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Daredevil – Straight to Hell

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  • Title: Daredevil: Born Again – Straight to Hell
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“Straight to Hell” ends rather than concludes the first season revival of Daredevil. Using both Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) being at large and Matt Murdock‘s (Charlie Cox) heroically saving his life as an excuse, Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) cracks down on the city giving him a chance to silent his detractors and impose his order on the city. Murdock escapes the hospital before the assassin (Arty Froushan) comes for him, and joins a (suddenly motivated) Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) on the streets. We also get the return of Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) which, like the Punisher’s involvement, feels more like a setup to Season Two than a big moment in and of itself (although the pair’s snooping does lead to a revelation concerning the motive for Foggy‘s death).

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Leverage: Redemption – The Scared Stiff Job

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  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The Scared Stiff Job
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In “The Scared Stiff Job” the crew tackles a greedy businessman (Sam Witwer) targeting dying patients offer cryonics which bankrupts the families they leave behind, and, when the bills can’t be paid, sells off the body parts for an even larger profit. The solution to their problem is a bit goofy, running a form of A Christmas Carol in attempting to make him believe he is waking up in the future to new owners of the business even less scrupulous than him. A bit of gaslighting later, and proving to his over-the-moon secretary he doesn’t care for her at all, and the team racks up another win for the little guy. The episode is similar to, although not as effective nor memorable as, “The First Contact Job.”

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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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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