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iZombie – Method Head

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iZombie - Method Head

Liv (Rose McIver) earns her way back into Babineaux‘s (Malcolm Goodwin) good graces when she helps solve the murder of a cast member on her favorite soap opera “Zombie High.” Chowing down on the pretenious actor’s brains also gives the zombie detective some added acting ability which will come in handy to close the case. In the wake of breaking up with Major (Robert Buckley), Liv and her former beau also must deal with Ravi‘s (Rahul Kohli) news that the zombie cure is only temporary.

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Spenser: For Hire – Promised Land

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“You can’t save the world.”

Spenser for Hire - Promised Land

The year was 1985 and private detective shows were in vogue. The decade saw shows like Magnum, P.I., Remington Steele, Moonlighting, Matt Houston, Simon & Simon, Mike Hammer, Jake and the Fatman, Partners in Crime, and others all hit the airwaves. One of those shows was Spenser for Hire. My introduction into the world of Robert B. Parker‘s Boston private investigator came not from one of the author’s novels but the television show based on them. And I’ve been a fan ever since.

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Second Chance – A Suitable Donor

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Second Chance - A Suitable Donor

Owing more than a little to Frankenstein, Fox’s new crime-drama Second Chance centers around dead former sheriff Ray Pritchard (Philip Baker Hall/Robert Kazinsky) whose unique genetic markers allow the corpse to brought back to life by billionaire tech-genius Otto Goodwin (Adhir Kalyan). The scientist’s experiment might be the only thing which can save his twin sister Mary’s (Dilshad Vadsaria) life. After being brought back to life in a younger, and physically enhanced, body, Pritchard sets out to save his son (Tim DeKay) whose dirty partner (Derek Webster) in the FBI threw poor Ray off a bridge.

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Shadowhunters – The Mortal Cup

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Shadowhunters - The Mortal Cup

Looking and feeling very much like something that would fit naturally in a spot on The CW’s slate of young-adult horror series, ABC Family (rebranded Freeform for reasons passing understanding) offers audiences Shadowhunters, based on Cassandra Clare‘s young adult series The Mortal Instruments. The opening episode introduces us to Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara) who, on her 18th birthday, discovers demons are real, a fact her mother (Maxim Roy) has been hiding from her the better part of Clary’s life.

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Pretty Little Liars – Of Late I Think Of Rosewood

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Pretty Little Liars - Of Late I Think Of Rosewood

Five years after the mid-season finale and reveal of CeCe “Charlotte DiLaurentis” Drake (Vanessa Ray) as the Liars‘ nemesis A, Alison (Sasha Pieterse) calls back all four of her friends to Rosewood hoping to convince each of them to speak on Charlotte’s behalf at a hearing concerning releasing her from a psychiatric hospital. Based on the testimony of Mona (Janel Parrish) and three of the Liars their former tormentor goes free, but life outside of the hospital for A is short-lived as her body is discovered the next morning by the Rosewood Police. It appears a new murder mystery will keep all four girls in town far longer than any of them had planned.

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