Television Reviews

Supergirl – Blood Bonds

  • Title: Supergirl – Blood Bonds
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Supergirl - Blood Bonds

Opening with the short stand-off between Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Non (Chris Vance) that closed the mid-season cliffhanger, Nom’s men kidnap Hank Henshaw (David Harewood) in hopes of trading him for Astra (Laura Benanti). “Blood Bonds” deals primarily with Kara’s growing frustration and lack of control as Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart) has guessed her secret and General Sam Lane (Glenn Morshower) shows up to take control of the DEO and decides to torture Astra for information.

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Galavant – A New Season AKA Suck It Cancellation Bear

  • Title: Galavant – A New Season AKA Suck It Cancellation Bear
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Galavant - A New Season AKA Suck It Cancellation Bear

ABC’s musical adventure comedy returns for a Second Season with Galavant (Harry Collett) and Richard (Timothy Omundson) ending the travels with the pirates and returning to solid land. Focused on returning Richard to his kingdom and saving Isabella (Karen David), who has been kept prisoner these many months by her adolescent cousin (Kemaal Deen-Ellis) who plans on marrying her, Galavant’s journey is sidetracked as he and Richard become lost in the Enchanted Forest. And by Enchanted Forest I mean the gay pub in the middle of the woods run by Kylie Minogue who refuses to let the heroic leading man leave.

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Jessica Jones – AKA The Sandwich Saved Me

  • Title: Marvel’s Jessica Jones – AKA The Sandwich Saved Me
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Jessica Jones - AKA The Sandwich Saved Me

With the help of Trish (Rachael Taylor) and Simpson (Wil Traval), Jessica (Krysten Ritter) puts her plan to capture Kilgrave (David Tennant) into action after discovering Malcolm (Eka Darville) is the spy keeping tabs on her for his master. As we’ve come to expect from seeing the dysfunction of Jessica’s life, things don’t quite go according to plan.

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The Grinder – Giving Thanks, Getting Justice

  • Title: The Grinder – Giving Thanks, Getting Justice
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“I am deeply regretting even pulling this thread.”

The Grinder - Giving Thanks, Getting Justice

For the show’s first Thanksgiving episode The Grinder jumps back and forth through the turbulent current Thanksgiving holiday and Dean’s (Rob Lowe) crisis of faith during the Thanksgiving of his final year of making the show that made him a household name. Wanting to have a real family Thanksgiving for the first time in years, Dean meddles to arrange a dinner his brother wants no part of which eventually causes Stewart (Fred Savage) to explain why he hates the holiday, an unease which isn’t helped by the arrival of Dean’s surprise guest (Clyde Kusatsu).

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Agent X – Fidelity

  • Title: Agent X – Fidelity
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Agent X - Fidelity

Agent X ends its First Season with Volker’s (Andrew Howard) plans revealed. The finale takes John (Jeff Hephner) and Olga (Olga Fonda) to Paris, masquerading as the pair of hitmen Volker sent to finish John off. Their orders lead them to the theater where a ridiculous number of world leaders are gathered together with a pitiful amount of security (so bad no one notices when Volker’s men take off the theater and the guards outside loose all communication to their own men).

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