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The Punisher – 3AM

Alan Rapp / November 19, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: The Punisher – 3AM
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Aside from the opening and closing scenes, there’s little punishment dealt out in the first episode of Netflix’s The Punisher. Previously introducing in the Second Season of Daredevil, Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) kills off the last couple members of the criminal organization tied to the murder of his wife and children. Months later, still haunted by his missing family (which he deals with by smashing walls into rubble) and hiding under an assumed identity as a construction worker, Frank is forced into action to help a co-worker (Lucca De Oliveira) who gets in over-his-head. Once he gets out, they pull him back in.

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Justice League Action – Plastic Man of Steel

Alan Rapp / November 18, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Justice League Action – Plastic Man of Steel
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What’s Superman (Jason J. Lewis) to do when Lois Lane (Tara Strong) uncovers his secret identity? In a variation of a story we’ve seen played out in multiple formats over the years, “Plastic Man of Steel” sees Clark Kent call on Plastic Man (Dana Snyder) to stand-in for the Man of Steel to throw DCU’s best reporter off the story. Even if the sudden appearance of Lex Luthor (James Woods) is unexpected, and throws a temporary wrench into the charade, Plastic Man proves up to the challenge as the Plastic Man of Steel.

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The Flash – When Harry Met Harry…

Alan Rapp / November 16, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: The Flash – When Harry Met Harry…
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The title of the latest episode comes from the B-story as Harry (Tom Cavanagh) reaches out to other versions of himself across the Multiverse in order to aid in the search for the illusive villain DeVoe (Neil Sandilands). While it will eventually bring the Flash (Grant Gustin) face-to-face with the much-discussed character for the first time, neither the quirky versions of Wells nor Cisco‘s (Carlos Valdes) rousing friendship speech can save the groan-worthy sequences (which are given far too much screentime).

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Lucifer – Off The Record

Alan Rapp / November 16, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Lucifer – Off The Record
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Rather than focus on Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) or a specific crime of the week, “Off The Record” changes things up by centering an episode on someone effected by the Devil’s actions and becomes obsessed with proving just who and what Lucifer is. The fact that the reporter (Patrick Fabian) is Linda‘s (Rachael Harris) ex-husband, who is spurred on his revenge path by an oblivious Lucifer, adds fuel to the fire. Taken place over the course of multiple seasons, we watch Reese’s obsession grow until the man simply can’t take it any longer.

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Supergirl – Midvale

Alan Rapp / November 14, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Supergirl – Midvale
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Alex‘s (Chyler Leigh) recent break-up leads Kara (Melissa Benoist) to take her sister home to Midvale in an episode that gives us our first real look at a teenage Kara struggling with her new life on Earth. Izabela Vidovic and Olivia Nikkanen are cast as the younger version of the two characters in this Smallville-ish episode that even contains a reference to Clark’s computer-wiz friend Chloe. It’s a nice change of pace episode, and allows both characters time to deal with their recent loss, but it also pretty by-the-book and reminds us how lucky we are that the show chose to begin with an adult Kara rather than offering yet another awkward teen coming-of-age super-hero story.

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