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Bob’s Burgers – Mr. Fischoeder’s Opus

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Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) doing a favor for Mr. Fischoeder (Kevin Kline) hasn’t always worked out well for the Belchers, but seeing how he’s willing to waive two months rent, Bob jumps at the chance to cater an event for the local orchestra which Fischoeder will be conducting (although he needs the night to go smoothly to attempt to talk them into performing a traditional peace at a faster tempo). I’m not sure why Bob and Linda (John Roberts) thought it was a good idea to bring Louise (Kristen Schaal), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Tina (Dan Mintz) along with them to the event in Fischoeder’s home, but it does give them a B-story in which their host uses them to keep Felix (Zach Galifianakis) busy and away from the party.

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MacGyver – Pilot

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MacGyver Monday takes us back to the very first adventure featuring science-adventurer Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson). Much of the pieces to MacGyver are already in place in the show’s “Pilot” episode which starts with an unrelated opening gambit of MacGyver saving a crashed pilot and retrieving the circuit board. We don’t have to wait long to get our first MacGyverism as MacGyver builds a contraption to divide the guards’ attention and uses a flare gun as as a rocket thruster to help secure their escape. The episode includes an appearance by Dana Elcar but as a different character than the one who would be incorporated as a recurring character later in the First Season.

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Leverage: Redemption – The Swipe Right Job

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The most interesting aspect of “The Swipe Right Job” is how the case comes to the team when a smooth grifter (Maulik Pancholy) attempts to con Sophie (Gina Bellman) not realizing who she is. Turning the tables on man and his sister (Annet Mahendru) who have swindled countless marks out of thousands of dollars, the team creates a new victim for them in Harry (Noah Wyle) who does so well the con man actually falls for him. It’s primarily a Harry episode, complete with an awkward misunderstanding when his daughter (Auden Wyle) sees him on the con, while Sophie gets the next largest piece of the pie and the rest of the team are really relegated to support. The romance episode also pushes the idea of a Sophie and Harry pairing, which seems quite likely by the end of the episode.

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The Wheel of Time – To Race the Shadow

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The opening to the Third Season of The Wheel of Time gives us the chaos of the White Tower when Liandrin (Kate Fleetwood) is brought before her sisters and outed as Black Ajah leading to a battle within the the walls of the council as her co-conspirators are also revealed. Along with outing several characters as evil, and killing off a few as well, the sequences inform viewers that the struggle that’s been happening mostly in private is now moving towards open war. The extended open scenes also include the theft of several magical artifacts by the Black Ajah which will provide side quests for some the supporting characters not concerned the main storyline this season.

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