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Highlander – Free Fall

Alan Rapp / April 16, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Highlander – Free Fall
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Today’s Throwback Tuesday post takes us back to a man born in the Highlands of Scotland more than 400 years ago and a murderous game between sword-wielding immortals where there can be only one. Joan Jett guest-stars as an apparently new immortal with eyes for Richie (Stan Kirsch) and in need of a teacher. Although MacLeod (Adrian Paul) agrees to instruct her, neither he nor Tessa (Alexandra Vandernoot ever trust Felicia completely. With a looming immortal named Devereux (Eli Gabay) hunting her, “Free Fall” reveals in flashbacks the Felicia is actually hundreds of years old and her method for targeting other immortals is to insert herself into their lives to attack their loved ones. Devereux has good reason to want her dead (although her skill with a sword, even if it was marginally improved by MacLeod’s lessons makes it seem like she could have taken Devereux’s head at any point over the past two centuries).

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Game of Thrones – Winterfell

Alan Rapp / April 15, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Game of Thrones – Winterfell
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Cersei‘s (Lena Headey) machinations continue, old acquaintances are renewed, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) rides a dragon, and the Mother of Dragons arrives in Winterfell. The final season premiere of Game of Thrones also drops last season’s bombshell on Jon as Sam (John Bradley) explains the truth about his best friend’s lineage. Eventually accepting the truth, it’s still unclear how the news changes Jon’s plans or his new love (which is all too easy for his sister to see). What is mentioned, but doesn’t make it on-screen, is the army of the Night King continuing to move south. While Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) and Jon manage the entire voyage North, and Circe’s army arrives from across the sea, in the time between last season’s finale and now, apparently the army of the dead are taking the scenic route south.

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Whiskey Cavalier – Spain, Trains, and Automobiles

Alan Rapp / April 11, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Whiskey Cavalier – Spain, Trains, and Automobiles
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Will (Scott Foley) and Frankie (Lauren Cohan) head to Spain to prevent Will’s old enemy (Dash Mihok) from selling stolen plutonium on the black market. Amazed to discover that there is someone on the planet who Will actually hates, Fankie does what she can to keep the mission alive (even after securing the plutonium) to give Will closure allowing them to complete the mission with the added bonus of taking down a fellow soldier who attempted to kill Will in the field years ago for not going along with his smuggling side business. The B-story somewhat ties in as Standish (Tyler James Williams) gets a nemesis of his own and struggles with a new relationship (just like Will).

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Shadowhunters – Heavenly Fire

Alan Rapp / April 10, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments – Heavenly Fire
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Hoping to discover just what the Clave is doing the the Downworlders, and find a mystical artifact to break the connection between Clary (Katherine McNamara) and Jonathan (Luke Baines), Simon (Alberto Rosende) agrees to Isabelle‘s (Emeraude Toubia) plan of sending the vampire into the secret prison as a prisoner to discover the truth. Along the way he’ll meet a new friend (Sydney Meyer), come across an old one (David Castro), and discover how Victor Aldertree (Nick Sagar) plans to save the world from Downworlders by turning them into mundanes. Foiling Aldertree’s scheme and saving a portion of his concoction for Clary, thanks in large part to some inside help, once again the show teases us with the possibility of throwing Isabelle (who looks great in that dress by the way) and Simon together (Isamon? Simabelle?). C’mon, isn’t it time to throw these wacky kids together?

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Danger Man – The Conspirators

Alan Rapp / April 9, 2019 / Television Reviews

Title: Danger Man – The Conspirators
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Our Throwback Tuesday post takes us back into the Cold War spycraft of Danger Man. The death of a British diplomat, disguised as a suicide attempt, sends John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) to a small island off the coast of Brittany where the diplomat’s wife (Patricia Driscoll) continues to work to expose the corruption behind her husband’s murder while holed up in the ruins of the islands castle with her two young children. Unable to convince Lady Lindsay to escape with him, Drake pretends to leave the island but sticks around to prevent another assassination.

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