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Perry Mason – The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece

Alan Rapp / January 12, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: Perry Mason – The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the courtroom of Perry Mason. “The Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece” has a little of everything. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is initially hired to help with a messy divorce when a busman’s unscrupulous partner (John Archer) conspires with the man’s soon-to-be ex-wife (Hillary Brooke) to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars. However, when a member of the household is killed in a way that resembles an earlier sleepwalking incident (one that opens the episode), Mason is soon defending his client (John McNamara) against murder charges.

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The Great North – Sexi Moose Adventure

Alan Rapp / January 11, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: The Great North – Sexi Moose Adventure
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The series premiere of The Great North has a Bob’s Burgers feel which makes sense as the series is the brainchild of longtime Bob’s Burgers‘s writers and producers Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin and Wendy Molyneux. “Sexi Moose Adventure” introduces us to the Alaskan family the Tobins on the 16th birthday of of Judy Tobin (Jenny Slate). The family also includes her father Beef (Nick Offerman), her brothers Wolf (Will Forte), Moon (Aparna Nancherla), and Ham (Paul Rust), and Wolf’s fiancé Honeybee (Dulcé Sloan). The conflict of the first episode focuses on Beef’s inability to deal with change, whether it be his wife running away or his daughter getting a job at the mall. There’s also a wacky hunting of a moose through the woods which gives the episode its title.

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MacGyver – Banh Bao + Drill + Burner + Mason

Alan Rapp / January 11, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: MacGyver (2016) – MacGyver – Banh Bao + Drill + Burner + Mason
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“Banh Bao + Drill + Burner + Mason” offers two stories. In the first, MacGyver‘s (Lucas Till) uncomfortable meeting Desi‘s (Levy Tran) parents (Michael Paul Chan and Page Leong) turns into a mission to save Desi’s brother (Paul Yen) from those attempting to scare the medical examiner into falsifying a report. The storyline features your basic meet the parent moments while also cluing them in on both what Desi really does for a living and her boyfriend’s unusual skill set. The other involves Russ (Henry Ian Cusick) and Matty (Meredith Eaton) attempting to woo the next generation’s MacGyver, Eli Brown (Ben Wang), and then enlisting some unlikely support (Peter Weller) when government agents target the kid. I’ll be curious to see if we’ll get more of Eli or if this was a just a one-off performance. The idea of Team MacGyver introducing a talented kid into the group, and someone for MacGyver to mentor, offers some new avenues for the show to explore.

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Miss Sherlock – The Missing Bride

Alan Rapp / January 7, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: Miss Sherlock – The Missing Bride
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While Dr. Wato (Shihori Kanjiya) is distracted both by her feelings for Moriya (Ryôhei Ohtani) and her PTSD which complicates things, Sherlock (Yûko Takeuchi) takes a case involving the search for a missing bride who disappears between her wedding and reception. It doesn’t take long for Sherlock to see several people are keeping secrets. “The Missing Bride” offers some nice twists involving a sudden reappearance of the man suspected of killing the missing bride’s best friend and the reveal of the real reason behind the marriage. As for Wato, despite her feigned disinterest Sherlock helps push the woman she refuses to call friend toward Moriya helping smooth some momentary trouble between the pair.

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Star Trek: Discovery – Unification III

Alan Rapp / January 7, 2021 / Television Reviews

Title: Star Trek: Discovery – Unification III
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With Michael (Sonequa Martin-Green) in search of answers about the Burn, “Unification III” picks up the thread from Star Trek: The Next Generation of a unified Vulcan and Romulan. Discovery travels on a diplomatic mission to Ni’Var where hopes of her connection to Spock may grease the wheels to having the former Federation members release valuable scientific data. When their hosts aren’t obliged to share, Michael invokes the T’Kal-in-ket and must prove her case in front of a panel, although she is unprepared for who their hosts send to be her advocate – Gabrielle Burnham (Sonja Sohn).

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