Television Reviews

Will Trent – The Most Beautiful, Fierce, Smart, Powerful Creature in the Entire World

  • Title: Will Trent – The Most Beautiful, Fierce, Smart, Powerful Creature in the Entire World
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With Will (Ramón Rodríguez) and Angie (Erika Christensen) both busy with their separate stories, Faith (Iantha Richardson) and Ormewood (Jake McLaughlin) travel to an island resort to investigate a murder Evelyn (LisaGay Hamilton) and Amanda (Sonja Sohn) discover while on vacation. Things take a turn with the discovery of a second when Mandy’s first romp (Jason Alan Carvell) in an awfully long time turns out to have a stash of diamonds, just like those stolen. However, the real murderer (Lacy Hartselle) is a thief hiding in plain sight. The episode makes the most out of the locale adding some stylish transitions which are also used to connect to both of the B-stories.

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Sherlock & Daughter – The Common Thread

  • Title: Sherlock & DaughterSherlock & Daughter – The Common Thread
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The second episode of the series begins Amelia Rojas’ (Blu Hunt) apprenticeship under Sherlock Holmes (David Thewlis). While carrying out Holmes’ orders in snooping at the Ambassador’s home and looking for the horses used in the abduction, Amelia can’t ever grasp the last order Holmes gives in “do nothing more.” While her ingenuity proves fruitful, and Clara Anderson (Gia Hunter) is found, her choice to rely on the police rather than bring in Holmes at a crucial moment allows for the mysterious Thread to make off with their other hostages. One mystery is solved, but the larger one (which continues to shackle Holmes’ ability to work out in the open) continues.

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Watson – The Man with the Alien Hand

  • Title: Watson – The Man with the Alien Hand
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For a show still trying to figure out what exactly it is, “The Man with the Alien Hand” is an interesting episode that opens the door, should the writers choose, to offer episodes more about mystery and detection outside of medical diagnoses. The episode starts much like any other with a patient with an unusual condition involving not having control of one of his hands. While helping him, Watson (Morris Chestnut) and the team also give their patient some credibility when he uses his condition to murder his brother and claim a higher percentage of his inheritance. While there still are medical aspects to the case, “The Man with the Alien Hand” becomes more about proving a criminal’s guilt than solving the patient’s condition.

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Doctor Who – Lux

  • Title: Doctor Who – Lux
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Unable to return to her time, The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) takes Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) back to the 50s where they discover odd goings on at a local movie theater which is now haunted by Lux Imperator (Alan Cumming), another member of the Pantheon of Discord, who has taken the form of a cartoon character on the screen and has pulled the audience into the film. The Doctor and Belinda meet a similar fate, although they are able to break out of the film and find a way to defeat Lux… by giving it exactly what it wants?

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Reacher – L.A. Story / Unfinished Business

  • Title: Reacher – L.A. Story| Unfinished Business
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After a (bit too prolonged) trip to Los Angeles to set up the gun buy and trap the bad guys, the final two episodes of the series push Duffy (Sonya Cassidy) to bring the case to the ATF over  Reacher‘s (Alan Ritchson) objections. They quickly bench the group, set up a sting for the gun sale, and walk right into a trap set by Xavier Quinn (Brian Tee). Reacher manages to survive the blood bath, but the ATF is going to need some new guys. With the guard rails off again, Reacher turns his attention back on the family compound and revenge.

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