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Arrow – Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four

Alan Rapp / January 15, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Arrow – Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four
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After a month hiatus, the Crisis crossover continues. More than any episode of the crossover, “Part Four” does feel the limits of a television budget as the big climactic moments feel a bit rushed and underwhelming. The return of Green Arrow (Stephen Amell), now revealed to be the Spectre (although not looking any different), helps free the Paragons from Vanishing Point on a two-pronged attempt to stop the Anti-Monitor. While Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), Ryan Choi (Osric Chau), and Lex Luthor (Jon Cryer) attempt to prevent the the Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) from opening the rift that allowed the Anti-Monitor into our universe 10,000 years ago (a plotline that ultimately never leads anywhere), the rest of the heroes head for the Anti-Matter Universe with a stopover in the Speed Force that offers a few scenes from the past and one more cameo from another alternate version of one of our heroes.

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Charlie’s Angels – The Big Tap-Out

Alan Rapp / January 14, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Charlie’s Angels – The Big Tap-Out
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the tale of three beautiful former police officers turned private detectives working for a faceless boss known as Charlie. An old friend of Charlie’s hires the Angels to help catch a thief and gambler who the police haven’t been able to stop. Step one in the plan is to force Roy David (Richard Romanus) is to push the gambler into betting all of his last big score. Sabrina (Kate Jackson) and Bosley (David Doyle) are able to take half of his money through a sure bet at the racetrack leaving Jill (Farrah Fawcett) to help get him to bet the other half at a casino while also dropping plans for a sure-fire robbery into his lap.

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Jack Ryan – Blue Gold / Persona Non Grata

Alan Rapp / January 13, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – Blue Gold / Persona Non Grata
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“Blue Gold” and “Persona Non Grata” provide a turning point in the Second Season of Jack Ryan with the deaths of a couple of key figures and Reyes (Jordi Mollà) taking advantage of the CIA’s investigation to paint Greer (Wendell Pierce) and others as agents of the United States Government attempting to steal the election for Gloria Bonalde (Cristina Umaña). Before returning to Caracas, Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) concludes his business in London ending in the death of Max Schenkel (Tom Wlaschiha) at the hands of Harriet Baumann (Noomi Rapace) who manages to survive multiple face-to-face confrontations with Max (although he did leave several holes in her body in their final encounter). The following episode doesn’t deal with the fallout of Ryan’s actions as he has plenty of new problems to deal with once leaving London.

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Hawaii Five-0 – Loa’a pono ka ‘iole i ka punana

Alan Rapp / January 13, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Hawaii Five-0 – Loa’a pono ka ‘iole i ka punana
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“Loa’a pono ka ‘iole i ka punana” centers around Grover‘s (Chi McBride) investigation into murder at the prestiguous golf club he’s been attempting to get into since he first arrived on the island. Working with the club’s head-of-security (Alon Aboutboul), Grover leads a quiet investigation which uncovers both money laundering and millions in counterfeit currency. Tani (Meaghan Rath) provide nominally support from Five-0 headquarters while processing the news that Junior (Beulah Koale) has been been recalled by the United States Navy. Looks like Five-0 is down another man for the foreseeable future.

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Batman Beyond – Spellbound

Alan Rapp / January 9, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Batman Beyond – Spellbound
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Today’s Throwback Thursday takes us back to the dystopian future of Gotham City. The aptly-named “Spellbound” introduces a new villain to the show in Spellbinder (Jon Cypher) who uses his knowledge of the human psyche and futuristic tech to trap victims in hallucinatory fantasies while tricking them into performing crimes for him. While the episode never really explains why the tech works on Terry (Will Friedle) through the suit, it does allow Terry to fight against the altered reality as Batman and the effect on villain’s other subjects is one of the best parts of the episode including a Raiders of the Lost Ark opening sequence. Along with a pretty good original villain in the mold of a character like Scarecrow, the episode is also notable for Terry’s first meeting (out of costume) with Commissioner Barbara Gordon (Stockard Channing).

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