Television Reviews

Watson – Redcoat / Wait for the Punchline

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  • Title: Watson – Redcoat / Wait for the Punchline
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The pilot episode of Watson was pretty rough. The next two in which Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut) helps a man believing himself to be a colonial British soldier (Damian O’Hare) after being shot in the head and a stand-up comedian who collapses from a hereditary condition, all while the minions of Moriarty (Randall Park) work through Watson’s friend to screw with the good doctor, does show some improvement. The Moriarty segments involving Shinwell Johnson (Ritchie Coster) remain incredibly awkward, and Watson’s team of doctors still hasn’t quite clicked although Ingrid (Eve Harlow) and Sasha (Inga Schlingmann) both get some nice moments over the two episodes, although I’m still not interested in any of their personal lives (I’m already tired of Watson’s as well).

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Reacher – Truckin’

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  • Title: Reacher – Truckin’
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After performing an unorthodox loyalty test, Reacher (Alan Ritchson) snoops a bit after hours looking for the missing informant (Storm Steenson) before beginning his job as part of Zachary Beck’s (Anthony Michael Hall) crew. Paired with Angel (Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz), his first job involves looking into the kidnapping which requires some quick thinking on the part of Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy). Although successful, from Reacher’s point of view, things end poorly for Angel who isn’t the only member of the crew Reacher picks a fight with in the episode.

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The Irrational – The Milgram Experiment

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  • Title: The Irrational – The Milgram Experiment
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After a few episodes which struggled to make the experiment part of the larger story, “The Milgram Experiment” does just that (although more as an exercise to prove a point than solve a crime). The episode pairs  Alec (Jesse L. Martin) and Rose (Karen David) to investigate a deep fake video threatening to take down a local assistant district attorney (Ally McBeal‘s Gil Bellows) with political ambitions. The story has some nice twists involving Alec’s reaction to seeing Rose be differential to her boss (Adam Rayner) and in the discovery of the person (Jess McLeod) actually behind the video.

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Will Trent – Mariachi Shelley’s Frankenstein

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  • Title: Will Trent – Mariachi Shelley’s Frankenstein
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In the middle of a tropical storm, with the building locked down, Will (Ramón Rodríguez) and Angie (Erika Christensen) search for a serial killer on the lose while Dr. Chen (Kurt Yue) fights to save the life of the killer’s latest victim. While I feel there are some obvious scenes missing between the last episode and the beginning of this one with Will now completely onboard with Angie’s assertions that John (Dan Gill) isn’t the killer they are looking for, events pick up with the discovery of a new body hidden in the elevator shaft and the wounded Caroline (Christina Wren).

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – Hitting the Big Time

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  • Title: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – Hitting the Big Time
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“Hitting the Big Time” is really just an excuse to put Peter Parker (Hudson Thames) in a bunch of goofy costumes designed by Norman Osborne (Colman Domingo). While none, but the last (which still looks a bit too Anti-Venom to me), are really on brand or functionally make any sense (other than potentially sell toys), there’s certainly fun to be had with Spidey trying his luck in the various outfits. Eventually the pair settle on a new look for the hero.

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