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Sherlock – The Empty Hearse

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Sherlock - The Empty Hearse

Two years after giving us the deaths of Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott), Sherlock returns with three new episodes. The first mainly concerns Sherlock’s return from the dead, an idea which takes Watson (Martin Freeman) more than a little while to warm up to. Of course, showing up dressed as a waiter the night Watson had chosen to propose to Mary (Amanda Abbington) might have been a bit of a miscalculation on the detective’s part (which leads to the episode’s best sequence of Watson continually attacking Holmes over and over as his friend explains what he’s been up to since).

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Atlantis – Pandora’s Box

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Atlantis - Pandora's Box

“Pandora’s Box” offers a keen look at the show’s various strengths and weaknesses as Hercules (Mark Addy) and Jason (Jack Donnelly) travel into Hades to retrieve a small box which they hope to exchange for Medusa‘s (Jemima Rooper) life. Although doing an adequate job of presenting the Herculean task (so to speak) the adventurers have in front of them, having the group discover how to get into Hades, travel through the underworld into Tartarus, retrieve the box, and then face the consequences of their actions all over a little more than 30 minutes (after the initial set-up) leaves the adventure feeling a bit too much like a walk in the woods rather than something truly remarkable.

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Hawaii Five-0 – Hana Lokomaika’i

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Hawaii Five-0 - Hana Lokomaika'i

Hawaii Five-0 dips back into one of its most reliable plotlines as Internal Affairs once again begins investigating Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim). This time Chin gets in trouble as Five-0 finally catches up to the man (Christopher Sean) responsible for killing his father 15 years ago. Taking place mostly in flashbacks caused by Chin’s testimony, the episode also brings back both William Sadler and Reiko Aylesworth.

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Killer Women – Some Men Need Killing

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Killer Women - Some Men Need Killing

Cancelled days after the airing of “Some Men Need Killing” due to low ratings, the show’s second episode (and apparently last episode to be broadcast) sends Texas Ranger Molly Parker (Tricia Helfer) on an investigation the death of an emotionally abusing water park owner whose wife (Melora Hardin) had the means and motive to pay an assassin for his murder.

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White Collar – Shot Through the Heart

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White Collar - Shot Through the Heart

As Neal‘s (Matt Bomer) struggles to deal with the fact the woman he loves is nothing more than the perfectly-created profile created by a thief and murderer with her own agenda, and is forced to continue the relationship rather than tipping the FBI’s hand, Peter (Tim DeKay)and his team search for a way to bring Rebecca (Bridget Regan) down for the murders of both David Seigel (Warren Kole) and The Dutchman‘s (Mark Sheppard).

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