Television Reviews

Scandal – Inside the Bubble

  • Title: Scandal – The Price of Free and Fair Election
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Scandal - Inside the Bubble

After returning from her tropical seclusion with Jake (Scott Foley) and choosing to stay and reopen Pope & Associates, Olivia (Kerry Washington) responds to a friend (Sonya Walger) concerned about the whereabouts of her missing teenage daughter. It doesn’t take long for Quinn (Katie Lowes) to find the girl in a posh D.C. hotel, however when the group discovers the mother was sleeping with the daughter’s boyfriend and the girl turns up dead in the hotel room after the mother was led their by Olivia things turn dicey very quickly.

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Stalker – What Ever Happened to Baby James?

  • Title: Stalker – What Ever Happened to Baby James?
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Stalker - What Ever Happened to Baby James?

While continuing to build on storylines begun in the “Pilot” involving Detective Jack Larsen (Dylan McDermott) stalking his ex (Elisabeth Röhm) and son and Perry Whitley’s (Erik Stocklin) new obsession with Lieutenant Beth Davis (Maggie Q), the team is called in to investigate a home invasion they believe is tied to the stalking of an attractive high school student (Sammi Hanratty) but whose true motives are far more complicated. The team almost discovers the true subject of the stalking too late to prevent a second tragedy involving a disturbed woman (Tara Summers) attempting to replace a son she may or may not have intentionally killed years ago.

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Person of Interest – Wingman

  • Title: Person of Interest – Wingman
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Person of Interest - Wingman

Okay, that was F-U-N! In what turns out to be one of the most enjoyable episodes of Person of Interest‘s entire run, Finch (Michael Emerson) reaches out to Fusco (Kevin Chapman) to enlist the detective’s help for the their latest number who is a former dock worker turned professional wingman (Ryan O’Nan) helping single men meet women. Shaw‘s (Sarah Shahi) immense pleasure aside, Fusco struggles to both accept the man’s patronizing advice and keep him safe from danger stemming from a stolen weapon shipment with which he may or may not have been involved.

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Arrow – Calm

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Arrow - Calm

Season Three starts with Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) finally at peace. Despite the death of his mother and the disappearance of his sister, Oliver’s life is back on track with Roy (Colton Haynes) taking on his new role of Arsenal helping gel the team into a cohesive unit. Captain Lance (Paul Blackthorne) not only has his old job back but a fancy new promotion which allows him to force the Starling City police force to officially recognize their hooded hero. Properly title “Calm,” the good times don’t last as the storm clouds on the horizon start rolling in leaving one member of Oliver’s extended family dead, another in the hospital, and any hope of Oliver getting control of his company or beginning a relationship with Felicity in ashes.

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Making Friends and Influencing People

  • Title: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Making Friends and Influencing People
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Making Friends and Influencing People

As expected, “Making Friends and Influencing People” reveals Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) has been working undercover for S.H.I.E.L.D. as a HYDRA scientist since leaving the team. Given her relationship with Donnie Gill (Dylan Minnette) she finds herself pushed into field duty to help Sunil Bakshi (Simon Kassianides) retrieve his asset. Along with revealing Simmons’ purpose within HYDRA, “Making Friends and Influencing People” also brings a curious Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) face-to-face with the man responsible for his brain damage when he deduces one of the sources of Coulson‘s (Clark Gregg) HYDRA intel.

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