Television Reviews

Psych – Cog Blocked

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“We just got smoked by a blind ninja.”

Psych - Cog Blocked

Dragged to a crime scene against his will, Gus (Dulé Hill) becomes obsessed with the apparent suicide of a man whose life eerily mirrors his own. Taking things personally, to an absurd amount, Gus bullies the pair onto the case convinced a man like Gus couldn’t have committed suicide. Humoring his best-friend, Shawn (James Roday) and Gus’ investigation lead them to a beautiful private investigator (Kali Hawk) with serious martial arts skills and a penchant for pretending to be blind, a shady Russian night club with a great buffet, and to the discovery of a complicated insurance scam that got their victim killed.

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Arrow – Heir to the Demon

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Arrow - Heir to the Demon

As Moira‘s (Susanna Thompson) mayoral campaign begins, and the Lance family continues to deal with Laurel‘s (Katie Cassidy) substance abuse, Starling City gets a host of interesting visitors including Laurel’s sister Sara (Caity Lotz), her mother Dinah (Alex Kingston), and Nyssa al Ghul (Katrina Law) who arrives to return her former lover to the League of Assassins – whether she wants to come back or not. I had doubts about the show’s plan to introduce Nyssa, but Law proves to be a terrific choice balancing both the emotional dramatic moments and action sequences to deliver a passionate and deadly version of Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter, and the surprise twist behind her motives for hunting Sara are a nice touch.

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Person of Interest – Provenance

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Person of Interest - Provenance

When the latest number turns out to be an Olympic gymnast turned art thief (Elaine Tan) with an obsessed Interpol agent (Henri Lubatti) on her trail, Shaw (Sarah Shahi) prevents the robbery of the Gutenberg Bible. After doing so, however, she learns the situation is far more complicated than it initially appeared. Discovering that Kelli Lin is being blackmailed into a series of robberies by a nefarious character (Gene Farber) keeping the gymnast’s child hostage, Finch (Michael Emerson), Shaw, Fusco (Kevin Chapman), and Reese (Jim Caviezel) all decide to help her pull her next job.

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Pretty Little Liars – Hot for Teacher

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Pretty Little Liars - Hot for Teacher

Unwilling to share her Ezra (Ian Harding) is A theory with the rest of the Liars without proof, a jittery Spencer (Troian Bellisario) begins spending all hours searching for evidence while buying speed from another student (Nikki SooHoo) to keep fueling her search. Realizing something is up with her friend, Hanna (Ashley Benson) begins doing a little snooping of her own and is shocked to discover Spencer’s theory.

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – T.R.A.C.K.S.

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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - T.R.A.C.K.S.

Coulson (Clark Gregg) and his team go after Ian Quinn (David Conrad) by tracking his $10 million purchase from Cybertek Technologies on a train through the Italian countryside. Breaking up into pairs, Ward (Brett Dalton) and May (Ming-Na Wen), Skye‘s (Chloe Bennet) and Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), and Coulson and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), all board the train undercover as passengers hoping to nab Quinn when he shows up to take possession of his recent purchase. Unluckily for the team, the team chooses to trust the wrong man (Carlo Rota).

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