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Warehouse 13 – Resonance

Alan Rapp / June 20, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Warehouse 13 – Resonance
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Today’s Throwback Thursday post takes us back to a top-secret storage facility in South Dakota known as Warehouse 13. Although it never adequate explains the existence of the artifact in question, the show’s second episode does present an interesting mission as Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanne Kelly) head to Chicago on the trail of bank robbers using nothing but sound waves to commit several heists. With the help of Artie (Saul Rubinek) and a recording of the music, the agents are able to trace the sounds back to a once-promising musician on hard times (John Evans) whose nurse (Victoria Snow), daughter (Lindy Booth), and sound engineer (Peter Graham) are now putting to illegal use (albeit for a good cause that neither Pete nor Myka can ultimate fault them for).

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Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – Black 22

Alan Rapp / June 19, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – Black 22
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While the episode does continue the storyline in Paris following the bombing and Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) and Greer (Wendell Pierce) continuing to pursue Ali (Haaz Sleiman) across the city, the focus of the show’s third episode shifts away from its title character for much of the storyline. “Black 22” offers a long look at Ari spending time with an old friend who offers him temporary refuge and patches up his wounds while also struggling with Suleiman’s (Ali Suliman) orders to leave no witnesses behind. While Ali’s soul may still be saved, according to the Cold War logic of Tom Clancy adapted to the series, any attempt to portray Suleiman as a nuanced character is abandoned in this episode as it firmly entrenches him as the villain both overseas and in his own home.

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Hanna – City

Alan Rapp / June 18, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Hanna – City
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“City” offers the first major divergences of the series from the source material as Hanna (Esme Creed-Miles) and Erik (Joel Kinnaman) reconnect in Berlin and he brings in his old Army contacts to plan a hit on Marissa (Mireille Enos). Unlike in the film where both Hanna and Erik believe she killed the real Marissa, Hanna recognizes the deception from the show’s second episode allowing her father to gather support on a contingency plan to trap their foe. Despite Marissa being able to turn one of Erik’s old friends by offering to settle his substantial debts, the episode still concludes with Marissa staring down the barrel of Erik’s gun.

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Elementary – Red Light, Green Light

Alan Rapp / June 17, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Elementary – Red Light, Green Light
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“Red Light, Green Light” offers a few twists as Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Watson (Lucy Liu) investigate a traffic accident which initially appears to be an act of terrorism, then looks more like a gang attack, but after further investigation proves to be nothing more that the tragic result of some sophisticated corporate espionage. The main story is memorable for Captain Dwyer (Rob Bartlett) getting an upclose look at his consultants accusing a group of federal agents of being responsible for the accident as a way to further their own goals to take down a local gang as well as the return of Castle‘s Jon Huertas reprising his role as a (now former) member of the gang.

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Blood & Treasure – The Brotherhood of Serapis

Alan Rapp / June 17, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Blood & Treasure – The Brotherhood of Serapis
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“The Brotherhood of Serapis” makes quick work of both Danny (Matt Barr) being trapped in the tomb and Lexi (Sofia Pernas) being kidnapped by a secret cult determined to keep the location of Cleopatra’s tomb a mystery. As Danny is rescued by Jay Reece (John Larroquette), who has become the series De Ex Machina at this point, and his men, Lexi agrees to work with the Brotherhood who want Farouk (Oded Fehr) dead just as much as she does. A couple white lies later and Danny and Lexi are back in action breaking into the Egyptian government and tracking Farouk who has stolen the recovered antiquities in order to pay for the the search for Cleopatra. None of the recurring characters make an appearance here, although Dr. Ana Castillo (Alicia Coppola) abandons the project in a sequence that is either genuine, and just badly scripted, or means she is continuing the job for Farouk.

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