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The Blacklist – The Alchemist

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The Blacklist - The Alchemist

While Reddington (James Spader) continues his own investigation into the mole the FBI have long ago stopped looking for he also alerts Agent Keen (Megan Boone) to the identity of another member of The Blacklist: a “forensic virtuoso” who specializes in making people disappear by faking their deaths down to the teeth and DNA. Although the FBI originally scoffs at Reddington’s claims, after they find a very much living mobster (David Vadim) whose body was positively identified in a plane crash they become far more interested in getting their hands on The Alchemist (Ryan O’Nan) and all the former clients he has helped disappear over the years.

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Castle – Limelight

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Castle - Limelight

While Castle (Nathan Fillion) puts off writing a recommendation letter for Alexis‘ (Molly C. Quinn) boyfriend Pi (Myko Olivier), and Beckett (Stana Katic) pretends not to be bothered by baseless paparazzi rumors that Castle is getting back together with his ex-wife (Monet Mazur), the pair begin investigating the murder of a former teen star’s (Alexandra Chando) paid decoy (Deanna Moore) who was killed while standing-in for the celebrity.

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Sleepy Hollow – The Indispensable Man

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“Sometimes a story is just a story, Miss Mills.”

Sleepy Hollow - The Indispensable Man

The first-half of Sleepy Hollow‘s two-hour First Season finale involves Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and Abbie (Nicole Beharie) investigating the message hidden in George Washington’s Bible four days after Washington’s (Louis Herthum) death by none other than Zombie George Washington (yeah, you read that right). The message includes a map to Purgatory Crane could use to free Katrina (Katia Winter) or provide Moloch a method of bringing forth his apocalypse. As Crane faces the double-edged sword of Katrina’s salvation versus the end of the world, both he and Abbie do their best to ignore the prophecy that Crane will eventually turn on Abbie and deliver her soul to Moloch.

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House of Lies – Power

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“Somebody finally stabbed Monica.”

House of Lies - Power

As Marty’s (Don Cheadle) personal life takes a couple odd turns as he sleeps with a motivational speaker (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) and is confused by Roscoe’s (Donis Leonard Jr.) new crush (Bex Taylor-Klaus) each of his old Pod mates face personal and profession problems of their own. Using skills taught by her former leader, Jeannie (Kristen Bell) steals a lucrative account from a misogynistic co-worker (John Carroll Lynch), Doug (Josh Lawson) becomes even more flustered then usual when Sarah (Jenny Slate) informs him she stopped taking birth control, and the hell hole of Clyde (Ben Schwartz) working for Monica (Dawn Olivieri) takes a dangerous turn.

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True Detective – Seeing Things

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True Detective - Seeing Things

As the investigation into the bizarre ritual murder stalls the second episode as “Seeing Things” takes time to fill-in the back story of Detective Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) including the tragedy of losing his young daughter and his extended stay as a Narcotics undercover officer which left him with a drug habit and occasional visions (for which the episode gets its name). We also get a closer look at Detective Hart’s (Woody Harrelson) relationships with both his wife (Michelle Monaghan) and mistress (Alexandra Daddario) as the episode showcases the pressure on Hart and Cohle to find a suspect for the murder of a local prostitute.

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