legends enlist the reluctant help of former abductee Esperanza “Spooner” Cruz (Lisseth Chavez) and the episode also introduces the idea of alien magic which Constantine (Matt Ryan) attempts to use to help locate Sara.

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