Television Reviews

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – Teela’s Quest

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Wayback Wednesday takes us back to Eternia and the Masters of the Universe. The sixth episode produced He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and the second to be aired, “Teela’s Quest” takes Teela (Linda Gary) on a journey to the Crystal Sea hoping to learn the truth about her real parents from the Oracle. Learning shes’s gone off alone on such a dangerous journey, He-Man (John Erwin) and Battlecat follow as Skeletor (Alan Oppenheimer) dispatches Mer-Man (Oppenheimer) who plans to sacrifice the young warrior to the sea demon Bakkull.

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NCIS: Origins – Fools Rush In

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NCIS: Origins returns from mid-season hiatus, as “Fools Rush In” forces chaaracters to deal with the fallout of decisions and actions made the first-half of the show’s Second Season. For Wheeler (Patrick Fischler) that means dealing with the departure of his secret lover to greener pastures, for Gibbs (Austin Stowell) that means waking up hungover to the reality of a new marriage, and, following the discovery of the identity of the man who bombed the theater, Franks (Kyle Schmid) must deal with the decision he made to introduce his brother to the commune which now puts him under the crosshairs of Oakley’s replacement (Hannah Barefoot) who riles Franks up for the entire episode.

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Will Trent – We’re Looking for a Vampire

  • Title: Will Trent – We’re Looking for a Vampire
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After having his car break down while visiting Caleb (Yul Vazquez), Will (Ramón Rodríguez) insinuates himself into an odd case where the victim was exsanguinated, with a pair of marks on her neck, and left in the middle of a giant pentagram with the leading suspect being her coworker who happens to identify as a vampire (Devin Druid). Certain the young man is being set up, Will sets out to find out who really killed the young woman.

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CIA – Directed Energy

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Running out of ways to spinoff their FBI franchise, CBS turns to a new series focused on FBI Agent Bill Goodman (Nick Gehlfuss) assigned to be the liaison with a covert CIA team led by the far less by-the-book Colin Glass (Tom Ellis) working domestically to prevent terrorist attacks. Featuring a cameo by Jeremy Sisto to confirm everything fits into the same shared world as the FBI shows, the premiere provides the basics in highlighting the kinds of operations the CIA is tasked with and the struggle Goodman has initially with Glass and his way of doing things.

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