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The Irrational – Now You Don’t

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  • Title: The Irrational – Now You Don’t
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Love, and magic, is in the air in “Now You Don’t” when Alec (Jesse L. Martin) taking Rose (Karen David) on a date to a magic club ends in murder. The Irrational’s use of psychology is more about explaining magic tricks than solving the case involving a magician friend (Carmel Amit) of Alec’s whose volunteer dies on stage. While I like the magic bits of the episode, including the fun moments from Simon (Max Lloyd-Jones) and Phoebe (Molly Kunz), the writing of the episode (relying mostly on the cops being too dumb to think things through and Alec stumbling into a solution rather than finding it through his talents) leaves something to be desired.

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Will Trent – Find a New Pond

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  • Title: Will Trent – Find a New Pond
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“Find a New Pond” continues to push the show back to a status quo. While working at her security job, Angie (Erika Christensen) uncovers dark secrets at Waldorf Estates which put her in danger but also appear to have provided the extra push necessary to be reinstated to the force. While the episode makes note of Amanda’s (Sonja Sohn) new situation with Sunny (Kyrie Mcalpin), we don’t see developments on-screen relating to the duo (which suits me just fine as I’m not looking forward to the day this subplot begins taking serious chunks of time from the main characters).

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Goosebumps – The Haunted Car

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  • Title: Goosebumps – The Haunted Car
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After a flashback introducing and explaining the backstory of Alex (Francesca Noel), who is shown in multiple cameos in the two-part season premiere without explanation, and confirming that her mother (Ana Ortiz) is a piece of shit (and, from what we see in the present, not a very observant parent or cop), “The Haunted Car” picks up with her current situation while also dealing with the fallout of “Stay Out of the Basement” with everyone looking for the missing Trey (Stony Blyden). The two threads converge with Alex and Cece (Jayden Bartels) “borrow” Trey’s now haunted car searching for the person (Ethan Viera) who actually committed the crime she went to juvie for. However, things get bizarre when the car shows a mind of its own.

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Wizards Beyond Waverly Place – Something Wizard This Way Comes

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  • Title: Wizards Beyond Waverly Place – Something Wizard This Way Comes
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Halloween comes to Waverly Place in “Something Wizard This Way Comes.” Apparently, for wizards, Halloween is bit like Christmas (but spookier) with carols, treats, presents, and a visitor who doesn’t so much bring presents but eats children and candy. While no believes Billie‘s (Janice LeAnn Brown)  story of Pumpkin Belly, that doesn’t stop Billie, Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and Winter (Taylor Cora) from being eaten by the monster and figuring out a way out (which, honestly, is pretty easy).

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The Irrational – Another Man’s Treasure

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  • Title: The Irrational – Another Man’s Treasure
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The case of the week involves someone with a good understanding of psychology and how to manipulate crowds involved in a series of art thefts under the guise of political activism which also gets played out in specific characters fighting for the return of stolen artifacts back to their home country some of who also get manipulated by the mastermind. There are some interesting layers to the case including the FBI dealing with someone using Alec’s (Jesse L. Martin) kind of knowledge against them. Given how well the mystery perpetrator does at the job, I wish they hadn’t wasted the premise on a one-off episode and perhaps teased the possibility of a more morally flexible version of the professor working for the other side popping up causing problems multiple times over the course of the season.

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