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The Flash – Godspeed / Snow Pack

Alan Rapp / April 25, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: The Flash – Time Bomb
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Both “Godspeed” and “Snow Pack” deal with Team Flash’s discovery that Nora (Jessica Parker Kennedy) has been working with the Reverse-Flash (Tom Cavanagh). Barry (Grant Gustin) doesn’t take the news well, and his reaction to returning Nora to her own time sets forth a series of events that strains his relationship with his wife and forces Nora even closer to Thawne and down a darker path. “Godspeed” fills in the gaps of Nora’s storyline offering a glimpse of her future life, and how the threat of a speedster and the discovery of her own powers lead her to seeking help from the Reverse-Flash. Although much of this information had been revealed to audiences, the news is still shocking to Barry and his friends with more detail provided about the timing of Nora’s discoveries and her return to the past.

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Spenser: For Hire – Internal Affairs

Alan Rapp / April 25, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Spenser: For Hire – Internal Affairs
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For Throwback Thursday we turn we turn our attention back to the mean streets of Boston. Things get complicated when the Boston Police Department goes after Martin Quirk (Richard Jaeckel) who some believe tipped off criminals to a recent failed bust. The fact that Quirk won’t defend himself only makes him look more guilty leaving Belson (Ron McLarty) to defend his partner in the department and Spenser (Robert Urich) to do some sleuthing. As Spenser suspects, he finds no dirt on Quirk (the straightest arrow our private eye has ever come across), but he does discover a sleazeball land developer (James Douglas) and his criminal son (Bruce MacVittie) are putting the squeeze to Quirk after uncovering the fact that Mrs. Quirk (Shirley Knight) has been stepping out on her husband.

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Game of Thrones – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Alan Rapp / April 23, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Game of Thrones – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
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It’s the quiet moments that stand-out in “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” as the inhabitants of Winterfell prepare for the arrival of the Night King and his legion of undead warriors. Perhaps my favorite of these involves the sudden impulse of Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) to knight Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) after a night in front of the fire talking of impending doom among Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), Davos (Liam Cunningham), Tormund (Kristofer Hivju), and Podrick (Daniel Portman) whose song provides the background for a montage across the castle’s inhabitants on the eve of battle.

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Supergirl – Crime and Punishment

Alan Rapp / April 23, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Supergirl – Crime and Punishment
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While a trip to Lex Luthor‘s (Jon Cryer) prison doesn’t offer an immediate answers, Lena (Katie McGrath) and Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) confirm his comings and goings from the prison and the existence of a hidden lab behind his cell. The growing target on Supergirl’s chest also forces Kara to re-examine her current course of action as it appears Kara, rather than Supergirl, has the necessary skills to get to the bottom of the attack on the White House and Luthor’s ultimate goal. In putting Supergirl and her tarnished image aside, Kara instead turns to her reporter instincts and makes a valuable ally (Willie Garson) who offers the first clue towards what Lex Luthor may be up to.

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Miss Sherlock – The First Case

Alan Rapp / April 22, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Miss Sherlock – The First Case
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Produced by HBO Asia and Hulu Japan, Miss Sherlock re-imagines the famous detective Sherlock Holmes in modern day Tokyo where both Sherlock and Watson are women. “The First Case” introduces us to Dr. Wato (Shihori Kanjiya) who returns from Syria only to watch a friend killed in a mysterious and brutal way. It’s the murders of the first episode, where a health tracking pill has been weaponized by a killer to explode inside the victim, that stand out in the first episode. While talking to the police, Wato runs into a peculiar consulting detective nicknamed Sherlock (Yûko Takeuchi) who she will latch onto in order to discover who murdered her friend.

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