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Running Point – Pilot

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  • Title: Running Point – Pilot
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In what feels like Netflix’s version of a sitcom (with broad comedy and a concerted effort to seem edgy by shoehorning in as much swearing as possible), the “Pilot” episode of Running Point introduces us to Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) as the least fucked up member of her family, a family that runs a professional basketball team. Thrown into the role of president after her eldest brother’s (Justin Theroux) cocaine bender becomes national news, Isla finally gets to put her basketball IQ to use much to the chagrin of her other brothers (Scott MacArthur and Drew Tarver) jealous they weren’t tapped for the position. The opening episode is mostly about introducing the characters, setting up a new path for Isla and the Waves, and also teasing one more surprise for the family which will be sprung in the season’s second episode.

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Doctor Odyssey – Shark Attack!

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  • Title: Doctor Odyssey – Shark Attack!
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Doctor Odyssey returns from its mid-season break with “Shark Attack!” featuring the cruise ship’s first mate (Marcus Emanuel Mitchell) getting attacked by sharks and, while racing to get him to port, rescuing another small group of survivors also the victims of a shark attack. There’s plenty of emergency surgery here and out-of-the-box thinking in terms of the limited resources aboard the ship keeping their patients alive. Things only get worse at the end of the episode when the ship is attacked leaving it stranded and surrounded by a group of Orca whales. I would expect more ingenuity from the crew to make it through next week’s episode.

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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place – Wizards Just Wand to Have Fun

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  • Title: Wizards Beyond Waverly Place – Wizards Just Wand to Have Fun
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Items from a wizard prank site cause problems for multiple characters in “Wizards Just Wand to Have Fun.” Meaning to send a stink box to  Justin (David Henrie) after he confiscated her wand, Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown) accidentally sends a shrink box shrinks him down leading to all kinds of shenanigans with the pair trying to hide that fact from his boss (Darien Sills-Evans). Finding the site, Roman (Alkaio Thiele) orders a muscle-shirt to stand up to some school bullies. However, when his new power goes to his head it falls to Winter (Taylor Cora) to bring him back to reality.

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Reacher – Number 2 with a Bullet

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  • Title: Reacher – Number 2 with a Bullet
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While Neagley (Maria Sten) does some research on the people Reacher (Alan Ritchson) is working for, the third episode of Reacher‘s Third Season focuses mainly on Reacher covering up his own mess and maneuvering himself into a stronger position within Zachary Beck’s (Anthony Michael Hall) organization. This involves sneaking out for a moonlit swim and, with the help of Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy), hiding the body of Angel (Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz) and the two drivers who walk in on them. Then, using the disappearances of the three men to his advantage, Reacher manages to take out Duke (Donald Sales) paving the way for Reacher to become Beck’s new #1 guy.

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Daredevil: Born Again – Heaven’s Half Hour

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  • Title: Daredevil: Born Again – Heaven’s Half Hour
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In a perfect world, the events of the first 10 minutes of Daredevil: Born Again would have taken place as part of another MCU movie or show. After the (already leaked) events that open the show, “Heaven’s Half Hour” jumps a year forward to reintroduce our core characters and new supporting ones. Bringing us back to status quo, only to jump forward to a new reality, and then likely to return back to familiar ground in a couple of episodes does feel unnecessarily messy. If these events had actually occurred a year (or more) ago, and we were left to stew on them in real time, the lose and our new introduction would have had far more dramatic effect. However, despite the glut of content Marvel continues to pour out, and attempts to keep all events connected across the MCU, none of these other shows, or even films, have had the dramatic weight to contain these sequences.

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