Television Reviews

R.J. Decker – Pilot

  • Title: R.J. Decker – Pilot
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The “Pilot” episode of R.J. Decker feels every bit a mid-season replacement that was taken out of the oven a bit too soon. A bit overstuffed, the episode introduces us to former news photographer R.J. Decker (a scruffy Scott Speedman) who is sent to jail after attacking an influential rich man’s son attempting to rob him. His trip to the big house is hastened by the the man’s sister Emi (Jaina Lee Ortiz) whose perjury seals the deal. Although all of this is referred to, the only pieces we see on-screen are RJ’s last day in court, sleeping with Emi, and seeing her testimony send him off to prison.

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Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Kyle Fletcher (and Other AEW Dynamite 3/11/26 Highlights)

The March 11th edition of AEW Dynamite featured Kyle Fletcher defending his TNT Championship against Speedball Mike Bailey, Willow Nightingale defending the TBS Championship against Persephone, Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Hechicero and Konosuke Takeshita, Mike Briscoe and The Young Bucks vs. Tommaso Ciampa and FTR, Darby Allin and Orange Cassidy vs. Gabe Kidd and David Finlay, and a final confrontation between Hangman Adam Page and MJF heading into the main event of AEW Revolution this weekend.

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Soul Power – Growing Pains

  • Title: Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association – Growing Pains
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Moving into the 1970s, the aptly-titled second episode of the series focuses on the ups and downs of the struggling league starting with the dominance of Spencer Haywood, the first underclassman drafted to play professional basketball, who led the league in both scoring and rebounding, but who left the league after discovering most the money in his contract was smoke and mirrors and not actually guaranteed. Life in the NBA for the young player, whose teams took out their aggressions for the ABA, and their drafting of the young star on Haywood, was little better with the Seattle SuperSonics forcing legal action by Haywood leading eventually to a landmark Supreme Court decision.

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CIA – Fatal Defect

  • Title: CIA – Fatal Defect
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The second episode of CIA continues the odd couple dynamic of Bill Goodman (Nick Gehlfuss) and Colin Glass (Tom Ellis) working uncover the true purpose of a foreign intelligence officer (Melinda Michael) smuggled into the United States. We get a few twists and turns along the way before the episode ends with the pair preventing another attack. Along the way Bill gets more close-up evidence of Colin spinning lies to suit the occasion (although only the audience partakes in the reveal of how much the man has lied over the course of the episode).

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The Don Callis Family Win the Trios Titles (and Other AEW Dynamite 3/4/26 Highlights)

The March 4th edition of AEW Dynamite ended with the Don Callis Family defeating Jet Set Rodeo for the AEW Trios Titles. Other events from the evening included Thekla successfully defending her AEW Women’s Championship against Thunder Rosa, MJF defending the AEW Men’s Championship against Kevin Knight, Swerve Strickland‘s attack on Brody King, the debut of David Finlay, Jon Moxley defeating Hechicero, and the Brawling Birds squashing the debuting IInspiration.

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