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MacGyver – The Golden Triangle

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  • Title: MacGyver – The Golden Triangle
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MacGyver Monday takes us back to another adventure featuring science-adventurer Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson). Things are a bit rough on MacGyver in “The Golden Triangle” as our hero gets knocked out both in the opening gambit, involving attempting to prevent top secret plans from being sold in a junk yard, and later in the main storyline where afterward he’s strung up to die slowly in the jungle sun. In the main story, MacGyver is sent to Burma to recover a poison cannister from a crashed cargo plan whose contents have found themselves  into the control of a local general who makes his money having his minions force villagers to harvest his poppy fields.

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Tales of the Underworld – The Good Life

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  • Title: Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld – The Good Life
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With the Asajj Ventress arc complete, the show turns its attention to a new character from The Clone Wars. “The Good Life” acts as a backstory for Cad Bane (A.J. LoCascio) who we meet as a child living on the streets with his best friend Niro (Eric Lopez). The pair are taken advantage of by the leader of a gang (who looks an awful lot like who Cad Bane will grow up to be) who entices them to help out on a heist starting one’s life in crime while the other is caught by authorities. Fans of Cad Bane looking for information on where the character started are likely going to enjoy this one the most, although it’s certainly still serviceable for those of us a bit perplexed by the choice of characters for this series.

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The Wheel of Time – A Question of Crimson

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  • Title: The Wheel of Time – A Question of Crimson
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As the journey of Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski) and the others towards the Ariel Waste moves slowly, largely drama free (other than bad dreams) before arriving at the edge of the Wastes at the close of the episode, there’s more drama elsewhere. Following the events at the White Tower, Morgase Trakand (Olivia Williams) arrives with plans of removing her daughter Elayne (Ceara Coveney) and returning her home. Elayne convinces her mother to stay, although she also leaves behind a few new faces in the tower in her sons and Siuan‘s (Sophie Okonedo) old rival Elaida (Shohreh Aghdashloo). Meanwhile, Siuan gives Elayne and Nynaeve (Zoë Robins) a new assignment within the Tower to root out any others in league with the Black Ajah. And Perrin (Marcus Rutherford) and the others arrive back at the Two Rivers only to discover it isn’t the home he remembers now plagued by both Trollocs and Whitecloaks (the latter of which have deemed him an enemy).

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Doctor Who – Wish World

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  • Title: Doctor Who – Wish World
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After a goofy episode involving an intergalactic song contest which is only notable for revealing Mrs. Flood (Anita Dobson) to be The Rani and then introducing Archie Panjabi as her latest regeneration, The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) awake back on Earth, although not the one they left. Playing into the revolving gods arc, The Rani has use a newborn god to made changes to the world that still leaves doubts and cracks to the real world underneath (which, apparently is the point). The Doctor’s fake life is shaken by a meeting with Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) and an message from Rogue (Jonathan Groff) and begins to doubt the world around him (although it will take a full episode before we see The Doctor back to himself).

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Sherlock & Daughter – Doubting Thomas

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  • Title: Sherlock & Daughter – Doubting Thomas
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Over her objections, Amelia (Blu Hunt) leaves 221B Baker Street and moves into the Anderson residence to begin her new role as Clara’s (Gia Hunter) chaperone where she quickly run into clues during Clara’s etiquette training. She is present for a murder, uncovers ties to The Thread, discovers a twin blade to the one used to kill her mother, and is nearly be abducted all in one episode. As for young Dan (Joe Klocek), Sherlock Holmes (David Thewlis) has some words for him concerning both the boy’s father and his growing closeness to Amelia. Through the use of his new telephone, in ways the company would not approve of, Holmes does some investigating of his own uncovering connections that back up Amelia’s findings pointing to Lady Violet Somerset (Fiona Glascott) having a connection to the insidious organization both wish to see exposed.

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