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Matlock – Tricks of the Trade

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  • Title: Matlock – Tricks of the Trade Part 1 & Part 2
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Although we won’t know the answer until the Fall, the question that I thought about over the course of the two-part season finale was whether or not Matlock has already jumped the shark. Having Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) discover Matty‘s (Kathy Bates) secret in the previous episode, the two form a temporary mistrustful partnership with Olympia willing to work together but determined to prove Julian‘s (Jason Ritter) innocence. The episode will close with a false ending seeing Olympia proved right and then the first of multiple cliffhangers where the show reveals Julian’s complicity, just as Matty predicted. This leaves Olympia in a no-win situation (but, I’m guessing from the mention of all of the skills Olympia has learned from Matty’s lies, she’ll attempt to hide the truth from Matty while pretending to help search for the “real culprit”).

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Sherlock & Daughter – The Challenge

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  • Title: Sherlock & Daughter< – The Challenge
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Introducing them first separately before throwing the two characters together, we witness Sherlock Holmes (David Thewlis) refusing to take several cases in the notable absence of Dr. Watson. We also witness the resilient Amelia Rojas (Blu Hunt) make her way from New York to London and, through a bit of quick thinking and subterfuge, find her way to the great detective as his new maid. What Amelia is really after is for Holmes, who she believes to be her father, to help solve her mother’s murder. Also, in the coincidence that keeps them together long enough for Holmes to get a feel for the young woman, she is determined to help solve the disappearance of a wealthy young girl (Gia Hunter) she met on the ship from America (apparently one of many targeted by the mysterious “Thread”).

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Doctor Who – The Robot Revolution

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  • Title: Doctor Who – The Robot Revolution
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Doctor Who returns for a new season by introducing us to The Doctor‘s (Ncuti Gatwa) new companion Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu). You can feel the writers trying to pull a bit from Clara Oswald here with Sethu having already been introduced as a different character (a distant relative of Belinda) in last season’s episode “Boom.” And like Clara, there’s some mystery for The Doctor to unravel about how he’s linked to Belinda who has a very bizarre day when she’s kidnapped from Earth by a race of robots (the best thing about the episode) and taken to a solar system named after her where, to her surprise, she’s a queen. 

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Watson – Take a Family History

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  • Title: Watson – Take a Family History
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The past and present lies of Ingrid (Eve Harlow), including an incredibly coincidental connection to Mary (Rochelle Aytes), are brought out in the open when she’s forced to come clean after the sister (Kiera Allen) she snuck into the medical study starts to have complications. Even after bringing the case to Watson (Morris Chestnut) and the group, Ingrid attempts to initially hide what she’s done although eventually she’ll need to lay all her cards bare. We’re given extended flashbacks with younger actresses playing Ingrid and her sister (Amanda Arcuri and Beatrice Schneider) showcasing dark moments of the young woman’s past that put her onto her current path. Consequences of her current actions may make Moriarty’s (Randall Park) offer all the more appealing (which is really the point of the episode).

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Tracker – The Mercy Seat

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  • Title: Tracker – The Mercy Seat
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Colter (Justin Hartley) runs into some trouble helping a friend (Diego Klattenhoff) search for a pair of missing snowboarders (Madison Lawlor and Lexi Simonsen) on top of a mountain. Although he finds the girls, Colter loses them by handing them off to a group he mistakes for helpful locals who are actual a fucked-up group of mountain folk (Sean Depner, Jedidiah Goodacre, and Ariana Guerra as a victim made part of the family) who turn them over to the head of their family (Sean Bridgers) and plan on torturing the girls for their pleasure. 

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