Television Reviews

The Librarians – And the Fables of Doom

  • Title: The Librarians – And the Fables of Doom
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“Someone has weaponized fairy tales?”

The Librarians - And the Fables of Doom

Eve (Rebecca Romijn) and the Librarians-in-Training head into the rural Pacific Northwest where a troll threw a truck off a bridge, giant wolves are prowling the streets of a small town, and other fables are coming to life. Calling on the help of Jake (Christian Kane) and Ezekiel (John Kim), Jenkins (John Larroquette) is able to perform and autopsy on the giant wolf and narrow the cause of the magic to a single dangerous artifact able to bring any storybook character to life (at the cost of the lives of real people around them).

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Galavant – Pilot

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Galavant - Pilot

Written and produced by Dan Fogelman, Galavant‘s eight-episode run began last night with the show’s “Pilot.” A musical-comedy concerning the medieval adventures of the famous knight (Joshua Sasse) from who the show earns it’s name the pilot begins in epic song telling the story of our hero racing to stop the evil King Richard (Timothy Omundson) from marrying Galavant’s true love only to discover Madalena (Mallory Jansen) prefers her new wealthier suitor thus quickly undercutting the basic fairy tale themes with some dark humor informing the audience anything is possible in this semi-self-aware musical land.

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Hawaii Five-0 – Wawahi moe’uhane

  • Title: Hawaii Five-0 – Wawahi moe’uhane
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Hawaii Five-0 - Wawahi moe'uhane

While investigating the murder of a 22 year-old hulu dancer (Delys Kanemura Recca), McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and Danny (Scott Caan) agree to accept the help of a former local police officer turned private detective (William Forsythe) who was tracking the victim for an old friend who was worried his daughter had gotten involved in something dangerous. Discovering the company that employed the victim is under investigation for prostitution, Five-0 takes a hard look at the company and their clients – one of whom went home with the victim on the night of her death only to turn up dead as well.

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Ultimate Spider-Man – Nightmare on Christmas

  • Title: Ultimate Spider-Man – Nightmare on Christmas
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Ultimate Spider-Man - Nightmare on Christmas

After stopping the Shocker‘s (Troy Baker) latest robbery on Christmas Eve, Spider-Man (Drake Bell) has a crisis of faith about whether or not being Spidey is actually helping anyone. Giving a tour through Christmases past, present, and future by the angel and devil on his shoulder Spidey takes a look back over his career and considers, for a brief time, hanging up the tights.

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The Librarians – And the Apple of Discord

  • Title: The Librarians – And the Apple of Discord
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The Librarians - And the Apple of Discord

The return of magic into the world leads to the awakening of two tribes of dragons, a theft, and the threat of an all-out war which would destroy most of the world. To prevent just such events from occurring Flynn (Noah Wyle) returns to the annex to act as arbiter but due to a slight misunderstanding and specific customs finds his role usurped by Ezekiel (John Kim) who is unprepared to deal with his new duties, especially when they include leading a conclave whose members include Dulaque (Matt Frewer).

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